Singapore bicentennial: What to look out for The Singapore Bicentennial Ofce has put together a calendar of events set to take place from next year. The aim is to get the community to reect on 200 years of history from 1819 and the 500 years prior to the ofcial founding of Singapore. D Here are some highlights. A O R N O O G Indian N A 5 i Light Singapore – Little R Heritage E 1 Bicentennial Edition India S Centre Empress Place station Jalan Besar • station • Jan 28 to Feb 24 • The i Light Marina Bay festival, a sustainable Rochor light art festival around the waterfront station promenade of Marina Bay, will expand to cover the Civic District and the Singapore River. • The 2019 edition is entitled i Light Singapore: Bridges Of Time. Bugis Dhoby Ghaut station 2 Find Your Place In History trails station Bencoolen station National • By the Singapore Bicentennial Ofce Library Bugis Junction • April to May National 4 • The trails will consist of a series of projection Museum of installations at various historical spots around Fort Gate Singapore Bras D A O Singapore, including Telok Ayer Street. Basah R H station C • They will allow Singaporeans to experience A E Singapore through the years, and learn of the B less prominent points in our history, in situ. 3 Fort Canning Esplanade Centre Singapore Bicentennial Showcase station 3 NORTH BRIDGECity ROAD Hall station Fort Canning Centre • RIVER VALLEY ROAD R June 1 to September AFF • LES BOULEVARD • An immersive, cinematic and timed experience through ve galleries, showcasing iconic moments in Singapore’s 700-year history. Clarke • There will also be three free and easy Quay station ST ANDREW’S ROAD installations at the Fort Gate area for visitors Padang Esplanade – to explore. Empress Theatres Place 1 on the Bay Asian Civilisation ESPLANADE DRIVE 4 Early Singapore Museum • National Library Singapore • August to January 2020 River This exhibition will feature documents and maps that highlight Singapore’s history in maritime Raffles Place trade before the founding of a British trading station post in 1819 and its subsequent growth. COLLYER Marina CROSS QUAY Reservoir TREET From the Coromandel – Telok Ayer 5 Tamils in S-E Asia and Singapore station • Indian Heritage Centre Telok BOON TAT STREET • August to January 2020 Ayer 2 Downtown TELOK This exhibition will trace the trade, religious, AYER STREET station political and cultural contact between the Tamils and South-east Asia over 200 years. Source: SINGAPORE BICENTENNIAL OFFICE STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS Tanjong Pagar ROAD station ROBINSON SHENTON WAY.