96-627: One-north (stylised as one-north ) is a subzone of Queenstown , Singapore , first developed by JTC Corporation as the country's research and development and high technology cluster. It was first conceptualised in 1991 as part of the National Technology Plan and officially launched on 4 December 2001 by then Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan Keng Yam . The precinct is split into 9 main developments: Biopolis , Fusionopolis , Mediapolis, Vista, LaunchPad @ one-north, Nepal Hill, Rochester Park, Wessex, and Pixel. Many parts of one-north
192-482: A 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 -hour Asiatic one. Included in the proposal was the creation of a second medium wave transmitter for the two programmes to be delivered from the extant facilities. Subsequently, a second plan to increase the power of the shortwave transmitter was held in early 1940, this time increasing its coverage to reach out to the entirety of Malaya, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies and Siam. Much of
288-645: A British military camp , was also set up there until 1953 when it was cleared for the new housing estate. During World War II , Pasir Panjang Ridge became a battleground during the Japanese Invasion of Singapore , where a fierce battle was fought between the defending Malay Regiment and the Japanese troops in February 1942. Despite its valiant efforts to defend Bukit Chandu (Opium Hill in Malay),
384-471: A base for established organisations. It offers startup spaces, shared media facilities, flexible work-live-play-learn spaces, a childcare centre, and retail outlets. The Deliveroo Food Market is also housed in the building, featuring 10 kitchens and a 40-seat dining space, all based on a fully automated ordering system. On 11 August 2022, Grab officially opened its 9-storey headquarters located across Mediapolis. With an area of more than 42,000 square metres,
480-477: A contest to design a new logo. After 662 submissions, the winning design by Loh Hong Liat and Lawrence Wong Heng Kwok was unveiled in August 1975. Lok designed the letters "R and T" which represent recording, while Wong designed the letter "S". Full-time colour broadcasts began on 1 November 1977. RTS radio stations began extending broadcasting hours of programmes in stereo on 3 April 1978, adding technical costs to
576-427: A dining and lifestyle retail hub consisting of restaurants, galleries, and spas. Nine units are taken up by restaurants and bars and a holistic healthcare centre. Rochester Park 20 is still in the midst of development but has set aside 20 of the colonial bungalows to become a serviced villa resort with retail facilities. A large area off Portsdown Road, Wessex is a dominantly residential area within one-north. Built in
672-746: A key strategic defence position, the Malay Regiment was eventually defeated as it was greatly outnumbered. In 2002, a war museum was opened in Bukit Chandu to commemorate the Battle of Pasir Panjang. In 1947, the Housing Committee of Singapore highlighted the problem of inadequate housing in Singapore. The report proposed the decentralisation of the population away from the city with the building of self-contained residential areas in
768-524: A large number of them are in both public and private sector broadcasting. The company forms half of the mass media duopoly in the country alongside SPH Media Trust ; the company was established in its current form in 1999, following the 1994 privatization of one of its predecessors—the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)—as a group of state-owned enterprises known as Singapore International Media. Mediacorp holds
864-506: A local, regional and global centre for high technology and high-tech innovation . Many high-tech companies and multinational companies were established across the subzone, such as Google , where it serves as its Asia-Pacific headquarters. The headquarters of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Grab , Razer , Shopee and Ubisoft Singapore are also located at one-north. The significance of
960-702: A major expressway connecting western Singapore to the Central Area , and also to Johor via the Tuas Second Link . Major roads in the planning area include Queensway , which is part of the Outer Ring Road System (ORRS), a semi-expressway, together with Portsdown Avenue. Queensway intersects with Commonwealth Avenue , a major road that parallels the East West Line and continues into Commonwealth Avenue West at Buona Vista. At
1056-559: A monopoly on terrestrial television in Singapore, operating six channels broadcasting in the official languages of English ( Channel 5 and the pan-Asian news channel CNA ), Mandarin Chinese ( Channel 8 and Channel U ), Malay ( Suria ), and Tamil ( Vasantham ), as well as the streaming service meWatch . It also operates eleven radio stations, and the websites Today and 8days —both of which had previously operated as print publications. Its monopoly on terrestrial television
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#17327937979121152-694: A new complex costing $ 4.2 million. From 30 March 1973, Channel 5 began focusing on English and Malay-language programmes, while Channel 8 would focus on Chinese- and Tamil-language programmes. On 24 October 1973, RTS aired a 40-minute documentary titled Addiction: Three Experiences , chronicling the lives of three drug addicts. The documentary was given a Special Commendation by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union in 1974. In January 1974, RTS bought two colour television transmitters worth $ 700,000. The old transmitters installed in 1966 would remain as standby equipment. On 2 May 1974,
