HISTORY OF TANJONG PAGAR PART 2

5) 1870 - 1880

There was a need for bigger port to cater to the burgeoning port activities. The natural deep harbour in Tanjong Pagar was surveyed, and wharves were built by various shipping and trading firms, which eventually saw the birth of New Harbour. New Harbour was renamed Keppel Harbour in honour of Henry Keppel, who had first brought the channel into use as a harbour.

7) 1900 - 1940

Tanjong Pagar also played a crucial role as a major transportation node. In 1903, the Jinrikisha Station was built at the junction of Neil Road and Tanjong Pagar Road, and served as the main depot for rickshaws In 1932, the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station was built on reclaimed land along Keppel Road.

6) 1880 - 1900

Tanjong Pagar became increasingly urbanised – hills such as Mount Wallich and Mount Palmer were levelled, roads improving access to town were laid. Rows of two and three-storey shophouses sprang up along Duxton, Tanjong Pagar and Neil roads.The areas around Anson, Tanjong Pagar, Maxwell, Cecil, Raffles Place, Phillip and Clifford Pier formed the planning zones of the traditional Central Business District.

8) 1940 - 1960

Tanjong Pagar was one of the electoral divisions contested in the 1955 general election to elect 25 out of 32 members in the Legislative Assembly. Lee Kuan Yew of the People's Action Party won the Tanjong Pagar seat in a three-cornered fight, securing the largest number of votes for a single candidate in the election. The first PAP branch was set up in Tanjong Pagar in June 1955, and was headquartered there between 1955 and 1957.