The modern-day "Kallang" is in use since 1842,[7] even though the alternative spelling "Kalang" is also utilised in some instances. Located at Stadium Lane, the Kallang Water Sports Centre provides boat rental and various related services. [41], On 15 August 1955, the People's Action Party (PAP) campaigned for self-governance at the Farrer Park Field. [109], During the colonial era, Singapore's fire fighting duty came under the Singapore Fire Brigade. The aim was to create a foreshore to the immediate south of Beach Road between Stamford Road and the Rochor River. [64], During its 18 years in service, the Kallang Airport played host to numerous high-profile celebrities such as Governor of Singapore Sir John Fearns Nicoll, former Premier of China Zhou Enlai, and renowned Chinese businessman and philanthropist Tan Kah Kee, among others.[131][132]. This accident became known as the "Nicoll Highway collapse" and happened west of the Merdeka Bridge, near present-day Nicoll Highway MRT station. The upcoming NorthSouth Corridor (NSC) will enhance connectivity between Kallang, Toa Payoh, Bishan, Ang Mo Kio, Yishun and Woodlands. Occupying an area of 9.17 square kilometres, Kallang Planning Area is ranked 32nd among the 55 planning areas in terms of total area, ahead of Bukit Panjang Planning Area and behind Punggol Planning Area. Aside from the eponymous Kallang, the Kallang Formation is also found in other parts of Singapore, particularly at river valleys, as well as around river mouths and coastal regions. The old National Stadium played host to numerous cultural, sporting and national events, including the National Day Parade (NDP) for a total of 18 times. The organisation occupied the building until 6 April 2009 when it moved to its current location at King George's Avenue, also in Kallang. Development of the town is centered around the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore. Today, the shopping mall at the Singapore Sports Hub is named "Kallang Wave Mall". The present landscape of Kallang is the result of extensive land reclamation carried out over multiple phases. These aforementioned waterways, together with the Singapore River and Marina Bay, make up the Marina Reservoir that has a catchment size of about one-sixth of mainland Singapore's land area. [40], On 13 March 1954, a Lockheed L-749A Constellation aircraft operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) crashed and exploded as it attempted landing at the Kallang Airport, killing 33 passengers and crew. The low-rise residential blocks at Dakota Crescent are known for their unique architecture. Kallang/Whampoa is the fourth most expensive HDB new town in terms of rental prices. Discover the Truth. The northeastern section (Turn 1, Turn 2, Turn 3) of the Marina Bay Street Circuit is located in Kallang. [11] Kallang/Whampoa is the only HDB town that spans across two separate planning areas. In more recent times, it is mainly used to host domestic competitions and minor international matches such as those between Singapore and Malaysia. Like the Kallang Riverside Park, this park was maintained by NParks and featured a large pond as its centrepiece. Its current site at Towner Road was officially opened in November 1986. A total of 339 acres of mangrove swamp was reclaimed, and the project cost was estimated at around 9 million Straits dollars. The modern boundaries of Kallang Planning Area therefore differ from those of the Kallang mukim. [50], There is a dispute pertaining to the exact location where the founder of modern Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles, first landed on mainland Singapore in 1819. The vast majority of Kallang forms part of Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC); part of Kampong Java subzone comes under Tanjong Pagar GRC; and the entirety of Tanjong Rhu subzone is part of Mountbatten Single Member Constituency (SMC). The precinct is in extreme close proximity to the Central Area located across the Kallang Basin and Marina Channel, as well as Gardens by the Bay (Bay East Garden). Kallang Ground was home to the Singapore national cricket team for 21 years. Click the "Allow" button above to enable your microphone. [38], On 29 June 1946, one of the Dakota aircraft belonging to the Royal Air Force (RAF) crashed at the Kallang Airport in a thunderstorm, killing all 20 that were on board. The old National Stadium that once stood on the same plot of land as the current Singapore Sports Hub was the ceremony venue for the Southeast Asian Games in 1973, 1983 and 1993. 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At present, four MRT lines have stations in Kallang: East West Line, North East Line, Circle Line and Downtown Line. It aims to seamlessly connect areas at the upstream of the river such as Bishan to the Downtown Core. [136], There are plans to redevelop the Kallang Airport area into a commercial hub, along with the nearby Kallang riverside. [118], The Singapore Underground Road System (SURS) was a proposed underground ring road that would encircle the Singapore city centre. Media related to Kallang at Wikimedia Commons, Planning Area and HDB Town in Central Region ----, Singapore. Click on the microphone icon and begin speaking Kallang. Instead, its commercial activities are largely concentrated at the Singapore Sports Hub, as well as within the subzones of Lavender and Crawford. Ensure that a microphone is installed and that microphone settings are configured correctly. The future Kallang Football Hub will replace the current Kallang Field, and is expected to be ready by the third quarter of 2019.

