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'''Tampines''' (or [[Tampines New Town]]) is the largest residential area in Singapore and is located in the [[East Region, Singapore|East Region]] of the main island. The town is so named because in the 1900s a large forest of [[Tampines tree]]s were there.  
'''Tampines''' is a planning area and residential town located in the East Region of Singapore. Measuring at approximately 20.89 km<sup>2</sup>, Tampines ranks the 9th, 3rd & 15th in terms of size, population & density respectively. It is the third largest town in Singapore by area and also is the third most populated new town, following [[Bedok]] and [[Jurong West]]. It is the regional centre for the East Region. The town is so named because in the 1900s a large forest of ironwood trees, or tempinis, were there.


Like other districts in Singapore, it is a densely populated district with the population density higher than other housing districts. Tampines New Town is a regional centre that lies to the east of [[Central Area|Singapore's city centre]], much alike the centrally located [[Orchard Road]] .
Tampines is located at the southern part of Singapore's east region and is made out of 1 subzone, Simei. The planning area is bordered by [[Bedok]] and [[Paya Lebar]] to the west, [[Pasir Ris]] to the north, [[Changi]] to the east and the Singapore Straits to the south.  


==History==
==Notable Structures==
In the past, Tampines was covered by forests and sand quarries. [[Ironwood]] trees, or ''tempinis'', grew abundantly here and thus gave the area its name. The transformation of Tampines into a regional town began in the late 1970s, although it was not until the 1990s that the new town was fully established.
===Education===
{| class="toccolours"; "wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:left"
|-
!style="color:black;background-color:#f5f5dc"|Primary Schools
!style="color:white;background-color:#f4a460"|Secondary Schools
!style="color:white;background-color:#A52A2A"|Tertiary & Other Institutions
|-
!
*Angsana Primary School
*Changkat Changi Primary School
*Changkat Changi Secondary School
*Chongzheng Primary School
*East Spring Primary School
*East View Primary School
*Gongshang Primary School
*Junyuan Primary School
*St. Hilda's Primary School
*Tampines North Primary School
*Tampines Primary School
*Yumin Primary School
!
*Dunman Secondary School
*[[East Spring Secondary School]]
*Junyuan Secondary School
*Ngee Ann Secondary School
*[[Pasir Ris Secondary School]]
*Springfield Secondary School
*St. Hilda's Secondary School
*[[Tampines Secondary School]]
!


New [[construction]] methods expedited the development of the town's [[infrastructure]]. Using [[prefabricated]] parts, a block of high-rise [[apartment|flats]] could be built in a month. More attractive designs, colours and finishings were also incorporated into Tampines, compared to earlier [[public housing]] which consisted of uniform slabs of [[concrete]] laid out row after row with more thought given to function than form. The [[Housing and Development Board]] (HDB) managed the construction of the town until 1991, when it handed the reins over to the [[Tampines Town Council]]. The Town Council is run by [[grassroot]] leaders and the residents themselves.
*[[Institute of Technical Education|ITE College East]]
*Middleton International School (Tampines Campus)
*Singapore University of Technology and Design
*[[Temasek Polytechnic]]
*United World College of South East Asia (Tampines Campus)
|}


The [[Building and Social Housing Foundation]] (BSHF) of the [[United Nations]] awarded the [[World Habitat Awards|World Habitat Award]] to Tampines, which was selected as a representative of Singapore's [[new towns]], on 5 October 1992. The award was given in recognition of an outstanding contribution towards human [[colonization|settlement]] and development.


==Amenities==
{| class="toccolours"; "wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center"
[[Image:Tampines Vista, Tampines Street 84, Feb 06.JPG|thumb|Apartment blocks in Tampines New Town]]
|-
[[Image:NTUC Income Building, Tampines, Singapore.JPG|thumb|The NTUC Income building, one of several office buildings in Tampines Central]]
!style="color:white;background-color:#000000"|''Defunct Schools''
!style="color:black;background-color:#FFFFFF"|Notes
|-
!East View Secondary School
|Merged with East Spring Secondary School in 2019
|-
!Tampines Junior College
|Merged with [[Tampines Meridian Junior College|Meridian Junior College]] in 2019
|}


Tampines New Town is home to over 200,000 people living in 52,000 HDB flats spread out over 4.24 square kilometres. It is divided into 5 districts:
{| style="width:100%;"
*Tampines North
| style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;"|
*Tampines East
*Tampines West
*Tampines Changkat
*Tampines Central


