Tag: Tanjong Pagar Dock Company

  • Tan Kim Ching and the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Singapore

    Previously, we have highlighted the strategic role of Singapore as a colonial port, focusing on the developments in the late 19th century (check out our recent blog HERE). Around that period, discussions around opening the Suez Canal further cemented Singapore’s status as a shipping port with great potential, such as reduction in travel time between…