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'''Sengkang''' is a sub-urban town in the north-eastern part of Singapore, where it is still considered the eastern part of Singapore. The Sengkang Planning Area, an urban planning zone under the [[Urban Redevelopment Authority]], covers the [[Housing and Development Board]] satellite new town of [[Sengkang New Town]] and rural [[Jalan Kayu]].
'''Sengkang''' is a planning area and residential town in the north-eastern part of Singapore. Measuring at approximately 10.59km<sup>2</sup>, Sengkang ranks 26th, 6th & 2nd in terms of size, population & density respectively. It is situated north of [[Hougang]] and [[Serangoon]], east of [[Ang Mo Kio]], southeast of [[Yishun]], south of [[Seletar]] and [[Punggol]], southwest of [[Pasir Ris]], and west of [[Paya Lebar]].


==Etymology and history==
Sengkang is made up of 7 subzones, namely Rivervale, Compassvale, Anchorvale, Fernvale, Sengkang Town Centre, Sengkang West and Lorong Halus North.
Meaning "prosperous harbour" in Chinese, '''''Sengkang''''' was derived from a small road called Lorong Sengkang, off Lorong [[Buangkok]]. Prior to this, the area was also known as ''Kangkar'' (港脚, pinyin: Gǎngjiǎo'') or "foot of the port" as there was once a fishing port located along Sungei Serangoon. Fishing villages and rubber and pepper plantations flourished in the area in the old days.  


Before the Sengkang New Town was built, vegetable and pig farms were located in the area, dominated by tropical rainforest. The only public housing estate then was the Punggol Rural Centre, comprising a few low-rise residential blocks, namely blocks 1-5, 206 and 207 located along Punggol Road. These blocks at the rural centre have since been demolished in 2005, to make way for future high-rise residential apartment blocks.
==Notable Structures==
===Education===
*Anchor Green Primary School
*CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent
*Compassvale Primary School
*Compassvale Secondary School
*Fern Green Primary School
*Fernvale Primary School
*Nan Chiau High School
*Nan Chiau Primary School
*North Spring Primary School
*North Vista Primary School
*North Vista Secondary School
*Palm View Primary School
*Pei Hwa Secondary School
*Rivervale Primary School
*Seng Kang Primary School
*Seng Kang Secondary School
*Sengkang Green Primary School
*Springdale Primary School


Due to Sengkang's meaning, many locations within Sengkang have names related to the sea such as Compass Point Shopping Centre, Anchorvale and Rivervale.
===Transportation===
*[[Buangkok MRT Station]]
*[[Sengkang#Compassvale Interchange|Compassvale Bus Interchange]]
*[[Sengkang#Sengkang Interchange|Sengkang Bus Interchange]]
*[[Sengkang LRT|Sengkang LRT Line]]
*[[Sengkang MRT/LRT Station]]


==Sengkang New Town==
===Government-related===
The [[North East Line]] (NEL) at [[Sengkang MRT Station]] connects [[Sengkang New Town]] to the downtown area. The [[Sengkang LRT]] intersects with the Sengkang MRT Station at the Sengkang Town Centre, providing residents with convenient public transport within Sengkang New Town itself and other parts of the island.
*Anchorvale Community Club
*Sengkang Community Club
*[[Sengkang Depot]]
*Sengkang Public Library
*''Sengkang West Bus Depot (Future bus depot)''


Amenities in this new town include primary and secondary schools, three shopping malls, a public library, a polyclinic and community centres. Compass Point Shopping Centre, a shopping mall attached to the bus interchange and [[Sengkang MRT/LRT Station|MRT/LRT station]], is a popular place for Sengkang residents to hang out and congregate. Other shopping areas include '''Rivervale Mall''', '''Rivervale Plaza''', '''Fernvale Point''' and '''Kopitiam Square''' with the latter three housing a wet market.
===Shopping Centres/Malls===
*Compass One ''(Formerly known as Compass Point)''
*Rivervale Mall
*Rivervale Plaza
* ''Sengkang Grand Mall (Opening in 2022)''
*The Seletar Mall


As announced in Budget Speech 2011, a new general hospital that has been planned in Sengkang to serve residents in northeastern Singapore will be ready by 2020 and will come with adjoining community hospital facilities. The new general hospital will be located along Sengkang East Road right next to the [[Cheng Lim LRT Station]]. It will also be within walking distance of Sengkang MRT Station. Next to the general hospital will be a community hospital that will provide sub-acute care and rehabilitative services for patients.
===Health===
*Sengkang Community Hospital
*Sengkang General Hospital


==Sengkang in Popular Culture==
===Parks===
A book named The Singapore Kid tells about a boy named Inn Kiat lives in Sengkang with his sister, Mei Mei, his mother, father and his grandmother which is known as 'Ah Ma'. He goes to a fictional school called Sunshine Primary School and also features Compass Point Shopping Centre. He once said when he went to Compass Point Shopping Centre, he thought that the whole Sengkang was invited for a huge carnival.
*Sengkang Riverside Park
*Sengkang Sculpture Park
 
