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Kim Seng
Kim Seng Road () is a street in Singapore that runs along the upper-easternmost portion of the Bukit Merah- Central Area border. It was named after Peranakan philanthropist, Tan Kim Seng. Today, the boundaries of Kim Seng division are: Indus Road and Alexandra Canal in the north; Jalan Bukit Ho Swee in the south; Kim Seng Road and Outram Road in the east; and Lower Delta Road in the west. It is served by the Thomson–East Coast MRT line which opened on 13 November 2022. History & Etymology The Kim Seng Bridge on Kim Seng Road, the most westerly of the 9 bridges crossing the Singapore River, carries Kim Seng Road from River Valley Road to Havelock Road. It also marks the supposed source of the Singapore River, and its upper reaches flows as the Alexandra Canal. In 1857, Tan Kim Seng donated $130,000 to improve the town's water supply and the Commissioners erected a water fountain (now located at the Esplanade) in 1882, in appreciation of his contribution. A road and bridge als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Language
Chinese ( or ) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and List of ethnic groups in China, many minority ethnic groups in China, as well as by various communities of the Chinese diaspora. Approximately 1.39 billion people, or 17% of the global population, speak a variety of Chinese as their first language. Chinese languages form the Sinitic languages, Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The spoken varieties of Chinese are usually considered by native speakers to be dialects of a single language. However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means they are sometimes considered to be separate languages in a Language family, family. Investigation of the historical relationships among the varieties of Chinese is ongoing. Currently, most classifications posit 7 to 13 main regional groups based on phonetic developments from Middle Chinese, of which the most spoken by far is Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin with 66%, or around 800&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Seng Bridge
Kim Seng Bridge is a road bridge in Singapore River. Singapore. The bridge is named after Tan Kim Seng, who was a Singaporean businessman and philanthropist from the Peranakan ethnic group. It marks the start of the Singapore River to its mouth. Colloquially, Kim Seng Bridge is also known as Hong Hin Kio (丰 兴 桥) in Hokkien and Fung Heng Lo (also 丰 兴 桥) in Cantonese. In 1862 Tan Kim Seng erected the first bridge on the site of today's bridge, which was named after him. It was replaced in 1890 by a new bridge. Due to increased traffic on the bridge, a new bridge was built on the original site by contractors Ewart and Company in 1951 with a budget of $370,000.{{Cite web , title=Kim Seng Bridge , url=https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/surveyed-sites/Kim-Seng-Bridge , access-date=2022-12-28 , website=www.roots.gov.sg The new bridge consisted of prestressed concrete and steel Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiong Bahru
Tiong Bahru is a housing estate and subzone region located within Bukit Merah planning area, in the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region of Singapore. Tiong Bahru was constructed in the 1920s by the Singapore Improvement Trust, the predecessor to the Housing Development Board (HDB) and an entity of the British colonial authority providing mass public housing in Singapore and is the oldest housing estate in Singapore. According to Urban Redevelopment Authority, URA's definition, the area known as 'Tiong Bahru' is represented by three contiguous subzones of Bukit Merah, namely Tiong Bahru, Tiong Bahru Station and Kampong Tiong Bahru. The namesake subzone refers to the main estate which consists of 54 Walk-up flats with over 900 housing units built by SIT, as well as modern HDB flats and private condominiums along Boon Tiong Road, Kim Tian Road and Chay Yan Street. Tiong Bahru Station subzone refers to the locality that encompasses Tiong Bahru MRT station, Tiong Bahru Plaza and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore River
The Singapore River is a river that flows parallel to Alexandra Road and feeds into the Marina Reservoir in the southern part of Singapore. The immediate upper drainage basin, watershed of the Singapore River is known as the Singapore River Planning Area, although the western part of the watershed is classified under the River Valley, Singapore, River Valley planning area. Singapore River planning area sits within Singapore's Central Area, Singapore, Central Area of the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The planning area shares boundaries with the following – River Valley, Singapore, River Valley and Museum Planning Area, Museum to the north, Tanglin and Bukit Merah to the west, Outram, Singapore, Outram to the south, and the Downtown Core to the east. The planning area is split into the three Wharf, wharfs or quays in the area, Robertson Quay being the largest and most upstream, followed by Clarke Quay and Boat Quay. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusu Island
Kusu Island is one of the Southern Islands in Singapore, located about to the south of the main island of Singapore and below the Singapore Straits. ''Kusu'' means 'Tortoise Island' or 'Turtle Island' in Hokkien (); the island is also known as Peak Island or ''Pulau Tembakul'' in Malay. During the lunar ninth month of every year, the Kusu Island pilgrimage attracts thousands of devotees who visit and worship at the Kusu Island Tua Pek Kong Temple. Besides the Chinese temple, the island is also home to Keramat Kusu. From two outcrops on a reef, the island was enlarged and transformed into an island of . Mythology There are many legends surrounding the island and they mainly revolve around a giant tortoise as well as the friendship between two men, one Malay and the other Chinese. # Two holy men by the name of Syed Rahman, an Arab, and Yam, a Chinese, who meditated and fasted on their pilgrimage to Kusu Island. During the journey, Yam fell ill, and Syed prayed for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheang Hong Lim
