This is Part 10 of a 10-part series of excerpts from an NHB HRG Research Project (Ref. 029, 2019-2021) led by Dr Imran bin Tajudeen. The name Campong Dobie is indicated in the Government Surveyor John T. Thomson’s 1842-45 survey maps. It is spelled slightly differently as Campong Dhoby in municipal notices from 1849 to […]
~ read more ~This is Part 9 of a 10-part series of excerpts from an NHB HRG Research Project (Ref. 029, 2019-2021) led by Dr Imran bin Tajudeen. Two small minority groups in Singapore’s social landscape stand out in the history of the Kampung Bengkulu/Middle Road neighbourhood. They are the Jewish and the Japanese. The neighbourhood was considered […]
~ read more ~This is Part 8 of a 10-part series of excerpts from an NHB HRG Research Project (Ref. 029, 2019-2021) led by Dr Imran bin Tajudeen. Raffles’ earlier allotment for a Malay Town The Singapore Town Plan of Nov 1822 drawn by Lieutenant Philip Jackson (henceforth the Jackson Plan) following the instructions of the East India […]
~ read more ~This is Part 7 of a 10-part series of excerpts from an NHB HRG Research Project (Ref. 029, 2019-2021) led by Dr Imran bin Tajudeen. A fluid identity spectrum: Tamil Muslims, Chulia, Keling, Jawi Peranakan The Chulia community or Tamil Muslims is a complex one involving both those who migrated directly from Tamil Nadu and […]
~ read more ~This is Part 6 of a 10-part series of excerpts from an NHB HRG Research Project (Ref. 029, 2019-2021) led by Dr Imran bin Tajudeen. This excerpt looks at the history of the Chinese community at Kampong Melaka (Campong Malacca). It covers the concentration of prominent Teochews around the Singapore River and in particular Seah […]
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This is Part 5 of a 10-part series of excerpts from an NHB HRG Research Project (Ref. 029, 2019-2021) led by Dr Imran bin Tajudeen. The original Kampong Melaka on the north bank and its relocation In the first year of the East India Company’s establishment of a trading town in Singapore, the Melakans whom […]
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