Sembawang Hills
Sembawang Hills | |
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Subzone of Ang Mo Kio Planning Area | |
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 三巴旺山 |
| • Malay | Sembawang Hills |
| • Tamil | செம்பவாங் மலைகள் |
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| Coordinates: 1°22′32″N 103°49′52″E / 1.37556°N 103.83111°E | |
| Country | Singapore |
| Planning area | Ang Mo Kio Planning Area |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 6,950 |
Sembawang Hills is a precinct within Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is located in the West of Ang Mo Kio and bounded by Tagore, Kebun Baru and Shangri-La districts as well as Bishan - Ang Mo Kio Park. The current Member of Parliament (MP) for this precinct is Henry Kwek (Kebun Baru SMC).
Demographics
[edit]As of 2024, Sembawang Hills has a total population of 6,950 residents, with 3,220 males (46.3%) and 3,730 females (53.7%).[1]
As of 2024, Sembawang Hills had 6,490 residents living in landed properties (93.4%), 390 residents (5.6%) in condominiums and other apartments. There is no HDB in the precint.
Neighbouring areas
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History
[edit]The present-day Sembawang Hills area mostly consisted of rubber plantations from 1912 onwards.[2]
In 1954, the landlords of the premises, Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company Limited and Singapore United Rubber Plantations Limited sold plots of rubber plantation to build the first 300 low cost houses in the precint.[3]
From 1961 to 1973, the area was within the race circuit for the Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit.[4]
The estate used to host two schools: Sembawang Hills Estate School from 1959 to 1992[5] and Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School from 1963 to 1985.[6]
Residential Area
[edit]Condominium
[edit]- Peirce View (1996)
- Adana @ Thomson (2018)
- Lattice One (2022)
Landed estates
[edit]- Sembawang Hills Estate (1956)
- Happy Estate (1970)
- Red Brick Villas (1990)
- Happy Park Estate (1993)
- St Nicholas View (2000)
- Horizon Gardens (2002)
- Horizon Green (2004)
Transportation
[edit]Roads
[edit]Sembawang Hills precint is boundered by Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and Yio Chu Kang Road while Upper Thomson Roard is winding through the precint.
Public Transport
[edit]Bus services 138, 163, 167, 169, 265, 855, 860 and 980 serve the precint and connect the residents to Ang Mo Kio, Upper Thomson or Yio Chu Kang MRT stations.
For the community
[edit]Hawker Centre
[edit]There is one hawker centre and market in the precinct: Sembawang Hills Food Centre along Upper Thomson Road
Amenities and landmarks
[edit]- Bishan - Ang Mo Kio Park
- Salem Chapel[7]
- Sembawang Baptist Church[8]
- Upper Thomson Community Hub
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Singapore Residents by Planning Area / Subzone, Age Group, Sex and Type of Dwelling, June 2024". Department of Statistics Singapore. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "From Gambier to Pepper: Plantation Agriculture in Singapore". National Library Singapore. Singapore. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Companies plan to built and sell". The Straits Times. Singapore. 29 November 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 9 April 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Traffic plans for S'pore Grand Prix". The Straits Times. Singapore. 15 September 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 9 April 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Sembawang Hills Estate School". Singapore. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ "Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School". Singapore. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ "Salem Chapel". Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ "Sembawang Baptist Church". Retrieved 8 April 2025.
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