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March-April 2014 Published by Ang Mo Kio Town Council

宏茂桥市镇理事会出版MICA(P) 130/04/2012

Next Door Deli邻家餐厅page 18

Water sports in Sengkang!盛港主办水上运动page 15

Community Sports社区体育page 3Ang Moh Kio Town Council

Grand plans for our town!

Publicity & Communications

Committee Chairman:Ang Hin Kee

Vice-Chairmen:David Ng Siew Cheong, PBM

Don Chen Jiaqing

SecretaryMarvin Poh

Members:Choo Yong Guan

Steven Fok Koon Sang, PBM Vairappan TamilselvamPeter Leow GlensongBob Lau Yong Xing

Leong Wai LingChew Thiam Kwee, BBM

Kabirdas Perumal, PBM, PBSWong Chun Yin

Sabaria Bte Umar, PBMPragash s/o Kulasagar

Lim Chee Kong Ion Danker

Ang Mo Kio Town Council

Offices:Avenue 1 Office

Blk 342, Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, #01-1561, Singapore 560342

Tel: 6453 0511 Fax: 6453 0122

Avenue 10 OfficeBlk 528, Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, #01-2385, Singapore 560528

Tel: 6456 1633 Fax: 6456 1225

Sengkang West OfficeBlk 410, Fernvale Road (opp

Fernvale Point), #01-01,Singapore 790410

Tel: 6634 9215 Fax: 6634 9219

Avenue 4 Service CentreBlk 161, Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, #01-500, Singapore 560161

Tel: 6457 3500 Fax: 6453 6733

Ang Mo Kio – Hougang Service Centre

Blk 662, Hougang Ave 4, #01-415, Singapore 530662

Tel: 6385 1631 Fax: 6387 4052

Website:www.amktc.org.sg

E-mailAng Mo Kio Town Council: [email protected]

General Enquiries:6453 0511

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Our HomeEighth in a “Share It” series:

Each year, students from Deyi Secondary learn about the

time, effort and effects of recycling first-hand, by going door to door to collect recyclables in conjunction with Earth Hour. 270 students col-lected a good haul for this annual event, this year.

Deyi Recycles

“Most of the residents were ex tremely f r iendly. I fee l exhilarated doing this meaningful project. I really enjoyed this project as I contributed to my community. – Casey Lim, Sec 104

“It has made me realize the impor tance of recyc l ing materials to slow down global warming. I am glad that a small contribution can turn into a big help.” – Lai Shihua, Sec 103

“The project has taught me to be more confident when talking to strangers and our neighbours. We had to do that when we collected the old clothes and newspapers.” – Leonad Tue, Sec 103

2 Our Home March-April 2014

Over 2,500 of us had a great morn-ing on 16 March. We went for

a brisk walk, and tried out different sports at the Anchorvale CC and Sengkang Riverside Park. The kids especially enjoyed the mini table tennis. Finally, something in their size!

Community Sports

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Thinking big gets you places. Places in both the Singapore Book of

Records and the Guinness Books of World Records, to be precise.

What you see below is a top-down view of the world’s largest sculpture made from recycled materials. Created by our Ci Yuan CC YEC, it stands at a rather impressive height of 8.8 meteres, and measures 40.5 by 29 metres. Taken at the SCAPE Playspace at

Setting a green world record

Orchard Link, it took a bit of imagina-tion to get it all in one picture!

The sculpture was part of the annual National Youth Envirolympics Challenge organised by the YEC on 19 April; In addition to the massive sculpture, there was a green-themed Amazing Race that took over 300 youths all across Singapore, perfor-mances, and a green carnival attended by over 2,000.


• Installing energy-saving devices.

• Installing LED lights at hundreds of blocks in the town.

• Pilot project to install solar panels.

• Lights in lifts that switch off when the lift is not in use.

• Motion sensors that operate lighting in common areas at 50% brightness when no one is around.

Cost-Saving InitiativesThe Town Council is mindful of the need to keep costs under control and have embarked on several cost saving measures.

The Town Council saves money

with bright ideas

With small improvements like switching the light-

ing of our blocks to LEDs, the Town Council has man-aged to save some $150,000 a year! And the lighting at staircase landings are fitted with motion sensors so they can be dimmed when no one is around.

Setting a green world record


Take me home country road

After feedback from us, an EUP in recent years improved this link from Countryside Road to Lentor Avenue. The walkway was improved and smoothened, and street lamps upgraded – we feel far more secure using the link at night, now!


This year, the regular walk organised by our Thomson Neighbourhood

Committee (NC) was warmer. Literally! Despite the dry weather, we enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new ones on our walk at Sengkang Riverside Park on 8 March.

Having worked up an appetite, we ended our walk at the food court at ITE College Central for breakfast. And over toast and teh, we had a good chat with Mr Inderjit Singh about anything and everything.

