Kent Ridge
Kent Ridge | |
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Subzone of Queenstown Planning Area | |
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 肯特岗 |
| • Pinyin | Kěntègāng |
| • Malay | Kent Ridge |
| • Tamil | கெண்ட் ரிஜ் |
 Kent Ridge Bus Terminal on Clementi Road, Singapore. | |
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| Country | Singapore |
Kent Ridge is the name of a ridge and a neighbourhood located in Pasir Panjang, in the Queenstown Planning Area of Singapore. The area is notable for housing two parks within the Southern Ridges, Kent Ridge Park and HortPark. The main campus of the National University of Singapore is located adjacent to it, straddling along the southern boundary of Kent Ridge. It is served by the Kent Ridge MRT station.
The area occupied by Kent Ridge was formerly known as Pasir Panjang Ridge, and was originally a lowland evergreen
Japanese Occupation
(1942–1945), allowing the crops to grow wild.
On 23 February 1954, the Governor of Singapore,
Duchess of Kent and her son, the Duke of Kent, on 3 October 1952. The plaque was erected at the junction of what is now Kent Ridge Road and South Buona Vista Road.[3]
The ridge contains
Mutaguchi Renya
's 18th Division. The Malay Regiment's position on the hill was overrun by the Japanese and the battle ended in hand-to-hand combat after the last few defenders ran out of ammunition. All the officers except one, Lieutenant Abbas Abdul-Manan, and most of the men, were massacred in the aftermath.
References
- ^ "Kent Ridge Park". National Parks Board. Archived from the original on 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ Thangamma (2006), "History of Kent Ridge Park", p. 144.
- ^ Sivasothi, N. "A Pasir Panjang/Kent Ridge Heritage". Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ Information obtained from on-site information board at the Reflections at Bukit Chandu war museum.
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