Labels:text | screenshot OCR: TRAVEL Spot the tiger ... The oft-told tale of the tiger under the billiard ta- ble in the hotel must have been etched in the The hotel, des- minds of thousands throughout the world. ignated a natio- Maugham, for one, made three sojoums to the Raf- nal monument in fles Hotelin 1921, 1926 and 1959-and used to 1987, was closed spend his mornings sitting in the shade of a in March 1989 for frangipani tree in the garden, turning the bits of two years for a gossip and scandal overheard at dinner parties complete restora- into his famous stories. tion. The S$160 The allure of Raffles Hotel has not faded, with million restoration contemporary writers such as James A. Michener, and redevelop- ment programme has since returned the "Grand Old THE WOMEN WERE SO SCARCE THAT Lady of the East" MEN QUEUED UP along the main verandah to its elegant look of the hotel to spy on them as they made of the early 1900s and ensured its their way in to dinner. At the time there status as one ofthe world's distinguished hotels. were 8 men to every woman in Singapore, It is well-known thatfamous literary figures such you understand, and the verandah quickly as Somerset Maugham, Rudyard Kipling, Noel became well known as "Cad's Alley". Coward and Joseph Conrad visited and stayed at RAFFLES HOTET the Raffles Hotel-and wrote of the hotel and its lavish balls and parties in their works. TEL (65) 337 1886 SINGAPORE FAX (65) 339 7650
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