Sentosa , formerly called Pulau Blakang Mati , is a resort island in Singapore. It used to be a British military base and Japanese war prison camp, and many Chinese people were found killed on the beach during the Japanese occupation. The island was renamed Sentosa and turned into a tourist destination in 1972, and is now home to a popular resort that receives about twenty million visitors per year. Attractions include a 2 km (2 km) long beach, Fort Siloso, two golf courses, Merlion, 14 hotels, and Resorts World Sentosa, featuring Universal Studios Singapore theme park and one of two casinos in Singapore.
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Etimologi
The name Sentosa translates as "peace and tranquility" in Malay, which in turn comes from the Sanskrit term Santosha, meaning "satisfaction, satisfaction". Sentosa was formerly known as the Blanggal Dead Island which in the Malay language means "The Island of Death behind".
Name Blakang Mati is old; an island identified as Dead Blacan on map 1604 Singapore Manuel Godinho de ErÃÆ'Â © dia. Other early references to Blakang Mati Island include Burne Beard Island on the map Wilde 1780 MS, Niry Island , Nirifa from 1690 to 1700, and century references Nineteenth as Long Island (JH Moor). However, the initial map did not separate Blakang Mati from the nearby island of Brani Island, making it uncertain to which island the place name in the seventeenth century was called.
The island has been renamed several times. Until 1830, it was called the Long Island ("long island"). In the 1828 sketch of Singapore Island, this island is referred to as the Po. Long . According to Bennett (1834), the name Blanggal Mati was only given to the hill on the island by the Malay villagers on the island. The Malay name for the island is literally translated "dead back" or "behind the dead"; blakang means "behind" or "behind" or "after"; off means "dead". This is also called "dead island" or "dead island" or perhaps "island after death".
Different versions of how the island came to get such a vertebrate name:
- One account associates an unpleasant name with murder and piracy in the island's past.
- The second claimed that the island was a material paradise of the warrior spirits buried on Brani Island.
- The third account claimed that the disease outbreak on the island in the late 1840s virtually obliterated Bugis indigenous people on the island. Dr. Robert Little, a British coroner who investigates death, discovered what is called Dead Fever Blakang, is said to be a fever caused by the miasmastic smoke arising from decaying leaves and marsh water on the island. This event caused controversy in the medical circles at that time for what causes were later recognized in 1898 as malaria spread by Anopheles mosquitoes. The government malaria research station was originally located here.
- The fourth interpretation is that the "dead islands" are so called because of the lack of fertile soil in the hills. However, since the island creates a dead water area behind it without wind (hence "still behind" - still or ceases to be an alternative translation from dying) may be as simple as this - perhaps less romantic, but trustworthy from a nautical point of view.
In 1827, Captain Edward Lake of the Bengal Engineers Group in his report on public works and fortresses has proposed an alternative name for Blakang Mati as "St. George Island". However, the island was considered too unhealthy for residence and the proposed name never materialized.
In the 1972 contest organized by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Agency, the island was renamed Sentosa, a Malay word meaning "peace and tranquility", from Sanskrit, Santosha .
During the 1980s and 1990s, a number of paid-for-entry destinations were built on the island, which most locals consider unattractive. As a result, there is a joke that Sentosa's name means "Very Expensive and No More Also".
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History
Initial period
In the nineteenth century, the island was considered important because it protected the way to Keppel Harbor. The plan to fortify the island as part of a defense plan for Singapore was drafted as early as 1827, but some of the fortress actually materialized until the 1880s, when the rapid growth of the harbor caused fears over the protection of coal stocks against enemy attacks. Fortress built on the island is Fort Siloso, Fort Serapong, Fort Connaught and Battery Mount Imbiah.
The west end of the Belakang Mati, where Fort Siloso is now, was called the ridge of the tiger (tiger's nest). Juvenile is a type of herb that is used as a drug in labor, but there is no explanation of how the fort is called, sea people Kopit Village only knows the place under the name /i>. In the 1930s, the island was fortified strongly and was an important component of the Singapore Fort, and the Royal Artillery base. Second World War
During the Second World War, the island was a British military fortress. The British established a large-scale caliber fortifications at various points along the island parallel to the south, facing the sea in the hope of a Japanese attack toward the sea. The myth that guns are not able to point to the north developed after the War but this is wrong, they can spin to the northern point but they are only equipped with armor-retaining shells for voyages that make the shells ineffective against ground troops. Japan invaded and seized Singapore from the north, after doing the same to Malaya (now known as West or Peninsular Malaysia).
