History Of Clementi 金文泰历史

Clementi and the roads therein are named after Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1887 to 1893. The governor was an accomplished Chinese scholar. Among his achievements during his stint in office were laws brought into force to control secret societies in Singapore.
He was also responsible for the building of Kallang Airport, largest in SEA at that time and he also officiate the opening of Clifford Pier

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金文泰是海峽殖民地總督在任三洲府總督任內，有鑑於馬來亞政府的權力過份集中，加上海峽殖民地總督又身兼馬來亞高級專員之職，這使得金文泰感到工作十分繁重。因此，金文泰盡可能地下放不少屬於中央的權力到地方金文泰積極地讓本土人士擔任殖民地政府的行政工作，同時又對馬來西亞文化與馬來語加以推廣金文泰任內曾提出要在新加坡興建一座「世界最大、最好、和最重要的機場」，以取代不敷應用的實里達機場。金文泰的建議其後促使了加冷機場的興建，經過一連串的工程後，加冷機場在啟用。這座在當時被譽為「大英帝國最好的機場」，在巴亅耶利峇機場於年落成以前，一直是區內最重要的機場。此外，金文泰又在年於新加坡主持了克里福碼頭（開幕儀式，

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