New towns and estates of Singapore

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The new town planning concept was introduced into Singapore with the building of the first new town, Queenstown, from July 1952 to 1973 by the country's public housing authority, the Housing and Development Board. Today, the vast majority of the approximately 11,000 public housing buildings are organised into 23 towns and 3 estates[1] across the country.

Each new town is designed to be completely self-sustainable. Helmed by a hierarchy of commercial developments, ranging from a town centre to precinct-level outlets, there is no need to venture out of town to meet the most common needs of residences. Employment can be found in industrial estates located within several towns. Educational, health care, and recreational needs are also taken care of with the provision of schools, hospitals, parks, sports complexes, and so on.

Singapore's expertise in successful new town design was internationally recognised when the Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) of the United Nations awarded the World Habitat Award to Tampines Town, which was selected as a representative of Singapore's new towns, on 5 October 1992.[2]

New towns

Name (English/Malay) Tamil Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Area
(Total)
Area
(Residential)
Residential units Residential units
(Projected)
Population Image Remarks
Ang Mo Kio ஆங் மோ கியோ 宏茂桥 hóngmàoqiáo 638 283 48,068 58,000 178,260 AngMoKio.JPG
Bedok பிடோ 勿洛 wùluò 937 408 59,201 74,000 293,110 Bedok Town Centre, Aug 06.JPG Largest new town in terms of population
Bishan பீஷான் 碧山 bìshān 690 172 19,367 32,000 91,920 Bishan-SG.JPG
Bukit Batok புக்கிட் பாத்தோக் 武吉巴督 wǔjíbādū 785 291 31,731 47,000 141,560 BukitBatok.JPG
Bukit Merah புக்கிட் மேரா 红山 hóngshān 858 312 50,247 68,000 156,740
Bukit Panjang புக்கிட் பாஞ்சாங் 武吉班让 wǔjíbānràng 489 228 29,498 43,000 133,020 Bukit Panjang.jpg
Choa Chu Kang சுவா சூ காங் 蔡厝港 càicuògǎng 583 307 39,511 62,000 175,330 YewTee-Town-SG.JPG
Clementi கிளிமெண்டி 金文泰 jīnwéntài 408 198 23,871 35,000 91,260 ClementiHDB.JPG
Geylang கேலாங் 芽笼 yálóng 678 214 30,510 49,000 119,130
Hougang ஹவ்காங் 后港 hòugǎng 1,276 354 47,819 68,000 219,440 100 px Largest new town in terms of total land area.
Jurong East ஜூரோங் 裕廊东 yùlángdōng 384 165 22,299 29,000 86,570 Jurongeaststreet13viewfromblock124.JPG
Jurong West ஜூரோங் 裕廊西 yùlángxī 987 480 68,760 92,000 271,930 100 px Largest new town in terms of existing residential units.
Kallang/Whampoa காலாங் 加冷/黄浦 jiālĕng/huángpǔ 799 200 34,288 54,000 102,250 Although two separate areas, the HDB officially consolidates the town of Kallang and the housing estate of Whampoa as one single entity
Pasir Ris பாசிர் ரிஸ் 巴西立 bāxīlì 601 318 27,514 44,000 137,500 Pasir ris town.jpg
Punggol 榜鵝 bǎng'é 957 422 30,877 96,000 98,140 Edgedale 10, Jan 06.JPG
Queenstown குவீன்ஸ்டவுன் 女皇镇 nǚhuángzhèn 687 210 29,812 60,000 98,730 Alexandra Road Singapore.JPG First new town in Singapore.

Sembawang

三巴旺 sānbāwàng 708 317 18,421 60,000 75,570 Sembawang Estate.jpg
Sengkang செங்காங 盛港 shènggǎng 1,055 397 43,848 90,000 191,910 Sengkang Sculpture Park, Nov 05.JPG
Serangoon சிராங்கூன் 实龙岗 shílónggāng 737 156 21,292 29,000 122,100 Serangoon road hdb.jpg
Tampines தெம்பினிஸ் 淡滨尼 dànbīnní 1,200 500 62,369 83,000 258,810 100 px
Toa Payoh தோ பயோ 大巴窑 dàbāyáo 463 210 35,418 48,000 126,720 Toa Payoh New Town, Toa Payoh Lorong 6 3, Jan 06.JPG Second new town in Singapore.
Woodlands ஜூரோங் 兀兰 wùlán 1,198 525 58,525 88,000 250,180 View of Woodlands Avenue 9, Singapore.jpg
Yishun 义顺 yìshùn 810 439 46,965 84,000 192,800 Yishun-SG.JPG
Total 890,212 1,418,000 3,094,100

Estates

Name (English/Malay) Tamil Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Area
(Total)
Area
(Residential)
Residential units Residential units
(Projected)
Population Image Remarks
Bukit Timah புக்கித் திமா 武吉知马
Marine Parade மரின் பரேட் 马林百列
Central Area சிங்கப்பூர் மாவட்ட 新加坡中區 The entire Central Area isn't an estate but rather it contains certain estates owned by the HDB
Total 126 22,898 25,000 183,170

See also

References

  1. http://www.hdb.gov.sg/cs/infoweb/about-us/history
  2. Building Social Housing Foundation, Tampines Town, accessed 19 Mar 2007.