Tanjong Pagar
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Tanjong Pagar (alternatively: Tanjung Pagar) is a historic district in the Central Business District of Singapore , which is located between the Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the urban planning zones of the Urban Redevelopment Authority .
Location, name
Tanjong Pagar (Jawi: تنجوڠ ڤاڤر) means "Cape of Stakes" in Malay , a name that reflects its origins as a fishing village on a former promontory. It has been suggested that the name was inspired by the presence of kelongs (offshore stockade fishermen with wooden stakes and crosspieces) set up along the stretch of coast from the village of Tanjong Malang to what is now Tanjong Pagar. It is possibly a falsification of the former name Tanjong Passar, a road that led from South Bridge Road to the fishing village and appeared in George Drumgoole Coleman's map of the city from 1836.
A picturesque account of the naming of this part of the coast comes 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 fierce attacks from schools of swordfish. On the advice of a particularly clever boy named Hang Nadim, the Sri Maharajah erected a barricade made of banana stalks along the coast, which the attacking fish successfully caught with their snouts when they jumped out of the water.
The original name for Tanjong Pagar is also said to be Salinter, a fishing village. When the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company (1864) was founded due to the increasing shipping activity in the 1850s, quays were built. Tanjong is "cape" and pagar means "fence" or enclosed space, ie the quay where ships moor. Tanjong Pagar is likely referring to the location of PSA Gate 3 near Victoria Dock. Around Tanjong Pagar were mangrove swamps , which were filled with earth from Mount Palmer and other nearby small hills to extend the quays to Telok Blangah.
history
Founded in the 17th century, Tanjong Pagar, located between the docks and the city, was an enclave for thousands of Chinese and Indian dock workers who moved to Singapore from the mid-19th century. With all the traffic between the docks and the city, Tanjong Pagar was also a lucrative place for rickshaw drivers waiting for customers. Their presence was so widespread that in 1904 the government established a Jinricksha station at the intersection of Tanjong Pagar Road and Neil Road.
Since the docks opened in 1864, property values in Tanjong Pagar have increased, attracting wealthy Chinese and Arab traders to buy real estate.
The proliferation of impoverished workers has led to overcrowding, pollution and social problems such as opium smoking and prostitution . Tanjong Pagar generally developed into a downtown ghetto . Until the Second World War Tanjong Pagar was a predominantly working Hokkien region with an Indian minority.
In the mid-1980s, Tanjong Pagar was the first area in Singapore to be designated 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 have been preserved - an old swimming pool, the strange street cobbler - the face of Tanjong Pagar has changed. Today Tanjong Pagar is a popular area with thriving shops, cafes, bars and restaurants.
Attractions
- The Tanjong Pagar Center was completed in 2016 and is the tallest building in Singapore.
- Tanjong Pagar Railway Station , the Malaysian railway company (Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM)) ran trains to a terminal station here. Three daily trains went to Kuala Lumpur, and more went to other parts of Malaysia. According to an agreement between Malaysia and Singapore dated May 24, 2010, the station ceased operations on July 1, 2011. KTM's southern endpoint is now at the Woodlands Train Checkpoint near the dam. The Singaporean government has promised to preserve the Tanjong Pagar station building and to integrate it into future developments on the site.
Tanjong Pagar Plaza
The Tanjong Pagar Plaza, whose complex of buildings on Tanjong Pagar Road replaced the pre-war stores, was formerly Cheng Cheok Street after Khoo Cheng Cheok. Khoo Cheng Cheok is believed to be the brother of the rice trader Khoo Cheng Tiong who was president of the Thong Chai Medical Institution . It was once a major transportation hub between the warehouses along the Singapore River and the quays. Ox carts and handcarts flowed through the area, moving goods from one point to another.
Tanjong Pagar Plaza refers to the stores built for businesses by the HDB . The food center is known for its local dishes like nasi-lemak and fish soup. There are four stalls selling nasi lemak and five stalls selling fish soup.
Part of the HDB's plan in early urban planning was the integration of residential buildings near businesses in the CBD area. However, the offices and shops there are separate from the HDB apartments.
politics
Nowadays the whole place is politically divided between Tanjong Pagar GRC and Jalan Besar GRC . Both are under the ruling PAP party.
The western part of Tanjong Pagar is mainly in the Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru Division of Tanjong Pagar GRC. Lee Kuan Yew was a member of the PAP from the founding of the constituency in 1955 until his death on March 23, 2015. Lee's successor is Indranee Thurai Rajah , who was also represented by Joan Pereira in her Tanglin-Cairnhill. (later split into Henderson-Dawson and Moulmein-Cairnhill. Henderson-Dawson is operated by Joan Pereira, while Moulmein-Cairnhill is operated by Melvin Yong).
The eastern half of the area is also located in the Crete Ayer-Kim Seng department of the GRC Jalan Besar, of which Dr. Lily Neo is. She belonged to the GRC Tanjong Pagar from 2011 to 2015.
Web links
Tanjong Pagar Town Council, official website
Coordinates: 1 ° 17 ' N , 103 ° 51' E