Common experiences and shared interests are some things that help residents in a community bond and society to become more cohesive. Your task is as follows:
1) Contribute to the community by conduct an online research on the Bukit Panjang estate. Find out information about the history of road names and, better yet, the history of Zhenghua! =)
2) Write a 50-word blog entry about what you have found from your research about Bukit Panjang estate.
3) Post your comments here by clicking on "comments" or "the pencil" at the bottom right hand corner of this blog entry.
If you have any questions, please feel free to approach any NE Committee Teacher.
Cheers!
Mrs Sharon Tan
25 comments:
Bukit in the Malay Language means "hill" and Panjang means "long". Bukit Panjang literally means "long hill" which gets its name from the long range of low hills which ends in Bukit Timah to the south.
At the height of the movement to change place names in Singapore to Mandarin ones using hanyu pinyin romanization, the new town to be built in the area was initially known as Zhenghua, along with Yishun for Nee Soon, and Zhujiao market for tek kha market in Kandang Kerbau. The trading of old dialect names which have gained common currency for unfamiliar, Mandarin ones was not well-received by the public, and Bukit Panjang was quickly reinstated. However, the name Zhenghua is preserved in the name of the flyover between Bukit Panjang Road and the Bukit Timah Expressway as well as the Zhenghua Park.
Posted on behalf of Muhd Najiy, 2N3
There are seven sub-zones in Bukit Panjang. There are Senja, Sujana, Fajar, Bangkit, Bukit Panjang, Dairy Farm and the Nature Reserve.
The commonly-used transport will be the LRT which linked to Chua chu kang MRT. There are 14 stations in the bukit panjag lrt.
Bukit Panjang is found in Central North-Western region of Singapore.
there are seven sub-zone in Bukit Panjang; Senja, Suajana, Fajar, Bangkit, Bukit Panjang, Dairy Farm and the nature reserve.
Bukit Panjang means 'long hill' in Malay. This area used to comprise rural settlement in early 1990's.
Posted by zhenghui
2n1(28)
Bukit Panjang gets its name from the range of low hills which begins from Mandai and ends in Bukit Timah to the south. It means a "long spread of hill" in Malay. The Bukit Panjang area used to comprise rural settlements which grew up along Bukit Timah Road in the early 1900s. There were agricultural areas, such as the Cold Storage Dairy Farm and industrial uses such as the Nanyang Shoe Factory, Lam Soon Canning and Rubber Factory as well as granite quarries.
aron (4n3)
Bukit panjang’s have a number of80,000 population, staying in 4 room and 5 room flats.The Light Rapid Transit (LRT) is a smaller line transport that brings passangers to the residential areas, example Senja, Sujana, Fajar, Bangkit, Petir Jelapang.
yuxian (4E4)
Bukit Panjang literally means "long hill" which gets its name from the long range of low hills which ends in Bukit Timah to the South.
The height of the movement to change place names in Singapore to mandarin hanyu piyin romanization , the new town to be built in the area was initially known as Zhenghua.
The name zhenghua is preserved in the name of the flyover between Bukit Panjang and the Bukit Timah Expressway as well as the Zhenghua Park.
Posted by :Syazirah , of class 1E5
Bukit Panjang is a suburban area situated in the Central North-Western part of Singapore.
History of Bukit Panjang .
Bukit Panjang means 'long hill' in Malay. This area used to comprise rural settlements in early 1990's. Today, it has many suburban facilities like the Cold Storage Dairy Farm, as well as factories and granite quarries.
Bukit Panjang New Town is new town located in the west of Singapore bounded by Bukit Timah Road, Dairy Farm Road, the Bukit Timah Expressway, and the Kranji Expressway. With its entirety only a portion of this town is situated on a low-lying and elongated hill, with its plateau-type peak encompassing neighbourhoods, as well as neighborhood Singaporean elementary and high schools; Zhenghua Primary School and GreenRidge Secondary School, respectively, just to name a few.
Schools in Bukit Panjang Estate .
- Primary schools
> Bukit Panjang Primary School
> Greenridge Primary School
> West View Primary School
> Zhenghua Primary School
> Beacon Primary School
- Secondary schools
> Greenridge Secondary School
> West Spring Secondary School
> Zhenghua Secondary School
> Fajar Secondary school
Ng Yin Hui Clara (2e2)&
Ong Jing Wen (2e4) , signing off .
Bukit in Malay means "hill" and Panjang means "long",which means "long hill", where is get its name from long range of low hills which ends in Bukit Timah South. Bukit Panjang comes under the administrative lead of the Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council.
Chan Jun Jie, 2E1
Bukit Panjang meaning in malay was "long hill".It get it name from the long range of low hills which ends in Bukit Timah to the south. As time pass by there were 7 sub zones in Bukit Panjang;Senja,Sujana, Fajar, Bangkit, Bukit Panjang, Dairy Farm and the Nature Reserve.
Bukit panjang is a suburban area situated in the central north western part of singapore.
