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The street was named Club Street due to its abundance of Chinese clubs in early Singapore history. [1] Clubs such as the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Kee Lam Club, a Straits-Chinese club formed in 1891, Chui Lan Teng Club, mainly for Chinese businessman to socialise and the Ee Hoe Hean Club, an exclusive prestigious Chinese club in the 1920s are located at the street which leads to competitive ...
At the same time, maps newly generated from scratch after nine months' of groundwork went online. A new company, Streetdirectory, was created in place to manage the running of the Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia websites. [13] [14]
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]
When creating the locator map, it is important to start with a high-resolution map first (e.g. Figure D1). Use any graphic software to highlight the region using "fill" operation. When reducing the map size to 300-pixel width, use an appropriate resampling filtering method that has smoothing to achieve anti-aliasing effect.
Using the 6-digit postal code to look up the Central Public Lirbary in the OneMap application. Due to Singapore being a small city-state and most buildings having singular, dedicated delivery points, the postal code can be used as a succinct and precise identifier of buildings in Singapore, akin to a geocode.
Ann Siang Hill (Chinese: 安祥山, Malay: Bukit Ann Siang) is a small hill, and the name of a one-way road located in Chinatown, Singapore. It was named after Chia Ann Siang, a wealthy businessman. The road links Club Street and Ann Siang Road (安祥路) to South Bridge Road. Ann Siang Road connects Ann Siang Hill to Kadayanallur Street.
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