Changi Changi

Changi - Definition and Overview

Names
English:Changi
Chinese:樟宜
(Pinyin:zhāngyí)
Malay:Changi
Tamil:fill in

Changi is an area to the northeast of Singapore. It is now the site of a large international airport, and is also home the Changi Prison, site of the former Japanese Prisoner of War Camp during World War II that housed Allied prisoners captured in Singapore and Malaysia after Singapore's fall in February, 1942. Being in close proximity to the sea, Changi also has a ferry terminal, Changi Ferry Terminal.

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