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The Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church (Chinese: 布连拾街长老会磐石堂) is located on Prinsep Street within Singapore's central business district. It is approximately 350 metres from Rochor MRT station. The church, previously known as the Malay Mission Chapel, was founded by Rev. Benjamin Peach Keasberry in 1843. The chapel was replaced with the present Romanesque-style building in 1930. It was gazetted a national monument by Singapore's National Heritage Board on 12 January 2000.
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Salmon's Maternity Home
Salmon's Maternity Home is a former private maternity hospital on Prinsep Street in Rochor, Singapore. Opened by Dr. S. R. Salmon in 1950, it was the first such hospital in Singapore. It closed in the 1980s, after which the building served as the private residence of Salmon's daughter, Dr. Yvonne M. Salmon.
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Lasalle College of the Arts
Lasalle College of the Arts, simply known as Lasalle, is a publicly-funded post-secondary arts institution in Singapore, and a constituent college of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) from 2024.
Founded in 1984, Lasalle has eight art and design schools that offer more than 30 diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in contemporary arts and design education. Lasalle's bachelor's and master's degrees are validated by Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Many leaders in the Singapore arts scene are linked to Lasalle, including Alan Oei as artistic director of The Substation and Eugene Tan as director of the National Gallery Singapore.
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Sim Lim Square
Sim Lim Square (from Min Nan 森林 (lit. "forest"), Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-lîm), known in Chinese as 森林商業中心 (Pinyin: Sēn Lín Shāngyè Zhōngxīn) and commonly referred to as SLS, is a large retail complex in Singapore that offers a wide variety of electronic goods and services including cameras, phones, video cameras, and computer parts and servicing.
Located at 1 Rochor Canal Road, SLS is situated in central Singapore, near historic features such as the Little India district and one of the earliest HDB developments. SLS is accessible via MRT at Rochor MRT station of Downtown Line.
After reports of several incidents of fraud faced by tourists, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and Vietnamese newspapers published a warning about purchasing electronics from Sim Lim Square and the dubious tactics of the shops there.
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David Elias Building
The David Elias Building is a building located on the corner of Short Street and Middle Road in Singapore. It was built by Jewish merchant David J. Elias to house his trading company.