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Bishan, Singapore

Bishan(/ˈbiːʃɑːn/), also known asPeck San,Bishan New TownorBishan Town,is aplanning areaandmatured residential townlocated at the northernmost portion of theCentral RegionofSingapore.Statistically, the area is ranked the 38th biggest in terms of geographical size and the 22nd most populated planning area in the country. It is located at the most Central point of Singapore, and it comprises Upper Thomson, Marymount, Shunfu, Sin Ming, Bishan North and Bishan East. There are also many private residential properties in Bishan.[5]Bishan is ranked 15th in terms of population density.[3]Apart from its boundary with theCentral Water Catchmentin the west, Bishan borders three other planning areas:Ang Mo Kioto the north,Toa Payohto the south, andSerangoonto the east.[6]

Bishan
Planning AreaandHDB Town
Other transcription(s)
•ChineseBích sơn
Bìshān(Pinyin)
Phek-san(HokkienPOJ)
Bīk-sāan(CantoneseYale)
•MalayBishan
•Tamilபீஷான்
Pīṣāṉ(Transliteration)
From top left to right: Aerial panorama ofBishan-Ang Mo Kio Park,Aerial view of Bishan Town Centre, Bishan Depot, Guide House of theGirl Guides Singapore,Bishan Stadium,Raffles Institution,Bishan at night
Location in Central Region
Location in Central Region
Bishan is located in Singapore
Bishan
Bishan
Location of Bishan within Singapore
Coordinates:1°21′3″N103°51′5″E/ 1.35083°N 103.85139°E/1.35083; 103.85139
CountrySingapore
RegionCentral Region
CDC
Town council
  • Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council
Constituency
Development begins
Town completed
DGPexhibited
PAincorporated
  • 22 January 1999[2]
Government
• MayorCentral Singapore CDC
• Members of ParliamentBishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Marymount SMC

Area
[3][4]
• Total
7.62 km2(2.94 sq mi)
• Rank38th
• Residential1.72 km2(0.66 sq mi)
Population
(2023)[3][4][5]
• Total
88,120
• Rank22nd
• Density12,000/km2(30,000/sq mi)
• Rank15th
Ethnic groups
[5]
•Chinese77,220
•Malays3,760
•Indians7,000
• Others2,720
Postal district
20
Dwelling units20,072
Projected ultimate34,000

What is now Bishan today was once land that belonged toKwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng,a century old cemetery that mainly served theCantoneseandHakkacommunities in Singapore. Following the establishment of the cemetery in 1870, the first human settlements began to appear in the area, forming what eventually became Kampong San Teng.[1][7]During theBattle of Singaporein 1942, Peck San Theng was the site of a fierce firefight between the invading Japanese forces and the defending British.[1][8]The subsequentfall of the island to the Japanesethat same year eventually made Peck San Theng a place of refuge for most of the Singapore population.[9]In 1973, Peck San Theng ceased accepting burials, and six years later, following a government lease, the land was acquired for development.[10]Graves were then exhumed between 1982 and 1984, paving the way for the construction of Bishan New Town in 1983.[1]Today, Peck San Theng remains in operation, although it has since been converted into acolumbarium.

Bishan New Town became the first in Singapore to depart from thebrutalistdesign seen in most previousHousing and Development Board(HDB) towns. Instead of slab-like residential blocks that were built in uniformed rows, apartment blocks in Bishan varied in height and were often dislocated. Flats within the town also featuredpitched roofswhich have since become closely associated with the skyline of Bishan.[1][7]The town is also home to three of Singapore's most prestigious educational institutions:Catholic High School,Raffles Girls' School,andRaffles Institution.[7][11]

Etymology

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Bishan derived its name from theCantoneseterm for largeburial ground,Peck San Theng(Chinese:Bích sơn đình;pinyin:bìshāntíng), which literally translates as "pavilions on the green".[12][13]This term reflects the neighbourhood's origins as a burial ground that was established in 1870 byCantoneseandHakkaimmigrants.[1]This burial ground has since been redeveloped and the original graves were relocated to the nearbyPeck San Theng Temple.[1]

Geography

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Location

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The Bishan planning area, as demarcated by theUrban Redevelopment Authority(URA), is situated in theCentral Regionof Singapore, bounded by planning areas ofAng Mo Kioto the north,Toa Payohto the south andSerangoonto the east.

