The Rochor River ( Chinese : 梧槽河 ; Malay : Sungei Rochor ) is a canalised river in Kallang of the Central Region in Singapore . The river is about 0.8 km in length.
22-737: The Rochor River is a continuation of the Rochor Canal, and begins beneath Victoria Bridge and empties into the Kallang Basin . The Rochor Canal continues upstream as far as the junction of Jalan Jurong Kechil and Upper Bukit Timah Road ; the source of the Rochor River lies in Beauty World MRT station , which has a possible extension to Tengah as part of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System, it also has
44-410: A 1.1 km section of the Rochor Canal, which was particularly degenerate. This redevelopment was part of the program "Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters Program" (ABC Water program); the cost was estimated at S $ 48 million. There should be an attractive stretch of the river with urban boulevard, promenades, pedestrian bridges, terraces, several gardens and a community space. The new section, which replaced
66-724: A canal that leads to the Kranji Reservoir . "Rochor Canal" is also the name of a subzone within the planning area of Rochor . The river has often been regulated in the past and expanded by channels to control the floods in Bukit Timah. While the lower course is undoubtedly called the Rochor River, the Victoria Bridge upstream alternatively uses the name Rochor Canal or – even more upstream – Bukit Timah Canal, as can be found on various maps. The canal has been cleaned and renovated frequently. Because this did not help,
88-665: A massive ten-year-long clean-up project was embarked by the Singapore Government at the Kallang Basin and the nearby Singapore River , transforming them into the clean bodies of water today. While the Raffles' Landing Site on the northern bank of the Singapore River is generally thought to be the original landing spot of Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819, other sources point to the Kallang Basin area as
110-629: Is anchored by the new National Stadium and existing Singapore Indoor Stadium , and also incorporates a new aquatics facility, indoor sports hall, water sports centre, public sports facilities, and retail. The Sports Hub opened to the public on 30 June 2014, and is currently connected to the Stadium , Tanjong Rhu and Kallang MRT stations. The Sports Hub project was proposed on the recommendation of then Community Development and Sports Minister Abdullah Tarmugi in Parliament in 2001. His proposal
132-525: The 1880s, oxen and cowsheds as well as pony and horse stables were to be found throughout the district. The cattle breeding reached its peak around 1900. The river (and canal) used to be an important waterway for the timber industry, with many sawmills and wood factories on its banks. Throughout, tree trunks from Indonesia and Malaysia were transported to them. In 2011, the Water Authority PUB – Singapore's National Water Agency decided to build
154-781: The Bukit Timah Flood Alleviation Scheme (BTFAS) of the Singapore National Water Agency PUB (built in the 1960s) added two additional service channels: the Bukit Timah First Diversion Canal (1966–1972, 3.2 km after Pandan Reservoir) and the Bukit Timah Second Diversion Canal (1990s, 4.4 km long, to Kallang Basin). They partly run underground in tunnels. The originated in the 1830s Rochor Canal favored
176-546: The Kallang Basin with the Singapore Straits . At present, the Kallang Basin forms part of the Marina Reservoir , so do the rivers that flow into the Kallang Basin and their tributaries. The reservoir has a catchment size of nearly one-sixth of mainland Singapore's land area. The Kallang Basin is a popular location for water sports, in particular, kayaking and dragon boating. Today, the area surrounding
198-520: The Sports Hub's facilities were sold to various partners, with OCBC Bank sponsoring its indoor arena and aquatic centre, and 100plus sponsoring an 888 m (971 yd) promenade around the new National Stadium. The Sports Hub's facilities were officially opened to the public on 30 June 2014, and began to host events over the year that followed, including the 2015 Southeast Asian Games . Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officially inaugurated
220-486: The body of water is also frequently called "Kallang Basin". The term has been applied to the industrial estates along Kallang Bahru , the Kallang Basin Swimming Complex, amongst others. Much of the lands around Kallang Basin are the result of extensive land reclamation. Areas of the modern-day Singapore Sports Hub , the former Kallang Airport , the condominium clusters along Tanjong Rhu Road,
242-694: The emergence of cattle trading in Little India. With its water, the pastures were fed, where the buffalo grazed and where the trade was done with them. Today's wet market Tekka Center (also known as Tekka Market ) used to be called Kandang Kerbau Market ("KK Market") in 1915, where "kerbau" in Malay means something like "cattle enclosure". In addition to cattle breeding developed in this area, known as Kampong Kerbau ("Buffalo Village", about cattle village in Malay), farms such as slaughterhouses, dairy and similar. In
