Singapore's last few new towns: Sengkang West

[Cecil Lee]

Singapore's last few new towns: Sengkang West (used to be Seletar Farmway area).
In the 1980's I remembered driving down towards Sembawang: 1980, 1981, 1982 onwards until 1986. I had to drive through a new town at that time called "Yishun New Town".

Today, there are not many new towns left in Singapore due to scarcity of land. Thus one of the last two major new towns: Punggol and Sengkang West Way (other than reclaim land); Singapore seems to be running out of such virgin land.

These photos taken ofseveral acresof what used to be forests area in Sengkang West (formerly Seletar farmway where pig farms were aplenty during the 1950's to even 1980's. It is a true reminder for me of how Yishun New Town came about. Today, Yishun is considered as a Matured Estate. No longer called "New" Town.

With these photos; I hope to capture partks of Sengkang West bordering Punggol before they are built up. I hope these photos will be valuable insights, 30, 50 or even 100 years from now!

[Cecil Lee]

These photos were taken four (4) months later in October 2011.
The entire plot of land has been literally flatten to cater for government development. Majority should be Housing Development Board (HDB) flats...

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On 6/4/2011 8:32:35 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Singapore's last few new
towns: Sengkang West (used to
be Seletar Farmway area).In
the 1980's I remembered
driving down towards
Sembawang: 1980, 1981, 1982
onwards until 1986. I had to
drive through a new town at
that time called "Yishun New
Town".
Today, there are not many new
towns left in Singapore due to
scarcity of land. Thus one of
the last two major new
towns: Punggol and Sengkang
West Way (other than reclaim
land); Singapore seems to be
running out of such virgin
land.
These photos taken
ofseveral acresof
what used to be forests area
in Sengkang West (formerly
Seletar farmway where pig
farms were aplenty during the
1950's to even 1980's. It is a
true reminder for me of how
Yishun New Town came about.
Today, Yishun is considered as
a Matured Estate. No longer
called "New" Town.
With these photos; I hope to
capture partks of Sengkang
West bordering Punggol before
they are built up. I hope
these photos will be valuable
insights, 30, 50 or even 100
years from now!