Decided to cycle to Chinatown Complex Food Centre Singapore to buy dinner. Took a route that passed by Singapore’s central business district. Recorded on 31st May 2020 during the time of Singapore’s Circuit Breaker measures. This is a video recording of my cycle/walk with no commentary.

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Filmed using:
Camera: Osmo Pocket – https://amzn.to/309uju3
Audio Recorder: Zoom H1N – https://amzn.to/33TU7LO
Camera Charger: Osmo Pocket Charging Case – https://amzn.to/2EyQfY3
Editing Software: DaVinci Resolve – https://amzn.to/3j4ASp5

Time Stamps:
『00:00』Esplanade
『00:26』Singapore City Skyline
『01:11』Merlion Park
『02:01』Marina Bay
『07:16』Raffles Place district
『10:04』Pekin Street
『10:38』Nankin Street
『12:23』South Bridge Road
『13:07』Chinatown district
『15:18』Chinatown Complex
『16:38』Zhong Guo La Mian Xiao Long Bao (#02-135)
『20:29』Hainanese Chicken Rice (#02-180)
『23:58』Heading Home

Chinatown Complex Info:
Chinatown (Chinese: 牛車水; Malay: Kreta Ayer, Tamil: சைனா டவுன்) is a subzone and ethnic enclave located within the Outram district in the Central Area of Singapore. Featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements, Chinatown has had a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population.

Chinatown is considerably less of an enclave than it once was. However, the precinct does retain significant historical and cultural significance. Large sections of it have been declared national heritage sites officially designated for conservation by the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

Singapore’s Chinatown is known as Niu che shui (Chinese: 牛車水; lit.: ‘ox car water’) in Mandarin, Gu Chia Chwi in Hokkien and Ngau-che-shui in Cantonese – all of which mean “bullock water-cart” – and Kreta Ayer in Malay (Post-1972 spelling: “kereta air”), which means “water cart”. This is due to the fact that Chinatown’s water supply was principally transported by animal-driven carts in the 19th century. Although these names are sometimes used for referring to Chinatown in general, they actually refer to the area of Kreta Ayer Road.

Chinatown Complex is located along Smith Street, which was known colloquially as hei yuan kai (theatre street) in Cantonese because of its famous Cantonese opera theatre Lai Chun Yuen, which opened in 1887 to cater to the Cantonese community there, drawing large crowds during the 1910s and 1920s (Nasir, 2005).

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