1248-498: A part of one-north, is a heritage site located off North Buona Vista Road, featuring several double-storey black-and-white colonial bungalows, a symbol of Singapore's colonial past. The estate has a long history with the 40 black-and-white bungalows built in the 1940s to accommodate British military soldiers stationed at Pasir Panjang Military Complex and their families. After the British military pulled out of Singapore in late 1971,
1344-526: A pilot service on 23 June, with FM being ideal for Singapore's size. The service went regular on 15 July, broadcasting over five frequencies: 94.2 (Malay), 95.8 and 96.8 (Chinese), 96.8 (Tamil) and 92.4 (English). Test broadcasts of the FM Stereo service started on 18 July 1969 using the 92.4 frequency. New radio studios were built in 1972, starting with the addition of the Radio House, then in 1975 by
1440-579: A preliminary batch of 3-room flats was ready for occupation. By 1956, work on the Princess Margaret Estate (later shortened to Princess Estate) had more than 1,000 flats comprising one, two and three-room units and 68 terrace houses. A ceremony was held in October that year for Forfar House, a 14-storey block which was a prominent landmark in those days as it was the tallest HDB flat at that point of time. The area continued to develop as
1536-566: A reliance on imported programmes rather than domestic productions. In September 1979, an act was proposed in the Parliament of Singapore to separate RTS from the Ministry of Culture, and replace it with a new statutory body known as the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). The SBC was envisioned as an autonomous, state-owned enterprise akin to Singapore Airlines and comparable to the BBC in
1632-615: A second shortwave transmitter was added on 29 September 1940, ZHP 3 (the existing transmitter was renamed ZHP 1). The station carried a special programme in German on Friday nights from 10pm to 10:30pm. The remainder of the line-up consisted of music and news, in Hindustani , Dutch , Tamil , Arabic and French. ZHL and ZHP 1 carried primarily content in English and Chinese dialects, with some Malay programming as well. By April 1941 ZHP 2
1728-524: A self-contained community. Some of the facilities and amenities developed included the Town Centre and the Swimming and Sports Complex. The former was fully completed in 1969 with three cinemas and a variety of outlets including an emporium , a fresh food market, a maternity and child health centre, a bowling alley and a nightclub cum restaurant. The swimming complex was completed in August 1970. In
1824-672: A start-up cluster also comprising Block 79 (previously the JVC building) and Block 73 (new modular temporary construction). The start-up cluster hosts the Action Community for Entrepreneurship's International Centre (ACEIC) which helps Singapore start-ups expand overseas by providing resources, advice and access to new networks and markets. Envisioned as a global centre for leadership training and talent development, Nepal Hill will house business schools, corporate universities, and professional service companies. Other than colonial bungalows,
1920-542: A total of 110,000 square metres of office space. It currently houses multinational corporations such as Shell and P&G . The Star is a 15-storey mixed use complex integrating a shopping mall , The Star Vista, and a performing arts centre known as The Star Performing Arts Centre. It is located near Buona Vista MRT station on the East West line . Housing the regional headquarters for GlaxoSmithKline's Pharmaceutical, Vaccines and Consumer Healthcare businesses in
2016-581: A vital role in Singapore's infocomm and media ecosystem. When fully completed, the hub will house a media ecosystem housing soundstages with green screen capabilities, digital production and broadcasting facilities, facilities for interactive digital media and R&D activities, facilities for computer-generated imagery and visual effects, post-production facilities, games and animation facilities, digital media schools, business parks, work lofts and incubators, and intellectual property creation and digital rights management. Opened on 15 January 2014, Infinite Studios
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#17327937979122112-551: Is a community park that is situated in the northern zone of one-north, near the Ministry of Education (MOE) at Buona Vista . The last phase of development was completed in 2017. In the vicinity of one-north Park is Portsdown Swamp, which is a freshwater swamp where white-throated kingfishers , yellow bitterns , ducks , and other wildlife have been spotted. Queenstown, Singapore North West CDC South West CDC Tanjong Pagar GRC West Coast GRC Queenstown
2208-625: Is a planning area and satellite residential town situated on the south-westernmost fringe of the Central Region of Singapore . It borders Bukit Timah to the north, Tanglin to the northeast, Bukit Merah to the east and southeast, as well as Clementi to the northwest and west. Its southern and southwesternmost limits are bounded by the Pandan Strait . Developed by the Singapore Improvement Trust in
2304-458: Is a 1.2-hectare soundstage facility and is Singapore's first such facility. On 8 December 2015, Mediacorp moved from the old Mediacorp Caldecott Broadcasting Centre to the new 800,000 square feet (74,000 m) 12-storey Mediacorp Campus, which is branded as an architectural landmark in Mediapolis. In the heart of Mediapolis, ALICE@MEDIAPOLIS is a business park created for startups and as
