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 Jurong Innovation District was described as an industrial park of the future and touted to the future of innovation for enterprise, learning and living.
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Given that the area is surrounded by greenery, Tengah new town will be planned as a “Forest Town”. Together with the Jurong Innovation District, this will be an “exciting place to live, work and play”, the Minister said.
He added that more details will be released in due course.
Source : Channel NewsAsia – 11 Apr 2016