Singapore History Part 2

Finally the day has come !!! SP is having 2 weeks holiday !!! Happy holidays to DCP 1B22 !!!

As usual, I continue with Singapore History... Now, let me tell U the history behind it for North-South Line...

North-South Line
Jurong East: the word "jurong" probably derived from jerung which meand voracious sharks in malay. Another version is jurong came from the word jew-orang means there are jews community way back in the 70s... Since this part of jurong is located in the east side, therefore. it's called Jurong East !!! =D

Bukit Batok: There are 3 versions of it. 1) According to Javanese Village Chief, coconout trees used to grow there Hence, the name Batok means a javanese term for coconuts.2) Chinese intrerpret the hills as solid granite contains there & hence called batu, the maly word for stone. 3) The last version meant htat the cold air in the area, which led to coughs & colds, conferred on the place the name Batok, the malay term for cough. This reminds of the days when the area had a large granite quarry at Little Guilin as coughing refers to sound of explosives used.

Bukit Gombak: In malay, gombak means a bunch or collection of something

Choa Chu Kang: CCK is derived from teochew word "Kang Chu". During late 18th C, sultan of Johor allowed chinese immigrants to plant peper & gammi along the river bank. They were called kang chu because kang means river & chu means the clan name of first headman in chrge of plantation in the area.

Yew Tee: it means " oil Pond" in Teochew because oil was stored there during Japanese occupation.

Sungai Kadut (FUTURE unplanned station) : NIL

Kranji: It is named after a local tree, the kranji or keranji, which was common in the first half of 19th C but has since rapidly dwindled.

Marsiling: NIL

Woodlands: NIL but probably the area used to have forest & trees there !!! =D

Admiralty: NIL

Sembawang: the earliest reference found on map of sigapore is River Tambuwang. the place is said to have got its name from the sembawang tree (kayae ferruginea)

Canberra ( FUTURE unplanned Station): NIL but the area used to live by australian navies & armies as the small roads around its vicinity reflects from Australia...

Yishun: it is a mandarin version of Nee Soon, name after Lim Nee Soon, the pineapple King who is also a banker,contractor besides owing the plantation.

Khatib: NIL

Yio Chu Kang: NIL

Ang Mo Kio: It is believed to derived from Hokien which means Westerner bridge.

Bishan: It derived from a large Cantonese Burial ground, known as Peck San ting ( in pinyin is bi shan ting), which used to cover the area.

Braddell: NIL. Ever wondered why the station is different from others ? coz it is bulid on side platform as there are HDB blocks closely located, make it impossible to build a common platform.

Toa Payoh: It is a chinese ference to big swamp ( toa means "big" and payoh means "swamp"). This area used to be swampy area , which then converted to chinese market gardens in the area.

Novena: NIL but probably it is named after the roads ( Jln Novena barat & Novena Terrace) as well as named after Novena church, Church of St Alphonsus.

Newton: It is named after Howard Newton, the assistant Municipal Engineer in late 19th C .

Orchard: It derived from Nutmegs, pepper & fruit orchids that used to lie on either side of the street in the 1800s.

Somerset: NIL

Dhoby Ghaut: or Dhobi Ghat, literally means washing place in Hindi, from Dhobi- literally meaning washerman or one that does laundry and ghat- generically meaning a large open space.

City Hall : As the name suggests, it is located in the central area !!!

Raffles Place: named after Sir Stamford Raffles, where he lands besides the spore river.

Marina Bay : NIL but the term has largely been attached to the developments in the viccinity of Marina Mall in the Marina South.

Next Week, I'll continue with World's first heavy automated rail system, North-East Line... =D

(Source of information: Wikipedia)