https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4 en-us 2016-06-06 08:34:06 UTC 2017-03-15 09:51:01 UTC hello@padlet.com thoonmira https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/113762019 Orchard Road]]> 2016-06-06 08:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/113762019 thoonmira https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/113762330 Orchard Road was named after the numerous nutmeg farms, pepper farms, spice gardens and fruit orchards that covered the area since the 1830s. Some sources also point to a mysterious Mr Orchard who owned plantations at the corner of Scotts and Orchard Road. The plantations started to disappear in the 1960s because of falling nutmeg prices and disease.]]> 2016-06-06 08:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/113762330 thoonmira https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/113762489 As Orchard Road lies in a depression, the area had frequent floods as early as the 1840s. This continued until the 1960s when Orchard Road received a proper drainage system makeover. In 2010, in response to freak flash floods, the road was raised by an average of 300mm as an additional flood prevention measure.]]> 2016-06-06 08:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/113762489 thoonmira https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/113763673 Orchard Road has reflected both hostile and celebratory events in Singapore. Two bombs went off in Orchard Road, the first on 10 March 1965 at MacDonald House during the Indonesian Confrontation period, and the other at Faber House on 17 March 1985, when plastic explosives were used. For many years the major season of Christmas has been a grand annual celebration, marked by festive decorations and an official street light-up in Orchard Road. From the 1980s, public events like the annual Chingay Parades were held here, National Day Float Procession, and for a while there was the National Day feature "Swing Singapore" when Orchard Road was closed to traffic and young people were encouraged to gather for a mass dance party on the street. The whole stretch of Orchard Road from its junction at Scott Road to Killiney Road was closed monthly starting in May 1989 and was discontinued in February 1992. There had been about 40 such closures. ]]> 2016-06-06 09:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/113763673 thoonmira https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/115655338 It is a 2.2 kilometre long area and is the retail and entertainment hub of Singapore. The area is a major tourist attraction.]]> 2016-06-29 08:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/thoonmira/thoonphyonaing_1E_3_4/wish/115655338