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Island of Singapore
1°14′00″N
103°45′52″E
/
1.23333°N 103.76444°E
/
1.23333; 103.76444
Pulau Bukom
, also known as
Pulau Bukum
(
Chinese
:
毛??
;
Tamil
:
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), is a small restricted-access island belonging to
Singapore
that is located about five kilometres to the south of
Mainland Singapore
, off the
Straits of Singapore
. The size of Pulau Bukom is about 1.45 km
2
(0.56 sq mi).
Pulau Bukom is also known as
Pulau Bukom Besar
, which has a small companion
islet
to its south called
Pulau Bukom Kechil
. This companion islet is currently connected to Pulau Ular and
Pulau Busing
by
reclaimed land
, making the three of them appear as one large island on satellite imagery.
Etymology
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The island's name is thought to come from the
Malay
name for a
seashell
called
rangkek bukom
, which is wide at one end and tapers to a narrow point, the shape of the island prior to land reclamation.
Bukum
is said to be the same as
hukum
, and there is a
tradition
that a
raja
used to try cases on the island, hence the name, probably through the intermediate form
berhukum
.
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History
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The island was home to the native
Malay
islanders before government efforts to relocate them back to mainland Singapore for redevelopment. Pulau Bukom appears in Franklin and
Jackson
's 1828 map as
Po. Bukum
. The island, originally a
mangrove swamp
, was also a source of
fresh water
for
ships
. In 1884, an Italian
trader
named Giovanni Gaggino established a water company on the island to supply water to passing ships.
Access
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Access to the island is restricted. Security pass is issued only to personnel working on the island.
A ferry (from the
Pasir Panjang
ferry terminal) serves the island. The ferry operator is Tian San Shipping.
The security checks are very tight, and no unauthorized person is allowed to enter the island.
Pulau Bukom and Pulau Bukom Kechil,
Western Islands
,
Singapore
. Pulau Bukom Kechil lies to the left with the shorter grey cylindrical tanks, and Pulau Bukom, to the right, is smaller, with taller white and grey tanks and buildings.
Pulau Anak Bukom
is the small islet with vegetation, under the cluster of
chimneys
at the centre left.
See also
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References
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- ^
Moey, N. (1991). The Shell endeavour: First 100 years in Singapore. Singapore: Shell Companies in Singapore, p. 28
- Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003),
Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names
, Eastern Universities Press,
ISBN
981-210-205-1
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