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First Reclamation Works |
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In 1822, Raffles drew up plans for the city. An area along the coast about five km long and one km deep was designated the government and commercial quarter. A hill was levelled and the dirt used to fill a nearby swamp to build the Commercial Square, to be renamed Raffles Place in 1858. |
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