Telok Ayer is a historic district located in Singapore's Chinatown within the Central Business District, straddling the Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's urban planning zones. 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. ... The Singapore Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. ... The central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Downtown Core is technically an urban planning area in the city-state of Singapore which surrounds the mouth of the Singapore River, and is part of the Central Area, Singapores central business district. ... The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and one of the departments under the Government of Singapore. ... Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ...

Telok Ayer Street, one of the earliest thoroughfares in downtown Singapore.

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Etymology

Telok Ayer and its namesake road, Telok Ayer Street, was named after Telok Ayer Bay, located at the foot of Mount Wallich. The Malay name refers to "bay water" because Telok Ayer Street was the coastal road along the bay. Not to be confused with the Malayalam language, spoken in Kerala, India. ... The bay at San Sebastián, Spain A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. ... A coastal beach in the Philippines. ...

Telok Ayer Street appears in George Drumgoole Coleman's 1836 Map of Singapore as Teluk Ayer Street. The Chinese name for Telok Ayer Street refers to the Chinese temple on this street — da bo gong miao jie. 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). ... The Akshardham Hindu temple (mandir), Delhi, India, 2005 The Ecclesia, the Rosicrucian healing temple, Oceanside, California, United States, 1920 The word temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education. ...

Telok Ayer Street was also known colloquially under two names. The area nearer Merchant Street was called Guan Soon Street because there was a firm located here called Chop Guan Soon that brought in Indian labourers. Guan Sun is also the name of one of the five divisions of Hokkiens which took part in the Chingay procession once every three years. In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ... 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. ... A Chingay Parade performer The Chingay Parade (Chinese: 妆艺大游行; pinyin: ) is an annual street parade held in Singapore as part of Chinese New Year festivities. ...

The other colloquial name for Telok Ayer Street is called the "front street" of Mah Cho Temple in Hokkien because the street is in front of the Thian Hock Keng Temple, dedicated to Goddess of the Sea, Mah Cho or Matsu. Thian Hock Keng Temple Thian Hock Keng Temple (Chinese: 天福宫; Pinyin: Tiānfú Gōng; Temple of Heavenly Happiness) is the oldest and most important Fukien, or Hoklo temple in Singapore. ... Clothed statues of Matsu Matsu (Chinese: 媽祖;; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ma-tsu; literally Mother-Ancestor; POJ: Má-chó·), mortal name Lin Moniang (林默娘), is the Taoist goddess of the Sea who protects fishermen and sailors. ...

History

Amoy Street. Amoy, today spelt Xiamen, is the name of the port in south China where the first generation of Chinese emigrants set sail for Singapore.

Telok Ayer Green, a small park with sculptures depicting the festival activities of early Chinese immigrants in Singapore.

Thian Hock Keng Temple, the oldest Hokkien temple in Singapore.

In 1822, Telok Ayer was the primary area set aside by Sir Stamford Raffles for the Chinese community. As the main landing site for Chinese immigrants, Telok Ayer Street become one of the first streets in Chinatown and formed the backbone of development of the Chinese immigrant community in early Singapore. Thus, the Telok Ayer district was the original focal point of settlement in Chinatown. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 507 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: User:Sengkang/Gallery/Outram Planning Area Telok Ayer Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 507 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: User:Sengkang/Gallery/Outram Planning Area Telok Ayer Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Xiamen (Simplified Chinese: 厦门; Traditional Chinese: 廈門; pinyin: Xiàmén; Wade_Giles: Hsiamen) is a coastal sub_provincial city in Fujian Province, southern China. ... Xiamen (Simplified: 厦门; Traditional: 廈門; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsiamen) is a coastal sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... North China (北方 Hanyu pinyin: Běifāng) and South China (南方 Hanyu pinyin: Nánfāng) are two approximate regions within China. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 825 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: User:Sengkang/Gallery/Outram Planning Area Telok Ayer Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 825 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: User:Sengkang/Gallery/Outram Planning Area Telok Ayer Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... An Australian park A park is any of a number of geographic features. ... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 559 KB) Summary Thian Hock Keng Temple. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 559 KB) Summary Thian Hock Keng Temple. ... Thian Hock Keng Temple Thian Hock Keng Temple (Chinese: 天福宫; Pinyin: Tiānfú Gōng; Temple of Heavenly Happiness) is the oldest and most important Fukien, or Hoklo temple in Singapore. ... 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. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian 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. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...

Until the late nineteenth century, Telok Ayer Street was the main commercial and residential thoroughfare in Singapore. As immigration from China increased, so did the adverse qualities usually associated with a highly concentrated population. Between the 1850s and the 1870s, the road was the centre of the notorious Chinese slave trade. By the turn of the century, the area had become polluted and congested, and these factors, as well as the increasing afflucence of some of the merchants, were possibly the main reasons which drove them out of town to look for a more salubrious environment. 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. ... Commerce is the trading of something of value between two entities. ... A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ... Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... // 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... // Events and Trends Technology The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... The word slaves has several meanings and usages: People who are owned by others, and live to serve them without pay. ... Water pollution Environmental pollution is the release of environmental contaminants. ... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ...

Temples and mosques are plentiful in this area as they were built by Chinese and Muslim immigrants to show their gratitude for safe passage. The numerous religious and clan buildings on Telok Ayer Street testify to their importance in the past. These buildings include: Yeni Camii (the New Mosque), one of the landmarks of İstanbul A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... for Imam Muslim, see Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor. ...

