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After Singapore's independence in 1965, the government adopted new road-naming policies as part of its nation-building effort. [11] A Street Naming Advisory Committee was appointed in February 1967 by the Minister of Finance, [12] and priority was given to local names and Malay names, while names of prominent figures and British places and people were discouraged. [11]
The Outer Ring Road System, or more commonly known as ORRS, is a network of major arterial roads in Singapore that forms a ring road through the towns along the city fringe. The ORRS is a semi-expressway, just like the West Coast Highway .
Orchard Road, often known colloquially as simply Orchard, is a major 2.5 km (1.6 mi)-long road in the Central Area of Singapore. [4] A famous tourist attraction, it is an upscale shopping area, with numerous internationally renowned department stores, shopping malls, restaurants, and coffeehouses located in its vicinity. [4]
Zouk is a Singaporean nightclub located in the Clarke Quay district. Opened in 1991, the brand has since expanded to various cities around Asia and North America.One of the country's most prominent nightclubs, it has won the Singapore Tourism Board's "Best Nightspot Experience" award 6 times, between 1996 and 2007.
Bukit Panjang Ring Road is a ring road in Singapore that mostly runs parallel to the loop on the Bukit Panjang LRT line. The road runs through most of the residential neighbourhood in the area and aids in reliving traffic from Bukit Panjang Road and Woodlands Road. Bukit Panjang Ring Road is colored brown on this map.
The PUB Building, located near Singapore's main shopping belt of Orchard Road, was built to accommodate several departments of the Public Utilities Board which had outgrown its office space in City Hall. [2] The building was the result of an architectural design competition. In July 1971, a contest to design PUB's corporate headquarters was ...
Bencoolen Street is a street in Central, Singapore, that starts at the junction of Rochor Road, Rochor Canal Road and Jalan Besar and ends at the junction of Fort Canning Road, Stamford Road and Orchard Road. The street houses several landmarks, including Sim Lim Square, Bencoolen Mosque and Albert Complex.
However, with the opening of the MCE on 29 December 2013, a section of expressway after the Benjamin Sheares Bridge was truncated and another section at the Marina South area realigned and converted into an arterial road. The expressway, together with the MCE and the AYE could be interpreted as the southern east-west road in Singapore.