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Sengkang New Town

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Demographics
Region:	North-East Region North-East Region, Singapore The North-East Region of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. It includes seven urban planning areas. As its name implies, it is located in the north-eastern part of Singapore.The land area is about 13,810 hectares....
Total area:	10.55 km²
Residential area:	5.07 km²
Dwelling units:	39,982
Projected ultimate:	95,000
Population:	138,500 (31 March 2006)

Sengkang New Town is a relatively young satellite residential town in the city-state

City-state

A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as a part of another local government.-Historical city-states:...

of Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. Originally a fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

village, the area is presently undergoing rapid development under the ambition of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to transform it into a "21st century township

Township

The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. Township is generally associated with an urban area. However there are many exceptions to this rule. In Australia, the United States, and Canada, they may be settlements too small to be considered urban...

". The town now comprises four large neighbourhoods. It is located within Sengkang

Sengkang

Sengkang is a sub-urban town in the north-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.-Etymology and history:Meaning...

, one of the 55 urban planning areas outlined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority

Urban Redevelopment Authority

The Urban Redevelopment Authority is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Singapore Government.-Mission:The authority was established on 1 April 1974, and is of especially critical importance to the city-state,...

for long-term land use planning purposes.

Location

Sengkang New Town is situated to the north of Hougang New Town, in the north-eastern part of Singapore, under the North-East Region

North-East Region, Singapore

The North-East Region of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. It includes seven urban planning areas. As its name implies, it is located in the north-eastern part of Singapore.The land area is about 13,810 hectares....

as defined by Urban Redevelopment Authority

Urban Redevelopment Authority

(URA).

The town is bounded by the Tampines Expressway

Tampines Expressway

The Tampines Expressway is a highway in the north-eastern fringe of Singapore, joining the Pan Island Expressway near Singapore Changi Airport in the east with the Central Expressway and Seletar Expressway in the north of the island.The original part of this expressway started at the end of...

(TPE) to the north, Sungei Serangoon

Sungei Serangoon

Sungei Serangoon is a river in the north-eastern part of Singapore. The 8-kilometre river starts as a canal near Tampines Road, and flows through Hougang, where it is joined by tributary Sungei Pinang just before Sengkang, before flowing towards Lorong Halus, where it is joined by another...

(Serangoon

Serangoon

Serangoon is town situated in the central part of the city-state of Singapore, within the North-East Region. The Housing and Development Board housing estate of Serangoon New Town in Serangoon is one of the smaller new towns. Its town centre is known as Serangoon Central, and is the target of...

River) to the east, Buangkok

Buangkok

Buangkok is an area located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It encompasses an area of Hougang New Town and the medical hub of Buangkok Green Medical Park that includes the Institute of Mental Health north of Buangkok Green, and the public residential areas in the neighbourhood of Compassvale...

Drive to the south and Jalan Kayu

Jalan Kayu

Jalan Kayu is a name of a street situated within the Sengkang Planning Area in the North-East Region of Singapore, under the urban planning scheme of the Urban Redevelopment Authority...

to the west. Sungei Punggol

Sungei Punggol

Sungei Punggol is a river located within the North-East Region in Singapore.-Geography:...

(Punggol

Punggol

Punggol, or Ponggol, is a neighbourhood in northeastern Singapore. Presently, much of Punggol is undeveloped, although plans to turn the area into a residential new town under the "Punggol 21" initiative have begun to take place in the south-eastern parts of the area bordering neighbouring...

River) cuts through the new town, and divides the town into Sengkang East and Sengkang West. The Sengkang Town Centre is located in Sengkang East.

Etymology and history

Sengkang means "prosperous harbour" in Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

. The name comes from a road called Lorong Sengkang, off Lorong Buangkok

Buangkok

. The area was formerly known as Kangkar (Gang Jiao 港脚) or "foot of the port" as there was once a fishing port

Port

A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....

located along Sungei Serangoon. Fishing villages and rubber

Rubber

Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...

, pepper

Black pepper

Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried, is approximately in diameter, dark red when fully mature, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed...

and pineapple

Pineapple

Pineapple is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeliaceae...

plantation

Plantation

A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...

s flourished in the area in the old days.

Before the town was developed into a modern housing estate, the area was home to vegetable

Vegetable

The noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed. This typically means the leaf, stem, or root of a plant....

and pig

Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...

farm

Farm

A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...

s, and tropical forests. The only public housing estate then was the Punggol Rural Centre, comprising a few low-rise residential blocks (blocks 1-5, 206 & 207) accommodating resettled farmers, 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.

In 1994, an urban design

Urban design

Urban design concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space. It has traditionally been regarded as a disciplinary subset of urban planning, landscape architecture, or architecture and in more recent times has...

team of 10 from HDB started conceptualisation for a new town in Sengkang. Sengkang was carved up into six neighbourhoods that will eventually house a total of 95,000 public and private housing units in the long term.

Sengkang's rich history became the theme for its future — Town of the Seafarer. Three neighbourhoods carry a marine

Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

sub-theme, while the other three will reflect the past when sprawling plantations covered parts of the area. The six neighbourhoods are planned to have names and colour scheme

Colour Scheme

Colour Scheme is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twelfth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1943. The novel takes place in New Zealand during World War II; the plot involves suspected Nazi activity at a hot springs resort on the New Zealand coast and a...

s to go with their respective themes. Its past is today reflected in the design of its housing, seen in the three-storey pilotis or stilt

Stilt

Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates....

effect that all the housing blocks have, reminiscent of the stilts of fishing villages and trunks of the various plantations of bygone years.

The town's first apartment

Apartment

An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...

blocks (known locally as flats) at Rivervale

Rivervale, Singapore

Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Serangoon River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1'...

were completed in 1997. By August 2001, about 33,700 dwelling units have been completed. As at 31 March 2006, there are 384 HDB apartment blocks with 39,982 units in Sengkang New Town, comprising 16,017 four-roomers, 19,477 five-roomers and 4,488 executive flats.

In October 1999, a steering committee chaired by Dr Michael Lim, Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

for Cheng San Group Representation Constituency

Cheng San Group Representation Constituency

Cheng San Group Representation Constituency is a now defunct Group Representation Constituency in the north-eastern region in Singapore...

, was formed to look into providing sufficient amenities in Sengkang New Town, in view of feedback from residents. The Sengkang Town Development Steering Committee comprises grassroots

Grassroots

A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...

leaders and the representatives of government agencies, and has four sub-committees taking care of town development, transportation, education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

, and social aspects. It coordinated and sped up the provision of town amenities, and completed its report on the need for facilities and services in the new town in July 2000.

Highlights

Sengkang's two main rivers, Sungei Punggol and Sungei Serangoon, bring life through the town with a network of green connectors along their banks, linking housing precincts to neighbourhood parks, and in the future, to the town park and sports complex as well. Eventually, these park connectors will be linked to the future Coney Island Park in Punggol New Town

Punggol New Town

Punggol New Town is a Housing and Development Board new town in Punggol, within the North-East Region of Singapore.-Etymology:Punggol Point or Tanjong Punggol appears as Tanjong Rangon on Franklin and Jackson's 1828 map of Singapore. Punggol, also spelt as Ponggol, means "hurling sticks at the...

and the existing Punggol Park

Punggol Park

Punggol Park is a park located in Hougang, in the north-eastern part of Singapore. The park is 16 hectares in size, with a 5 ha lake....

in the south, to better serve the recreational needs of the residents of Sengkang. Sengkang Sculpture Park

Sengkang Sculpture Park

Sengkang Sculpture Park is a park located in the Compassvale North Gate neighbourhood in Sengkang New Town in Singapore.The park evolved from Sengkang's "fishing village / marine" theme and design brief which called for the introduction of "Arts in the Park". The 24,000-square metre park is...

, located in Compassvale

Compassvale

Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...

, is an elongated green space created below the Sengkang Light Rail Transit (LRT) viaducts.

Besides the pilotis located at the foot of all apartment blocks, point blocks are designed with a unique C-shape that provide greater privacy. Other common features include perforated balcony

Balcony

Balcony , a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade.-Types:The traditional Maltese balcony is a wooden closed balcony projecting from a...

screens, and mesh or net-like parapet

Parapet

A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a...

s at the multi-storey carparks.

Sengkang is also the first satellite new town in Singapore to have its major public transport

Transport in Singapore

Transport within Singapore is mainly land-based. Many parts of Singapore are accessible by road, including islands such as Sentosa and Jurong Island. The other major form of transportation within Singapore is rail: the Mass Rapid Transit which runs the length and width of Singapore, and the Light...

amenities built in tandem with the main public housing development. The main heavy rail tunnels through Sengkang and the elevated track infrastructure of the intra-town Sengkang LRT system were developed as the existing public housing blocks were being built in the late 1990s. An integrated approach to transport, housing and commercial uses was also adopted in the planning of the town centre of Sengkang. Commuters alighting at Sengkang MRT Station have direct access to the Sengkang Bus Interchange

Sengkang Bus Interchange

Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT Station...

, the shopping mall

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

at Compass Point

Compass Point Shopping Centre

Compass Point is a suburban shopping mall located in the town centre of Sengkang New Town, Singapore.-History:Compass Point was built as an integrated development together with the adjacent Sengkang MRT Station and Compass Heights condominium. Constructed at a cost of S$230 million, the shopping...

and the residential development at Compass Heights in a contiguous building complex.

Neighbourhoods

Sengkang New Town is currently divided into four major neighbourhoods, arranged from east to west:

Neighbourhood 1 (N1) - Rivervale
Rivervale, Singapore
Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Serangoon River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1'...

(河谷)
Neighbourhood 2 (N2) - Compassvale
Compassvale
Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...

(康埔桦)
Neighbourhood 3 (N3) - Anchorvale
Anchorvale
Anchorvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, Republic of Singapore, and is located between Punggol River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Anchorvale begin with the number '3' . These housing estates were fully completed by the Housing and Development Board...

(安谷)
Neighbourhood 4 (N4) - Fernvale
Fernvale
Fernvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town in Singapore. It is located between Punggol River and Jalan Kayu. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Fernvale begin with the number '4' . Fernvale is the newest neighbourhood in Sengkang New Town to be completed by the Housing and...

