Does this look familiar to you?

Clarke Quay

Well, it’s the Clarke Quay, in chinese 克拉码头 (Pinyin:Kè lā Mǎ tóu). This place was name after an English man called Sir Andrew Clarke, who was Singapore’s second Governor and Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1873 to 1875. Do you know, he played a key role in positioning Singapore as the main port for the Malay states of Perak, Selangor and Sungei Ujong.

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Zannnie founded the SingaporeDailyPhoto.com and this site has been around for five years. Glad you are here on this blog and hope you like some of the posts here. Please feel free to leave a comment/feedback about this post for today. Together, Zannnie and Zsolt also have another site here: VisualiZIN

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