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times of my life times of my life times of my life times of my life blog about me contact me first 10 000 visitors winning the s pore blog awards 2009 bye bye to hollywood theatre and lion city hotel part 2 published wednesday december 28 2011 food beverages leisures places buildings shopping n shops 55 comments continued from part1 sorry for the long delay in the second part of this post after 43 years the lion city hotel was gone yes this lion city hotel costing 4 2m then was opened in 1968 by the late dr goh keng swee the minister for finance construction of the hotel started in 1965 at the junction of tanjong katong road and geylang road by wee thiam siew co ltd c redit singapore press holding sph it was a 10 storey hotel with 168 fully aircon rooms it was then near to the singapore airport which was at the paya lebar then and the city you will be surprise with the rate then 30 to 35 for single room 40 to 45 for double room 60 for family suite and 90 for deluxe room those who had been to the hotel the shopping complex below was considered an unique feature and one of the largest then it housed an emporium which sold china products and there were also a snack bar and finance company and bank there was even a first class restaurant then on the first floor catering both european and chinese dishes in the evening with a live band playing soft music for dancing on the ground floor there was a cocktail lounge too maybe many may not be aware that there was even a swimming pool located on one of the floor in the hotel but in the later years the pool was removed it is sad that the lion city hotel together with the hollywood theatre had to make way for new developments when you are reading this post the hotel and it s surrounding are gone above lion city hotel then above lion city hotel going and the surrounding hin hollywood canteen also disappear above then above gone so what is left now is probably the thank you note from their website credit lion city hotel i remember when i moved in to haig road in the 70s there was the oriental emporium on the ground and 1st floor on the lion city hotel above 3 credits lee kip lin and national library board taken in 1994 oh the mcdonald and kentucky fried chicken were there too the kfc was opened in 1982 and you can see their ads looking for helpers for the 20th outlet at lion city hotel credit sph straits times of course at one time the 人民百货公司 people s emporium was there in place of the oriental emporium only until the later years it became a furniture showroom and the ground floor with a mixture of shops i still preferred the oriental emporium as i liked window shopping there after my dinner as they had a more variety of goods some of the shops already moved out during the last few weeks the happy restaurant 双喜楼 just besides the main entrance to the hotel the restaurant was located upstair on the 1st floor in fact almost every year during the chinese new year i would still go there to buy the yu sheng 鱼生 i also got mix up and confused with the other similar names of the restaurant nearby one at the tanjong katong complex while the other one in lion city plaza even my father like the claypot rice in the lion city cafe i remember there was once filipino live band playing in this cafe snack bar the kentucky fried chicken kfc outlet was just round the corner the main entrance to the lion city hotel the hotel lobby the hotel back entrance the sheltered carpark of the hotel the linkway joining the shopping complex and the hotel you can see a spiral staircase joined to it you can see the other spiral staircase on the right side partially hidden by the tree in the past i like to walk to the oriental emporium via this back entrance the aerial view of the oriental emporium from the haig road flats i supposed in 1984 credit picas naitonal archive of singapore i m trying to get the same aerial view from the top floor of the flat the demolishing of the government quarters in 1974 to make way for the haig road hawker centre and flats in the background is the lion city hotel with the linkway credit picas naitonal archive of singapore looking at the hollywood theatre from the demolished government quarters in 1974 credit picas naitonal archive of singapore when i first look at the above photo the hollywood theatre was not so obvious until i compared it with the below photo distant view of the lion city hotel probably from the sims avenue or geylang road junction a 1970 photo of the lion city hotel above 2 credits picas naitonal archive of singapore current view 1994 view of the hotel from the overhead bridge below is one i took from the overhead bridge in 2011 what my father wrote a stumble may prevent a fall 小惩大诫 2011 in review published sunday january 1 2012 1 5 comments the wordpress com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog here s an excerpt the louvre museum has 8 5 million visitors per year this blog was viewed about 170 000 times in 2011 if it were an exhibit at the louvre museum it would take about 7 days for that many people to see it click here to see the complete report next page pages about me contact me first 10 000 visitors winning the s pore blog awards 2009 singapore blog awards 2009 winner best individual blog categories categories select category 1 249 2 1 3 1 blog 1 books publications 10 campaign and advertisments 4 collectible stuffs 8 countries 1 education 15 entertainment 4 events festivals 21 fashion 2 food beverages 13 guess what 4 guess where 5 leisures 19 medical healthcare 1 myths legends fables folklores 4 national day 5 old logos 2 old things 26 old toys games 5 on government services 8 people 7 places buildings 54 prestorestaurant cz 1 shopping n shops 8 the 60s 15 the 70s 6 transports 6 1 2 3 blog books publications campaign and advertisments collectible stuffs countries education entertainment events festivals fashion food beverages guess what guess where leisures medical healthcare myths legends 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