(芬维尔)

Transportation facilities

City planners plan for public transport

Public transport

Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...

to eventually become the preferred mode of transport

Mode of transport

Mode of transport is a term used to distinguish substantially different ways to perform transport. The most dominant modes of transport are aviation, land transport, which includes rail, road and off-road transport, and ship transport...

in the future. The government of Singapore ideally desires environmental

Environmentalism

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...

towns, using public transport to reduce pollution

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...

caused by heavy road traffic. Sengkang is part of the Urban Redevelopment Authority's focus for realising this urban planning

Urban planning

Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....

model. As Sengkang is relatively distant from the city centre at the Central Area

Central Area

In Singapore, the Central Area or Central Business District contains the core financial and commercial districts, including eleven urban planning areas, namely Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, Museum, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, Singapore River and Straits View as...

, an efficient, high-volume and high-speed public transport system is also preferred to using road networks.

The Sengkang MRT Station, Sengkang LRT Station and Sengkang Bus Interchange

Sengkang Bus Interchange

Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT Station...

are fully integrated within a single building complex to allow seamless travel for the residents of Sengkang New Town across the different available modes of public transport.

North East Line

Sengkang New Town is linked to the Central Area and the SMRT

SMRT

SMRT may refer to:* SMRT Limited, United Kingdom* SMRT Corporation, Singapore* Single Molecule Real Time Sequencing* Silencing Mediator for Retinoid and Thyroid-hormone receptors, thyroid hormone receptors that are affected by nuclear receptor co-repressor 2...

lines (to the Circle Line at Serangoon Station

Serangoon MRT Station

Serangoon MRT Station ' is an underground interchange station on the North East Line and the Circle Line in Singapore. The station is located in the Serangoon Central area, at the intersection of Upper Serangoon Road and Serangoon Central...

and Harbourfront Station

HarbourFront MRT Station

HarbourFront MRT Station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit interchange of the North East Line and the Circle Line in Singapore. It is located in the south of Singapore next to the HarbourFront Centre, previously known as the Singapore World Trade Centre. It serves as a terminal station of the...

), to the North-South Line at Dhoby Ghaut Station

Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station

Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station ' is a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, located at the eastern end of Orchard Road. Originally it was only a station on the North South Line but after the opening of the North East Line on 20 June 2003, it became the interchange station for these two lines...

, and to the East-West Line at Outram Park Station

Outram Park MRT Station

Outram Park MRT Station ' is an interchange station of the North East Line and the East West Line in Singapore. It is located in the Central Area, Singapore's central business district. Before Tiong Bahru MRT Station was refurbished in 2006, it was the last MRT Station that had Chinese characters...

) through the North East Line

North East MRT Line

The North East MRT Line is the third Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and the world's second longest fully underground, automated and driverless, rapid transit line after Singapore's Circle MRT Line. The line is 20 km long with 16 stations and operated by SBS Transit. Travelling from one end...

(NEL) at Sengkang Station (NE16) located at Sengkang Town Centre. The NEL system is a fully automated heavy rail mass rapid transit system, and started operations on 20 June 2003. It is currently operated by SBS Transit

SBS Transit

SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....

.
Buangkok NEL Station

Buangkok MRT Station

Buangkok MRT Station is an underground station located on the North East Line of the Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore. The station is in Sengkang and near to Hougang and serves residents in the vicinity....

(NE15), the other station along NEL in Sengkang New Town, serves the housing developments in Buangkok

Buangkok

, at Compassvale

Compassvale

Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...

, and the northern part of Hougang New Town. The station started operations on 15 January 2006.

Sengkang LRT Line

The intra-town Sengkang Light Rail Transit (LRT) system is a 10.7 km light rail line that serves to link residents to the town centre. It is a fully automated system, and its rolling stock is supplied by Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi

The Mitsubishi Group , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company that consists of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy...

Heavy Industries. The system is currently operated by SBS Transit

SBS Transit

. The Sengkang LRT line forms 2 loops, East Loop and West Loop, that skirt the perimeter of the new town.

Station names are:

East Loop (opened on 18 January 2003)
- STC - Sengkang
  Sengkang MRT/LRT Station
  The Sengkang MRT/LRT Station ' is an interchange station in Singapore that serves Sengkang New Town. It is part of the North East Line of the Mass Rapid Transit and the Sengkang LRT Line of the Light Rail Transit....
  
  (Interchange station)
- SE1 - Compassvale
  Compassvale LRT Station
  Compassvale LRT Station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line East Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2003. It is operated by SBS Transit.-Train service:-LRT Station layout:-Bus services nearby:...
- SE2 - Rumbia
  Rumbia LRT Station
  Rumbia LRT Station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line East Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2003 and it is operated by SBS Transit. This station is located near Rivervale Mall, some HDB blocks and Rivervale Crest.-Etymology:...
- SE3 - Bakau
  Bakau LRT Station
  Bakau LRT Station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line East Loop in Singapore. It opened in January 2003, and is operated by SBS Transit.-Etymology:The 'bakau' is popularly used as a building foundation...
- SE4 - Kangkar
  Kangkar LRT Station
  Kangkar LRT station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line East Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2003. It is operated by SBS Transit....
- SE5 - Ranggung
  Ranggung LRT Station
  Ranggung LRT station is an LRT station on the East Loop of the Sengkang LRT Line in Singapore. It was opened in January 2003. It is operated by SBS Transit.-Train service:-LRT Station layout:-Bus services nearby:...

