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Telok Ayer Street was originally a coastal road along the Telok Ayer Bay and was named after the bay. [1] On George Drumgoole Coleman's 1836 Map of Singapore, it was known as Teluk Ayer Street. [1] The Chinese name for the street is da bo gong miao jie which refers to the Fuk Tak Chi Temple located on Telok Ayer street.
The temple is located on Telok Ayer Street and originally faced the sea; the Telok Ayer Street used to be situated along the coastline before land reclamation work began in the 1880s. Starting in 1839, the temple was rebuilt with funds collected over the years and donations from the community, the largest of which was from Tan Tock Seng , a ...
Masjid Al-Abrar (Malay for Al-Abrar Mosque; Jawi:مسجد الأبرار) is a mosque located along Telok Ayer Street in Chinatown within the Central Area, Singapore. It is one of the earliest mosques in Singapore. [1] The building was gazetted as a national monument on 19 November 1974. [2]
In the early nineteenth century, the market was a simple wooden building located on piles just over the waters of Telok Ayer Bay before land reclamation work filled in the bay. The Malay name Telok Ayer means "bay water", and the then coastal road Telok Ayer Street was located alongside the bay before land reclamation work started in 1879. [1]
Its clan house is located at Telok Ayer Street in the Outram Planning Area, within the Central Area. The Ying Fo Fui Kun clan house building was constructed in 1881-1882. Ying Fo Fui Kun was the first Hakka association in Singapore and once housed the Ying Sin School ( 應新學校 ) from 1905 to 1971.
When this shrine was built, Telok Ayer Street, where the shrine is located, was a sandy beach crowded with sailing craft. While its physical surroundings have changed beyond recognition, the monument – save for conservation and preservation work in 2007 – has changed little since the late 19th century.
Telok Ayer MRT station (IPA: /ˈtəloʊk ˌɑː(j)eɪ/ Tə-lohk AH-yay) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown line (DTL). Situated in Outram , Singapore , the station serves various offices and commercial developments around the junction of Cross Street and Telok Ayer Street .
The Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC) housed arts full-time and part-time groups of different cultural traditions and art disciplines, and had the distinction of being the first property to be acquired under the National Arts Council's Arts Housing Scheme in 1985. It was located at Cecil Street next to Tanjong Pagar MRT station. [12]