Scotts Road () is a road located in
Central Area of
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
. It was named after Captain William G. Scott, Harbour Master and Post Master of Singapore in 1836, who owned property and plantations on and around the area where Scotts Road now stands.
The name comes from the fact that it was home to the largest community of Scottish expatriates living in the colony before Singapore's independence.
References
Newton, Singapore
Orchard, Singapore
Roads in Singapore
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