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it served as the residence of the colonial secretary or chief secretary. since the establishment of the state of singapore in 1959, it has been the official residence of the prime minister of singapore, though none of singapore's prime ministers has ever lived there. together with the istana, it was gazetted a national monument on 14 february 1992. the name of the house, sri temasek, means " splendour of temasek " in the malay language. the malay word seri or sri means " charm ; quintessence ; splendour ; glory " or a " cynosure " ( something that
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attracts attention by its brilliancy or beauty ; a centre of attraction, interest, or admiration ) temasek, which means " sea town " in javanese, was the name of an early city on the site of modern singapore. today, it is used as an epithet for singapore. the house was originally merely known as the official residence of the chief secretary of singapore ( or the colonial secretary of singapore / the straits settlements ) and did not have its own name. the state of singapore was proclaimed and the first prime minister lee kuan yew assumed office in june 1959, after which the house, which has become the official residence
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of the prime minister, has been officially named sri temasek, while the government house has been officially renamed as the istana, which means palace. the construction of the istana singapore ( then called government house ) and sri temasek was ordered by the governor of the straits settlements, sir harry st. george ord, after the original governor's residence had to be demolished in 1859 to make way for fort canning on the hill that bears its name. sri temasek was designed by john frederick adolphus mcnair ( 1829 – 1910 ), a civil engineer who was appointed executive engineer and superintendent of convicts of the
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straits settlements, and built largely using indian convict labour from bencoolen. it was completed in 1869. a 1 @, @ 600 @ - @ square @ - @ metre ( 17 @, @ 000 sq ft ) two @ - @ storey detached house – often called a bungalow in singapore – with european and asian features, sri temasek has a symmetrical layout consisting of deep verandahs surrounding central living spaces. notable architectural features include arches on its upper level, an intricate timber arcade with a mixture of eastern and western decorative motifs, and a chinese moon gate ( a circular gateway ) on the building's second floor. although few
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records exist concerning the moon gate's construction and usage, it is known to have made its appearance in the house in the 1960s and to have been designed and built by william swaffield, a pre @ - @ world war ii comptroller of government house and a professional furniture designer. it is constructed of chengal, teak and meranti wood. in the middle of the driveway in front of the house, there is a brick pit that was originally used by horse @ - @ drawn carriages. the house was gazetted together with the istana as a national monument on 14 february 1992. sri temasek was not
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used for a number of years and fell into disrepair. it then underwent restoration between 2006 and march 2008 by cpg consultants under the supervision of architect maureen soh. as the original hand @ - @ crafted timber arches and railings on the first @ - @ storey verandah had been damaged by termites, replacements moulded from the originals made with an aluminium @ - @ cast alloy were used. details on railings, doors and windows were restored, and several pintu pagar ( traditional wooden half @ - @ doors ) and wooden flooring reinstated. the former servants'quarters at the rear of the building were turned into a heritage
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gallery. the restoration works on sri temasek won the urban redevelopment authority's architectural heritage award in category a ( national monuments and fully conserved buildings ) in 2008. when first built in 1869, sri temasek was the residence of the colonial secretary of the straits settlements ( later colonial secretary / chief secretary of singapore ). all holders of the position had resided in sri temasek from 1869 to 1959. it is currently designated as the official residence of the prime minister of singapore since 1959, though none of the past and present holders of the post, lee kuan yew, goh chok tong and lee hsien lo
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##ong, have lived in it as a family home. in the 1998 book lee kuan yew : the man and his ideas, lee kuan yew said that when he became prime minister in 1959 he and his wife kwa geok choo decided not to move into sri temasek with their three children, who were then aged seven, five and two, because the couple " did not want them to grow up in such grand surroundings with butlers and orderlies to fuss over their needs ". the family did stay there in 1965 for a short time for security reasons when singapore separated from malaysia. apart from that, according
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to a 2000 straits times interview with kwa, the lee children often played in the grounds of the house in the evening while their father played golf or made use of the practice tee and putting green. sri temasek has been used mostly for official functions, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. prominent visitors included tunku abdul rahman, the founding prime minister of malaysia ; spiro agnew, the vice @ - @ president of the united states ; indian prime minister indira gandhi ; denis healey, british defence secretary ; and king hussein of jordan. sri temasek was the venue for a party hosted in 1962 by lee kuan