West Loop (partially opened on 29 January 2005)
- STC - Sengkang
  Sengkang MRT/LRT Station
  The Sengkang MRT/LRT Station ' is an interchange station in Singapore that serves Sengkang New Town. It is part of the North East Line of the Mass Rapid Transit and the Sengkang LRT Line of the Light Rail Transit....
  
  (Interchange station)
- SW1 - Cheng Lim
  Cheng Lim LRT Station
  Cheng Lim LRT station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It is currently not open for service due to little development around the area...
  
  (not in operation)
- SW2 - Farmway
  Farmway LRT Station
  Farmway LRT station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It opened for service in November 2007 to facilitate the completion of Sengkang Sports Complex and Anchorvale Community Centre within the vicinity and is operated by SBS Transit, making it the second LRT station...
- SW3 - Kupang
  Kupang LRT Station
  Kupang LRT Station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It is currently not open for service due to little development around the area. It is operated by SBS Transit.-Etymology:...
  
  (not in operation)
- SW4 - Thanggam
  Thanggam LRT Station
  Thanggam LRT station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Punggol LRT East Loop...
- SW5 - Fernvale
  Fernvale LRT Station
  Fernvale LRT station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Punggol LRT East Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit. The station serves residents who just shifted into the newly-constructed HDB flats as part of Fernvale...
- SW6 - Layar
  Layar LRT Station
  Layar LRT station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Punggol LRT East Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit.-Train service:-LRT Station layout:-Bus services nearby:...
- SW7 - Tongkang
  Tongkang LRT Station
  Tongkang LRT station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Punggol LRT East Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit.-Etymology:...
- SW8 - Renjong
  Renjong LRT Station
  Renjong LRT Station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Punggol LRT East Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit.-Etymology:The station is located near the old Lorong Renjong...

Sengkang Bus Interchange

The Sengkang Bus Interchange

Sengkang Bus Interchange

Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT Station...

is located at the ground level of Compass Heights condominium, next to Compass Point Shopping Centre

Compass Point Shopping Centre

. It was opened in 18 January 2003, and is the second air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore, after Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...

. There are numerous trunk services departing from Sengkang Bus Interchange, with routes as follows:

Service	Destination	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
80	HarbourFront Bus Interchange HarbourFront Bus Interchange The HarbourFront Bus Interchange is located at Seah Im Road by the HarbourFront MRT Station. It was formerly known as the World Trade Centre Bus Terminal and is operated by SBS Transit though there are as many SMRT bus services as there are SBS Transit bus services.Two shopping malls are near...
83	Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town is more developed.The...
86	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Bus Interchange is located in Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Singapore. The interchange is presently within AMK Hub, a newly-built shopping centre which is in turn linked to the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station via a pedestrian underpass below Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8.The interchange is the third to be...
87	Bedok Bus Interchange Bedok Bus Interchange Bedok Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Bedok New Town in Singapore. The bus interchange was completed in the 1980s, and is centrally located, just north of the Bedok MRT Station. The interchange, with the allocated block number of 207A, is located near a food center and a community...
119	Hougang Street 21 (loop)	(1 to 2 buses)
156	Clementi Bus Interchange Clementi Bus Interchange The Clementi Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange in Clementi New Town, on the opposite of the Clementi MRT Station. It is located at the junction of Clementi Avenue 3 and Commonwealth Avenue West, situated within the Clementi Mall and integrated with the nearby Clementi MRT Station...
159	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...
163	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...
163M	Fernvale Lane (loop)
SBS Transit Feeder Services
372	Anchorvale Road (loop)
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
965	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore...	(1 bus)

Buses through Sengkang New Town

There are other bus trunk services passing through Sengkang New Town:

