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75-419: At the hotel's opening, the hotel building was described by The Straits Times as "longish, broad, bright-looking." It was fitted with specially-designed furniture. The dining rooms and bars opened towards a lawn with coconut trees in front of the shore. The rooms, which had access to a 450ft-long verandah and passageway in front facing the sea, and another at the rear for the "boys who are never allowed to use

150-421: A "first-class hotel." The bathing pagars were completed by the end of the month. A month later, The Straits Times reported that de Souza had been organising various events at the hotel that have "had for their object the entertaining of visitors" since its opening. These included a "Canoe regatta", a "Venetian night" and an event on 14 July celebrating French Independence Day . In 1912, Eleazar Johannes became

225-671: A 'gathering of the mob ,' a walking and golf cart parade, and a mock beheading of the King and Queen . Portland, Oregon , has celebrated Bastille Day with crowds up to 8,000, in public festivals at various public parks, since 2001. The event is coordinated by the Alliance Française of Portland. Seattle 's Bastille Day celebration, held at the Seattle Center , involves performances, picnics, wine and shopping. Sacramento, California , conducts annual "waiter races" in

300-640: A French textile worker, who presented his design for a festival celebrating the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille to the French city administration and the public on 9 December 1789. There were other proposals and unofficial celebrations of 14 July 1789, but the official festival sponsored by the National Assembly was called the Fête de la Fédération. The Fête de la Fédération on 14 July 1790

375-606: A cafe, bakery and confectionery serving the surrounding neighbourhood. In April 1925, A. F. Peate became the hotel's general manager. A new wing and bathing house was completed in April 1925. An article in the Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle wrote that, with the extension, the hotel was "likely to be an increasingly popular Sunday to Monday resort." The taxi ride to the hotel from the Tank Road railway station then cost

450-751: A celebration annually, hosted by the French Cultural Center for 40 years. The street festival occurs in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, near the Cultural Center's headquarters. The celebration includes francophone musical performers, dancing, and French cuisine . New York City has numerous Bastille Day celebrations each July, including Bastille Day on 60th Street hosted by the French Institute Alliance Française between Fifth and Lexington Avenues on

525-696: A competition for the "Best Baguette of the Twin Cities ." Montgomery, Ohio , has a celebration with wine, beer, local restaurants' fare, pastries, games and bands. St. Louis , Missouri , has annual festivals in the Soulard neighborhood, the former French village of Carondelet, Missouri , and in the Benton Park neighborhood. The Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion in the Benton Park neighborhood, holds an annual Bastille Day festival with reenactments of

600-595: A cost. In addition to tennis, golf was also offered to guests. Cabarets and performances were then sometimes held at the hotel. By 1953, the hotel had 69 rooms, all with baths and telephones. Some also featured porches, as well as hot and cold water. 20 of the rooms also featured air-conditioning. However, McKay's Guide to the Far East and the Middle East recommended the "large" rooms on the second floor without air-conditioning featuring porch sitting rooms overlooking

675-711: A dollar. In July, it was announced that a bathing pagar was to be built. A temporary bathing pagar was opened in August, around three months before the completion of the actual pagar. In January 1926, Peate was transferred to the Raffles Hotel, after which he was replaced by Frank Deason , previously the secretary to the Singapore Cricket Club . In February 1927, it was announced that the hotel would undergo significant renovations, which were to be completed in around eight months, adding "very considerably to

750-671: A family-friendly Bastille Day party at the French Legation , the home of the French representative to the Republic of Texas from 1841 to 1845. Chicago , Illinois , has hosted a variety of Bastille Day celebrations in a number of locations in the city, including Navy Pier and Oz Park . The recent incarnations have been sponsored in part by the Chicago branch of the French-American Chamber of Commerce and by

825-722: A few years before it lost its seafront as a result of the East Coast Reclamation Project. It was demolished soon after. In 1969, an 18-storey Sea View Hotel opened on nearby Amber Close. The Straits Times Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 944532209 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:49:17 GMT Bastille Day Bastille Day

