Clark Quay Singapore
Clarke Quay was named after Sir Andrew Clarke, Singapore's second Governor and Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1873 to 1875, who played a key role in positioning Singapore as the main port for the Malay states of Perak, Selangor and Sungei Ujong.
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Clarke Quay is also the name of a road along the quay, part of which has since been converted into a pedestrian mall. Clarke Street, located next to Clarke Quay, was officially named in 1896, and was originally two streets known simply as East Street and West Street in north Kampong Malacca. Similar to Clarke Quay, Clarke Street have since been converted into a pedestrian mall.
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The Hoklos (Hokkien) refer to Clarke Street as gi hok kong si au, meaning "behind the new Gi Hok Kongsi" (house). The new Gi Hok Kongsi was near Carpenter Street. Another Chinese reference, which only refers to the Southern bank around Read Bridge area, was cha chun tau (柴船头), meaning "jetty for boats carrying firewood". Small tongkangs carrying firewood from Indonesia berthed at this jetty. The firewood trade was primarily a Teochew enterprise.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_Quay
If you first time visitor to Singapore / Clark Quay, make sure you try out their Bumboat down the Singapore River. Over 3 yrs ago you pay SGD 8 per passenger (not sure would it cost now, seems every year we go there everything always goes up and up).
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Our last visits to Clark Quay was disappointing. It was about 2 yrs ago. It seems the government of Singapore trying their best to commercialize every meter of Singapore. Clark Quay we used to know now very modernize and lost its character.
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Somewhere down the river ... there used to be a lot of 'Satay Seller', we used to go there during the weekend, sit down by the river and buy some satay. They charged like 30 cents a stick, then on our last visits they want us to pay 3 SGD a stick ... (QR 6 riyal a stick? you must be kidding me). Either they thing all 'angmoh' are rich tourists or we really lost touch with Singaporean Prices.
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