After the surrender of the Allied Forces on 15 February 1942, Fort Siloso became a prisoner of war camps, accommodating Australian and British prisoners from Japan. During the Japanese Occupation, under Operation Sook Ching, suspected, often arbitrary, Chinese people engaged in anti-Japanese activities were brutally murdered. 300 bodies, sprayed with bullets, stranded on the shore of the Dead Rear Island, and buried by British prisoners.
1945-72
After the Japanese surrender in 1945 and the return of Singapore to British rule, the island became the basis of the first Singapore First Regiment of the Royal Artillery (SRRA 1) in 1947. Other registered local people from Singapore were sent to the island for military training base before being shipped to another unit of the British Army in Singapore. Ten years later, the first SRRA was disbanded and their weapons dismantled. The beach artillery was replaced with the Gurkhas infantry unit, the first being the Duke of Edinburgh's own Gurkha Rifles and 2/10 Gurkha Rifles' own Princess. Fort Siloso and Imbiah Mountain became religious retreats and Protestant church houses. Fort Connaught was left in ruins. Serapong fort became a secure communication and hearing station.
In the early 1960s, during the Indonesian Confrontation, 2/10 began the island. Although Indonesia is within close proximity, there are several amateur attempts of direct action by Indonesians towards Singapore. The Gurkha Battalion rotates six months each month to Kalimantan where most of the military action during the Confrontation takes place. An important march took place on the island during a confrontation to announce the award of Victoria Cross to Rambahadur Limbu for an action in Borneo. With the end of the confrontation in 1966 and the withdrawal of the Gurkha battalion from the island, the British handed Sentosa to the Singapore Armed Forces of the newly independent Singapore Government in 1967. In 1967, Blakang Mati Island became the base for the Singapore Naval Volunteer Force, which was moved there from the old base at Telok Ayer Basin. The Maritime Training School was also established there, like the first Navy Medical Center. It became part of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
In the 1970s, the government decided to develop the island into a holiday resort for local visitors and tourists. The few facts discussed are that many generations of Malay and Chinese who live harmoniously on the island are moved to high-rise apartments in Singapore, the beautiful island life is lost and not by choice.
1972
The island was renamed "Sentosa" in 1972, which means peace and tranquility in Malay (from Sanskrit,
In 1974, the Singapore Cable Car system was built, connecting Sentosa to Mount Faber. Finally, in 1975, the Republic of Singapore Navy had moved from Sentosa to the island of Brani Island. A series of attractions are then opened to visitors including Fort Siloso, Surrender Chamber's wax museum, Musical Fountain, and Underwater World. The causeway bridge opened in 1992 connecting Sentosa to the mainland.
The Sentosa Monorail system opened in 1982 to transport visitors at seven stations located around the western side of the island.
1989
Former political prisoner and Nobel laureate Chia Thye Poh spent three and a half years in internal exile in Sentosa after he was released from 23 years in prison in 1989.
2005
On March 16, 2005, the monorail service was discontinued to allow for the new Sentosa Express, which commenced operations on January 15, 2007. The environmental assessment undertaken by the Singapore government concluded that the integrated resort development at Sentosa would result in the greatest possible loss of high-scale biodiversity, habitat, soil erosion and climate change, as well as several other destructive ecological impacts. Therefore, more than two hundred trees and plants from the area to be cleared for resort development are replanted elsewhere on the island to minimize negative impacts on the environment.
In 2009, the construction of a new foot bridge began. Sentosa Boardwalk worth S $ 70 million including theme parks, shops and restaurants. There are sidewalks and travellators covered along the sidewalk for rainy days. The Boardwalk, officially opened by Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on January 29, 2011, provides visitors with an alternative mode of travel to reach the island. The Sentosa Boardwalk, designed by Aedas, is named Best Leisure Architecture in Asia Pacific and 5 * The Best Leisure Architecture in Singapore, at the Asia Pacific Property Awards this year.
2018
The island hosts North Korea-United States 2018 summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un North Korea on June 12, 2018, at Capella Hotel. Sentosa Island was steamed as a 'special event area' by the Singapore Government and Hotel Capella was chosen as the venue by the White House, a week before the Summit.
