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22-756: The headquarters is located in Revenue House along Newton Road, Novena . The Customs of Singapore is assisting on behalf of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) to administer the GST endorsement for the Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) at Changi Airport Terminals 1-4. The Customs Department was founded when Singapore was the British Empire's Straits Settlements and later Crown Colony . Established in 1910 under

44-629: A government agency transferred to the Ministry of Finance of Singapore - providing essential services for revenue collection and enforcement, trade documentation, trade facilitation, and security functions as Singapore’s single authority on customs and trade regulatory matters. On 15 November 2019, the new Customs Operations Command building was officially opened at Bulim Drive off Jalan Bahar in Jurong West . This will allow for intelligence, investigation and compliance-related functions to come under

66-572: A total of three primary schools, three secondary schools, three private schools and two schools offering tertiary education as of 2024. The list is as follows: Novena is accessible by MRT , with buses serving the city, nearest neighbouring estates and is close proximity to the expressway. The area has no bus interchange, the nearest being in Toa Payoh . However, Saint Michael's Bus Terminal can be found along Balestier. Novena Church The Church of Saint Alphonsus , or Novena Church as it

88-583: Is a planning area located within the Central Region of Singapore. Novena is bounded by Toa Payoh to the north, Bukit Timah to the west, Tanglin to the south and Kallang to the east. While Novena is not classified as a "new town" by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), the estate of Whampoa within the subzone of Balestier constitutes part of the Kallang /Whampoa New Town. The vicinity

110-673: Is a sports and lifestyle mall with a new building extension. It lies directly above Novena MRT station . It was opened in December 2000, and owned by Novena Square Investments. There are 160 stores and spans 3 floors. Square 2 is located at the Novena MRT station . It was opened on 10 December 2007, and it is developed and owned by Far East Organization . It has over 180 specialty stores, selling food and beverage, fashion and accessories, education and enrichment, as well as beauty & wellness services, spanning five floors. Novena has

132-699: Is centred around Tan Tock Seng Hospital , and supported by step-down facilities such as the Integrated Care Hub, Ren Ci Hospital and Dover Park Hospice as well tertiary national medical centres including the National Centre for Infectious Diseases , National Neuroscience Institute and National Skin Centre . The Clinical Sciences Building of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and various leisure and public spaces complete

154-762: Is more popularly known, is a Catholic church in Singapore located at 300 Thomson Road . It is not a parish church and is under the care of the Redemptorists . The name Novena Church refers to the novena prayer devotion, for which this church is famous. At the Church of Saint Alphonsus the Saturday novena services usually attract more people than the Sunday Mass services (Catholics generally go to their own parishes to attend Sunday Mass). Having popularised

176-610: Is named after the Novena prayer devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help , originally established by the Redemptorist Order that settled and propagated within the area. In later years, the Tan Tock Seng Hospital was set in 1844, one of the oldest and busiest hospitals in Singapore. Novena and its associated roads, buildings and Mass Rapid Transit station are named after Novena Church (canonically

198-427: Is subject to tax and excise duty. The department has gone through many transitions, mergers, and re-organizations in the last century under the government of Singapore. The department's responsibilities in securing Singapore's future are affected by worldwide globalization, market forces and changes in laws, tariffs, trading and traveling trends. On 1 April 2003, the department was re-constituted as Singapore Customs -

220-582: The Novena MRT station . Novena Medical Centre is located at levels 8 to 11 of the Square 2 shopping centre. Adjacent to Novena Square's Office Tower is a sports-themed mall called Novena Velocity. Opposite Novena Square, and across the Junction of Newton Road, Moulmein Road and Thomson Road, is United Square Shopping Mall , a children-oriented mall, with shops catering to infants, kids and parents. Shops located in

242-432: The Redemptorists in 1949 in a small chapel and initially saw only a handful of people attending the sessions. However, news of the devotion and reports of many answered petitions soon led to the rapid rise in the number of devotees attending. News of the devotion were mostly spread by word of mouth, but there were the few car stickers distributed by the Church with the caption "Have You Been To The Novena?". The increase in

