52-579: Kebun Baru SMC Yio Chu Kang SMC Ang Mo Kio is a planning area and residential town situated in the North-East region of Singapore . Located approximately 11 km (6.8 miles) north of the Downtown Core district, Ang Mo Kio is the 3rd most populated planning area in the North-East region and ranks 8th in terms of population in the country overall. The planning area is located at
104-407: A ClubFitt gym. The sport hall seats 800 people and it can be use for badminton, basketball or other indoor sports. In 2020, Yishun Sports Hall will be undergoing upgrading works. It will have two covered tennis and multi-sport courts, new cafeteria, air-conditioned table tennis area, a bigger dance studio and bigger gym. Opened in 1988, it has a competition pool (with 430 seating), a children pool and
156-559: A hierarchy of road sizes by design: the major roads are referred to as "Avenues", and the local-access roads referred to as "Streets". Ang Mo Kio Avenue 12 is an exception as it is a small road in an industrial estate in Ang Mo Kio. The town's avenues are arranged in a grid-like pattern, with the streets filtering traffic from the avenues to the individual blocks. The town itself is served by the Central Expressway , providing
208-523: A newer concrete bridge on Cheng San Road over a tributary of the Kallang River . Since concrete in Hokkien is 红毛灰 ang mo huay "Western ash", the bridge and consequently the area around it became known as 红毛桥 ang mo kio , short for "concrete bridge". Alternatively, the name could refer to a bridge reputedly constructed under the supervision of British engineer John Turnbull Thomson at what
260-419: A rapid link from the town to the rest of the island via the expressway network. In the town's road numbering system, avenues running from east to west are assigned odd numbers, with numbers increasing from south to north, while north–south avenues are assigned even numbers, increasing from west to east. Street numbers consist of two digits, with the first digit corresponding to the neighbourhood it belongs to and
312-413: A total area of about 1,336 ha (3,300 acres). Yishun bounds Ang Mo Kio to the north, Sengkang to the northeast, Serangoon to the east, Bishan to the south and Central Water Catchment to the west. The main component of the planning area is Ang Mo Kio New Town. The town itself has seven neighbourhoods, with Neighbourhood 1 to the west, cycling in an anti-clockwise direction to Neighbourhood 6 to
364-744: A training pool. Together with Yishun Sports Hall, it will be undergoing upgrading works in 2020. The Nee Soon Sports Centre, managed by FutsalArena, operates from 9am to 1am daily. The new integrated development at Chong Pang City will feature three swimming pools, a gym and fitness studios, which is expected to be completed in 2027. The Yishun Industrial Park is a small industrial park situated between Avenues 6 and 7 which comprises some well known companies such as Murata , Philips Lumileds , Agilent , Avago Technologies , ATS, ASM-Frontend, STATS, Inc. and many other smaller companies. Commercial buildings like A’Posh Bizhub, Win5, Northpoint Bizhub, North Spring Bizhub, YS- One and North View Bizhub can be found at
416-466: Is a member of Ang Mo Kio Town Council and the constituency of the same name. Another constituency had assumed control over part of Ang Mo Kio which was Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency for the Kebun Baru division. In light of the 2020 general election , the Kebun Baru division of Nee Soon GRC will become an SMC of its own and following the election victory, the constituency is now under
468-714: Is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South line in Yishun, Singapore. The station used to be the terminus of the line between 1988 and 1996 until the North South line Woodlands Extension was completed and opened on 10 February 1996. But currently, certain train services would terminate at this station for the short trip between Yishun and Marina South Pier , which only operates during morning peak hours and early evening hours for weekdays, and late evening hours on all days. Located south of Yishun MRT station on
520-678: Is directly connected to the Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange, and host a varieties of commercial including the Cathay Cineplex AMK Hub. Ang Mo Kio New Town has a total of seven primary schools, seven secondary schools, three tertiary institutions and two special needs schools as of 2024. The list is as follows: Several preschools can be found in Ang Mo Kio including the Al-Muttaqin Mosque Kindergarten, childcare centres operated by
