Ang Mo Kio: Introduction

11 May 2007

Abstract
Ang Mo Kio District is located in the North Region; and the district comprises Ang Mo Kio New Town, Sembawang Hills Estate, Lentor Estate, Yio Chu Kang Estate and Seletar Hills Estate.

Ang Mo Kio is developed in 1973 as the 6th New Town of Singapore. It is the first new town to be designed in metric dimensions.

Toponymics
Ang Mo Kio; meaning "red hair bridge" was derived from the bridge carrying Thomson Road over Kallang River. The bridge was built by the "Ang Mo", referring to J.T. Thomson who was the government surveyor during the period 1841-1854. He was credited for having prepared a fully annotated Singapore map in 1843. It was probably due to his preference for the name "Ang Mo Kio" on learning what the Chinese called the bridge that he named the district after it.

Statistics
English Name: Ang Mo Kio
Chinese Name: 宏茂桥
Year of urban development: 1973
Total Area: 1,700 hectares
Neighbourhoods: 13
Population: 190,700
Region: North Region
Heritage Road Corridor: Thomson
Postal District:
2056 (Ang Mo Kio New Town)
2057 (Sembawang Hills Estate)
2678 (Lentor Estate)
2880 (Seletar Hills Estate & Yio Chu Kang Estate)

Transport
MRT:
NS15 Yio Chu Kang
NS16 Ang Mo Kio

Expressway:
Central Expressway (CTE)
Seletar Expressway (SLE)
North – South Expressway (NSE) (under construction)

Bus Interchange:
Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
Ang Mo Kio Depot Bus Terminal
Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal

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Ang Mo Kio: Contents

Introduction
Abstract
Toponymics
Statistics
Transport

Geography
Geography
Division

History
Ang Mo Kio New Town

Neighbourhoods
Ang Mo Kio Neighbourhood 1
Ang Mo Kio Neighbourhood 2
Ang Mo Kio Neighbourhood 3
Ang Mo Kio Neighbourhood 4
Ang Mo Kio Neighbourhood 5
Ang Mo Kio Neighbourhood 6
Ang Mo Kio Neighbourhood 7 (Town Centre)
Sembawang Hills
Old Upper Thomson
Lentor
Teacher's Estate
Yio Chu Kang
Seletar Hills

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Ang Mo Kio: Geography

Geography
Located 10 to 13km north of the City in the North Region, Ang Mo Kio District is bounded by the Central Water Catchment to the west, Seletar Expressway (SLE) and Yio Chu Kang Road to the north, Serangoon North Industrial Estate and Central Expressway (CTE) to the east, and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 to the south. It covers an area of approximately 1,700 hectares with an estimated population of 190,700 as of June 2011.

Division
Ang Mo Kio District comprises 1 New Town (Ang Mo Kio) and 4 Estates (Sembawang Hills, Lentor, Yio Chu Kang and Seletar Hills). In total, Ang Mo Kio District is sub-divided into 13 neighbourhoods.

Ang Mo Kio New Town encompass 638 hectares and is divided into 7 neighbourhoods, namely Neighbourhood 1, Neighbourhood 2, Neighbourhood 3, Neighbourhood 4, Neighbourhood 5, Neighbourhood 6 and Neighbourhood 7.

Sembawang Hills contains 2 neighbourhoods, namely Sembawang Hills and Old Upper Thomson.

Lentor Estate contains 2 neighbourhoods, namely Lentor and Teacher's Estate.

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Ang Mo Kio: History

Ang Mo Kio New Town
Development of Ang Mo Kio New Town commenced in 1973. Full use will be made of the undulating terrain to build flats on different ground levels creating interesting spatial arrangements. Each neighbourhood will be self-contained with a neighbourhood centre complete with shopping facilities, a market, a hawker centre and other community facilities.

Ang Mo Kio has the distinction of being the first new town where New Flats as distinct from the Improved Flats will be built. It is also the first new town to have five-room flats build in slab block form as distinct from the traditional point blocks.

Introduction of the Metric Dimensions
Ang Mo Kio is the first new town to be designed in metric dimensions. Subsequently, the metric dimension design system is being implemented for all New Towns. Due to the success of the metric dimensions design system, the planning of older towns like Woodlands and Bedok were completely overhauled.

Under the metric dimension design system, apartment blocks are numbered in series of hundred (3 digits), with the first digit indicating the neighbourhood. Similarly, streets in each neighbourhood are numbered with 2 digits, with the first digit reflecting the neighbourhood.

The metric dimension design system provides easy orientation. But it is also being criticizes for being boring and a loss of local identity of each neighbourhood.

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