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Holland
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It is
perhaps such a place which makes adjusting to the new life
here in Singapore more palatable. So, as a consequence,
development of Holland Village over the years must reflect
the diverse ethnicity of the place. |
It was
only natural that by and by more old shop tenants moved
out and new ones came in. The handicraft and antique shops
are still around in droves, but more and more food outlets
have sprouted here -so much so - Holland Village has
now become a veritable world food village. |
Yes!
I'm not kidding you - almost every type of cuisine you
find in the world, you can also find here in Holland Village,
and that's no laughing matter. At last count, there were
more than 35 restaurants and smaller outlets dotting the prewar shophouses
around Lorong Mambong, Lorong Liput and Holland Ave. These
roads collectively encase the area we know to be Holland
Village. |
In case
you are not convinced, here's a sampling of the food and
drink outlets: |
Melnik's, Chaplin's Beer Shop, Windmill Food Court,
Swensens, Siem Reap, Mr Bean, Yee Cheng Yuen Noodle,
Shariff's, Katong Cuisine Seafood Eating, 211 Cafe Bar,
Old Chang Kee, Sweet Secrets, Madeleine's Egg Tart,
Manpuku Tei Japanese Restaurant, Sushi Tei, Sukhothai, Pho
Hoa, Al Dente, Cha Cha Cha, Crystal Jade Seafood Kitchen,
Yellow Submarine Cafe, Breko Cafe, La Terraza Da Paolo, Au
Petit Salut, Michelangelo's, Sistina Pizzeria, Original
Sin, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Coffee Club, Starbuck's,
Haägen Dazs, N.Y.D.C., Holland Village Food Court, Burger
King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, A&W, California Lemon,
Subway, Billy Bombers, Country Manna, Wala Wala,
Baden-Baden, Tango's, Sole Luna and more...... |
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Notes:(1) |
Holland
Village was established between the late 1930s and 1945 as
a military village, defined as a village in which at least
a third of the businesses are dependent on military
personnel. |
In Holland
Village, the early retail outlets were established for the
sole purpose of servicing the retail, social and
recreational needs of British soldiers and their families
domiciled in and around Pasir Panjang Base. This military
base, the largest in the 1940s, was located along a
'corridor' between Pasir Panjang and Holland Road. |
In 1971, two
major events took place: |
1. withdrawal
of the British Armed Forces from Singapore which saw the
repatriation of thousands of soldiers between 1971 and
1976. |
2.
establishment of the Holland Road Shopping Centre. |
Credits: |
(1) Page 144 -
146 Portraits Of Places - History, Community and Identity
In Singapore Edited by Brenda S.A. YEOH and Lily KONG -
Chapter 7 "The Éxpatriatisation Of Holland
Village" by CHANG Tou Chuang, Senior Tutor,
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
(NUS) (ISBN 981 204 604 6) |
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