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17-566: Choa Chu Kang Road was originally a continuous road from Upper Bukit Timah Road to Jalan Sungei Poyan. However, as can be seen from historical maps of Singapore , development of the Choa Chu Kang town resulted in Choa Chu Kang Road being dissected into two sections some time between 1975 and 1984. Parts of the original Choa Chu Kang Road within Choa Chu Kang town are now occupied by the present day roads Choa Chu Kang Terrace and

34-604: A canal in a northwest direction up to its junction with Clementi Road where it continues northwards as Upper Bukit Timah Road ( Chinese : 武吉知马路上段 ) until the junction with Bukit Panjang Road and Choa Chu Kang Road near the Ten Mile Junction shopping mall then continues with Woodlands Road. The road passes through the Bukit Timah Planning Area . Buildings named after the road are Bukit Timah Plaza and Bukit Timah Shopping Centre. This road

51-591: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Upper Bukit Timah Road Bukit Timah Road ( Chinese : 武吉知马路 ; Malay : Jalan Bukit Timah ; Tamil : புக்கித் திமா சாலை ) is a major road in Singapore extending from the city centre to Woodlands Road on the way to Johor Bahru in Malaysia . The road has a length of 25 km (15.5 miles), which makes it one of the longest roads in Singapore, and

68-515: Is a multi-use building complex comprising a wet market , food centre and shops, located in the northern corner of Bukit Timah Road and Serangoon Road, in Little India, Singapore next to Little India MRT station . The case of Tekka Centre is often used to illustrate the complexities of Chinese language romanisation in Singapore . The market was originally known as "Kandang Kerbau" (or just "K. K."), Malay for " buffalo pens", referring to

85-672: Is also affected with the North-South Expressway construction nearby. "Bukit Timah" in Malay means " tin bearing hill ". The British surrendered to the Japanese at the Old Ford Motor Factory at Upper Bukit Timah Road. A canal was built in later years between Dunearn Road and Bukit Timah Road to solve the flooding problem in the area. In the 1990s, a tunnel and a flyover was constructed namely

102-474: Is situated there. The second and much longer section starts from Sungei Tengah Road all the way to the SAFTI Live Firing Area and SAFTI City Urban Training Facility at Jalan Sungei Poyan , in the vicinity of National Shooting Centre. It is named Old Choa Chu Kang Road ( Chinese : 旧蔡厝港路 ). On 1994, with the partial closure of Choa Chu Kang Road, it was amended via Sungei Tengah Road for

119-545: The slaughterhouses operating in the area until the 1920s, and the name still lives on in the nearby Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital , Kandang Kerbau Police Station and the Kandang Kerbau Post Office. In Hokkien , the market was known as Tek Kia Kha , literally meaning "foot of the small bamboos ", as bamboo plants once grew on the banks of the Rochor Canal . This was adapted into

136-1022: The Bukit Timah Underpass and the Wayang Satu Flyover in order to improve traffic flow. The Newton Flyover was built in the 1970s which goes over the junction of Newton Circus becoming the first ever Semi-Expressway standalone road, that features both the underpass and flyover without changing any direction. Along the road, major landmarks include Tan Kah Kee MRT station , Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) , Balmoral Plaza, Coronation Plaza, Hwa Chong Institution , Sixth Avenue MRT station , Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital , Kampong Java Park, King Albert Park, Little India MRT station , Hwa Chong International School , Methodist Girls' School , National Junior College , Nanyang Girls' High School , Newton Food Centre , Newton , Singapore Botanic Gardens , Singapore Institute of Management , Tekka Centre , Ngee Ann Polytechnic at

153-542: The complex was officially renamed Tekka Centre in 2000 as it better reflected the history of the place. The market was closed for a significant renovation in 2008, reopening in 2009. Little India's first air-conditioned mall, Tekka Mall , was built on the original site of the market in 2003. Tekka Centre remained a landmark in Little India , where different ethnic communities congregate. There are Chinese stallholders who speak Tamil , and vice versa. Shops sell traditional Indian costumes and inexpensive casual clothes. Some of