In malay,Bukit means hill and panjang means long.Literally Bukit Panjang means long hill.Bukit panjang gets its name from the long range of low hills.Changes places names in Singapore to Mandarin ones using hanyu pinyin romanization, the new town to be built in the area was initially known as Zhenghua.The name Zhenghua is preserved in the name of the flyover between Bukit Panjang Road and the Bukit Timah Expressway as well as the Zhenghua Park.Bukit panjang names in 3 different languages:
English: Bukit Panjang
Chinese: 武吉班让
(Pinyin Wǔjíbānràng)
Malay: Bukit Panjang
By:musliha(3e2)
Bukit Panjang is a suburban area located in the central north-western part of singapore.Bukit panjang means: bukit[hill]+panjang[long]=long hill[bukit panjang].It get its name by a long range of low hill.This area used to comprise rural settlement in early 1990's. Zhenghua is preserved in the name of the flyover between Bukit Panjang Road and the Bukit Timah Expressway as well as the Zhenghua Park.There are seven sub-zones in Bukit Panjang; Senja, Sujana, Fajar, Bangkit, Bukit Panjang, Dairy Farm and the Nature Reserve.
jannah[3E5]
Bukit Panjang has lots of schools.
One of that is Bukit Panjang Government High. Opened by minster of education, Mr Mr Yong Nyuk Lin on 11 Jan 1960.
Mr Suen Y - Chern was the first principal of the school.
Mr Yao Kwok Wah took over from Mr Suen in June 1961. Under Mr Yao, various uniformed groups (Red Cross, Scouts and Army Cadets)
Achievements in 2008
RJC Astrigue Astronomy Competition (Team 1st Runner Up, Individual Champion)
NYP Astronomy Competition (Team Champion, Individual Champion)
It's has lots of CCAs that achieved awards.
It's also a proud of singapore.
Lim Hui Jia(3N1+)
Bukit in the Malay Language means "hill" and Panjang means "long". Bukit Panjang literally means "long hill" which gets its name from the long range of low hills which ends in Bukit Timah to the south.
There are seven sub-zones in Bukit Panjang. There are Senja, Sujana, Fajar, Bangkit, Bukit Panjang, Dairy Farm and Bukit Panjang is found in Central North-Western region of Singapore.
the Nature Reserve.
Lastly bukit panjang’s have a number of80,000 population,
Bukit Panjang is politically divided into three constituencies. The central area of Bukit Panjang is in Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency whose Member of Parliament is Teo Ho Pin who is the mayor for Northwest Community Development Council. The other two constituencies are enclosed in the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency. This includes Senja, a part of Jelapang, Segar, Gangsa and a portion of Petir. Senja, Segar and Jelapang are located in Zhenghua constituency of Holland-Bukit Timah GRC whose Member of Parliament is Liang Eng Hwa with Gangsa and the remaining portion of Petir belonging to Cashew division of Holland-Bukit Timah GRC with its Member of Parliament being the Community Development, Youth and Sports minister Dr.Vivian Balakrishnan
Bukit Panjang can be found in the Central North-Western region of Singapore. There are seven sub-zones in Bukit Panjang; Senja, Sujana, Fajar, Bangkit, Bukit Panjang, Dairy Farm and the Nature Reserve.
Made up of a suburban town formerly known as Zheng Hua and a neighbouring town of Choa Chu Kang Town.
Bukit Panjang means 'long hill' in Malay. This area used to comprise rural settlements in early 1990's. Today, it has many suburban facilities like the Cold Storage Dairy Farm, as well as factories and granite quarries. Bukit Timah Hill, which means 'tin hill' in Malay is Singapore's first and largest Nature Reserve. Today, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is set aside for the propagation, protection and preservation of the indigenous fauna and flora of Singapore.
By:Rebecca(2e3)
Ok hi people...
My task is to do some research but i prefer doing or saying my own comments..
So why i like living in bukit panjang or how i feel living in bukit panjang!
Ok firstly, I am new to bukit panjang.. I live here for like my 7th year.. I was in alexandra area before i moved to bukit panjang. I think that people living around bukit panjang are kinda lucky and gifted as we have the LRT as the most convenient form of transport and its like wat 14 stations?? Yahh, if i aint wrong! Then its like we have many shopping centres.. Is not as though others dunt have but wat i am saying is that every estate we have one?
Yah.. Like greenridge, fajar, we have our bukit panjang plaza too. Yahh many community centres too.. Many things are found here.. BUKIT=HILL! Panjang=LONG! So its like LONG HILL? lols.. So yahh.. We also have our zhenghua park, the one our students run our 2.4km run.. Many more.. U name it we have it! I think so... LOLS!
Thats all i guess..
JYOTHI
5N3
ok...
so bukit panjang means long hill...
I dont live around bukit panjang
but I often goes to the community center near the FarJar area and I like the study room there.Rarely,I also shop around Bukit Panjang Plaza...
there lots of things that I dunno...
Lau Feng Yuan(32)4E2
ABOUT:
Bukit Panjang can be found in the Central North-Western region of Singapore. There are seven sub-zones in Bukit Panjang; Senja, Sujana, Fajar, Bangkit, Bukit Panjang, Dairy Farm and the Nature Reserve.
