44-548: North East CDC South East CDC Ang Mo Kio GRC Hougang SMC Marine Parade GRC Hougang ( / ˌ ( h ) aʊ ˈ ɡ ɑː ŋ / , /- k ɑː ŋ / ) is a planning area and mature residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It is the largest housing estate in Singapore based on land area, and is home to 247,528 residents as of 2018. Hougang planning area is bordered by Sengkang to
88-415: A small portion of Hougang Central, falls under the namesake Hougang SMC, where it was carved out from Punggol ward ahead of the 1988 elections . The first Member of Parliament (MP) of the ward was PAP's Tang Guan Seng , until it had been captured by former WP secretary-general Low Thia Khiang in 1991 . Low left the ward to contest (and later elect himself in) Aljunied GRC ahead of the 2011 elections , and
132-402: Is NE14. The station operates between 5.48 am and 12.25 am daily with headways of 2.5 to 5 minutes depending on peak hours. Located underneath Hougang Central, the station is directly integrated with Hougang Central Bus Interchange. The two-level station has three entrances, one of which has a circular roof to give the station a modern look. Other public amenities surrounding
176-728: Is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Cross Island MRT line located on the boundary of Hougang planning area in Singapore . Kim Chuan Depot is a train depot for the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore . The depot is constructed fully underground and provides maintenance, stabling and operational facilities for the Circle Line . It is located in Hougang, along Upper Paya Lebar Road, and
220-497: Is accessible via Kim Chuan Road. It used to be the first depot in Singapore to serve two independently operated MRT lines, until the adjacent Tai Seng Facility Building became operational with the revenue operation of the Downtown Line Stage 3 on 21 October 2017. Tai Seng Facility Building, abbreviated as TSFB, (or Tai Seng) is an underground train depot for the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore . The depot
264-415: Is an SBS Transit West District bus depot located in Hougang, Singapore . As of November 2014, the total fleet is 600 buses. Hougang Bus Depot started operations in 1983 when the north-east which is Hougang and Serangoon was developed and previously, all operations had been on Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot and Bedok Bus Depot respectively. Hougang MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on
308-559: Is constructed towards the east of Kim Chuan Depot and will provide maintenance, stabling and operational facilities for the Downtown Line . It is located in Hougang along Bartley Road East. It is accessible via a surface building located along Bartley Road East. The depot is approximately 52 metres wide, 295 metres long and 20 metres deep. It is connected to Kim Chuan Depot and has underground access for trains to run between both facilities, allowing Downtown Line trains to be stabled in
352-584: Is the most recent with a completion date in 2000. In 2015, a project named Hougang Capeview, a Build-To-Order project at Upper Serangoon Road, became the first public housing project to receive the CONQUAS Star, an accolade administered by the Building and Construction Authority. Hougang Capeview, which comprises 781 residential units in six blocks at Upper Serangoon Road, received a Construction Quality Assessment System (CONQUAS) score of more than 95, above
396-569: 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 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
440-679: The North East Line and Cross Island Line in the Hougang planning area in Singapore . Located within the Hougang Town Centre, the station is directly connected to Hougang Central Bus Interchange . This station will become an interchange station along the Cross Island Line when Stage 1 of the Cross Island Line opens in 2030. Kovan MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on
484-546: The North East Line in the Hougang planning area. With the opening of Kovan station, the former Hougang South Bus Interchange subsequently ceased operations in February 2004 and its services were transferred to Hougang Central Bus Interchange located next to Hougang MRT station . Tai Seng MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle Line , situated on the boundary of Hougang planning area. Located along Upper Paya Lebar Road, Tai Seng station
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#1732781087379528-518: The 2020 election. Dennis Tan , who previously contested Fengshan SMC in the 2015 elections (now part of East Coast GRC) and become a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP), has replaced outgoing Png following the election. The area covering south of Hougang Avenues 6, 8, 10, as well as Punggol Park , Defu Industrial Park and the subregion of Kovan, falls under Aljunied GRC. The western portions of Hougang, previously being Serangoon Gardens division, were split into two divisions with Jalan Kayu in
