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==Notable Structures==
==Notable Structures==
===Education===
===Education===
*Bedok North Secondary School
{| class="toccolours"; "wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:left"
*Bedok South Secondary School
|-
*Bedok View Secondary School
!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
|-
!
*Bedok Green Primary School
*CHIJ (Katong) Primary School
*CHIJ (Katong) Primary School
*Damai Primary School
*Damai Primary School
*Damai Secondary School
*East Coast Primary School
*Fengshan Primary School
*Fengshan Primary School
*Opera Estate Primary School
*Opera Estate Primary School
*Ping Yi Secondary School
*Red Swastika School
*St Anthony's Canossian Primary
*St Anthony's Canossian Primary
*Temasek Primary School
!
*Bedok Green Secondary School
*Bedok South Secondary School
*Bedok View Secondary School
*Damai Secondary School
*St Anthony's Canossian Secondary School
*St Anthony's Canossian Secondary School
*[[St. Patrick's School]]
*[[St. Patrick's School]]
*Temasek Junior College
*Temasek Primary School
*Temasek Secondary School
*Temasek Secondary School
*[[Victoria School]]
!
*[[Temasek Junior College]]
*[[Victoria Junior College]]
*[[Victoria Junior College]]
*[[Victoria School]]
|}
 
 
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|-
!style="color:white;background-color:#000000"|''Defunct Schools''
!style="color:black;background-color:#FFFFFF"|Notes
|-
!Bedok North Secondary School
|Merged into Damai Secondary School in 2018
|-
!Ping Yi Secondary School
|Merged into Bedok Green Secondary School in 2016
|}


===Transportation===
===Transportation===
*''[[Bayshore MRT Station]] (Opening in 2023)''
*{{Stn|Bayshore| MRT station}}
*[[Bedok#Bedok Interchange|Bedok Bus Interchange]]
*[[Bedok#Bedok Interchange|Bedok Bus Interchange]]
*[[Bedok MRT Station]]
*{{Stn|Bedok| MRT station}}
*[[Bedok North MRT Station]]
*{{Stn|Bedok North| MRT station}}
*[[Bedok Reservoir MRT Station]]
*{{Stn|Bedok Reservoir| MRT station}}
*''[[Bedok South MRT Station]] (Opening in 2024)''
*''{{Stn|Bedok South| MRT station}} (Opening in 2026)''
*[[Kaki Bukit MRT Station]]
*{{Stn|Kaki Bukit| MRT station}}
*[[Kembangan MRT Station]]
*{{Stn|Kembangan| MRT station}}
*''[[Marine Terrace MRT Station]] (Opening in 2023)''
*{{Stn|Marine Terrace| MRT station}}
*''[[Siglap MRT Station]] (Opening in 2023)''
*{{Stn|Siglap| MRT station}}
*''[[Sungei Bedok MRT Station]] (Opening in 2024)''
*''{{Stn|Sungei Bedok| MRT station}} (Opening in 2026)''
*[[Tanah Merah MRT Station]]
*{{Stn|Tanah Merah| MRT station}}
*[[Bedok#Upper East Coast Terminal|Upper East Coast Bus Terminal]]
*[[Bedok#Upper East Coast Terminal|Upper East Coast Bus Terminal]]


===Government-related===
===Government-related===
*Bedok Community Centre
*Bedok Community Centre
*Bedok Public Library
*Eunos Community Club
*Eunos Community Club
*Fengshan Community Club
*Fengshan Community Club
*Kampong Chai Chee Community Club
*Heartbeat@Bedok
*Kampong Kembangan Community Club
*Kampong Kembangan Community Club


===Shopping Centres / Malls===
===Shopping Centres/Malls===
*Bedok Mall
*Bedok Mall
*Bedok Point
*Djitsun Mall (Bedok)


===Parks===
===Parks===
*Bedok Reservoir Park
*Bedok Town Park
*Bedok Town Park
*Bedok Reservoir Park
*East Coast Park
*Telok Kurau Park
*Telok Kurau Park