170-469: The construction of Kranji Expressway . Old Choa Chu Kang Road leads to a number of military facilities, including Tengah Air Base , Army Logistics Base, Keat Hong Camp, Choa Chu Kang Camp , Poyan 300m Rifle Range, SAFTI City Urban Training Facility and if counting also Lim Chu Kang Road , also Lim Chu Kang Camp, Murai Camp and Sungei Gedong Camp. Home Team Academy is also located along Old Choa Chu Kang Road. The eastern end of Old Choa Chu Kang Road (near

187-499: The end of Old Choa Chu Kang Road. Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, along the Comfort Garden private estate, the now-demolished Keat Hong Camp I & II (and it was redeveloped into Choa Chu Kang Neighbourhood 8) as well as the nearby seafood restaurant, was part of the section of Choa Chu Kang Road. The remains of Choa Chu Kang Road were also absorbed into Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1 and Avenue 3 respectively. This Singapore road article

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204-493: The interchange with Kranji Expressway) leads to the Sungei Tengah Argotechnology Park , one of the few farming areas in Singapore. It also leads to the cemetery - called Choa Chu Kang Cemetery . Old Choa Chu Kang Road has several bus services - services 172 and 975 between KJE and Lim Chu Kang Road, and service 405 between Lim Chu Kang Road and Jalan Sungei Poyan, where the bus makes a U-turn at

221-609: The junction of Clementi Road and Upper Bukit Timah Road. At Upper Bukit Timah Road, landmarks include Bukit Timah Plaza, Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre, Beauty World, Cheong Chin Nam Road, Hoover Park, The Rail Mall , Former Bukit Timah Fire Station , Saint Joseph's Church, Bukit Timah , and the Old Ford Motor Factory . Businesses and organisations located along Bukit Timah Road include: 1°19′22″N 103°48′46″E  /  1.3228°N 103.8129°E  / 1.3228; 103.8129 Tekka Centre Tekka Centre

238-583: The more notable shops include those selling Taoist and Buddhist paraphernalia, hardware shops, and tailors who can alter clothes in minutes. On the ground floor is a hawker centre with stalls which sell Indian vegetarian meals, served on banana leaves or on stainless steel platters, besides Chinese vegetarian, North Indian and Malay food. At the wet market which was on the same level, stalls sell fresh seafood, especially crabs from Sri Lanka, and vegetables. There are also many Chinese stalls selling vegetables that are specially flown in from India. The centre

255-581: The part of Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1 south of Choa Chu Kang Way. Choa Chu Kang Road is divided into two roads - the one to the east is called Choa Chu Kang Road, and the one to the west is called Old Choa Chu Kang Road. The first section is a short stretch from the junctions of Woodlands Road and Upper Bukit Timah Road and ends at the junction of Choa Chu Kang Way and Bukit Batok Road, providing an access to Choa Chu Kang town from Upper Bukit Timah Road. It connects various LRT stations - such as Phoenix LRT station and Teck Whye LRT station , and ITE College West

272-466: The popular name Tekka Pasar ( 笛卡巴刹 ), where pasar is Malay for "market". The original market was built in 1915, and was located across the street between Hastings Road and Sungei Road . site, the new multi-use complex was named Zhujiao Centre ( Chinese : 竹脚中心 ), the pinyin version of Tek Kha . However, to locals, especially non-Chinese, the new word Zhujiao was both hard to read and pronounce and bore no resemblance to Tekka. Eventually,

289-525: The road takes its name from the hill. En route, it passes through the areas of Little India , Newton Road , Farrer Road, Singapore Botanic Gardens , Bukit Timah and Bukit Panjang . Bukit Timah Road splits into two roads at Newton Circus, the west-bound Bukit Timah Road and east-bound Dunearn Road , both of which straddle a canal along their entire lengths. Bukit Timah Road begins at the junction with Rochor Canal Road, Serangoon Road and Selegie Road just south of Tekka Centre as Bukit Timah Road, follows

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