Previously, "Kolam Ayer" encompassed an area that included present-day Geylang Bahru subzone and the adjacent Kallang Way subzone, the latter of which is officially organised under Geylang Planning Area. Several places within Geylang Bahru still retain this name: Kolam Ayer Community Club and Kolam Ayer Neighbourhood Police Post, as well as the road Jalan Kolam Ayer. Made up of both residential and industrial developments, other notable places in Geylang Bahru include the Kallang Basin Swimming Complex, Kallang Distripark, the main office of Jalan Besar Town Council, the office of the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Services Centre. Geylang Bahru MRT station along the Downtown Line serves this subzone.
Geylang Bahru is also the name of a two-way road in the area. This road connects Bendemeer Road in the north with Upper Boon Keng Road in the south, with major junction located at Kallang Bahru. This road is unique as it is one of the few roads in Singapore to have a name without any generic element. The name of the subzone was derived from this road.
The name. Kolam Ayer, was derived from the Malay phrase "kolam air", which translates to "pond water".
The subzone's current name, Geylang Bahru, came from a road in the area; "Geylang" is a place in Singapore, now considered a separate planning area from Kallang, while "Bahru" is the old Malay spelling for "baru", meaning "new".
Geylang Bahru first appeared as a proposed road in a street directory in 1969.[3] It is worth noting that the road marked as Geylang Bahru in the 1969 map (and numerous revised editions released in the following years) roughly corresponds to the modern-day Upper Boon Keng Road. By 1975, Geylang Bahru, the current road was completed.
Historyedit
Kolam Ayer roughly covers the modern-day subzones of Geylang Bahru and Kallang Way, part of the Kallang and Geylang planning areas respectively.
Before the development of Kallang, Kolam Ayer (as it was known at the time) had numerous Malaykampongs. The precinct was mainly served by a main road called Jalan Kolam Ayer before the 1960s. This road was eventually merged to form part of the present-day Pan Island Expressway (PIE).
During the dredging of the Kallang River in the late 1960s and early 1970s,[4] the Singapore government filled and leveled up the surrounding riverside with red mud that was carried by trucks from a nearby hill called Ang Chiang San (modern-day Toa Payoh). These areas formed what are today Bendemeer, Kallang Bahru and the old Geylang Bahru estate.[5]
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For the planning area see Geylang Geylang Bahru is a subzone within the planning area of Kallang Singapore as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority URA It is bounded by the Pan Island Expressway PIE in the east the Pelton Canal in the south the Kallang River in the west and Serangoon Road in the north 2 Geylang BahruSubzone of Kallang Planning AreaOther transcription s MalayGeylang Bahru Rumi ݢيلڠ بهرو Jawi Chinese芽笼峇鲁 Simplified 芽籠峇魯 Traditional Yalong Balǔ Pinyin Ge lang Ba lo Hokkien POJ Tamilக ல ங ப ர Kelaṅ paru Transliteration Exit of Geylang Bahru MRT station at the junction of Geylang Bahru and Kallang BahruCoordinates 1 19 20 N 103 52 11 E 1 32226 N 103 86982 E 1 32226 103 86982Country SingaporeRegionCentral RegionPlanning AreaKallangArea 1 Total0 74 km2 0 29 sq mi Population 2015 1 Total12 870 Density17 000 km2 45 000 sq mi Previously Kolam Ayer encompassed an area that included present day Geylang Bahru subzone and the adjacent Kallang Way subzone the latter of which is officially organised under Geylang Planning Area Several places within Geylang Bahru still retain this name Kolam Ayer Community Club and Kolam Ayer Neighbourhood Police Post as well as the road Jalan Kolam Ayer Made up of both residential and industrial developments other notable places in Geylang Bahru include the Kallang Basin Swimming Complex Kallang Distripark the main office of Jalan Besar Town Council the office of the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board SEAB and Ministry of Manpower MOM Services Centre Geylang Bahru MRT station along the Downtown Line serves this subzone Geylang Bahru is also the name of a two way road in the area This road connects Bendemeer Road in the north with Upper Boon Keng Road in the south with major junction located at Kallang Bahru This road is unique as it is one of the few roads in Singapore to have a name without any generic element The name of the subzone was derived from this road Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 References 4 External linksEtymology editThe name Kolam Ayer was derived from the Malay phrase kolam air which translates to pond water The subzone s current name Geylang Bahru came from a road in the area Geylang is a place in Singapore now considered a separate planning area from Kallang while Bahru is the old Malay spelling for baru meaning new Geylang Bahru first appeared as a proposed road in a street directory in 1969 3 It is worth noting that the road marked as Geylang Bahru in the 1969 map and numerous revised editions released in the following years roughly corresponds to the modern day Upper Boon Keng Road By 1975 Geylang Bahru the current road was completed History editKolam Ayer roughly covers the modern day subzones of Geylang Bahru and Kallang Way part of the Kallang and Geylang planning areas respectively Before the development of Kallang Kolam Ayer as it was known at the time had numerous Malay kampongs The precinct was mainly served by a main road called Jalan Kolam Ayer before the 1960s This road was eventually merged to form part of the present day Pan Island Expressway PIE During the dredging of the Kallang River in the late 1960s and early 1970s 4 the Singapore government filled and leveled up the surrounding riverside with red mud that was carried by trucks from a nearby hill called Ang Chiang San modern day Toa Payoh These areas formed what are today Bendemeer Kallang Bahru and the old Geylang Bahru estate 5 Kolam AyerChinese nameSimplified Chinese哥南亚逸TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinGenan YayiYue CantoneseJyutpinggo1 naam3 ngaa3 jat6Southern MinHokkien POJKo lam A itMalay nameMalayKolam AyerTamil nameTamilக லம ஆய ர Since then the precinct was connected with the Kolam Ayer Community Club and the People s Action Party Kolam Ayer Branch 6 After the 1980s the Jalan Besar Town Council relocated its office in Kallang Bahru It was later renamed Moulmein Kallang between 2011 2015 after the redrawing of GRC boundaries 7 The old name was then restored following the 2015 general elections In April 2008 the Kolam Ayer ABC Waterfront was officially opened to the public as the first project under the Active Beautiful Clean Waters programme handled by Public Utilities Board 8 9 Today residents of Geylang Bahru are managed by the People s Association under the Kolam Ayer Geylang Bahru Residents Committee 10 References edit a b City Population statistics maps and charts Geylang Bahru Singapore s Kallang Planning Area Archived from the original on 12 May 2021 Retrieved 19 July 2018 Singapore Historical Map OneMap The history of the Kallang River Archived from the original on 2 March 2016 by the National Heritage Board Tan Khoon Yong Chinese 陈军荣 2001 二 五龙汇星洲之 南龙 新加坡地形风水 五龙汇星洲 in Chinese Singapore Reprint ed Singapore Times Books International p 207 ISBN 981232061X a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link The Kolam Ayer Community page SNS published by Dr Yaacob and his team The Jalan Besar Town Council official website The Active Beautiful Clean Waters ABC Waters main page by the Public Utilities Board The Kolam Ayer ABC Waterfront Archived from the original on 11 December 2015 introduction with a map by the Public Utilities Board Location of Kolam Ayer Geylang Bahru People s Association 3 September 2015 Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 16 June 2016 External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geylang Bahru amp oldid 1104675505, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