Kallang was the hosting site for numerous matches of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. Web Speech API is not supported by this browser. The Marina Bay Street Circuit is the venue of the annual Formula One (F1) Singapore Grand Prix. It is the first "Specialist CC" and the eighth Water-Venture outlet in Singapore,[149] built to replace the Water-Venture (Kallang) which was located at 4876 Beach Road. Based on the record in the Cho Clan Archives, Raffles could have landed at the Kallang Basin instead, in what is today's Kallang Riverside Park. It is noteworthy that while the Old Kallang Airport Estate along Old Airport Road and Dakota Crescent is often associated with Kallang for historical reasons, it is officially placed under the subzone of Aljunied, part of the adjacent Geylang Planning Area,[13] for urban planning purpose. [71][72] Today, a sculpture titled Spirit of Kallang by Singaporean artist Lim Leong Seng is standing in the Kallang Riverside Park to commemorate the Kallang Gasworks. From 1986 to 2000, former Singapore Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong held their annual National Day Rally at the Kallang Theatre. Part of the suggested route included a section within Kallang, near Nicoll Highway, Lavender Street and Balestier Road. The nearby Race Course Road and Race Course Lane bear witness to the site's horse racing past. Many heavy industry factories have been relocated away from this area to promote residential and commercial use. ; roads in the Kampong Java precinct were named after British locations: Dorset Road, Kent Road, Cambridge Road, etc. With phonetic transcriptions, dictionarie tell you about the pronunciation of words, because the spelling of an English word does not tell you how you should pronounce it. They consisted of about 100 families. ? Permission to use microphone was denied. On 4 December 1919, Singapore witnessed its first-ever aircraft landing at the Farrer Park Field, when Captain Ross Smith and three other crew members touched down in a Vickers Vimy en route to Darwin, Australia. Bus services that used to operate from this bus terminal were moved to Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal when it ceased operations in 1998. Within the boundaries of Ulu Kallang were Upper Peirce Reservoir and Lower Peirce Reservoir. Aside from serving the areas that it is located in, East Coast Park also serves various nearby communities like Kallang. Housing precincts appear to be "discontinuous" and "scattered" in Kallang, as compared to the aforementioned towns with "clustered" and "concentrated" residential neighbourhoods. [99], Other park connectors that run through Kallang include Geylang Park Connector,[100] Pelton Canal Park Connector,[101] Whampoa Park Connector[102] and the Tanjong Rhu Promenade.[103]. Upgrade to Chrome version 25 or later. [32], Between 1966 and 1975, the East Coast Reclamation Project led by HDB formed new lands at Tanjong Rhu in southern Kallang, as well as the adjacent communities in Marine Parade. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. Other groups that used to be based at the Kallang Airport site include the Singapore Youth Sports Council, the Public Works Department (the predecessor of CPG Corporation) and Central Manpower Base (CMPB). The Chinese word "" is generally based on Cantonese (pronounced as " gaa-laang") transliteration of the word "Kallang". Currently, the Sport Singapore headquarters is situated at 3 Stadium Drive, within the Singapore Sports Hub. Aside from public housing (flats) built by HDB, condominiums that provide high-end living options can be found primarily in Tanjong Rhu, an affluent neighbourhood in southern Kallang. [22], Kallang is also drained by the Geylang River, Rochor River, Rochor Canal, Marina Channel, Sungei Whampoa and the Pelton Canal, the latter two of which are tributaries of the Kallang River. [43], Described as "the worst and prolonged in Singapore's post-war history", the infamous 1964 Singapore race riots broke out in Kallang on 21 July 1964, at the intersection of Kallang Road and Padang Jeringau, around the former Kampong Soo Poo. A notable major redevelopment is underway in the Old Kallang Airport Estate, where many of the low-rise blocks are currently unoccupied. There are plans to redevelop Kallang's industrial zones into mixed-use developments, including a hub for high-value and knowledge-based businesses called the "Kallang iPark". Kallang Planning Area consists of nine "subzones", as officially established by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for urban planning purpose.[12]. The Kallang Riverside Park is a riverine park located at the mouths of the Kallang River and Rochor River. The Kallang area has no bus interchange or Integrated Transport Hub (ITH). To change, go to chrome://settings/content Exceptions#media-stream. [5] The famous Kallang Roar and Kallang Wave could have their roots traced to the former National Stadium which hosted 18 National Day Parades, as well as numerous notable cultural and sporting events. Several roads opposite Saint Andrew's Village took their names from gemstones: Moonstone Lane, Opal Crescent, Topaz Road, etc. Kallang is notable for being the location of the former National Stadium (nicknamed the "Grand Old Dame of Kallang")[139] and the new Singapore Sports Hub which was built on the same site to replace the former. Due to an increase in passenger traffic, the Singapore International Airport (modern-day Paya Lebar Air Base) was later built in Paya Lebar to replace the Kallang Airport which eventually ceased operations in 1955. Throughout its history, Kallang was home to several national landmarks, some of which were built along the banks of the Kallang Basin, including the old National Stadium as well as the country's first purpose-built civil airport, the Kallang Airport.