Service	Between	And
SBS Transit Trunk Services
27	Hougang Central Bus Interchange Hougang Central Bus Interchange The Hougang Central Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving the town of Hougang. It is located directly above the Hougang MRT Station and is operated by SBS Transit.-Redevelopment:...	Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 and 3 Bus Terminal
39	Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...	Tampines Bus Interchange Tampines Bus Interchange Tampines Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Tampines New Town in Singapore. It is an open-air building located in the town centre near the Tampines MRT Station, with the allocated block number of 512. The interchange is operated by SBS Transit...
43	Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town is more developed.The...	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal Upper East Coast Bus Terminal Upper East Coast Terminal is a bus station located in Upper East Coast at the eastern part of Singapore. Operated by SBS Transit and SMRT Buses.-Routes:Bus Routes in Singapore-Berths:...
62	Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town is more developed.The...	Lorong 1 Geylang (loop)
82	Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town is more developed.The...	Serangoon Central (loop)
85	Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...	Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town is more developed.The...
88	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...	Pasir Ris Bus Interchange Pasir Ris Bus Interchange Pasir Ris Bus Interchange is a bus station located at Pasir Ris in the eastern part of Singapore. it is adjacent to Pasir Ris MRT Station...
89	Hougang Central Bus Interchange Hougang Central Bus Interchange The Hougang Central Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving the town of Hougang. It is located directly above the Hougang MRT Station and is operated by SBS Transit.-Redevelopment:...	Changi Airport Cargo Complex (loop)
109	Serangoon Bus Interchange Serangoon Bus Interchange Serangoon Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Serangoon New Town in Singapore, and is within walking distance from Serangoon MRT Station. Opened on 3 September 2011 and operated by SBS Transit, it is the smallest air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore with 8 services and 17 bus bays...	Changi Village Bus Terminal Changi Village Bus Terminal Changi Village Bus Terminal is a bus station located in Changi Village, Singapore.The bus station comprises a small queue area for the buses services, similar to a bus stop, opposite the bus park, all passengers also alight at the queue area too...
136	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Bus Interchange is located in Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Singapore. The interchange is presently within AMK Hub, a newly-built shopping centre which is in turn linked to the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station via a pedestrian underpass below Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8.The interchange is the third to be...	Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Bus Interchange Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town is more developed.The...
161	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore...	Hougang Central Bus Interchange Hougang Central Bus Interchange The Hougang Central Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving the town of Hougang. It is located directly above the Hougang MRT Station and is operated by SBS Transit.-Redevelopment:...
168	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore...	Bedok Bus Interchange Bedok Bus Interchange Bedok Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Bedok New Town in Singapore. The bus interchange was completed in the 1980s, and is centrally located, just north of the Bedok MRT Station. The interchange, with the allocated block number of 207A, is located near a food center and a community...
SBS Transit Premium Services
550	Rivervale Drive	Fullerton Road
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
858	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore...	Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 and 3 Bus Terminal

Bus services which have been removed or re-routed due to the operation of the North East Line

North East MRT Line

or Sengkang LRT:

27 - previously from Sengkang to Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport , Changi International Airport, or simply Changi Airport, is the main airport in Singapore. A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a site....

, currently from Hougang
Hougang
Hougang is an urban planning area and a suburb in the north-eastern area of the city-state of Singapore. Under classification by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the area is part of the North-East Region, an urban planning division. Hougang borders Sengkang in the north and Serangoon to its...

to Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport , Changi International Airport, or simply Changi Airport, is the main airport in Singapore. A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a site....
85 - previously from Sengkang to HarbourFront
HarbourFront
HarbourFront is a district situated in southern Singapore, within the Bukit Merah Planning Area. Harbourfront is also the gateway to Sentosa....

(formerly World Trade Centre), now new service from Punggol to Yishun
371 - previously serving Rivervale, passing through Compassvale and Anchorvale to Fernvale (withdrawn on 12 March 2005 when Sengkang West LRT commenced operations in January 2005).
501 - previously from Sengkang to Robinson Road
Robinson Road, Singapore
Robinson Road is a major trunk road in Singapore's central business district. Named after Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, then Governor of the Straits Settlements in 1877, it was once a sea-side thoroughfare until land reclamation works in Telok Ayer Basin shifted the shoreline further east...

/Marina Centre
Marina Centre
Marina Centre is a zone of reclaimed land within the Downtown Core in the southern part of Singapore. Together with the Marina South area, it encloses the sheltered Marina Bay....

, now replaced with Premium Service 550.
502 - previously from Sengkang to Boon Lay
Boon Lay
Boon Lay is a residential precinct in Jurong, named after Mr , a prominent businessman in the late 19th century and early 20th century who owned the land where the precinct stands, when a requisition of 1.012km² of land from his estate was done by the war department of the then colonial government...

, currently from Pioneer Road North to Suntec City
Suntec City
Suntec City is a major multi-use development located in Marina Centre, a subzone of the Downtown Core Planning Area in Singapore.- Design :Suntec City was designed by Tsao & McKown Architects with emphasis on Chinese geomancy . The five buildings and the convention center are arranged so that they...

/Marina Centre
Marina Centre
Marina Centre is a zone of reclaimed land within the Downtown Core in the southern part of Singapore. Together with the Marina South area, it encloses the sheltered Marina Bay....

Road network

The Tampines Expressway

Tampines Expressway

(TPE) links Sengkang New Town up with Singapore's expressway

Controlled-access highway

A controlled-access highway is a highway designed exclusively for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated...

network. The Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway

Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway

The Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway is the third newest of Singapore's network of expressways. The southern section of the expressway opened first, on 26 October 2007 with the remaining section fully opened on 20 September 2008....

, which provides a direct route to the city area via TPE, was completed in late 2008. New roads were also built to ease traffic congestion

Traffic congestion

Traffic congestion is a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing. The most common example is the physical use of roads by vehicles. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction...

on Punggol Road.

The major roads that currently link Sengkang New Town to Punggol New Town

Punggol New Town

and TPE to the North, and Hougang New Town to the south are:

Punggol Road
Sengkang East Road (opened in January 2001)
Sengkang East Drive (bypasses TPE to Punggol)
Jalan Kayu
Jalan Kayu
Jalan Kayu is a name of a street situated within the Sengkang Planning Area in the North-East Region of Singapore, under the urban planning scheme of the Urban Redevelopment Authority...

