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These works aimed to support the development of the Kallang riverside, Singapore Sports Hub and Kallang Industrial Estate. [117] The Singapore Underground Road System (SURS) was a proposed underground ring road that would encircle the Singapore city centre. Part of the suggested route included a section within Kallang, near Nicoll Highway ...
Tanjong Rhu (left) marked as Tanjon Rû in this 1604 map of Singapore by Godinho de Erédia.The map is orientated with the South towards the top left. The name Tanjong Rhu appeared in Manuel Godinho de Erédia's 1604 map of Singapore spelt as Tanjon Rû, it means "casuarina cape" in Malay from the trees of Casuarina equisetifolia or almost similar C. littoria (ru or rhu) species that grew ...
The place name appeared in an 1830 survey map of Singapore as Kilang, but by 1838 was spelled as Kelang, which when pronounced in correct Malay is nearly indistinguishable to the ear from Geylang. However, kilang also means press, mill, or factory in Malay and could be a reference to the presses and mills in the coconut plantations that used to ...
The name. Kolam Ayer, was derived from the Malay phrase "kolam air", which translates to "pond water".. The subzone's current name, Geylang Bahru, came from a road in the area; "Geylang" is a place in Singapore, now considered a separate planning area from Kallang, while "Bahru" is the old Malay spelling for "baru", meaning "new".
Kampong Bugis is probably best known for being the location of the former Kallang Gasworks, the conserved Kallang Airport complex, as well as the former Gay World Amusement Park. A plot of land bounded by Kallang Road, the Kallang River and Rochor River is slated for future residential development, part of a pilot programme to create a car-lite ...
A view of the Kallang River from atop the Singapore Flyer. The Kallang River (Chinese: 加冷河, Malay: Sungei Kallang) is the longest river in Singapore, flowing for 10 kilometers from the Lower Peirce Reservoir (originally named "Kallang River Reservoir") to the Kallang Basin. [1]
The name "Kallang Bahru" first appeared in a street directory as a proposed road in 1969. [2] Meaning "New Kallang" in the Malay language, the road and its surrounding area were seen as an extension of the Kallang settlement. Prior to the construction of the road, the area was a swampland.
Geylang River (Malay: Sungai Geylang; Simplified Chinese: 芽茏河) is a canalised river flowing from Geylang to Kallang, in the Central Region of Singapore. With the formation of the Marina Reservoir after the completion of the Marina Barrage in 2008, the river now forms part of the reservoir.