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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 ...
The older spelling of Chua Chu Kang (Chinese: 蔡厝港; pinyin: Càicuògǎng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhoà-chhù-káng), a suburban area and village in western Singapore, is now more commonly spelled as Choa Chu Kang after the new town by the same name took its spelling from Choa Chu Kang Road, itself an anomaly as the village and the surrounding ...
On the morning of 14 February 2016, at around 7 AM, 68-year-old temple helper Tan Kui Seng arrived at Chin Long Kong Chinese Temple, one of the five constituents of the Choa Chu Kang Combined Temple (along Teck Whye Lane of Choa Chu Kang), in order to begin his work for the day. Just as he entered the temple, he made a gruesome discovery--his ...
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, Baháʼí, Jewish, Hindu and Lawn cemeteries. It is currently the only cemetery in Singapore which allows burials.
Choa Chu Kang Road was originally a continuous road from Upper Bukit Timah Road to Jalan Sungei Poyan. However, as can be seen from historical maps of Singapore, development of the Choa Chu Kang town resulted in Choa Chu Kang Road being dissected into two sections some time between 1975 and 1984. Parts of the original Choa Chu Kang Road within ...
It is one of three government crematoria in Singapore, the other two being the Choa Chu Kang Columbarium and Yishun Columbarium. Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium is located not far from Yishun New Town .
On 10 March 2003, at Singapore's Choa Chu Kang, 32-year-old Diana Teo Siew Peng (赵秀萍 Zhào Xiùpíng) was forcibly thrown off the tenth floor of her flat and she fell to her death. Teo's 38-year-old boyfriend Harith Gary Lee , alias Lee Cheng Thiam (李清添 Lǐ Qīngtiān), was arrested for murdering the victim, and his crime was ...
In March 2009, a new shopping mall and condominium was opened. The shopping mall is known as Yew Tee Point and the condominium is known as Yew Tee Residences. The Pang Sua Canal park connector forms part of the Western Adventure Loop linking various parks in Yew Tee, Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang.