Christmas Island Used To Belong To Singapore

Once best known for the annual migration of its vivid red crabs the island has become.

Christmas island used to belong to singapore. At the close of the day on 30 september the union jack outside the residency and the administration offices on christmas island was lowered followed by the raising of the. Envelopes and express post packages will be sent by air. The territory of christmas island is a small island that belongs to australia it is in the indian ocean 2600 kms northwest of perth in western australia and 500 km south of jakarta indonesia. Instead of taking the route from singapore to perth and then from perth to christmas island on a virgin australia flight which easily costs a bomb and takes me in a big roundabout when christmas island is just across.

This is a list of islands of singapore massive land reclamation work over the past centuries has removed many of singapore s natural islands and islets and has created a few new ones. All singapore could do was take note of the island s transfer to australia. Christmas island s location 360 kilometres from java has made it a frequent destination for asylum seekers. All other post including airmail packages will be sent via seamail which may take up to two months for delivery.

However prior to wwii the british viewed this island as a strategic military control point for the east indian ocean. Flying fish cove also known as kampong. Postal services to christmas island are weekly. In a television interview in late 1980s singapore s first chief minister david marshall blamed the.

It has an area of 135 square kilometres 52 sq mi. Hello everybody i do know of multiple ways to go to christmas island from singapore but most of them seem ridiculously long going in a big circle and very very expensive. For further information you may contact the christmas island post office on 08 9164 8495 or cipost pulau cx. The sovereignty of christmas island was transferred from singapore then a crown colony of the united kingdom to the commonwealth of australia on 1 october 1958 under the transfer to australia order in council 1958.

About 1 600 people live on christmas island mostly in a number of settlement areas on the north of the island. However christmas island was never singapore s to sell as it belonged to the british government. I have no first hand experience in this deal. The territory of christmas island is an australian external territory comprising the island of the same name.

At present singapore has about 64 islands with only 3 being inhabited and 4 of them belonging to the singapore armed forces.