572-504: Is today the intersection of Upper Thomson Road and Ang Mo Kio Ave 1. The area of Ang Mo Kio has also been historically referred to as Kou Teu Kio, meaning "nine bridges". In the 1970s, the area's Chinese name was changed to 宏茂桥 , meaning "Bridge of Expansiveness and Prosperity". Ang Mo Kio Planning Area, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority , sits within the North-East region of Singapore, and has
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#1732783536128624-557: The COVID-19 pandemic . The line runs parallel to the North South line towards Woodlands and the city centre as well as offering direct connections to the eastern parts of Singapore. In addition, the future Teck Ghee station on the Cross Island MRT line will serve the town alongside the existing stations on the North South line and Thomson–East Coast line. The station will be located underneath Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, between
676-526: The Jurong Town Corporation , the first of a new kind of industrial park built beside housing estates. The construction of a polyclinic to serve the new town also commenced in the same year. In 1981, a 1.6 ha (4.0 acres) facility for swimming along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 was completed at a cost of $ 4.7 million, and in July 1981, the polyclinic in Ang Mo Kio commenced operations. The design of
728-780: The National Trades Union Congress named My First Skool and also kindergartens managed under the PAP Community Foundation . Two special schools may also be found, Chaoyang School (APSN) which caters for children with mild intellectual disability aged 7–12 years old, and Pathlight School with two campuses in Ang Mo Kio with a focus on autism. The jurisdiction of the area has been largely handled by Ang Mo Kio Town Council which oversees Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency since 1991, and also Kebun Baru and Yio Chu Kang SMCs since 2020. The former Prime Minister of Singapore , Lee Hsien Loong ,
780-681: 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
832-671: The 1993 SEA Games in Singapore. In 1996, it was the home ground for the Sembawang Rangers FC in the S-league. Eventually the team was dropped from the league in 2003. Later on, it hosted the Young Lions in 2005 season, Sporting Afrique FC in 2006 season and currently it is the home for Korean Super Reds FC for the 2007 season. Other than the main stadia with the soccer field and 8-lanes running track, it also houses
884-531: The North South line, it was formerly named Nee Soon South MRT station, it was renamed to Khatib in January 1987 after Sungei Khatib, a river nearby, and a military base nearby, along with Yishun MRT station which was initially named Nee Soon. Springleaf MRT station is on the Thomson–East Coast MRT line and is located next to the row of 2-storey shophouses along Upper Thomson Road. This station serves
936-688: The Yishun Industrial Park. It can be reached by Bus service 811 from the Yishun Bus Interchange . There are 10 primary schools, 9 secondary schools, a junior college and an international school. Yishun was a large, single-member constituency starting in Seletar but later hived into Sembawang and along with a dedicated namesake Nee Soon SMC on later years. When the GRC scheme was introduced in 1988 , its population size
988-516: The Yishun area also include current Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam (which oversees the subregion of Chong Pang ), current Education Minister Ong Ye Kung and Derrick Goh (oversees the North Eastern Yishun now known as Nee Soon Link), and Carrie Tan (oversees the southern subregion of Khatib and Lower Seletar Reservoir ). Outside of politics, a member of parliament and the 8th President of Singapore , Halimah Yacob ,
1040-516: The area only around the start of the 20th century, as a result of the rubber boom. In the old maps of Singapore, much of the area was labelled as the Ang Mo Kio Forest Reserve with many plantation estates. In 1934, The Straits Times stated that the mukim of Ang Mo Kio referred to the area between Thomson Road and Yio Chu Kang Road, and consisted of rubber plantations. In August 1938, a then-unnamed village along Thomson Road
1092-578: The construction of the Integrated Transport Hub where it was being built at the old site of the Yishun Bus Interchange. On 8 September 2019, the newly constructed air-conditioned Yishun Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) officially opened its doors facilitating the integration of Yishun Bus Interchange, Northpoint City, North Park Residences, Nee Soon Central Community Club and Yishun MRT station. Yishun MRT station (NS13)
