Choa Chu Kang is a New town built in the North-Western part of Singapore; spread in an area of about 5.83 sq km and has a residential area of about 3.07 sq km. It is densely populated town of Singapore and its population is about 136,200. Choa Chu Kang lies in two political constituencies the former one is the Choa Chu Kang Single Member Constituency and the later one is the Hong Kha Group Representation Constituency.
Being situated in the western region of Singapore Choa Chu Kang is bounded by Sungei Kadut industrial area in the north, Choa Chu Kang Road in the south, Woodlands road in the east and Kranji expressway and the Choa Chu Kang in the west. Choa Chu Kang uses more than 52% of its land in residential purpose, out of 35,000 flats which were built by HDB most of them are 4 and 5 room flats.
The name Choa Chu Kang as derived from the Teochew word ‘kang chub'. In the end of 18th century Sultan of Johor allowed the Chinese immigrants to work along the river bank, and these immigrants were called kang chub. Kang was the river name on whose bank those Chinese immigrants used to operate plantation and chub referred to the first headman in command of plantation.
In early days Choa Chu Kang had occupants from the Teochew and had villages and palpations only. The old villages of Choa Chu Kang were known as kampongs, these kampongs were developed into modern housing with wide range of recreational, industrial facilities and commercial communities.
The major shopping centers of Choa Chu Kang are listed below:
• Lot 1 Shoppers’Mall
• S11 Choa Chu Kang
• Yew Tee Shopping Centre
• Limbang Shopping Centre
• Ten Mile Junction
• Keat Hong Shopping Centre.
Choa Chu Kang is subdivided into seven subzones and they are as follow:
• Teck Whye
• Pang Sua
• Central
• Yew Tee
• Peng Siang
• Keat Hong
• Kranji.
Choa Chu Kang is easily accessible from Bukit Panjang LRT system as it originates and terminates from the Choa Chu kang MRT, the other MRT in Choa Chu Kang is the Yew Tee MRT. Choa Chu Kang Newtown is looped along with the neighboring Bukit Panjang Newtown. The bus service available in Choa Chu Kang is The Trunk service and The Night Services.
The community and the recreational facilities available in Chau Chu Kang are as follow:
• Choa Chu Kang Community Library
• Yew Tee Community Children's Library
• Warren Golf And Country Club
• Yew Tee Community Club
• Lam Soon Community Centre.
Above is the information about Choa Chu Kang and its HDB flats.
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