- Author:
- Wright, Arnold
- Publication Info:
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London, Durban, Colombo, Perth (W. A.), Singapore, Hongkong, and Shanghai:
Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, limited,
1908,
pg 183
Text on page 183
2-183 TWENTIETH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS OF BRITISH MALAYA
OFF COLLYER QUAY, SINGAPORE. JOHNSTON'S PIER, SINGAPORE. MOUTH OF THE SINGAPORE RIVER.
only undertaken by experienced pilots. The pilotage extends from Sultan Shoal light in the west to an imaginary line drawn from the obelisk at Tanjong Katong to Peak Island in the east.
The Government has recently acquired, for three and a half million sterling, the property of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board, a private company which for many years controlled the whole of the wharfing accommodation. It has also approved of an important improvement scheme, which includes the reconstruction and extension of the existing wharves, the improvement of docking accommodation, and the construction of three sea-moles, each a mile in length, for harbour protection, as well as river improvements, involving a total expenditure of A4,000,000. There was considerable opposition, both to the Tanjong Pagar expropriation and to the scheme for improving the harbour, on the grounds that the price of the Dock Board's property was exorbitant and that the further protection of the anchorage was unnecessary, inasmuch as there are only a few days in the year (during the prevalence of the N. monsoon) when vessels cannot load and unload in the roads in perfect safety. Nevertheless the two projects were officially decided upon, and to carry them out a loan of A7,800,000 was raised by the colony in the early part of C^- The harbour improvement scheme, which was prepared by Sir John Coode, Son, e Matthews, of London, has been entrusted to the eminent British firm of Sir John Jackson, Ltd., for execution, but only part of it is being proceeded with at present. * This part is known as the Teluk Aver Reclamation, and consists of the construction of a mole a mile long at Teluk Ayer, which will enclose an area of 270 acres, and the provision of a new wharf of about the
same length as the mole. Inside this area there will be 18 feet of water at low tide, but it will be possible to increase the depth to 24 feet
should this be deemed desirable in future. When all these works shall have been completed Singapore will be one of the best-
MALAY VILLAGE AT PULO BRANI, SINGAPORE.MALAY VILLAGE AT PULO BRANI, SINGAPORE.