Our walk and talk


Good things are coming to the Gerald-Mugliston estate,

bounded by Gerald Drive and Yio Chu Kang Road.

The Mugliston Park playground will be revamped to include a new adult exercise area as well as a new playground. More shelters will be built in the park and through the

estate. There will also be better footpaths and new street lighting, and better access with a new staircase and foot bridge near Gerald Drive.

All this will be done under the Estate Upgrading Programme (EUP), a special programme for improvements to pri-vate estates. Beyond the new facilities and aesthetics, major improvements to

drains are also done during an EUP, and always much appreciated by the neighbourhood.

The EUP at Gerald-Mugliston is now in progress. Some inconveniences like dust and noise are inevitable. But it will be worth it!

Sprucing up the estate


Thanks to our friends in the Cactus Sunrise NC, some 70 of us got

together for a tour of Tanjung Sepat at the end of March. There was shopping. There were games. There was karaoke. And of course, there was food. Words do their seafood no justice.

There was even a surprise birthday party for all of us born in March! It was a cosy affair that spoke volumes of the attention to detail that our NC gives to everything it does.

We had a great time. 10/10, would tour again!

Our latest Regentville carnival had it all. Educational talks.

CPR demonstrations. Pop perfor-mances and a flea market.

And those were just the high-lights. The bustle below drew almost half the households in the estate!

There was a beer drinking contest. You should have heard the burps. The shockwaves rippled the pool.

Regent Revelry

Touring the Tanjung


An artist’s impression of Jalan Kayu in the future.

Grand Plans for our Town!Life in our town has always been

getting better. We all see the little conveniences constantly being added – but how many of us know about the big things on the way? Here’s a sneak peek at the URA’s development plans to transform our homes.

Housing

Transport

Leisure Economy

As one of the pioneer towns of Singapore (we have the first Town Council!), Ang Mo Kio is a great place to live. Everything is convenient, modern and within easy reach. Aside from the constant upgrades to our existing homes, new housing and new facilities for us all to enjoy will be added. • A redeveloped Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic at Ang Mo Kio Central 2.• A redeveloped Kebun Baru CC at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4.• A nursing home at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenues 1 and 8.• Estate Upgrading Programme for Mayflower Estate and Yio Chu Kang Gardens Estate.

For those of us who travel to work each day, big improvements are coming to make that commute faster, safer and more comfortable.• Two new MRT stations (Lentor and Mayflower) on the Thomson Line will allow for faster travel to the city by 2021.• The Cross Island Line, when it starts operations by 2030, will serve as analternative east-west MRT route.• The North-South Expressway, to be completed around 2020, will shorten travel times between the cityand Ang Mo Kio.

We already enjoy plenty of greenery around our homes. And our parks, like the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, are simply packed on the weekends. The many reservoirs around us make for convenient, peaceful escapes. And there is more to come.• An extended park connector along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5.• A cycling network within Ang Mo Kio.

There will be more jobs opening up within our town. Existing industrial areas will be upgraded, and some exciting new ones created.• A new industrial complex at Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 3.• Redevelopment of existing industrial buildings at Tagore Industrial Park.• Completion of phase 3 of the Seletar Aerospace Park.

New housing is coming up in Teacher’s Estate, near the future Lentor MRT.

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The new North-South Expressway will reduce the load on current routes, and cut travel time to the city.

The North Coast Innovation Corridor is a massive development stretching from Woodlands to Punggol. It will bring jobs in new, innovative sectors – and also a new institute for tertiary education in Punggol.

The Sengkang Hospital (left), due to be com-pleted in 2018, is one of two new hospitals coming to our town. Another development is the Seletar Mall (below), which will serve Fernvale, and is due to open some time next year.

Grand Plans for our Town! LEGEND

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New conveniences at the Cheng San CC

If no one’s home when the mailman comes with a package, you’re not

going to have a good time. You’ll need to take the postman’s note to the post office, queue, wait...and then you have to carry it back home again. It’s not so bad if it’s a T-shirt in that package, but if it’s that box of tools you’ve been waiting for...no, not good times at all.

That’s where the POPStation comes in. A service provided by SingPost, it’s a series of lockers controlled by a central computer.

With selected online merchants, you can select a POPStation for delivery of your goods. When your package has

been delivered, you’ll receive alerts by email and SMS, containing a special code. POPStations operate around the clock, so you can go and pick up your parcel any time you want, just by keying in the code.

There are 36 POPStations island-wide now, with plans for many more. More importantly, one has been in-stalled at the Cheng San CC!

Right now, the merchants that de-liver to POPStations are vPost, Omigo, Rakuten, Zalora and Deal.com.sg. SingPost is working on making more partnerships.

Go on. Buy something and try it out!