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900-895: A major event of the French Revolution , as well as the Fête de la Fédération that celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Celebrations are held throughout France. One that has been reported as "the oldest and largest military parade in Europe" is held on 14 July on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in front of the President of France , along with other French officials and foreign guests. In 1789, tensions rose in France between reformist and conservative factions as

975-409: A regular launch service running between the hotel and Johnston's Pier . The hotel was to be ready by the middle of May, with the first beer garden on the island. It was opened by A. J. de Souza, who had already made a name for himself as a hotelier on the island, on 2 June 1906. The Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser praised de Souza for converting the "dreary, barn-like building" into

1050-559: A year: Bastille Day. The single day of celebration evolved into the major Heiva i Tahiti festival in Papeete Tahiti, where traditional events such as canoe races, tattooing, and fire walks are held. The singing and dancing competitions continue with music composed with traditional instruments such as the nasal flute and ukulele. Within the UK, London has a large French contingent, and celebrates Bastille Day at various locations across

1125-623: Is a traditional festival dance of the French consul that draws large crowds, and many unofficial events over the city celebrate the relationship between France and the city of Liège. Vancouver , British Columbia holds a celebration featuring exhibits, food and entertainment. The Toronto Bastille Day festival is also celebrated in Toronto , Ontario . The festival is organized by the French-Canadian community in Toronto and sponsored by

1200-744: Is held annually in the Bishop Arts District of the North Oak Cliff neighborhood, southwest of downtown just across the Trinity River . Dallas' French roots are tied to the short lived socialist Utopian community La Réunion , formed in 1855 and incorporated into the City of Dallas in 1860. Miami 's celebration is organized by "French & Famous" in partnership with the French American Chamber of Commerce,

1275-502: Is live music, street performers, and traditional French games played. The United States has over 20 cities that conduct annual celebrations of Bastille Day. The different cities celebrate with many French staples such as food, music, games, and sometimes the recreation of famous French landmarks. Baltimore , Maryland , has a large Bastille Day celebration each year at Petit Louis in the Roland Park area of Baltimore. Boston has

1350-497: Is provided throughout the festival. The French Consulate in South Africa also celebrates their national holiday with a party for the French community. Activities also include dressing up in different items of French clothing. Following colonial rule, France annexed a large portion of what is now French Polynesia . Under French rule, Tahitians were permitted to participate in sport, singing, and dancing competitions one day

1425-847: Is sponsored by the Institut de France . The festival is hosted along the Danube River , with streets filled with music and dancing. There are also local markets dedicated to French foods and wine, mixed with some traditional Hungarian specialties. At the end of the celebration, a fireworks show is held on the river banks. Bastille Day is celebrated with great festivity in Pondicherry , a former French colony. The Embassy of France in Ireland organizes several events around Dublin , Cork and Limerick for Bastille Day; including evenings of French music and tasting of French food. Many members of

1500-527: Is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France , which is celebrated on 14 July each year. It is referred to, both legally and commonly, as le 14 juillet ( French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ] ) in French, though la fête nationale is also used in the press. French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789,

1575-568: Is usually between 11 and 14 July. It acts as an event that marks the relinquish of the EU presidency from France to the Czech Republic. Traditional selections of French produce, including cheese, wine, meat, bread and pastries, are provided by the market. Throughout the event, live music is played in the evenings, with lanterns lighting up the square at night. The amusement park Tivoli celebrates Bastille Day. Budapest 's two-day celebration

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1650-766: The Champs-Élysées , with the participation of the Allies as represented in the Versailles Peace Conference, and with the exception of the period of German occupation from 1940 to 1944 (when the ceremony took place in London under the command of General Charles de Gaulle ); and 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation. The parade passes down the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe to

