Tanjong Pagar Dock Company

Tanjong Pagar Dock Company

The Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, (1864-1905), the forerunner of today's Port of Singapore Authority, was founded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guthrie_(company) Guthrie and Company] and Tan Kim Ching. The company was expropriated by the Government in 1905 who replaced it with the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board. [Management of Success: The Moulding of Modern Singapore By Kernial Singh Sandhu, Paul Wheatley, Syed Hussein Alatas Published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1989; ISBN 9971988968, 9789971988968; p. 12] [Tanjong Pagar: A Pictorial Journey (1819-1989) = Tan-jung Pa-ko Tʻu Pʻien Chi By Tanjong Pagar Constituency (Singapore, Tanjong Pagar Citizens' Consultative Committee, Tanjong Pagar Constituency (Singapore), Tanjong Pagar Citizens' Consultative Committee Published by Tanjong Pagar Constituency, 1989; ISBN 9813002271, 9789813002272; p. 182]

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