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#17327835361281144-428: The estate have been rebuilt as part of the long process of renewal. As a result, segments of higher blocks clustered together can be seen interleaved with the older blocks. With Ang Mo Kio becoming a matured estate, several plots of residential land have been cleared up and sold to private developers for redevelopment. Many private residential projects are being constructed on these sites. The town's road system utilize
1196-568: The general public may also be found in the Ang Mo Kio area, with a major community hospital, Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital , that offers rehabilitative care. The parks in the area include Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East , a 5 ha (12 acres) park adjacent to Ang Mo Kio MRT station, along with the 22 ha (54 acres) Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West adjacent to Ang Mo Kio Avenues 5 and 6. Several shopping malls are also found in Ang Mo Kio Central: Among these malls, AMK Hub
1248-452: The given name of Lim Nee Soon ( Chinese : 林義順 ), a prominent industrialist who made his fortune from the rubber and pineapple plantations he had in the area. Yishun planning area is divided into sub-zones namely Khatib, Lower Seletar, Nee Soon, North Land, Springleaf, Yishun Central, Yishun East, Yishun South and Yishun West. Springleaf and Nee Soon subzones are private housing estates in Yishun. Initially named Northern General Hospital,
1300-638: The junctions of Ang Mo Kio Street 31 and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and will open in 2030 instead of 2029 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange is directly linked to the Ang Mo Kio MRT station via an underground pedestrian walkway, and provides feeder bus services from the MRT stations to each neighbourhood. Yio Chu Kang MRT station is also served by bus services via the Yio Chu Kang Bus Interchange sited beside
1352-618: The jurisdiction of Ang Mo Kio Town Council. Previously, the Cheng San Group Representation Constituency from 1988 to 2001 have handled parts of Ang Mo Kio such as Cheng San, Chong Boon and Jalan Kayu. Chong Boon was transferred to Ang Mo Kio GRC in 1997. Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency have handled parts of Ang Mo Kio from 2006 to 2011, and later return into a SMC ahead of the 2020 elections. Planning Areas of Singapore Planning areas , also known as DGP areas or DGP zones , are
1404-408: 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
1456-465: The name comes from red-haired tropical fruit rambutan , known as 红毛丹 ang moh dan in Hokkien . However, ang moh can also be used figuratively to mean "Western" or " Caucasian person ". Kio in turn could be written either 桥 "bridge", in which case the name would mean "Caucasian's bridge", or 茄 " eggplant ", in which case 红毛茄 "Western eggplant" refers to the tomato , which is not native to
1508-623: The nearby housing estates of Springleaf, Springside, Thong Soon Green, Meng Suan and the nearby Nee Soon army camp. The tracks between this station and Woodlands South are the longest on the Line. 3 major parks: Small Parks: Yishun Park Connector: Located at the Southern end of the town, the Yishun Stadium was opened on 2 January 1992. In 1993, it played host to the Karate event during
1560-480: The neighbouring Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), other acute hospitals and nursing homes. Currently, the Yishun estate is well served by the Yishun Polyclinic as well as many private medical clinics and dental clinics situated at void decks. In December 2001, the Singapore embassies attack plot was discovered, and had included plans to bomb Yishun MRT station at several points, including the sewers near
1612-533: The new general hospital was named Khoo Teck Puat Hospital after receiving a S$ 125 million donation from the late Mr Khoo's family. Spanning over 3.5 hectares in the Yishun Central Area, the 795-bed general and acute care hospital is managed by Alexandra Health System. Opened in June 2010, KTPH offers a comprehensive range of medical services and specialist care to the community in the north. It overlooks
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1664-556: The new town along with the adjacent Mayflower and Serangoon Gardens estates. In April 1978, the Housing and Development Board introduced a new numbering system for blocks and streets, in which the numbers of the blocks and streets correspond to the neighbourhood that they are located in, in Ang Mo Kio, and subsequently for new towns developed thereafter. Construction work on a $ 13.3 million industrial area along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 commenced in June 1979. This industrial area was, according to
