tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post3320078237212589762..comments2024-03-03T20:31:09.646+08:00Comments on Second Shot: Why 7th Storey Hotel is still 7th Storey?Icemoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-25780312362493935882011-05-22T23:06:11.247+08:002011-05-22T23:06:11.247+08:00Thanks Shirley for the info!
For the benefit of o...Thanks Shirley for the info!<br /><br />For the benefit of other readers, I quote Shirley's comment in Victor's blog:<br /><br /><i>ban leong is not a tyre shop. It's a cigarette distributor company for 555 n dunhill.Ban Leong n 7 Storey Hotel & Lion City hotel were owned by the same person. Who am I? I am a member from the family.</i>Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-81341263365198735222011-05-22T03:00:48.504+08:002011-05-22T03:00:48.504+08:00there never had been a tyre shop in 7th storey hot...there never had been a tyre shop in 7th storey hotel. n yes, ban leong was a tobacco dealer.shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14879450778640316993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-70315487762175615332008-07-21T13:31:00.000+08:002008-07-21T13:31:00.000+08:00Thanks for linking me, Icemoon.In other countries ...Thanks for linking me, Icemoon.<BR/><BR/>In other countries like China, it is not uncommon for owners to add more floors to (the top of) a completed building. This is highly unlikely to happen in modern-day Singapore because of tight controls by the Building Control Division. However, I am not sure if the situation 53 years ago was already like that.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-44944960992947307652008-07-16T14:35:00.000+08:002008-07-16T14:35:00.000+08:00Icemoon. As usual, I laud you for your thorough re...Icemoon. As usual, I laud you for your thorough research. Still you missed out some important points regarding the confusion arising from the previous system which only 'oldies' like us would be familiar with.<BR/><BR/>In the old days, like Msia still is now, there was a lot of confusion becos of the dual system as you pointed out. With the 'G' system, Storey#1 is referred to Ground floor, the Storey #2 is referred to as 1st floor, and so on. Thus some people say 3rd storey, some people said 2nd floor. With such a high proportion of multi-storey buildings in Spore, it led to a lot of problems; especially for the delivery people. So the gahmen wisely decided to standardise to 1 system. At the same time they introduced the Apt Block X, #YY-ZZ system to avoid confusion.<BR/><BR/>My take of this hotel is that there are altogether 9 storeys including the rooftop. The ground floor is not counted because it is not part of the hotel; again a common practice in the old hotels. For example the famous New World Hotel which collapsed some years ago had a bank in the ground floor. The actual hotel has 7 storeys. Again the roof top is not counted. In Cantonese we say tin toy. or tian tai in mandarin.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-7520062793415515702008-07-16T12:12:00.000+08:002008-07-16T12:12:00.000+08:00like what you said, this post entry really caught ...like what you said, this post entry really caught my attention. I read everything!!! LOL!!! <BR/><BR/>And to my amazement by the auntie's fast response, it could jolly well be this way! That all the floors from 1-7 are solely for guests' use and the 8th and maybe 9th floor are for commercial uses. <BR/><BR/>Li hai!<BR/><BR/>To me, your discovery is gooD! much more interesting than the others!Adelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301229478709561312noreply@blogger.com