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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 website is best known for offering an online version of the Singapore street directory, which is free for personal use.It is also accompanied with value-added tools such as driving directions, photos of locations, and a travel guide.
Orchard Road, often known colloquially as simply Orchard, is a major 2.5 km (1.6 mi)-long road in the Central Area of Singapore. [4] A famous tourist attraction, it is an upscale shopping area, with numerous internationally renowned department stores, shopping malls, restaurants, and coffeehouses located in its vicinity. [4]
Bukit Timah Road (Chinese: 武吉知马路; Malay: Jalan Bukit Timah; Tamil: புக்கித் திமா சாலை) is a major road in Singapore extending from the city centre to Woodlands Road on the way to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The road has a length of 25 km (15.5 miles), which makes it one of the longest roads in Singapore ...
Whitley Road: Mount Pleasant Flyover - Thomson Flyover - Jalan Toa Payoh - Jalan Kolam Ayer - Paya Lebar Way 14 December 1970: Toa Payoh Flyover, Singapore's first flyover is opened to motorists. Length: 1.2 kilometres 23 January 1971: Construction of the East Coast Parkway (ECP) begins with the land reclamation of East Coast. 12 December 1974
In 2018, Singapore was ranked second globally in terms of containerised traffic, with 36.6 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) handled, [32] and is also the world's busiest hub for transshipment traffic. Additionally, Singapore is the world's largest bunkering hub, with 49.8 million tonnes sold in 2018. [33]
The Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) is the third newest of Singapore's network of expressways.The southern section of the expressway opened first, on 26 October 2007, [1] with the remaining section opened on 20 September 2008.
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