1725-697: The French Consulate-General in Chicago. Milwaukee 's four-day street festival begins with a "Storming of the Bastille" with a 43-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower . Minneapolis , Minnesota , has a celebration with wine, French food, pastries, a flea market, circus performers and bands. Also in the Twin Cities area, the local chapter of the Alliance Française has hosted an annual event for years at varying locations with

1800-602: The Hotel Association of Singapore fell through. Of these, 150 were employed at the Sea View Hotel. The Singapore Workers' Union, which represented the strikers, initially demanded the minimum basic wage at the hotel be increased to $ 106. In September, the hotel's management made an offer of a $ 2 increase in the minimum basic wage, which would then be $ 92, but the union insisted on a minimum basic wage of $ 94. The union later claimed that it would be willing to end

1875-537: The Place de la Concorde , where the President of the French Republic , his government and foreign ambassadors to France stand. This is a popular event in France, broadcast on French TV, and is the oldest and largest regular military parade in Europe. Smaller military parades are held in French garrison towns, including Toulon and Belfort , with local troops. Liège celebrates Bastille Day each year since

1950-485: The 69 rooms featured air-conditioning. There were then four tennis courts. According to a November article in The Singapore Free Press wrote that the hotel offered a "unique" location and "excellent" food. The cost of staying at the hotel ranged from "moderate to not so moderate" and an Italian band was then regularly performing there. There was a domed dining room and a "Chicken Inn" Grill Room, which

2025-482: The Consulate General of France. The celebration includes music, performances, sport competitions, and a French Market. At the end of the festival, there is also a traditional French bal populaire. Since 2008, Prague has hosted a French market " Le marché du 14 juillet " ("Fourteenth of July Market") offering traditional French food and wine as well as music. The market takes place on Kampa Island , it

2100-538: The French Republic (the event was commemorated in a painting by Claude Monet ). On 14 July 1879, there was another feast, with a semi-official aspect. The day's events included a reception in the Chamber of Deputies, organised and presided over by Léon Gambetta (a military reviewer at Longchamp), and a Republican Feast in the Pré Catelan . All throughout France, Le Figaro wrote, "people feasted much to honour

2175-466: The French community in Ireland take part in the festivities. Events in Dublin include live entertainment, speciality menus on French cuisine, and screenings of popular French films. The Auckland suburb of Remuera hosts an annual French-themed Bastille Day street festival. Visitors enjoy mimes, dancers, music, as well as French foods and drinks. The budding relationship between the two countries, with

2250-478: The National Guard of Paris and a confidant of the king, took his oath to the constitution, followed by King Louis XVI . After the end of the official celebration, the day ended in a huge four-day popular feast, and people celebrated with fireworks, as well as fine wine and running nude through the streets in order to display their freedom. On 30 June 1878, a feast was officially arranged in Paris to honour

2325-523: The Rights of Man and of the Citizen ( Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen ) was proclaimed. As early as 1789, the year of the storming of the Bastille, preliminary designs for a national festival were underway. These designs were intended to strengthen the country's national identity through the celebration of the events of 14 July 1789. One of the first designs was proposed by Clément Gonchon,

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2400-608: The Sea View Hotel and the Adelphi Hotel. He was replaced by Robert Gerber , who served as the manager until the hotel's closure in 1942. In August 1942, the hotel, under the Japanese Occupation of Singapore , housed a party of Thai repatiates on their visit to Singapore. By April of the following year, it had reopened as the Nan Mei Kaku Hotel. In November 1945, following the end of the occupation,

2475-546: The Third Republic's need to establish legal legitimacy. French politicians also did not want the sole foundation of their national holiday to be rooted in a day of bloodshed and class-hatred as the day of storming the Bastille was. Instead, they based the establishment of the holiday as both the celebration of the Fête de la Fédération, a festival celebrating the anniversary of the Republic of France on 14 July 1789, and

