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Make your way now to the mouth of the Singapore River to visit the impressive Quays of the city. During much of the 19th and 20th centuries, bumboats carried precious cargo along the river to trading offices and godowns located at Boat Quay, Clarke Quay, and Robertson Quay. |
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Although it served as the heart of commerce in Singapore, the Quays had truthfully become run-down after almost 170 years of continuous use and the waterway grew filthy and unpleasant. All this changed beginning in the 1980s when the government embarked on a successful conservation and cleanup project in the area after new container terminal facilities were built elsewhere on the island. |
