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Best of Myanmar... Burmese is the Best!
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Peninsula Plaza: Singapore’s Little Burma
A peninsula is a land bordered by water on three sides but remains connected to the mainland. Known as Little Burma, Peninsula Plaza is one place that connects the Burmese community in Singapore to their hometown. Designed by the Alfred Wong Partnership and built in 1980, the 30-storey-tall Peninsula Plaza is an office building and a one-stop service centre for all things Burmese.
The building is made up of office spaces in the grey ribbed tower block and a shopping complex in the podium. Part of the design conceptualization was a series of volumes between the tower and the podium to break down the mass of the tower block in response to the scale of the St Andrew’s Cathedral just across North Bridge Road.
Good bilateral relations between Singapore and Myanmar have made it possible for the Burmese to obtain permits for work or study in Singapore. Today there are close to 200,000 Burmese living and working in Singapore. Peninsula Plaza has developed into a one-stop service centre for this market and has gained a reputation as Singapore’s Little Burma.
While there are shops dealing in photography equipment, sports shoes and tourist souvenirs, the majority of shops cater to the Burmese market. There are visa agencies, travel agencies that specialise in Myanmar flights, minimarts selling Burmese goods and produce, and that unmistakable fish sauce and ngapi from the many restaurants and eateries offering Burmese cuisine.
Also present are the many one-man betel nut stalls dotted around the podium, naturally, as betel nut chewing is ubiquitous in Myanmar. Peninsula Plaza is especially packed on weekends, as it becomes a congregation point for the Burmese to meet.
A part of Singapore’s longstanding connection with Myanmar is evident in our places and streets. There are Burmese Buddhist temples like Maha Sasana Ramsi in Balestier, streets named after places in Myanmar such as Irrawaddy Road, Mandalay Road, and Rangoon Road, and not to mention the great theme park of Haw Par Villa brought to us by the Burmese brothers Boon Haw and Boon Par.
Foreigner enclaves like Golden Mile Complex and Peninsula Plaza add another dimension of colour and flavour to Singapore’s multi-cultural society. Compared to how ethnic settlements such as Chinatown were officially designated to the different communities in the Raffles Town Plan, these foreigner enclaves have gone through a natural yet gradual process. With small enterprises coming in to offer goods and services from the hometown, the community gathers from all over Singapore at this point. Both supply and demand flourish with each other’s support.
This MTV machiam copycat of some Thai movie I watch b4.. nabeizzz.. Puta La Madre :oIo:[video=youtube;ByTR3PqfvVE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByTR3PqfvVE[/video]
Nice Burmese MTV!
la tahkumharpuutarao Madre :oIo:
kong simi? where got so long 1?
is this the country that gave us the shorts we wear, aka berms
betel leaves - which ah nehs also consume after dinner called paan....unlike the classic chinese desert which a minister likes to steal, aka toothpicksWhat is that green leave with things on it? Can eat ah?
is this the country that gave us the shorts we wear, aka berms
betel leaves - which ah nehs also consume after dinner called paan....unlike the classic chinese desert which a minister likes to steal, aka toothpicks
nice meh???
nice lah! never try ah! you
liddat limpei gotta waste more money at my dentist!
Puta La Madre :oIo:
[video=youtube;yrWF44WyEug]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrWF44WyEug[/video]
miss myanmar in national costume. she aims to please and shoots to score.
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