who could have imagined that fullerton building which used to house among others, the general post office, would one day became a five-star hotel with much of its facade intact. the general post office occupied two levels of the building. it vacated the place in 1996. i vaguely remember going to the general post office to collect a parcel during the 70s.
i also remember going to fullerton building to submit my income tax returns. between 1970 and 1995, the inland revenue authority of singapore used the building as its headquarters.
the general post office was the largest post office in singapore then and provided the whole range of postal services. today, there is no longer a general post office or a central post office; all post offices are about the same. if i am not mistaken, there was a sorting centre somewhere in kaki bukit. is the sorting centre at jalan eunos today, where the singapore post centre is located?
the site of the present iras building at the junction of newton road and thomson road used to be a petrol station and a row of shop-houses. there was a roti prata stall where i used to eat plain prata for 10 cents a piece.
