38-468: South West CDC Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Choa Chu Kang ( locally / ˌ tʃ w ɑː ˌ tʃ uː ˈ k ɑː ŋ / ), alternatively spelled Chua Chu Kang and often abbreviated as CCK , is a planning area and residential town located at the northwestern point of the West Region of Singapore . The town shares borders with Sungei Kadut to the north, Tengah to the southwest, Bukit Batok to
76-560: A " Certificate of Eligibility " from the Presidential Elections Committee. These conditions are: Because of the stringent requirements needed to run for presidential elections, only three out of the seven elections had contests (1993, 2011 and 2023), while the rest were walkovers . An amendment to the Constitution in 2016 saw the 2017 election become reserved for a certain community ( Malay community in
114-931: A close result, though they were returned to SMCs after years of absence. However, Freedom House has noted that elections in Singapore are technically free of electoral fraud. Throughout the history of the Republic of Singapore, hundreds of politicians have been elected in Parliament, of whom majority of unique candidates represent the governing People's Action Party including late stalwarts like Lee Khoon Choy . Since 1965, 19 opposition politicians have been elected into Parliament, including J. B. Jeyaretnam , Chiam See Tong , Low Thia Khiang , Ling How Doong , Cheo Chai Chen , Chen Show Mao , Yaw Shin Leong , Png Eng Huat , Lee Li Lian , and also ten incumbent candidates from
152-760: A nice feel of Neighbourhood 5 and 6. Today, the Yew Tee and Limbang wards fall within the Marsiling-Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency and the rest of the town such as Keat Hong and Chua Chu Kang fall within the Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency . In 2020, with the further growth of Keat Hong Neighbourhood 8 and Tengah New Town, Brickland ward was introduced, taking over parts of Keat Hong, Bukit Gombak, Chua Chu Kang and Nanyang. Choa Chu Kang area has
190-489: A polyclinic renovated in 2010. It is operated by the National University Polyclinics. There is also a newly setup Keat Hong Family Medicine Clinic (FMC) which is a collaboration between National University Hospital (NUH) and Trilink Healthcare Pte Ltd in the new Keat Hong Community Club building. Planning Areas of Singapore Planning areas , also known as DGP areas or DGP zones , are
228-404: A total of eight primary schools, six secondary schools, two post-secondary institutions and a single special needs school as of 2022. City planners plan for public transport to eventually become the preferred mode of transport in the future. The government of Singapore ideally desires environmental towns, using public transport to reduce pollution caused by heavy road traffic. Choa Chu Kang
266-565: Is a major hub in Choa Chu Kang,. Its anchor tenants are NTUC FairPrice, Shaw Theatres, BHG, Cotton On and Choa Chu Kang Community Library. The other two shopping malls in Choa Chu Kang are Yew Tee Square and Yew Tee Point which was located in Yew Tee, owned by Frasers Centrepoint. The mall has undergone enhancement works to create a four-storey retail extension block measuring over 16,500 sq ft (1,530 m2). The works, which commenced in July 2007,
304-485: Is derived from its historical core at the former site of Chua Chu Kang Village located near the junction of Choa Chu Kang Road and Jalan Sungei Poyan , currently occupied by the grounds of the National Shooting Centre which comes under the purview of Singapore Shooting Association. The name began to be applied to the general area around the village when Choa Chu Kang Road, a main arterial road linking
342-516: Is often very high in morning and evening peak hours . Bus services were introduced over the years in Choa Chu Kang: In addition, 300 and 302 were the last bus routes to be converted to use double deckers after the articulated buses starts retiring in 2017. The Kranji Expressway (KJE) links Choa Chu Kang Town up with Singapore's expressway network. With the KJE, drivers can change onto
380-596: Is part of the Urban Redevelopment Authority's focus for realising this urban planning model and is still undergoing an expansion of its town. As Choa Chu Kang is relatively distant from the city centre at the Central Area , an efficient, high-volume and high-speed public transport system is also preferred to using road networks . Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT station and Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange are conveniently connected to each another in
418-570: The Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) which in turn, is connected to the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) which travels to the Central Area and the eastern parts of Singapore. As the town is surrounded by the towns of Bukit Panjang , Bukit Batok , Bukit Gombak and southern Woodlands , many roads (old and new) have been constructed to link Choa Chu Kang into other towns which eventually allows residents to other parts of
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#1732783830834456-582: The Central Area when using the station which changes at Jurong East. Bus services are available at the Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange which is connected to the Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT station and the town's central shopping mall Lot One Shoppers' Mall . It was opened in 1990 with 12 bus services under SBS Transit and at their own Choa Chu Kang Bus Package, all handed over to SMRT Buses in 1999. On 16 December 2018,
