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World’s Largest Airport

When Changi International Airport was first officially opened on 29 Dec 1981, it was the world’s largest airport and had the world’s largest column-free hanger at 20,000 sq m. It was built mainly on reclaimed land.

世界最大的机场

1981年12月29日新加坡樟宜机场正式启用，当时是全世界最大的机场，并拥有全世界最大的两万平方米无吊柱屋顶。机场大部分坐落在填土地带。

Earliest Pier

Johnston Pier was erected in 1854 and named after one of the first businessmen and a founder of the Chamber of Commerce, Alexander Laurie Johnston, a friend of Stamford Raffles. Shortly after adjacent Clifford Pier was completed, Johnston Pier was dismantled in Jul 1933.

第一个码头

庄士顿码头建于1854年，以早期商人、商会创办人庄士顿(Alexander Laurie Johnston)命名。他也是莱佛士的友人之一。不久，毗邻的克里福码头落成。庄士顿码头于1933年7月被拆除。

First Car Factory

The factory was built by Ford Motor Works in 1941 and became the first motor car assembly plant in South-East Asia. It became the headquarters of the Japanese occupation and was the site of the historic surrender of the British to the Japanese on 15 Feb 1942. The building has been gazetted as a national monument, and converted into a World War II exhibition gallery and repository named Memories at Old Ford Factory.

第一间汽车装配厂

福特汽车工厂建于1941年，是东南亚首个汽车装配厂。1942年2月15日这里是英军向日军投降的地点，后来更成了日军总部。该建筑被定为国家古籍，改建成二战历史博物馆，取名为“旧福特车厂纪念馆”。

First Court House And First Hotel

The Supreme Court was the first court in Singapore, built between 1937 and 1939. It occupied the site of the former Hotel de L’Europe, the first hotel in Singapore. The hotel opened in 1857 and Raffles Hotel later became its keen rival. The site was taken over for the Supreme Court building in 1934 when the hotel closed for bankruptcy.

第一个法庭和第一间酒店

高等法院是新加坡的第一个法庭，建于1937到1939年间。它所在的位置原本是新加坡的第一间酒店——欧洲大酒店。酒店1857年开业，但后来居上的莱佛士酒店成了它的强力竞争对手。1934年酒店破产倒闭，政府接手并在其原址上建高等法院大厦。

First Government House

Stamford Raffles’ first residence on Bukit Larangan (now Fort Canning Hill) was designed by George D Coleman immediately after his arrival in Singapore. Completed in 1823, it was mostly made of timber and had a 100-ft frontage and a 50-ft depth. Called the Government House it was handled over to the army for reconstruction when the Governor moved to a house near Oxley Road in 1859.

第一座政府官邸