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Toa Payoh

Toa Payoh is a district located in the Central Region

Central Region, Singapore

File:Central Region locator map with label.pngThe Central Region of Singapore is one of the five Regions of Singapore in the city-state. Comprising 13,150 hectares of land area, it includes 11 Planning Areas within the Central Area which is the immediate vicinity of the Singapore's central business district, as well as another 11 more outsi...
of Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
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Toa Payoh New Town
Total area:	4.63 km²
Residential area:	2.10 km²
Dwelling units:	35,119
Projected ultimate:	48,000
Population:	116,800

Toa Payoh is a district located in the Central Region

Central Region, Singapore

Singapore

Housing and Development Board

Toa Payoh New Town

Toa Payoh New Town is the second oldest new town in Singapore, developed since 1962. It is home to the HDB Hub and hosts one of the country's three air-conditioned bus interchanges, the other two being the one in Sengkang and Ang Mo Kio...
, one of the earliest satellite public housing

Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by not-for-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, usually with the aim of providi...
estates in Singapore.

The Toa Payoh Planning Area, an urban planning

Urban planning

Urban, city, and town planning is the integration of the disciplines of land use planning and transport planning, to explore a very wide range of aspects of the built and social environments of urbanized municipalities and communities....
zone under the Urban Redevelopment Authority

Urban Redevelopment Authority

The Urban Redevelopment Authority is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a Statutory boards of the Singapore Government under the Ministry of National Development of the Singapore Government....
, encompasses the Toa Payoh New Town, Potong Pasir

Potong Pasir

Potong Pasir is an area located between Toa Payoh and Sennett Estate in the Central Region, Singapore of Singapore. For urban planning purposes, it is classified under the Toa Payoh area....
and the private housing estates in the Upper Aljunied

Aljunied

Aljunied is a sub-urban area located in the eastern part of the city-state of Singapore. Named after Aljunied Road, it was formally agricultural land which has since been heavily urbanised and presently comprises a variety of landuses....
area. The planning area is bounded by Braddell Road and Bartley Road to the north, Upper Paya Lebar Road to the east, MacPherson Road and Jalan Toa Payoh to the south and Thomson Road

Thomson Road, Singapore

Thomson Road is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the northern suburban areas. Taking its name from John Turnbull Thomson, a Scotland who was the Government Surveyor and Chief Engineer of the Straits Settlements from 1841 to 1853 and who helped build many roads into the interior of the island beyond the c...
to the west. It covers a total of 845 ha

Hectare

A hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for surveying.The hectare is used in most countries around the world, especially in domains concerned with land ownership, land planning, and land management, including law , agriculture, forestry, and town planning....
in land area.

Etymology

Toa Payoh is a Hokkien language reference to "big swamp

Swamp

A swamp is a wetland featuring temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land, by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a substantial number of hammock , or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation....
" (toa is "big" and payoh means "swamp"). The Malay

Malay language

The Malay language is an Austronesian languages spoken by the Malays and people of other ethnic groups who reside in Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau Islands and parts of the coast of Borneo....
word for swamp is paya. The reference indicates the large swampy area that preceded the later development of Chinese

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
market gardens in this area.

It is the Chinese quivalent of Paya Lebar

Paya Lebar

Paya Lebar is an area in the central-eastern part of Singapore. It is served by Paya Lebar MRT Station, on the East West MRT Line of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit system....
, i.e. big swamp land. To older generation Chinese, Toa Payoh is known as ang change shan (or anxiangshan) or "burial

Burial

Burial, also called interment and inhumation, is the act of placing a person or object into the ground. This is accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing an object in it, and covering it over....
hill

Hill

A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain, in a limited area. Hills often have a distinct Summit , although in areas with Escarpment a hill may refer to a particular section of scarp slope without a well-defined summit ....
" because of the cemetery

Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which death body and cremation are burial. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground....
located in the area.

