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history of empress place building

Overlooking the mouth of the Singapore River, the building that now houses the Asian Civilisations Museum had been a government office for the most of its life. The original building was much smaller than it is today, occupying what are our Southeast Asia and West Asia galleries. Designed by colonial engineer JFA McNair in the mid 1860's, and built by convict labour at a cost of £53,000, Government Offices as it was called then, was extended several times. It grew to accommodate practically the entire colonial bureaucracy. The office of the Colonial Secretary was there, as was the Legislative Chamber. The presence of the Surveyor General meant that up till very recently, the building was the locus of the cartographic coordinates of Singapore

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geskiedenis van Keiserin Plek Gebou uitsig oor die mond van die Singapore River, Die gebou huisves nou die Asiatiese beskawings Museum wat was 'n Regering se kantoor vir die lewe die meeste van sy. Die oorspronklike gebou was baie kleiner as wat dit vandag is, beset wat is ons Suidoos-Asië en Wes-Asië galerye. Ontwerp deur koloniale ingenieur JFA McNair in die middel van die 1860's, en gebou deur gevangene arbeid teen 'n koste van £ 53,000, ministeries soos dit toe genoem was, was 'n paar keer verleng. Dit het gegroei tot feitlik die hele koloniale burokrasie akkommodeer. Die kantoor van die Koloniale Sekretaris was daar, soos die Wetgewende kamer. Die teenwoordigheid van die landmeter-generaal het beteken dat tot op baie onlangs, die gebou was die lokus van die kartografiese koördinate van Singapoer.