Geography
The island has an area of ​​nearly 5 km 2 (1.9Ã, sqÃ, mi). It lies just half a kilometer (a quarter mile) away from the southern coast of Singapore's main island. It is the fourth largest island in Singapore (not including the main island). 70% of the island is covered by secondary rain forests, monitor monitor lizards, monkeys, peacocks, parrots and other native flora and fauna; also, when the development of Resorts World Sentosa begins, the environmental impact is kept to a minimum when more than two hundred trees in the determined to be replanted elsewhere on the island.
Further developments have significantly impacted the island's biodiversity that many fauna and flora have been lost. The island also has a stretch of white sand beaches covering 2.2 km (1.2 million), this impact on coral reefs. Much of the land is currently being added to Sentosa due to land reclamation.
Facilities
Transportation
Sentosa can be reached from mainland Singapore via a short pass or Cable Car, coming from Mount Faber and passing HarbourFront on its way to its final destination in Imbiah Lookout. In 2015, Sentosa opens Cable Car within the island to facilitate travel within the island. Dubbed the skyline, Cable Car has 3 stations, in Siloso, Imbiah and near Merlion, and is not associated with the original Cable Car. On June 30, 2017, SBS Transit Bus Service 123 was extended to increase connectivity to Sentosa, connecting Orchard Road and Tiong Bahru MRT to Resorts World Sentosa, Merlion Tower and Beach Station.
The island is also accessible by the Sentosa Express monorail, which replaced the old Sentosa Monorail that operated from 1982 to 2005. Sentosa Express has three stations on Sentosa and one on mainland Singapore. The north end terminal, which opened on January 15, 2007, is located in VivoCity's shopping center on the mainland and the southernmost terminal, Beach Station, located on Sentosa Island. In Vivocity, the mainland MRT is in turn serviced by HarbourFront of the Northeast Line and Circumference Line.
In Sentosa there are three bus services, identified as Bus A and Bus B.
Since 1998, passenger cars have been allowed to enter the island.
Visitors can also access the island via Sentosa Boardwalk which is parallel to the cross road (which opened on January 29, 2011). The first two days of opening are marked by free entry to Sentosa for visitors who are walking, and then the cost of entering SGD 1 to Sentosa is charged. From 7 June 2014 to 4 January 2015, access to Sentosa via Sentosa Boardwalk is free on weekends and public holidays. Entry into is also free for the SG50 weekend, and is currently free throughout. The Sentosa Boardwalk often hold bazaars on weekends.
Attractions
Operating appeal
Sentosa has a protected coastal stretch of over 2 km (1.2 million) on the south coast, divided into three sections: Palawan Beach, Siloso Beach and Tanjong Beach. These beaches are made, reclaimed using sand purchased from Indonesia and Malaysia. They are manned by coast guard teams easily identified with their red and yellow uniforms.
- Palawan Beach is located in the middle of Sentosa's south coast. There is a suspension bridge that leads to a small island off the coast which is said to be the southernmost point of the Asian continent, or the closest point of Asia to the Equator. Attractions Kidzania Singapore, MOSH! and Port of Lost Wonder is located in Palawan Beach. There are several bars along the beach that offer food and beverage options for visitors as well as Sentosa Express Beach Station. Palawan Beach was once served by Central Beach Monorail Station, but the station was closed in 2005.
- Siloso Beach is located on the western part of the south coast and is known for its beach volleyball and other outdoor activities such as canoeing, skimboarding, mountain biking and rollerblading. There are also dining and shopping along the beach. The beach is experiencing SGD $ 3 million facelift in December 2012. The Rasa Sentosa Resort is located at the western end of Siloso Beach, along with Siloso Beach Resort and Costa Sands Resort Sentosa. This is the location of attractions such as AJ Hackett Sentosa, Wavehouse, iFly Singapore, and Wings of Time night show.
- Tanjong Beach is located in the relatively more remote part of the east coast. Crescent shaped beaches are sometimes used for special events or parties. The Tanjong Beach Club is now a major attraction at Tanjong Beach.