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!Notes
!Notes
|-
|-
|{{Bus|7|SBST}}
!class=SBST|7
|Clementi
|Clementi
|rowspan="6" {{N/A}}
|rowspan="9" {{N/A}}
|-
|-
|{{Bus|9|SBST}}
!class=SBST|9
|↺ Changi Airfreight Centre
|↺ Changi Airfreight Centre
|-
|-
|{{Bus|14|SBST}}
!class=SBST|14
|Clementi
|Clementi
|-
|-
|{{Bus|16|SBST}}
!class=SBST|16
|Bukit Merah
|-
!class=SBST|16M
|Bukit Merah
|Bukit Merah
|-
|-
|{{Bus|17|GAS}}
!class=GAS|17
|Pasir Ris
|Pasir Ris
|-
|-
|{{Bus|17A|GAS}}
!class=GAS|17A
|Bedok North Ave 4
|Bedok North Avenue 4
|-
|-
|{{Bus|18|SBST}}
!class=SBST|26
|Tampines Concourse
|Looping point
|-
|{{Bus|26|SBST}}
|Toa Payoh
|Toa Payoh
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|-
|{{Bus|30|SBST}}
!class=SBST|30
|Boon Lay
|Boon Lay
|-
|-
|{{Bus|30e|SBST}}
!class=SBST|30e
|Pasir Panjang Road
|Pasir Panjang Road
|Weekday AM Peak
|Weekday AM Peak<br>Express Service
|-
|-
|{{Bus|32|SBST}}
!class=SBST|32
|Buona Vista
|Buona Vista
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|-
|{{Bus|33|SBST}}
!class=SBST|33
|Kent Ridge
|Kent Ridge
|-
|-
|{{Bus|35|SBST}}
!class=SBST|35
|↺ ALPS Ave
|↺ ALPS Ave
|rowspan="2"|Alternate Operating Hours
|rowspan="2"|Alternate Operating Hours
|-
|-
|{{Bus|35M|SBST}}
!class=SBST|35M
|↺ Tanah Merah Ferry Road
|↺ Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal
|-
|-
|{{Bus|38|SBST}}
!class=SBST|38
|Tampines
|Tampines
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|-
|{{Bus|40|SBST}}
!class=SBST|40
|↺ Merpati Road
|↺ Merpati Road
|-
|-
|{{Bus|60|SBST}}
!class=SBST|60
|Eunos
|Eunos
|Looping point
|rowspan="2"|Looping point
|-
|{{Bus|66|TTS}}
|Jurong East
|{{N/A}}
|-
|-
|{{Bus|69|SBST}}
!class=SBST|69
|Tampines
|Tampines
|Looping point
|-
|-
|{{Bus|87|SBST}}
!class=SBST|87
|Sengkang
|Sengkang
|rowspan="6" {{N/A}}
|rowspan="6" {{N/A}}
|-
|-
|{{Bus|155|SBST}}
!class=SBST|155
|Toa Payoh
|Toa Payoh
|-
|-
|{{Bus|168|SBST}}
!class=SBST|168
|Woodlands
|Woodlands
|-
|-
|{{Bus|196|SBST}}
!class=SBST|196
|Clementi
|Clementi
|-
|-
|{{Bus|197|SBST}}
!class=SBST|197
|Jurong East
|Jurong East
|-
|-
|{{Bus|222|SBST}}
!class=SBST|222
|↺ Chai Chee Drive
|↺ Chai Chee Drive
|-
|-
|{{Bus|225G|SBST}}
!class=SBST|225G
|rowspan="2"|↺ Bedok North Street 3
|rowspan="2"|↺ Bedok North Street 3
|Clockwise loop
|Clockwise loop
|-
|-
|{{Bus|225W|SBST}}
!class=SBST|225W
|Counter clockwise loop
|Counter clockwise loop
|-
|-
|{{Bus|228|SBST}}
!class=SBST|228
|↺ Bedok Reservoir Road
|↺ Bedok Reservoir Road
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|-
|{{Bus|229|SBST}}
!class=SBST|229
|↺ Bedok South Avenue 3
|↺ Bedok South Road
|-
|-
|{{Bus|401|SBST}}
!class=SBST|401
|↺ Fort Road
|↺ Fort Road
|Weekends & Public Holidays
|Weekends & Public Holidays
|-
|-
|{{Bus|854|SMRT}}
!class=TTS|854
|Yishun
|Yishun
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|-
|-
|{{Bus|854e|SMRT}}
!class=TTS|854e
|{{N/A|Alighting only}}
|{{N/A|Alighting only}}
|Weekdays AM Peak
|Weekdays AM Peak<br>Express Service
|}
 