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yew to thank trade unionists and civil servants for their help with the referendum on singapore joining malaysia, and in 1983 the body of the late minister for finance hon sui sen lay in state there. on 8 august 2008, prime minister lee hsien loong delivered his national day message from sri temasek for the first time. the wake for madam kwa geok choo, mother of prime minister lee hsien loong and the wife of singaporean statesman lee kuan yew, was held at sri temasek in october 2010. in march 2015, a private family wake for lee kuan yew was held there
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st nidan. the tower at the west end has been described as " top heavy " and looking like " a water tower ". the church is still used for worship by the church in wales, one of five in a group of parishes in the south of anglesey. it is a grade ii listed building, a national designation given to " buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them ", in particular because it is regarded as " a distinctive example of pre @ - @ archaeological gothic revival work. " the 19th @ - @ century clergyman and antiquarian harry longueville jones said that it had been
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built in a " debased barbarous style, showing neither architectural science nor taste ". = = history and location = = st nidan's church was built between 1839 and 1843, replacing its medieval predecessor. the architect was john welch, who also designed st ffinan's church, llanffinan, in central anglesey, which was built in 1841. st nidan's was originally intended to have a spire on the west tower, but this was not added. the chancel was built in 1882, and a vestry and organ chamber added later. the battlements on the tower were added in 1933
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, replacing the original gabling. st nidan's is set within a walled churchyard on the north of the a4080 road, in the south of anglesey, wales. the village of brynsiencyn is about 500 metres ( about one @ - @ third of a mile ) to the south @ - @ west, and the old church of st nidan is about 750 metres ( about half a mile ) to the south @ - @ east. a new church was needed because the old church needed significant repair and also because the growth of brynsiencyn meant that more people lived there than in llanidan itself.
| 833 |
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like its predecessor, it is dedicated to nidan, a 7th @ - @ century welsh saint who was the confessor of the monastery at penmon, on the eastern tip of anglesey. st nidan's is still used for worship by the church in wales. it is one of five churches in the combined benefice ( parishes combined under one priest ) of newborough with llanidan with llangeinwen and llanfair @ - @ yn @ - @ y @ - @ cymwd. the parish is within the deanery of tindaethwy and menai, the archdeaconry of bangor
| 933 |
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| 853 |
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and hunt depicts the ascension, in memory of anna maria evans ( died 1929, wife of the vicar richard evans ). a sandstone chest with a glass front was moved here from the old church ; local tradition maintains that it holds the relics of st nidan. it was discovered under the altar of the old church, and may date from the 16th century. the church also has pews made of pine, and a semi @ - @ octagonal pulpit with decorated panels. a survey by the royal commission on ancient and historical monuments in wales and monmouthshire in 1937 noted which of the church's contents had come from the old church. the report
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| 2,608 |
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| 2,523 |
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important. " the film was mcgarvey's first venture shooting with a digital camera, the arri alexa. the canon eos 5d mark ii and canon eos 7d digital slr cameras were used for some shots, and high @ - @ speed shots were captured on 35 mm film with the arriflex 435. about his visual approach, mcgarvey remarked, " joss and i were keen on having a very visceral and naturalistic quality to the image. we wanted this to feel immersive and did not want a'comic book look'that might distance an audience with the engagement of
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the film. we moved the camera a lot on steadicam, cranes and on dollies to create kinetic images ; and we chose angles that were dramatic, like low angles for heroic imagery. " in december 2011, disney announced that the film would be converted to 3d. said whedon, " i'm not a big fan of extreme long lens, talky movies – i like to see the space i'm in and relate to it, so 3d kinda fits my aesthetic anyway. and the technology has advanced so far in the past couple years. " whedon also said that " there definitely are movies that shouldn '
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t be in 3d " but " the avengers isn't obnoxiously 3d. there's no,'oh look, we're going to spend 20 minutes going through this tunnel because it's in 3d!'and no one is pointing at the screen the entire time. but it's an action movie. things tend to hurtle toward the screen anyway ". in january 2012, it was reported that the film would be digitally remastered for imax 3d and open in imax theaters on may 4, 2012, the same day it opens in regular theaters. the film's imax release follows marvel's
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2 ( 1977 ) that contained the death of adam warlock. those were some of the most important texts and i think underrated milestones in marvel history and thanos is all over that, so somebody had to be in control and had to be behind loki's work and i was like'it's got to be thanos.'and they said'okay'and i'm like'oh my god!'" an additional coda involving the avengers eating shawarma was shot on april 12, 2012, a day after the world premiere. shawarma sales in los angeles, st. louis, and boston reportedly
| 2,612 |
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