Fullerton Hotel Singapore

Fullerton Hotel
Just after the 10 minute mark in episode 8

We've been watching Little Women, an insane Korean TV series. I have more to say about the show, but right now I just want to mention the Fullerton Hotel. The leading couple are attempting to collect 70 billion won (roughly 50 million US dollars) that has been siphoned off from a politician's web of illegal finances. When you are operating in this rarified atmosphere, what's a few zillion won for a nice place to stay? So the guy books the girl a room at the Fullerton. While the manager is giving her a tour of the place he mentions that it was built by the Duke of Devonshire. While there is such a Duke, and has been since the 14th Century, I could find no connection to Singapore, much less the hotel. I wonder if this is something that was taken from the original book by Louisa May Alcott.

Fullerton Hotel

The Fullerton was built in the 1920s and was originally an office building. The cupola was a lighthouse but is now a restaurant.

Fullerton Light atop the hotel

Central Singapore. The Fullerton is just to the right of the bridge in the center of the image. The three column structure on the left is the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.

View of downtown from the swimming pool atop the Marina Bay Sands

Singapore is 3,000 miles from Seoul, South Korea, where most of the show is set. So just a short six hour plane ride about the same distance as from coast to coast in the USA.