Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East

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Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East is a community park in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is situated at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenues 3 and 8, behind Ang Mo Kio MRT station. [1] The park has been designated with the code 9V-0002 by the international Parks On The Air award program, and so is regularly 'activated' by Amateur Radio operators using portable equipment.

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History

Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East was first mentioned in an enquiry on the New Nation, where an interested applicant asked where "the 110 acre garden would be". [2] It later appeared in a notice by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) in September 1979 in The Straits Times , who was looking for tenders to construct earthworks and carparks for the park. [3] By October of the same year, they were still looking for a tender. [4]

By October 1981, it was noted to have a spacenet, which was according to the The Straits Times "the only of its kind in Singapore so far". [5] In January 1983, a letter was published on The Straits Times, which criticised the garden for being "an eyesore" even though it was planned to be

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Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East is situated at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenues 3 and 8, behind Ang Mo Kio MRT station. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East". National Parks Board. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  2. "Queries on the Ang Mo Kio Town".
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  5. "Spacenet ropes 'em in".