A new social service officeAt the AMK 3G Centre next to the CC, the Ministry of Social and Family Development plans to set up a Social Service Office in the next 2-3 years. This office will help administer social assistance, and also help with the planning of social services within the town. Working with our grassroots and other community organisations like the CDC and Family Service Centres, better help will be able to reach those who need it, faster.

KB’s Got Talent!


Vocal powerhouses. Dancers of different styles. A mini-maestro

with his trusty violin, and even Taiji Rhythmball jugglers.

We certainly have a variety of talent in Kebun Baru, and they got their chance to shine at our Got Talent show, held on 5 April at the Kebun Baru CC Hall!

KB’s Got Talent!


Yipee, Yipee, Yeah!

With the help of our RC, Jalan Kayu Zone 3, or JK3, as we’re known

on the street, set a new record for the largest balloon mural recently.

Measuring 31 by 2.3 metres, the mural took more than ten hours to create, and involved over 200 of us

in JK3. While we worked, recyclables were collected at the pavilion at Block 546 Serangoon North Avenue 3. It was our Recycling Extravaganza, and the publicity of our record at-tempt drew several passers-by – who stopped to help!

A new, green record

A lot of that last chorus to “Campfire’s Burning” sounded out at our recent

campfire barbecue in Jalan Kayu. Our patient grassroots took us through everything from how to set up the fire to how to cook a good chicken wing. Aimed at new citizens, the events was a great success!


The recent opening of the spank-ing new Water Sports Centre @

Anchorvale brought hundreds of us together at the Punggol Reservoir. Officiating at the launch, our advisers took the chance to get to know us better, paddlers and pedestrians alike.

Our new centre will provide equip-ment and training in kayaking and

dragon boating – two more items in our repertoire of fitness in the north-east. The Anchorvale CC will also work closely with water sports organisa-tions like the Singapore Dragon Boat Association and Singapore Canoe Federation to host annual competitions.

Looks like it’s time to get a head start on our training!

Making a splash in Sengkang!


A warm welcome

for our new friends and neighbours

At the end of March, 350 new citizens received their pink ICs at the citizenship ceremony held at the Teck Ghee CC. They all live in our town – so if you see a new face around the block, say hello!


Step by step, toward a better Yio Chu Kang

It was a sunny morning that Mr Seng Han Thong, together with RC members

and staff from the Town Council and HDB, toured the Yio Chu Kang estate.

The group was briefed on the pro-gress of construction on the drop-off points at Blocks 604 & 605 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5. Mr Seng also shared with the ar-chitects and contractors the feedback he gathered during the recent Home Improvement Program straw poll.

On their walk, the team took a report of trees that needed pruning. And so it was done!


After reading about the great new things coming to our town on pages 10 and 11, how many details can you

remember? Here’s a little quiz to test your memory – don’t worry if you have to check back a few times, there’s a lot to digest! Add your name and address and post your entry to: Our Home Caption Contest,

Blk 342 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, #01-1561 Singapore 560342

Your entry must be delivered by 10 June, 2014. The three best entries will each win NTUC vouchers worth $20.00. The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entertained.

My Name:

My NRIC No: Phone No:

My Address:

Congratulations to the winners of the Quiz in the last issue of Our Home:Eddie Tan Lee Chay (Sxxxx861J), Thrisha (Txxxx893H), and Sim Siew Kim (Sxxxx671D).

The Grand Plan1. There are ____ new hospitals coming to our town, and one of them will be completed by _______.

2 . Several different types of housing will be built in ______________________, near the _________ MRT.

3. The ________________ Polyclinic and the _______________ CC will be redeveloped, and a new ______________________ will be built at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenues 1 and 8.


It seems unwise to talk about Next Door Deli, at Block 529 Ang Moh Kio Avenue

10. There’s only so much seating after all, and once you’ve eaten here, you’ll want to keep it your little secret.

From rare finds like wok-fried dry laksa to...well, rare finds like bangers and mash, there’ll be something on the menu to suit your taste. They also do chicken in so many different ways it’ll make your head spin. Each one delicious, of course.

At $6.50, the wok-fried laksa is delight of spices. Topped with sliced prawns and accompanied by a fish-cake and chicken wing, it’s a meal to remember. And you’ll find their $7.80 house burger an enigma, with the variety of ingredients that go into the patty. Served with the best mashed potatoes we’ve tasted in a while.

Open 11am to 10pm daily, here’s a bonus secret. 90-cent chicken wings. For now. Go!