Other facilities
The latest fire station from Civil Civil Singapore (SCDF) officially commenced operations on Sentosa island at 8 am on Monday (June 6, 2016). Sentosa Fire Station, located at 37 Artillery Avenue, has a fleet of five emergency vehicles: two fire engines, a fire bike, an ambulance, and a fire engine as well as a rescue support vehicle. It is strategically placed to provide emergency services within the island and in immediate vicinity such as the HarbourFront area and Telok Blangah.
Hotel
There are several hotels and resorts in Sentosa (not including Resorts World Sentosa accommodation):
- Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa has five star hotel facilities, and 140 guest rooms, suites, villas and mansions are on offer.
- Capella Singapore is a luxurious resort located on lush land and gardens of 30 hectares. It has 112 manor, suites and rooms designed by Norman, Lord Foster. It was developed by Pontiac Land. Officially opened in March 2009. Longella's long-term accommodation fleet, The Club at Capella Singapore has 81 serviced apartments, penthouses and a manor. The hotel is the venue for the historic North-America United States 2018 summit between US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12, 2018.
- Costa Sands Resort operates a number of chalets and 15 kampong huts. Located on a hill overlooking Siloso Beach.
- Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore is a five-star beachfront hotel located on the western tip of Siloso beach, with 454 rooms and suites.
- Siloso Beach Resort opened in July 2006. It has 172 rooms, 10 family suites, 1 tree house and 12 villas overlooking the sea. In line with environmentally friendly carbon credit practices, more than 600 original trees native to Sentosa Island are conserved. More 1,000 fruit trees, flowering plants, exotic ferns, and plants grown. The resort's architecture is purposely conceived to surround and protect these trees.
- The Sentosa Resort & amp; Spa is a five star hotel with 214 rooms and suites.
- W Singapore - Sentosa Cove is a five star luxury resort hotel with 240 well-known rooms as it provides various services & amp; facilities including Any/Anytime service. This property is connected to a residential complex of 228 units (W Residences) located on Quayside Isle - unveiled in September 2012.
- The Movenpick Heritage Hotel is an upmarket luxury lifestyle hotel strategically located in the heart of Sentosa.
In addition, there are six hotels in Resorts World Sentosa:
- Crockfords Tower
- Hotel Michael
- Hard Rock Hotel Singapore
- Hotel Meriah
- Equarius Hotel
- Spa Villa
Spa
- Reflexology Fish is a foot massage where a Turkish spa fish or African spa fish bites dead skin of a person's feet, making skin smooth. This is followed by a reflexology session. It is available in Underwater World.
- Spa Botanica is located at Sentosa Resort & amp; Spa. It has facilities including a mud pool and Turkish-style steam bath.
Events
- Barclays Singapore Open is held annually at the Serapong Sentosa Golf Club Course from 2006 to 2012. The event is jointly approved by the Asian Tour and European Tour. In 2013, Sentosa Golf Club began hosting the annual HSBC Women's Golf tournament championship, played in the Serapong Course until 2016 and since 2017 at the Tanjong Course.
- The Balloons Hat Festival Hat started in 2004. This is a collection of local high school bands that will be marching from Tanjong Beach to Palawan Beach before the mass show. Participants will wear balloon hats made by themselves and each school comes with their own unique designs. At the end of the event, all students will blow their balloon followed by the release of a large number of balloons into the air. The event started as part of an effort to set a world record for collecting the largest number of balloon hats. It was discontinued after 2006.
- Beach party: Hed Kandi, one of the world's best-selling dance music labels and owned by the Ministry of Sound started a monthly dance party at Pantai Siloso in 2011, attracting more than 14,000 visitors over seven months span. Hed Kandi and Ministry of Sound events were produced by SEAM in Singapore. The Siloso Beach in Sentosa is the host of ZoukOut's annual beach dance party hosted by nightclub Zouk. On December 10, 2005, about 18,000 people attended the event. New Year's Eve party, Siloso NYE Splash (later renamed Siloso Beach Party), also held annually at Siloso Beach. On December 31, 2005, the party attracted about 15,000 people.
- Sentosa Flowers: Walking from 2005 to 2013, the annual Sentosa Flowers showcase rare and unique flower unique in the spring. The event, which coincides with the Chinese New Year celebrations or the "Spring Festival" Festival in Singapore, hosts other activities including mural paintings and photography competitions and festival markets for gardening enthusiasts.
