Describe A Place You Have Visited I had waited for 2 years to see the ‘Hall’ and when I arrived in Singapore, I was among the first to see it. In my mind, it gives me lots of different imagination. If you walk along the Padang you will not miss this significant and magnificent building which stands facing the Esplanade. When I look carefully, I had noticed that there were very few buildings built in that design anywhere else in Singapore. When you walked a couple of hundred meters from where Sir Stamford Raffles landed, at the Singapore River, you will able to catch a glance on this historical building. It was surrounded with all the important government buildings of the old Singapore, such as the Supreme Court and Parliament House. It overlooks the historical Padang, the location for many important event to be hold – like the National Day Parades.
This historical building had impressed me a lot. It was the seat of the British Government of Singapore and in the earlier times was the centre of government. It had been an important building where the Prime Minister’s office also housed in this building. There were several milestones events had been carried out within this building including the matter of Japanese surrendered to the British in 1946. Moreover, most of the important announcements with regard to the country were made from the building. The physical structure of the building was made up of solid granite and similar like most of the old buildings, is able to withstand bombardment. This can be proven through the process of how it was survived the Japanese bombardment during the World Wall II. The pillar of the building was placed in a neat way that portrayed a sharp angle view of the building. Many tourists like to use the view of the building as their background when filming or snapping pictures. The surroundings of the building are filled with