572-605: The Ang Mo Kio GRC and Serangoon in the Aljunied GRC. The area was previously belong to the short-lived Thomson GRC in 1991. The GRC was not contested in 2001 with the WP being disqualified due to incomplete applications, but in the 2006 elections, the WP were able to pose a strong challenge for this ward, with the members consist of WP's chairwoman Sylvia Lim and former members Goh Meng Seng and James Gomez . The GRC
616-597: The Ang Mo Kio-Hougang division of the Ang Mo Kio GRC. Its MP is Darryl David , who replaces former MP Yeo Guat Kwang after the 2015 elections. Prior to the 2011 elections, the ward was a part of Aljunied GRC (under the name of Aljunied-Hougang), where Yeo was then the MP. The northern portions of Hougang (north of Avenues 6, 8 and Street 51) also falls under the Ang Mo Kio-Hougang division, part of Ang Mo Kio GRC. It previously belonged to Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC (under
660-579: The Civil Defence shelter is mounted on shock absorbers to prevent damage during a bombing. When the electrical supply to the shelter is disrupted, there are backup generators to keep operations going. The shelter has dedicated built-in decontamination chambers and dry toilets with collection bins that will send human waste out of the shelter. The platforms are wheelchair-accessible. A tactile system , consisting of tiles with rounded or elongated raised studs, guides visually impaired commuters through
704-633: The Malay language. Hougang MRT station Hougang MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East line (NEL) in Hougang , Singapore . Underneath Hougang Central and Hougang Central Bus Interchange , the station serves various landmarks, including Hougang Mall and Hougang Sports Hall. Hougang was first announced along with the 16 NEL stations in March 1996 and
748-725: The North. Other roads in Hougang New Town links the town to bigger roads, most importantly Avenue 2, 3 which links the town from East and West. Most of Hougang's commercial activity is centred on a few shopping malls such as Hougang Mall, Kang Kar Mall, Heartland Mall, Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Hougang Rivercourt Shopping Centre (that opened in May 2022), and Hougang 1 (Formerly known as Hougang Point, and opened in End 1999). Similar to most other residential towns in Singapore, Hougang
792-634: The Tai Seng Facility Building, and able to access its remote tracks. It is used in tandem with Kim Chuan Depot for the operations of the Downtown Line . Two of the oldest main roads: Upper Serangoon Road and Punggol Road run through Hougang since the town's beginning. The town is also linked to other towns by Yio Chu Kang Road in the West, Tampines Road in the East, Upper Paya Lebar Road to the south-East, Buangkok Drive & Buangkok Green in
836-432: The area. This feature is not as prevalent in public housing outside Hougang. The latest addition of new Condominium will be Florence Residences in 2019. The political representation of Hougang was split into four different constituencies as of the 2020 elections , three of which were Group Representation Constituencies (GRC) ( Aljunied , Ang Mo Kio , and Marine Parade ), and one Single Member Constituency (SMC) bearing
880-463: The construction industry, Seok also wanted those behind the station's construction to be remembered and hence conceived this artwork so that they could leave their imprint on the work. Seok also designed the platform seats in various shapes, intended to establish a welcoming atmosphere for commuters. The LTA invited 2500 residents for the project conducted through twenty sessions in April 2001. Each hand
924-504: The construction of 1.3-kilometre (0.81-mile) twin-bored tunnels and 700 metres (770 yd) of cut-and-cover tunnels . The station opened on 20 June 2003 along with the other NEL stations. To excavate the site needed for the station's construction, the Hougang Bus Interchange had to be relocated. This also required multiple route diversions of bus services and new bus stops, including three temporary ones leading to
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#1732781087379968-578: The construction of the Hougang Central and Hougang South Bus Interchanges. One was at the end of Upper Serangoon Road in Kangkar Village, which was replaced by Hougang Central, while the other was at the sixth and a half milestone of Upper Serangoon Road, which was replaced by Hougang South. A distinctive feature of Hougang lies in the large semi-circular balconies which occur in many Housing and Development Board public housing flats in
