Fuk Tak Chi Temple is a hotel in Bukit Merah, Singapore.[1] Wikidata describes it as “oldest Chinese temple in Singapore, converted to a hotel”. It stands about 2.8 km from the centre of Bukit Merah.[3]

Overview

The Fuk Tak Chi Temple or Fook Tet Soo Khek Temple (Chinese: 海唇福德祠) was one of the oldest former temple in Singapore built in 1820 by Cantonese and Hakka immigrants. Evidence from an 1824 plaque indicates that the site was already in use as an early Tua Pek Kong shrine by that date. from Kwong Wai Siew (广惠肇三府). It is currently a museum housing more than 200 artefacts and reopened on 19 November 1998 as Fuk Tak Chi Museum, described by the National Library Board as Singapore's first street museum.

From “Fuk Tak Chi Temple” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

Location

Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 2.8 km from the centre of Bukit Merah. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Seletar Airport (XSP), about 16 km from the centre of Bukit Merah.[4]

It is one of 290 hotels in and around Bukit Merah recorded in Wikidata, 221 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 147 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Duxton Reserve Singapore, Autograph Collection, opened in 1860. See Hotels in Bukit Merah.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

See also

References

  1. ^ Fuk Tak Chi Temple (Q4845494). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Fuk Tak Chi Temple. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-04-08.
  3. ^ Bukit Merah (Q4986926). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Bukit Merah. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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