2400-474: Is a 17-storey mixed-use tower housing a 5,000 square metre shared executive learning centre, a 135-room business hotel named Citadines , offices, a sky garden, and an amenities deck. The development is connected with the surrounding greenery and 12 heritage bungalows, with 5 bungalows having been restored and repurposed as F&B and retail establishments, by a 'Knowledge Trail' on an elevated pedestrian deck. Rochester Park 11 has 11 colonial bungalows turned into
2496-556: Is the state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings —the investment arm of the Government of Singapore —it owns and operates television channels, radio , and digital media properties. It is headquartered at the Mediapolis development in Queenstown's One-north precinct, which succeeded Caldecott Hill —the long-time home of its predecessors—in 2015; as of 2022, Mediacorp employs over 3,000 employees;
2592-609: The 1980 general election campaign on 17 December 1980, with the People's Action Party getting 12 minutes of broadcast, the United Front and the Workers' Party three minutes each and United People's Front three and a half minutes. The shortest available broadcasts were for parties with six candidates with two and a half minutes. The participating parties were required to send five copies of their manifestos to SBC. A final broadcast
2688-542: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) are located in Queenstown. Queenstown was named after Queen Elizabeth II to mark Her Majesty's coronation in 1953. The area was previously known by the Mandarin Chinese name Wu-wei-gang ( Wade Giles : Wu-wei-kang), or in Hokkien as Boh Beh Kang. The arterial road Queensway was officially named in 1954. Previously, the area which Queenstown currently occupies
2784-476: The Circle Line . Biopolis is a biomedical R&D hub at one-north. It houses public research institutes and private research organisations. This campus is dedicated to providing space for biomedical research and development activities and promoting peer review and collaboration among the private and public scientific community . In May 2021, Wilmar International relocated its global headquarters to
2880-560: The Haw Par Villa . The main housing areas within Queenstown include: Forfar House, or Block 39, was built in 1956 by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) as a 14-storey block (which at that time was the tallest residential building in Singapore, holding the record until the building of a 20-story block at Selegie in 1963). Also known as Chap Si Lao , it was an early part of the mixed height development of
2976-589: The Singapore Bus Service (SBS) and others pejoratively nicknaming it " s i b ei c ham" which meant "damn terrible" in Hokkien. SBC introduced "weather girls" on 1 May 1980 for its English news broadcasts, before expanding to other languages in 1981. The format ended in March 1982 because it wanted the weather report to be the same as the other languages and the "weather report within the news bulletin
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3072-637: The 1940s, the colonial style residential estate comprises 26 blocks of walk-up apartments and 58 semi-detached houses. People working in the one-north region are given priority for residences in the estate. An international school known as Tanglin Trust School , is located in the area. A 5,000 square metre facility, Pixel primarily caters to the digital media sector, serving as a resource centre and focal point for content creators, owners, and game developers, to foster cross-sector collaborations in content creation, delivery, and communication. one-north Park
3168-551: The 1950s and subsequently by the Housing and Development Board in the 1960s, Queenstown was the first satellite town to be built in the country. Most apartments within the township consists of simple one, two, or three-room flats, typically in low-rise, walk-up blocks. Major development work was carried out during the first Five-Year Building Programme between 1960 and 1965. A total of 19,372 dwelling units were constructed between 1952 and 1968. The headquarters of Grab , Razer and
3264-403: The 1970s, the success of the new town led to the development of Buona Vista and Holland Village , using the older neighbourhoods of Queenstown as a model. However, by the 1980s, the area had become a mature estate with a higher proportion of senior citizens residing in the area than elsewhere, and a gradual migration of the younger generation into other HDB new towns. Queenstown is bounded by
3360-407: The 2000s as part of the urban renewal efforts. It was announced in 2006 that Margaret Drive will be developed into a modern district with amenities. Due to the comparatively longer heritage of Queenstown district, local community has flourished. Various online communities such as MyQueenstown have been introduced by the local, independent parts of the district. This has certainly changed the image of
3456-422: The 5,104 licence holders (number of receivers) in Singapore, 2,574 were Europeans and Eurasians, 2,023 were Chinese, 219 were Malays, 195 were Indians, 87 were Japanese and six were Siamese. The shortwave transmitter carrying ZHO upgraded its power in mid-1939, from 400 watts to 2 kilowatts. At the 1939 Annual Report, there were plans to create two separate services, an 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 -hour European service and
