Ang Mo Kio New Town – Overview (Part 1)
Posted by Admin in Singapore on 01 30th, 2009
In Hokkien dialect, the words Ang Mo Kio meant “the red haired man’s bridge”. Later, the Chinese scripts were altered slightly to make its meaning “large and prosperous bridge”. That is the ‘Ang Mo Kio’ we are going to talk about.
Ang mo kio is a New Town located in the North-Eastern region of Singapore. The total area of the place is 6.38 km², the residential area forms about 2.83 km², there are 54,000 dwelling units and the population is almost 280,000.
This city is bounded by the Seletar Expressway (north), the Central Expressway (east), the Central Water Catchment (West) and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 (south). Most of the flats in Ang Mo Kio are organized in twelve-story long blocks or twenty-five story blocks built based on the 1970’s norms. As a part of the renewal process, some structures are rebuilt recently.
Gardens, walkways, senior citizen corners, amphitheatres, barbeque pits, etc. are the different community facilities that the town offers you. Ang Mo Kio food centre is one popular venue and goes a long way back to the town’s history. This is surrounded by the three cinemas – Broadway, Jubilee and New Crown.
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