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Straits View
Straits View is a planning area located in the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The area is currently relatively undeveloped, with fewer commercial developments compared to the adjacent Downtown Core. Straits View planning area is bounded by Marina South to the north, the Downtown Core to the northwest and west, and the Singapore Strait to the south. History Straits View, along with adjacent planning areas, were created in the 1980s as part of the 660-hectare 'Marina City' land reclamation project undertaken by the government to expand the Central Business District. While its adjacent areas have been considerably developed, Straits View remains relatively undeveloped and no long term plans have been announced by the government as of yet besides existing developments. In 2006, the Marina South Pier opened, which was built to replace the former Clifford Pier at Collyer Quay. The pier provides ferry services to Southern Islands such as Kusu Island and Saint Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown Core
The Downtown Core is the historical and downtown centre of the city-state of Singapore and the main commercial area in Singapore excluding reclaimed lands with two integrated resorts such as the Marina Bay Sands, one of the most expensive buildings in the world, with a luxurious standalone casino at Bayfront Avenue. There are many skyscrapers in Raffles Place, Tanjong Pagar and Marina Bay CBD with a height limit of 280m. It is one of the eleven planning areas located within the most urbanised Central Area, forming the latter's dense urban core. It is bounded by Rochor to the north, Kallang to the northeast, Marina East and Marina South to the east, Straits View to the southeast, Bukit Merah to the south, as well as Outram, Museum and Singapore River to the west. As the financial Heart of Singapore, the Downtown Core houses the headquarters and offices of numerous corporations, as well as the Singapore Exchange. The area is also home to many governmental institutions, nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina South MRT Station
Marina South MRT station is a non-operational underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast line. Situated in Straits View and Marina South, Singapore, it is located close to Marina South Pier. First announced in August 2012 as part of the Thomson line (TSL), the station was constructed as part of TEL Phase 3 (TEL3) with the merger of the TSL and the Eastern Region line (ERL). Initially slated to open along with the rest of the TEL3 stations, it was announced in November 2021 that the station would only open when its surrounding areas were further developed, even though it had been structurally completed. Since operations for TEL3 began on 13 November 2022, trains have skipped this station and continued towards Gardens By The Bay or Marina Bay. History Marina South station was first announced as part of the 22-station Thomson line on 29 August 2012. In July 2014, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded the contract for the design and construction o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Bay MRT Station
Marina Bay MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North South MRT line, North South (NSL), Circle MRT line, Circle (CCL) and Thomson–East Coast MRT line, Thomson–East Coast (TEL) lines in Singapore. Located in the Downtown Core district near Marina Bay, Singapore, Marina Bay, the station serves the Marina One, Marina One Residences, Marina Bay Suites and the Marina Bay Financial Centre. Marina Bay station was one of the last stations to be completed in the early phases of the construction of the MRT network, opening on 4 November 1989. It was the terminus of the NSL until the line's extension to Marina South Pier MRT station, Marina South Pier station in 2014. The station became an interchange station with the CCL upon the completion of the two-station branch extension from Promenade MRT station, Promenade station in January 2012. The TEL station platforms were completed in November 2022 as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North–South MRT Line
The North–South Line (NSL) is a high-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore, operated by SMRT Corporation. Coloured red on the Singapore rail map, the line is long and serves 27 stations, 11 of which, between the Braddell MRT station, Braddell and Marina South Pier MRT station, Marina South Pier stations, are underground. It runs from Jurong East MRT station, Jurong East station, located in West Region, Singapore, Western Singapore, to Marina South Pier station in the Central Area, Singapore, Central Area, via Woodlands MRT station, Woodlands station in North Region, Singapore, northern Singapore. The line operates for almost 20 hours a day (from approximately 5am to 1am the next day), with headways of 1 to 2 minutes during peak hours and 5 to 6 minutes during off-peak hours. All the trains on the North–South Line run with a six-car formation. It was the first MRT line to be built in Singapore, with the first section from Yio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina South Pier MRT Station
