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Mount Faber

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名词

坐落在新加坡南部的山丘，位于港湾地铁站（HarbourFront MRT Station）的北边。

DEFINITION

Noun

A hill located in southern Singapore, to the north of HarbourFront MRT Station.

由来

花柏山（Mount Faber）原称为“直落布兰雅山”（Tulloh Blangan Hills，或称 Telok Blangah Hills）。
花柏山高约105米，总面积达56.46公顷。
1845年初，当时的英国殖民地政府为了替代绝后岛（Pulau Belakang Mati，即如今的圣淘沙）上的信号装置，在花柏山上设立了新的航海通讯旗杆。
殖民地政府为此调派了驻守在印度马德拉斯（Madras，现为金奈）的工程师查尔斯·爱德华·花柏队长（Captain Charles Edward Faber），让他带领一批印度囚犯前来修了一条上山的小路。
小路和旗杆建好后，殖民地政府为了纪念工程师花柏的贡献，便将直落布兰雅山改名为“花柏山”。
1970年，新加坡政府实施亨德申路（Henderson Road）的延长计划，将花柏山分为两部分。东边仍称为“花柏山”，而西边则改回“直落布兰雅山”。
位于花柏山的花柏山公园（Mount Faber Park）于1960年代建成。1994年，花柏山公园增加了许多基础设施，山上的景观也重新进行了设计。

ETYMOLOGY

Mount Faber was originally named Tulloh Blangan Hills (or Telok Blangah Hill).
Mount Faber covers a total land area of 56.46 hectares and stands at a height of 105 metres.
In early 1845, the colonial government replaced the signal station on Pulau Belakang Mati (now Sentosa) with a new maritime communication flagstaff on Mount Faber.
The project was led by engineer Captain Charles Edward Faber, who had arrived from Madras (now Chennai), India. He directed a group of Indian prisoners to build a road up the hill.
Upon completion of the road and flagstaff, the government renamed the hill in his honour.
In 1970, the extension of Henderson Road led to Mount Faber being split into two parts. While the eastern half kept the name Mount Faber, the western half was renamed back to Telok Blangah Hill.
Mount Faber Park was built in the 1960s. In 1994, new amenities were added to the park, and the landscaping was redesigned.

例句

花柏山曾经是炮火硝烟的战略山头，独立后的花柏山公园是童年旅游胜地，也是父母年代的拍拖胜地。（《联合早报》， 21/10/2021）

SAMPLE SENTENCE

Mount Faber was once a strategic military fort that saw gunfire and smoke. After Singapore gained independence, it became a popular park for children, and for our parents’ generation, a place to go on dates. (Lianhe Zaobao, 21/10/2021)