Ang Mo Kio in Singapore

Ang Mo Kio is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore and has a town centre and six neighbourhoods. Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong is the Member of Parliament for this constituency. Some believe that Ang Mo Kio was named after a bridge built in Thomson Road by J.T Thomson who was the government surveyor in 1841 and 1854.Some local people have mistakenly assumed that the new version of the name refers to the bridges at the seventh milestone of Thomson Road which is found at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Thomson Road.

But the actual source of the name comes from the old survey maps which name the land as "Mukim of Ang Mo Kio" (Mukim means" district in Malay). The word "Ang Mo" is derived from two separate combined phrases in Hokkien. Ang Mo Dan means "rambutan",a local fruit, red and covered in hair.This friut is found in plenty around the areas of old kampongs. The second suffix "kio" ("bridge") was added to the prefix "Ang Mo" as an additional description for easy recognization by local residents.
There were many concrete bridges built by the old kampong dwellers.

There are 10 sub-zones in Ang Mo Kio; Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Cheng San, Chong Boon, Townsville, Shangri-la, Kebun Bahru, Sembawang Hills, Yio Chu Kang, Sindo and Seletar. There are about 48,000 or more units in the estate.HDB units here are relatively larger in size with spacious parking space. The value of these units in this area is also more expensive. In the new town we can experience the old friendly kampong cultural spirit. The older generation of kampong people were once fruit and vegetable growers, small-scale merchants and hard working laborers. The majority of kampong people live with their children in the new enriched modern environment.Their familes live in multi-generational units residing in three- to five-room HDB apartments.

The lifestyle Ang Mo Kio is a urbanised and modernised one which includes modern amenities of piped running water, electricity, flush toilets, and daily garbage removal. Effective Water management systems is available here which drains the monsoon rains into the water reservoirs.

Thus, Ang Mo Kio remains one of the older areas of Singapore.But it is less demographically cosmopolitan than some of the newer estates. Ang Mo Kio's Avenue 10 includes the Ang Mo Kio Neighbourhood Park, Chong Boon Secondary School, Pathlight School, Chong Boon Market and Food Court, Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 1 and Teck Ghee Community Centre. The numbering system of the Ang Mo Kio Avenues is unique.Even number avenues are oriented in the north-south orientation and the odd number avenues are located in the east-west orientation.

A hub called AMK Hub has been built to redevelop the town centre of Ang Mo Kio. The Ang Mo Kio MRT Station is located on the North South Line in Singapore.It lies at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and 8 which is adjacent to Ang Mo Kio Town Centre. Similar to rest of Singapore One of the modern transportation available in Ang Mo Kio,is called the Mass Rapid Transit System commonly known as the MRT. Two stations operate within the Ang Mo Kio's residents. They are Ang Mo Kio MRT Station situated at the center and Yio Chu Kang MRT Station situated at the town's northern area.They provide a convenient transportation to the City center and the rest of Singapore.

Apart from this there is also the Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange available.They connect directly to the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station Via an underground pedestrian walkway. The NTUC and bus are moved from the corner of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 and Ang Mo Kio Central 3 to the AMK Hub.

Ang Mo Kio New Town is a public housing estate associated with Ang mio Kio and is the seventh New Town to be built in Singapore.It is within the Ang Mo Kio Planning Area.It's boundary line covers Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Yio Chu Kang Road, Ang Mo Kio Street 66, Nanyang Polytechnic, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8, Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, and the Central Expressway to the junction with Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10.

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