My Experience

• What you enjoyed most when working on this task                                                   

         - What I enjoyed most was finding out the history of the landmarks. 

• What were some challenges you faced?

         

          - The challenges I faced was finding out the history of the landmarks because some of the informations are not sufficient enough.

• Describe ONE area that you think you could do better if given the opportunity to do it again.

          

          - One are that I think I could do better is the map. When I was searching one of landmarks in the google map, there were a lot of results where the location of the landmark is. So I need to zoom in closer to see if which is the location I was looking for.

Science Centre

Science Centre

Past: The Science Centre was born out of a governmental initiative in hiving off the scientific-related exhibits from the then National Museum of Singapore into a separate institution so that the latter could specialise in its artistic and historical collections. 

In 1987, the centre saw a significant expansion with the opening of Singapore's first and only OMNIMAX (now known as IMAXDome) theater, the Singapore Omni-Theatre. In 1999, a S$38 million renovation expanded on the exhibition space, created a new entrance, as well as open-air exhibition areas and a direct connection to the separate Omni-Theatre building. In 2000, Snow City, a recreation of a -5 degrees Celsius environment in tropical Singapore was set up beside the Omni-Theatre.

Present: The Singapore Science Centre (SSC) was designed as a fun way to educate children about the wonders of science. A family can easily spend a day here but don’t expect to be able to explore it all in one day as there are more than 1,000 interactive exhibits. The most fun for youngsters is probably the Waterworks featuring a fun water maze made up from water jets. The bottom line is that no child will leave the park completely dry.

Chinese Garden

Chinese Garden

Past: The garden was built in 1975 and designed by Prof. Yuen-chen Yu

Present: The main characteristic is the integration of splendid architectural features with the natural environment. The Chinese Garden is modeled along the northern Chinese imperial style of architecture and landscaping.

Jurong Point

Jurong Point

Past: Jurong Point first opened its doors on 5 December 1995 with 95 retailers. In 1998, an additional

150,000 square feet (14,000 m²) of space was successfully secured for the first extension of Jurong Point, which opened on 2 December 2000. Jurong Point was enlarged to 450,000 square feet (42,000 m²) in JP1 during this extension.

Present: The shopping centre features more than 450 shops, making it the largest suburban mall in Singapore. 

The old bus interchange has turned into the new extension building of Jurong Point. The new Boon Lay Bus Interchange is fully air-conditioned and has 60 bus bays with escalators linking from JP2 Level 3

Map of Neighbourhood

These are the map of:

 

Science Centre

 

Chinese Garden

Jurong Point