All the districts have a Community Centre.
===Transportation===
*[[Tampines#Changi Business Park Terminal|Changi Business Park Bus Terminal]]
*{{Stn|Expo| MRT station}}
*{{Stn|Simei| MRT station}}
*[[Tampines#Tampines Interchange|Tampines Bus Interchange]]
*[[Tampines#Tampines Concourse Interchange|Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange]]
*{{Stn|Tampines| MRT station}}
*{{Stn|Tampines East| MRT station}}
*''{{Stn|Tampines North| MRT station}} (Opening in 2030)''
*{{Stn|Tampines West| MRT station}}
*{{Stn|Upper Changi| MRT station}}
*''{{Stn|Xilin| MRT station}} (Opening in 2024)''


===Tampines Regional Centre===
===Government-related===
The [[urban planning]] policy of Singapore is to create partially self-sufficient towns, in terms of [[commerce|commercial]] needs, in order to relieve strain on traffic drawn into the city centre. Thus, an array of facilities are provided primarily for residents in the new towns. Tampines is one of Singapore's three regional centres (along with [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]] and [[Jurong East]]), under the plan of the [[Urban Redevelopment Authority]]. As a result, the Tampines Regional Centre not only serve the Tampines residents but also the entire [[East Region]].
*[[Tampines#Bedok North Depot|Bedok North Bus Depot]]
*[[Changi Depot]]
*''[[East Coast Integrated Depot]] (Future)''
*Our Tampines Hub


===Commercial services===
===Shopping Centres/Malls===
Retail [[shopping]] in the Tampines Regional Centre is done at three main [[shopping mall]]s: [[Tampines Mall]], [[Century Square]] and [[Tampines 1]]. Commercial tenants of the shopping centres include [[restaurant]]s, [[supermarket]]s, [[department store]]s, [[movie theater|cinemas]], [[bookstore]]s and [[jewelry]] shops.
*Century Square
*Eastpoint Mall
*Tampines 1
*Tampines Mall
*Tampines Mart
*Tampines Retail Park (Courts, Giant and IKEA)


On 30 November 2006, IKEA opened its second outlet in Singapore at Tampines, together with adjacent [[Courts (Singapore company)|Courts]] and [[Giant Hypermarket|Giant]].<ref>[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/242723/1/.html Festival light up in Tampines to help shops cope with competition]. Channel NewsAsia.</ref>
===Parks===
*Festival Park
*Sunplaza Park
*Tampines Central Park
*Tampines Eco Green
*Tampines Green
*Tampines Leisure Park
*Tampines North Park
*Tampines Park
*Tampines Tree Garden


===Community services===
===Health===
The [[Tampines Regional Library]] is located near the Tampines town centre, and organises events for children and adults to promote reading and learning.
*Changi General Hospital
*Saint Andrew's Community Hospital


==Transportation==
==Bus Interchanges/Terminals==
A network of [[expressway]]s, the [[Pan-Island Expressway]] and [[Tampines Expressway]], and arterial roads allows easy movement within the town and link it to other parts of the island. Public transportation is served by the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] at [[Tampines MRT Station]] and a [[Tampines Bus Interchange]].
===Bedok North Depot===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Boarding Point
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SBST|18
|{{BS84599}}
|Tampines North
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-  
!class=SBST|48
|{{BS84431}}
|Buona Vista
|}


Intra-town feeder/townlink bus services bring residents from the Town Centre (where the MRT station and bus interchange is located) to their doorsteps.
===Changi Business Park Terminal===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SBST|47
|↺ Amber Road
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=GAS|118
|Punggol
|}


