Kembangan, Singapore

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Kembangan
Subzone of Bedok Planning Area &
Housing Estate
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   Chinese 景万岸
   Pinyin jǐng wàn àn
   Malay Kembangan
   Jawi کمبڠن
   Tamil கெமபாஙகான
Kembangan, Singapore
Coordinates: 1°19′27″N103°53′31″E / 1.3242°N 103.8919°E / 1.3242; 103.8919
CountryFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Region East Region

Kembangan /kəmˈbɑːŋɑːn/ is a subzone and residential precinct located in the town of Bedok in the East Region of Singapore. It consists largely of private residential areas and a small public housing estate along Lengkong Tiga.

Etymology

Kembangan means "expansion" in Malay. The road Jalan Kembangan was officially named in 1932. [1]

History

Kembangan along with the wider Geylang district was badly hit by the September 1964 race riots and schools in the area had to be closed for an extended period despite other schools in Singapore reopening after the curfew was lifted. [2] Later in the 1980s, the Malay villages of Kampong Kembangan and Kampong Pachitan, which used to stand at present day Kembangan estate, were demolished to make way for redevelopments in the area. [3] Kampong Kembangan lies approximately to the east of the present day HDB flats in the estate, while Kampong Pachitan lie west of the flats. Several roads in the area were removed or realigned with the redevelopments that were in tandem with the construction of the MRT Line and station there.

Amenities

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Kembangan Districts Map

Kembangan is served by limited amenities like the Kembangan Plaza, which mainly consists of tuition centres, as well as shophouses around the estate. The social welfare of residents are catered for with facilities like the Kwan-In Welfare Free Clinic and the Moral Home for the Disabled in the area. The estate is served by the Kampong Kembangan Community Club, which also serves the wider Kembangan-Chai Chee constituency in the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency. The Siglap Park Connector which runs to either the Bedok Reservoir Park or the East Coast Park cuts through the area too. There are more amenities located in the nearby Chai Chee and Eunos estates.

The area also has multiple places of worship like the Bethesda Chapel, Mangala Vihara Buddhist Temple, [4] Hong San Si Temple (樟宜凤山寺), [5] Masjid Abdul Razak, Masjid Mydin and The Buddhist Union. [6]

The area falls under the jurisdiction of the Kampong Kembangan Neighbourhood Police Post (NPP), which is part of the Bedok Police Division, and the 2nd Singapore Civil Defence Force DIV HQ. [7]

Education

There are currently no public government schools in the Kembangan estate. There is only a government funded school, the MINDS Towner Gardens School. It is the first purpose built special education school in Singapore, established since 1985. It has been operating from that location since December 1997. [8]

Former schools

Transportation

The estate is served by the East West MRT line at the Kembangan MRT station. There are two bus services that serve the estate. They are service 42, which also serves the neighbouring Opera Estate, and service 135. There are more bus services to be found along the one directional Sims Avenue East that lies south of the estate, or the further Changi Road which runs in the opposite direction towards the city.

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