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Encyclopedia > Tanjong Pagar
Tanjong Pagar
English Tanjong Pagar
Chinese 丹戎巴葛
(Pinyin Dānróng Bāgě)
Malay Tanjong Pagar
Tamil தஞ்சோங் பகார
Tanjong Pagar Road
The characteristic spiral staircases at the back of shophouses in Tanjong Pagar.
Craig Road is named after Captain J. Craig, a member of the Merchant Service Guild and an officer of the Zetland Lodge, a club.
Duxton Hill was the site of a nutmeg plantation owned by Dr J.W. Montgomerie (1797-1856), who was an Assistant Surgeon in the service of the Government.
The Jinricksha Station is Singapore's last reminder of the once ubiquitous rickshaw.
Murray Terrace is named after Colonel A. Murray, Colonial Engineer and Surveyor General of the Straits Settlements at the turn of the 20th century.
The Tanjong Pagar Plaza is an HDB residential development completed in 1977.

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Etymology

Tanjong Pagar in Malay means "cape of stakes", a name which reflects its origins as a fishing village situated on a former promontory. It has been surmised that the name was inspired by the presence of kelongs (offshore palisade fishing traps constructed using wooden stakes and cross pieces) set up along the stretch of coast from the village of Tanjong Malang to what is now Tanjong Pagar. It is possibly a corruption of the earlier name Tanjong Passar, a road which led from South Bridge Road to the fishing village and which appeared in George Drumgoole Coleman's 1836 Map of the Town. The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ... The bay at San Sebastián, Spain A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. ... Look up Stake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... The term promontory has several similar meanings in English, including geographical names: A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water (e. ... A Kelong (sometimes spelt Kellong) is a Malay word to describe a form of offshore platform built predominantly with wood, and can be found in waters off Malaysia and Indonesia, while only a handful remains around Singapore due to rapid urbanisation. ... Palisade and Moat A palisade is a Medieval wooden fence or wall of variable height, used as a defensive structure. ... A trap is a device or tactic intended to harm, capture, detect, or inconvenience an intruder. ... Look up Stake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Situated on South Bridge Road in Chinatown, Singapore, are national monuments such as Jamae Mosque (the green building to the right) and Sri Mariamman Temple (with the gopuram further down the road). ... George Drumgoole Coleman (1795-1844), also known as George Drumgold Coleman, was a civil architect who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of many of the civil infrastructure in Singapore, after the island was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


A far more picturesque account of the naming of this part of the coast emerges from the realm of local legend. According to the Malay Annals, there was a time when the villages along the coast of Singapore suffered from vicious attacks from shoals of swordfish. On the advice of a particularly astute boy named Hang Nadim, the Sri Maharajah built a barricade of banana stems along the coast, which successfully trapped the attacking fish by their snouts as they leapt from the waters. // For other senses of this word, see Legend (disambiguation). ... Sejarah Melayu or The Malay Annals is a historical literary Malay work that chronicles the establishment of the Malacca Sultanate and spans over 600 years of the history of the Malay Peninsula. ... Binomial name Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill in contrast to the smooth, round bill of the marlins. ... In Sejarah Melayu, Hang Nadim was a Malay boy of wisdom that saved Temasek from attacks by shoal of swordfish. ... Closeup of a collection of blinker equipped barricades A barricade is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. ... Species Hybrid origin; see text A banana is a herb, in the genus Musa, which because of its size and structure, is often mistaken for a tree. ...


The original name for Tanjong Pagar is also said to be Salinter, a fishing village. When the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company (1964) was formed due to the growth of shipping activities in the 1850s, wharves were built. Tanjong is "cape" and pagar means "fence" or enclosed space, i.e. wharf where ships are moored. Tanjong Pagar probably refers to the location of PSA Gate 3 near Victoria Dock. Around Tanjong Pagar were mangrove swamps which were filled in with earth from Mount Palmer and other nearby small hills for extension of the wharves up to Telok Blangah. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Damaged package The Panama canal. ... // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... A wharf (plural wharfs, or (especially in American English) wharves, collectively wharfing or wharfage) is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ships are loaded and unloaded. ... A mysterious man in a cape, in Seinfeld, in episode 6-4. ... A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. ... Moor may refer to: A high altitude form of heathland habitat widespread in northern Britain; see heath (habitat). ... Logo PSA International Pte Ltd is the worlds second largest port operator in terms of container throughput handled, and is headquartered in Singapore, the base of its biggest operations where it has an overwhelming presence in the Port of Singapore. ... Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal. ... A freshwater swamp This article is about the wetland type (a landform). ... Earth (often referred to as The Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth in order of size. ... Telok Blangah is a district in Singapore immediately to the south-west of the Central Business District at the Southern End of the Island. ...