The arterial roads that run in the east-west direction within Sengkang New Town are:

Sengkang East Avenue and Sengkang West Avenue
Compassvale Drive and Anchorvale Drive
Sengkang East Way and Sengkang West Way (of which Sengkang West Way will open in 2008)
Compassvale Bow
Buangkok Drive (opened in 1999)

Educational institutions

There are currently eight primary schools and six secondary schools in Sengkang New Town. Land provision has also been made for a junior college

Junior college

The term junior college refers to different educational institutions in different countries.-India:In India, most states provide schooling through 12th grade...

in the town to meet future educational demand in the North-East Region.

Primary schools

Anchor Green Primary School 安泰小学Website
Compassvale Primary School 康柏小学 Website
Fernvale Primary School 丰伟小学 Website
Nan Chiau Primary School
Nan Chiau Primary School
Nan Chiau Primary School is a Primary school located in the north-eastern part of Singapore , in Sengkang New Town. It was built in 1947, 2 years after the aftermath of World War II.-History:...

南侨小学 Website
North Spring Primary School 北源小学 Website
North Vista Primary School 远景小学Website
Rivervale Primary School 立伟小学 Website
Seng Kang Primary School
Seng Kang Primary School
Seng Kang Primary School is a government Primary school that is situated in the north-eastern part of Singapore, in Sengkang New Town. It is the first school to operate in the vicinity, or area...

成康小学 Website

Secondary schools

CHIJ Saint Joseph's Convent
CHIJ Saint Joseph's Convent
CHIJ Saint Joseph's Convent is an all-girls Catholic secondary school in Sengkang, Singapore. The school is one of 11 Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus schools in Singapore.- History :...

圣婴女中（圣若瑟） Website
Compassvale Secondary School 康柏中学 Website
Nan Chiau High School
Nan Chiau High School
Nan Chiau High School is a secondary school in Singapore. It was founded as Nan Chiau Teachers' Training School in 1941 by Tan Kah Kee. Its first campus was built on a plot of land donated by Lee Kong Chian, at Kim Yam Road in River Valley. In 1947 the school became Nan Chiau Girls' High School. In...

南侨中学 Website
North Vista Secondary School
North Vista Secondary School
North Vista Secondary School is a secondary school located in Sengkang, in north-eastern Singapore. The campus was relocated to Sengkang New Town from Thomson in December 2000. Thomson Secondary School was renamed as North Vista Secondary School after the relocation...

德新中学 Website
Pei Hwa Secondary School
Pei Hwa Secondary School
is a co-educational, government secondary school in the Fernvale neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, Singapore. Established in 2005 it has around 1400 pupils as of 2008.- History:...

培华中学 Website
Seng Kang Secondary School
Seng Kang Secondary School
"Seng Kang Secondary School" is a government Secondary school located in the North-East region of Singapore in Sengkang New Town. It was opened to all student in the Sengkang region in 2001. In early 1999, the school was already thriving, developing its school compound in the premises of...

成康中学 Website

Places of worship

Churches
- Abundant Grace Presbyterian Church (Fernvale
  Fernvale
  Fernvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town in Singapore. It is located between Punggol River and Jalan Kayu. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Fernvale begin with the number '4' . Fernvale is the newest neighbourhood in Sengkang New Town to be completed by the Housing and...
  
  )
- Sengkang Methodist Church (Anchorvale
  Anchorvale
  Anchorvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, Republic of Singapore, and is located between Punggol River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Anchorvale begin with the number '3' . These housing estates were fully completed by the Housing and Development Board...
  
  )
- St Anne's Church (Rivervale
  Rivervale, Singapore
  Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Serangoon River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1'...
  
  )

Chinese temples
- Chee Hwan Kog Temple (Anchorvale
  Anchorvale
  Anchorvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, Republic of Singapore, and is located between Punggol River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Anchorvale begin with the number '3' . These housing estates were fully completed by the Housing and Development Board...
  
  )
- Chong Ghee Temple (Rivervale
  Rivervale, Singapore
  Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Serangoon River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1'...
  
  )
- Chong Hua Tong Tou Teck Hwee (Rivervale
  Rivervale, Singapore
  Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Serangoon River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1'...
  
  )
- Chong Yee Temple (Fernvale
  Fernvale
  Fernvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town in Singapore. It is located between Punggol River and Jalan Kayu. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Fernvale begin with the number '4' . Fernvale is the newest neighbourhood in Sengkang New Town to be completed by the Housing and...
  
  )
- Nanyang Thong Hong Siang Tng (Anchorvale
  Anchorvale
  Anchorvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, Republic of Singapore, and is located between Punggol River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Anchorvale begin with the number '3' . These housing estates were fully completed by the Housing and Development Board...
  
  )
- Pu Ti Buddhist Temple (Buangkok
  Buangkok
  Buangkok is an area located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It encompasses an area of Hougang New Town and the medical hub of Buangkok Green Medical Park that includes the Institute of Mental Health north of Buangkok Green, and the public residential areas in the neighbourhood of Compassvale...
  