Cheang Hong Lim JP (c. 1825 – 11 February 1893) was a Chinese opium merchant and philanthropist in Singapore. He was recognised by the British colonial administration as head of the local Hokkien Chinese community. Biography Cheang was born to Cheang Sam Teo, a Chinese migrant from the Changtai District of southern Fujian, China. He was the eldest of four sons born to his mother Bek E Neo. When his father died, his brother Cheang Hong Guan filed a lawsuit against Cheang (and against Wee Bock Seng, Low Thuan Locke and Tan Beng Chie) alleging forgery of his father's will. Cheang, Wee, Low and Tan were acquitted. Like his father before him, Cheang sold spirits, but further extended his business to include opium and held one of five opium licenses in Singapore, but quickly expanded his business interests to include property. His main business partners were Tan Seng Poh and Tan Yeok Nee, initially trading under the name "Chop Teang Wat Wan Kee" on Telok Ayer Street and later "C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great World, Singapore
Great World, formerly known as Great World City, is a mixed-used development consisting of a 6-storey shopping mall, two 18-storey office towers and a 35-storey serviced apartment tower in the Central Area of Singapore. Located between Kim Seng and Zion Roads, near River Valley Road and Kim Seng Promenade, it was built on the former site of Great World Amusement Park. The East Office Tower of Great World houses the Embassy of Kazakhstan on the 9th floor of the building. History Great World City was completed in October 1997 as a redevelopment of the former Great World Amusement Park. When it first opened, it had an OG department store (closed in 2003), a Golden Village cinema, a Food Junction food court, a Cold Storage supermarket and more than 130 specialty shops. The Golden Village cinema was the first to include a short-lived IMAX hall and Singapore's first premium cinema concept, Gold Class. Renovation In 2018, the mall underwent its first major renovation works in prepara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great World Amusement Park
The Great World Amusement Park () also known locally as "Tua Seh Kai" (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa sè-kài) in Hokkien, was the second of three former amusement parks in Singapore, along with New World (established 1923) and Gay World (established 1936). It was established in 1929 and closed down in 1978. It provided entertainment and leisure to people, catering especially to the middle and lower income groups of citizens in the past. History The amusement park was situated between Zion Road, River Valley Road and Kim Seng Road in the central part of Singapore. In the 1920s, the site was originally a Chinese cemetery. Taking reference to a map of Singapore in 1909, the place was covered with swampy marshes back then and a small canal run across the site, eventually meeting with the Singapore River thereafter. The landowner, Lee Geok Kun (brother of philanthropist Lee Kong Chian), redeveloped the site into an amusement park in the 1930s. Business within Great World did not fulfil the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanjong Pagar GRC
The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central Region, Singapore, Central and West Region, Singapore, Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Telok Blangah, Moulmein-Cairnhill, Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru and Henderson-Dawson managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council. The current Parliament of Singapore#Members of Parliament, Members of Parliament are Chan Chun Sing, Joan Pereira, Alvin Tan (politician), Alvin Tan, Rachel Ong and Foo Cexiang from the People's Action Party (PAP). History This GRC came into formation in 1991, when it absorbed the Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency, Tiong Bahru GRC, Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency, Telok Blangah and Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituency, Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituencies (SMC). Since the formation of the GRC, the ward was notable for its repeated walkovers with the last walkover in 2015. In addition in 2011, Tanjo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalan Besar GRC
Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency composed of several city suburbs along with the Central Area of Singapore. The Jalan Besar GRC is the electoral division representing the largest area of the downtown city centre of Singapore, followed by Tanjong Pagar GRC. There are four wards in the GRC: Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng, Kolam Ayer, Whampoa and lastly Kampong Glam managed by Jalan Besar Town Council. The current Members of Parliament are Denise Phua, Wan Rizal, Josephine Teo and Shawn Loh from the People's Action Party (PAP). History It is named after Jalan Besar, a street in Singapore that forms this GRC's centrepiece. The street itself is within the Kallang planning area, Kallang itself being part of this GRC. The GRC encompasses several heritage areas, including Little India, Desker Road, Kolam Ayer and Crawford in the North. Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng itself includes the Singapore River, Chinatown and Bukit Ho Swee. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC
Crete ( ; , Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located about south of the Peloponnese, and about southwest of Anatolia. Crete has an area of and a coastline of 1,046 km (650 mi). It bounds the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete (or North Cretan Sea) to the north and the Libyan Sea (or South Cretan Sea) to the south. Crete covers 260 km from west to east but is narrow from north to south, spanning three longitudes but only half a latitude. Crete and a number of islands and islets that surround it constitute the Region of Crete (), which is the southernmost of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece, and the fifth most populous of Greece's regions. Its capital and largest city is Heraklion, on the north shore of the island. , the region had a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