Tanjong Pagar Road is known as tan jiong pa kat in Hokkien, which is phonetic. Hokkien can refer to: The Hokkien (dialect): a Chinese dialect, often called Minnan or Minnanhua (Southern Min), a member of the Min dialect branch, similar to Taiwanese A transliteration of the name of the Fujian province of China. ... Phonetic (pho-NET-ic) is a nationwide voicemail-to-text messaging service available for most digital mobile phones in which a subscriber is provided a custom voice mailbox for the purpose of receiving all incoming voice messages as actual transcribed text for reading via short messaging (also known as SMS...


History

For many years, Tanjong Pagar, located between the docks and the town, was an enclave for the thousands of Chinese and Indian dock workers who had migrated to Singapore from the mid nineteenth century. With all the traffic between the docks and the town, Tanjong Pagar was also lucrative ground for rickshaw pullers awaiting clients. So prevalent was their presence that in 1904, the government established a Jinricksha Station at the junction of Tanjong Pagar Road and Neil Road. A dock is an area of water between two piers or alongside a pier, forming a chamber used for building or repairing one ship. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. ... 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. ... Interstate 80, a freeway in California with many lanes and heavy traffic. ... Japanese rickshaws c. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jinricksha Station The Jinricksha Station (Chinese: 金力沙人车站), also known as Jinrikisha Station, is a historic building in Singapore, and is located in Tanjong Pagar of the Chinatown district within the Central Area, Singapores central business district. ...


From the time the docks began operations in 1864, land values in Tanjong Pagar rose, attracting wealthy Chinese and Arab traders to buy real estate there. 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... The term Trader can refer to: In economics, a merchant, a retail business or one who attempts to generally buy wholesale and sell later at a profit In finance, someone who buys and sells financial instruments such as stocks, bonds and derivatives - see stock trader In marketing, Trader Classified Media... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ...


The proliferation of impoverished workers led to overcrowding, pollution and social problems such as opium smoking and prostitution. Tanjong Pagar generally deteriorated into an inner city ghetto. By World War II, Tanjong Pagar was a predominantly working class Hokkien area with an Indian minority. Water pollution Pollution is the release of chemical, physical, biological or radioactive contaminants to the environment. ... Social issues are matters that can be explained only by factors outside an individual’s control and immediate social environment. ... Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services. ... A ghetto is an area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background or united in a given culture or religion live as a group, voluntarily or involuntarily, in milder or stricter seclusion. ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France/Free France, United States, China, Canada, India, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... Hokkien can refer to: The Hokkien (dialect): a Chinese dialect, often called Minnan or Minnanhua (Southern Min), a member of the Min dialect branch, similar to Taiwanese A transliteration of the name of the Fujian province of China. ...


In the mid-1980s, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be gazetted under the government's conservation plan. When the conservation project was completed, many of the area's shophouses were restored to their original appearance. But although a few traces of the old Tanjong Pagar remain — an old swimming pool, the odd street cobbler — the face of Tanjong Pagar has changed. Today, Tanjong Pagar has become a fashionable district, filled with thriving businesses, cafés, bars and restaurants. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... A gazette is a newspaper. ... Architectural conservation describes the process through which the material, historical, and design integrity of immovable objects are prolonged through carefully planned interventions. ... A shophouse is a type of building found in Singapore, Malaysia and throughout much of Southeast Asia, predominantly housing Chinese merchans, craftsmen and their families. ... 50 meter indoor swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, or wading pool is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for recreational or competitive swimming, diving, or for other bathing activities that do not involve swimming, e. ... Cobbler may mean: a person who makes and repairs shoes and boots for a living. ... Coffeehouse in Damascus A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ... Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A bar in Switzerland. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ...


Highlights

Cantonment Road

Cantonment Road got its name from the contingent of Indian sepoys stationed here in 1819. They had accompanied Sir Stamford Raffles to Singapore and were asked to stay. In India, the English term for permanent military accommodation, as established by the sepoys, is "cantonment". Modal logic, or (less commonly) intensional logic is the branch of logic that deals with sentences that are qualified by modalities such as can, could, might, may, must, possibly, and necessarily, and others. ... A sepoy (from Persian سپاهی Sepâhi meaning soldier) was a native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, usually of the United Kingdom. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (6 July 1781 - 5 July 1826) was the founder of the city (now country) of Singapore, and is one of the best-known of the many Britons who created the largest empire the world has ever seen. ... A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters, typically in South India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. ...


The local Cantonese had another name for Cantonment Road. They called it Ba Suo Wei, meaning "at the foot of Bukit Pasoh". Cantonese people (Traditional Chinese: 廣東人; Simplified Chinese: 广东人; Pinyin: Guǎngdōng rén; Jyutping: gwong2 dung1 yan4), broadly speaking, are persons originating from the present-day Guangdong province in southern China. ...


