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Scotts Road (Chinese: 史各士路) is a road located in Central AreaofSingapore. It was named after Captain William G. Scott, Harbour Master and Post Master of Singapore in 1836, who owned property and plantations on and around the area where Scotts Road now stands.[1]

A view of Scotts Road seen from an overhead bridge, December 2005

The name comes from the fact that it was home to the largest community of Scottish expatriates living in the colony before Singapore's independence.

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  1. ^ Vernon Cornelius-Takahama (2005). "Scotts Road". Singapore Infopedia, National Library, Singapore. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014.

1°18′41.18″N 103°50′12.26″E / 1.3114389°N 103.8367389°E / 1.3114389; 103.8367389


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