Kaki Bukit, Singapore

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Kaki Bukit
Subzone of Bedok Planning Area
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 •  Chinese 加基武吉
 •  Pinyin jiā jī wǔ jí
 •  Malay Kaki Bukit
 •  Jawi كاكي بوكيت
 •  Tamil காக்கி புக்கிட்
CountryFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Region East Region
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Kaki Bukit is an industrial area located in Bedok in the East Region of Singapore. It is home to many high tech industrial companies and warehouses. There used to be a prison complex called Kaki Bukit Centre, which was converted to a prison school in 2000, however it has since moved to Tanah Merah and the Acacia Welfare Home now stands in its place. On the south of Kaki Bukit is Jalan Tenaga and Jalan Damai neighbourhoods of Bedok Reservoir Road. Redevelopments are in the pipeline for Kaki Bukit beyond 2030 when Paya Lebar Airbase located just north of the estate relocates to Changi. Not only would land be freed up for use but building height restrictions, that are currently in place for safety reasons because the estate is directly aligned with the airbase runway, would also be lifted. [1] Kaki Bukit is classified by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) as a subzone under the planning area of Bedok, its boundaries differ from the constituency boundaries used by the Singapore Parliament.

Bedok Planning Area and HDB Town in East Region ----, Singapore

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East Region, Singapore Region in Singapore

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Urban Redevelopment Authority

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History

The history of Kaki Bukit can be traced since the 1960s as an extension of the Jalan Eunos Malay Settlement. [2] The name, Kaki Bukit translates to " Foothill " from Malay as the area was an upland area. Back then, it was filled with kampung houses and roads baring Malay names. [3] Most of its residents were resettled from Kampong Glam and Bugis regions.

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By the 1980s, the Jalan Eunos Malay Settlement had been degazetted. The kampung houses were brought down, its residents compensated with newly built HDB flats in present-day Bedok Reservoir. Most of the old roads in the area were then removed and new roads running from Bedok Reservoir were built. The hilly incline of Kaki Bukit was also flattened for land reclamation of the East Coast area.

Bedok Reservoir

Bedok Reservoir is a reservoir in the eastern part of Singapore, to the north of Bedok New Town. The reservoir has a surface area of 880,000 m², and a capacity of 12.8 million m³. The mean depth of the reservoir is 9 m, with a maximum depth of 18.2 m. The shoreline length is 4.3 km.

Amenities

There are limited amenities in Kaki Bukit with Kaki Bukit Amenity Centre and Kaki Bukit Recreation Centre providing several food options. There are more amenities located in the nearby Bedok Reservoir or Eunos estates. There are various dormitories located in the area too, to house foreign workers working nearby.

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The area falls under the jurisdiction of the Bedok Police Division and the 2nd Singapore Civil Defence Force DIV HQ. [4]

The Bedok Police Division is one of the seven land division of the Singapore Police Force. Bedok Division covers approximately 114 square kilometres of the eastern sector of Singapore. The building became operational on 1 August 1987 when the former Joo Chiat Police Station at East Coast Road was closed down.

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Education

There are currently no public government schools in the area, although there used to be several that have since been defunct:

Transportation

MRT

Kaki Bukit MRT Station which is part of the Downtown MRT line serves this vicinity. During the construction of the station, a section of Kaki Bukit Avenue 1 was closed from August 2011 to April 2016. [12] Jalan Tenaga and Jalan Damai were widened due to this road closure to cope with traffic redirected towards them. Bus services plying along that stretch of road were also diverted accordingly for that period of time.

Bus

SBS Transit services, 5, 15, 58, 59 and 87, as well as private bus operators services 585 and 658 ply along Kaki Bukit Avenue 1, the only main road in Kaki Bukit. Bus service 137 is the only service that operates within the industrial part of the estate, but it does not bypass the Kaki Bukit MRT Station, which means commuters cannot make their last mile journey to the industrial estate via this MRT station.

Road

The Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) found north-west of Kaki Bukit has one exit (Exit 6) which leads to the estate. North and south bound, entrances and exits for KPE near Kaki Bukit are not adjacent to each other. Exit 9 of the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) which is found a short distance south of the estate leads towards the estate too. In addition, Bartley Road East that cuts through Kaki Bukit is part of a semi-expressway Outer Ring Road System that stretches from Queenstown to Tampines.

Industries

Aside from the high tech industrial companies and warehouses located at the industrial estate. The area is also home to many other industries including the automobile industry that cater to vehicle inspection, learning and maintenance. The SAF Driving School located in Kaki Bukit Camp together with the neighbouring Comfort Delgro Driving School in Ubi makes L-plate learning drivers a common sight in the area. Waterworks is also another important industry in the area. Jalan Eunos Service Reservoir is the main supplier of water in the east of Singapore, it receives its water from the PUB Bedok Waterworks which treats water collected from the nearby Bedok Reservoir. This service reservoir then stores and pumps the treated water to various neighbourhoods in the east.

Incidents

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References

  1. ↑ "Air Base move will revive sleepy town". 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  2. ↑ "Jalan Eunos History". 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kaki Bukit Area". 1963.
  4. ↑ "SCDF Organisation Structure". 2017.
  5. ↑ "金泉律華明學校選出新校董". 1950-12-17. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  6. ↑ "Minister opens another 'mixed' school". 1962-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  7. ↑ "Tangga ke Sekolah Men. Kaki Bukit tidak lagi bahaya". 1984-07-08. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  8. ↑ "New Malay School". 1936-09-04. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  9. ↑ "13 buah sekolah rendah ditutup tahun ini". 1979-01-31. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  10. ↑ "Usaha Muis, Mendaki tingkat taraf madrasah". 1987-07-01. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  11. ↑ "新生學校董事長設宴慶卅四週年". 1971-11-09. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  12. ↑ "LTA reopens Kaki Bukit Ave 1". 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  13. ↑ "13 arrested at Kaki Bukit". 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2018-03-24.


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