1012-595: The construction of the new station and tunnels, the works include alteration works to the existing NEL station. Construction began in the third quarter of 2021, with a scheduled completion date of 2030. A segment of Hougang Central was closed from 28 August 2022 to facilitate construction works for the CRL. Hougang station serves the North East line (NEL) between the Buangkok and Kovan stations. The official station code
1056-632: The construction works included tunnelling underneath terrace houses in Realty Park 13 metres (43 ft) underground. LTA installed various instruments to closely monitor any ground settlement , preventing structural damage to the surrounding buildings. On 25 January 2019, the LTA announced that Hougang station would interchange with the proposed Cross Island Line (CRL). The station will be constructed as part of Phase 1 (CRL1), which will consist of 12 stations between Aviation Park and Bright Hill . CRL1
1100-535: 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 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
1144-734: The interchange. The bus interchange moved back to its original site on 20 May 2001. The Home for the Aged Sick, a retirement home near the station site, also had to be relocated as the Land Transport Authority (LTA) feared the noise and dust would impact the residents' health. Many residents moved to a block at the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital on Serangoon Road, although some had to be sent to other homes due to limited capacity. All residents eventually moved to its present site at Hougang Avenue 1 in 1999. Part of
1188-604: The more prominent landmarks in Hougang is the Buangkok Green Medical Park, which houses several medical facilities including the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and Singapore Leprosy Relief Association (SILRA). The Hougang Central Bus Interchange serves Hougang Town with a range of bus services going to other parts of the island. It is located in Hougang Central, near Hougang Mall and it has an underground link to Hougang MRT station . This bus interchange
1232-538: The name of Punggol South) until it was carved out in 2015. After the 2020 elections, the portion was merged with the Ang Mo Kio-Hougang division. The western portions of Hougang, previously being Serangoon Gardens division, were split into two divisions with Jalan Kayu in the Ang Mo Kio GRC and Serangoon in the Aljunied GRC. The southernmost portion of Hougang, Tai Seng, was under the Geylang Serai division of Marine Parade GRC, where Mohd Fahmi Aliman represented
1276-464: The national average of 88.2. The CONQUAS score is BCA's measure of construction quality across Singapore. Hougang has 8 shopping malls which are Hougang Central Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving the town of Hougang. It is located directly above Hougang MRT station . By 2030, Hougang Central Bus Interchange will be modernised to accommodate the Cross Island Line section, in addition to becoming an Integrated Transport Hub. Hougang Bus Depot
1320-433: The north, Geylang to the south, Bedok to the southeast, Toa Payoh to the southwest, Serangoon to the west and Paya Lebar to the east. Subzones Hougang is separated into 10 subzones, Hougang East, Defu Industrial Park , Tai Seng, Lorong Halus , Kangkar, Hougang West, Trafalgar, Lorong Ah Soo, Kovan and Hougang Central. Hougang is located upstream or at the back of Sungei Serangoon . The area just beyond
1364-611: The same name, the Hougang Single Member Constituency . Currently, Aljunied and Hougang wards are managed by the opposition Workers' Party (WP), while Ang Mo Kio and Marine Parade are managed by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP). Previously, Hougang was administered by five now-defunct wards ( Jalan Kayu , Paya Lebar , Punggol , Serangoon Gardens and Upper Serangoon ), before it redistricted into GRCs, notably Cheng San GRC (also defunct since 2001 ). The area covering Hougang Avenues 2, 5, 7 and
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1408-531: The seventh milestone along Punggol Road was formerly considered part of Punggol but is now within Hougang Town and that section of Punggol Road is now Hougang Avenue 8, with Punggol Road starting further north. Pig farming was carried out in Punggol, including the area of Punggol that is now part of Hougang Town. The last of these pig farmers were relocated by the late-1990s to flats built in Hougang. There
1452-401: The station include Hougang Polyclinic, Hougang Sports Hall and Aljunied–Hougang Town Council. The station is also near Hougang Mall and residential developments such as Midtown Residences. The NEL station is designated as a Civil Defence shelter. It is designed to accommodate at least 7,500 people and can withstand airstrikes and chemical attacks. Equipment essential for the operations in
