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Riverside is home of the historic Mission Inn. Also, it is the home of the World's Largest Paper Cup which is over three stories. There is a warehouse/manufacturing building right behind it. It is made of painted concrete. ...

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The electric tram system was proposed in 1881; however nobody was willing to invest in a system at the time. In August 1901, the Second Tramway Bill was introduced and passed into law as the 1902 Tramway Ordinance. Hong Kong Tramway Electric Company Limited, a British company, was authorised to construct and operate the system. It was soon taken over by another company, Electric Tranction Company of Hong Kong Limited, and the name was changed ...

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A closed-communion church is one that (perhaps with exceptions in unusual circumstances) excludes non-members from receiving communion. The Roman Catholic church (and all churches that are in full communion with the Holy See, including the Latin and Eastern rites) is a closed-communion church. The Eastern Orthodox Church, comprising 16 autocephalous Orthodox hierarchical churches, is another closed-communion church. Thus, a member of the Russian Orthodox Church attending the Divine Liturgy in a Greek Orthodox Church, will be allowed t ...

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Plans for the Circle Line dates back to the 1980s. Then Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yeo Ning Hong, mentioned that such a system "would be feasible when the population reaches four million". In the 1990s, the Circle Line was first known as the Marina Line. The stations includes Marina Bay, Dhoby Ghaut, Museum, Convention Ctr, Millenia, Nicoll Highway and Boulevard. Circle MRT Line - Nicoll Highway collapse. Main ...

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The origins of the Mass Rapid Transit are derived from a forecast by city planners in 1967 which stated the need for a rail-based urban transport system by 1992. Following a debate on whether a bus-only system would be more cost-effective, the parliament came to the conclusion that an all-bus system would be inadequate, since it would have to compete for road space in a land-scarce country. The initial S$5 billion construction of the Mass Rapid Transit network was Singapore's largest public works project at the time, starting on 22 October 1 ...

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The completed line will reduce travelling time for commuters by allowing them to shorten trips between north to east or north to west and vice versa, bypassing busy interchanges like City Hall and Raffles Place. The project will be implemented in five stages at an estimated cost of S$6.66 billion. Part of the Circle Line is to be operational by 2008, with the entire line expected to be fully operational by 2010. It was originally scheduled to be completed earlier, with full completion by 2008, however the Nicoll Highway collapse caused a setback which ...

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The MRT system has relied on its two main lines, namely the North–South and East–West Lines, for more than a decade until the opening of the North East Line in 2003. While plans for these lines, as well as those currently under construction, were formulated long before, the Land Transport Authority's publication of a white paper entitled "A World-Class Land Transport System" in 1995 galvanised the government's intentions to greatly expand on the existing system. The plans allow for the long-term replacement of the bus network by r ...

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Security concerns related to crime and terrorism were not high on the agenda of the system's planners at its original inception.[24] However, in the wake of heightened security concerns after the foiled plot to bomb the Yishun MRT Station[25] and the ...

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Hong Kong Tramways - North Point Depot and Sharp Street Depot. With the upsurge in the number of trams, by 1932 the original depot was too crowded. Hongkong Tramways then got hold of the North Point Depot site at King's Road for tram parking purposes. In 1951, the North Point Depot was closed and the construction for a single comprehensive depot at Russell Street in Causeway Bay to house the whole tram fleet was started. Upon its completion, the depot was renamed Sharp Street Depot. To give way to the redevelopme ...

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Hongkong Tramways Ltd now owns 163 double-decker trams, which makes it the only fully double-decker tram fleet in the world, including two open-balcony trams (28, 128) for tourists and private hire and one special maintenance tram (200). Most of the trams in operation were built in the late 1980s or early 1990s. They are equipped with slide windows. Since the early 2000s these trams have been upgraded to provide better operating performance and safety. Tram 120 is the only tram still maintaining its original 1950s double-deck design. The cabin is varnished with its original light-green ...

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