494-593: The Constitution of Singapore , general elections for Parliament must be conducted within three months of the dissolution of Parliament, which has a maximum term of five years from the first sitting of Parliament, and presidential elections are conducted every six years. The Parliament of Singapore is unicameral with 93 seats. Since the legislative assembly election in 1959 , the People's Action Party (PAP) has had an overwhelming majority, and for nearly two decades
532-581: The Elections Department , determines electoral boundaries without the need of parliamentary approval, was established as part of the executive branch under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), rather than as an independent body; analysists also criticize the process of electoral engineering, whereas poll results would determine whether if the constituency with a poor result would be redistricted to neighbouring constituencies, though that
570-553: The Group Representation Constituency (GRC), a plurality General ticket voting system for a team of between three and six candidates, to improve the ethnicity representation in Parliament and town council management ; certain analysis crititized the scheme as a form of gerrymandering to reduce opposition representation, most notably where teams in a GRC had been elected uncontested on consecutive elections. In each election leading up to nominations,
608-569: The Workers' Party including Secretary-general and opposition leader Pritam Singh , as well as the Chairwoman and first female MP-elect Sylvia Lim and first Malay MP-elect Faisal Manap . A general election was called on 23 June 2020, with Singaporeans electing their Members of Parliament (MPs) on 10 July 2020. Presidential elections have been held since 1993. Under the "Presidential Elections Act", to run for president, one must obtain
646-527: The 1960s and early 1970s. Many such as Lim Chin Siong , Said Zahari and Lim Hock Siew were accused by the government of being involved in subversive communist struggles. Other oppositions had also rendered ineligible due to conviction, including those who went bankrupt. Catherine Lim argues that a climate of fear hurts Singapore. In the eighties, opposition politicians began being elected in parliament with J. B. Jeyaretnam and Chiam See Tong , along with
684-681: The 1991 Concept Plan. Since implementing these boundaries, other government ministries and departments have increasingly adopted them for administrative purposes. For example, the Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 census data based on planning area boundaries for the first time, compared to using census divisions based on electoral boundaries for previous exercises. The Singapore Police Force 's (SPF) neighbourhood police centres have jurisdiction boundaries based on planning area boundaries when they were officially gazetted in 1999, as opposed to electoral divisions under
722-571: The ELD decline to reveal the reasons of redistriction except for population increase in planning areas and electorate balancing. In one notable scenario, both Cheng San and Eunos GRC were examples of constituencies dissolved by the Elections Department after opposition parties gained ground in elections, with voters redistributed to other constituencies; similarly, Bukit Batok and Yuhua were also absorbed into neighbouring GRCs due to
760-556: The North East line at Dhoby Ghaut station ) through the North–South Line (NSL) at Choa Chu Kang station (NS4) located at Choa Chu Kang Town Centre. It usually takes an hour for passengers to travel from Choa Chu Kang to the Central Area which changes at Jurong East. The intra-town Bukit Panjang LRT is a 7.8 km light rail line that serves to link residents to the town centre and the nearby town of Bukit Panjang , hence
798-558: The case), resulting in that year's election to cause a walkover as well. To date, 10 candidates had awarded the Certificate of Eligibility (with two being eligible twice), of which five candidates were president-elect (only one candidate, S. R. Nathan , had served for two terms and had no prior affiliation with the incumbent ruling People's Action Party ) A referendum may also be held for important national issues, although it has been held only once in Singapore's political history for
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#1732783830834836-437: The country by either bus, train, car or any other reliable means of transportation. The following roads connect the central town of Choa Chu Kang to the nearby towns of Bukit Batok and Bukit Panjang : The following roads connect the central town of Choa Chu Kang to its northern counterpart neighbourhood, Yew Tee: There are two main shopping centres in Choa Chu Kang. Lot One is the main shopping mall by CapitaLand and it
874-490: The country during some editions of the Parliamentary elections . Likewise, the residents' committees in Choa Chu Kang were expanded in 1988 and 1991, and part of Chua Chu Kang sector had given way to Yew Tee division, followed by Keat Hong division in 2001. The growing demand of Keat Hong Neighbourhood 8 also requested for redrawing of boundaries whereby Limbang ward took over the parts of Yew Tee and Choa Chu Kang, giving
912-554: The creation of two schemes in the eighties: the Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) scheme awarding to the candidates with the best result among non-elected oppositions in the eighties, and a group of nonpartisans collectively known as Nominated Member of Parliament . Further amendments resulted in a minimum quota of number of oppositions to determine the number of NCMPs, from three members to nine in 2010s, then to 12 in 2020s. The 1988 elections introduced
950-489: The inhabitants belonged to the Teochew dialect group. The early Teochew settlers were mainly farmers growing gambier and pepper. The Hokkiens, who moved in later, established pineapple, rubber and coconut plantations as well as vegetable farms and poultry farms. In the early days, tigers used to roam in the area. The last tiger of Singapore was shot here in the 1930s. Kampong Belimbing, Chua Chu Kang Village and Kampong Berih
