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9-587: Outram ( / ˈ uː t r ə m / , OO -trəm ) is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore . The area is bordered by these planning areas: Singapore River to the north, the Downtown Core to the east and south, and Bukit Merah to the west. Outram comprises four subzones, China Square, Chinatown , People's Park and Pearl's Hill . Outram
18-790: Is home to several key municipal buildings, such as Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and several other specialist health centres operated by Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) as well as the Central Narcotics Bureau and the Police Cantonment Complex . Outram Secondary School is situated in nearby York Hill. Across the Outram Road from the Outram Park MRT station is the Health Sciences Authority building. Along
27-663: The Indian rebellion of 1857 fame. The nearby Havelock Road was named in reference to Major-General Sir Henry Havelock . General Outram and General Havelock were two of the leaders in the British army during the Indian rebellion of 1857. Known as si pai poh in Hokkien , which means " Sepoy plain". The Sepoy Lines and police station and parade ground are at one end of Outram Road. Both designations of Sepoy Plain and Sepoy Lines refer to
36-681: The 1991 Concept Plan. Since implementing these boundaries, other government ministries and departments have increasingly adopted them for administrative purposes. For example, the Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 census data based on planning area boundaries for the first time, compared to using census divisions based on electoral boundaries for previous exercises. The Singapore Police Force 's (SPF) neighbourhood police centres have jurisdiction boundaries based on planning area boundaries when they were officially gazetted in 1999, as opposed to electoral divisions under
45-491: The main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority . There are 55 of these areas, organised into five regions . A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing detailed planning guidelines for every plot of land throughout the country. The planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of
54-618: The public shooting of 47 sepoys at the wall of Outram Prison in 1915. This was in the aftermath of the 1915 Singapore Mutiny , which was quelled by local and British military forces. Outram was once home to one of the earliest civil prisons in Singapore, Outram Prison . Located at the foot of Pearl's Hill, it was built in 1847 by Charles Edward Faber of the Madras Engineers . During the Japanese occupation in 1942, Outram Prison
63-673: The same side of the road further down towards College Road, is Block 9 where Mortuary@HSA is located. At the junction of Outram Road and College Road stands the Alumni Building which at one time housed the Department of Scientific Services (DSS) before it was relocated to its present location in HSA Building. Outram Road was named by the Municipality in 1858 after a British general, Sir James Outram (1803–1863), of
72-488: Was briefly controlled by the Japanese and was used to hold prisoners of war. The prison was subsequently handed to the British forces following the end of the occupation. Outram Prison was eventually demolished in 1966 to make way for a housing project, Outram Park Complex, which was completed in 1970. It consisted of twelve 16-storey blocks together with a shopping complex. Outram Park Complex was selected for SERS in 1998 and
81-557: Was demolished by 2003, with its residents being relocated to Cantonment Towers in Everton Park . The land currently remains vacant and there are plans to revitalise Pearl's Hill, which includes building an integrated mixed-use development consisting of 6000 residential units, by the 2030s. This Singapore location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Planning Areas of Singapore Planning areas , also known as DGP areas or DGP zones , are
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