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Ang Mo Kio

15 December 2021

Learn about Ang Mo Kio in this Story Map

Cluster of apartment buildings surrounded by trees with text, "ANG MO KIO" and "START YOUR JOURNEY" on the right side.

Ang Mo Kio, which literally translates to “red-haired man’s bridge” in Hokkien, is located in the northeastern region of Singapore. It was developed as Singapore's seventh satellite town in the 1970s as a self-sufficient housing estate where commercial spaces, as well as cultural, community and recreational facilities were provided for its residents. Ang Mo Kio was also where the first town councils were set up as a pilot project in addition to being the first town designed in metric dimensions, allowing it to win the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) Outstanding Buildings Award in 1983.

Join us as we explore the heritage of one of Singapore’s most quintessential housing estates with this story map.

View the story map in full screen (opens in new tab) or on your mobile device by scanning the QR code below.

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Notes

  1. This story map does not show a comprehensive coverage of the places of interest in Ang Mo Kio.

  2. The base map used in this story map is the Singapore Land Authority's OneMap (opens in new tab).

  3. This story map used related Infopedia articles and other NLB digitised resources in NL Online (opens in new tab), BiblioAsia (opens in new tab), and Roots (opens in new tab) as references. It also consulted the following books: Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics (opens in new tab) (2013), What’s in the Name?: How the Streets and Villages in Singapore Got Their Names (opens in new tab) (2018), Ang Mo Kio: A Heritage Trail (opens in new tab) (2011), Ray Tyers’ Singapore: Then & Now (opens in new tab) (2018), Singapore: A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places (opens in new tab) (1988), and Singapore: A Pictorial History 1819-2000 (opens in new tab) (1999).

Image Credit

Photo by Chuttersnap via Wikicommons (opens in new tab) (CC BY-4.0)