Jalan Ampas

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'''Jalan Ampas''' is a street near Balestier Road in Singapore where the movie studios Malay Film Productions and its affiliate Shaw Brothers were located.

==Etymology and history== The name Jalan Ampas owes its heritage as a sugar cane plantation in the early days.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Savage |first=Victor R. |title=Singapore street names : a study of toponymics |date=2013 |others=Brenda S. A. Yeoh |isbn=978-981-4484-74-9 |edition= |location=Singapore |pages=362 |oclc=868957283}}</ref> In Malay, ''ampas tebu'' (post-1972 spelling: ''hampas tebu'') refers to the fibrous pulp that remains after sugar cane has been crushed to extract its juice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://balestier14.blogspot.sg/2014/03/site-11-former-shaws-malay-film-studies.html|title=Site 11: Former Shaw's Malay Film Studies, 8 Jalan Ampas|date=7 March 2014|website=Balestier Heritage Trail 2014|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref>

==Landmarks== ===Former Shaw Movie Studio=== In 1947, under the banner of Malay Film Productions, the Shaw Brothers set up a film studio in the area, which was to become 'the golden age of Malay cinema'. During the 1950s and 60s, at the peak of its existence, the studio produced over 160 films at the span of two decades. Prominent figures such as John Wayne, Ava Gardner<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/where-legends-of-the-silver-screen-had-once-set-foot-on-no-8-jalan-ampas/|title=Where legends of the silver screen had once set foot on: No. 8 Jalan Ampas|last=Lim|first=Jerome|date=11 November 2010|website=The Long and Winding Road|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref> and former Malaysia Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shaw.sg/sw_abouthistory.aspx?id=197%20196%20218%20218%20206%20123%20148%2056%20176%20223%20143%20102%20239%20236%20231%20228|title=About Shaw - Malay Film Productions|date=2007|website=Shaw Theatres|publisher=Shaw Organisation|access-date=12 February 2017|archive-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107154113/http://www.shaw.sg/sw_abouthistory.aspx?id=197%20196%20218%20218%20206%20123%20148%2056%20176%20223%20143%20102%20239%20236%20231%20228|url-status=dead}}</ref> visited the studio. During this time, the road itself is synonymous and associated with the studio till today.

The studio launched the careers of many Malay film stars, such as S. Shamsuddin, Aziz Sattar, Ahmad Nisfu and P. Ramlee.{{cn|date=September 2020}} Films such as ''Seniman Bujang Lapok'' and ''Ibu Mertua-ku'' became instant hits and cult classics.{{cn|date=September 2020}} However, in 1967 due to the lack of demand of Malay films, the studio ceased productions and closed down.{{cn|date=September 2020}}

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