===Main Sports Facilities===
*Sengkang Hockey Stadium
*Sengkang Sports Centre
 
==Bus Interchanges==
===Sengkang Interchange===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SBST|80
|HarbourFront
|{{N/A}}
|-
!class=GAS|83
|Punggol
|Looping point
|-
!class=SBST|86
|Ang Mo Kio
|Rowspan="7" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|87
|Bedok
|-
!class=SBST|156
|Clementi
|-
!class=SBST|159
|Toa Payoh
|-
!class=SBST|163
|Toa Payoh
|-
!class=SBST|371
|↺ Rivervale Crescent
|-
!class=SBST|372
|↺ Compassvale Road
|-
!class=TTS|965
|Woodlands
|Looping point
|-
|}
 
===Compassvale Interchange===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SMRT|110
|↺ Changi Airport
|Rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|374
|↺ Fernvale Road
|}
 
''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|114
|Buangkok Stn Exit B (Sengkang Central)
|↺ Buangkok Crescent
|{{N/A}}
|-
|}
 
==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"|North East CDC
|-
!Desmond Choo
|Mayor of North East CDC
|-
!style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Ang Mo Kio GRC
|-
!Gan Thiam Poh
|Member of Parliament for Fernvale
|-
!Ng Ling Ling
|Member of Parliament for Jalan Kayu
|-
!style="color:white;background-color:#93B3D4" colspan="2"|Sengkang GRC
|-
!He Ting Ru
|Member of Parliament for Buangkok
|-
!Jamus Lim
|Member of Parliament for Anchorvale
|-
!Louis Chua
|Member of Parliament for Rivervale
|-
!{{N/A|Vacant<sup>1</sup>}}
|Member of Parliament for Compassvale
|}
 
*<sup>1</sup>: Raeesah Khan has resigned her position as Member of Parliament on 30 November 2021.
 
==Links==
{{Planning Area}}

Revision as of 12:14, 1 December 2021

Sengkang is a planning area and residential town in the north-eastern part of Singapore. Measuring at approximately 10.59km2, Sengkang ranks 26th, 6th & 2nd in terms of size, population & density respectively. It is situated north of Hougang and Serangoon, east of Ang Mo Kio, southeast of Yishun, south of Seletar and Punggol, southwest of Pasir Ris, and west of Paya Lebar.

Sengkang is made up of 7 subzones, namely Rivervale, Compassvale, Anchorvale, Fernvale, Sengkang Town Centre, Sengkang West and Lorong Halus North.

Notable Structures

Education

  • Anchor Green Primary School
  • CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent
  • Compassvale Primary School
  • Compassvale Secondary School
  • Fern Green Primary School
  • Fernvale Primary School
  • Nan Chiau High School
  • Nan Chiau Primary School
  • North Spring Primary School
  • North Vista Primary School
  • North Vista Secondary School
  • Palm View Primary School
  • Pei Hwa Secondary School
  • Rivervale Primary School
  • Seng Kang Primary School
  • Seng Kang Secondary School
  • Sengkang Green Primary School
  • Springdale Primary School

Transportation

Government-related

  • Anchorvale Community Club
  • Sengkang Community Club
  • Sengkang Depot
  • Sengkang Public Library
  • Sengkang West Bus Depot (Future bus depot)

Shopping Centres/Malls

  • Compass One (Formerly known as Compass Point)
  • Rivervale Mall
  • Rivervale Plaza
  • Sengkang Grand Mall (Opening in 2022)
  • The Seletar Mall

Health

  • Sengkang Community Hospital
  • Sengkang General Hospital

Parks

  • Sengkang Riverside Park
  • Sengkang Sculpture Park

Main Sports Facilities

  • Sengkang Hockey Stadium
  • Sengkang Sports Centre

Bus Interchanges

Sengkang Interchange

Service Destination Notes
80 HarbourFront N/A
83 Punggol Looping point
86 Ang Mo Kio N/A
87 Bedok
156 Clementi
159 Toa Payoh
163 Toa Payoh
371 ↺ Rivervale Crescent
372 ↺ Compassvale Road
965 Woodlands Looping point

Compassvale Interchange

Service Destination Notes
110 ↺ Changi Airport N/A
374 ↺ Fernvale Road

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

Service Boarding Point Destination Notes
114 Buangkok Stn Exit B (Sengkang Central) ↺ Buangkok Crescent N/A

Politics

Incumbent Role
Central Singapore CDC
Denise Phua Mayor of Central CDC
North East CDC
Desmond Choo Mayor of North East CDC
Ang Mo Kio GRC
Gan Thiam Poh Member of Parliament for Fernvale
Ng Ling Ling Member of Parliament for Jalan Kayu
Sengkang GRC
He Ting Ru Member of Parliament for Buangkok
Jamus Lim Member of Parliament for Anchorvale
Louis Chua Member of Parliament for Rivervale
Vacant1 Member of Parliament for Compassvale
  • 1: Raeesah Khan has resigned her position as Member of Parliament on 30 November 2021.

Links

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