Developed in the 1830s as part of the 1822 Raffles’ plan for Chinatown, Amoy is the English name for Xiamen, a great maritime port in Fujian province of southern China. From Amoy, thousands of immigrants set sail to settle in Singapore. Amoy was home to the Hokkien community and they were involved in the flurry of commercial enterprise: trading in rice, textiles, iron and Chinese products. As it was located near the shore then, Amoy Street had businesses that catered to the sailors and the sea trade. It was also associated with opium-smoking dens during the colonial times.
Developed in the 1830s as part of the 1822 Raffles’ plan for Chinatown, Amoy is the English name for Xiamen, a great maritime port in Fujian province of southern China. From Amoy, thousands of immigrants set sail to settle in Singapore. Amoy was home to the Hokkien community and they were involved in the flurry of commercial enterprise: trading in rice, textiles, iron and Chinese products. As it was located near the shore then, Amoy Street had businesses that catered to the sailors and the sea trade. It was also associated with opium-smoking dens during the colonial times.
Developed in the 1830s as part of the 1822 Raffles’ plan for Chinatown, Amoy is the English name for Xiamen, a great maritime port in Fujian province of southern China. From Amoy, thousands of immigrants set sail to settle in Singapore. Amoy was home to the Hokkien community and they were involved in the flurry of commercial enterprise: trading in rice, textiles, iron and Chinese products. As it was located near the shore then, Amoy Street had businesses that catered to the sailors and the sea trade. It was also associated with opium-smoking dens during the colonial times.