From what I know the area Kallang Basin was a swamp. It was not
reclaimed until the late 60s. At the end of the Lor 3 Geylang was
Kg Hock Soon.
Thank you Clivebenss for the information. With regards to
Old Kallang I am not sure liao cos that was not the area they
stayed. Also, if you have not informed me that it is an old
swamp area, it will be
relatively difficult for me to realise that "KELANG" = (Kallang) was an old swamp on that map.
However from the first british colonial map, anything below the
"Line" itself (If
you were to draw a Straight Line or put a Ruler on our Modern Maps)
from "GELANG" (geylang) to "KATONG Pt."
(katong) to "KURAU
B." (telok kurau) to
"SIGLAT" (siglap) to "BUDDOW"
(bedok), is the old
sea.
Also,
i) "KATONG Pt." =
"Katong
Point", the (point) is a giveaway that Katong was a
"seapoint" in the past (place of ships meeting the land)
and
ii)
"KURAU B." =
"Kurau
Bay", the (bay) is a giveaway that Telok Kurau was a
"bayshore" in the past. Many Singaporean people also do not
realise that the current estate "Telok Kurau" in Malay
simply means "Kurau Bay"!!!
(like "Telok
Ayer" = "Water Bay", "Telok Blangah" = "Pottery Bay", all
"Telok XX" areas
were bayshores in the past)
and
iii) both
"SIGLAT" =
"Siglap" and
"BUDDOW" =
"Bedok" were 2
kampong communities built on the old seashore.
I think almost no one realises Geylang, Katong, Telok Kurau,
Siglap, Bedok are all seashore community kampong unless one had
some ancestor who stayed there before.