3552-692: The Asia region, GSK Asia House is a 14,000 square metre, 8-storey building, that has a capacity of up to 1,000 employees. The headquarters of the Ministry of Education (MOE) is located in this area, adjacent to the Metropolis. BLOCK71 Singapore, a decades-old flatted factory within Ayer Rajah Industrial Estate, was repurposed in 2010 by the Media Development Authority to be part of one-north. Externally, as
3648-470: The Biopolis precinct. Occupying 30 hectares of land within one-north, Fusionopolis is envisioned to be an R&D hub for infocomm technology, media, physical sciences and engineering industries. It houses various research organizations, high-tech companies, government agencies, retail outlets, and serviced apartments in one location. It is served by the one-north MRT station connected to the basement of
3744-698: The Buona Vista MRT Station. Kent Ridge Bus Terminal is located within the vicinity of the Kent Ridge campus of the National University of Singapore , at the western portion of the planning area. All three bus terminals within the planning area are anchored by Clementi Bus Package under Bus Contracting Model . Queenstown planning area is connected by road to the rest of Singapore via the Ayer Rajah Expressway ,
3840-531: The Dutch Indies, especially in tin mines and rubber estates. Thanks to the wider coverage range of ZHP, ZHL was able to broadcast more sporting events, namely horse races, tennis and the football, specifically the Malayan Cup . Before the change in policy, it was more likely for attendees to go to the matches. The shortwave frequency moved in on 1 October 1938 from 30.96 meters to 48.58 meters, under
3936-554: The Port. Pasir Panjang lies to the south of Queenstown ( Pasir Panjang in Malay means "long sandy beach"). The coastline was dotted with Malay villages, the main economic activities being fishing and small-scale agriculture . Only after the war, did the development of the area begin, with bungalows along the coastline being built in the 1950s. Today, Pasir Panjang is a popular recreational area for sea sports and attractions such as
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4032-502: The SBC. The rebrand was not ceremonious. Ahead of closedown, an announcement was made telling viewers of the rename. The following morning, at 6 a.m., SBC formally started with no preamble, with the only visible changes being a new interim wordmark logo, updated startup and closedown sequences, and a new news intro. The new logo competition finished on 16 February. A preliminary selection was determined by five judges on 22 February. At first
4128-716: The Singapore Port Authority commenced its short wave broadcast every fortnight either on Sundays or Wednesdays. The BBC World Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was inaugurated on 19 December 1932 as the BBC Empire Service, broadcasting on shortwave and aimed principally at English speakers across the British Empire . In his first Christmas Message (1932), King George V characterised
4224-726: The Ulu Pandan Canal, Ghim Moh Housing Estate and the former Tanglin Camp area to the north, Alexandra Road to the east, Clementi Road to the west and the sea to the south. It covers an area of approximately 2,188 ha . The total population (1990 census) is 126,071 with 31,131 housing units. It consists of 16 subzones, namely Ghim Moh , Holland Drive, Commonwealth, Tanglin Halt, Margaret Drive, Mei Chin, Queensway, Portsdown, Buona Vista , Singapore Polytechnic , Dover , National University , Kent Ridge, Pasir Panjang , Pasir Panjang II, and
4320-585: The United Kingdom and its neighbours' RTM and TVRI. The SBC Act was approved in parliament on 12 January 1980. A competition for a new SBC logo was initiated in January 1980. The characteristics of the new brand were to be "simple and attractive", while not having more than three colours, including the background. The winner would receive a cash prize worth $ 5,000. The government officially dissolved RTS on 31 January 1980 and transferred its assets to
4416-461: The area currently comprises ESSEC Business School and Unilever Four Acres Campus. On 11 April 2022, The Ascott Limited officially opened the 324-unit lyf one-north Singapore. Split across two buildings, the property comprises a hotel, serviced residences, and co-living services. Featuring a seven-storey mural art on one of its external walls, lyf one-north Singapore houses the tallest art wall in Singapore. Launched in early 2006, Rochester Park,
4512-426: The area. The new blocks at Forfar Heights are featured with blue glazing and blue floodlights at the roofline, reminiscent of the early days, where many units were characterised by the blue glass in their windows, by which the district was acquired its Hokkien name Lam Po Lay . Block 39, Forfar Square, had 106 three-room-flats, four shops, and an eating house, until it was demolished in the early 2000s together with
4608-598: The artists had paid more. The existing charter suggested that the daily schedule would last at least four hours, with extensions depending on listener feedback. Any potential expansion was hampered purely by lack of budget. The monthly income was of $ 3,500, $ 2,500 from the licence and $ 1,000 from the Municipality. There were hopes to increase the income due to the start of sponsored programmes. Plans for shortwave broadcasting had been outlined in July 1937, despite concerns over
