The history of the Kallang River and Kallang Basin : filling in a gap in Singapore’s colonial historiography

• Main Author: Cheang, Tze Mun
• Other Authors: Koh Keng We
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137448
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines the history of Kallang River and Kallang Basin from 1819 – 1940 to fill a gap that was not well-researched in Singapore’s colonial history. It argues that the Kallang Basin developed into a regional hub for Southeast Asia and the Kallang River developed into a waterway conn...