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Bukit Batok East
Bukit Batok ( ), often abbreviated as Bt Batok, is a planning area and matured residential town located along the eastern boundary of the West Region of Singapore. Bukit Batok statistically ranks in as the 25th largest, the 10th most populous and the 9th most densely populated planning area in Singapore. It is bordered by six other planning areas - Choa Chu Kang to the north, northeast and northwest, Bukit Panjang to the northeast and east, Clementi to the south, Bukit Timah to the southeast, Jurong East to the southwest and Tengah to the west. Bukit Batok largely sits on Gombak norite, a geological formation that is found in high concentrations within the planning area itself, as well as in the western parts of neighbouring Cashew. It was this presence of the igneous rock that made Bukit Batok a pivotal location for the quarrying industry in Singapore around the turn of the mid-20th century. Etymology Many differing accounts describe the origin of the name Bukit Batok. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Development Council
The Community Development Council (CDC; ; zh, 社區發展理事會; ) is a government-led organisation to organise grassroot organisations and community programmes into smaller, local units as a bridge between the government and the community in Singapore. It encourages volunteerism from wider community, and organises community and social assistance programs with the help of a monetary grant from the government. They are governed by the ''Community Development Council Rules 1997''. Organisation These are the constituencies in each of the five Community Development Council districts as of 23 May 2025: The council boundaries follow that of the existing political divisions, with each handling between four and six GRCs and SMCs and roughly dividing the country's population into equal parts. Each CDC is managed by a Council, which in turn is headed by an appointed mayor and has between 12 and 80 members. The members are appointed by the chairman or deputy chairman of the People's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahayu Mahzam
Rahayu binte Mahzam ( Jawi: رحايو مهزم; born 21 July 1980) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been serving as Minister of State for Health and Minister of State for Communications and Information concurrently since 2024. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bukit Batok East division of Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC since 2025, and previously the Bukit Batok East division of Jurong GRC from 2015 to 2025. A lawyer by profession, Rahayu specialises in civil litigation and family law. She made her political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won 79.3% of the vote. Education Rahayu studied at Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Junior College before she went to the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Law, where she completed a Bachelor of Laws in 2003 and was called to the Bar in 2004. Career Rahayu joined Heng, Leon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murali Pillai
Kumjan Muralidharan Pillai (Chinese: 穆仁理, pinyin ''Mù Rénlǐ''; ; born 30 October 1967), better known as Murali Pillai, is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Ministry of Transport (Singapore), Senior Minister of State for Transport, and Ministry of Law (Singapore), Senior Minister of State for Law since 2025. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Parliament of Singapore, Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bukit Batok division of Jurong East–Bukit Batok Group Representation Constituency, Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC since 2025, and previously Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency, Bukit Batok SMC between 2016 and 2025. Pillai started his career in the Singapore Police Force (SPF) before becoming a practising lawyer in 1996. Prior to his appointment as Minister of State, Pillai was a partner in the Commercial Litigation practice at Rajah & Tann. Pillai joined the People's Action Party (PAP) in 2001 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hong Chuang
Lee Hong Chuang ( zh, s=李宏壮, p=Lǐ Hóngzhuàng; born 19 July 1970) is a Singaporean politician and business executive. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hong Kah North division of Jurong East–Bukit Batok Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2025. Career Lee was previously the PAP branch chairperson for Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC). In that capacity, he contested there in the 2015 and 2020 general elections, losing both times to the incumbent Workers' Party (WP). In October 2023, he was replaced by Jackson Lam Jackson Lam Weiliang ( Chinese:林纬量; pinyin: ''Lín Wěiliàng'') is a Singaporean politician who was elected a Member of Parliament in the 2025 general election. He represents the Nee Soon GRC as a member of the People's Action Party ... as branch chair. Election to Parliament Before the 2025 general election, Lee was deployed to the newly created Jurong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tan See Leng
Tan See Leng ( zh, s=陈诗龙, p=Chén Shīlóng, poj=Tân Si-lêng, first=poj; born 24 December 1964) is a Singaporean politician and former medical practitioner who has been serving as Minister for Manpower since 2021 and Second Minister for Trade and Industry since 2020. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Chua Chu Kang division of Chua Chu Kang GRC since 2025. Before entering politics, Tan was a medical practitioner by profession. He founded Healthway Medical Group and had served in top positions in Parkway Holdings, Parkway Pantai and IHH Healthcare. He made his political debut in the 2020 general election as part of a five-member PAP team and won about 57% of the vote in Marine Parade GRC. Early life and education Tan was born in Singapore in 1964. He attended Monk's Hill Primary School and Monk's Hill Secondary School. He received a Promsho scholarship to study the humanities at Hwa Chong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Yen Ling