J.T. Thomson, a government surveyor

Surveying

Surveying or land surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space position of points and the distances and angles between them....
, refers to Toa Payoh in his 1849 agricultural

Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
report as Toah Pyoh Lye and Toah Pyoh. Whampoa or Hoo Ah Kay had an orange

Orange (fruit)

An orange?specifically, the sweet orange?is the citrus Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a Hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo and tangerine ....
garden here that Johnson visited. The neglected garden which Whampoa had bought was converted into a tasteful "bel-retiro" with its avenues

Avenue (landscape)

Traditionally, an avenue is a straight road with a line of trees or large shrubs running along each side, which is used, as its French source venir indicates, to emphasize the "coming to," or arrival at a landscape or architectural feature....
, front-orchard

Orchard

An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs maintained for food agriculture. Orchards comprise fruit tree or nut -producing trees grown for commercial production....
, hanging gardens, Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
wall

Wall

A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into Room s, or protects or delineates a space in the open air....
s, bamboo

Bamboo

The bamboos are a group of woody perennial plant evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae....
s and orange trees, shrub

Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s, stags

Deer

Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae . A number of broadly similar animals from related families within the order even-toed ungulate are often also called deer....
and peafowl

Peafowl

The term peafowl can refer to the two species of bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family , Phasianidae. The African Congo Peafowl is placed in its own genus Afropavo and is not dealt with here....
s, its aviary

Aviary

An aviary is a large enclosure for confining birds. Unlike birdcages, aviaries allow birds a larger living space where they can fly; hence, aviaries are also sometimes known as flight cages....
and menagerie

Menagerie

Menagerie is the term for a historical form of keeping calm and exotic animals in human captivity and therefore a predecessor of the modern zoological garden....
and artificial curiosities of horticulture

Horticulture

'Horticulture' is the industry and science of plant cultivation. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, Crop , plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, and plant physiology....
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History

Toa Payoh was once an extensive and notorious squatter

Squatting

Squatting is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not Land ownership and tenure....
district. Most squatters were engaged in farm

Farm

A farm is an area of land, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibers and, increasingly, fuel....
ing and rearing pig

Pig

Pigs, also called hogs or swine, are a genus of even-toed ungulates within the Family Suidae. The name pig, hog, or swine most commonly refers to the Domestic pig in everyday parlance, but technically encompasses several distinct species, including the Wild Boar....
s. The others were hawkers

Hawker (trade)

Hawkers is the name given to road-side vendors selling merchandise....
, factory

Factory

A factory or manufacturing plant is an industry building where workers manufacturing Good or supervise machines Process Manufacturing one product into another....
workers, mechanic

Mechanic

A mechanic is a person who uses tools to repair things or works to keep things operating properly.Many mechanics are specialized in a particular field such as auto mechanics, bicycle mechanics, boiler mechanics, industrial maintenance mechanics , air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics, aircraft mechanics, diesel mechanics and tank m...
s or domestic helpers

Domestic worker

A domestic worker, domestic, servingman, servingwoman, or servant is one who works, and often also lives, within the employer's household....
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The squatters started moving out in 1962 as a result of increased compensation

Remuneration

Remuneration is pay or salary, typically a monetary payment for services rendered, as in an employment. Usage of the word is considered formal....
rates and other practical inducements offered by the Government. Clearance work was able to commence and the redevelopment started in early 1964.

Toa Payoh New Town

The Toa Payoh New Town

Toa Payoh New Town

Housing and Development Board

File:Logo-hdb.pngFile:HDB Hub, Aug 06.JPGFile:BukitBatok.JPGThe Housing and Development Board is the Statutory boards of the Singapore Government of the Ministry of National Development responsible for public housing in Singapore....
second satellite town, was built in 1970. The layout of the new town follows urban planning

Urban planning

Shopping

Shopping is the examining of goods or Service from retailers with intent to Trade at that time. Shopping is the activity of selection and/or purchase....
and entertainment

Entertainment

Entertainment is an activity designed to give people pleasure or relaxation. An audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games....
needs of the residents.

Industrial

Industry

An industry is the manufacturing of a Good or Service within a category. Although industry is a broad term for any kind of economic production, in economics and urban planning industry is a synonym for the secondary sector, which is a type of economic activity involved in the manufacturing of raw materials into goods and products....
developments were also built within the town to provide residents with job opportunities close to home while school

School

File:Primary Student of Pakistan.JPGA school , is an institution designed to allow and encourage students to education, under the supervision of teachers....
s were built within the neighbourhoods.

