This road in the Lavender Street area was officially named in 1929.
SOURCE: MPMCOM, 1 Mar 1929
Originally located off Serangoon Road between Cuff Road and Norris Road, this name was approved in 1906.
SOURCE: MPMCOM, 30 Nov 1906
See Brahmaputra Road
This is one among several roads within the Havelock Road Singapore Improvement Trust estate named after famous rivers in the world in 1952.
SOURCE: SIT 1068/51, 25 Oct 1951: Naming of roads within Havelock Road estate
Raffles gave 1,000 acres of land in Tanglin, now known as Institution Hill, as an endowment to Raffles Institution. However, when Raffles retired, the government took back the land and paid the school compensation for the land. This hill had retaining walls erected in October 1893 facing Mohamed Sultan Road. The hill was later owned by Messrs Adam Sykes and Mungo Johnston, but was later sold to Dr Robert Little, who lived on the hill for 35 years. Dr A.J.M. Bentley lived at 85 Institution Hill in the mid-1890s.
Prior to World War II, Institution Hill was home to European expatriate staff of United Engineers an engineering company which occupied the spacious bungalows covering the undulating hills. After the brief interregnum brought about by the Japanese Occupation, this pattern of habitation was resumed until the land was redeveloped in the mid-1980s to accommodate new housing projects.
SOURCE: The Straits Times, 15 Feb 1985
In the street-naming exercise for Jurong Industrial Estate, Development Way was first proposed for this road. The Jurong Town Corporation suggested Kung Chuan Road in place of Development Way, but this was not adopted as it was felt that the latter might be confused with Kung Chong Road. It was then decided to name this road International Road, indicating that industries located here are both local and foreign-owned.
See Akyab Road
Named after the famous river in Burma, this name complements existing Burmese names in the area. The idea came from an old and respected Burmese resident who suggested it to the Municipality, which accepted the idea.
SOURCE: Ramachandran, 1969
This road is named after C.J. Irving, who was Resident Councillor, Malacca (1879), as well as Resident Councillor, Penang (1883-7). Irving was chairman of the Museum Committee in 1878.
SOURCE: Raja-Singam, 1939:111
This road was named after the house (Irwell Bank) which was then owned by Boustead and occupied by J. Young in the 1860s. The house was listed in the 1860s Map of Singapore under Boustead. The road was given according to the Municipal Council minutes of 27 May 1889 as a request by Mr Shaw to have the road named after the estate ‘Irwell Bank’.
SOURCE: Raja-Singam, 1939:111; Maniot (1860s) Singapore residency Map; Hale, 2012, personal communication
Irving Road
Today, Irving Road is a light industrial area with many factory buildings.