unit 9

1. Chong Boon
Secondary School
Sec 2 Geography
Unit 9:
Singapore as a Transport and
Communications Hub

2. Objective
•By the end of this lesson,
you will be able to
•Evaluate the development of
Singapore as a Transport and
Communications Hub.

3. Why become a Transport and
Communications hub?
•Economic sense.
•Natural Strategic geographical
location.
• Existing excellent infrastructure.

4. Singapore as a Transport Hub –
Land Transport
• Improving land transport leads to efficient
movement of goods and humans.
• This promotes economic development of
the area.
• Singapore is at the tip of Peninsular
Malaysia, ready connection by road (via
causeway)
• Land transport is lowest in cost.
• Presence of world-class port is used by
regional countries for trade.

5. Goods across the Causeway

6. Land Transport
• Asian Highway network links Singapore
through to Thailand.
• North-south highway in Malaysia
facilitates quick movement of goods down
to Singapore for export.
• Development of train route from
Singapore to Kunming (Southern China)
will further facilitate the movement of
goods and people across the land.

7. Old Railway Station @ Tanjong
Pagar

8. Sea Transport
• Singapore is located at the crossroads of major
international shipping routes.
• Naturally deep, sheltered harbour with clam
waters.
• Regional Cruise centre
• Singapore Cruise Centre (harbourfront)
• Marina Cruise Centre
• World class port facility
• PSA the world’s top ‘catch-up port’
• Port facilities able to help catch up the time that
might be lost due to other delays en route.

9. Singapore Cruise Centre

10. Marina Bay Cruise Centre

11. World Class Port

12. Air Transport
• Singapore is also the hub of air transport in Asia.
• Changi International Airport
• World class airport
• 3 terminals with the forth under construction.
• Over 81 airlines to 185 cities are connected
through Changi International airport.
• Cargo freight amount has also been increasing
rapidly.

13. Changi International Airport

14. Role of Government and
Entrepreneurs
• Government agencies maintain, develop and
promote Singapore as a transport and
communications hub.
• Land Transport Authority (LTA); Maritime and
Port Authority (MPA); Civil Aviation Authority of
Singapore (CAAS).
• Government provides grants for businesses who
show potential in growing these sectors to
encourage their development.

15. Communications hub
• Fibre optics cable network
• Islandwide Fibre optics network completed in
2011.
• High speed internet ready as an island.
• Regulated and safe internet environment
managed by the authorities.
• Infocomm Development Authority (IDA)
oversees the development of Singapore as a
communications hub.

16. Summary
• Are you now able to identify the 3
modes of transport that we develop
in Singapore?
• Can you name the various
governmental agencies that run the
Air, Land, Sea and Communications of
the country?