2550-499: The Union des Français de l'Etranger and many French brands. The event gathers over 1,000 attendees to celebrate "La Fête Nationale". The location and theme change every year. In 2017, the theme was "Guinguette Party" and attracted 1,200 francophiles at The River Yacht Club. New Orleans , Louisiana , has multiple celebrations, the largest in the historic French Quarter . In Austin, Texas , the Alliance Française d’Austin usually conducts

2625-662: The United States. In Washington D.C. , food, music, and auction events are sponsored by the Embassy of France . There is also a French Festival within the city, where families can meet period entertainment groups set during the time of the French Revolution. Restaurants host parties serving traditional French food. In Dallas , Texas , the Bastille Day celebration, "Bastille On Bishop", began in 2010 and

2700-710: The Upper East Side of Manhattan , Bastille Day on Smith Street in Brooklyn , and Bastille Day in Tribeca . There is also the annual Bastille Day Ball, taking place since 1924. Philadelphia 's Bastille Day, held at Eastern State Penitentiary , involves Marie Antoinette throwing locally manufactured Tastykakes at the Parisian militia , as well as a re-enactment of the storming of the Bastille. (This Philadelphia tradition ended in 2018. ) In Newport, Rhode Island,

2775-456: The amenities of this popular seaside rendezvous. The whole sea frontage, which then included the dining and dancing hall and lounge, was to be converted into guest rooms with verandahs, while the kitchens at the rear were to be moved behind the bathing pagar, with the space being repurposed as stores. A new dancing and dining pavilion was to be built between the pagar and the main building. A new building, designed by Swan & Maclaren Architects ,

2850-664: The annual Bastille Day celebration is organized by the local chapter of the Alliance Française. It takes place at King Park in Newport at the monument memorializing the accomplishments of the General Comte de Rochambeau whose 6,000 to 7,000 French forces landed in Newport on 11 July 1780. Their assistance in the defeat of the English in the War of Independence is well documented and is proof of the special relationship between France and

2925-491: The basis of lettres de cachet (literally "signet letters"), arbitrary royal indictments that could not be appealed and did not indicate the reason for the imprisonment, and was believed to hold a cache of ammunition and gunpowder. As it happened, at the time of the attack, the Bastille held only seven inmates, none of great political significance. The crowd was eventually reinforced by the mutinous Régiment des Gardes Françaises ("Regiment of French Guards"), whose usual role

3000-450: The beheading of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI , traditional dancing, and artillery demonstrations. Carondelet also began hosting an annual saloon crawl to celebrate Bastille Day in 2017. The Soulard neighborhood in St. Louis , Missouri celebrates its unique French heritage with special events including a parade, which honors the peasants who rejected the monarchy . The parade includes

3075-532: The building would be rebuilt, with the ground floor designed as a pavilion encompassing a ballroom, a dining room and billiard's room with 30 rooms located on the floor above. There were also to be "increased facilities for bathing accommodation". A building at the corner of Meyer Road and Tanjong Katong Road facing the Crescent Flats was also acquired by the Sarkies, who planned to renovate and reopen it as

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3150-594: The city including Battersea Park , Camden Town and Kentish Town . Live entertainment is performed at Canary Wharf , with weeklong performances of French theatre at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in Kentish Town. Restaurants feature cabarets and special menus across the city, and other celebrations include garden parties and sports tournaments. There is also a large event at the Bankside and Borough Market, where there

3225-441: The coast" at their completion. The two bathing houses, one for men and the other for women, stood above the water. The hotel also had an outdoor beer garden with a fountain accompanied by a neo-classical statue as its centrepiece. The fountain was Italian-sculpted and installed for $ 10,000. A November 1922 article in The Malaya Tribune described the hotel building as "rambling" and "old" with "no charm." However, it also stated that

3300-406: The country struggled to resolve an economic crisis. In May, the Estates General legislative assembly was revived, but members of the Third Estate broke ranks, declaring themselves to be the National Assembly of the country, and on 20 June, vowed to write a constitution for the kingdom. On 11 July, Jacques Necker , the finance minister of Louis XVI , who was sympathetic to the Third Estate,