Low Yen Ling ( zh, s=刘燕玲, p=Liú Yànlíng; born 17 August 1974) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of South West District since 2014, Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry concurrently since 2024. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Bukit Gombak SMC since 2025, and previously the Bukit Gombak division of Chua Chu Kang GRC between 2011 and 2025. Prior to entering politics, Low had worked at financial institutions, a start-up venture, and the Economic Development Board (EDB). She made her political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Chua Chu Kang GRC and won with 61.2% of the vote. Education Low was educated at Dunman High School and Temasek Junior College before graduating from the Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Business wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Board
The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information of the government of Singapore. The board manages the public libraries throughout the country. The national libraries of Singapore house books in all four official languages of Singapore: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. Other than paper books, the libraries also loans CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, VCDs, video cassettes, audiobooks on CDs, magazines and periodicals, DVD-videos, Blu-rays and music CDs. Its flagship institution, the National Library, Singapore, is based on Victoria Street. History Although the NLB was first formed on 1 September 1995, its history had begun way back in the 1820s when Stamford Raffles first proposed the idea of establishing a public library. This library was to evolve into the National Library of Singapore in 1960, before expanding into the suburbs with the setting up of branch libraries in the various new tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Development Guide Plan
Urban planning in Singapore is the direction of infrastructure development in Singapore. It is done through a three-tiered planning framework, consisting of a long-term plan to plot out Singapore's development over at least 50 years, a Master Plan for the medium term, and short-term plans, the first two of which are prepared by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and the last by multiple agencies. Planning in Singapore first began with the Jackson Plan in 1822, which divided Singapore town into multiple ethnic areas and established Singapore as a commercial and administrative centre. For a century, the colonial authorities in Singapore were not very involved in its development until they began engaging in urban regulation in the 1890s, in response to congestion and squatter settlements. When this proved inadequate, the British established the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in 1927, which had limited powers and hence limited initial impact. Detailed urban planning for Singap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' (also known informally by its abbreviation ''ST'') is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and has a significant regional audience. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online, the latter of which was launched in 1994. It is regarded as the newspaper of record for Singapore. Print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' had a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. In 2014, country-specific editions were published for residents in Brunei and Myanmar, with newsprint circulations of 2,500 and 5,000 respectively. History Early years The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurong East–Bukit Batok Group Representation Constituency
The Jurong East–Bukit Batok Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the western region of Singapore. The GRC was created in 2025 prior to the 2025 Singaporean general election. The current Members of Parliament (MPs) are Grace Fu, David Hoe, Lee Hong Chuang, Murali Pillai and Rahayu Mahzam from the People's Action Party (PAP). Electoral history The GRC was created by merging parts of Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency (SMC) and Jurong GRC with the whole of Bukit Batok SMC and the majority of Yuhua SMC. Part of the original Jurong GRC was carved out to form Jurong Central SMC and both Jurong Spring and Taman Jurong had their estates moved to West Coast–Jurong West GRC. PAP announced that Grace Fu would lead a team comprising fellow incumbent MPs Murali Pillai and Rahayu Mahzam, former PAP Hougang branch chairman Lee Hong Chuang who had previously contested Hougang SMC The Hougang Single Member Consti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency
The Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC has four wards: Chua Chu Kang, Tengah, Keat Hong and Brickland. Only a small portion of the constituency is residential, with most of its area consisting of the Western Water Catchment. The current Members of Parliament are Choo Pei Ling, Jeffrey Siow, Tan See Leng and Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim from the People's Action Party (PAP). History Prior to 2011, the area constituting Chua Chu Kang GRC was administered under Hong Kah GRC and Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (SMC). Chua Chu Kang SMC was one of the oldest surviving constituencies in Singapore and the only one to have remained intact before Singapore's independence, existing since 1959 when Singapore gained full self-governance from its colonial British Government. In 2001, Bukit Gombak SMC was absorbed into the former Hong Kah GRC with the town council be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
