PUBLISHED October 31st, 2013 09:55 am | UPDATED March 22nd, 2016 01:51 pm
There’s a lot more to know about Hong Lim Park rather than it just being the venue for the Speakers’ Corner (also known as the only venue in Singapore where public protests are allowed) in recent years.
Hong Lim Park was originally named after the first Superintendent of Police, Thomas Dunman, before taking up its current name after Cheang Hong Lim, a wealthy businessman and philanthropist who donated the land. Throughout the years, Hong Lim Park has continued to be an area of both historical and recreational prominence, as it was the venue for many election rallies and political speeches in the 1950s and 1960s, after which the park was used by the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club and the Singapore Cricket Club, and in the 1960s and 1970s.
Today, we really like taking a languid stroll through the heritage park to soak in the lush greenery and fresh air, before proceeding to the hawker centre over at Hong Lim Complex for what we like to claim as some of the best char kway teow in the city.
Web: https://www.nparks.gov.sg/gardens-parks-and-nature/parks-and-nature-reserves/hong-lim-park
Opening hours: Park lighting hours: 7.00pm to 7.00am