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| | CPAmedia.com: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Singapore's Restored Boat Quay (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | This part of the river, called Boat Quay, forming the northern boundary of Chinatown, was Singapore's commercial heart almost from 1819, when Stamford Raffles began developing the island into a regional trading centre. |
 | | Boat Quay, though, would still be used for many years to come by Chinese traders, mostly for the passage of goods from the Straits Settlements or Southeast Asia. |
 | | Of late, Boat Quay's vibrancy has infected part of the surrounding area, and a number of bars and restaurants (the latter mostly Indian) have sprung up in Circular Road, which runs parallel to Boat Quay. |
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