HISTORY:
Bukit Panjang means 'long hill' in Malay. This area used to comprise rural settlements in early 1990's. Today, it has many suburban facilities like the Cold Storage Dairy Farm, as well as factories and granite quarries.
RESIDENTIAL:
There are many new HDB Towns here, namely Senja, Bukit Panjang, Fajar and Bangkit as well as private estates comprising of both condominiums and landed property that can be found here like the one located at Bangkit and near Bukit Panjang Plaza.
TRANSPORT:
The town is accessible via the Bukit Panjang LRT from the Choa Chu Kang MRT station. The LRT L(Light Rapid Transit)is a smaller Rapid Transit line transport passangers deeper into the residential areas.
WHY DO I LIKE LIVING IN BUKIT PANJANG?
- it is far away from the hectic life of busy town.
- many facilities, eg, schools, community centres, shopping malls etc.
- special transportation network is the LRT as not all estates have it.
- the society here is very friendly.
- felt a sense of belonging as i have been staying in Bukit Panjang for more than 10 years.
- many friends and families
Bukit Panjang is a suburban area situated in the Central North-Western part of Singapore. The Bukit Panjang Planning Area, located in the West Region, encompasses the Housing Development Board's housing estate of Bukit Panjang New Town and the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
Bukit Panjang is politically divided into three constituencies. The central area of Bukit Panjang is in Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency whose Member of Parliament is Teo Ho Pin who is the mayor for Northwest Community Development Council. The other two constituencies are enclosed in the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency. This includes Senja, a part of Jelapang, Segar, Gangsa and a portion of Petir. Senja, Segar and Jelapang are located in Zhenghua constituency of Holland-Bukit Timah GRC whose Member of Parliament is Liang Eng Hwa with Gangsa and the remaining portion of Petir belonging to Cashew division of Holland-Bukit Timah GRC with its Member of Parliament being the Community Development, Youth and Sports minister Dr.Vivian Balakrishnan.
posted by:wong yoke heng 4e5
the lrt system is one of only five in the island and no doubt it is a more convenient mode of travel but early morning rush hours spoil the day for many residents. The packed trains incite many grievances towards SMRT. on the whole, it does in fact make life more convenient for the residents of the bukit panjang area.
-千里马
Bukit Panjang, the town on a hill in the west of Singapore, has a population of est. 100’000. One of the youngest towns in Singapore, it is located beside the central catchment nature reserve.
Bukit Panjang was not that big in the past. Its boundary is only up till the areas in petir, pending, bangkit and Fajar LRT stations. Construction started to extend to the western side of Bukit Panjang to the town centre.
In the past, the roads of the town was stuffed with buses. After the construction of the first LRT line n the country, services were down to 2 services.
In whole, I think I would live here in future, and I would like to get an executive flat along petir road!
ong wei jie, 2e5
Bukit panjang can be found in the Central North-Western region of Singapore. Bukit panjang used to comprise rural settlement in 1990's. It has many suburban facilities like the Cold Storage Dairy Farm. It is a quick gateway to other towns. This area comes under the administrative lead of the Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council, which oversees the management and maintenance of the many apartments HDB Flats and commercial units in Bukit Panjang.
Sri Nur Rafiqah(2N2)
As we know Bukit Panjang means hill long or long hills.It can be found in the the central north-western region of singapore.this area used to comprise rural settlement in 1990's.
In bukit panjang,there are seven sub zero.there are fajar,bangkit,saujana,bukit panjang,diary farm and the nature reserve.Bukit Panjang is politically divided into three constituencies.The central area of Bukit Panjang is in Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency whose Member of Parliament is Teo Ho Pin who is the mayor for Northwest Community Development Council. The other two constituencies are enclosed in the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency.The Bukit Panjang area comes under the administrative lead of the Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council.
nur amira(2n1)
Let me share some things of my estate, Bukit Panjang...
How the name, Bukit Panjang came about. The name of Bukit panjang is the it is a malay word, Bukit means " Hill " in malay while panjang means " Long ", therefore, it makes up a ' Long Hill '.
Previously, bukit panjang is ahigh hill in singapore and it is lowered and built with HDB flats. therefore, there are alot of steep slopes along the road of Bukit Panjang...
Ilove to live in my estate as the peoplethere are friendly and willing to help one another when needed. Not only that, there are no racism in my Estate... Therefore, living there is my pleasure and luck...
The End...
XueYing(1E1)
I am stay at choa chu kang area. I am here to share about the history about the Choa Chu Kang. Between the late 18th to early 19th century, Chinese immigrants settled along the river, Sungei Berih. These settlers were called Kangchu, where chu was an established clan name, thus the name Choa Chu Kang. Choa Chu Kang was a small remote rural district with old kampong housing, rubber and coconut plantations. The Chinese district that grew out of that community included Kampong Belimbing and Kampong Choa Chu Kang. Most of the early inhabitants belong to the Teochew clan who were mainly farmers growing ganmi and pepper. Choa Chu Kang was infamous for wild tigers with the last tiger in Singapore shot here in the 1930s.
I like to stay in Choa Chu Kang because I find the people here kind and friendly.
Posted by Lim Guat Kian, 4N2
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