Outram Road, which used to be part of Cantonment Road, only became a separate thoroughfare in 1853. The old Chinese name for Outram was Si Pai Po, meaning "sepoy's field", referring to the former sepoy presence in the area during colonial days. Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Outram is a district in Singapore, within the Central Area, relatively near the prominent city centre and financial districts, but is nearer the border of the Central Area, and outside the Downtown Core. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...


Duxton Hill

Dr J.W. Montgomerie, the first owner of Duxton Hill, cultivated nutmeg plantations on its slopes. Montgomerie died in 1856 and his land on Duxton was auctioned off. Fourteen acres went to Arab Syed Abdullah bin Omar Aljunied, who divided them into four lots which were leased to wealthy Chinese developers. nutmeg is yukky Species About 100 species, including: Myristica argentea Myristica fragrans Myristica malabarica The nutmegs Myristica are a genus of evergreen trees indigenous to tropical southeast Asia and Australasia. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ... An acre is an English unit of area, which is also frequently used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ...


By the 1890s, the developers had built two- and three-storey shophouses in Duxton Hill and the more affluent Chinese moved to the area. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... A shophouse is a type of building found in Singapore, Malaysia and throughout much of Southeast Asia, predominantly housing Chinese merchans, craftsmen and their families. ...


Tanjong Pagar Plaza

Tanjong Pagar Plaza, the site of a complex of Housing and Development Board flats which replaced pre-war shophouses along Tanjong Pagar Road, was formerly Cheng Cheok Street after Khoo Cheng Cheok. Khoo Cheng Cheok is believed to be the brother of rice merchant Khoo Cheng Tiong, who was president of the Thong Chai Medical Institution. It was once an important crossroads for traffic between the warehouses along the Singapore River and the wharves. Bullock carts and hand carts streamed through the area carrying goods from one point to the other. HDB Logo The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is the government agency responsible for Singapores public housing programme. ... An apartment estate in Singapore, which makes up the majority of public housing in Singapore. ... A shophouse is a type of building found in Singapore, Malaysia and throughout much of Southeast Asia, predominantly housing Chinese merchans, craftsmen and their families. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. Rice is an annual plant, growing to 1-1. ... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... A crossroads (the word rarely appears in singular) is another word for road junction, where two or more roads meet (there are three or more arms). ... Interstate 80, a freeway in California with many lanes and heavy traffic. ... Inside Green Logistics Co. ... Singapore River The Singapore River (Chinese: 新加坡河) is a small river in terms of physical attributes, but of extreme historical importance to the country of Singapore, the political entity which shares its name. ... Bullock may refer to: bullock or ox, castrated male cattle Sandra Bullock, actress Alan Bullock, historian This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... A simple wooden cart in Australia A cart transporting watermelons in Harbin, China. ...


Tanjong Pagar Plaza consists of seven blocks of flats and a market and food centre. The food centre is famous for its local dishes such as nasi lemak and fish soup. Nasi lemak is often served with cucumber slices, small dried anchovies, roasted peanuts, and other such condiments. ...


Railway transport

The Malaysian railway company (Keretapi Tanah Melayu) had its terminal railway station in Singapore here. It ran three daily train services from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur to Singapore and several other train services from Singapore to other parts of Malaysia. Now, the only available stop in Singapore is in Woodlands and Tanjong Pagar Railway station which is still operational. A train stopping at a KTMB railway station in Kuala Lipis, Pahang Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) or the Malayan Railway is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. ... Tanjung Pagar railway station is the only Singapores main railway station owned by Malaysian railway. ... Flag Seal Nickname: KL Motto: Maju dan makmur (Malay: Peace and progress) Location Location in Malaysia Coordinates , Government Country State Malaysia Federal Territory Establishment 1857 (Granted city status in 1974) Mayor Ruslin Hasan Geographical characteristics Area     City 243. ... Woodlands estate Woodlands, or the Woodlands New Town, is a suburban town with 3 distinctive constituencies, grouped under the Sembawang Town Council in the northern part of Singapore, comprising 9 individual neighbourhoods. ...


Maxwell Food Centre

The Maxwell Food Centre dates back to pre-war days as a fresh food market and food centre. In 1986, it was converted into a food centre, housing hawkers from the vicinity. The present existing hawker centre is now equipped with modern conveniences, from its renovation in 2001. Stallholders are essentially those from the mainly Cantonese neighbourhood, with many from the famed food street, China Street. A wide variety of authentic local favourites are available, with a Cantonese bent. Many of the dishes are likely cooked by relatives of the original stallholders who spent years perfecting just one dish. Dishes include haam chin pang, a crusty fried pancake, ngor hiang or Hokkien sausages, and herbal broths made to home-brewed recipes.


References

  • Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 9812102051
  • National Heritage Board (2002), Singapore's 100 Historic Places, Archipelago Press, ISBN 9814068233
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External links

  • Singapore Tourism Web Services - Official page about Tanjong Pagar history and information.


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Tanjong Pagar probably refers to the location of PSA Gate 3 near Victoria Dock.
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