Tiong Bahru
Tiong Bahru is a housing estate and subzone region located within Bukit Merah planning area, in the Central Region of Singapore. Tiong Bahru was constructed in the 1920s by the Singapore Improvement Trust, the predecessor to the Housing Development Board and an entity of the British colonial authority providing mass public housing in Singapore and is the oldest housing estate in Singapore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 15,100 residents
- Description: subzone of Bukit merah planning area & housing estate in Singapore
- Also known as: “Tiong Baharu” and “Tiong Bahru Estate”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Singapore General Hospital and Tiong Bahru Plaza.
Singapore General Hospital
Hospital
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Singapore General Hospital is an academic health science centre and tertiary referral hospital in Singapore. It is located next to the Bukit Merah and Chinatown districts of the Central Region, close to the Outram Community Hospital, which functions as a supplementary community and rehabilitation hospital to SGH for newly discharged patients.
Tiong Bahru Plaza
Shopping center
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Tiong Bahru Plaza is a shopping mall located in Tiong Bahru Estate, in Bukit Merah, Singapore, near Tiong Bahru Road, Jalan Membina and Bukit Ho Swee Crescent, which is where the entrance to the mall is located.
Sri Mariamman Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sri Mariamman Temple is Singapore's oldest Hindu temple. It is an agamic temple, built in the Dravidian style. Located at 244 South Bridge Road, in the downtown Chinatown district, the temple serves the majority Hindu Singaporeans, Tamilians, in the city-state.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Outram and Riverside.
Outram
Suburb
Outram is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The area is bordered by these planning areas: Singapore River to the north, the Downtown Core to the east and south, and Bukit Merah to the west.
Riverside
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Singapore River forms a central artery in Singapore's densely packed Central Business District. The north bank of the river is where Raffles landed and founded his colony, and to this day many central government buildings can be found in the area.
Radin Mas
Neighborhood
Radin Mas is a neighbourhood within Telok Blangah Estate, located in Bukit Merah, Singapore.
Tiong Bahru
- Categories: administrative territorial entity of Singapore and housing estate
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to West Coast Bajau—“Tiong Bahru” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中峇鲁”
- Chinese: “中巴鲁”
- German: “Tiong Bahru”
- Japanese: “チョンバル”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Tiong Bahru”
- Malay: “Tiong Bahru”
- Malay: “تيوڠ بهرو”
- Thai: “Tiong Bahru Estate”
- West Coast Bajau: “Tiong Bahru”
- “Tiong Bahru”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bukit Ho Swee and Tiong Bahru MRT station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pearl’s Hill City Park and Pearls Hill.
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