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Bussorah Street
Bussorah Street is situated in the Kampong Kampong Glam area of Singapore. The street is named after the Iraqi city of Bussorah and features a collection of Middle Eastern restaurants and tourist shops. History Bussorah Street was previously known as Kampong Kaji (Pilgrim Village) and Kampong Tembaga (Copper Village). Reference Places in Singapore {{Singapore-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bussorah Street At Night
Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr. However, there is ongoing constuction of Grand Faw Port on the coast of Basra, which is considered a national project for Iraq and will become one of the largest ports in the world and the largest in the Middle East, in addition, the port will strengthen Iraq’s geopolitical position in the region and the world. Furthermore, Iraq is planning to establish large naval base in the Al-Faw peninsula, Faw peninsula. Historically, the city is one of the ports from which the fictional Sinbad the Sailor journeyed. The city was built in 636 and has played an important role in Islamic Golden Age. Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities in Iraq, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding . In April 2017, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampong Glam
Kampong Glam (Malay: Kampung Gelam; Jawi: کامڤوڠ ڬلم ; ; Tamil: கம்போங் கிளாம்) is a neighbourhood and ethnic enclave in Singapore. It is located north of the Singapore River, in the planning area of Rochor, known as the Malay-Muslim quarter. History The name of the area is thought to be derived from the cajeput tree, called "gelam" in Malay. "Kampong" (modern spelling "kampung") simply means "village". Prior to colonisation by the British in 1819, the area was home to the Malay aristocracy of Singapore. It became prominent and more populous after the signing of a treaty between the British East India Company, Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor and Temenggong Abdul Rahman in 1819. The company was given the right to set up a trading post in Singapore under this treaty. During the colony's early history, under the Raffles Plan of 1822, the settlement was divided according to different ethnic groups which included European Town, Chinese, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berita Harian (Singapore)
''Berita Harian'' ( Malay for "Daily News") is the sole Malay-language broadsheet newspaper published in Singapore. It is published daily from Monday to Saturday and on Sunday as ''Berita Minggu'' ( Malay: "Sunday News"). It was founded on 1 July 1957. The newspaper was revamped in May 2013. It had an average daily circulation of 52,500 in 2012. In December 2013, Berita Harian relaunched their website, replacing the previous cyberita.asia1.com.sg. This newspaper is not related to another newspaper of the same name, ''Berita Harian'', which is based and published in Malaysia although both newspapers were established on the same date, 1 July 1957. See also * Suria * Ria 89.7FM Ria 89.7FM is a Malay language, Malay radio station of Mediacorp in Singapore. This radio station operates on a 24-hour basis which plays the hottest Malay hits predominantly from the 90s to the present, and targets forward-thinking professiona ... * Warna 94.2FM External links *Berita Harian Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