Next Door Delicious

AMK-Hougang For further information, please call the Ci Yuan Community Centre, Blk 662 Hougang Ave 4, on 63879012

Kampong Spirit Revivalon Sunday, 18 May, 12.30-2pmat the Senior’s Corner, Blk 974, Hougang St 91Dumpling Festivalon Saturday, 24 May, 9am-12pmat Ci Yuan Green Park (Blk 648A Hougang Ave 8)Expressions of Aloha Line Dance Jamon Saturday, 24 May, 5-10pmat the N6 Park, Hougang St 61

Sengkang WestFor further information, please call the

Anchorvale Community Club, 59 Anchorvale Road, on 64894959

Dumpling Festivalon Sunday, 25 May, 12.30-3.30pm at Anchorvale CC MPH

MACC Family Carnivalon Saturday, 21 June, 2-6pm

at AMK Central Stage

Jalan KayuFor further information, please call the

Hwi Yoh Community Centre, Blk 535 Serangoon North Ave 4, on 64840338 Tea Appreciation with AMKTC workers

on Saturday, 10 May, 4-5pmat Blk 985 Buangkok Crescent Communal HallChariot Processionon Sunday, 8 June, 8-9pmat Void Deck of Blk 556 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10

Events coming up

Teck Ghee For further information, please call the

Teck Ghee Community Club, 861 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10,on 64567124 or 64567123

or the Ang Mo Kio Community Centre,

795 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, on 64529644 or 64566536

Sambutan Hari Ibu di Teck Ghee on Saturday, 17 May, 7.30-10pmat Teck Ghee CC MPH

Parents’ Day and Dumpling Festivalon Saturday, 21 June, 7-10pm

at Teck Ghee CC MPH

Kebun Baru For further information, please call the Kebun Baru Community Club, 216 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 on 64577379Kebun Baru CC Walk-A-Jog and Mini Carnival 2014on Sunday, 29 June, 7amat Kebun Baru CC

Yio Chu Kang

For further information, please call the

Yio Chu Kang Community Club,

50 Ang Mo Kio Street 61, on 64570414

Baby Show and Mothers’ Day Carnival

on Sunday, 11 May, 9am-3pm

at Yio Chu Kang CCPAssionArts Festival

on Sunday, 25 May, 4-7pm

at AMK Central Stage

Cheng San-Seletar

For further information, please call the

Cheng San Community Club,

6 Ang Mo Kio Street 53 on 64588222 or 64595280

Dumpling Festival

on Saturday, 31 May, 6.30-10pm

at Blk 430 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, BBQ Court

Silat Nite with the Unsangkarable

on Saturday, 31 May, 7-10pm

at the Cheng San CC

Emergency Preparedness Day

on Saturday, 5 July, 3.30-7pm


Meet the People Sessions

Ang Mo Kio Town Council

Ang Mo Kio-Hougang 宏茂桥-后港

MP Yeo Guat Kwang 杨木光议员

Blk 632, Hougang Ave 8, #01-28,S(530632)

8pm, every Thursday*后港8道第632座, #01-28, 邮区530632

每星期四, 晚上8时＊Tel/电话: 6282 6567

Cheng San-Seletar 静山-实里达

MP Ang Hin Kee 洪鼎基议员

Blk 533 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, #01-4100,S(560533)

8pm, every Thursday*宏茂桥5道第533座, #01-4100, 邮区560533


Jalan Kayu 惹兰加由

Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar 殷丹博士

Blk 522, Serangoon North Ave 4, #01-154, S(550522)

8pm, every Thursday*实龙岗北4道第522座, #01-154,邮区550522


Kebun Baru 哥本峇鲁MP Inderjit Singh 殷吉星议员Blk 109, Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, #01-04, S(560109) 8pm, every Thursday*宏茂桥4道第109座, #01-04, 邮区560109每星期四, 晚上8时＊Tel/电话: 6454 8792

Sengkang West 盛港西Dr Lam Pin Min 蓝彬明医生Blk 303A, Anchorvale Link, #01-81, S(541303)8pm, every Tuesday*安谷连道第303A座, #01-81, 邮区541303 每星期二, 晚上8时＊Tel/电话: 6312 2961

Teck Ghee 德义PM Lee Hsien Loong 李显龙总理Blk 322, Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, #01-1928, S(560322)8pm, every Wednesday*宏茂桥3道第322座, #01-1928, 邮区560322 每星期三, 晚上8时＊Tel/电话: 6552 6055

Yio Chu Kang 杨厝港MP Seng Han Thong 成汉通议员Blk 644, Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, #01-850, S(560644)8pm, every Thursday*宏茂桥4道第644座, #01-850, 邮区560644每星期四, 晚上8时＊Tel/电话: 6458 7376

* Closed on public holidays and the eve of major festivals, such as Hari Raya Puasa, Christmas, Deepavali and the New Years. + On the first Thursday of every month, there will be a rotation of MPs for Ang Mo Kio GRC. + Registration starts before 8pm.＊公共假期休息＋宏茂桥集选区的国会议员将在每个月的第一个星期四轮流到其他选区＋将在8时之前开始登记

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