[97][98] Plans to further rejuvenate the Kallang riverside, including the construction of bridges and underpasses to facilitate seamless connection across major traffic junctions, have been proposed. [37] This event kickstarted Singapore's aviation journey.

The 1973, 1983 and 1993 Southeast Asian Games used the old National Stadium as its ceremony venue. Similarly, the industrial zone bounded by MacPherson Road, Aljunied Road, the Pelton Canal and Pan Island Expressway (PIE) is part of the Kallang Way subzone. The sections on either side of the Kallang River are managed by the National Parks Board (NParks),[91] while the section along the western bank of the Rochor River was absorbed into Gardens by the Bay as part of Bay Central Garden.[92]. The facility of the former Water-Venture (Kallang) currently houses the Kallang branch of the Waterways Watch Society (WWS). Powered By WordPress. The Singapore Swimming Club along Tanjong Rhu Road was established in 1894 by a group of Europeans. Changi Airport, East Coast Park and Kallang. This riot discredited Marshall in the eyes of the British, thereby hindered Singapore's independence progress and led to Marshall's subsequent resignation. Kallang is served by an established bus network that connects the area with other parts of Singapore. The collapse killed four people. On 15 February 2016, a new time capsule was laid underground at the Singapore Sports Hub. In the 1950s, housing in Singapore was insufficient for its growing population. It was one of the Singapore government's first urban renewal projects, combining commercial and residential spaces into one building. [31], Historically, Kallang was home to some of Singapore's earliest settlers. The event later turned into a riot, causing at least 50 cases of injuries. The Kallang Squash Centre, Kallang Tennis Centre, Kallang Ground, Kallang Field and Kallang Practice Track hosted the squash, tennis, archery, softball and marathon games respectively. The high rent in the Central Area also makes Kallang an attractive location for offices, particularly office spaces along Kallang Avenue, Lavender Street and Beach Road. Perhaps the most iconic of all historic landmarks in Kallang was the old National Stadium, once located on the same site currently occupied by the new National Stadium which is part of the larger Singapore Sports Hub. Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal is the only bus terminal located in Kallang. The old National Stadium hosted the National Day Parade (NDP) a total of 18 times (in 1976, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006). [122][123] During its construction, the KPE tunnel was the world's sixth longest underground road project. In August 1931, the Public Works Department was tasked to lead the land reclamation project at the eastern portion of the Kallang Basin for the construction of the Kallang Airport. Initially conceived as the "Kallang Bridge", the Merdeka Bridge was considered as a symbol of Singapore's aspiration for independence in the 1950s. [142] The famous "Kallang Wave" is a type of Mexican wave that often took place in the old National Stadium during those games. The following educational institutions are located within Kallang: 3 Geylang Bahru Lane was frequently used by the Ministry of Education (MOE) as a temporary school compound, and hosted such schools as Victoria School, Cedar Girls' Secondary School, SJI Junior and CHIJ Katong Convent. Flyovers that bear the name "Kallang" are Kallang Bahru Flyover and Kallang Way Flyover. Antonyms not found, are you like to contribute Antonyms of this word please share it. Kallang will also be served by these upcoming stations on the ThomsonEast Coast Line, slated for completion in 2023: A 16 kilometres-long "Kallang Line" was mentioned in the 1996 White Paper published by the Land Transport Authority (LTA).