4704-576: The broadcaster. In accordance with the 1975 Geneva Frequency Plan , the RTS radio stations moved their frequencies effective 23 November 1978: Since their frequencies were already spaced in the multiples of 9 kHz before the Geneva Frequency Plan, the English and Malay stations had their frequencies unchanged. The ability for RTS to grow was hampered by administrative and budgetary constraints, leading to frequent turnover in staff, and
4800-448: The building. On 26 October 2021, Razer officially opened its Southeast Asia headquarters in one-north. Aside from its offices, the seven-storey headquarters also houses the first RazerStore and RazerCafe in Singapore where visitors are able to view the company's latest products and order a drink prepared by a robotic barista arm. A 19-hectare hub created for the infocomm, media, physical sciences and engineering sectors, Mediapolis plays
4896-767: The bungalows were handed over to the Singapore government who rented them out mainly to non-Singaporeans. To provide cultural and recreational facilities for the people in one-north in the present day, Rochester Park has been revitalised into a dining and lifestyle retail hub known as the Rochester Mall . The old black-and-white colonial bungalows in Rochester Park have been preserved under the Urban Redevelopment Authority 's conservation guidelines and are now leased to over 30 food and beverage and lifestyle retail tenants. Rochester Commons
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#17327937979124992-456: The city-centre. Besides being a "science hub" as it was first described, the government's aim for one-north is to create a community whereby Singaporeans can gather to live, work and relax together. As such, one-north was not envisioned as being strictly a public sector project, but also one whereby private sectors may also contribute to provide the social and recreational amenities for the people working and living there. Today, one-north serves as
5088-479: The closing time moved to 10:30pm) with an additional hour-long period from 10am to 11am for educational programming. Programming was still in the same mix of languages as before but content in Japanese was added. In June 1942, the Syonan station broadcast Japanese language learning classes to students, installing sets in 87 schools. During occupation, a confidential British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service (BFEBS)
5184-491: The district. There are 9 Mass Rapid Transit stations that serve the planning area, across 2 lines, the East West Line and the Circle Line . Both lines have an interchange station at Buona Vista station. The 9 stations are: There are 3 bus terminals within the planning area. Buona Vista Bus Terminal is located along Holland Drive while Ghim Moh Bus Terminal is located along Ghim Moh Road. Both of which are near to
5280-684: The equipment used was already manufactured in Singapore. The corporation was taken over by the Straits Settlements government in 1940 as a part of the British Department of Information, subsequently nationalised and reorganised as the Malaya Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), the local counterpart to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Additional French programming was added on 16 September 1940. In order to counter German propaganda,
5376-399: The first person to appear on Singapore TV, announcing that "Tonight might well mark the start of a social and cultural revolution in our lives." The first programme aired was a documentary, TV Looks at Singapore . The pilot service would broadcast for one hour and 40 minutes nightly; at the time, it was estimated that only one in 58 Singaporeans owned a television. On 2 April 1963, Channel 5
5472-551: The formal launch the previous year. Ahead of the start of the shortwave service, it was reported that it would be picked up by over 9,000 radio receivers in Malaya - combined with over 4,000 in Singapore, the number of potential listeners was going to increase threefold. The station started on 19 July 1938 under the callsign ZHP (the "P" stood for " P rogress") attracting an audience not just in Malaya, but also in Sarawak, Borneo and
5568-663: The formation of the Amateur Wireless Society of Malaya (AWSM) in April 1925, which launched shortwave transmission from a studio in the Union Building at Collyer Quay using a 100-watt transmitter lent by the Marconi Company under callsign 1SE (One Singapore Experimental). The transmissions could be received as far as Penang , albeit with atmospheric interferences at times. In 1930, Sir Earl from
5664-564: The hill on Thomson Road. ZHL made its first broadcast of Chinese music on 10 June 1936 as an experiment. The BMBC conducted auditions in November 1936. On 1 March 1937 at 6pm, its studios and transmitters at Caldecott Hill were officially opened by Governor of the Straits Settlements Shenton Thomas , aiming at a potential target audience of 10,000 listeners. In a move to adjust its budget, BMBC cut
5760-587: The local counterpart to the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). Broadcasts under the new administration started on 13 March 1942 and broadcast over three frequencies, one in medium wave for within Singapore, another to relay output from Tokyo and a shortwave frequency aimed at the time in Australia. After repairs, broadcasts officially started on 28 March. Programming was at the outset of occupation airing daily from 7pm to 10pm (later