• Thian Hock Keng Temple (1820s), the oldest Hokkien temple in Singapore, dedicated to Matsu, Goddess of the Sea, Queen of Heaven and Patron of Sailors,
• Fuk Tak Chi Temple (1824), built jointly by the Hakkas and Cantonese, colloquially known as the mah cau toh peh kong, now restored as a museum,
• Hock Teck Chi Temple (1824-1869),
• Ying Fo Fui Kun Hakka Association Hall (1882),
• Ying Fo Fui Kun Temple (1823), the earliest building on the street built by the Hakkas,
• Nagore Durgha Shrine (1828-1830),
• Al-Abrar Mosque (circa 1827), and
• Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church (1924).

In the past before land reclamation, boats used to moor in Telok Ayer Bay waiting to get fresh water, carried by bullock carts, from a well at Ann Siang Hill. Thian Hock Keng Temple Thian Hock Keng Temple (Chinese: 天福宫; Pinyin: Tiānfú Gōng; Temple of Heavenly Happiness) is the oldest and most important Fukien, or Hoklo temple in Singapore. ... Events and Trends Nationalistic independence movements helped reshape the world during this decade: Greece declares independence from the Ottoman Empire (1821). ... Clothed statues of Matsu Matsu (Chinese: 媽祖;; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ma-tsu; literally Mother-Ancestor; POJ: Má-chó·), mortal name Lin Moniang (林默娘), is the Taoist goddess of the Sea who protects fishermen and sailors. ... Fuk Tak Chi Museum The Fuk Tak Chi Temple (Chinese: 福德祠) is the oldest Chinese temple in Singapore, built in 1824 by Hakka and Cantonese immigrants five years after the founding of the modern city in 1819. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Hakka (Traditional Chinese: 客家; Simplified Chinese: 客家; Pinyin: ; literal meaning guest families) are a Han Chinese people whose ancestors are said to originate from around Henan and Shanxi in northern China over 2700 years ago. ... Cantonese generally refers to people or things associated with Guangdong Province, Hong Kong, or Macau in China. ... The National Gallery in London, a famous museum. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Nagore Durgha Address : 140 Telok Ayer Street Singapore 068604 The Nagore Durgha, a shrine built by the Muslims of southern India in 1828 - 30, was originally known as Shahul Hamid Durgha. ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Masjid Al-Abrar at Telok Ayer Street in Chinatown of Singapore. ... Look up Circa on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The Latin word circa, literally meaning about, is often used to describe various dates (often birth and death dates) that are uncertain. ... Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church (Chinese: 卫理公会直落亚逸礼拜堂) is a Methodist church in Singapore, located along Telok Ayer Street near Chinatown in the Downtown Core, within the Central Area in Singapores central business district. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ... Some boats in a harbor in Miami Beach, Florida A boat is a watercraft, usually smaller than most ships. ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... 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. ... A water well is an artificial excavation or structure put down by any method such as digging, boring or drilling for the purposes of withdrawing water from underground aquifers. ...

Today, the whole bay area in front of Telok Ayer Street lies on reclaimed land. In 1863, a group of local businessmen including Whampoa, applied to the Governor Orfeur Cavenagh for permission to build, at their own expense, a pier and a seawall to reclaim land to build warehouses. However, the request was not acceded, and the Hokkien temple of Thian Hock Keng was to remain fronting the sea until 1879. Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... Set out below is an annotated listing of corporate leaders, who are or have been the head of large or successful business enterprises, or who are otherwise well known for their commercial acumen, listed alphabetically by last name. ... The following is a list of the Governors of the Straits Settlements, a British colonial post which existed from 1826 to 1946. ... A pier in Lillebælt, Denmark A pier is a raised walkway over water, supported by widely spread piles or pillars. ... Seawall protecting homes from storm waves and beach erosion. ... Inside Green Logistics Co. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Plans for reclamation were again put forward in 1865 and reclamation work carried out between 1878 and 1885. The government levelled the hills along the coast, including Mount Wallich, in order to reclaim land from Telok Ayer Bay. Robinson Road and Anson Road were subsequently built. The existing marshland was drained, the nutmeg plantations made way for maritime buildings and Thian Hock Keng Temple found itself five blocks away from the sea. 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A hill in Hungary with a hillside vintage garden For the landform that extends less than 600 metres above the surrounding terrain and that is smaller than a mountain, see the mountain article. ... Robinson Road, Singapore Robinson Road (Chinese: 罗敏申路) is a major trunk road in Singapores central business district. ... This article is about marsh, a type of wetland. ... 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. ... From the latin maritimus, maritime refers to things relating to the sea. ...

Conservation and architecture

Telok Ayer has been gazetted under the government's conservation plan. When the conservation project was completed, some of the area's shophouses were restored to their original appearance. Many of these shophouses are two- and three-storey, mostly the result of the land division of the time which consisted of deep sites with narrow frontages. The frontages are based on the then available length of timber beams, usually about 4.8 metres. 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. ... Frontage is the full length of a plot of land or a building measured alongside the road on to which the plot or building fronts. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Lumber. ... Beam may refer to: Look up beam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length. ...

References

• Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 9812102051
• Norman Edwards, Peter Keys (1996), Singapore - A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places, Times Books International, ISBN 9971652315

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