The scent of an aromatic brew, the buttery crunch of toast set against a feature wall of old-school biscuit tins. Wang Café, one of Singapore’s beloved coffee and toast joints has had a colourful past, given its half a century-old history. Founded in 1953, its original owners, like many Hainanese in Singapore, started up local […]
In 2004, Bob Chew observed worrying signs in the wholesale furniture industry – most evidently in his father’s company, which he recently inherited. Founded in 1979, Comfort Interior Designs was a major furniture wholesale business supplying to furniture retailers both in Singapore and abroad. At the height of the business’ popularity, it boasted a full-scale […]
Against the backdrop of Singapore’s post-modern and contemporary skyline is a majestic landmark: The Fullerton Hotel. However, the hotel was not always a hotel. The site began as a fort in 1825 colonial Singapore. Named after Robert Fullerton, the first Governor of the United Settlements, Fort Fullerton was built to defend the British crown colony […]