5856-409: The logo was set to be introduced in March. A total of 4,042 entries were received. The new logo was unveiled to the public on 18 May 1980. The winner was Laurence Wong Heng Kwok—who had previously co-designed the RTS logo. Its programming had not changed much following the relaunch, to the point that some viewers mockingly said that "SBC" stood for "Same Boring Channel", while some confusing it for
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#17327937979125952-422: The name one-north is from the fact that Singapore is located one-degree to the north of the equator . As part of the survey, the one-north MRT station was initially named 'Portsdown'. The options had involved 'one-north', 'Portsdown' and 'Ayer Rajah'. In the end, one-north was selected in January 2006. Construction began on 12 March that year. The station was opened on 8 October 2011, along with Stages 4 and 5 of
6048-457: The new $ 3.6 million Television Centre at Caldecott Hill on 27 August 1966. Within days of independence, TV Singapura's main studio was damaged by a fire on the afternoon of 16 August 1965; this did not affect Radio Singapore's broadcasts. An FM service was announced in January 1967, set to start in June or July of that year, where the four existing stations would be relayed. The experimental FM service started testing in May 1967 and upgraded to
6144-467: The new Grab HQ houses approximately 3,000 employees, an R&D centre, and the first GrabMerchant centre. As the corporate and business support cluster of the one-north precinct, Vista houses high-rise offices, business hotels, retail-cum-entertainment centres, and residential developments. It is close to the Buona Vista MRT station . Completed in the third quarter of 2013, Metropolis is a pair of Grade A office towers (23 storeys and 21 storeys), offering
6240-423: The new callsign ZHO , at the request of the Posts and Telegraphs Department. The extant medium wave frequency (225 metres or 1333kc) remained unchanged. In February 1939, the government started giving aid to the BMBC. The listener base was by then upgraded to 15,000 listeners: 5,000 in Singapore, a further 5,000 in the Federated Malay States, 2,000 in Penang, 1,000 in Johor and 350 in Malacca. Statistically, out of
6336-411: The number of weekly hours in late June 1937, from the initial 34 3/4 hours to 28 3/4. The Sunday schedule was cut from seven hours to four: before the revision, the daytime period ran from 11am to 1:30pm and the evening period from 5:30pm to 10pm. This was cut to 11:30am to 1:30pm for the daytime period (reducing half an hour) and 6pm to 8pm for the evening period (cutting two and a half hours). On weekdays
6432-411: The oldest building in one-north, it lacks architectural consistency with the rest of the development. Internally, however, it is one of Singapore's high-tech hubs, with dozens of digital startups and VC funds sited directly across the street from Fusionopolis and the one-north MRT Station . In March 2014, its landlord that the cluster of flatted factories would be expanded to JTC LaunchPad @ one-north,
6528-408: The pilot colour service began on 11 November 1974, with newsreels being converted to colour, but it still had to air monochrome newsreels because some of the footage available was still in black and white. The number of weekly hours given to colour programming increased from two to four on weekdays and four to six on weekends. In honour of the impending launch of full-time colour broadcasts, RTS held
6624-429: The quality of its reception. In its first trimester on air, the BMBC was operating at a loss, a cause of "grave concern" for the staff. Work on the shortwave BMBC station started in October 1937, aiming at a March 1938 launch date. The station was to broadcast at a frequency of 31.48 meters daytime and 49.9 meters nighttime. The programming would be the same as the existing medium wave ZHL station. In January 1938, it
6720-434: The radio service for Singapore, organised into a station each for English, Malay and Mandarin listeners, plus a blocktime slot for Tamil speakers. Shortwave broadcasts commenced on 14 February 1960, consisting of relays of extant Radio Singapore output. The frequency changed in 1961, with test transmissions in the new frequencies (7250, 6175, 6615 and 4280) were carried from mid-January. A new radio station, Siaran Istimewa ,
6816-417: The schedule ran from 6pm to 10pm, simply cutting the last quarter hour on air (before then, the station closed at 10:15pm). On Saturdays, the afternoon period remained in the 12:45pm to 2pm slot, but the evening period, starting at 6pm, now ended at 9:35pm instead of 11:15pm. This also prompted ZHL to reduce the number of artists to those able to perform without paying fees. Juvenile sessions were dropped because
6912-508: The service as intended for "men and women, so cut off by the snow, the desert, or the sea, that only voices out of the air can reach them". First hopes for the Empire Service were low. The Director General , Sir John Reith , said in the opening programme: Don't expect too much in the early days; for some time we shall transmit comparatively simple programmes, to give the best chance of intelligible reception and provide evidence as to
7008-614: The southern portion, the West Coast Highway is a major arterial road that links the district of Pasir Panjang to the Jurong Industrial Estate to the west and the Central Area to the east. At the eastern border with Bukit Merah, Alexandra Road is a major road that connects Pasir Panjang Road with Ayer Rajah Expressway, Queensway and Commonwealth Avenue. Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd.