Bishan New Town sits within this planning area.

Subdivisions

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The Bishan planning area is further subdivided into three subzones, which are divided into three roughly vertical areas in the Bishan planning area as follows (from east to west):[14]

Subzone Location Notable Places
Bishan East Bordered by theCentral Expressway(CTE)/Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 to the north and east, Bishan Road to the west and Braddell Road to the south. Bishan MRT station
Junction 8
Bishan Community Club
Marymount Bordered by Bishan Road to the east and Marymount Road to the west. Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park(east section)
Bishan Active Park
Upper Thomson Bordered by Marymount Road to the east and theCentral Water Catchmentto the west. Marymount MRT station
Upper Thomson MRT station
Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park(west section)
Windsor Nature Park
Thomson Plaza

Demographics

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See also:Demographics of Singapore

As of the General Household Survey fromSingStatin 2015,[5]Bishan's population consisted of 90,700 people, with 85.1% Chinese, 4.1% Malay, 7.7% Indian and 3.0% Others. The population density was 11,564 residents per square kilometre (29,652.1/mi2), ranking as the 15th planning area in Singapore by population density.

Subzone Chinese Malays Indians Others Total
Bishan East 24,020 1,460 2,560 790 28,820
Marymount 27,090 1,270 2,300 880 31,540
Upper Thomson 26,100 1,040 2,140 1,060 30,340
Total 77,220 3,760 7,000 2,720 90,700

Based on the 2023 population trends from SingStat,[5]Bishan had a total of 31,600 households, with 63.5% being Housing and Development Board (HDB) housing, 26.2% being condominiums, and 9.8% being landed properties.

Subzone HDB Condo Landed Others Total
Bishan East 8,290 1,590 0 50 9,930
Marymount 6,860 1,630 760 40 9,290
Upper Thomson 4,920 5,060 2,340 60 12,380
Total 20,070 8,280 3,100 150 31,600

History

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Peck San Theng cemetery was established in 1870 on the site of present-day Bishan byCantoneseandHakkaimmigrants.[1]People began to settle around the cemetery, and Kampong San Theng and Soon Hock Village, which lay within Kampong San Theng grounds,[12]soon grew in size.[1]Singapore Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng, a federation of 16 Cantoneseclansin Singapore, managed and ran Kampong San Theng.[1]This settlement grew over time to accommodate nearly 2000 inhabitants at the beginning of the 20th century.[8]

DuringWorld War II,the Peck San Theng cemetery became a battle ground between British and Japanese forces. The 2nd Battalion of theCambridgeshire Regimenthad engaged the Japanese forces on 14 February 1942 over the nearby strategically importantMacRitchie Reservoir.The Japanese also bombed Kampong San Teng, which resulted in significant civilian casualties. The battle ended the next day, 15 February, whenthe British surrenderedto the Japanese. At that point, British troops were still holding out along Braddell Road.[8]During theJapanese Occupation of Singapore,this area became a refuge for people trying to evade the Japanese because the Japanese occupiers were afraid to enter the cemetery.[9]

After the war, the graves of Peck San Theng became a known gangster hideout, and gang-related crimes became rife in the area.[15][16][17]In 1973, the government ordered the cemetery to be closed and mandated that no fresh burials were allowed to be done within the cemetery.[18]The government later acquired this cemetery land from the Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng foundation forSGD$$4.95 million in 1979.[19][20]As compensation, the government gave 3 hectares of the land back to the foundation for the foundation to build acolumbarium.[20]The foundation subsequently built a multi-story columbarium complex on this land.[21]

In the early 1970s, theHousing Development Board(HDB) built the first housing estate which was located at Sin Ming Road along with clusters of industrial sectors. The first blocks of residential flats were numbered Block 22–26, now known as Sin Ming Ville. In late 2021, it was announced that Block 26 Sin Ming Industrial Estate will be demolished to make way for redevelopment.

