AMK Hub, a seven-storey retail mall at Ang Mo Kio Central, will be ready early next year, complete with an air-conditioned bus interchange and an underground pass to the nearby MRT station.
Labour chief Lim Boon Heng was at the topping out ceremony, which is to symbolically give the finishing touches to a building.
The new hub will house NTUC’s various cooperatives like supermarket chain NTUC Fairprice, its insurance arm NTUC Income, its childcare cooperative, and its recreational NTUC Club – all under one roof.
The fourth floor is expected to be transformed into an integrated entertainment centre, with an eight-screen cineplex.
Some 800,000 residents live around the area in Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Hougang, Serangoon and Toa Payoh.
The new mall is expected to add vibrancy to the town centre and the businesses there.
It is estimated to have cost more than $300 million to develop.
Source: Channel NewsAsia, 27 October 2006