Caldecott Hill | |
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Name transcription(s) | |
• Chinese | 加利谷山 |
• Malay | Bukit Caldecott |
• Tamil | கால்டிகாட் |
Country | Singapore |
Caldecott Hill is a private housing estate, located along Thomson Road in the Central Region of Singapore. It is tied to the growth of the media industry in Singapore.
In the past, Singapore's broadcast station, Mediacorp was located there. The Caldecott Broadcast Centre opened in 1954. In 2017, Mediacorp moved to its new campus on Stars Avenue, one-north. [1] After Mediacorp moved, the old campus at Andrew Road was left abandoned until October 2020 where they appointed real estate consultants to market the area to hold 67 bungalow plots. [2] [3] In December 2020, the land was sold for $280.9million to a private estate company. [4]
It was also referred to as "The Hill" by the local media and Mediacorp employees.
The estate is served by Caldecott MRT station, on both the Circle and Thomson-East Coast MRT lines.
Caldecott Hill is named after respected British colonial administrator and former Governor of Hong Kong Sir Andrew Caldecott, who had served in various posts around British Malaya (Officer Administering the Government of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States in 1934) for nearly three decades.
Caldecott may refer to:
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