Keppel Harbour ( Chinese : 吉宝港口 or 岌巴港口 ; pinyin : Jíbǎo Gǎngkǒu or Jíbā Gǎngkǒu ; Malay : Pelabuhan Keppel ), also called the Keppel Channel and formerly New Harbour , is a stretch of water in Singapore between the mainland and the southern islands of Pulau Brani and Sentosa (formerly Pulau Blakang Mati). Its naturally sheltered and deep waters was to meet the requirements of British colonists attempting to establish a Far East maritime colony in that part of the world, thereby setting the stage for the eventual formation of Singapore as a successful independent state.
21-407: Pulau Brani is an island located off the southern coast of Singapore, near Keppel Harbour . The island is situated between the main island of Singapore and the resort island of Sentosa , and is linked to the mainland via Brani Terminal Avenue. The area of Pulau Brani is 1.22 square kilometres (0.47 square miles). Used to be home for Orang Laut , and in malay, the meaning of Pulau Brani is “isle of
42-504: A shipyard until 2000. ≥ The group has launched a condominium designed by renowned architect Daniel Libeskind , who is designing the masterplan for New York 's ground zero site. The 1,200-unit waterfront condominium — known as Keppel Bay phase two — was launched in early 2007. It sits on about 84,000 square metres of land on the mainland opposite Keppel Island, with a shoreline of 750 metres. It has six high-rise blocks and spacious low-rise apartments . The condominium
63-761: A treaty with the British Government in Singapore as officiated by the 5th Governor of the Straits Settlements William John Butterworth . In this treaty agreement, Ali Iskandar would be crowned as the Sultan of Johor and receive 5,000 Spanish dollars with an allowance of 500 per month, in return, he agreed to transfer all of his powers of the Johor territory to Daeng Ibrahim, save for Kesang , Muar which would be
84-607: Is 3.4 ha in size while the other, a joint venture with Mapletree, is 2.9 ha. 1°16′N 103°50′E / 1.267°N 103.833°E / 1.267; 103.833 Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim Temenggong Tun Daeng Ibrahim bin Almarhum Temenggong Tun Daeng Abdul Rahman (8 December 1810 – 31 January 1862) was the Temenggong of Johor and later the de facto Maharaja of Johor from 1855 to 1862. Daeng Ibrahim
105-546: Is featured in the 2021 video game Battlefield 2042 as the setting of multiplayer map Manifest. Keppel Harbour Keppel Harbour, by association with the rocky outcrop known as Batu Berlayar (and "Lot's Wife" in colonial times) has been speculated to be the site of Long Ya Men , one of two 14th-century settlements described by Chinese sojourner Wang Dayuan during his travels in Southeast Asia; it has not been systematically excavated to confirm this, however. In
126-612: Is part of the 4,860,000 square feet (452,000 m ) Keppel Bay mega development, which is 70 per cent owned by Keppel Corp and 30 per cent by its unit Keppel Land . About 2,800 homes are set to be built, including the existing 969-unit Caribbean at Keppel Bay . The most exclusive homes of the lot are reserved for Keppel Island, where the Marina@Keppel Bay , a separate development, was completed in late 2007. The marina will have high-end restaurants and tentative plans are for high-end villas and possible condominium units on
147-624: The kangchu system to develop black pepper and gambir . However his appointment as Temenggong of Johor was only officially made known on 19 August 1841, and was witnessed by the 4th Governor of the Straits Settlements George Bonham and the Treasurer of Pahang Bendahara Tun Ali at the New Harbour (present day Keppel Harbour). On 10 March 1855, Ali Iskandar and Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim signed
168-568: The Malay Archipelago . Keppel had a long association with Singapore, having visited the island on several occasions up to 1903. He surveyed the new harbour of Singapore, which was formed based on his plans. The harbour was completed in 1886. In 1855, Captain William Cloughton, William Paterson and William Wemyss Ker purchased Pantai Chermin from Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim , the Temenggong of Johor . In 1859, Cloughton built
189-448: The 200 acres of land (part of Teluk Belanga area) that was assigned by Stamford Raffles , the palace was known as Istana Lama and was later completed in 1824. His father died in the palace on 8 December 1825 and was informally succeeded by his elder brother Tun Haji Abdullah as the de facto Temenggong of Johor . In 1833, Daeng Ibrahim took over his brother Tun Haji Abdullah as the de facto Temenggong of Johor. He later introduced
210-798: The Alexandra Schools at Gillman Barracks, then after 1964 either Bourne (in the Gillman buildings) or the brand new St John's Comprehensive in what is now the United World College in Dover Road. After Singapore's independence, Brani Naval Base was built on Pulau Brani. In the year 2000, the Navy later moved from their base on Pulau Brani to Changi and Tuas Naval Bases , and the Police Coast Guard (PCG) took over
