Kampong Glam

Monday, May 4, 2009

What was kampong Glam for presently?

Kampong Glam came about when the british etablishedthemselves in Singapore in 1819, Kamong Glam was desighnated for Sultan of Singapore ( Sultan Hussain Shah ) to be his enclave. A place, also known as ''Istana'' was built for him here and his enclave extanded outward beyond this residance, in a wide area bounded from Rocher River (presently Rocher Canal) and transverse from what is it now Rochor Road up to Jalan Sultan. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, set aside Kamping Glam for the malays during his residance.

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