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A kampong (this term is in Za'aba Spelling, kampung in both modern Malay and Indonesian) is a term for a type of village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "dock" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especially of indigenous peoples.
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 last kampong, Kampong Lorong Buangkok is the only remaining village and is conserved. Buangkok Drive is a road that was completed in the second half of 1999 from Buangkok Green to Punggol Road, as the road shortens the travel drive from Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 to Punggol Road. [ 4 ]
Kampong Chhnang province centuries ago was a coastal city on the route between China and India; due to sedimentation from the Mekong river, the coast line moved much farther to sea. When the Tonle Sap river changed its course, the city lost its main water source and thus was deserted, the population moving to a city called Kampong Tralach.
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Choa Chu Kang was a diverse area with old kampong housing and rubber plantations. Residents had to depend on boats or bullock carts for transportation. Among the few villages which sprang up were Kampong Belimbing and Chua Chu Kang Village. Most of the inhabitants belonged to the Teochew dialect group.
Kampong Cham (Khmer: កំពង់ចាម, UNGEGN: Kâmpóng Cham [kɑmpɔŋ caːm]; lit. ' Cham Port ' ) is a province of Cambodia located on the central lowlands of the Mekong River . It borders the provinces of Kampong Chhnang to the west, Kampong Thom and Kratié to the north, Tboung Khmum to the east, and Prey Veng and Kandal to the south.
Svay Rieng (Khmer: ស្វាយរៀង, UNGEGN: Svay Riĕng [sʋaːj riəŋ], lit. ' The Mango's Range ') is a province (khaet) in Cambodia.Located in the southeast, the province juts into Vietnam (Long An and Tây Ninh) or Kampuchea Krom (Kampong Kho and Rong Domrey), which surrounds it to the north, east and south.