231-644: The Brani Naval Base in the late 1960s. The British army had their maritime (water transport) base here, first with the RASC and then the RCT . Many families lived in the married quarters on the island. Primary children attended the British army school located near Buller Jetty, as did the children from army families on Blakang Mati (now Sentosa). Secondary age children had to go to the mainland by ferry, attending
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#1732783453532252-518: The Dutch on 7 October 1857 and Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah II was installed as his successor. Raja Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim, aware of the situation and later in 1861, signed a treaty with Bendahara Tun Mutahir of Pahang . The treaty recognized the territories of Johor, and the Temenggong and his descendant's right to rule it, as well as mutual protection and mutual recognition of Johor and Pahang. With
273-484: The brave”. The bulk of the island was occupied by the Malayan Command Ordnance Depot until 1937 when a new purpose built depot was constructed at Alexandra on the mainland. The Straits Trading Co. built a tin smelting factory on Pulau Brani in 1890 to process the tin ores mined in mainland Malaya. The factory was on the island for more than 70 years before it had to move out to make way for
294-617: The first dry dock known as Number 1 Dock. In 1868, the second dock, Victoria Dock, was inaugurated by Sir Harry George Ord , Governor of the Straits Settlements . The Albert Dock was opened in 1879. For a while, the harbour was simply known as New Harbour but it was renamed Keppel Harbour in honour of Admiral Keppel , who was instrumental in clearing the straits of pirates, by the Acting Governor, Sir James Alexander Swettenham , on 19 April 1900. New Harbour Road
315-578: The former site of the naval base in 2006, forming it into today's PCG Brani Regional Base. The rest of Pulau Brani was developed as Brani Container Terminal (see Port of Singapore ). Pulau Brani is intended to be re-developed to host a resort and other tourist attractions as part of the Greater Southern Waterfront project. Brani Container Terminal will be consolidated at the Tuas Mega Port for this to occur. Pulau Brani
336-461: The island. A 250-metre Keppel Bay Bridge , a cable-stayed bridge links Keppel Island to the mainland. Keppel also has two other smaller plots for condominium on the other side of the Caribbean . Corals condominium is located beside Caribbean , adjacent to the former site of King's Dock (the second largest dock in the world at the time after its opening on 26 August 1913 ) with 366 units. One
357-543: The modern period, the harbour was first noticed in August 1819 by William Farquhar , who reported his discovery of a "new harbour" inhabited by orang laut ("sea people") living in boats to Sir Stamford Raffles the following month. In the 1830s, the Straits Settlements , consisting of Singapore , Malacca and Penang , was a pirates' haven . By 1832, Singapore had become the busy centre of government for
378-516: The only territory under his control. Although the treaty recognised Ali Iskandar as the Sultan of Johor, the title cannot be passed on to his offspring. Thus, Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim became the de facto Maharajah of Johor, he renamed this territory as Iskandar Puteri and administered it from his residence in Teluk Belanga . As the Sultan of Riau-Lingga Mahmud Muzaffar Shah was ousted by
399-585: The three areas. It was also at this time that Captain Henry Keppel came to Singapore and helped to clear the Straits of pirates . Whilst based at Singapore, he discovered the deep water anchorage that came to be called by his name. Keppel first sailed to Singapore as a midshipman in 1832 and took part in the Naning ( Malacca ) expedition, and came again later in 1842 to help with the suppression of piracy in
420-547: Was also renamed Keppel Road. The Chinese names for Keppel Road and Keppel Harbour were sin kam kong chu u or "Kampong Bahru dock", and sek lat moi or " selat passage" ( selat is Malay for straits ). Singapore's largest conglomerate , the Keppel Corporation , has announced plans to build exclusive villas on the 5.3 hectare Keppel Island that it owns in Keppel Bay at Keppel Harbour — home to
441-482: Was born in Pulau Bulang , Kepulauan Riau on 8 December 1810 as the second son to Temenggong Abdul Rahman and Inche Yah Moffar. He was also known as Daeng Ronggek, Tengku Chik and Daeng Kechil. A year later in 1811, his family moved to Singapore Island and established a governance there, where they settled near the river (present day Singapore River ). In 1823, his father moved the family and their followers to
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