Sin Ming industrial estate is also known to be a popular destination for matters relating to automotive needs as the estate houses mainly vehicle workshops and establishments specialising in vehicle sales, maintenance, registration as well as inspection. To date, many of the low rise workshops have since been demolished and relocated to the nearby Sin Ming Autocare and Sin Ming Autocity high rise complexes. Plans are underway for the vacated lands to be redeveloped for residential use.

In addition to Sin Ming Ville, the development of Lakeview Estate was simultaneously completed somewhere in mid 1977. Lakeview Estate was segregated into two segments with fourteen low rise blocks numbered Blocks 1-14 and three high rise flats numbered Blocks 97A, 97B and 97C. The low rise blocks consisted of shophouses and a wet market with food centre located at Block 9 whereas the high rise flats consist of HUDC apartment units. Later in the late 1990s, the low rise segment of Lakeview Estate was demolished and it remains vacant to date.

By the 1980s, HDB had already begun expanding the area into a satellite housing estate to meet the rising demand for housing from Singapore's then-growing population.[22]The residents in Kampong San Teng were resettled and a mass exhumation of the 170,000 graves were carried out in 1980.[23]Redevelopment of the area officially started in 1982.[1]On this land, HDB planned to construct 24,600 residential units distributed across 4 distinct neighbourhoods: Bishan East, Bishan North, Bishan West (subsequently renamed Sin Ming Garden Estate in 1988)[24]and Shunfu Estate, of which Bishan East will be the largest.[23]In 2011, after plans to construct theNorth–South Corridor(NSC) expressway was announced to ease congestion along Marymount Road and theCentral Expressway(CTE), Marymount Terrace wasacquiredby theUrban Redevelopment Authority(URA) and later demolished. In 2018, Shunfu Ville HUDC flats were demolished to make way for the Jadescape Condominium project.

The first five blocks of housing units were completed by 1985.[23]There were initial fears of a poor demand for houses in Bishan due to prevailing local superstitions about badfengshuisince they were built on a former cemetery.[12]However, the first batch of houses were all snapped up during their launch to buyers who were attracted by the central location of Bishan.[23]

Sports

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See also:Bishan Sports HallandBishan Stadium
Gymnastics competitions at the2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Bishan Sports Centre, formerly known as Bishan Sports and Recreation Centre, houses sporting facilities such as asports hall,astadium,a dance studio and a swimming complex.[25]Managed bySport Singapore,these sporting facilities cater to both the general public and professional athletes.[26]

Several major national and international level sporting events has been held at the Bishan Sports Centre, including the2009 Asian Youth Gamesand the2010 Youth Olympic Games.[26]Bishan Sports Hall, which serves as the primary venue forgymnasticscompetitions in Singapore,[25]has hosted gymnastic competitions as part of the2009 Asian Youth Games,[27]2010 Youth Olympic Games[28]and the2015 SEA Games.[29]It is also the venue for national-level gymnastics competition in Singapore.[30][31]Similarly, the 4,200-seat Bishan Stadium[32]has hosted theathleticsandfootballcompetitions at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and the 2015 SEA Games respectively.[28][29]

Bishan Stadium is the home of theLion City Sailors,a professional football club that plays inSingapore Premier League.

Opened in 2008, the Bishan Active park also offers sporting facilities to the residents of Bishan.[33]This 24,000square metrespark houses facilities such as aroller bladingtrack,basketballcourts and abeach volleyballcourt, augmenting the facilities found at the Bishan Sports Centre.[33][34]

Infrastructure

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Transport

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See also:Bishan MRT stationandBishan Bus Interchange

Bishan is connected by road to the rest of Singapore via theCentral Expressway(CTE), a major expressway connecting Northern parts of Singapore with its city centre.[12]In addition it has its ownMass Rapid Transit(MRT) station, theBishan MRT station,which is an interchange station on both theNorth–South Line(NSL) andCircle Line(CCL).[12]Bishan also has abus interchangethat provides bus services to other parts of Singapore (such as Changi and Punggol).[35]There are also feeder bus services that operate within the neighbourhood.[35]

TheKallangPark Connector, which begins in Bishan, provides a cycling route between Bishan and the Central Business District along theKallang River.This 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) route was the firstpark connectorthat was constructed in Singapore.[36]

Marymount MRT stationis a station on the CCL that serves residents living in Shunfu, Thomson, Sin Ming and Jalan Pemimpin.

