The Red and Gold

22Feb, 2015

The new Chinatown
district in Waterloo
Street boasts an
impressive
pedestrian mall. Hawker stalls and pedestrian markets
fill the streets of Singapore’s Chinatown
as people flock from all over to eat,
pray and socialize.
With three-quarters of Singaporeans
identifying as ethnic Chinese, the city’s
Chinatown is a vibrant cultural hub and
not one to miss. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

A temple and Museum Buddha Tooth Relic. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Buddhist prays at
Buddha Tooth Relic
Temple and
Museum. The
temple is said to
house the tooth of
Buddha, found
under a stupa in
Myanmar in 1980. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Buddhist Monks at
Buddha Tooth Relic
Temple and
Museum. The
temple is said to
house the tooth of
Buddha, found
under a stupa in
Myanmar in 1980. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Buddhist Monks at
Buddha Tooth Relic
Temple and
Museum. The
temple is said to
house the tooth of
Buddha, found
under a stupa in
Myanmar in 1980. Hawker stalls and pedestrian markets
fill the streets of Singapore’s Chinatown
as people flock from all over to eat,
pray and socialize.
With three-quarters of Singaporeans
identifying as ethnic Chinese, the city’s
Chinatown is a vibrant cultural hub and
not one to miss. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Chinese-Singaporean people play board games in the streets of Chinatown. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

A Chinese-
Singaporean man
reads Chinese news.
Sixteen different
Chinese
newspapers are in
circulation today in
Singapore. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Board games are
played in the streets
of Chinatown. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

A vendor sells
tissues to passersby
in the new
Chinatown. Recent
controversy arose
in response to the
sellers having to
pay a hawking fee. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)