Admiralty, Singapore

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Admiralty
Subzone of Sembawang Planning Area
Name transcription(s)
   Chinese 海军部
   Pinyin Hǎijūnbù
   Malay Admiralty
   Tamil அட்மிரல்ட்டி
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Admiralty
Location of Admiralty within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°27′11″N103°49′30″E / 1.45317°N 103.82504°E / 1.45317; 103.82504
Country Singapore

Admiralty is a subzone of the planning area of Sembawang, in the north of Singapore. [1]

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Overview

The Admiralty area contains integrated development plans including Kampung Admiralty, which was launched in April 2014. [2] The community centre for the neighbourhood, named "ACE The Place Community Club", is located at 120 Woodlands Avenue 1 near Woodlands South MRT station. It was officially opened on 2 March that year, replacing a void deck space at Block 547, Woodlands Drive 16 which had been in use since 2003. [3]

Etymology

This name "Admiralty" reflects the area's association with the large British Naval Base (in the Sembawang area) that was established between 1923 and 1941. Given that the residence of the Rear Admiral of the British Navy was located in this area, the road name probably reflects the Naval High Command. When the British began the construction of the Naval Base they laid out and developed Admiralty Road in 1923 which ran through the Naval Base area. The base was the key British installation in the region and was projected as the Asian bastion of the British Empire between the world wars. [4]

Transportation

Admiralty is connected to Sembawang and Yishun via Gambas Avenue; the Woodlands Industrial Park and Senoko Industrial Park via Woodlands Avenue 10; Woodlands via Woodlands Avenue 7; Marsiling via Woodlands Square and Woodlands Avenue 3; and the Expressway via Woodlands Avenue 12. It is also connected to Admiralty MRT station via train.

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References

  1. "Singapore's Sembawang Planning Area". Key Location. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. "Integrated Development In Woodlands, "Kampung Admiralty", Takes Off With Groundbreaking Ceremony". Housing & Development Board. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. "Admiralty's new CC makes a splash". AsiaOne. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. Singapore Street Names: A Study of Typonymics. Singapore: Victor R. Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh. 2013. ISBN   978 981 4484 74 9.