The Singapore River

The Singapore River is 11 metres starting from Kim Seng Bridge. Initially, the city of Singapore grew around the port therefore, the river mouth, which as the old port of Singapore became the centre of trade, commence and finance.

This is the place where the early people lived. The Chinese and Indians on the South bank, whereas the Malays in Kampongs at the further upstream of the river and the Indian. The temples and other places of worships still remains near the river.

In the 1880s, there was swift urbanization and expanding trade, these brought water pollution to the river caused by the litterings of rubbish, sewage and other pollutants such as oil spills and waste water from and boats and nearby industries.

It was then in 1977, the then Prime minister Lee Kuan Yew set a goal of cleaning the river in the next 10 years. Actions of cleaning of the river were made and indeed, 10 years later, the project of cleaning the river was a huge success.