1716-410: The north, and ending with Neighbourhood 7 for the town centre. The town centre is located in the heart of Ang Mo Kio and is sandwiched by two town gardens set on natural hillocks. Ang Mo Kio Planning Area is officially divided into 12 subzones for urban planning and statistical purposes. The present-day Ang Mo Kio area remained largely uninhabited throughout the 19th century. Settlers were attracted to
1768-621: The northeastern corner of the North Region of Singapore , bordering Simpang and Sembawang to the north, Mandai to the west, the Central Water Catchment to its southwest, Ang Mo Kio to its south, as well as Seletar and Sengkang to its east and southeast respectively. The name Yishun ( traditional Chinese : 義順 ; simplified Chinese : 义顺 ) is the Mandarin Chinese equivalent of "Nee Soon",
1820-475: 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. Yishun North West CDC Nee Soon GRC Unofficial Yishun ( / ˈ iː ʃ uː n / EE -shoon ), formerly known as Nee Soon , is a residential town located in
1872-546: The region. There are no reports of tomatoes being grown in Ang Mo Kio, so the bridge theory is more likely; nevertheless, there are several commemorative tomato sculptures around Ang Mo Kio. Even assuming kio refers to a bridge, the identity of the bridge remains unclear. One theory states that Ang Mo Kio had two bridges of significance: an old wooden bridge ( pang kio in Hokkien) over the Sungei Tongkang river, and
1924-533: The scenic Yishun Pond. Yishun Polyclinic was located at 30 Yishun Central beside Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and is managed by National Healthcare Group Polyclinic (NHGP). It moved to a new location opposite Nee Soon East Community Club in 2018. The new Yishun Community Hospital (YCH) with about 428 beds provides sub-acute, rehabilitative, dementia and palliative care for patients. Opened on December 28, 2015, YCH receives post-surgical, post-stroke patients and patients who are recovering from medical illnesses/trauma from
1976-415: The second running in numerical sequence. Ang Mo Kio Town was the first town to introduce this road numbering system, and it has since been replicated in other towns such as Hougang , Jurong West and Woodlands . The newer towns such as Sengkang and Punggol no longer follow this system. The town is well served by a multi-modal public transport system. Four Mass Rapid Transit stations currently serve
2028-486: The second-level of administration in Singapore. Ang Mo Kio today, much like its neighbouring towns, is largely urbanized. However, parks are still prevalent in the town as part of the country's green initiative. Parks include Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East and Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West . Although not technically located within Ang Mo Kio itself, the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in the adjacent town of Bishan
2080-493: The south-western corner of the North-East region, bordered by the planning areas of Yishun to the north, Sengkang to the north-east, Serangoon to the east, Bishan to the south and the Central Water Catchment to the west. Prior to urbanization, the area, much like other rural districts in Singapore at the time, was largely undeveloped, being mainly used for agricultural purposes, with uninhabited plots of land usually covered in dense secondary forest or swamps . Ang Mo Kio
2132-489: The station. Both bus interchanges offer trunk bus services to connect the town with the rest of the island, including a rapid connection to the city centre in the Central Area , as well as other financial and commercial districts in the central region of Singapore , including Shenton Way , Orchard Road , Marina Centre and Marine Parade . Administrative, legal, medical, religious, and social services catering towards
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2184-483: The station. This was brought up in a debate during a session of the parliament, during which new security measures were proposed, especially on the MRT system itself. The old Yishun Bus Interchange was built in 1987 and was closed on 14 March 2015 serving 28 years of service to Singapore residents so as to make way for Northpoint City. The Yishun Temporary Bus Interchange was later opened at a land parcel adjacent to Golden Village Yishun. This interchange operated throughout