Toa Payoh Town Centre

The town centre was the first prototype

Prototype

A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of something serving as a typical example, basis, or standard for other things of the same category....
in Singapore. It is surrounded by separated neighbourhoods, each with its own shopping amenities and community centre

Community centre

Community centres or community centers are public locations where members of a community may gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes....
s, well served by a network of vehicular roads and generous open space

Public space

A public space refers to an area or place that is open and accessible to all citizens, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age or socioeconomics....
separating them. The result, as in the English

England

New town

A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area....
s of the 1950s, is that residents tend less to travel to the main town centre but rather to shop within their neighbourhood; if they travel, they go to Orchard Road

Orchard Road

Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retailer and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction....
or the town area

Downtown Core

File:Singapore Skyline.jpgThe Downtown Core is a 266-hectare Urban planning areas in Singapore in the south of the city-state of Singapore. The Downtown Core surrounds the river mouth of the Singapore River and southeastern portion of its drainage basin, and is part of the Central Area, Singapore's central business district....
via the MRT

Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the Rail transport in Singapore in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state....
system, at the Toa Payoh MRT Station

Toa Payoh MRT Station

Toa Payoh MRT Station is an public transport Metro station of the Mass Rapid Transit North South MRT Line in Singapore. It serves the Toa Payoh area....
and the Braddell MRT Station

Braddell MRT Station

Braddell MRT Station is located on the North South MRT Line on the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit . The station is an underground station located in the northern part of Toa Payoh....
, or public bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
services at Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioner bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002....
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Nevertheless, with time, the Toa Payoh Town Centre has become increasingly popular. It has a busy atmosphere because, as with many shopping mall

Shopping mall

File:Nordstrom wing , Pentagon City Mall.jpgA shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings which contain retail units, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit....
s of the time, all commercial

Commerce

Commerce is a division of trade or production, costs, and pricing which deals with the Trade of goods and service from production, costs, and pricing to final consumer....
activities are concentrated along a single mall with high point blocks on either side and major department store

Department store

A department store is a retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant Merchandise#Product_line....
s at each end. The shopping mall is actually L-shaped and there are two plaza

Plaza

Plaza is a Spanish language word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be incorporated in a wing...
s, one with a branch library

Library

A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, books, and services, and the structure in which it is housed: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual....
and cinema

Movie theater

A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing film ....
, the other with an area office and a post office

Post office

A post office is a facility authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail. Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies....
. Each plaza has a department store at either end.

The commercial development, HDB

Housing and Development Board

File:Logo-hdb.pngFile:HDB Hub, Aug 06.JPGFile:BukitBatok.JPGThe Housing and Development Board is the Statutory boards of the Singapore Government of the Ministry of National Development responsible for public housing in Singapore....
Hub, located at the Toa Payoh Town Centre was completed in 2002. The Housing and Development Board

Housing and Development Board

File:Logo-hdb.pngFile:HDB Hub, Aug 06.JPGFile:BukitBatok.JPGThe Housing and Development Board is the Statutory boards of the Singapore Government of the Ministry of National Development responsible for public housing in Singapore....
relocated its headquarters from its premises at Bukit Merah

Bukit Merah

File:Redhill town.jpgBukit Merah is a hill in Singapore. Previously, it was a much larger hill that was situated at the present site of Henderson housing estate, which lies opposite the Delta Sports Complex....
to the HDB Hub on 10 June 2002. The HDB Hub comprises two wings, an atrium

Atrium (architecture)

In modern architecture, an atrium is a large open space, often several stories high and having a glazed roof and/or large windows, often situated within an office and usually located immediately beyond the main entrance doors....
, four commercial building blocks, a leisure

Leisure

Leisure or free time, is a period of time spent out of employment and essential domestic activity. It is also the period of recreational and discretionary time before or after compulsory activities such as eating and sleeping, employment or running a business, education and doing homework, household chores, and day-to-day Stress ....
and learning centre and a three-storey basement

Basement

A basement is one or more Storey of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Slab-on-grade foundation buildings do not have basements....
parking lot

Parking lot

Parking lot is a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface....
. The building also accommodates Singapore's first fully air-conditioned

