Robinson Road, Singapore

Robinson Road, Singapore

Robinson Road (Chinese: 罗敏申路) is a major trunk road in Singapore's central business district. Named after Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, then Governor of the Straits Settlements in 1877, it was once a sea-side throughfair until land reclamation works in Telok Ayer Basin shifted the shoreline further east to make room for the building of Shenton Way. This allowed for the road to be widened and converted into a one-way street to accommodate the rise in traffic flow pending massive urban development. Today, it is flanked on both sides by major skyscrapers and lends its name to several buildings, including Robinson Centre and Robinson Point.

In Hokkien, the road is known as "heng liong koi", which means "heng long street". "Chop" Heng Long, belonging to Lok Yu who is a well known businessman whose office was located on this road.

References

*Peter K G Dunlop (2000) "Street Names of Singapore" Who's Who Publishing ISBN 981-4062-11-1
*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004) "Toponymics A Study of Singapore Street Names" Eastern University Press ISBN 981-210-364-3


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