BothBright Hill stationandUpper Thomson stationare MRT stations on theThomson–East Coast Line(TEL) that provide connection between theSin MingandThomsonarea of Bishan with the northern parts and Central Business District of Singapore.[37]The upcomingCross Island Linewill also have connections with the TEL at Bright Hill station.

Commercial areas

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Bishan currently has 8 commercial areas.

  • TheJunction 8 Shopping Centre,run byCapitaLand,is situated at Bishan Central near theBishan MRT stationandBishan Bus Interchange.
  • The Bishan North Shopping Mall is a non-airconditioned commercial complex consisting of a wet market and a wide range of shops that specialise in the sale of day-to-day products. Contrary to its name, it is not a shopping mall.
  • Thomson Plazais a shopping centre located atUpper Thomson Road.
  • Thomson V One and Two is a residential and commercial complex that comes with a mall featuring shoebox sized retail units on the ground floor and basement levels. The site used to be a wet market.
  • Thomson Imperial Court and Sin Ming Plaza, are residential complexes with retail outlets on the ground floor and basement levels. Thomson Imperial Court is built on the site of the now demolished Imperial Theatre.
  • Midview City is an industrial and commercial complex located at Sin Ming specialising in a wide range of trades and businesses.
  • Jalan Pemimpin Industrial Area is an industrial and commercial area located near to Marymount specialising in a wide range of trades and businesses.

Parks

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The Kallang River at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

The parks in the area compriseBishan-Ang Mo Kio Parkand Bishan Harmony Park. Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park is situated along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, and covers an area of 63 hectares (160 acres).[38]TheKallang Riverruns through the middle of the park, and can be crossed via a number of foot bridges and stepping stones. The park also sports ponds and fishing spots.

Located at the junction of Bishan Road and Braddell Road, Bishan Harmony Park serves the surrounding neighbourhoods, and comprises a garden maze, two barbecue pits, a fitness corner and a skate park.[39][40]Built at a cost of S$1 million, the park opened in June 2009.[41]

Education

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In 1936, the Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng foundation established a village school in the former Kampong San Teng to provide free education to the farming families living in the vicinity.[42]The Kwong Wai Shiu Peck San Theng School (Quảng huệ triệu bích sơn đình học giáo) was initially housed on the foundation's temple premises.[43]Starting with 60 students, the school gradually expanded to the point where it started an afternoon session to cater to the demand.[43]The school had to stop classes during theJapanese occupation of Singaporebut lessons soon resumed in 1945.[42]In 1957, the school shifted into a new school compound situated at the entrance of a cemetery compound nearUpper Thomson.[43]The new school compound had 6 classrooms and could cater to 450 students in two school sessions.[42]The Kwong Wai Shiu Peck San Theng School was also integrated intoSingapore's mainstream education systemthat year.[42]In 1981, due to changes in Singapore's national educational policy, governmental funding to the school was halted and the Kwong Wai Shiu Peck San Theng School soon closed down.[42]

In addition, Shin Min Public School (Đạm thân luật công lập tân dân học giáo) was located at Sin Ming Road from 1945 to 1986, closing due to low enrollment. The school's site is currently occupied by the Amtech Building.[44]

An aerial view of the Bishan campus ofRaffles Institution

Since its redevelopment in the 1980s, Bishan has become home to several educational institutions. According to theMinistry of Education,there are fourprimary schools[45]and sevensecondary schools[46]that are located within Bishan.Raffles Institution,one of the oldest educational institutions in Singapore, has been located in Bishan since 1990.[47]This campus houses both of the institution's secondary and high school sections.[47]Raffles Girls' Schoolhas also relocated to the area.[48]Other notable schools located in Bishan includeAi Tong School,a primary school founded by Chinese pioneers in 1912,[49]andCatholic High School,aSpecial Assistance Planschool that names Singapore Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loongas one of its alumni.[50]

The prominent schools of Bishan are namelyGuangyang Secondary School,Guangyang Primary School,Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary Schooland Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School.

