Yew Tee
 | This articlerelies largely or entirely on asingle source.(August 2012) |
Yew Tee | |
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Planning Area & Housing Estate | |
| Name transcription(s) | |
| •Chinese | Du trì Yóuchí(Pinyin) Iû-tî(HokkienPOJ) Iû-tî(TeochewPUJ) |
| •Malay | Yew Tee |
| •Tamil | இயூ டீ Iyū ṭī(Transliteration) |
 Aerial view of the town center before 2009 | |
| Country | Singapore |
Yew Teeis a residential area in theWest RegionofSingapore.Yew Tee is a cluster ofHousing and Development Boardflatsand privatecondominiums,As a relatively new estate, a large proportion of its residents are young families and middle income earners.
Etymology and history[edit]
Yew Tee is originally a village off Woodlands Road, near present dayGali Batu Depot.[1]During theJapanese Occupation of Singapore,oil was stored in the village and the village became known as Yew Tee ( "oil pond" inTeochew).[1]
The village used to have more than 300 families residing there which consists mostly of farmers growing vegetables and rearing ducks and chickens.[1]In the 1980s, development of the area led to the villagers moving away from Yew Tee.[1]
For the neighbourhood of Limbang ( "balance"in Malay), the name was derived from an old road,Lorong Limbang.[2]Lorongs were common in the past before urban redevelopment such asLorong Kebasi,Lorong BistariandLorong Keduang(present day Choa Chu Kang Drive).
Housing[edit]
As part of the Choa Chu Kang New Town, all the apartments are built after 1993. Yew Tee is divided into two towns - Limbang and Yew Tee. Limbang has a smaller land area than Yew Tee. Yew Tee Point serves Yew Tee residents while Limbang Shopping Center serves Limbang residents.
Infrastructure[edit]
Education[edit]
To cater to the mainly young families population of three neighbourhoods, there are several primary and secondary schools in Yew Tee. Primary schools consist of De La Salle School, Kranji Primary School, Unity Primary School and Yew Tee Primary School. Secondary schools consist of Kranji Secondary School, Regent Secondary School and Unity Secondary School.
Transportation[edit]
Yew Tee has aMRTstation,Yew Tee MRT station,opened in 1996 as part of the 16-kmWoodlandsExtension. The town is served by publicbusessuch asService 302andService 307from theChoa Chu Kang Bus Interchange.In Dec 2015, under the DTL2 Bukit Panjang Bus Service Enhancements,Service 979was introduced to provide a vital link for Yew Tee residents to Bukit Panjang, the Downtown Line. There are also new short-haul buses added to bring residents from Choa Chu Kang/ Yew Tee to Bukit Panjang MRT Station.
Recreation[edit]
There are 3parksin Yew Tee, namely Limbang Park, Stagmont Park and Yew Tee Park. There is also asports complexlocated within the vicinity of Yew Tee. In March 2009, a new shopping mall and condominium was opened. The shopping mall is known as YewTee Point and the condominium is known as Yew Tee Residences. The Pang Sua Canal park connector forms part of the Western Adventure Loop linking various parks in Yew Tee, Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang. In 2019, MinisterLawrence Wongannounced plans for a new integrated hub in Yew Tee. It will consist of acommunity club,HDB block, hawker centre, polyclinic as well as a kidney dialysis centre. It is set to be completed in 2026.
Army camps[edit]
The Kranji Camp was built in 1994 when Yew Tee was developed. Thereafter, the military police and Kranji Detention Barracks was moved in from the Woodlands Camp in 2000. There was a growing need for the expansion of Kranji Camp, called Kranji Camp II which was built in 2004. The Mowbray Camp and Police Dog K9 Unit was shifted from Ulu Pandan in 2003 to Kranji. The Kranji Camp III was built in 2009 to replace Ayer Rajah Camp and Portsdown Camp due to the redevelopment of one-North area for chemical sciences and lifestyle hub.
References[edit]
- ^abcdSavage, Victor R. (2013).Singapore street names: a study of toponymics.Brenda S. A. Yeoh. Singapore. p. 939.ISBN978-981-4484-74-9.OCLC868957283.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^Singapore, Remember (2015-04-20)."Remnants of Singapore's Lost Roads – Lorong Bistari".Remember Singapore.Retrieved2024-06-07.