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'''Bukit Merah''' is a planning area and a new residential town located in the Central Region of Singapore. It has a land area of about 14.34 km<sup>2</sup>, Bukit Merah ranks the 17th, 10th & 18th in terms of size, population & density respectively. Bukit Merah shares a maritime boundary with the [[Southern Islands]] planning area located beyond its southernmost point. Bukit Merah is the most populated planning area in the Central Region.

Bukit Merah is located at the southenmost part of Singapore's Central region and is made out of 11 subzones, namely, Alexandra, Bukit Ho Swee, Bukit Merah Central, Depot Road, Everton Park, HarbourFront, Henderson, Redhill, Singapore General Hospital, Telok Blangah and Tiong Bahru. It is bordered by [[Queenstown]] to the northwest, [[Tanglin]] to the north, [[Southern Islands]] to the south and Central Area to the northeast.

==Notable Structures==
===Education===
*Alexandra Primary School
*APSN Tanglin School
*Blangah Rise Primary School
*Bukit Merah Secondary School
*Cantonment Primary School
*CHIJ Kellock
*CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent
*Crescent Girls' School
*Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
*Gan Eng Seng Primary School
*Gan Eng Seng School
*ISS International School (Preston Campus)
*PSB Academy
*Radin Mas Primary School
*Shelton College International
*Zhangde Primary School

===Transportation===
*[[Bukit Merah#Bukit Merah Interchange|Bukit Merah Bus Interchange]]
*''[[Cantonment MRT Station]] (Opening in 2025)''
*[[Bukit Merah#HarbourFront Interchange|HarbourFront Bus Interchange]]
*[[HarbourFront MRT Station]]
*''[[Havelock MRT Station]] (Opening in 2021)''
*[[Bukit Merah#Kampong Bahru Terminal|Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal]]
*''[[Keppel MRT Station]] (Opening in 2025)''
*[[Labrador Park MRT Station]]
*[[Outram Park MRT Station]]
*[[Redhill MRT Station]]
*[[Telok Blangah MRT Station]]
*[[Tiong Bahru MRT Station]]

===Government-related===
*Brani Island Container Port
*Bukit Merah Community Centre
*Henderson Community Club
*Kim Seng Community Centre
*Keppel Container Port
*Leng Kee Community Centre
*Radin Mas Community Club
*Tanjong Pagar Container Port
*Telok Blangah Community Club
*Tiong Bahru Community Centre

===Shopping Centres/Malls===
*Alexandra Central
*Alexandra Retail Centre
*Concorde Shopping Centre
*Depot Heights Shopping Centre
*HarbourFront Centre
*Tiong Bahru Plaza
*VivoCity

===Parks===
*Alexandra Canal Linear Park
*Alexandra Hill East Neighbourhood Park
*Bukit Purmei Hillock Park
*Henderson Park
*Labrador Nature Reserve
*Mount Faber Park
*Rumah Tinggi Eco Park
*Telok Blangah Hill Park
*Tiong Bahru Park

===Health===
*Outram Community Hospital
*Singapore General Hospital

===Main Sports Facilites===
*SAFRA Mount Faber

==Bus Interchanges/Terminals==
===Bukit Merah Interchange===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SBST|5
|Pasir Ris
|rowspan="16" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|16
|Bedok
|-
!class=SBST|16M
|Bedok
|-
!class=SBST|57
|Bishan
|-
!class=SBST|123
|Beach Station (Sentosa)
|-	
!class=SBST|131
|Saint Michael's
|-
!class=SBST|131M
|↺ Bukit Purmei Avenue
|-
!class=SBST|132
|Hougang Central
|-
!class=SBST|139
|Toa Payoh
|-
!class=SBST|153
|Hougang Central
|-
!class=SMRT|167
|Sembawang
|-
!class=SMRT|176
|Bukit Panjang
|-
!class=SBST|198
|Boon Lay
|-
!class=SBST|272
|↺ Telok Blangah Rise
|-
!class=SBST|273
|↺ Henderson Road
|-
!class=SBST|851
|Yishun
|}

===HarbourFront Interchange===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SBST|65
|Tampines
|rowspan="6" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|80
|Sengkang
|-
!class=SBST|93
|Eunos
|-
!class=SBST|123M
|↺ Tiong Bahru Road
|-
!class=SBST|124
|Saint Michael’s
|-
!class=SMRT|188
|Choa Chu Kang
|-
!class=SMRT|188e
|{{N/A|Alighting Only}}
|Weekdays AM Peak
|-
!class=SMRT|855
|Yishun
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SMRT|963
|rowspan="2"|Woodlands
|-
!class=SMRT|963e
|Weekdays PM Peak
|}

===Kampong Bahru Terminal===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=GAS|2
|Changi Village
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-	
!class=GAS|12
|rowspan="2"|Pasir Ris
|-
!class=GAS|12e
|Express Service
|-
!class=SBST|54
|Bishan
|rowspan="5" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|120
|↺ Telok Blangah Heights
|-
!class=SBST|121
|↺ Telok Blangah Rise
|-
!class=SBST|122
|↺ Commonwealth Drive
|-
!class=SBST|174
|rowspan="2"|Boon Lay
|-
!class=SBST|174e
|Weekdays PM Peak<br>Express Service
|-
!class=SMRT|190
|Choa Chu Kang
|{{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|CT8
|Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9
|rowspan="2'|Chinatown Direct Service
|-
!class=SBST|CT18
|Bedok North Avenue 3	
|}

''For bus services that '''do not start or end''' at this terminal but layover in this terminal''
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Boarding Point
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SBST|851e
|'''Bef Pearl's Hill Terr<br>(Eu Tong Sen Street)'''
|Yishun
|Express Service
|}

==Politics==
{| class="toccolours"; "wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center"
|-style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1"
!Incumbent
!Role
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Central Singapore CDC
|-
!Denise Phua
|Mayor of Central CDC
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|South West CDC
|-
!Low Yen Ling
|Mayor of South West CDC
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Jalan Besar GRC
|-
!Josephine Teo
|Member of Parliament for Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Radin Mas SMC
|-
!Melvin Yong
|Member of Parliament for Radin Mas
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Tanjong Pagar GRC
|-
!Eric Chua
|Member of Parliament for Queenstown
|-
!Indranee Rajah
|Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru
|-
!Joan Pereira
|Member of Parliament for Henderson-Dawson
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|West Coast GRC
|-
!Rachel Ong 
|Member of Parliament for Telok Blangah
|}

==Links==
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