==Education==
===Tampines Interchange===
The 14 primary schools, 10 secondary schools and three tertiary institutions (one Junior College, one Polytechnic and one Institute of Technical Education) provide education for Tampines residents, as well as those living in the region.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=GAS|3
|Punggol
|rowspan="14" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|4
|↺ Changi North Way
|-
!class=SBST|8
|Toa Payoh
|-
!class=SBST|10
|Kent Ridge
|-
!class=SBST|19
|↺ Changi Airfreight Terminal
|-
!class=SBST|20
|↺ Changi Business Park
|-
!class=SBST|23
|↺ Rochor Canal Road
|-
!class=SBST|28
|Toa Payoh
|-
!class=SBST|29
|↺ Changi Village
|-
!class=SBST|31
|Toa Payoh
|-
!class=SBST|37
|↺ Changi North Crescent
|-
!class=SBST|38
|Bedok
|-
!class=SBST|65
|HarbourFront
|-
!class=SMRT|67
|Choa Chu Kang
|-
!class=GAS|68
|Pasir Ris
|Looping point
|-
!class=SBST|69
|↺ Bedok
|rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|72
|Yio Chu Kang
|-
!class=SBST|81
|↺ Serangoon Central
|-
!class=SBST|127
|↺ Tampines Industrial Avenue 5
|-
!rowspan="2" class=SBST|291
|↺ Tampines Street 81
|West Loop
|-
|↺ Tampines Street 33
|East Loop
|-
!class=SBST|292
|↺ Tampines Street 22
|{{N/A}}
|-
!rowspan="2" class=SBST|293
|↺ Tampines Street 71
|West Loop
|-
|↺ Tampines Avenue 7
|East Loop
|-
!class=SBST|296
|↺ Tampines North Dr 2
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=TTS|969
|Woodlands
|}


===Primary schools===
===Tampines Concourse Interchange===
* Changkat Primary School (Located in Simei)
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
* [[Chongzheng Primary School]]
|-
* [[East Spring Primary School]]
!Service
* [[East View Primary School]]
!Destination
* [[Gongshang Primary School]]
!Notes
* Griffiths Primary School
|-
* [[Junyuan Primary School]]
!class=SBST|39
* Poi Ching School
|Yishun
* [[Qiaonan Primary School]]
|{{N/A}}
* [[Saint Hilda's Primary School]]
|}
* Tampines Primary School
* Tampines North Primary School
* Yumin Primary School


===Secondary schools===
===Tampines North Interchange===
* Changkat Changi Secondary School
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
* [[Dunman Secondary School]]
|-
* East Spring Secondary School
!Service
* [[East View Secondary School]]
!Destination
* [[Junyuan Secondary School]]
!Notes
* [[Ngee Ann Secondary School]]
|-
* [[Pasir Ris Secondary School]]
!class=SBST|18
* [[Springfield Secondary School]]
|Bedok North Depot
* [[St. Hilda's Secondary School]] (''parts of it are still undergoing [[Programme for Rebuilding and Improving Existing Schools|PRIME]]'')
|rowspan="3" {{N/A}}
* [[Tampines Secondary School]]
|-
!class=SBST|129
|Saint Michael's
|-
!class=SBST|298
|↺ Tampines Street 86
|}


===Tertiary institutions===
==Politics==
* [[Tampines Junior College]]
{| class="toccolours"; "wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center"
* [[ITE College Central|ITE College Central (Tampines Campus)]]
|-style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1"
* [[Temasek Polytechnic]]
!Incumbent
!Role
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|North East CDC
|-
!Desmond Choo
|Mayor of North East CDC
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|South East CDC
|-
!Mohd Fahmi Aliman
|Mayor of South East CDC
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#93B3D4" colspan="2"|Aljunied GRC
|-
!Gerald Giam
|Member of Parliament for Bedok Reservoir-Punggol
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|East Coast GRC
|-
!Jessica Tan
|Member of Parliament for Changi-Simei
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Tampines GRC
|-
!Baey Yam Keng
|Member of Parliament for Tampines North
|-
!{{N/A|Vacant<sup>1</sup>}}
|Member of Parliament for Tampines East
|-
!Desmond Choo
|Member of Parliament for Tampines Changkat
|-
!Koh Poh Koon
|Member of Parliament for Tampines Central
|-
!Masagos Zulkifli
|Member of Parliament for Tampines West
|}
*<sup>1</sup>: Cheng Li Hui has resigned her position as Member of Parliament on 17 July 2023.


==Sports==
==Links==
[[Tampines Stadium]], which is the home to Tampines Rovers FC.
{{Planning Area}}
 
==References==
<references />
*National Heritage Board (2002), ''Singapore's 100 Historic Places'', Archipelago Press, ISBN 981-4068-23-3
 
==External links==
*[http://www.tampinesmall.com.sg/ Tampines Mall]
*[http://www.centurysquare.com.sg/ Century Square]
*[http://www.tampines1.com.sg/ Tampines 1]
*[http://www.tampines.org.sg/ Tampines Web Town]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 28 April 2024

Tampines is a planning area and residential town located in the East Region of Singapore. Measuring at approximately 20.89 km2, Tampines ranks the 9th, 3rd & 15th in terms of size, population & density respectively. It is the third largest town in Singapore by area and also is the third most populated new town, following Bedok and Jurong West. It is the regional centre for the East Region. The town is so named because in the 1900s a large forest of ironwood trees, or tempinis, were there.

