Straits Give British Site Seletar Histroy
10 Prior to 1955 the Gurkhas were based at Cantonment Road. Originally an area with mangrove swamps coconut and rubber plantations the Straits Settlement government bought about 240 hectares of land in 1923 and gave it to the British RAF as a site for its military air base in Singapore and officially opened in 1930. Pin On S E Asian Colonial Architecture Its architecture is a hybrid of British design and what works for comfortable living in the tropics. Straits give british site seletar histroy . With Johor to the north Seletars airfield was the first Royal Air Force RAF base outside of India which is also served as a civilian airport until Kallang Airport was opened to the public. Seletar Camp -- where many streets have London names like Oxford Street and Hyde Park Gate -- is a unique part of Singapores architectural history and its village-style living provides a rare oasis of tranquillity in the frenetic city-state. The Straits Times 1953 first reported about the tender to be ca...