''For bus services that '''do not start or end''' at this interchange but layover in this interchange''
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Boarding Point
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SBST|14e
|{{BS84211}}
|Orchard Road
|rowspan="2" |Weekdays AM Peak<br>Express Service
|-
!class=SBST|196e
|{{BS93049}}
|Shenton Way
|-
|}
|}


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!Notes
!Notes
|-
|-
|{{Bus|13|SBST}}
!class=SBST|13
|Yio Chu Kang
|Yio Chu Kang
|rowspan="8" {{N/A}}
|rowspan="7" {{N/A}}
|-
|-
|{{Bus|25|SBST}}
!class=SBST|25
|Ang Mo Kio
|Ang Mo Kio
|-
|-
|{{Bus|43|GAS}}
!class=GAS|43
|Punggol
|Punggol
|-
|-
|{{Bus|45|SBST}}
!class=SBST|45
|Ang Mo Kio Depot
|Ang Mo Kio Depot
|-
|-
|{{Bus|46|SBST}}
!class=SBST|46
|Tampines
|Pasir Ris
|-
|-
|{{Bus|55|SBST}}
!class=SBST|55
|Bishan
|Bishan
|-
|-
|{{Bus|137|SBST}}
!class=SBST|137
|Sims Place
|Sims Place
|-
|-
|{{Bus|506|SBST}}
!class=TTS|853M
|Jurong East
|-
|{{Bus|853#|SMRT}}
|Yishun
|Yishun
|Sundays & Public Holidays only
|Sundays & Public Holidays
|}
|}
 
==Roads==
[[List of Roads in Bedok]]
==Politics==
==Politics==
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! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|South East CDC
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|South East CDC
|-
|-
!Maliki Osman
!Mohd Fahmi Aliman
|Mayor of South East CDC
|Mayor of South East CDC
|-
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#93B3D4" colspan="2"|Aljunied GRC
! style="color:white;background-color:#93B3D4" colspan="2"|Aljunied GRC
|-
|-
!Low Thia Kiang
!Gerald Giam
|Member of Parliament for Bedok Reservoir-Punggol
|Member of Parliament for Bedok Reservoir-Punggol
|-
|-
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|Member of Parliament for Kaki Bukit
|Member of Parliament for Kaki Bukit
|-
|-
!Pritam Singh
![[Pritam Singh]]
|Member of Parliament for Eunos
|Member of Parliament for Eunos
|-
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|East Coast GRC
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|East Coast GRC
|-
|-
!Lee Yi Shyan
!Cheryl Chan
|Member of Parliament for Kampong Chai Chee
|Member of Parliament for Fengshan
|-
|-
!Lim Swee Say
!Heng Swee Keat
|Member of Parliament for Bedok
|Member of Parliament for Bedok
|-
|-
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|Member of Parliament for Siglap
|Member of Parliament for Siglap
|-
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Fengshan SMC
!Tan Kiat How
|-
|Member of Parliament for Kampong Chai Chee
!Cheryl Chan
|Member of Parliament for Fengshan
|-
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Marine Parade GRC
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Marine Parade GRC
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|Member of Parliament for Joo Chiat
|Member of Parliament for Joo Chiat
|-
|-
!Tan Chuan-Jin
!{{N/A|Vacant<sup>1</sup>}}
|Member of Parliament for Kembangan-Chai Chee
|Member of Parliament for Kembangan-Chai Chee
|}
|}
*<sup>1</sup>: Tan Chuan Jin has resigned his position as Member of Parliament on 17 July 2023.