7104-402: The state branch of the new Televisyen Malaysia from Kuala Lumpur and was subsequently rebranded as sister channel "Television Malaysia (Singapura)". During its time as part of Malaysia , Singapore, like its three other partners–Sabah, Sarawak and Malaya—had its own radio network, but Singapore was the only state to have its own television network. The state's radio and television broadcast right
7200-692: The suburbs. This proposal was believed to be an influence of the New town movements in post-war Britain . The area was subsequently chosen by Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) as a site for housing development due to its proximity to the successful first public housing scheme in Tiong Bahru . Plans for the development of the area were first announced to the general public on 27 September 1953, with construction of Queenstown's first estate, Princess Margaret Estate (named after HM Elizabeth II's younger sister) having already begun last in July last year. By late 1953,
7296-777: The surrounding SIT blocks under the Selective en bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS). Currently, the new Forfar Heights consists of two 40-storey blocks (Blk 48, 52) and three 30-storey blocks (Blk 49–51). Residency was offered to residents from the old Forfar House and Blocks 6A & 6B Margaret Drive in 1996, and residents from Block 172–175 Stirling Road & Block 96 Margaret Drive in 2001. The new blocks were launched on Tree Planting Day 2005 and SERS Completion Ceremony on 6 November 2005 with guest of honour, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC. The name for Forfar Heights had its origin from Forfar Square, which like most Queenstown street names,
7392-400: The two channels conducted colour test broadcasts of The Mary Tyler Moore Show , followed in July by its first live colour broadcast—the 1974 FIFA World Cup final . About 2,000 colour television sets were sold in Singapore three days before the match. On 9 August, that year's Singapore National Day Parade became the first live broadcast to be produced by RTS in colour. The second phase of
7488-538: The type of material most suitable for the service in each zone. The programmes will neither be very interesting nor very good. In Singapore, the BBC World Service in English is essentially treated as a domestic broadcaster, easily available 24/7 through long-term agreement with British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation which expanded the array of programmes available for resident listeners. In 1933, Radio ZHI
7584-507: Was a large swampy valley with a channel running through in a southeastern direction. On either side of this agricultural area were hills – feng xing and feng ling . The former was a rubber plantation and the latter, a cemetery also known as boh beh kang . The village in the area, with mainly Hokkien and Teochew -speaking dwellers was also the area was inhabited by hundreds of people in attap -roofed huts, cultivating vegetables, growing fruits and rearing pigs and chickens. Buller Camp,
7680-626: Was activated. The station was merely a relayer of ZHL's output, that was also heard on ZHP 1. During World War II, when the Japanese Imperial Army occupied Singapore from 1942 to 1945, the radio station on the island of Singapore was seized by the Japanese authorities and renamed Syonan Hoso Kyoku ('Light of the South' Broadcasting Corporation, 昭南放送局, known in English as the Syonan Broadcasting Station or SBS),
7776-401: Was adequate". From June 1980, SBC would start sponsoring the clock before the news on its television channels, which it anticipated could bring in an additional S$ 1 million in revenue. SBC began adapting a new format for its television news broadcasts in August 1980. The new format would feature two newscasters and more on-location reporting. SBC introduced political party broadcasts for
7872-575: Was announced in May 1961 as the nation's first multilingual radio station signing on offially on 3 June, with programming in all 4 languages airing on the 990 kc (990 kHz) band. When Singapore joined Malaysia on 16 September 1963, Radio Singapura's stations became part of Radio Malaysia and rebranded as "Radio Malaysia (Singapura)". From 2 March 1964, the Malay, Tamil and Mandarin language divisions increased their airtime. The number of radio news bulletins
7968-463: Was announced that the BMBC would cease receiving its monthly $ 1,000 grant from the municipality effective the end of February. In the year ending February 28, 1938, the BMBC was operating at a net profit of $ 275.88; compared to the loss of $ 5,368.67 The number of listeners now stood at 4,213, up from the initial figure of 2,598 - even so, the figure was relatively lower than the planned target of 10,000 in
8064-547: Was briefly broken in the early-2000s by SPH MediaWorks . In 2004, amid struggles at its two channels, SPH sold the MediaWorks subsidiary to MediaCorp in exchange for stakes in its television and publishing businesses; only its Chinese-language Channel U would continue under MediaCorp. SPH divested its stake in MediaCorp in 2017 after Today ceased print publication. The history of radio broadcasting in Singapore began with
