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Experience on Boat Quay. Afiqah's Experince  My whole experience in the Clarke Quay was fun. Even though it is outside the open air and it is scotching hot that day. We really had fun because we get to take pictures of the Singapore River, the bum boat and etc. And since it was hot, each of my members went to buy ice-creams. Even there were some bad incident going on that day, we still had fun. And so, that’s my whole experience of my visit to the Clark Quay. Amirah's Experience  When I reached Clarke Quay, I was abit confuse because I rarely go to this kind of places. So my group members and I explore these places like Lim Bo Seng Memorial, War Memorial and other Memorials too. I really find these places exciting to explore from there you can go to the Merlion. You can see our new places such as Esplanade, Singapore Flyer, Marina Bay Sands and lots more! You guys should really go there, Singapore is a nice place to stay even when its at night. It's an wonderful view with lots of colourful lights. I am proud to be a Singaporean, Majulah Singapura! <3 We went to City Hall and Boat Quay for our LPDX project. We took alot of pictures of the statures we saw along the Boat Quay river. As we carried on walking, we realised that there are 11 bridges in City all. I enjoyed this journey to City Hall and Boat Quay. My friends and I learned about Singapore's past places through this journey. It's a good experience for all of us. Maya's Experience  Our first outing as a group was awesome. We went to Clarke Quay. We did some research, found some old pictures of it and the view of it is getting better each years. As we walked along the river, there were statues of people that used to hang around the river in the 1820's. There were also Bum Boats which would take you on the ride along the river itself and tell you more about the history itself. We experience more that just that. I personally think that Singapore is growing better in many ways we can expect. There are still many places that you guys can go to and explore its nature & beauty of it, even the history is better. Singapore has gone through many things & grown into a better place. (: |
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Singapore is amazing & beautiful.Boat Quay is a historical place in Singapore which is situated upstream from the mouth of the Singapore River on its southern bank. It was the busiest part of the old Port of Singapore, handling three quarters of all shipping business during the 1860s because the south bank of the river here resembles the belly of a carp, which according to Chinese belief is where wealth and prosperity lay, many shop houses were built, crowded into the area. Since the founding of modern Singapore in 1819, the Singapore River was the artery for much of the islands trade and economic activities. The south bank of the river, where most of the commerce took place, is known as Boat Quay. In the 1820s, the area was swampy and built over with raft houses occupied by local traders. It was reclaimed with earth taken from a small hill where Commercial Square, now Raffles Place stands. As early as 1822, Sir Stamford Raffles had already designated the area south of the river to be developed as a Chinese settlement. Boat Quay was completed in 1842 and the Chinese, mostly traders and laborers, settled there in large number. Conditions were squalid but Boat Quay flourished, rapidly exceeding in volume the trade on the north bank where the Europeans had their offices, houses and government buildings. “Boat Quay is one of the early roads established when the Singapore River was the main port area of the colonial city. In the 19th century, the Chinese had several names for this road, referring to different sections of it: • tiam pang lo thau or "the place to go for sampans"; • chap sa hang (十三行) or "the thirteen shops" (the part near Canton Street); • chap peh keng (十八间) or "the eighteen houses" (the part near Circular Road); • chui chu boi or "bathing house end"; • khoi ki or "steam bank"; • bu ye tian (不夜天) or "place of ceaseless activity"; and • iam pang lo thau or "sampan ghaut or landing-place" (referring to the lower part of Boat Quay near Purvis Creek). • cha chun tau (柴船头), meaning "jetty for boats carrying firewood" (the part around Read Bridge) • Some of the quay's colloquial English names included: • Suspension Bridge Quay (after Cavenagh Bridge); and • "The Belly of the Carp" because of the shape of the river at this point.”- taken from Wikipedia |
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