Pulau Brani is an island located off the southern coast of Singapore, near Keppel Harbour. The island is situated between the main island of Singapore and the resort island of Sentosa, and is linked to the mainland via Brani Terminal Avenue. The area of Pulau Brani is 1.22 square kilometres (0.47 square miles). Used to be home for Orang Laut, and in malay, the meaning of Pulau Brani is “isle of the brave”.
Pulau Brani | |
|---|---|
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 布拉尼岛 |
| • Pinyin | Bùlānídǎo |
| • Malay | Pulau Brani |
 Pulau Brani lies to the right of the Keppel Harbour, as seen in this view from Sentosa's Tiger Sky Tower | |
.svg)  Pulau Brani Location of Pulau Brani within Singapore | |
| Coordinates: 1°15′36″N 103°50′00″E / 1.26000°N 103.83333°E | |
| Country | Singapore |
Historic use
editThe bulk of the island was occupied by the Malayan Command Ordnance Depot until 1937 when a new purpose built depot was constructed at Alexandra on the mainland.[1]
The Straits Trading Co. built a tin smelting factory on Pulau Brani in 1890 to process the tin ores mined in mainland Malaya. The factory was on the island for more than 70 years before it had to move out to make way for the Brani Naval Base in the late 1960s.[2] [3]
The British army had their maritime (water transport) base here, first with the RASC and then the RCT. Many families lived in the married quarters on the island. Primary children attended the British army school located near Buller Jetty, as did the children from army families on Blakang Mati (now Sentosa). Secondary age children had to go to the mainland by ferry, attending the Alexandra Schools at Gillman Barracks, then after 1964 either Bourne (in the Gillman buildings) or the brand new St John's Comprehensive in what is now the United World College in Dover Road.
Current use
editAfter Singapore's independence, Brani Naval Base was built on Pulau Brani. In the year 2000, the Navy later moved from their base on Pulau Brani to Changi and Tuas Naval Bases, and the Police Coast Guard (PCG) took over the former site of the naval base in 2006, forming it into today's PCG Brani Regional Base. The rest of Pulau Brani was developed as Brani Container Terminal (see Port of Singapore).
Future use
editPulau Brani is intended to be re-developed to host a resort and other tourist attractions as part of the Greater Southern Waterfront project. Brani Container Terminal will be consolidated at the Tuas Mega Port for this to occur.[4]
Popular culture
editPulau Brani is featured in the 2021 video game Battlefield 2042 as the setting of multiplayer map Manifest.[5]
References
edit- ^ Fernyhough, Alan Henry (1965). A History of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1920-1945. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. p. 307.
- ^ "The New Harbour, Pulau Brani and transportation of mail by C.J. Kleingrothe".
- ^ "Pulau Brani | Infopedia".
- ^ Janice Lim (18 August 2019). "Pulau Brani to house NTUC's 'Downtown South', attractions akin to Universal Studios Singapore". Today Online.
- ^ Arts, Electronic (7 June 2021). "Battlefield 2042 Maps – Electronic Arts". Electronic Arts Inc. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
Sources
edit- Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1