Chinatown” and was to be designed based on traditional Chinese architecture. It was to be a joint venture of local Chinese Filipino and Mainland Chinese investors. Neo Chinatown sought to replicate the vibrant night market scene found on the streets of Hong Kong and Taipei. Davao Chinatown, also known as Mindanao Chinatown, is the only Chinatown in Mindanao, located in Davao City. In 2003, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte issued an executive order declaring portions of Barangay 27-C and Barangay 30-C, where streets are mostly occupied by Filipino-Chinese with their respective businesses, as Davao City Chinatown and constituting the Davao City Chinatown Development Council (DCCDC). The creation of the DCCDC aims to assist in the active formulation and implementation of policies in an area that has great commercial, historical, economic and social significance to Davao City. At around 44 hectares in size, Davao Chinatown is located at the center of numerous business establishments, of which a great majority is owned by Chinese Filipinos who were either born in the country or are naturalized Filipino citizens who trace their roots to mainland China. These business establishments include about 30 banks, and a wide variety of restaurants offering not only Chinese cuisine but also Korean, Filipino and the like. Chinese-themed malls and shops also pockmark this business enclave of Davao City, which is globally known as the international gateway and most progressive city of Mindanao. It is the only Chinatown in the Philippines with its own seaport, which is Sta. Ana Wharf. Singapore Singapore, a multi-racial, but predominantly Chinese, country has a relatively large Chinatown in a district to the south of the river originally designated for Chinese settlement by Sir Stamford Raffles. It remains known as Chinatown in English, and Niú chē shuǐ (牛车水, lit. 'ox cart water') in Chinese, and the MRT (rapid transit) station that serves the area is known by both names. The area around the station serves as a tourist attraction selling souvenirs, and also locally frequented areas including a number of traditional stores, markets, restaurants, apartment complexes, nightclubs, and Chinese temples including the Buddha Tooth Relic temple, and the Thian Hock Keng Temple. Festival markets also set up in the area during special events in the Lunar calendar such as the Chinese New Year or the Mid-Autumn Festival. Chinatown is not exclusively Chinese; the Masjid Jamae and the Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple can also be found off the