3375-488: The day recalled as the Journée des brouettes ("The Day of the Wheelbarrow"), thousands of Parisian citizens gathered together to finish the construction needed for the celebration. The day of the festival, the National Guard assembled and proceeded along the boulevard du Temple in the pouring rain, and were met by an estimated 260,000 Parisian citizens at the Champ de Mars. A mass was celebrated by Talleyrand , bishop of Autun . The popular General Lafayette , as captain of

3450-404: The end of the First World War , as Liège was decorated by the Légion d'Honneur for its unexpected resistance during the Battle of Liège . The city also hosts a fireworks show outside of Congress Hall. Specifically in Liège, celebrations of Bastille Day have been known to be bigger than the celebrations of the Belgian National holiday. Around 35,000 people gather to celebrate Bastille Day. There

3525-478: The establishment of a Maori garden in France and exchange of their analyses of cave art, resulted in the creation of an official reception at the Residence of France. There is also an event in Wellington for the French community held at the Residence of France. Franschhoek 's weekend festival has been celebrated since 1993. (Franschhoek, or 'French Corner,' is situated in the Western Cape .) As South Africa's gourmet capital, French food, wine and other entertainment

3600-413: The following year, a nearby bungalow was acquired as an annexe for the hotel, providing additional rooms. It was named the Grove Bungalow. By then, the nearby Grove Hotel had also been taken over as an annexe. Johannes died in October 1921. On 1 February 1923, management of the hotel was transferred to the Sarkies Brothers , prominent hoteliers in Singapore. In January of that year, it was announced that

3675-405: The front communication", were located away from the "noise and bustle" of the dining rooms and bars. Each of the 40 rooms had a sitting room, a bedroom, a boxroom and a bathroom. There were also rooms for events. Guest rooms were also provided with electric bells. Amenities included a shooting gallery adjacent to the hotel and tennis courts, as well as two bathing pagars that were the "largest along

3750-435: The hotel temporarily housed evacuees from Surabaya . It was then occupied by the Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees , which used the hotel as a forces transit camp. The hotel was derequisitioned on 15 July, after which it was reopened, becoming the third hotel to reopen for civilian use in Singapore following the occupation. Gerber served as the camp's manager. In the same year, Waser's son, Henri J. Waser, became

3825-425: The hotel then was A. M. Peach, who claimed that management was "coping very well". The hotel closed in early 1964, with Seaview Hotel Ltd. having gone into liquidation as it was "no longer a paying concern." In May, 65 sets of its bed and living room furniture were auctioned off in "Singapore's biggest-ever auction of furniture." The fountain was also sold. In August, the 359,600 sqft property had been put up for sale,

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3900-406: The hotel was "always cool", an "ideal spot on a moonlit night" and featured "good" service and food. The wing of the hotel completed in 1925 faced the sea. Its ground floor featured an office, a dining room-cum-grill room, a bar and a 150-ft long ballroom. Guest rooms, each with its own sea-facing sitting room and bathroom, could be found above. A "most modern" septic tank was installed to serve both

3975-426: The hotel's manager. The hotel was one of the first in Singapore to have been located away from the town centre. It was "especially popular with clients who had recently recovered from illness and were seeking the tranquillity of an idyllic seaside resort surrounded by coconut trees to rest and recuperate." The hotel peaked in popularity in the 1930s, with the 1936 edition of Willis' Singapore Guide calling it one of

4050-450: The manager of the hotel. He installed electric lights and fans. Aviator William B. Atwater gave a Hydro-Aeroplane exhibition at the hotel on 29 December 1912. However, an article in The Weekly Sun described it as a "farce" as "apart from rushing over the water for about two miles in the Hydro-Aeroplane Mr. Atwater did nothing". According to the article, "Many hundreds" of people came to the event, only to be left "disappointed and angry". In