==References==
==References==
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==Links==
==Links==
{{Planning Area}}
{{Planning Area}}
*[http://www.ahtc.sg Aljunied-Hougang Town Council]
*[http://www.ectc.org.sg East Coast-Fengshan Town Council]
*[http://www.mptc.org.sg Marine Parade Town Council]
*[http://www.goviewing.com/bedokestate View Bedok Estate and surroundings]
*[http://www.bedoktoday.com Bedok Free Online Community Forums] (BedokToday.COM)

Latest revision as of 16:30, 29 September 2024

Bedok is a planning area and matured residential town located in the East Region of Singapore. It has a land area of about 21.69 km2, Bedok ranks the 7th, 1st & 7th in terms of size, population & density respectively. Bedok New Town is the fifth Housing and Development Board (HDB) new town; its development started in April 1973 and continued over some 15 years. The planning area, an urban planning zone under the Urban Redevelopment Authority, encompasses the Bedok New Town itself, the low-rise private residential areas along Upper East Coast Road, and in the districts of Kembangan, Siglap and Telok Kurau, and the high-rise private condominium developments in the eastern part of Marine Parade.

Bedok is located at the southeastern part of Singapore's east region and is made out of 8 subzones, namely, Bayshore, Bedok North, Bedok Reservoir, Bedok South, Frankel, Kaki Bukit, Kembangan and Siglap. It is bounded by Paya Lebar to the north, Hougang to the northwest, Tampines to the northeast and east, Geylang to the west and Marine Parade to the southwest.

Etymology and early history[edit]

"Bedok" seems to be a very old place name. In the 1604 Manuel Gomes de Erédia's map of Singapore, there is a reference to the Bedok River called sune bodo (Sungei Bedok).

Bedok is one of the early native place names in existence around the time of Sir Stamford Raffles. In the first comprehensive map of Singapore Island completed by Frankin and Jackson and reproduced in John Crawfurd's 1828 book, the place name appears on the south-east coast of the island as a river, Badok S. (Sungei Bedok), around the "small red cliff", a part of present-day Tanah Merah.

The Malay word bedoh refers to a type of slit drum made from a large hollowed log for calling people to a mosque for prayers or to sound the alarm in the days before loudspeakers. There was a prominent mosque in the 1950s at Jalan Bilal that still used the drum about five times a day. The "h" in the word bedoh was replaced with a "k", and, as with most Malay words that end with a "k", it is pronounced with an inaudible glottal stop.

A less popular version refers to an equally uncommon Malay term of biduk, a small fishing boat like the sampan, or more likely, a dugout canoe, as the east coast was dotted with many fishing villages.

Bedok New Town[edit]

Bedok New Town covers a land area close to 9.4 km² with some 42% occupied for residential use. It was formerly a hilly region and hence the focal point of orientation of the town is the special landscaped park and sports complex built on the higher ground of the town. The residential blocks as well as the industrial area are planned based on the neighbourhood concept.

Residential development[edit]

There are some 58,000 units of flats built by the HDB in Bedok New Town. As one of the older towns, the majority of the flats are 3-room or 4-room. There are also some 2,700 and 583 units of executive and Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDC) flats. It provides housing for some 200,000 residents.

Notable Structures[edit]

Education[edit]

Primary Schools Secondary Schools Tertiary & Other Institutions
  • Bedok Green Primary School
  • CHIJ (Katong) Primary School
  • Damai Primary School
  • Fengshan Primary School
  • Opera Estate Primary School
  • Red Swastika School
  • St Anthony's Canossian Primary
  • Temasek Primary School
  • Bedok Green Secondary School
  • Bedok South Secondary School
  • Bedok View Secondary School
  • Damai Secondary School
  • St Anthony's Canossian Secondary School
  • St. Patrick's School
  • Temasek Secondary School
  • Victoria School