988-526: The interchange was relocated to a new facility at the junction of Choa Chu Kang Way and Choa Chu Kang Loop, with the old interchange being demolished due to the construction of the Jurong Region Line . All services were amended to the new interchange on that day. The bus interchange currently has 15 services; 14 are public bus services (mostly operated by SMRT Buses , the other a special free shuttle to Qian Hu Fish Farm. Typically passenger traffic
1026-480: The line's name. It is a fully driverless system. Yew Tee station (NS5), the other station along NSL in Choa Chu Kang New Town, serves the housing developments in Yew Tee, the industrial estate of Sungei Kadut , and the northern part of Choa Chu Kang New Town . The station started operations on 10 February 1996. Like Choa Chu Kang, it usually takes an hour for passengers to travel from Yew Tee to
1064-491: The main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority . There are 55 of these areas, organised into five regions . A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing detailed planning guidelines for every plot of land throughout the country. The planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of
1102-401: The north by Brickland Road, was developed by 2015. When Choa Chu Kang Town was built by expanding Teck Whye Estate near the other end of Choa Chu Kang Road at its junction with Upper Bukit Timah Road and Woodlands Road to the north, the place name began to be applied to a much larger area, especially when political divisions like the Choa Chu Kang ward applied to the entire northwest sector of
1140-510: The original name Chua Chu Kang is retained in the cemetery area. The new town era had been evolved since 1985 where Teck Whye was developed (the first HDB blocks since 1977), and it was extended to four neighbourhoods by 1992 with the truncation of Choa Chu Kang Road . Yew Tee was developed by 1997 as the three northern neighbourhoods of Choa Chu Kang, north of the Kranji Expressway . Choa Chu Kang's eighth neighbourhood, bound to
1178-455: The previous neighbourhood Police Post system. Planning areas are further subdivided into 332 subzones for statistical purposes. * = Place names attested to be of Malay origin and referred to similarly in the Malay language. Elections in Singapore [REDACTED] There are currently two types of elections in Singapore . Parliamentary and presidential elections. According to
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1216-646: The southeast, Bukit Panjang to the east and the Western Water Catchment to the west. Choa Chu Kang New Town is separated into two portions by the Kranji Expressway . Originally a kampung , the area has been rapidly developed under the ambition of the Housing and Development Board , to transform it into a modern township. The town comprises seven subzones, five of which are the most densely populated: Choa Chu Kang Central, Choa Chu Kang North, Yew Tee , Teck Whye, and Keat Hong. Choa Chu Kang's name
1254-725: The town centre to allow seamless travel for the residents of Choa Chu Kang New Town across the different available modes of public transport. Choa Chu Kang New Town is linked to the Central Area and to the other lines on the MRT/LRT system (to the east–west line at Jurong East station , to the Thomson-East Coast line at Woodlands station , to the Circle line at Bishan station , to the Downtown line at Newton station and
1292-460: The village to Upper Bukit Timah Road towards the east was built. The name "Choa Chu Kang" is derived from the Teochew word "kang chu". In the nineteenth century, Chinese immigrants planted gambier and pepper along the river banks of Choa Chu Kang, although many migrated to Johor to the north at the encouragement of the Temenggong of Johor. The plantation owners were known as Kangchu -
1330-440: The word "kang" refers to the riverbank and "chu" means "owner" or "master", referring to the headman in charge of the plantations in the area. "Choa" is the clan name of the first headman. Choa Chu Kang was a diverse area with old kampong housing and rubber plantations. Residents had to depend on boats or bullock carts for transportation. Among the few villages which sprang up were Kampong Belimbing and Chua Chu Kang Village. Most of
1368-423: Was completed by end-2008. For Junction 10, it is a shopping mall by Far East Organisation , which is located at Ten Mile Junction . There is Giant Hypermarket nearby as an anchor tenant. The other shopping malls are neighbourhood malls. They are Choa Chu Kang Centre, Keat Hong Shopping Centre, Limbang Shopping Centre, Sunshine Place and Teck Whye Shopping Centre. They are smaller scale. The estate also contains
1406-422: Was demolished in phases from 1993 to 1998. It was replaced by National Shooting Centre and military plot (Cemetery North) and (Jalan Bahar). The Cemetery North is gazetted as an army restricted and live-firing area from 19 September 2003. The Jalan Bahar is gazetted as an army restricted and live-firing area from 16 March 2001. The name Choa Chu Kang is used for Choa Chu Kang Road and its nearby facilities. However,
1444-464: Was the only political party to win any seats, and has always formed the Government of Singapore . From Singapore's independence in 1965, to 1981, the People's Action Party (PAP) won every single seat in every election held, forming a parliament with no elected opposition MP for almost two decades. In Singapore, opposition politicians and trade unionists were detained in prison without trial before
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