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#1732787271054264-684: The facility on 26 July 2015 during the Youth Day event Youth Celebrate! at the National Stadium. On 10 June 2022, it was announced that Sport Singapore , a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community & Youth, would take over management and ownership of the Sports Hub from 9 December 2022 onwards, with plans to make it more accessible to the broader community in Singapore. The 35-hectare Singapore Sports Hub includes
286-399: The industrial estate at Kallang Bahru , and the area south of Nicoll Highway were once part of a much larger Kallang Basin prior to land reclamation. Numerous islands also existed in the Kallang Basin, including Pulau Mengalu which was located at where modern-day Bendemeer MRT station is. At its greatest extent, the Kallang Basin once extended as far north as today's Bendemeer Road. From
308-556: The late 1960s to early 1970s, the part of Kallang Basin to the north of Kallang Road underwent land reclamation. The Kallang River and its tributaries were also canalised to prevent flooding. The Kallang Basin area once formed part of mainland Singapore 's southeastern coastline. Its access to the Singapore Straits was only cut off when the Marina Barrage was completed over the Marina Channel in 2008. In 1977,
330-661: The likely location. According to the Cho Clan Archives, Raffles ordered his ship's carpenter, Chow Ah Chi, to lead the way in posting the British East India Company flag on mainland Singapore and he supposedly landed at the mouth of the Rochor River in Kallang . Raffles, following the route taken by Chow, also arrived at the Kallang Basin in what is today's Kallang Riverside Park . This
352-550: The new National Stadium and its surrounding facilities, in February 2007. On 19 January 2008, the Singapore government awarded the development of the Sports Hub project to SSHC, led by Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd. Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan stated that their bid "displayed significant strengths in programming, team culture and partnership, functionality and layout". The Sports Hub
374-471: The new Sports Hub was originally planned for completion in 2011. Due to the financial crisis of 2007–2010 and high construction costs, the project was inevitably delayed. In 2008, barring any major problems, it was projected that the project would be completed in time for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games . However, after delays were announced in 2009, Singapore withdrew from hosting the Games. In August 2010, it
396-493: The old unhygienic canal management, was officially opened on 8 March 2015. 1°18′N 103°52′E / 1.300°N 103.867°E / 1.300; 103.867 Kallang Basin Kallang Basin ( Chinese : 加冷盆地 ; Malay : Lembangan Kallang ) is an enclosed bay in Kallang , Singapore . The Kallang River , Rochor River and Geylang River empty into the Kallang Basin. The Marina Channel connects
418-418: Was a public-private partnership with SportsHub Pte Ltd, which is made up of four companies namely InfraRed Capital Partners, Dragages Singapore, DTZ Facilities and Engineering and Global Spectrum Asia. SHPL was engaged in 2008 and has a 25-year contract to design, build, finance and operate the Sports Hub. The demolition of the former National Stadium was slated to begin in 2008 while the construction of
440-568: Was based on a report by the Committee of Sporting Singapore calling for the city-state to promote a culture of sports, and replace the aging National Stadium . The Sports Hub was to include the new stadium, as well as a new aquatic centre, indoor arena, and recreation facilities. Alpine Mayreder, Singapore Gold Consortium, and the Singapore Sports Hub Consortium (SSHC) submitted bids for the project, which included
462-418: Was possible because the Kallang Basin was directly connected to the open sea at the time of Raffles' founding of modern Singapore . Singapore Sports Hub The Singapore Sports Hub ( Chinese : 新加坡体育城 ; Malay : Hab Sukan Singapura; Tamil : சிங்கப்பூர் விளையாட்டு மையம்) is a sports and recreation district in Kallang , Singapore . The Sports Hub is a 35-hectare public-private partnership that
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#1732787271054484-559: Was reported that the contract to begin construction had been signed with plans for the demolition works of the former National Stadium to start in October 2010 and for the completion of the new Sports Hub in April 2014. The demolition of the National Stadium started with a groundbreaking ceremony on 29 September 2010. The contract with SHPL started from 2010 due to the delay and it was to last for 25 years till 2035. Naming rights to some of
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