Clementi: Introduction

11 June 2007

Abstract
Clementi District is located in the West Region; and the district comprises Clementi New Town, Clementi Park Estate, Faber Hills Estate, Hong Leong Gardens Estate, Pandan Light Industrial Estate, Toh Tuck Industrial Estate and the undeveloped Clementi Forest.

Clementi is developed in 1974 as the 7th New Town of Singapore.

Toponymics
Clementi is named after Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner during the period 1887-1893. He was an accomplished Chinese scholar who spent most of his career in the East. He was so well liked that when he left Singapore in 1893, the Chinese community petitioned for his continuation as Governor for another term.

However, maps as late as the 1920s show that what is now Clementi Road was named Reformatory Road. It is therefore probable that Clementi Road was actually named after Sir Cecil Clementi, who was Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1930-1933. Sir Cecil Clementi had previously served as Governor of Hong Kong and instigated the construction of Kallang Airport. It is believed that both governors are not related despite their intriguingly similar names.

Statistics
English Name: Clementi
Chinese Name: 金文泰
Year of urban development: 1974
Total Area: 940 hectares
Neighbourhoods: 14
Population: 91,700
Region: West Region
Heritage Road Corridor: Pasir Panjang
Postal District:
0512 (Clementi New Town, Faber Hills Estate, Hong Leong Garden Estate & Pandan Light Industrial Estate)
2159 (Clementi Park Estate, Clementi Forest & Toh Tuck Industrial Estate)

Transport
MRT:
EW23 Clementi

Expressway:
Pan Island Expressway (PIE)
Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE)

Bus Interchange:
Clementi Bus Interchange

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Clementi: Contents

Introduction
Abstract
Toponymics
Statistics
Transport

Geography
Geography
Division

History
History
Clementi New Town

Neighbourhoods
Clementi Town Centre
Clementi Neighbourhood 1 (Sunset Way)
Clementi Neighbourhood 2
Clementi Neighbourhood 3
Clementi Neighbourhood 4
Clementi Neighbourhood 5
Clementi Neighbourhood 6
Clementi Neighbourhood 7
Clementi Woods
Pandan Industrial
Toh Tuck
Clementi Forest
West Coast Park

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Clementi: Geography

Geography
Located 10 to 12km west of the City in the West Region, Clementi District is bounded by Toh Tuck Avenue and Sungei Pandan to the west, Pan Island Expressway (PIE) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic to the north, the former KTM railway, Sungei Ulu Pandan and Clementi Road to the east and West Coast Park to the south. It covers an area of approximately 940 hectares with an estimated population of 91,700 as of June 2011.

Division
Clementi District comprises 1 New Town (Clementi) and 6 Estates (Clementi Park, Faber Hills, Hong Leong Gardens, Pandan Light Industrial, Toh Tuck and the undeveloped Clementi Forest). In total, Clementi District is sub-divided into 14 neighbourhoods.

Clementi New Town encompass 408 hectares and is divided into 8 neighbourhoods, namely Neighbourhood 1, Neighbourhood 2, Neighbourhood 3, Neighbourhood 4, Neighbourhood 5, Neighbourhood 6, Neighbourhood 7 and Neighbourhood 8 (Clementi Woods).

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Clementi: History

History
The south-western portion of Clementi used to be a swampland. The low-lying swampy area and foreshore land off West Coast Road was reclaimed by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and Jurong Town Corporation (JTC). The required filling material was obtained from the hills in the northern part of the town. The hilly northern part comprised kampongs and villages with squatter-type homes, backyards trades, cottage industries and farms.

Clementi New Town
Clementi is developed by Housing and Development Board (HDB) in 1974, and together with Telok Blangah and Ayer Rajah New Towns, will link the City with Jurong, forming the Western Technology Corridor of the 1971 Concept Plan.

With Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) bisecting the town into almost 2 halves, it imposed some constraints in vehicle and pedestrian circulation between the 2 portions. Therefore to overcome this problem, a special network of open spaces linked with a series of overhead bridges and underpasses between the neighbourhoods allows pedestrian walks and bicycle paths to be segregated from vehicular traffic. Like the other new towns, Clementi is planned on the neighbourhood principle, with neighbourhood centres within easy walking distance.

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