Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the city-state’s historic Clifford Pier landmark this month.
The former landing point was built in 1933 and named after Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, Governor of the Straits Settlements.
It now serves as an events space for the hotel, and in tribute to the red lanterns which once illuminated the pier for approaching boats, Fullerton has reinstated the iconic red glass on the pier’s shoreward-facing lamps.
The hotel is also running a photo exhibition until the end of July, entitled From Port to Icon: Celebrating 90 Years of Clifford Pier, highlighting “a series of personal stories from Singaporeans sharing fond memories of the pier in its early days, paying tribute to its treasured past and celebrating its continuous development through the years”.
This autumn Fullerton will also launch The Clifford Pier Mooncake Tingkat – a custom-designed tiffin carrier adorned with Peranakan-inspired floral motifs, as “a nostalgic tribute to the bustling hawker scene that once surrounded Clifford Pier”.