-
Sentosa was
formerly known as ****u
Blakang Mati
which in
Malay means the "Island of
Death Behind". The name
Blakang Mati is old; an
island was identified...
- of the
British Royal Engineers, a fort was
decided to be
built on ****u
Blakang Mati (Sentosa) in 1874 to
protect Keppel Harbour. As part of the planned...
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mainland and the
southern islands of ****u
Brani and
Sentosa (formerly ****u
Blakang Mati). Its
naturally sheltered and deep
waters was to meet the requirements...
-
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...
- Prison,
Singapore Selarang Barracks,
Singapore River Valley Camp,
Singapore Blakang Mati, Sentosa,
Singapore Outram Road Prison,
Singapore Sime Road, Singapore...
-
mainland Singapore as well as Singapore's
southwestern coastline (near ****u
Blakang Mati (present-day Sentosa)). It
became one of nine
major sites where the...
- sent to
carry the
order to
ceasefire to
garrisons on the
islands of ****u
Blakang Mati and ****u Brani. They were
given permission to try to
escape from...
- Singapore's
tourism industry,
beginning with the
transformation of ****u
Blakang Mati, a
previously fortified island off the
southern coast of Singapore...
- land scarcity. ****u
Blakang Mati,
later renamed Sentosa, was
subsequently pitched as a
tourist destination.
Plans to
develop Blakang Mati into a tourist...
- Name
Location Armament From To
Notes Blakang Mati East
Battery / Fort
Connaught Sentosa Island 1°14′45″N 103°50′16″E / 1.2457°N 103.8378°E / 1.2457;...
