Tengah

The first housing project in Tengah's Garden District will be launched for sale in the Build-to-Order (BTO) exercise this month, said the Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Monday (May 20). Garden District is the second of five housing districts in Tengah to be developed, after Plantation District. Unveiling plans for Garden District on Monday, HDB said it is expected to provide up to 6,500 new...

Tengah, a new public housing estate in western Singapore, will have land about a third the size of a football field for community gardening and farming. In the 2,000sqm space, residents may grow their own plants and produce, and even sell what they harvest at farmers’ markets set up in the precinct, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) said in its latest announcement. The community gardens can...

The upcoming Tengah development will feature eco-friendly water and energy features, an automated waste system as well as software that will aid in the planning of the town, the Housing and Development Board said on Friday (Sep 9). Dubbed “Forest Town”, Tengah will be the first HDB town planned with smart technologies from the onset. The first batch of flats in the town will be launched in...

The upcoming Tengah development will feature Singapore's first car-free Housing and Development Board (HDB) town centre, and the first batch of flats will be made available from 2018. Details of HDB's 24th town, dubbed "Forest Town" as it will be integrated with the area's greenery and biodiversity, was revealed by National Development Minister Lawrence Wong at the HDB Awards ceremony on Thursday (Sep...

SINGAPORE'S latest Housing & Development Board (HDB) town, Tengah, will feature a car-free town centre, lush greenery and community farms. Located between Jurong East, Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Batok, Tengah will be equivalent to Bishan in size, at some 700 hectares. The new town's masterplan was unveiled by National Development Minister Lawrence Wong at the HDB Awards Ceremony on Thursday. "The key...

The Tengah new town, which had been announced earlier, will be integrated with Jurong Innovation District and planned as a "Forest Town", announced National Development Minister Lawrence Wong in Parliament on Monday (Apr 11). Tengah new town will be next to the Jurong Innovation District, which was earlier announced by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat during his Budget 2016 statement, said Mr Wong. The...

The government sees Tengah and Bidadari as potential residential towns as it plans ahead for a growing population. This was mentioned on Wednesday in the National Development Ministry's addendum to the President's Address. The addendum was issued by Minister Khaw Boon Wan. Highlighting his ministry's commitment to achieve sustainable economic, social and environmental outcomes, Mr Khaw said: "We will...