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In September 1993, 12 men were arrested in an entrapment operation in Tanjong Rhu coined the "Fort Road Incident". They were charged with outrage of modesty. Six pleaded guilty. They were sentenced to three strokes of the cane each and imprisonment ranging from two to six months. The names, ages and
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along the Tanjong Rhu coast began as early as 1992. Private developers then started the new luxury residential developments in Tanjong Rhu. Today, the shipyards have since been relocated elsewhere and
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occupations of all 12 men were published in all major Singaporean newspapers. Those were the last reported cases of such police entrapment. A short 19 minute 2009 film, "The Casuarina Cove" by
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Tanjong Rhu is also a residential neighbourhood, made up of mostly condominiums and private housing along Tanjong Rhu Road. A few blocks of public housing built by the
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Consisting of residential, commercial and recreational developments, Tanjong Rhu is famous for being the location of the
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in the west. Tanjong Rhu is the largest in terms of physical area among the nine subzones that make up Kallang.
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The high-end private residential developments at Tanjong Rhu form the backdrop for this panorama of the
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once extended into this area, with part of its old runway being the modern-day Stadium Boulevard.
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and repair company here in 1822. Thomas Tivendale had his (Wilkinson, Tivendale and Company)
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Tanjong Rhu (left) marked as Tanjon Rû in this 1604 map of Singapore by
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As late as the 1980s and the early 1990s, the Tanjong Rhu area was an
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Within close proximity public transportation is also accessible with
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sat on the land now occupied by the new National Stadium. The former
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is an old place name in Singapore that appeared in de Erédia's 1604
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Subzone of Kallang Planning Area in Central Region, Singapore
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and repairing from the early days. Captain William Flint, a
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to transform Tanjong Rhu into a high-end residential area.
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area with shipyards. The water surrounding Tanjong Rhu was
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in the north; Mountbatten Road and Fort Road in the east;
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Row 3, left: Tanjong Rhu Suspension Bridge across the
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here in the 1860s. The shipyard would be acquired by
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The Straits Times. 23 November 1993. p. 19 1383: 296:Row 2, right: Camelot By-The-Water condominiums 838:Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names 998: 961:The Changing Faces of Singapore - Tanjong Rhu 437:), is a subzone within the planning area of 874:Thulaja, Naidu Ratnala (24 January 2018) . 799:and public bus services 11 and 158 via the 1005: 991: 598:species that grew along the beach between 836:Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 545: 873: 695:in 1926 and close in 1986 by successor 1384: 986: 675:Tanjong Rhu has been associated with 734:told the story of one of those men. 294:Row 2, left: Pebble Bay condominiums 44:adding citations to reliable sources 15: 928: 861:"Singapore's Kallang Planning Area" 763: 13: 323:overlooking the Kallang Basin and 14: 1413: 954: 693:John I. 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