8160-472: Was carried out by the UK to its occupied territories, briefly having its offices at Caldecott Hill. The facilities were later used as a relay station for the BBC. After the war, the British came back into power and reclaimed the radio station, with the station managed by the interim government – British Military Administration (BMA). Two separate stations were introduced from 23 December 1945. The existing service
8256-805: Was connected to the British Royal Family . The name Forfar comes from The Royal Burgh of Forfar , a Scottish town near the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother . Being the first satellite HDB town in Singapore, Queenstown has one of the highest proportions of elderly aged 65 and above. Many of the residents live in smaller 2-room and 3-room flats. As a result, Queenstown earned its reputation as an "elderly town". Further developments in Dawson located in Princess Estate have attracted many young Singaporeans to this area in
8352-555: Was designed and master planned by Zaha Hadid Architects. It's located near educational and research institutes such as National University of Singapore (NUS), INSEAD , Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and the Singapore Science Parks . In 2012, ESSEC Business School set up its Asian campus in one-north, for a total investment of S$ 40 million. The district also has easy accessibility to various social and recreational facilities due to its close proximity to
8448-619: Was due to requests from individual communities, who demanded more programmes for them. The Chinese output gained its own station on 1 January 1951, the Green Network . Radio Malaya left the Cathay building on 4 November 1951 at closedown. The two networks increased their schedule again in January 1952. On the basis of the Radio Malaya broadcasters that moved to Kuala Lumpur in 1958, Radio Singapura took over on 4 January 1959 as
8544-543: Was established in Singapore. Radio news and information, as well as local entertainment, were aired on its stations in English and later Mandarin Chinese and Malay . In June 1947, the BBC initiated a one-year takeover plan of the BFEBS. The plan was culminated on 8 August 1948. Changes to programming led to the Blue Network adding some Chinese content on from 1 January 1949. Both networks increased their airtime. This
8640-520: Was granted the status of having the radio monopoly. The British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation ( BMBC ) was created on 12 April 1935 with a nominal capital of $ 500,000, formed on 21 July 1935 and awarded a broadcasting license by the British crown on 1 June 1936 as a radio network. The station was initially scheduled to start broadcasting in 1935, but was subsequently delayed to 1936 due to initial government uncertainties. The station broadcast from
8736-613: Was held on 22 December. The English-language current affairs programme Friday Background debuted in March 1981. In April 1981, to maximise SBC's resources in improving its sports presentation, the Malay and Chinese versions of the corporation's sports programme Sports Parade were cancelled; the programme now only airs in English. In May 1981, on the day President Benjamin Sheares was pronounced dead, SBC's television channels cancelled their regular programming and replaced them with "solemn music and serious documentaries". The next day,
8832-530: Was included as an annex in the Malaysia Agreement which garnered autonomy in this area, among others. Television advertising started on 15 January 1964. After the separation of Singapore from the Malaysian federation, its radio and television outlets became part of Radio Television Singapore (RTS), a division of the Ministry of Culture. This led to expansions of the network, including a move to
8928-456: Was increased from 29 to 42. Shortly after Singapore reached self-government status on 3 June 1959, there were plans to obtain television transmission rights. This manifested the founding of Television Singapura on 4 April 1961. Television Singapura aired test broadcasts on channel 5 from 21 January to 15 February 1963, ahead of its first official pilot broadcast on the evening of 15 February 1963. Minister for Culture S. Rajaratnam became
9024-579: Was launched as the first professional shortwave broadcasting station in Singapore. Owned by the Radio Service Company of Malaya, it was a shortwave radio station that delivered static-free broadcasts. Radio ZHI acquired a loyal following in Singapore and abroad. Despite its success, the station closed at the end of December 1936 when its license expired because the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation
9120-453: Was officially inaugurated by Yang di-Pertuan Negara Yusof Ishak ; the service expanded to 7:15 to 11:00 p.m. nightly. By September, its broadcast day had been lengthened to begin at 6:30 p.m. Initially, Channel 5 carried programmes in all four of Singapore's official languages . On 31 August, Channel 8 started trial broadcasts, before starting its regular service on 23 November 1963. In January 1964, Television Singapura became
9216-637: Was renamed Blue Network , carrying programming in English and Malay. The second service, the Red Network , carried content in Tamil, Hindustani and Chinese dialects. The Blue Network was carried on the 41,61,225 metre band and the Red Network, on the 41,61,300 metre band. On 1 April 1946, Radio Malaya Singapore and the Federation of Malaya (RMSFOM; or Radio Malaya), a short- and mediumwave service,
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