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MPA harbour launch in the Johor Strait near Pulau Ubin. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) was established on 2 February 1996 by the MPA Act of 1996 through the merger of the Marine Department (which was under the then Ministry of Communications), National Maritime Board and the Regulatory departments of the former Port of Singapore Authority (PSA).
A Port's Story, A Nation's Success. Singapore: Times Editions for Port of Singapore Authority. Ho, David K[im] H[in] (1996). The Seaport Economy: A Study of the Singapore Experience. Singapore: Singapore University Press. ISBN 9971-69-199-X. Singapore Shipping: Past, Present & Future. Singapore: Singapore Shipping Association. 2000.
PSA International Pte Ltd, formerly the Port of Singapore Authority, is a global port operator and supply chain company.One of the largest port operators in the world, PSA's portfolio comprises over 60 deepsea, rail, and inland terminals across more than 180 locations in 45 countries, including flagship operations in Singapore and Belgium, and encompasses supply chain solutions, marine, and ...
This is a list of islands of Singapore. Massive land reclamation works over the past centuries has merged many of Singapore 's former islands and islets and has created a few larger ones. At present, Singapore has about 64 islands, with 7 of them belonging to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).
The statutory boards of the Government of Singapore are autonomous organisations that have been tasked to perform an operational function by legal statutes passed as Acts in the Parliament of Singapore. The statutes define the purpose, rights and powers of each authority.
The land in which Pulau Pisang Lighthouse sits on is owned by Singapore, more explicitly by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore for Singapore. This piece of land is in the possession of Singapore due to an 1885 agreement and 1900 indenture [1] that allows the Straits Settlement Government to lease a plot of land (0.809 ha) [2] and the roadway leading to it from the Johor Government ...
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William Farquhar, who served as the first resident of Singapore from 1819 to 1823. On 30 January 1819, Sir Stamford Raffles, an Englishman who was the Governor of Bencoolen (now Bengkulu, Indonesia), entered into a preliminary agreement with the Temenggung of Johor, Abdul Rahman Sri Maharajah, for the British East India Company to establish a "factory" or trading post on the island of Singapore.