1496-473: The station. Dedicated routes connect the station entrances to the platforms or between the lines. Hands Up For Hougang by Seck Yok Ying is displayed at this station as part of the Art-in-Transit programme. It consists of 3,000 handprints of diverse backgrounds, including Hougang residents, LTA management and contractors. The artist hoped to connect with people through this artwork. Having worked in
1540-586: The ward. Marine Parade was also contested by WP during the 2015 and 2020 elections. Hougang has a total of nine primary schools, eight secondary schools and a single international school as of 2024. Planning Areas of Singapore Planning areas , also known as DGP areas or DGP zones , are 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
1584-466: Was also a fishing port at the end of Upper Serangoon Road beyond the seventh milestone. The development of Hougang commenced in 1977 with the construction of Tampines Way. Further construction work was subsequently completed in Neighbourhoods 1 – 3 by 1983, and later Neighbourhoods 4 – 7 by 1992. Neighbourhood 8 is the town centre of Hougang and construction was completed in 1994. Neighbourhood 9
1628-521: Was completed on 20 June 2003. Constructing the NEL station required the relocation of Hougang Bus Interchange and a retirement home. In January 2019, it was announced that the station will interchange with the future Cross Island line (CRL). As with most NEL stations, it is a designated Civil Defence shelter. Hougang station features the public artwork Hands Up For Hougang by Seck Yok Ying, a series of 3000 handprints. The North East line (NEL) project, which
1672-526: Was designed to be a partially self-sufficient with enough amenities to minimize the number of residents commuting to the Central Area. Facilities include Hougang Sports Hall, an indoor sports complex operated by Sport Singapore which runs ClubFITT membership and sports programmes, Hougang stadium home to S.League club Hougang United , an aquatics centre, a number of parks such as Punggol Park, along with many wet markets and hawker centres . One of
1716-529: Was expected to be completed in 2029. However, the restrictions imposed on construction works due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to delays and the CRL1 completion date was pushed by one year to 2030. The contract for the design and construction of Hougang CRL Station and it associated tunnels was awarded to Samsung C&T Corporation for S$ 604 million (US$ 450.7 million) in March 2021. Besides
1760-519: Was first proposed in 1984, received government approval in January 1996. Hougang station was among the sixteen NEL stations announced by communications minister Mah Bow Tan in March that year. The contract for the design and construction of the Hougang and Kovan stations was awarded to Samsung Corporation Engineering & Construction Group (later Samsung C&T Corporation ) for S$ 214.8 million (US$ 144.7 million) in May 1997. The contract included
1804-664: Was managed by the PAP which members include Cynthia Phua and George Yeo , until it became the first opposition held GRC since the creation of the GRC in Singapore after the 2011 Singaporean general election being taken over by Low Thia Khiang 's WP team. The WP continued to hold the GRC in the 2015 and 2020 Singaporean general elections with Leon Perera and Gerald Giam replacing Low and Chen Show Mao . The north-western portions of Hougang (Avenues 4, 8 and 9, and Street 91), which includes Hougang Stadium and Regentville Condo, falls under
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1848-543: Was named after and primarily serves the industrial clusters at Tai Seng, which in turn means 'big accomplishment' in Chinese. The name was first used on a rubber factory constructed in the area in 1917. Defu MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Cross Island MRT line in Hougang planning area, Singapore . It will serve the Defu Industrial Park . Serangoon North MRT station
1892-478: Was officially opened on 17 December 1994 by former cabinet minister Goh Chee Wee, who was then Senior Minister of State for Communications, Trade and Industry to serve all buses around the Hougang Area. Its sister bus interchange, Hougang South Bus Interchange (that is near to Kovan MRT station ) ceased operations in 2004 and was converted to Kovan Hub. Two even older bus terminals operated in Hougang before
1936-515: Was replaced by Yaw Shin Leong , another WP candidate who previously contested Ang Mo Kio GRC in the 2006 elections . Yaw remained as an MP until his expulsion from the party's CEC and resigned his seat in February 2012 over an extramarital affair. Png Eng Huat , a candidate whose part of the WP team contested East Coast GRC in the 2011 elections, had since represented this ward after winning his by-election in May 2012 until he stepped down ahead of
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