Tanjong Pagar is said to have originally been a fishing village called Salinter. Tanjong Pagar means "cape of stake" in Malay. This may be due to a coastal keron (a deep-sea fishing trap made of wooden stakes and crosspieces) from Tanjong Malang Village to Tanjong Pagar. George Drum Gour Coleman's 1836 city map shows Tanjong Pagar, the road from Southbridge Road to Fisherman's Village, which may be Tanjong Pagar's corruption.
According to Murray Anal, swordfish herds were constantly attacking Singapore's coastal villages. With the advice of the boy Hangnadim, Surimaharaja built a banana stalk defense structure on the coast of the village and caught the swordfish when he attacked the village. korean bbq tanjong pagar
In the 1850s, as shipping activities became more active, the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company was established in 1864, and a wharf was built along the coast. This made it an area that could be called Tanjong Pagar. Tanjong means "cape" and pagger "fence" or confined space because it is moored on the quay. Tanjong Pagar probably refers to the general area of ​​PSA Gate 3 near the Victoria Dock. Tanjong Pagar Road is known in Minnan as the phonetic Tanjong Pagar. Located between the pier and the city, Anjeongpagger was a haven for thousands of Chinese and Indian pier workers who emigrated to Singapore from the mid-19th century. With all the traffic between the dock and the city, Tanjong Pagar was also a good place for rickshaw drivers waiting for customers. Their presence was so widespread that in 1904 the government established a rickshaw station at the intersection of Tanjong Pagar Road and Neil Road. Read more...