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21) Blk 78 Guan Chuan Street: the builtin Air Raid Shelter

Blk 78 Guan Chuan Street has an Air Raid Shelter that is located at its back. It was built between 1938 and 1941. It was Singapore's first public Air Raid Shelter in a public housing project.

22) Seng Poh Garden and its Dancing Girls

The neighbourhood cats are afraid that the Dancing Girls are lonely and always come to keep them company.

Sarawak-born sculptor Lim Nang Seng designed a 1.2 metre tall sculpture that depicted a girl performing a joyful harvest dance.

23) Seng Poh Garden and its Dancing Girl Sculpture by Lim Nang Seng

While facing Blk 78, with your back to Seng Poh Garden, turn left, walk straight down Guan Chuan Street and turn left into Tiong Poh Rd. Enjoy the bird cages and a park chair with a warning message at Blk 75 Tiong Poh Rd.

24) The Bird Cages by Unknown Artist at Blk 75 Tiong Poh Rd

25) [WARNING: No Peeing! Be Respectful!] Park Chair

Please kindly take the warning seriously and do not allow yourself, your family, friends and dogs to pee there. Be respectful!

Continue walking down Tiong Poh Rd and turn left at Eu Chin Street for the Home mural (Which is at EU Chin St and Tiong Poh Rd).

26) Home mural by Yip Yew Chong

While facing the mural, turn right, walk to face Blk 81 Tiong Poh Rd and then turn left to walk down Tiong Poh Rd to the Tiong Bahru Monkey God Temple, at 44 Eng Hoon St and Tiong Poh Rd, Singapore 169786.

27) Tiong Bahru Monkey God Temple Exterior

The Tiong Bahru Monkey God Temple: Tiong Bahru Qi Tian Gong (齐天宫), move to this location in 1938. It was founded in 1920 in a small attap hut. It is really worth a visit just to view the statues inside the temple and pray to the Monkey God if you wish.

28) Tiong Bahru Monkey God Temple Interior

The Tiong Bahru Monkey God Temple interior is even more interesting than its exterior. Here you can clearly see the many Monkey God statues from big to small ones and also some other gods that have dealings with him.

Hotel 81 Osaka is just down the street at 1 Eng Hoon Street.

29) Hotel 81 Osaka

Just in case you did not know it is called Hotel 81 Osaka, there is a kimono on display when you enter the hotel.

30) Kimono on display at the lobby of Hotel 81 Osaka

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On Hotel 81 Osaka's right is Outram Rd. Just need to walk to and turn right at Outram Rd. It is a short walk (500m) to MRT EW16 NE3 TE17 Outram Park Exit 7.

Walk to the end of Tiong Poh Rd into Tiong Bahru Rd. On your right and across the road is Link Hotel and D'Hotel.

31) Link Hotel

The hotel was developed by converting two blocks of conserved art deco apartment flats into the hotel.

Link Hotel was the first and only hotel in Singapore to be converted from conserved public housing blocks.

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32) Interesting Link Hotel Washroom Signs

The Male washroom sign seems to be an old male general from the Peking Opera.

The Female washroom sign seems to be a young and beautiful female general from the Peking Opera.

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33) D'Hotel

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Turn left at Tiong Bahru Rd and continue walking.

Along the way observe Sin Hoi Sai Seafood Restaurant and Hotel Nostalgia Urban Boutique Hotel.

34) Sin Hoi Sai Seafood Restaurant

Sin Hoi Sai Seafood Restaurant is featured in the MICHELIN Restaurant Guide.

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35) Hotel Nostalgia Urban Boutique Hotel

The buildings the hotel occupies have conservation status.

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36) Original Bird Corner at Hotel Nostalgia Urban Boutique Hotel

Hotel Nostalgia Urban Boutique Hotel has a Bird Cage and Birds mural on its side to remind people that previously, one of the two heritage shophouses it occupies, was a popular pet bird shop displaying hanging bird cages with colourful songbirds that drew many tourists and curious onlookers to it. This was the original historical Bird Corner.

Across the road, at the side of the Link Hotel, at the intersection of Tiong Bahru Road and Seng Poh Road is another historical Bird Corner that was set up in the early 1980s by Wah Heng, the owner of a traditional coffee shop.

37) Coffee Shop Bird Corner at side of Link Hotel

Having seen how the Pet Bird Shop across the Tiong Bahru Road attracted heaps of people with its colourful songbirds chirping beautiful melodies, he set up a metal structure for pet bird owners to hang their bird cages outside his coffee shop. The Coffee Shop Bird Corner attracted heaps of bird owners that came to showoff their pet birds in bird cages that they hung at the Bird Corner, the birds owners and other coffee shop customers enjoyed the birds singing, enjoyed socializing and of course enjoyed food and drinks purchased from the coffee shop.

Bird singing competitions were held at the Coffee Shop Bird Corner, including one sponsored by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Herbie Mann, the popular American jazz flutist also visited the corner in 1984 and performed to the accompaniment of bird songs.

This is the end of the Tiong Bahru tour. At Seng Poh Rd and Tiong Bahru Road, you have a choice of three MRT Stations:

• MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station Exit 8
• MRT (TE16) Havelock Station Exit 1
• MRT (EW17) TIONG BAHRU Station Exit A

MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station Exit 8 is the recommended MRT Station to go to as you have a choice of three lines (The East West Line, the North East Line and the Thomson East Coast Line) to serve you and it is nearer to your free tour destinations. However, if you prefer, you can go to the nearest MRT Station, which is MRT (TE16) Havelock Station Exit 1 on Zion Rd and take the MRT for just one station to MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station.

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38) Directions to MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station Exit 8

• With you facing the Coffee Shop Bird Corner, your back facing Tiong Bahru Rd and Seng Poh Rd on your left, walk along Seng Poh Rd towards Outram Rd.
• Cross to the otherside of Outram Rd, turn right and continue walking on Outram Rd.
• To the MRT (EW16 NE3 TE17) Outram Park Station Exit 8



• Take the escalator to the Ticket Concourse Level.

To join the Free Chinatown Tour, get out at Exit 6 MRT (EW 16, NE 3, TE 17) Outram Park Station.

To join the Free Mount Faber and Sentosa Tour take the NE line to Exit A MRT (NE1, CC29) HarbourFront Station.

To join the Free Marina Reservoir Tour take the NE line to Exit E MRT (NE 5) Clarke Quay Station.

To join the Free Orchard Rd Tour take the TE line to MRT (DT10 TE11) Stevens Station and then take the DT line to Exit B MRT (CC19 DT9) Botanic Gardens Station.

39) Directions to MRT (TE16) Havelock Station Exit 1

• With you facing the Coffee Shop Bird Corner, your back facing Tiong Bahru Rd and Seng Poh Rd on your left.
• Turn left, keep to the right to walk down Zion Rd at the intersection of Tiong Bahru and Zion Rd.



• To the MRT TE16 Havelock Exit 1



• Take the escalator to the Ticket Concourse Level.

40) Directions to MRT (EW17) TIONG BAHRU Station Exit A

• With you facing the Coffee Shop Bird Corner, your back facing Tiong Bahru Rd and Seng Poh Rd on your left.
• Make a U-turn to face Tiong Bahru Rd.
• Cross to the other side of Tiong Bahru Rd.
• Turn right and walk along Tiong Bahru Rd.
• To the lift at Tiong Bahru Rd at Road Level.
• Take the lift to the Ticket Concourse Level.



• Arrive at MRT (EW17) TIONG BAHRU Station Exit A.