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Singapore Post Centre in Paya Lebar, the headquarters of SingPost. In 1992, Telecoms was split into three entities, the reconstituted TAS (later becoming Infocomm Media Development Authority ), Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and Singapore Post Private Limited, an associated company of Singapore Telecommunications.
It was later renamed the Paya Lebar Fire Station. [2] In 1951, a prayer room was installed in the station, allowing on-duty Muslim firefighters to be able to perform prayers while at the station. [1] It ceased operations in 2002. [3] The fire station was replaced by the Paya Lebar Fire Station on Ubi Avenue. [1]
Sengkang shares boundaries with Seletar and Punggol in the north, Pasir Ris and Paya Lebar in the east, Hougang and Serangoon to the south, as well as Yishun and Ang Mo Kio to the west. Originally a fishing village , the area underwent rapid development under the ambition of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to transform it into a fully ...
The Singapore International Airport was built in Paya Lebar from 1952 to 1955, and opened on 20 August that year by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Alan Lennox-Boyd. [5] Singapore International Airport began to be gradually converted into a military air-force base from late 1967 onwards.
Paya Lebar MRT station (IPA: /ˈpɑːjɑː ˌleɪbɑːr, ˈpɑːjə-/ PAH-yə LAY-bar) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East West line (EWL) and Circle line (CCL) in Geylang, Singapore. Despite the name, this station is not located in Paya Lebar but rather along Paya Lebar Road, near the junction with Sims Avenue. It is ...
Tai Seng MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line, situated along the boundary of Hougang and Toa Payoh planning areas, Singapore. Located underneath Upper Paya Lebar Road near the junction of MacPherson Road and Airport Road, Tai Seng station was named after and primarily serves the industrial clusters ...
The Malay word for swamp is paya. It is the Chinese equivalent of Paya Lebar, which translates to "big swamp land". Toa Payoh's old Chinese name, was known as Ang Chiang San (alternatively An Xiang Shan) or "burial hill". The area was called as such because of the presence of an old cemetery located in the area.
MacPherson MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the Downtown line and Circle line in Geylang planning area, Singapore, located underneath Paya Lebar Road at the junction with Circuit Link and Ubi Avenue 2.