The College of Medicine Building (

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

: ''Bangunan Maktab Perubatan'';

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: 医药学院大厦) is a historic building in Singapore, located within the grounds of the Singapore General Hospital at Outram Park, within the

Bukit Merah Planning Area Bukit Merah, also known as Redhill, is a planning area and new town situated in the southernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. the planning area borders Tanglin to the north, Queenstown to the west and the Downtown Core, Outram an ...

near Singapore's

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

. Its name comes from its former function as the location for the King Edward VII College of Medicine, the first school of medicine in

British Malaya The term "British Malaya" (; ms, Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century. U ...

(Present day: Malaysia and Singapore).

References

*National Heritage Board (2002), ''Singapore's 100 Historic Places'', Archipelago Press, *Norman Edwards, Peter Keys (1996), ''Singapore - A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places'', Times Books International, *Edwin Lee (1990), ''Historic Buildings of Singapore'', Preservation of Monuments Board, *Teo ES
"The history of the College of Medicine and Tan Teck Guan Buildings"
''Annals of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore''. 2005 Jul;34(6):61C-71C.

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{{Authority control Landmarks in Singapore National monuments of Singapore School buildings completed in 1926 Bukit Merah Buildings and structures in Central Region, Singapore 1926 establishments in British Malaya