Mount Faber
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Mount Faber, formerly Telok Blangah Hill, is a hill about Script error: No such module "convert". in height, located in the town of Bukit Merah in the Central Region of Singapore. It overlooks the Telok Blangah area and the western parts of the Central Area. The summit is accessible by Mount Faber Road[1] or Mount Faber Loop via Morse Road, but there are many footpaths or trails leading up the hill. The main paths are: Marang Trail, which leads from Marang Road at the HarbourFront MRT station (Exit D), and the Southern Ridges Park Connector which connects from Telok Blangah Hill Park, Kent Ridge Park, and Henderson Waves.
It is a major tourist attraction, as it provides a panoramic view of the dense central business district within the Central Area.[2] Its slope includes a tower that is part of the Singapore cable car system that connects to HarbourFront and Sentosa.[3] It is accessible from the HarbourFront MRT station.
History
In 1972, the government spent Template:SGD to renovate the bunkers and turn Mount Faber into a landscaped scenic spot.[4] Construction on the Template:SGD million cable car system to link Mount Faber and Sentosa together also began.[5][3][6]
Geography
The vegetation around Mount Faber is a secondary rainforest that is smaller and less dense than on Bukit Timah Hill. Mount Faber is one of the higher hills in Singapore at Script error: No such module "convert".,[7] lower than Bukit Timah Hill (Script error: No such module "convert".) and Bukit Gombak (Script error: No such module "convert".) and Script error: No such module "convert".). It is separated from the adjacent slightly lower Telok Blangah Hill Park by Henderson Road.
Gallery
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Panoramic view of HarbourFront from Mount Faber Park
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Panoramic view from Mount Faber, September 2008.
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See also
References
Citations
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Bibliography
- Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Tan Le Ci(2007)Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, Template:ISBN
External links
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