Combining the art of storytelling, languages, regional dialects and music, Not Chinatown  promises a unique multi-disciplinary experience in exploring and understanding Singaporean Chinese culture and identity, and invariably Singaporean culture and identity. 


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NOT China Town

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Combining the art of storytelling, languages, and music, Not Kampong Gelam promises a unique multi-disciplinary experience in exploring and understanding Singaporean Malay culture and identity, and invariably Singaporean culture and identity. 

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NOT Kampung Glam

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Experiential street tour of Katong Joo Chiat filled with live music, dance, poetry and songs. Recipient of the 2022 Singapore Tourism Board and National Arts Council's Performing Arts Tours Grant

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Katong Dreaming- A Musical Tour

We love to hear your plans, ideas and help you customise a tour of your liking in our sunny island, Singapore.

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We travel for different reasons but one of the joys of travelling is acquiring knowledge, insights and understanding different perspectives.

Food / Drinks / Entertainment

Culture, trades and crafts of the Chinese diaspora of Singapore. History of Chinatown. Land use and its development. Rental Assistance socialized housing programme. Raw produce in a “Wet Market”. Specialty kitchen equipment shops. Shophouse conservation.

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Chinatown Food Walk

History of Joo Chiat/Katong and the migration from City to the East Coast. The Peranakans of Singapore. Buying & living in high-rise social mass housing in HDB estates. Architecture conservation. Singaporeana trivia.

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Joo Chiat / Katong Food Walk

History of Geylang and the migration from city. Singaporean ethnicities and their religions. Taboos, laws and red-light activities. Sample over 10 dishes of popular Singaporean foods. 

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Sins & Salvation: A Geylang Food Walk

Culture, trades and crafts of the Malay diaspora of Singapore. The Malay Emporium – Geylang Serai. Islam and its practice in Singapore. Halal cuisine & Muslim foods. High-rise mass housing in HDB estates. The Paya Lebar Regional Centre.

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 Kampung Geylang Serai Uncovered

History of the district & of the “Sultanate of Singapore”. Trades and crafts of the Malay and Muslim communities. Muslim cemetery and funeral process. Balancing conservation concerns & national development.

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Royal Malay District of Kampong Glam Food Walk

A historical and cultural adventure through Chinatown, Singapore River, Marina Bay and Kampung Glam. Learn about the key events that led to our independence and the national development programmes that allowed us to grow amidst global change. 

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Culture / Heritage

The founding of Singapore. Early colonial Singapore. Raffles contributions; The port colony of Singapore, Law and Order, Education & the Singapore Institution, Raffles as a botanist/zoologist/naturalist, The East India Company and modern stock exchange, Dividing Southeast Asia (Anglo- Dutch Treaty). The legacy today.

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Architecture / Social Studies

Step into the minds of the planners who have shaped our city. Learn of the nation’s planning challenges and creative solutions to balancing different competing needs; living, working, and playing as well as extensive conservation efforts and urban design strategies to create a more distinctive Singapore.

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Becoming Singapore's Urban Planner

The founding of Singapore. Its growth and its challenges. Marina Bay Sands and introducing casinos to Singapore. Gardens by the Bay. Marina Barrage, Waterways and Water conservation. Urban renewal and land reclamation

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Katong Dreaming- A Musical Tour

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