2236-662: The town won the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) Outstanding Buildings Award in 1983. The swimming complex at Avenue 1 also won the 1986 SIA Architectural Award for its unique "tetrahedral skylight" design. The large commercialization of the Ang Mo Kio throughout the mid-1970s and 1980s also saw the rise of neighbourhood startup businesses that remain prominent throughout Ang Mo Kio Town Centre today. One in particular eventually became one of Singapore's largest supermarket chains, Sheng Siong . A 6 ha (15 acres) area of land adjacent to Ang Mo Kio Avenues 3 and 8
2288-597: The town, which are on the North–South Line and Thomson–East Coast Line . They are: Lentor MRT station is located along Lentor Drive, near the junction between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 and Yio Chu Kang Road within the Tagore subzone. Mayflower MRT station is located along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, within the Kebun Baru subzone. The two stations were scheduled to be opened in 2020, but instead opened on 28 August 2021 due to
2340-602: Was converted into a park and opened as Ang Mo Kio's first town garden in 1981. Plans for a 22 ha (54 acres) park along Ang Mo Kio Avenues 5 and 6 were confirmed by the HDB in August 1981, with construction of the park, by then named Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West , commencing in March 1983. Following the norm in the 1970s, most of the flats are organised in 12-storey long blocks or 25-storey point blocks. In recent years, certain parts of
2392-459: Was designed to serve residents of both towns. The park itself straddles along the Ang Mo Kio–Bishan boundary, making it easily accessible from Ang Mo Kio. The origin of the name is contested. Old survey maps relate the area as "Amokiah" or the "Mukim (region) of Ang Mo Kio". The name was formerly written with the characters 红毛 ang moh , literally " red hair ", and one possibility is that
2444-558: Was enough to form into Ang Mo Kio and Sembawang GRC , as well as two smaller SMCs. By 2011 , Nee Soon had its dedicated GRC spanning most of Yishun. The entire Yishun was helmed by the current ruling party, People's Action Party (PAP) on its lifetime except on years between 1963 and 1968 where it was helmed by Barisan Sosialis , a party formed from a fraction of former PAP members, and from 1991 to 1997 with ex- Singapore Democratic Party member (now National Solidarity Party ) Cheo Chai Chen . Notable members of parliament that oversees
2496-456: Was intended to facilitate gracious living, with flats with larger floor areas and buildings constructed further apart from one another. In addition, the town was slated to have industrial areas, shopping amenities, schools, and a 110 acres (45 ha) garden. Ang Mo Kio was also planned as the focal point of Singapore's motor repair industry, housing the Registrar of Vehicles' headquarters, and
2548-577: Was named Ang Mo Kio Village by the Singapore Rural Board. Initially, Ang Mo Kio was designated as an industrial area housing motor workshops which had to be relocated due to the Urban Renewal Programme, but the plans were then modified to include areas for homes and communal amenities. Plans for the new town were announced by the then- Minister for Law and National Development E.W. Barker in August 1973. The new town
2600-530: Was planned to have a total of 45,000 flats, and be demarcated by Upper Thomson and Yio Chu Kang Roads, located adjacent to the Serangoon Gardens estate. To make way for the new town, 200 acres (81 ha) of land at Teck Ghee village was cleared, with the residents affected rehoused at the Sin Ming road estate . The HDB referred to the new town as a "new generation" town, and stated that its design
2652-568: Was subsequently redeveloped by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) in 1973 as their seventh satellite town and the first to be built in metric dimensions , being fully completed by 1980. The first three town councils in the country were established in Ang Mo Kio in 1986, as part of a pilot project to better serve residents of HDB new towns. The concept eventually became adopted under the Town Council Act of 1988 which today, remains as
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#17327835361282704-442: Was the first town designed in metric dimensions. The first flats in the new town were completed in 1975, and construction work on the initial section of the 28 ha (69 acres) town centre, and on the new town's area office, was underway by September 1976. The town centre was planned to comprise a pedestrian mall, which encompassed most of the town centre, a hawker centre, an open area and a bus terminal, and to cater to residents of
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