Sin Ming
Template:Infobox Singapore neighbourhood Sin Ming (Chinese: 新民)[1] is a housing estate located in the subzone of Upper Thomson in the town of Bishan, Singapore. It is roughly situated between MacRitchie Nature Reserve and Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.[2] It consists of both residential and industrial areas.[2] Singapore's biggest Mahayana Buddhist temple, Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, is located in the vicinity of Sin Ming.[3]
Residential homes includes a mixture of landed properties, condominiums and Housing Development Board blocks.
Transportation
Sin Ming will have its own MRT station in 2020 when Bright Hill MRT Station, a station on the upcoming Thomson-East Coast MRT Line, opens.[4] This line will link Sin Ming with the Central Business District of Singapore.[4]
Education
The campus of Ai Tong School, a Special Assistance Plan primary school established in 1912, is located in the Bright Hill Drive area of Sin Ming.[5] It relocated its campus from its previous campus in Ang Mo Kio to its current location in Sin Ming in 1992 to cope with rising student enrollment.[6]
The permanent campus of Eunoia Junior College, the 20th junior college in Singapore, will be located in Sin Ming.[7][8]
Amenities
Sin Ming is home to many companies related to the automotive industry.[2] Examples include the Vicom Vehicle Inspection Centre,[2] one of the authorized vehicle testing and inspection centres in Singapore,[9] and an Independent Damage Assessment Centre (IDAC),[2] an independent centre that assesses vehicles that were damaged in accidents for insurance purposes.[10] The Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) has a branch office in Sin Ming which houses its Vehicle and Transit Licensing division.[2] The offices of Citicab and Comfort taxi companies, both under ComfortDelGro group, are also located in Sin Ming.[2]
Sin Ming is one of the few places where funeral-related services are available.[11] The Bright Hill Crematorium and Columbarium, located within Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery,[12] provides crematoria services and facilities to store ashes of the deceased.[11] In 2007, the government announced that it would construct a purpose-built funeral parlour in Sin Ming.[13] This plan was met with fierce opposition by nearby residents, since local superstitions associate death and dying with bad luck.[13] Residents were also concerned that the value of their properties will decrease as a result of the funeral parlour.[13] In response, the government promised that the area would not become a "funeral parlour hub" and that the parlour would be located in the industrial area and thus away from the residential estates.[13] Despite the negative associations of living near a columbarium, a study of property prices of properties in Sin Ming by the Singapore Real Estate Exchange found that a flat near the columbarium fetched a higher price as compared to a larger flat of similar age that was further away from the columbarium.[11] The study concluded that the effects of the columbarium on housing prices in the area was offset by the presence of amenities like popular schools.[11]
References
- ^ "Bilingual Street Names". The Straits Times. National Library Board, Singapore. 25 August 1978. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g "Sin Ming: Residential and Automotive Hub". Streetdirectory.com. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "Clearer skies, roads for temple's neighbours". Asiaone. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ a b "New Thomson MRT line to open in 2019". Asiaone. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Ai Tong School". Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "Our History". Ai Tong School. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "Bishan-Ang Mo Kio area to get new JC in 2017". Asiaone. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "New Junior College to be named Eunoia JC". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "List of LTA Authorised Inspection Centres" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "Independent Damage Assessment Centres (IDAC)". Motorcar.com.sg. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Columbarium near home? No big deal, say some S'poreans". The New Paper. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d Ghim Lay, Yeo (8 October 2007). "Not another funeral home, please". Asiaone. Retrieved 15 September 2015. Cite error: The named reference "asiaone20071008" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).