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vicinity of Bukit Timah Food Centre (colloquially known as qit kok jio)

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武吉知马巴刹与熟食中心（Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre）及美世界中心（Beauty World Center）一带的俗称。

DEFINITION

Noun

The colloquial name for the area around Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre, and Beauty World Centre.

由来
  • “条石” 一词指长方形的石块。
  • 19 世纪中期，在市区以外的地址规划尚未系统化之前，新加坡邮政总局（General Post Office，即如今的富丽敦酒店 Fullerton Hotel）的所在地便是公路系统的零原点（point zero）。从零原点算起，殖民政府沿着主要公路的每一英里都会设立一座石制的里程碑。
  • 这类石制的里程碑由砂岩和花岗岩制成，每块高达 2 米，埋在地里时，约 35 公分露出地面。
  • 根据当时的规划，由于现今的武吉知马巴刹与熟食中心及美世界一带离零原点约七英里，因此称为 “七条石”，即第七座条石的意思。
  • 在新加坡市政委员会（Singapore Municipal Committee）自 19 世纪中期开发市中心以外的道路之后，当局才开始建立沿用至今的公路系统，替代石制的里程碑。
ETYMOLOGY
  • The Mandarin term “条石” refers to rectangular rocks.
  • Before the mid-19th century, when systematic address planning outside urban areas was implemented, the location of the General Post Office (Fullerton Hotel today) acted as point zero of the roads system. Starting from point zero, the colonial government installed a rock milestone at every mile along the main roads.
  • Such rock milestones are made of sandstone and granite, and each stands up to 2 metres tall. When buried in the ground, about 35 centimetres of the rock protrudes from the ground.
  • According to the planning then, the vicinity of Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre and Beauty World Centre was about seven miles away from point zero, thereby leading to its name “七条石”, which means the seventh rectangular stone.
  • After the Singapore Municipal Committee developed new roads outside the city centre in the mid-19th century, the authorities established a new road system to replace the rock milestones that is still in use today."
 
例句
除了槟城，隆根法师在马期间还参观了金马仑和马六甲的寺庙，也首次乘搭火车到新加坡，并到位于武吉知马七条石的毗卢寺拜访。（《新明日报》， 23/6/2011）
SAMPLE SENTENCE
In addition to Penang, Master Long Gen has also visited temples at Cameron Highlands and Malacca when he was in Malaysia. He also took a train to Singapore for the first time and visited Beeh Low See temple in the vicinity of Bukit Timah Food. (Shin Min Daily News, 23/6/2011)
参考资料
点击查看七条石的参考资料
REFERENCES

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