The subzone was later renamed to its current name, taken after a nearby road of the same name, and is a constituent part of Toa Payoh Planning Area. [113][152] New housing estates are also planned at Dakota Crescent, Lorong 3 Geylang and the area now occupied by the Farrer Park Field. "Kallang" is an old Malay reference to a particular group of the orang laut ("people of the sea"), called orang biduanda kallang, who lived in the vicinity of the Kallang River and Singapore River. Unlike most Singaporean towns, Kallang does not have an integrated town centre. What is the official national language of Pakistan? The following police establishments are located within Kallang: From 1970 to 2007, the Kallang Regional Base along Stadium Lane on the northeastern bank of the Kallang Basin served as the headquarters of the Police Coast Guard and its predecessor, the Marine Division. On 9 August 2016, the new National Stadium hosted the 2016 NDP the first NDP in the new National Stadium, and the first NDP held in Kallang after a decade of hiatus. It was hailed as the "finest airport in the British Empire" at that time. These include the Central Sikh Temple along Towner Road,[53] the former Kallang Gasworks along Kallang Road,[54] the Merdeka Bridge along Nicoll Highway,[55] the Balestier Plain along Balestier Road,[56] the old Kallang Airport along Stadium Link,[57] the historic Farrer Park (now called "Farrer Park Field") along Rutland Road,[58] as well as the Jalan Besar Stadium along Tyrwhitt Road. Unlike towns which have a high concentration of housing developments, the roads in Kallang were not named using the numeric system. Condominium clusters can also be found along Saint Michael's Road and Moonstone Lane, within the subzone of Bendemeer. [140] The Singapore national football team is based at the new National Stadium.[141]. The mukim of Kallang (alternatively spelled as "Kalang") was roughly bounded by Upper Serangoon Road, Serangoon Road and the Kallang River to its west; Upper Paya Lebar Road to its north and east; Paya Lebar Road to its east; and Geylang Road to its south. [64] The conserved Kallang Airport complex is currently unoccupied and restricted from public access. As a result of Kallang's prime location just outside the Central Area, the urban planning strategy and land use policy therefore differ from towns that are established primarily for residential use (e.g. As the city area became congested, the colonial government decided to build new public housing estates to tackle the problem. [153][154][148], A new promenade along the Kallang River has been announced. [6] Celebrated as be the birthplace of the famous Kallang Roar and Kallang Wave,[75] the old National Stadium was home to the Singapore FA (nicknamed "the Lions"). Aside from being a traditional location for hosting the National Day Parade (NDP), the old National Stadium also played host to numerous notable cultural and sports events, including those of the Malaysia Cup, where loud cheers and stamping of feet gave birth to the famous "Kallang Roar". The headquarters of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) is located on Kallang Road, next to Lavender MRT station. A vast region at the upstream of the Kallang River was part of the mukim of Ulu Kallang (also written as "Ulu Kalang"). Below is the phonetic transcription of kallang: I've heard people say 'Old Kallang Airport', so I think it's Kallang. Woodsville Interchange along the triple-point boundary of Kallang, Geylang and Toa Payoh is a major traffic interchange consisting of at-grade junctions, the Woodsville Flyover and the new Woodsville Tunnel. The area of what is now Kallang first appeared in an 1830 survey map of Singapore as "Kilang". The following stations are currently in service:[128]. [145], Jalan Besar Stadium is another iconic sports stadium located in Kallang, within the close proximity of Jalan Besar, hence its name. Constructed in 1862, the facilities were operated by the Singapore Gas Company (now called "City Gas") and produced gas uninterruptedly for over 130 years, except for brief pauses during World War I and World War II. Rate the pronunciation struggling of Kallang. [4] Starting from the north in an anti-clockwise direction, the boundaries of Kallang Planning Area are marked by the Pan Island Expressway (PIE), Central Expressway (CTE), Bukit Timah Road, Tekka Lane, Northumberland Road, Gloucester Road, Race Course Road, Rangoon Road, Serangoon Road, Syed Alwi Road, Jalan Sultan, Beach Road, Ophir Road, East Coast Parkway (ECP), Fort Road, Mountbatten Road, and Sims Way. Kallang is the main constituent unit of the Kallang/Whampoa New Town as defined by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). By 1838, the place name was spelled as "Kelang". kallang pronunciation with translations, sentences, synonyms, meanings, antonyms, and more. Kallang occupies an important position in Singapore's sporting culture and history, particularly due to the several iconic sports locations sited within its boundaries, as well as the numerous high-profile sporting events held there. This site is now used by the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) as its office. East Coast Park can be accessed via Fort Road from Kallang. By 1848, the orang biduanda kallang were virtually extinct.[8]. The first few residential precincts in Kallang, constructed by the HDB, were built in the 1970s and 1980s.

These works aimed to support the development of the Kallang riverside, Singapore Sports Hub and Kallang Industrial Estate. Some housing blocks are planned to be reconstructed under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) to redevelop Kallang where the demographics are dominated by the middle-aged. ; some roads in Bendemeer subzone were named after saints: Saint Michael's Road, Saint George's Road, Saint Barnabas Lane, etc.