Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Raffles's Town Plan
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Singapore in 1822
Singapore in 2009
BUGIS
BUGIS
TOWN
BUGIS
TOWN
Mosque
Sultan's Residence
Mosque
Sultan's Residence
Mosque
TOWN
Bukit Seligi
Bukit Seligi
(Mt. Sophia)
Bukit Seligi
(Mt. Sophia)
Sultan's Residence
(Mt. Sophia)
ARAB
TOWN
ARAB
TOWN
ARAB
Western
Western
Hills
Western
Hills
Botanical &
Botanical &
Experimental
Botanical &
Experimental
Gardens
TOWN
Hills
Experimental
Gardens
Gardens
EUROPEAN
EUROPEAN
TOWN
EUROPEAN
TOWN
Bukit Larangan
Bukit Larangan
(Government Hill)
Bukit Larangan
(Government Hill)
TOWN
(Government Hill)
Parade
Parade
Battery
Battery
MARINA CENTRE
MARINA CENTRE
(land reclaimed 1980s)
MARINA CENTRE
(land reclaimed 1980s)
GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT
AREA
GOVERNMENT
AREA
(land reclaimed 1980s)
AREA
2
po
po
INDIAN
INDIAN
TOWN
INDIAN
TOWN
Ferry Point
Ferry Point
TOWN
Singa
p
ore
Singapore
Harbour
Singapore
Harbour
Rocky Point
Rocky Point
Harbour
Marina
Marina
Bay
Marina
Bay
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL
AREA
COMMERCIAL
AREA
Chinese
Chinese
Burial Grounds
Chinese
Burial Grounds
Bay
AREA
Burial Grounds
Markets
Markets
CHINA
CHINA
TOWN
CHINA
TOWN
TOWN
MARINA SOUTH
(land reclaimed 1970s)
MARINA SOUTH
(land reclaimed 1970s)
MARINA SOUTH
(land reclaimed 1970s)
Fishing Village
Fishing Village
Lime Kiln
Lime Kiln
THE BRITISH EAST INDIA
COMPANY ARRIVES
(1819-1827)
When Raffles arriv ed in 1819, S ingapura
had been asleep for nearly 400 years under
the r ule of the sultan of J ohor, of the
southernmost pr ovince in M alaya, with
local administration handled by a temeng-
gong, or senior minister . It was Temeng-
gong Abdu'r Rahman who, on February 6,
1819, signed a treaty with Raffles to set up
a trading post on the island in r eturn for
an annual payment to the Sultanate. After
this, Raffles didn 't stay ar ound for too
long, handing o ver the R esidency of the
port to his friend and colleague, Col. Wil-
liam Farquhar.
When Raffles r eturned 3 y ears later ,
Singapore was fast becoming a success
story. The ideally situated port was inspired
