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The Choa Chu Kang Columbarium is located within the Choa Chu Kang Cemetery Complex, in Singapore and operated by the National Environment Agency. It houses some 147,000 niches spread over 18 four-storey blocks. It was designed to be a place of peace for the departed and solace for those who visit to pay respect to their deceased loved ones.
Located in the west of the island in close proximity to the Tengah Air Base and at the confluence of the Old Choa Chu Kang Road, Lim Chu Kang Road and Jalan Bahar, it comprises the Chinese, Christian, Ahmadiyya Jama'at, Muslim, Parsi, BaháΚΌí, Jewish, Hindu and Lawn cemeteries. It is currently the only cemetery in Singapore which allows burials.
Muslim cemeteries in Singapore have existed as long as before the colonial period. Currently, the only Muslim cemetery that is still active and open for burial is the Pusara Aman Cemetery and related burial ground that is shared within Choa Chu Kang Cemetery .
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The later columbaria have more modern designs, with well-designed landscaped environments, and looking similar to contemporary HDB (Housing and Development Board) flats. These columbaria include the Chua Chu Kang Columbarium and the Mandai Columbarium, which was renovated and expanded in 2004 to accommodate approximately another 60,000 niches. [58]
Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium is a crematorium and columbarium complex located at Mandai Road in Mandai, Singapore. The complex is operated by the Government of Singapore under the National Environment Agency. [1] It is one of three government crematoria in Singapore, the other two being the Choa Chu Kang Columbarium and Yishun Columbarium.
When Choa Chu Kang Town was developed by expanding Teck Whye Estate near the other end of Choa Chu Kang Road at its junction with Upper Bukit Timah Road and Woodlands Road to the north, the place name began to be applied to a much larger area, especially when political divisions like the Choa Chu Kang ward applied to the entire northwest sector ...
Prior to 2011, the area constituting Chua Chu Kang GRC was administered under Hong Kah GRC and Chua Chu Kang SMC.Chua Chu Kang SMC was one of the oldest surviving constituencies in Singapore and the only one to have remained intact before Singapore's independence, existing since 1959 when Singapore gained full self-governance from its colonial British Government.