▁$ 4 . 1 ▁million ▁and ▁after ▁del ays ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁months , ▁the ▁building ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 2 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁Full erton ▁Building ▁was ▁opened ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁June ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁by ▁the ▁Governor , ▁Sir ▁Hugh ▁Cl iff ord , ▁who ▁suggested ▁the ▁building ▁be ▁named ▁after ▁Robert ▁Full erton . ▁The ▁building ▁had ▁five ▁found ing ▁ten ants : ▁the ▁General ▁Post ▁Office , ▁The ▁Exchange , ▁Singapore ▁Club ▁( now ▁Singapore ▁Town ▁Club ), ▁the ▁Marine ▁Department , ▁and ▁the ▁Import ▁and ▁Ex port ▁Department ▁( l ater ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Trade ▁and ▁Indust ry ). ▁It ▁also ▁hous ed ▁the ▁Chamber ▁of ▁Com merce , ▁and ▁various ▁government ▁depart ments ▁dealing ▁with ▁agricult ure , ▁fish eries ▁and ▁forest ry . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁rooms ▁in ▁the ▁Full erton ▁Building ▁was ▁where ▁the ▁late ▁Fin ance ▁Minister , ▁Dr ▁G oh ▁K eng ▁S we e , ▁wrote ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁budget ▁speech es ▁for ▁Singapore . ▁The ▁building ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁util ize ▁natural ▁vent ilation , ▁thus ▁has ▁four ▁internal ▁air - well s ▁to ▁cool ▁the ▁inter iors . ▁ ▁Full erton ▁Square ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁commerce ▁area ▁in ▁Singapore ▁attract ing ▁many ▁European ▁imm igr ants ▁and ▁soon ▁became ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁major ▁business ▁activity . ▁Many ▁European ▁business es ▁were ▁set ▁up ▁at ▁Full erton ▁Square ▁together ▁with ▁large ▁banks ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Char tered ▁Bank ▁and ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁and ▁Shang hai