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The opening sequence of turns 1, 2, and 3 are shaped like an 'S', a curve to the right for turn 2, while turn 3 is to the left at just 90 km/h (56 mph). Now, the car is on Republic Boulevard (along turn 4) speeding up to 260 km/h (160 mph), then heading to right-hand turn 5, braking to 145 km/h (90 mph).
Stamford Road was named after the modern founder of Singapore, Thomas Stamford Raffles. The road used to house the Saint Andrew's School from the late 19th century till 1941 when it moved to Woodsville Hill. The site was taken by the now demolished National Library in 1960 until it was demolished in 2005 to make way for the new Fort Canning Tunnel.
By 1926, the Japanese community in Singapore had grown to occupy the area bound roughly by Prinsep Street, Rochor Road, North Bridge Road and Middle Road, alongside the Hainanese and other enclaves. Middle Road was known to the Japanese community as Central Street ( Japanese : 中央通り , Hepburn : Chuo-Dori ) .
On 1 August 2008, four months after the lawsuit, Streetdirectory.com and the remaining assets of Virtual Map was acquired by JobsDB for an undisclosed sum. At the same time, maps newly generated from scratch after nine months' of groundwork went online.
Thomson Road is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the northern suburban areas of the country. The road is one of the longest in Singapore, starting from Novena in the south towards MacRitchie Reservoir, before continuing northwards as Upper Thomson Road towards Yishun and Sembawang.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 16:36, 22 September 2013: 470 × 310 (42 KB): Tboa: Made turn 10 and the pit exit more accurate, along with other small modifications.
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]