Yew Tee
 Aerial view of the town center |
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| English | Yew Tee |
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| Chinese | 油池 |
| – Pinyin | Yóuchí |
| – Hokkien POJ | Iû-tî |
| Malay | Yew Tee |
| Tamil | இயூடீ |
Yew Tee is an area situated in the north-western part of Singapore. It is a sub-division of Choa Chu Kang New Town. Yew Tee is a cluster of Housing and Development Board flats and private condominums, made up of three neighbourhoods in Choa Chu Kang New Town. As a relatively new estate, a large proportion of its residents are young families and middle income earners.
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[edit] Etymology and history
Yew Tee is the name of a village off Woodlands Road, which was also given in 1996 to an MRT station serving the area.
Yew Tee means "oil pond" in Teochew. The village was so named because oil was stored there during the Japanese Occupation. The once bustling village used to house more than 300 families, mostly small time farmers who grew vegetables and reared ducks and chickens. Many of the residents moved away when the land began to be developed in the 1980s.
[edit] Housing
As part of the Choa Chu Kang New Town, all the apartments are built after 1993. Yew Tee is divided into two towns - Limbang and Yew Tee. Limbang has a smaller land area than Yew Tee but blocks of flats are in construction there.
[edit] Infrastructure
[edit] Education
To cater to the mainly young families population of three neighbourhoods, there are several primary and secondary schools in Yew Tew. Primary education consists of De La Salle School, Kranji Primary School, Unity Primary School and Yew Tee Primary School. Secondary education consists of Kranji Secondary School, Regent Secondary School and Unity Secondary School.
[edit] Transportation
Yew Tee has a MRT station, Yew Tee MRT Station, built in 1996 as part of the 16-km Woodlands Extension. The town is served by public buses from the Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange.
[edit] Recreation
There are 3 parks in Yew Tee, namely Limbang Park, Stagmont Park and Yew Tee Park. There is also a sports complex located within the vicinity of Yew Tee. In March 2009, a new shopping mall cum codominium was opened. The shopping mall is known as YewTee Point and the condominium is known as Yew Tee Residences.
[edit] References
- Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1
[edit] External links
- YewTee Residences Official Website (YewTeeResidences.COM)
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