Singapore Turf Club
The Singapore Turf Club was originally the Singapore Sporting Club. It was formed by a group of racing enthusiasts. The Singapore Turf Club was from Bukit Timah but it moved to Kranji which is its present location. It is the only turf club in Singapore.
Singapore-Johor Causeway
Singapore-Johor Bahru Causeway, a 1,056 m long (3,465 ft) cross-country link over the Strait of Johor, between Singapore and Malaysia, located at the northern region of Singapore. Until the development of the Singapore-Johor Bahru Causeway, crossings to and from Malaya, was by ferry-boats. Development work began towards end of 1919 at a cost of $17 million. It was officially opened on 28 June 1924 by Governor Sir Laurence Guillemard, in the presence of His Royal Highness the Sultan of Johore. Today it marks the border of Singapore and Malaysia, and is symbol of the close relationship between the two countries.
Kranji War Memorial
Kranji War Memorial
The Kranji War Memorial is made up of three cemeteries, namely the Kranji War Memorial, the Military Cemetery and the Singapore State Cemetery. The Kranji War Memorial commemorates the contributions of 24,000 soldiers of the allied forces who died during World War 2. It is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Before World War II, the location was an ammunition dump for the British Military. It was not far from here, by the mouth of the Kranji River, where the Japanese Imperial Guards landed on 9 February 1942. Kranji then became a prisoner-of-war campsite with a POW hospital situated not far away. The Kranji War Cemetery began as a small cemetery started by the prisoners and was later endorsed by the Army Graves Service after the re-occupation of Singapore in 1946. It incorporates the graves of the prisoners of war from Changi Camp, the Buona Vista Camp, 306 of the 1939 - 1945 war graves originally located at Ulu Pandan and 61 graves of the 1914 - 1918 war graves from Bidadari Christian Cemetery and many other graves from all parts of Singapore. The 1939 - 1945 graves of World War 1 from the Saigon Military Cemetery in French Indochina (now Vietnam) were also transferred here. More than 850 graves are of unidentified personnel. The Kranji War Memorial is laid out in a geometric pattern of stones spread out on a gently sloping green hill which offers a commanding view across the Straits of Johore to the north and over the hills of Singapore to the south.
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