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264-637: The Church of Saint Alphonsus Liguori) located in the area. Balestier Road was named after Joseph Balestier , an American diplomat who served in Singapore in the 1800s. Land in Novena is very expensive because of its close proximity to the Central Area . There are few HDB flats in Novena; most houses in the area are condominiums or private housing. Novena is home to the largest concentration of hospitals and medical centres in Singapore. An integrated academic medical complex termed HealthCity Novena ,

286-655: The Information Technology Directorate. Each branch in a division is typically headed by a Chief Superintendent of Customs or a non-uniform equivalent. The Internal Audit Branch reports directly to the Director-General of Customs. The rank structure of Singapore Customs is as such, in order of ascending seniority: Novena, Singapore North West CDC Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Jalan Besar GRC Tanjong Pagar GRC Novena ( locally / n oʊ ˈ v iː n ɑː / )

308-582: The Novena area include Starbucks (one in United Square and another in Novena Square), Cold Storage , Decathlon and the newly opened Don Don Donki at Square 2 , a Japanese Discount Store. Banks located in the Novena area include POSB and UOB . Novena has seen major improvements in terms of new shops opening in the area since Square 2 and Velocity commenced business in recent years. Velocity@Novena Square , formerly known as Novena Square,

330-429: The Saturday novena devotions. The side walls that existed earlier in the main church hall were removed and grilles added. After being closed for three years for further renovations, the church reopened on 29 September 2017. The novena devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a popular novena devotion held each Saturday and which regularly draws thousands of devotees from all faiths to the Church. They were started by

352-642: The command. Singapore Customs' primary roles and functions are: Singapore Customs is currently headed by a Director-General , who is assisted by a Deputy Director-General, 3 Senior Assistant Directors-General, 4 Assistant Directors-General, a Chief Human Resource Officer, and a Chief Information Technology Officer . The work of Singapore Customs is performed by the Trade Division, Compliance Division, Human Resource Directorate, Policy & Planning Division, Checkpoints Division, Intelligence & Investigation Division, Ops-Tech & Management Division, and

374-490: The complex. A number of private healthcare providers are situated next to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The private cluster is anchored by Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital , with standalone outpatient clinics leveraging on network effects setting up in Novena Medical Centre, Novena Specialist Centre and Royal Square Novena. Central to this area is Novena Square , a mixed used development situated directly above

396-554: The name Government Monopolies Department, Customs is one of the oldest tax-collecting organisations in modern Singapore to increase the country's state coffers to help fund national programmes. Revenue collection began in December 1909 when the first import duty was imposed on hard liquors. In 1916, the tariff was extended to include tobacco and cigarettes. The collection of duty on petroleum was introduced in 1934. Motor vehicles are also subject to tax and excise duties. Effective 1 January 2012, compressed natural gas (CNG) for motor vehicles

418-413: The novena devotion sessions in Singapore, it draws people from the entire country and beyond. The devotions gave name to the surrounding area, Novena . The Church of Saint Alphonsus was founded in 1935. The current church was built in 1950 and was designed by the architectural firm Swan and Maclaren . Porticoes were added in the late 1950s to cater to the large and growing number of devotees coming for

440-473: The number of devotees required the church building to be expanded and the porticoes at the sides of the main Church building were added as a result. Currently, there are 10 half-hourly sessions held each Saturday with each session drawing on average 3,000 devotees, with it not being uncommon to find a sizeable number of non-Catholics among the many devotees. The first such devotion in Mandarin Chinese

462-598: The present site before the church closed for redevelopment. In 2011 it was announced that the existing Church building would undergo major renovations, with the Church being expanded in order to be able to cope with the numerous faithful that turn up for the novena devotions every Saturday. The total cost for building the New Church, the Pastoral Centre, the New Admin Block and the underground carparks

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484-485: Was led by two Spanish Redemptorist missionaries , Juan Campos Rodríguez and Eusebio Arnáiz Álvarez. The annual procession was started on 21 June 1953 and it has been held every year since on the 1st Sunday of September in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help . It is so popular that it regularly draws devotees from all faiths and backgrounds in the tens of thousands, with there being 30,000 devotees at one point in 1970. The church celebrated its 61st Annual Procession at

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