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Encyclopedia > Seletar
Seletar
English Seletar
Chinese 实里达
(Pinyin Shílǐdá)
Malay Seletar
Tamil fill in

Seletar is an area of Singapore within its North-East Region. Seletar commonly refers to the areas south of Yishun and west of Sungei Punggol, covering Yio Chu Kang near Jalan Kayu (where there is Seletar Road), the Lower Seletar Reservoir and part of Upper Thomson (which is near to the Upper Seletar Reservoir). The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... Not to be confused with the Malayalam language, spoken in Kerala, India. ... Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ... Yishun, or Nee Soon as it was initially christened, is a suburban town in the northern part of Singapore, encompassing the Yishun Planning Area, in the North Region, which includes Yishun New Town and the Nee Soon private residential estate. ... Yio Chu Kang is a sub-urban area in the northeast of Singapore, with close proximity to the Ang Mo Kio, Seletar and Serangoon areas. ... Jalan Kayu is a name of a street situated in northern Singapore. ... Lower Seletar Reservoir is located in the northeastern part of Singapore, to the east of Yishun New Town, at latitude 1. ... Thomson is an relatively narrow area stretching from Novena in the Central Region of Singapore up north till Sembawang. ... Upper Seletar Reservoir Upper Seletar Reservoir (Chinese: 实里达蓄水池上段) is Singapores third impounding reservoir, after MacRitchie Reservoir and Peirce Reservoir (now the Upper Peirce Reservoir and the Lower Peirce Reservoir). ...


The Seletar Planning Area, an urban planning zone under the Urban Redevelopment Authority, covers only the area between Lower Seletar Reservoir and Sungei Punggol, north of the Tampines Expressway, and the reclaimed islands of Pulau Punggol Barat and Pulau Punggol Timor. Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and one of the departments under the Government of Singapore. ... The Tampines Expressway (TPE) is a highway in the north-east fringe of Singapore joining the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) near Changi International Airport in the east with the Central Expressway (CTE) and Seletar Expressway (SLE) in the north of the island. ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ...


Seletar is the site of the Seletar Airport. Seletar Airport (Chinese: 实里达机场 (IATA code: XSP; ICAO code: WSSL)) in Singapore was the islands first international airport and was completed in 1929. ...

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Etymology

Seletar is probably one of the older local place names. The Malay word seletar refers to the aboriginal coastal dwellers (orang laut) called orang seletar, who lived along the mangrove creeks of the Johor Straits and especially at the mouth of the Seletar River (which has since been dammed up to form the Lower Seletar Reservoir), hence the river's name. Later, Sultan Abu Baker of Johor is said to have taken these people from Seletar to Sungai Pulai in southwest Johor. Not to be confused with the Malayalam language, spoken in Kerala, India. ... Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal Mangrove are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats or mangal (Hogarth, 1999), for which the term mangrove swamp also would apply. ... A running stream. ... Geography The Straits of Johor (also known as the Tebrau Strait, Johor Strait, Selat Johor, Selat Tebrau, and Tebrau Reach) is a narrow stretch of water that separates Johor state, Malaysia from Singapore. ... Lower Seletar Reservoir is located in the northeastern part of Singapore, to the east of Yishun New Town, at latitude 1. ... State Motto: Kepada Allah berserah (English: all hopes is to God (Allah) Capital Johor Bahru Royal Capital Pasir Pelangi Sultan Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj Chief minister Dato Abdul Ghani Othman Area 19,984 km² Population 2. ...


Franklin and Jackson's 1830 Plan of Singapore makes reference to the River Saleta. In the mid-nineteenth century, the editor, Cameron (1865:86-88) notes that the East India Company maintained a small wood and attap bungalow for its company's servants nine miles from town at Selita. Philip Jackson was a British Royal Navy lieutenant, who laid out the city plan (the Jackson Plan) for Singapore in 1822. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was a joint-stock company string of investors, which was granted a Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intent to favour trade privileges in India. ... Binomial name Nypa fruticans Wurmb Nypa fruticans , known as the Attap Palm (Singapore) and Mangrove Palm or Nipah palm (Malaysia), is the only palm considered a mangrove. ... A row of bungalows in Virginia A bungalow is any single story house. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ...


In Chinese, Seletar is koon kung, or naval base. Modern Naval Tactics It is tempting to regard modern naval combat as the purest expression of tactics. ...


History

Seletar, now Thomson Road, was first cut in the 1840s. Thomson Road (Chinese: 汤申路) is a major trunk road linking Singapores central business district with the northern suburban areas. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ...


The British naval and air bases were in Seletar. The decision to build the base was made in 1921. Work started in 1927, with the mangrove swamps being filled in, hills removed and rubber trees cut down. The work was completed in the early 1930s. Seletar was the first Royal Air Force base east of India and the first civilian airport in Singapore. The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) The British Grand Fleet, the supreme naval force of WW1 A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ... An air force is a military organization that primarily operates in aerial warfare. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal Mangrove are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats or mangal (Hogarth, 1999), for which the term mangrove swamp also would apply. ... Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of a number of plants but can also be produced synthetically. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...


The Seletar Reservoir, now the Upper Seletar Reservoir, was built in 1935. Upper Seletar Reservoir Upper Seletar Reservoir (Chinese: 实里达蓄水池上段) is Singapores third impounding reservoir, after MacRitchie Reservoir and Peirce Reservoir (now the Upper Peirce Reservoir and the Lower Peirce Reservoir). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Reference

  • Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 9812102051

See also


RAF Seletar was a Royal Air Force station in Singapore. ...

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RAF Seletar - Singapore (980 words)
In 1929 Seletar became the first civilian air port on the island when permission was granted for the grass landing strip to be used for civil air traffic.
Seletar became a Japanese base until 1945 and was used extensively by the Japanese Navy who laid a concrete runway for use of their own aircraft.
Seletar had been mainly a Maintenance Unit and Equipment Supply Depot for the Far East Air Force in the 1950s but now took on the role of short and medium range transport base.
Seletar Airport: Information from Answers.com (455 words)
It is located in Seletar in the north-eastern area of the main island, and is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.
RAF Seletar was a Royal Air Force station in Singapore between 1928 and 1971.
RAF Seletar served as a civil airport from 1930 before the opening of Singapore's first civil airport at Kallang on 12 June 1937 (to the late 1940s).
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