4125-427: The modern hotel." By August 1960, Lim Jew Kum had become the hotel's manager. On 6 November 1962, the hotel's employees, then represented by the Singapore General Employee's Union, went on a six-hour strike over unsettled wage claims. The hotel's management was told by the union to settle the claims by 8 November or face "further industrial action". The chair of the hotel's board of directors claimed to have not received

4200-440: The national holiday, including 4 August (the commemoration of the end of the feudal system ), 5 May (when the Estates-General first assembled), 27 July (the fall of Robespierre ), and 21 January (the date of Louis XVI 's execution). The government decided that the date of the holiday would be 14 July, but that was still somewhat problematic. The events of 14 July 1789 were illegal under the previous government, which contradicted

4275-423: The new era over the Ancien Régime was bought by fighting, do not forget that after the day of 14 July 1789, there was the day of 14 July 1790 (...) This [latter] day cannot be blamed for having shed a drop of blood, for having divided the country. It was the consecration of the unity of France (...) If some of you might have scruples against the first 14 July, they certainly hold none against

4350-416: The ocean as the "most desirable", while noting that the rooms in the air-conditioned wing were "small" and "dreary". Dances were then hosted at night on all days except Sunday. There was also a play area for children. The guide wrote that the hotel was "delightful", recommending it to "all except those whose time in Singapore is limited and who wish to be closer to the shops and offices." By February 1957, 42 of

4425-519: The old and new wings. A new bathing house was erected in front of the hotel. The building had changing rooms for men and women, a verandah for spectators and a bar at the end. It was accompanied by a saltwater tank to allow for seawater baths "irrespective of tides." Other amenities included an open-air cinema which operated after dinner on Wednesdays and Sundays. The hotel also had a sea swimming pool surrounded by reinforced barriers to prevent sharks from entering. Bathing costumes and towels were available at

4500-425: The protest posters and banners used in the strike. They returned to work the next day, having received their increments and bonuses for the year of 1962 backdated to 1 June. On 8 October, the workers, now represented by the Singapore Association of Trade Unions, again went on strike, along with the employees of the Raffles Hotel, the Adelphi Hotel, the Ambassador Hotel and the Ocean Park Hotel . The general manager of

4575-432: The second. Whatever difference which might part us, something hovers over them, it is the great images of national unity, which we all desire, for which we would all stand, willing to die if necessary. The Bastille Day military parade is the French military parade that has been held in the morning, every year in Paris, since 1880. While previously held elsewhere within or near the capital city, since 1918 it has been held on

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4650-459: The staff quarters at the hotel were asked to vacate the premises by 22 December. However, Wee claimed that hotel management did not individually inform the workers of the termination and that they had only sent a letter to the union. Despite their firing, the workers continued to picket at the hotel. The strike ended on 5 February, with the union and hotel management having agreed upon wage increases of $ 10 to $ 17. The employees then made bonfires with

4725-497: The storming of the Bastille". In 1880, the government of the Third Republic wanted to revive the 14 July festival. The campaign for the reinstatement of the festival was sponsored by the notable politician Léon Gambetta and scholar Henri Baudrillant . On 21 May 1880, Benjamin Raspail proposed a law, signed by sixty-four members of government, to have "the Republic adopt 14 July as the day of an annual national festival". There were many disputes over which date to be remembered as

4800-407: The storming of the Bastille. The Assembly voted in favor of the proposal on 21 May, and 8 June. The law was approved on 27 and 29 June. The celebration was made official on 6 July 1880. In the debate leading up to the adoption of the holiday, Senator Henri Martin , who wrote the National Day law, addressed the chamber on 29 June 1880: Do not forget that behind this 14 July, where victory of

4875-404: The strike if the wage was increased to $ 93. The union later accepted the offer of an increase of the minimum basic wage to $ 92, with the employees returning to work on 26 September. The Singapore Free Press wrote in November 1957 that it was a "popular rendezvous with Singapore's pleasure-seekers", offering a "feeling of spaciousness and graciousness and a mood of gracious living not often found in