Marina South Pier MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station in Straits View, Singapore, which is operated by SMRT Trains. Built as part of the North South MRT line, North South line (NSL) Extension, it is the southern terminus of the line. As the name suggests, the station is next to Marina South Pier and about a 5 minute walk from Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore. The extension, first announced as part of the 2008 Land Transport Master Plan, was completed on 22 November 2014. The station features two Art-in-Transit artworks, one of which – ''Singapore Tapestry'' – was commissioned as part of the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) gift to Singapore on the nation's 50th anniversary. History The North South line (NSL), Singapore's first MRT line, opened in stages from 1987 to 1989 and ended at Marina Bay MRT station, Marina Bay station. In the 2008 Land Transport Master Plan, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore
The Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore (MBCCS) is a cruise terminal in Singapore, located at Marina South. The construction of the S$500 million terminal began in October 2009 and was completed on 22 May 2012. It received its first ship, the ''Voyager of the Seas'', on 26 May 2012. The official opening ceremony of MBCCS was on 22 October that year. The terminal is operated by SATS-Creuers Cruise Services (joint venture by SATS and Creuers del Port de Barcelona). The Singapore Cruise Centre at HarbourFront is set to be consolidated with MBCCS to form a cruise hub as the leisure cruise sector continues to grow in Singapore. History The impetus for construction came from difficulties many cruise operators had with the current Singapore Cruise Centre which is in a narrow channel with a dead end. The geographical limitations of the site impose height and berth limits on the cruise operators. The new location at Marina South has deep waters, a large turning basin, and no height rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John's Island
Saint John's Island ( ), also known as St John's, is an island in the Straits of Singapore located 6.5 km off the southern coast of Singapore. With an area of , it is the largest of the Sisters' Islands Marine Park, Marine Park islands which also include the Sisters' Islands and Pulau Tekukor. St John's was colonised by the British along with mainland Singapore in the 19th century and was the site of a colonial quarantine centre. In the 20th century, the island served as a detention centre, drug rehabilitation centre and refugee settlement. Singapore gained independence under the Government of Singapore in the mid-20th century and maintained sovereignty over St John's. In the present day, the island has doubled as grounds for recreational facilities and aquaculture research and development facilities. The island is part of the Jurong Formation, Jurong Rock Formation and contains both tropical rainforest and coastal habitats, and is one of the wetlands of Singapore. It is p ... [...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] |
Southern Islands
The Southern Islands is a planning area consisting of a collection of islets located within the Central Region of Singapore, once home to the native Malay islanders and indigenous Orang Laut sea nomad tribes before they were relocated to the mainland for urban redevelopment and future use. The islands that form the planning area are Kusu Island, Lazarus Island, Pulau Seringat, Pulau Tekukor, Saint John's Island, Sentosa and the two Sisters' Islands. The islands encompass a total land area of about . The Sentosa Development Corporation oversaw the development and maintenance of these offshore islands south of Singapore from 1976 to March 2017, when it handed it back to the Singapore Land Authority. Southern Islands planning area is situated on the Singapore Straits, south of the mainland planning area of Bukit Merah. It also shares maritime boundary with the Western Islands planning area. The planning area has two subzones: Sentosa and Southern Group, the latter of which incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collyer Quay
Collyer Quay () is a road in Downtown Core, Singapore that starts after Fullerton Road and ends at the junction of Raffles Quay, Finlayson Green and Marina Boulevard. The road houses several landmarks namely, Clifford Pier, Change Alley, Singapore, Change Alley, Hitachi Tower, Ocean Towers and Ocean Financial Centre. History Until the late 1960s the front of Clifford Pier was a carpark. After office hours the carpark was transformed into a gathering place for musicians, mobile foodstalls and prostitutes. The carpark later made way for road-widening and construction of new developments. New developments There are new developments at the water front property along Collyer Quay between Marina Boulevard and One Fullerton. A new waterfront hotel, called the Fullerton Bay Hotel, opened in 2010. The historical buildings, these being Clifford Pier and the former Customs Harbour Branch Building, were incorporated into the new developments. The hotel and the historical buildings ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Pier
Clifford Pier was a former pier located beside Collyer Quay at Marina Bay, Singapore, Marina Bay within the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore, Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006. In 2008 the site was converted into a restaurant, One on the Bund, with Chinese cuisine. This restaurant closed in 2014 and was replaced by another restaurant, The Clifford Pier, which offers a selection of local, Asian, and Western dishes under the operations of the Fullerton Bay Hotel. Etymology and history The Hokkiens called the pier ''ang theng beh thow'' ( zh, 红灯码头, meaning "red lamp harbour"), and the Malays called it ''lampu merah'' (meaning "red lamp"), both referring to the red oil lamp beacon which shone over the pier at night as a warning to ships. Before the Tanjong Pagar wharves were built in the 1850s, Johnston's Pier was the chief landing place. By the 1920s, the pier was Wear, worn out and Governor of the Straits Sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
