International Tourist Guide Day Celebrates with Free Walking Heritage Trails

International Tourist Guide Day Celebrates with Free Walking Heritage Trails

Saturday, 21 February 2009
10am – 5pm
The Plaza, Level 1
National Library Building

As part of this year’s, International Tourist Guide Day, the Society of Tourist Guides will conduct three heritage walk tours free for the public. Interested individuals can look forward to know more about Singapore via these three trails:

(1) Roman Catholicism in Singapore
(2) Fame, Faith and Fortune in Waterloo Street
(3) Hainan Kopi Tales

The trails will start at 10.30am and will last for about 45 minutes. Each trail will be conducted at
every 15 minutes interval. Brought to you by the Society of Tourist Guides (Singapore) with support from the Singapore Tourism Board. For any enquiries, please contact Society of Tourist Guides (Singapore) at 6338 8659 or email: soctg@singnet.com.sg.

International Tourist Guide Day (ITGD) is an initiative of World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) and is officially held on 21 February annually to commemorate the contributions of the professional tourist guide globally.

Registration opens on 21 February 2009 from 10am to 3.30pm at The Plaza, Level 1, National Library Building.

Visit http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg for more programmes and exhibitions.

Chinatowns In the Era of Globalization

Chinatowns In the Era of Globalization
By: Chinese Heritage Centre and HuayiNet

28 February – 29 March 2009
10am – 9pm (daily)
Promenade, Level 9
National Library Building

Chinatowns are an inalienable part of the ethnic Chinese identity in Southeast Asia. Far from being merely clusters of buildings and shops with Chinese architectural styles and/or motifs, Chinatown in Southeast Asia has a human facet that tells the stories of their dwellers and visitors. This exhibition, organized by the Chinese Heritage Centre and HuayiNet, attempts to tell these stories through the highly accessible medium of photography and aims to capture the sights of the human side of Chinatown in Southeast Asia in face of the ever-increasing rate of globalization.

Photographed by Mr Zhuang Wubin, partly sponsored by Singapore Totalisator Board and print sponsorship by Hewlett Packard. For more information, contact Chinese Heritage Centre at 6790 6176 or email: chc@ntu.edu.sg.

Visit http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg for more programmes and exhibitions.