Buangkok station

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NE15 Buangkok 万国 புவாங்கோக் *Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
Statistics
Address	10 Sengkang Central Singapore 545061
Line(s)	North East Line
Structure	Underground
Connections
Abbreviation	BGK

Buangkok (NE15) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East Line.

History

Date	Event
15 January 2006	Station officially opened

First white elephant incident

On 27 August 2005, during Minister Vivian Balakrishnan's visit, a resident, displeased with Buangkok's disuse, erected a series of white paper cut-outs of elephants, which were drawn in a cartoon-like style, symbolically calling the unopened Buangkok station a 'white elephant'. Soon after, police started an investigation on it as a case of a public display without permit, on the grounds that a complaint was received and that they may have been in violation of the Public Entertainment and Meetings Act. It raised controversy because many people saw it as a harmless, trivial case not worthy of investigation. It also highlighted the general displeasure over the non-operation of the MRT station after it was built with public funds. It also raised questions on how much freedom of expression the government is willing to tolerate.

On 6 October 2005, the police closed the investigation without pressing charges but issued a stern warning to the offender. This led then-Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng to comment to the media, "We cannot apply the law to some and turn a blind eye to others. If we do, then the law becomes the real white elephant."

Second white elephant incident

On 13 January 2006, during a carnival celebrating the opening of the MRT station, some 27 students from Raffles Girls' School were preparing to sell T-shirts bearing "Save the White Elephants" to raise funds for a charity Youth Guidance. This prompted a warning from the police that they needed a fund-raising permit and that "wearing of T-shirts en masse may be misconstrued by some as an offence under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public & Order & Nuisance) (Assemblies & Processions) Rules."

The girls said that they had always taken a strong interest in current affairs and Buangkok incident inspired them to start what they called "Project White Elephant" aiming to "galvanise the youth of today to rise up from the apathy they are stereotyped with and take an active role in airing their views". Punggol South grassroots leaders were impressed by their "entrepreneurial spirit and derring-do", and invited them to set up a stall at the opening ceremony of the station to sell the T-shirts.

On 21st January 2006, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng apologised for the way the police had overreacted to the group of school girls' plan to sell and wear white elephant T-shirts at the opening of Buangkok station.

Artworks

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  North East Line: Water, Nature & Contemporary by Vincent Leow
  Bold colours and graphic patterns fused with old black-and-white photos of life in Singapore are embellished with dots, graphic motifs and bands to create an experimental commentary on the vitality of Buangkok New Town.

Layout

L1	Street Level
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
B2	Template:Route/1
	Platform A/B
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Exits

Exit	Disabled-Access	Location/Nearby
A		Sengkang Central, Palm View Primary School, Compassvale Ancilla Park
B		Sengkang Central, North Vista Primary School

Transport Services

First/Last Train Timing

Destination	First Train			Last Train
	Mon − Fri	Sat	Sun & P.H.	Daily
North East Line
NE1HarbourFront	05:46	05:46	06:06	23:32
NE17Punggol	06:13	06:14	06:34	00:25

Bus

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Service
67609	Buangkok Stn Exit A	27 43 43e 43M 102 114
67601	Buangkok Stn Exit B	27 43 43e 43M 102 114