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27-481: South East CDC East Coast GRC Marine Parade GRC Bedok ( / b ə ˈ d oʊ k / bə- DOHK ) is a planning area and residential town located in the geographical region of Tanah Merah along the south-eastern coast of the East Region of Singapore . Bedok is bounded by five other planning areas: Paya Lebar to the north, Hougang to the northwest, Tampines to the northeast and east, Geylang to

54-505: A focal point for Vietnamese refugees landing in Singapore during Operation Thunderstorm . Bedok Town had been developed since 1973, with the newer roads such as Bedok Plain, Bedok Highway, and Bedok Heights being built until 1975. The New Upper Changi Road was fully built and opened in 1979, where the massive development had been completed except Bedok Reservoir and Kaki Bukit, which was built later between 1983 and 1988. Bedok Planning Area

81-587: A mix of public and private housing options, shopping centers, parks, and a thriving food scene. In addition to its commercial development, Bedok also boasts several green spaces and parks, including Bedok Reservoir Park and East Coast Park , providing residents with ample opportunities for recreation and relaxation. The area is also well-connected to the rest of the city, with a number of transportation options, including MRT stations, bus routes, and major expressways, making it an accessible and convenient location for residents and visitors alike. Population wise, Bedok

108-766: A sports centre, library, clinic, centre for the elderly, and the Kampong Chai Chee Community Club. The complex is located in the Bedok Town centre and was completed in 2017. Some 58,000 units of flats were 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 flats. It provides housing for some 200,000 residents. There are currently nine Mass Rapid Transit stations in

135-592: Is located within the East Region of Singapore, along Pulau Ujong 's southeastern coast. 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. Bedok New Town sits within the Bedok Planning Area. Bedok is divided into 8 subzones: Bedok New Town covers a land area close to 9.4 km (3.6 sq mi) with some 42% occupied for residential use. It

162-399: Is regularly 'activated' by Amateur Radio operators using portable equipment. The area of Bedok falls under three constituencies and nine divisions following the 2020 elections , which were Aljunied GRC , East Coast GRC , and Marine Parade GRC . The Aljunied GRC covers northern Bedok along with the subdivisions of Kaki Bukit and Bedok Reservoir ; its MPs were the secretary-general of

189-468: Is the 7th air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore. The parks in the area include Bedok Town Park, located beside the Pan Island Expressway between Bedok North Road and Bedok Avenue 3, and the 41.7 hectares (103 acres) Bedok Reservoir Park alongside Bedok Reservoir . Bedok Town Park park has been designated with the code 9V-0005 by the international Parks On The Air award program, and so

216-531: Is the largest planning area in the country, being home to approximately 280,000 residents. This high demographic is largely explained by the affordable public housing in Bedok New Town, due to its relatively distant location from the Central Area . Besides public housing developments, private residences are also prevalent in the area, most of which are found in the neighbourhoods of Bayshore, Frankel Avenue and Siglap , in western and southwestern Bedok. The origin of

243-529: The Secretary of State for the Colonies , Alan Lennox-Boyd . Singapore International Airport began to be gradually converted into a military air-force base from late 1967 onwards. It became a complete military airbase in 1981 when Singapore Changi Airport was opened and was subsequently renamed as Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) in the same year. Paya Lebar covers Aljunied GRC and Tampines GRC which were warded by

270-583: The Urban Redevelopment Authority . There are 55 of these areas, organised into five regions . A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing detailed planning guidelines for every plot of land throughout the country. The planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of the 1991 Concept Plan. Since implementing these boundaries, other government ministries and departments have increasingly adopted them for administrative purposes. For example,

297-450: The Workers' Party (WP) Pritam Singh , former NCMP Gerald Giam and Muhamad Faisal Manap , and WP had held on to the constituency since the 2011 election where it was first led by then-secretary general Low Thia Khiang . Before 2011, Aljunied GRC was under the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) with MPs former Foreign Minister George Yeo and Zainul Abidin , while Kaki Bukit was under

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324-892: The Bedok planning area across three lines, the East West line , the Downtown line and the Thomson–East Coast line . Three lines run parallel to one another and do not have an interchange station in Bedok. However, the Tanah Merah MRT station of EWL is an interchange station with the Changi Airport branch line (CG). The nine stations are: The future stations of the Thomson-East Coast line that are currently under construction will be operational in 2025 under stages 5. The line will run south of

351-507: The Marine Parade GRC where Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim represented the ward back then (now as MP for Nee Soon GRC ). The East Coast GRC covers the central Bedok area, east Siglap, and Bayshore; its MPs are Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat (an ex- Tampines GRC anchor minister), Jessica Tan Soon Neo , Cheryl Chan , minister Maliki Osman , and Minister of State Tan Kiat How . East Coast GRC has been staged as closed fights against

