page_title: The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
section_title: Singapore Club
hierarchical_section_title: The Fullerton Hotel Singapore / History / Singapore Club
caption_attribution_description: English: Photographs of The Fullerton Hotel of Singapore at night with colorful lights reflecting in the water (view from the Marina Bay Sands observation deck) Français&#160;: Vue de l'hôtel The Fullerton de Singapour la nuit avec des lumières colorées se reflétant dans l'eau (vue depuis la plateforme d'observation en haut du gratte-ciel Marina Bay Sands)
context_page_description: The Fullerton Hotel Singapore is a five-star luxury hotel located near the mouth of the Singapore River, in the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore. It was originally known as the Fullerton Building, and also as the General Post Office Building. The address is 1 Fullerton Square. The Fullerton Building was named after Robert Fullerton, the first Governor of the Straits Settlements. Commissioned in 1924 as part of the British colony's centennial celebrations, the building was designed as an office building by Major P.H. Keys of Keys & Dowdeswell, a Shanghai firm of architects, which won the project through an architectural design competition. The architectural firm also designed the Capitol Theatre, its adjoined Capitol Building and the Singapore General Hospital.
context_section_description: The exclusive Singapore Club rents premises on the upper floors of the building to provide for their members' need and comfort. It only allowed entry to top European tycoons and British civil servants. There were rooms where members dined, lounged, conferred, and played billiards and cards. Bedrooms on the attic storey provide accommodation for members. When the Economic Development Board (EDB) was formed in 1961, it evicted the Singapore Club from the Fullerton Building. Subsequently, the Singapore Club relocated to Clifford House at Collyer Quay and then to Straits Trading Building on Battery Road near Boat Quay, vacating Fullerton Building for use by EDB and more government offices.
caption: The Fullerton Hotel, seen from the Marina Bay Sands observation deck
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