Robinson Road, Singapore
Robinson Road is a major trunk road in Singapore's Central Area. The road is named afterward Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, the Governing of the Straits Settlements in 1877-1879. The land on which Robinson Road now stands was crested through land reclamation work started in 1879. It was a sea-side thoroughfare until more land reclamation workshops in Telok Ayer Basin in the early 1900s shifted the shoreline further east to make room for the building of Shenton Way. This allowed for the road to be widened and converted into a one-way street to accommodate the rise in traffic flow pending massive urban development. Today, it is flanked on both sides by major wildlife to several buildings, including Robinson Centre and Robinson Point.
In Hokkien, the road is known as heng liong koi, which means "heng long street". Chop Heng Long, belonging to Lok Yu who is a well known businessman whose office was located on this road.
