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Toa Payoh, in Hokkien, translates as "big swamp" (with toa meaning "big" and payoh meaning "swamp"). 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 ...
Toa Payoh serves the North South line (NSL) and is between the Braddell and Novena stations. The official station code is NS19. [33] When it opened, it had the station code of N6 [34] before being changed to its current station code in August 2001 as a part of a system-wide campaign to cater to the expanding MRT System.
Toa Payoh Single Member Constituency was a constituency that holds the Toa Payoh area, in the Central Region of Singapore, from 1959 to 1988.The constituency broke away into Boon Teck, Kim Keat and Kuo Chuan in 1972 general elections, and Khe Bong in 1976 general elections.
The HDB Hub at Toa Payoh, headquarters of the Housing & Development Board of Singapore. HDB flats in Jurong West. The Housing & Development Board (HDB; often referred to as the Housing Board), is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development responsible for the public housing in Singapore.
Braddell MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station located on the North South line (NSL) in Toa Payoh, Singapore.Unlike the other stations on the NSL (apart from Canberra station), the station has side platforms due to engineering constraints.
Following the event, the building was later converted, and opened as the Toa Payoh Branch Library on 7 February 1974 by Sha'ari Tadin, Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, in the place of Jek Yuen Thong, the then Minister for Culture. The building cost approximately $1.234 million to build the building.
A sign at the entrance of Toa Payoh Town Park. Toa Payoh Town Park is located directly opposite the HDB Hub, Toa Payoh Bus Interchange and Toa Payoh MRT station. The park has limited parking space, which is only available to patrons of the Chinese restaurant operating inside the park. The park has no gates and is open to the public at all times.
Siong Lim Temple, also known as Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery (traditional Chinese: 蓮山雙林寺; simplified Chinese: 莲山双林寺), is a Buddhist monastery located in Toa Payoh, Singapore, next to the Pan Island Expressway.