Kreta Ayer Road Kreta Ayer is the most important road that defines Chinatown. Since there is no word colloquially in Chinese for...

Originally called Salinter (or Salintar), Tanjong Pagar in Malay means "cape of stakes", a name that reflects its origins as a fishing...

There is an overlap between the areas of China Square, Kreta Ayer (Hokkien) Area https://www.marcs.studio/post/singapore-chinatown-kreta-...

New Bridge Road This street was laid in 1842. The Chinese call it "Sin Pa Sat Ma Chu Cheng" (Front of New Market), or "Ji Ma Lo" (Number...

Chinese New Year, February 2020 South Bridge Road had been known in the early 1820s by this name, before a proper road was constructed....

There is an overlap between the areas of Kreta Ayer (Hokkien) Area and China Square https://www.marcs.studio/post/singapore-chinatown-chi...

Mosque street It was named thus due to the presence of Jamae Mosque (also known as Chulia Mosque), which is situated near the junction of...

Carpenter Street Carpenter Street might be named after Percy Carpenter or after the many Chinese craftsman who used to work in the area....

Eu Tong Sen Street (and former Wayang Street) Eu Tong Sen (1877-1944, Cantonese) was the King of Tin. His assets included tin mines,...

1972 Map of the Clarke Quay area Source: https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/maps_building_plans/record-details/faacd540-115c-11e3-83d5...

View of Telok Ayer Bay from nearby Mount Wallich prior to the start of land reclamation in the 1880's. Clearly visible is Nagore Dargah,...

The Chinese had been known in the islands of the Malay Archipelago for more than 1,000 years, ever since the southern kilns of the Tang...