378-494: The Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 census data based on planning area boundaries for the first time, compared to using census divisions based on electoral boundaries for previous exercises. The Singapore Police Force 's (SPF) neighbourhood police centres have jurisdiction boundaries based on planning area boundaries when they were officially gazetted in 1999, as opposed to electoral divisions under

405-729: The WP since the 2011 election, but the PAP won the GRC in a narrow margin. Its previous MPs include cabinet ministers such as Lee Yock Suan , S. Jayakumar , Raymond Lim and Lim Swee Say , as well as previous speakers Tan Soo Khoon and Abdullah Tarmugi . For the 2015 election , Chan's ward of Fengshan was carved as an SMC for only one term before reverting to GRC. The Marine Parade GRC covers Frankel, Kembangan, and west Siglap; its MPs are current Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin and Minister Edwin Tong . Tong's ward of Joo Chiat

432-444: The allocated Block 207A. There were thirty-three end-on berths with ten services occupying it and six sawtooth berths, each occupying three bus services in the original facility. Several bus services were moved to the interchange from Chai Chee Bus Terminal when it closed in 1985. Bedok MRT station opened in 1989 at the south of the original facility, complementing the bus interchange to serve people travelling within Bedok town and also

459-673: The name "Bedok" likely comes from the Malay word for " drum ", a reference to the sound of drums heard in the area during traditional festivals and ceremonies. Its use was known as early as 1604 in Manuel Godinho de Erédia 's map of Singapore. The map refers to the Bedok River (present-day Sungei Bedok) as Sune Bodo . As part of the Tanah Merah region, Bedok's history is largely influenced by its coastal frontier. The general area known as Bedok today

486-411: The nearby East Coast Park . On 19 November 2011, after operating from the original facility for 32 years, the bus interchange moved to its temporary facility west of the original facility, at the junction of Bedok North Drive and Bedok North Avenue 1, to allow the original facility to be redeveloped into Bedok Mall . The new Bedok Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) began operations on 30 November 2014. It

513-510: The planning area and have an interchange station with the Downtown line at Sungei Bedok station, which will also be the terminus for both lines. The two future stations are: The Bedok Bus Interchange opened in 1979, as part of the Bedok Town Centre, located along Bedok North Road and between Block 203 and 207, next to community amenities such as a food centre, library, and sports complex, with

540-489: The previous neighbourhood Police Post system. Planning areas are further subdivided into 332 subzones for statistical purposes. * = Place names attested to be of Malay origin and referred to similarly in the Malay language. Paya Lebar As part of the Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) Master Plan 2014, Paya Lebar Central was identified as one of the five growth areas. It

567-522: The villagers of Simpang Bedok at the time. The modern development of Bedok only began in 1966, when reclamation works along the coastal area began. In the following decade, Bedok was transformed by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) into the country's fifth self-contained new town, with the first residential flats emerging in the vicinity by 1975. Following the Fall of Saigon that same year, Bedok Jetty became

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594-508: The west and Marine Parade to the southwest. It also shares a maritime boundary with the Singapore Strait to the south and southeast. Bedok has a rich history, with evidence of human settlement dating back to the 14th century. The area was originally a fishing village and agriculture centre, but over the years it has transformed into a bustling residential and commercial hub. Today, Bedok is known for its vibrant and diverse community, with

621-439: Was a SMC for three elections beginning in 2001 until it was absorbed into a GRC in 2015. The following is the list of schools in Bedok as of 2024: As of 2020, 10 major hawker centres are located in Bedok that serves local Singaporean cuisine. They are: Planning areas of Singapore Planning areas , also known as DGP areas or DGP zones , are the main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by

648-502: Was first mentioned in maps dating to the pre-Raffles era. After Singapore was colonised by the British in 1819 , Simpang Bedok Village became an ethnically mixed community consisting of Chinese and Malay peoples. Before the 1960s, Bedok's primary source of income was coconut , which was harvested from the plantations found in the Siglap subzone. Fishing was another primary source of income for

675-535: 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. There is also a town centre situated between the present Bedok Mall and the former Bedok Point site. Plans for an integrated complex, which will be as big as three football fields, have also been revealed in 2014. This complex, Heartbeat @ Bedok, houses

702-483: Was formerly a swamp close to Kallang River . In Malay, Paya means "swamp" and lebar means "wide". Due to the swamp, the area mainly consisted of squatters who reared pig and poultry and also grew market produce. In 1865, Richard Owen Norris bought part of the area and lived there with his family. The Singapore International Airport was built in Paya Lebar from 1952 to 1955, and opened on 20 August that year by

729-457: Was since earmarked as an up-and-coming commercial hub, in line with the wider decentralisation strategy to ensure the city's sustainable growth. Paya Lebar participates in the pilot Business Improvement District (BID) programme. Although they have similar names, Paya Lebar Central, Paya Lebar MRT Station and Paya Lebar Road are not part of Paya Lebar Planning Area, instead are part of Geylang East planning subzone, part of Geylang . Paya Lebar

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