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Prior to 1991, urban planners in Singapore preferred to have a strong commercial zone in the centre of the metropolitan area. Coupled with a disjointed residential developments in the northern and eastern areas, and industrial developments in the western areas of Singapore, this resulted in citizens having to travel across the island to their work or retail destinations.
This is a list of places in Singapore based on the planning areas and their constituent subzones as designated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Based on the latest URA Master Plan in 2019, the country is divided into 5 regions , which are further subdivided into 55 planning areas , and finally subdivided into a total of 332 subzones.
Singapore is governed as a unitary state without provinces or states. However, for the purposes of administration and urban planning, it has been subdivided in various ways throughout its history. As of 2022, Singapore has a total land area of about 753 km 2 (291 sq mi), not including its sea area.
The Central Provident Fund Board (CPFB), commonly known as the CPF Board or simply the Central Provident Fund (CPF), is a compulsory comprehensive savings and pension plan for working Singaporeans and permanent residents primarily to fund their retirement, healthcare, and housing [3] needs in Singapore.
Bukit Batok (IPA: / ˈ b ʊ k ɪ t ˌ b ɑː t oʊ k / BUUK-it BAH-tohk), often abbreviated as Bt Batok, is a planning area and matured residential town located along the eastern boundary of the West Region of Singapore. Bukit Batok statistically ranks in as the 25th largest, the 10th most populous and the 9th most densely populated planning ...
The first Master Plan was adopted in 1958. [7] The Master Plan was a statutory plan which regulated land use and development over a 20-year period, to be reviewed every five years. [7] One of the main aims of this plan was to establish New Towns away from the Central Region, laying the precedent for the North-East Region’s urban development. [7]
Buangkok includes public housing estates in the southern portion of Compassvale in Sengkang New Town.. Buangkok is a neighbourhood located in north eastern Singapore.The neighbourhood roughly encompasses the Trafalgar [1] and Compassvale subzones of the Hougang and Sengkang Planning Areas respectively, as designated by the URA.