Air conditioning

An air conditioner is an appliance, system, or Mechanism designed to extract heat from an area via a refrigeration cycle. In construction, a complete system of heating, Ventilation , and air conditioning is referred to as "HVAC." Its purpose, in a building or an automobile, is to provide comfort during either hot or cold...
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioner bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002....
and integrates it with the existing Toa Payoh MRT Station

Toa Payoh MRT Station

Toa Payoh MRT Station is an public transport Metro station of the Mass Rapid Transit North South MRT Line in Singapore. It serves the Toa Payoh area....
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Another landmark of Toa Payoh is the facility of Royal Philips Electronics (the Dutch multinational making medical and electronics equipment). Philips established an extensive facility, parts of which are now owned by Jabil and NXP. The facility has been used by Philips for developing, amongst others, televisions and DVD players for years.

Toa Payoh Town Park

The Housing and Development Board decided to allocate a large area of the Toa Payoh New Town for a garden-landscape

Landscape architecture

Landscape architecture is the most modern of the environment professions and represents a synthesis of arts, science and technical philosphies and practices that seek to care for the Earth's landscapes in a truly holistic, creative and sustainable manner....
d park

Park

A park is a Environmental protection, in its natural or semi-natural state or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment....
, the Toa Payoh Town Garden, despite the pressure on land here for housing.

The town garden used to be popular with visitors who came from near and far to enjoy the display of willow

Willow

Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
s, bamboo

Bamboo

The bamboos are a group of woody perennial plant evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae....
s and the brilliant reds and yellows of the Delonix regia trees. At the heart of the garden is a 0.8 ha

Hectare

Carp

Carp is a common name for various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish originally from Eurasia and southeast Asia....
pond which contains a waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is usually a geology geologic formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a nickpoint, or sudden break in elevation....
and a cluster of islands linked by bridge

Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
s. The islands are arranged to provide a sequence of delightful walking experiences not only by day but also by night when the garden is lit. The garden is buffered from the noise and night-time glare of passing traffic along Jalan Toa Payoh by an elevated slope planted with thick rows of Angsanas. There are also a children's playground, seating areas and outdoor chessboard, a tea kiosk

Kiosk

In the Mediterranean Basin and the Near East, a kiosk is a small, separated garden pavilion open on some or all sides. Kiosks were common in Iran, India, Pakistan, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward....
and a 27-metre

Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
high viewing tower

Tower

Towers are tall human-made structures that are always taller than they are wide, usually by a significant margin. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure....
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Toa Payoh Town Garden was partially closed in 1999 to make way for a temporary bus interchange. After the new Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

Housing and Development Board

File:Logo-hdb.pngFile:HDB Hub, Aug 06.JPGFile:BukitBatok.JPGThe Housing and Development Board is the Statutory boards of the Singapore Government of the Ministry of National Development responsible for public housing in Singapore....
Hub was completed in June 2002, the temporary bus interchange was converted to a landscaped park. Toa Payoh Town Garden was subsequently renamed as Toa Payoh Town Park.

Sports and recreation

The sporting facilities are based in the southern central part of Toa Payoh, which is located near the town centre. It consists of 3500 seater Toa Payoh Stadium

Toa Payoh Stadium

Toa Payoh Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Balestier Khalsa FC....
, where S.League

S.League

The S.League is the top professional football league in Singapore. Launched in 1996, the league currently involves 12 teams....
club Balestier Khalsa FC

Balestier Khalsa FC

Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a professional Football club which plays in Singapore's S.League. The club is a merger of two clubs who played in the S.League in past years ? Balestier Central FC and Clementi Khalsa FC ? who came together at the end of the 2002 season....
plays its home games. Toa Payoh Sports Hall is located besides the stadium, as well as the Singapore Table Tennis Association Academy. Meanwhile, there is also Toa Payoh Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
Complex, where national swimmers train at the complex.

Besides these facilities located in the centre of the town, there are also street football

Street football

The term street football encompasses a number of informal varieties of football . These informal games do not necessarily utilise the requirements of a formal game of football, such as a large football field, field markings, goal apparatus and corner flags, eleven players per team , or match officials ....
courts, gym

GYM

GYM is a sound format for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis.The name stands for Genesis YM2612, since the file contains the data sent to the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip in the console....
facilities and basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet high hoop under organized rules....
courts available at various neighbourhoods of Toa Payoh. Meanwhile, SAFRA

SAFRA National Service Association

The SAFRA National Service Association is an organisation in Singapore.First known as the Singapore Armed Forces Reservists Association , the organisation was inaugurated on 2 July 1972 by Dr Goh Keng Swee....
clubhouse is located besides Toa Payoh Stadium.

