Urgent: 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. The The Travel Addict: Singapore travel guide book published in the 1950s needs an urgent revamp. I’ve tasked all the writers I can get to update the book. I’ll need your help to update us about 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.
Use this map to locate Belilios Road. Quickly make your way there. 

Based on the information provided above, observe the similarities and differences between Belilios Road then and now. Take photo of 1 similarity and 1 difference as evidence for comparison. The purpose of the photos is to show the change and continuity which had took place in Belilios Road. 

One last thing, be prepared to share your photos and findings with other Travel Addict writers if you meet them on the way! Sharing is caring!

Good luck.

Your BOSS,
James Traverse