  , Compassvale
  Compassvale
  Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...
  
  )
- Puat Jit Buddhist Temple (Anchorvale
  Anchorvale
  Anchorvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, Republic of Singapore, and is located between Punggol River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Anchorvale begin with the number '3' . These housing estates were fully completed by the Housing and Development Board...
  
  )
- Singapore Buddhist Welfare Services (Buangkok
  Buangkok
  Buangkok is an area located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It encompasses an area of Hougang New Town and the medical hub of Buangkok Green Medical Park that includes the Institute of Mental Health north of Buangkok Green, and the public residential areas in the neighbourhood of Compassvale...
  
  , Compassvale
  Compassvale
  Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...
  
  )

Hindu temples
- Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnanamuneeswarar Temple (Rivervale
  Rivervale, Singapore
  Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Serangoon River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1'...
  
  ), officially opened on 19 February 2006
- Sri Mariammar Muneeswarar Temple (Fernvale
  Fernvale
  Fernvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town in Singapore. It is located between Punggol River and Jalan Kayu. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Fernvale begin with the number '4' . Fernvale is the newest neighbourhood in Sengkang New Town to be completed by the Housing and...
  
  )

Mosques
- Al-Mawaddah Mosque (Buangkok
  Buangkok
  Buangkok is an area located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It encompasses an area of Hougang New Town and the medical hub of Buangkok Green Medical Park that includes the Institute of Mental Health north of Buangkok Green, and the public residential areas in the neighbourhood of Compassvale...
  
  , Compassvale
  Compassvale
  Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...
  
  )

Sengkang Town Centre

There are currently four major building complexes within the Sengkang Town Centre.

Compass Heights, a private residential condominium development.

Sengkang Interchange, comprising the bus interchange, and the NEL and LRT stations.

Compass Point Shopping Centre
Compass Point Shopping Centre
Compass Point is a suburban shopping mall located in the town centre of Sengkang New Town, Singapore.-History:Compass Point was built as an integrated development together with the adjacent Sengkang MRT Station and Compass Heights condominium. Constructed at a cost of S$230 million, the shopping...

, Singapore's first thematic suburban shopping centre based on the theme of learning.

Sengkang Community Hub
Sengkang Community Hub
Sengkang Community Hub is an amenity centre in Sengkang, within the North-East Region of Singapore.The amenity centre is located in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. It serves to provide a one-stop access to community, educational, health care, security and counselling services for the...

, which houses the following facilities:
- KK Women's Clinic @ Sengkang
- Punggol Central Constituency Office
- Sengkang Polyclinic (Singhealth)
- Sengkang Neighbourhood Police Centre
- Sengkang Community Club
- Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (SANA)
- Singapore Post

Other amenities

Fire stations
- Sengkang Fire Station is Singapore's largest fire station
  Fire station
  A fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
  
  , opened on 19 May 2001. The S$14 million fire station covers 7,000 square metres, and has state-of-the-art facilities for the Singapore Civil Defence Force
  Singapore Civil Defence Force
  The Singapore Civil Defence Force is the main agency in charge of the provision of emergency services in Singapore during peacetime and emergency.A uniformed organisation under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the main role of SCDF is to provide...
  
  . It has Singapore's first Immediate Response Centre, which houses a medical company and a rescue battalion, with their specialised equipment. Sengkang Fire Station has a capacity for 700 fire fighters and rescue personnel, and is equipped with HAZMAT
  Hazmat
  Hazmat, HazMat and similar terms can refer to:* Hazardous materials and items—see Dangerous goods** Hazchem—a system of hazardous chemical classification and firefighting modes** A hazmat suit is a type of protective clothing...
  
  capability to handle incidents involving hazardous materials. It is also the first station to employ a water conservation
  Water conservation
  Water conservation refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of waste water for different purposes such as cleaning, manufacturing, and agricultural irrigation.- Water conservation :Water conservation can be defined as:...
  
  system where water used during drills are diverted to a pump well for recycling purposes.

Shopping amenities
- Compass Point Shopping Centre
  Compass Point Shopping Centre
  Compass Point is a suburban shopping mall located in the town centre of Sengkang New Town, Singapore.-History:Compass Point was built as an integrated development together with the adjacent Sengkang MRT Station and Compass Heights condominium. Constructed at a cost of S$230 million, the shopping...
  
  (Compassvale
  Compassvale
  Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...
  
  )
- Kopitiam Square (Compassvale
  Compassvale
  Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...
  
  )
- Kopitiam City (Buangkok
  Buangkok
  Buangkok is an area located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It encompasses an area of Hougang New Town and the medical hub of Buangkok Green Medical Park that includes the Institute of Mental Health north of Buangkok Green, and the public residential areas in the neighbourhood of Compassvale...
  
  , Compassvale
  Compassvale
  Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...
  
  )
- Rivervale Mall (Rivervale
  Rivervale, Singapore
  Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Serangoon River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1'...
  
  )
- Rivervale Plaza (Rivervale
  Rivervale, Singapore
  Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Serangoon River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1'...
  