Politics

The majority areas of Toa Payoh is located within the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

File:Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency locator map.pngBishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the Central Region, Singapore of Singapore....
, except a portion of Lorong 8 Toa Payoh which is in the Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency in the Central Region, Singapore region of Singapore. The SMC encompasses Potong Pasir, Lorong 8 Toa Payoh and Sennett Estate....
. The section which is part of Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC is divided four divisions, mainly Toa Payoh Central, Toa Payoh East, Bishan-Toa Payoh North and Thomson

Thomson, Singapore

Thomson is a relatively narrow area stretching from Novena in the Central Region, Singapore of Singapore up north till Yishun. The area is mainly located within the central catchment area where some of reservoirs in Singapore are located, including MacRitchie Reservoir, Upper Peirce Reservoir and Lower Peirce Reservoir....
. The Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
are Minister for Manpower

Minister for Manpower

The Ministry is headed by the Manpower Minister of Pakistan? who must be a member of Parliament of Pakistan of Pakistan....
Ng Eng Hen

Ng Eng Hen

Dr Ng Eng Hen is the Ministry of Manpower and Second Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Singapore. He is the Minister for Education from 1 April 2008....
, Josephine Teo Li Min

Josephine Teo Li Min

Josephine Teo Li Min is a Singaporean Members of the Singapore Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.A Hakka , Teo first became an MP in 2006 after Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC was not contested in the Singapore general election, 2006....
, Zainudin Nordin and Hri Kumar

Hri Kumar

Hri Kumar Sangaran is a Member of Parliament of Singapore, representing the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. The GRC was not contested during the Singapore general election, 2006 and a walkover was awarded to Hri and his party, the People's Action Party....
of the People's Action Party

People's Action Party

The People's Action Party is the main political party in Singapore. It has been the city-state's ruling party since 1959. From the Singapore general election, 1963, the PAP has dominant-party system Singapore's parliamentary democracy and has been central to the city-state's political, social, and economic development....
, the ruling party

Ruling party

The ruling party in a parliamentary system is the political party or coalition of the majority in parliament. Within a parliamentary system, the majority in the legislature also controls the Executive branch of government, thus leaving no possibility of dueling parties concurrently occupying the executive and legislative branches of governm...
of Singapore. The Member of Parliament for Potong Pasir SMC is Chiam See Tong

Chiam See Tong

Chiam See Tong represents the Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency in the Politics of Singapore#Parliament of Singapore. He was the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party before being ousted out for trying to censure Dr Chee Soon Juan....
of the Singapore Democratic Alliance

Singapore Democratic Alliance

The Singapore Democratic Alliance is an alliance of political party in Singapore. It was formed just months before the Singapore general election, 2001 to form a common opposition front against the ruling People's Action Party , led by the current head of the Singapore People's Party and Member of Parliament Chiam See Tong....
.

Famous residents

Neil Humphreys
Neil Humphreys

Neil Humphreys is a British humour columnist and author of three best-selling humorous books about Singapore - Notes From an Even Smaller Island , Scribbles from the Same Island and Final Notes from a Great Island ....
, an author of three books about Singapore and columnist with local newspaper Today
Today (Singapore newspaper)

TODAY is a free English-language tabloid in Singapore published by government-owned MediaCorp Press. It is distributed from Monday to Friday with a weekend edition on Saturday....
, used to live in Toa Payoh but has since migrated to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
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TV shows about Toa Payoh

Home In Toa Payoh

Home in Toa Payoh is a Singapore Chinese drama which had its original run telecast in December 2003. The drama is produced by Singapore's Mediacorp TV Channel 8....
on MediaCorp Channel 8

MediaCorp TV Channel 8

File:SBC8_logo.gifMediaCorp Channel 8 is a Mandarin general entertainment television channel in Singapore. It is one of the two Mandarin Chinese over-the-air television channel in Singapore, the other being MediaCorp Channel U....