- The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007 for beach volleyball was held on 24-27 May 2007 at Siloso Beach. This is the first Women's World Tour event and is the largest beach lifestyle event ever on the island. This is also the first time Olympic-level athletes compete in Singapore land for Beach Volleyball.
- The Mars experience was held on November 12 and 13 at Palawan Beach as part of a National Geographic promotion of the six-part "MARS" TV series.
- Sandsation was held at Siloso Beach from 1 - 17 September 2017.
- Peroni Sunset Cinema is a seasonal outdoor theater held on the beach. It offers the audience an opportunity to watch a movie on a headset in a quiet environment on the deck chair seating. The films are accompanied by DJs before the movie starts, sunset drinks and coastal cuisine. Resorts Resorts Sentosa
- Sentosa was selected as a Sustainable Tourism Destination finalist in the "Tourism for Tomorrow" World Travel and Tourism Council Award in 2013.
- The island is home to about 30 heritage trees (listed in the Treasury Tree List of National Parks) and more than 20 conserved colonial buildings, some of which date back to the 1800s.
- A fully restored military fort in Singapore, Fort Siloso.
- Some Green Mark certified buildings like Sentosa Cove Village, Sentosa Family Entertainment Center, W Hotels and Resorts World Sentosa. Green Marks are awarded by the Singapore Building and Construction Authority for buildings that meet specific environmental-friendly criteria.
- The award-winning Eco-hotel, Siloso Beach Resort.
- Develop the Sentosa Boardwalk, which is a covered pedestrian walkway with various sustainability features, to connect the island with mainland Singapore. Guests are encouraged to use the Boardwalk to enter and exit Sentosa as it leaves a minimal carbon footprint.
- Partner with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to test Singapore's first low-flow low-tide turbine at Sentosa Boardwalk.
- Community-sponsored initiatives such as the annual "Sentosa Gives" initiative in September, which saw more than 1,500 children, teenagers and seniors from participating voluntary welfare organizations, schools and charities benefiting from the many activities planned for them. The corporation also offers island-go-to-charity concessions throughout the year.
- Resorts World Sentosa
- Southern Islands
- Sentosa Luge
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- Singapore tour guide/Sentosa from Wikivoyage
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- Skyline Luge Sentosa: official website
- 360 Â ° x 360 Â ° interactive virtual tour attraction Sentosa (in English)
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This is a Family Oriented Resort with a casino at its core. Resort developers and operators were selected on December 8, 2006. The winning proposal is the Genting/Star Cruises consortium in their offer for Resorts World Sentosa. It has Universal Studios Theme Park (known as Universal Studios Singapore) which occupies nearly half of the resort space. The development of the resort is financed privately at a cost of $ SGD5.75 billion and does not receive government subsidies. The proposal for a casino was greeted with widespread opposition from many conservative critics. Nevertheless, the government has always convinced the public that there will be strict measures to maintain Singapore's social structure, and to prevent such problems as gambling addiction. It is also home to some celebrity chefs restaurants, including JoÃÆ'ÂÂ l½ Robuchon, and Ocean Restaurant by Cat Cora, which faces the open ocean screen of S.E.A. Aquarium.
The Adventure Cove water park offers water rides (including the first wet wet wetter in South East Asia), and sea experiences such as dolphins, sharks, manta rays, and snorkeling on artificial reefs.
It also has a concert venue known as the Hard Rock Colosseum, which has played host to musical acts such as Of Monsters and Men, Jimmy Eat World and Bastille.
On February 14, 2010 at exactly 12:18, which is also the first day of Lunar New Year, Resorts World Sentosa is open to the public. In Cantonese, "1218" sounds like "prosperity", then the opening time. Major tourist attractions include Universal Studios Singapore, Adventure Cove water park, S.E.A. Aquarium, Maritime Experiential Museum, The Royal Albatross and Trick Eye Museum Singapore.
Sustainability
Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) has developed a sustainability plan to safeguard the environment and to preserve Sentosa's heritage assets. In fact, many parts of Sentosa still maintain their original, calm and fertile environment - driven by the Company's land use policy to maintain 60% of the island as open and green (natural area reduced to about 25% by 2014).
Efforts are being made to raise awareness among island visitors and staff on environmental and sustainable tourism issues. This is done through regular campaigns and educational talks.
Key achievements related to sustainability include:
See also
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