One zone of colonial Singapore Town had been intended for a “European Town” in Raffles’ Instructions to the Town Planning Committee in November 1822. This area subsequently developed into a very heterogeneous neighbourhood bearing the names Kampong Bengkulu, Kampong Dhoby, and Kampong Serani. These names are rendered as Campong Bencoolen and Campong Dhoby in the … Continue reading Compound houses and compound shophouses