  )
- Fernvale Point (Fernvale
  Fernvale
  Fernvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town in Singapore. It is located between Punggol River and Jalan Kayu. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Fernvale begin with the number '4' . Fernvale is the newest neighbourhood in Sengkang New Town to be completed by the Housing and...
  
  )

Welfare Services
- Grace Lodge - Home for the Aged Sick (Buangkok
  Buangkok
  Buangkok is an area located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It encompasses an area of Hougang New Town and the medical hub of Buangkok Green Medical Park that includes the Institute of Mental Health north of Buangkok Green, and the public residential areas in the neighbourhood of Compassvale...
  
  , Compassvale
  Compassvale
  Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...
  
  )
- Ju Eng Home for Senior Citizens (Fernvale
  Fernvale
  Fernvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town in Singapore. It is located between Punggol River and Jalan Kayu. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Fernvale begin with the number '4' . Fernvale is the newest neighbourhood in Sengkang New Town to be completed by the Housing and...
  
  )

Community Centres/Clubs

Sports facilities
- Sengkang Sports Complex
  Sengkang Sports Complex
  Sengkang Sports and Recreation Centre , formally known as Sengkang Sports Complex, is a sports complex in Anchorvale of Sengkang New Town, Singapore...
  
  .

Politics of Sengkang New Town

The neighbourhoods Anchorvale

Anchorvale

Anchorvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, Republic of Singapore, and is located between Punggol River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Anchorvale begin with the number '3' . These housing estates were fully completed by the Housing and Development Board...

and Fernvale

Fernvale

Fernvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town in Singapore. It is located between Punggol River and Jalan Kayu. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Fernvale begin with the number '4' . Fernvale is the newest neighbourhood in Sengkang New Town to be completed by the Housing and...

of Sengkang New Town fall under Sengkang West division of the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency

Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency

Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency is a six-member Group Representation Constituency in the north eastern region of Singapore...

. Its Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

(MP) is Lam Pin Min

Lam Pin Min

Dr. Lam Pin Min is a Singaporean Member of Parliament who represents Ang Mo Kio GRC. He is currently the Adviser for Sengkang West Division, which encompasses Anchorvale and Fernvale of Sengkang New Town, of the GRC....

. The two neighbourhoods were under the Jalan Kayu

Jalan Kayu

Jalan Kayu is a name of a street situated within the Sengkang Planning Area in the North-East Region of Singapore, under the urban planning scheme of the Urban Redevelopment Authority...

division, under Wee Siew Kim

Wee Siew Kim

Wee Siew Kim is a former Member of the Parliament of Singapore in the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency since 2001, representing the current ruling People's Action Party...

, before the general election in 2006

Singapore general election, 2006

The 2006 Singapore parliamentary general election was held on 6 May 2006. 1.22 million out of the 2.16 million eligible Singaporeans voted for Members of Parliament and elected their next government. The People's Action Party , in its first election under Lee Hsien Loong, won 66.6% of the overall...

.

Compassvale

Compassvale

Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Compassvale begin with the number '2'...

, that includes Buangkok

Buangkok

, and Rivervale

Rivervale, Singapore

Rivervale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Serangoon River and Compassvale. The house numbers of the public apartment blocks in Rivervale begin with the number '1'...

come under the Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency

Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency

Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency is a six-member Group Representation Constituency in the north-eastern region of Singapore. The constituency consists of Pasir Ris town, Punggol town, a small northern part of Hougang, and Compassvale, in central Sengkang...

. The current MP for Punggol South division of Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, which covers a part of Hougang

Hougang

Hougang is an urban planning area and a suburb in the north-eastern area of the city-state of Singapore. Under classification by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the area is part of the North-East Region, an urban planning division. Hougang borders Sengkang in the north and Serangoon to its...

, Buangkok and the southern part of Rivervale, is Teo Ser Luck

Teo Ser Luck

Teo Ser Luck is currently Minister of State for the Ministry of Trade and Industry , as well as the Mayor of North East Community Development Council...

. He took over Charles Chong, who is the current MP for Punggol Central division that covers Compassvale and the western part of Punggol. Michael Lim, who was the MP for Punggol Central, retired from politics in 2006 and did not take part in the election that year. Penny Low is the current MP for Punggol North division, comprising a part of Rivervale and the eastern part of Punggol. In the latest 2006 general election, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC was expanded from five to six MPs as the population in Sengkang and Punggol new towns has grown since 2001. Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC had 178,393 voters, which exceeded the limit of 170,000 for a five-MP GRC.

Before 2001, the entire Sengkang New Town and Punggol New Town were part of Cheng San Group Representation Constituency

Cheng San Group Representation Constituency

Cheng San Group Representation Constituency is a now defunct Group Representation Constituency in the north-eastern region in Singapore...

, which was hotly contested in 1997 general election

Singapore general election, 1997

The 1997 Singapore parliamentary election was an election in Singapore which was held on 2 January 1997. 765,332 out of the eligible 1.8 million voters voted and selected their next government...

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Transportation facilities

North East Line

Sengkang LRT Line

Sengkang Bus Interchange

Buses through Sengkang New Town

Road network

Educational institutions

Primary schools

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Places of worship

Sengkang Town Centre

Other amenities

Politics of Sengkang New Town

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