Tampines is located at the southern part of Singapore's east region and is made out of 1 subzone, Simei. The planning area is bordered by Bedok and Paya Lebar to the west, Pasir Ris to the north, Changi to the east and the Singapore Straits to the south.

Notable Structures[edit]

Education[edit]

Primary Schools Secondary Schools Tertiary & Other Institutions
  • Angsana Primary School
  • Changkat Changi Primary School
  • Changkat Changi Secondary School
  • Chongzheng Primary School
  • East Spring Primary School
  • East View Primary School
  • Gongshang Primary School
  • Junyuan Primary School
  • St. Hilda's Primary School
  • Tampines North Primary School
  • Tampines Primary School
  • Yumin Primary School
  • ITE College East
  • Middleton International School (Tampines Campus)
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design
  • Temasek Polytechnic
  • United World College of South East Asia (Tampines Campus)


Defunct Schools Notes
East View Secondary School Merged with East Spring Secondary School in 2019
Tampines Junior College Merged with Meridian Junior College in 2019

Transportation[edit]

Government-related[edit]

Shopping Centres/Malls[edit]

  • Century Square
  • Eastpoint Mall
  • Tampines 1
  • Tampines Mall
  • Tampines Mart
  • Tampines Retail Park (Courts, Giant and IKEA)

Parks[edit]

  • Festival Park
  • Sunplaza Park
  • Tampines Central Park
  • Tampines Eco Green
  • Tampines Green
  • Tampines Leisure Park
  • Tampines North Park
  • Tampines Park
  • Tampines Tree Garden

Health[edit]

  • Changi General Hospital
  • Saint Andrew's Community Hospital

Bus Interchanges/Terminals[edit]

Bedok North Depot[edit]

Service Boarding Point Destination Notes
18 Opp SBST Bedok Nth Depot icon84599
Bedok Nth Ave 4 		Tampines North N/A
48 Blk 3014 icon84431
Bedok Nth Ave 4 		Buona Vista

Changi Business Park Terminal[edit]

Service Destination Notes
47 ↺ Amber Road N/A
118 Punggol

Tampines Interchange[edit]

Service Destination Notes
3 Punggol N/A
4 ↺ Changi North Way
8 Toa Payoh
10 Kent Ridge
19 ↺ Changi Airfreight Terminal
20 ↺ Changi Business Park
23 ↺ Rochor Canal Road
28 Toa Payoh
29 ↺ Changi Village
31 Toa Payoh
37 ↺ Changi North Crescent
38 Bedok
65 HarbourFront
67 Choa Chu Kang
68 Pasir Ris Looping point
69 ↺ Bedok N/A
72 Yio Chu Kang
81 ↺ Serangoon Central
127 ↺ Tampines Industrial Avenue 5
291 ↺ Tampines Street 81 West Loop
↺ Tampines Street 33 East Loop
292 ↺ Tampines Street 22 N/A
293 ↺ Tampines Street 71 West Loop
↺ Tampines Avenue 7 East Loop
296 ↺ Tampines North Dr 2 N/A
969 Woodlands

Tampines Concourse Interchange[edit]

Service Destination Notes
39 Yishun N/A

Tampines North Interchange[edit]

Service Destination Notes
18 Bedok North Depot N/A
129 Saint Michael's
298 ↺ Tampines Street 86

Politics[edit]

Incumbent Role
North East CDC
Desmond Choo Mayor of North East CDC
South East CDC
Mohd Fahmi Aliman Mayor of South East CDC
Aljunied GRC
Gerald Giam Member of Parliament for Bedok Reservoir-Punggol
East Coast GRC
Jessica Tan Member of Parliament for Changi-Simei
Tampines GRC
Baey Yam Keng Member of Parliament for Tampines North
Vacant1 Member of Parliament for Tampines East
Desmond Choo Member of Parliament for Tampines Changkat
Koh Poh Koon Member of Parliament for Tampines Central
Masagos Zulkifli Member of Parliament for Tampines West
  • 1: Cheng Li Hui has resigned her position as Member of Parliament on 17 July 2023.

Links[edit]

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East Bedok • Changi • Changi Bay • Pasir Ris • Paya Lebar • Tampines
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