Defunct Schools Notes
Bedok North Secondary School Merged into Damai Secondary School in 2018
Ping Yi Secondary School Merged into Bedok Green Secondary School in 2016

Transportation[edit]

Government-related[edit]

  • Bedok Community Centre
  • Eunos Community Club
  • Fengshan Community Club
  • Heartbeat@Bedok
  • Kampong Kembangan Community Club

Shopping Centres/Malls[edit]

  • Bedok Mall
  • Djitsun Mall (Bedok)

Parks[edit]

  • Bedok Reservoir Park
  • Bedok Town Park
  • Telok Kurau Park

Bus Interchanges/Terminals[edit]

Bedok Interchange[edit]

Service Destination Notes
7 Clementi N/A
9 ↺ Changi Airfreight Centre
14 Clementi
16 Bukit Merah
16M Bukit Merah
17 Pasir Ris
17A Bedok North Avenue 4
26 Toa Payoh
30 Boon Lay
30e Pasir Panjang Road Weekday AM Peak
Express Service
32 Buona Vista N/A
33 Kent Ridge
35 ↺ ALPS Ave Alternate Operating Hours
35M ↺ Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal
38 Tampines N/A
40 ↺ Merpati Road
60 Eunos Looping point
69 Tampines
87 Sengkang N/A
155 Toa Payoh
168 Woodlands
196 Clementi
197 Jurong East
222 ↺ Chai Chee Drive
225G ↺ Bedok North Street 3 Clockwise loop
225W Counter clockwise loop
228 ↺ Bedok Reservoir Road N/A
229 ↺ Bedok South Road
401 ↺ Fort Road Weekends & Public Holidays
854 Yishun N/A
854e Alighting only Weekdays AM Peak
Express Service

For bus services that do not start or end at this interchange but layover in this interchange

Service Boarding Point Destination Notes
14e Blk 403 icon84211
Bedok Nth Ave 3 		Orchard Road Weekdays AM Peak
Express Service
196e Lagoon View icon93049
Marine Parade Rd 		Shenton Way

Upper East Coast Terminal[edit]

Service Destination Notes
13 Yio Chu Kang N/A
25 Ang Mo Kio
43 Punggol
45 Ang Mo Kio Depot
46 Pasir Ris
55 Bishan
137 Sims Place
853M Yishun Sundays & Public Holidays

Roads[edit]

List of Roads in Bedok

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
Muhamad Faisal Manap Member of Parliament for Kaki Bukit
Pritam Singh Member of Parliament for Eunos
East Coast GRC
Cheryl Chan Member of Parliament for Fengshan
Heng Swee Keat Member of Parliament for Bedok
Maliki Osman Member of Parliament for Siglap
Tan Kiat How Member of Parliament for Kampong Chai Chee
Marine Parade GRC
Edwin Tong Member of Parliament for Joo Chiat
Vacant1 Member of Parliament for Kembangan-Chai Chee
  • 1: Tan Chuan Jin has resigned his position as Member of Parliament on 17 July 2023.

References[edit]

  • Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1

Links[edit]

Planning Areas View • Talk • Edit
Central Bishan • Bukit Merah • Bukit Timah • Downtown Core1 • Geylang • Kallang • Marina East1 • Marina South1 • Marine Parade • Museum1 • Newton1 • Novena • Orchard1 • Outram1 • Queenstown • River Valley1 • Rochor1 • Singapore River1 • Southern Islands • Straits View1 • Tanglin • Toa Payoh
East Bedok • Changi • Changi Bay • Pasir Ris • Paya Lebar • Tampines
North Central Water Catchment • Lim Chu Kang • Mandai • Sembawang • Simpang • Sungei Kadut • Woodlands • Yishun
North-East Ang Mo Kio • Hougang • North-Eastern Islands • Punggol • Seletar • Sengkang • Serangoon
West Boon Lay • Bukit Batok • Bukit Panjang • Choa Chu Kang • Clementi • Jurong East • Jurong West • Pioneer • Tengah • Tuas • Western Islands • Western Water Catchment
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