Belilios Road

From: james_traverse@traveladdict.com
To: ACH421@traveladdict.com
Subject: URGENT TASK!
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:30:37 +0800

Hi team,

I’ve got an urgent task for you. It is Travel Addict’s 50^th anniversary and we are planning to publish a special travel guidebook on Singapore. The aim of the travel guide book is to compare and contrast Singapore’s past and present. Thus, travellers get a historical perspective of the tourist destinations. I’ll need your professional history perspective for the section on Belilios Road in Little India. Here is an excerpt about Belilios Road from the old guide book.

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Belilios Road was named after I.R. Belilios, the first large-scale importer of cattle fodder and horses. He was from a prominent Jewish family in Calcutta, who came to Singapore in the mid-1880s. Setting up numerous cattle sheds in Kampong Rotan, he quickly extended his influence to an area which now includes present day Chander Road, Rotan Lane, Klang Lane and Belilios Lane.

Cattle Trade

Miniature model of Belilios Road in the 1890s

At the intersection of Belilios Road and Serangoon Road stood Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, one of the oldest temples in Singapore. Believed to be built as early as 1855, the temple was built by Indian pioneers who came to work and live in the Serangoon area, which soon became a focus of early Indian Social Cultural activities. Having such temple helped the pioneers feel more at home as it provided an important avenue for them to recreate in Singapore what they had been familiar with in their country of origin.

Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple

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Now this is your task.

Recently, I’ve received these photographs from a Travel Addict photographer.

Based on the information and photographs provided above, observe at least 1 similarity and 1 difference between Belilios Road then and now. Look out for the change and continuity which had took place in Belilios  Road. You may record your findings in a graphic organizer provided in the task package. Please email me the organizer once you are done with it. 

One last thing, be prepared to share your photos and findings with other Travel Addict! Sharing is caring!

Good luck.

Your BOSS,
James Traverse