4950-449: The striking employees would receive financial support from the employees of nine other Singaporean hotels. By then, there were still 21 guests staying at the hotel, with Lim claiming to have done "most of the work, including cooking" as the employees went on strike. On 13 December, it was announced that all of the striking workers, then 164 in number, had been fired for failing to "carry out their contracts of employment." Employees vacating

5025-475: The three leading hotels in Singapore, along with the Adelphi Hotel on Coleman Street and the Raffles Hotel on Beach Road . The "spacious and airy" ballroom hosted "many popular dances and balls, many of them held to raise money for charity. On 26 August 1955, 450 hotel workers at the Sea View Hotel, the Adelphi Hotel, the Gleneagles Hotel on Napier Road and the Cockpit Hotel on Oxley Rise went on strike after negotiations between union representatives and

5100-446: The union's ultimatum. On 10 November, 166 employees of the hotel went on strike. The union demanded wage increases ranging from $ 18 to $ 20 a month, while the hotel's management offered only $ 10. The employees left at 2 p.m., leaving just the assistant manager, a secretary and Lim, who advised over 30 guests to find alternative accommodations, to operate the hotel. Wee Toon Lip , the union's assistant secretary, announced on 12 November that

5175-405: Was Jacques de Flesselles , the prévôt des marchands ("provost of the merchants"), the elected head of the city's guilds, who under the French monarchy had the responsibilities of a present-day mayor. Shortly after the storming of the Bastille, late in the evening of 4 August, after a very stormy session of the Assemblée constituante , feudalism was abolished. On 26 August, the Declaration of

5250-418: Was a celebration of the unity of the French nation during the French Revolution. The aim of this celebration, one year after the Storming of the Bastille , was to symbolize peace. The event took place on the Champ de Mars , which was located far outside of Paris at the time. The work needed to transform the Champ de Mars into a suitable location for the celebration was not on schedule to be completed in time. On

5325-414: Was also to be erected in between the sea and bathing pagar and the lawn and open-air cinema. In 1931, the executors of the estate of Manasseh Meyer, who had died in the previous year, took over the hotel on the bankruptcy of the Sarkies Brothers. In March 1933, scenes from the Clyde E. Elliott film The Devil Tiger were filmed at the hotel. In 1934, Heinrich Otto Waser became the general manager of both

5400-406: Was announced that a hotel would be established by the sea at the "salubrious" district of Tanjong Katong . The hotel building, which stood in an "excellent position", was designed "with an eye of everything that goes to spell success and comfort in a tropical Hotel." It was located near the terminus of the local tramway , where rickshaws were stationed to ferry hotel guests to and fro. There was also

5475-618: Was dismissed by the King, provoking an angry reaction among Parisians. Crowds formed, fearful of an attack by the royal army or by foreign regiments of mercenaries in the King's service and seeking to arm themselves. Early on 14 July, a crowd besieged the Hôtel des Invalides for firearms, muskets, and cannons stored in its cellars. That same day, another crowd stormed the Bastille , a fortress-prison in Paris that had historically held people jailed on

5550-410: Was known for its "chicken in the basket" and "chicken in the coconut." On Sundays, it also served chicken curry tiffin. There was also a Jungle Bar, with "wines from all parts of the world" and bartenders "who would mix you any cocktail you cared to name." The seaside colonial bungalow in which the Sea View Hotel was housed was owned by businessman and philanthropist Sir Manasseh Meyer. In March 1906, it

5625-463: Was to protect public buildings. They proved a fair match for the fort's defenders, and Governor de Launay , the commander of the Bastille, capitulated and opened the gates to avoid a mutual massacre. According to the official documents, about 200 attackers and just one defender died before the capitulation. However, possibly because of a misunderstanding, fighting resumed. In this second round of fighting, de Launay and seven other defenders were killed, as

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