In addition, at Bishan North, there areWhitley Secondary Schoolof Bishan Street 24, Peirce Secondary School andBishan Park Secondary School,both of which are located at Sin Ming Walk. Despite bearing the name Peirce Secondary School, the school was actually a subordinate branch ofBishan Park Secondary Schoolwhen it first started operating off the latter's campus in 1994.[51]TheMinistry of EducationannouncedBishan Park Secondary Schoolas one of the schools to be affected by the merger programme. As a result, it was absorbed by Peirce Secondary School in 2018.[52]

The Bishan campus of theInstitute of Technical Education(ITE) was established in 1994 as part of the government's plan to revamp Singapore'svocational educationsystem.[53]It provided vocational courses in subjects such asaccountancyandbusiness.[54]In 2005, this campus became part ofITE College Centralduring a major revamp of the ITE system.[53]This campus was subsequently closed in 2012 and relocated to the new ITE College Central mega-campus inAng Mo Kio.[55]The old facilities of ITE Bishan subsequently became a temporary holding site for schools which are undergoing renovation. It has since been demolished to make way for the new HDBBuild-to-order(BTO) project Bishan Ridges.[56]

In addition to mainstream schools, a campus of theMinistry of Education Language Centre(MOELC), where students get to learn additional foreign languages such asFrenchandGerman,[57]is located in Bishan.[11]The Singapore branches of theGirl Guides Associationand theScouts Associationare also headquartered in Bishan.[11]

A new junior college namedEunoia Junior Collegewas later built at the site of former Nature Park Golf Driving Range located at Sin Ming Avenue by late 2019.[58]

Other than schools ranging from primary to tertiary, there are also nurseries and kindergartens scattered across Bishan estate.

Housing

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Housing estate in Bishan

The town is a mixture of three, four and five-roomHDBflats. The majority of the flats are four roomed, with a few being three or five. There are some with balconies, and some are penthouse mansionettes.

Blocks numbered with "1" as the first digit are generally smaller and more connected with the town center. Blocks numbered with 2 as the first digit are more spread out and generally larger in size. They also tend to be the largest flats in the whole estate, with flat sizes ranging from 1650 square feet to 1700 square feet, some of the largest HDB flats in Singapore. Other numbers tend to be smaller and are usually from 1300 square feet to 1500 square feet. Sin Ming Ville (Block 22-26) is excluded from this category.

There are also various condominiums in Bishan including the Sky Habitat, Clover by the Park and Country Grandeur.

As is withSerangoon New Town,it was built in an area with a large extent of pre-existing private housing, resulting in a disjointed town layout. The oldest public housing blocks were located aroundUpper Thomsonas housing for the surrounding industrial estate. When the area was designated as a new town, the main housing area was built in the vicinity ofBishan MRT station,with neighbourhoods built in Bishan North and Shunfu. Newer blocks were also built in Upper Thomson, while the old blocks were refurbished.

Politics

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The entirety of the Bishan planning area was originally under the jurisdiction of the four-member (previously five-member)Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representative Constituency(GRC), which was first formed during the1997 Singaporean general election.Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC remained uncontested under the incumbentPeople's Action Party(PAP), until the2011 Singaporean general electionwhere the incumbent team, led by formerDeputy Prime MinisterWong Kan Seng,defeated then-Potong Pasir SMCandSingapore People's Party(SPP) secretary-generalChiam See Tong.

Ahead of the2020 Singaporean general election,incumbentMember of Parliament(MP)Josephine Teo's division was carved into the newMarymount Single Member Constituency(SMC) while Teo went on to helm the neighbouringJalan Besar GRC.Currently, the MPs overseeing the Bishan areas areChee Hong Tat(overseeing eastern Thomson), Chong Kee Hiong (overseeing most of Thomson, Shun Fu and east Bishan) andGan Siow Huang(north Bishan, under the Marymount SMC).

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