Toa Payoh New Town

The Toa Payoh New Town is one of the oldest in Singapore, but it has developed greatly since the early and mid-1960s. It is home to the HDB Hub and hosts the country's only air-conditioned bus interchange. It boasts excellent sporting facilities, including a stadium, an indoor sports hall and the country's best swimming complex, where the SEA Games swimming competition is held at. These are also the venues for several of the National Schools sports competitions. There is a plethora of shophouses in Toa Payoh Central that participate in the annual Great Singapore Sale. Outside the central area, you can find the Singapore Press Holdings main office.

One would recall that Toa payoh New Town actually started off as a self-contained town in 1964, where facilities such as shopping centres, schools, clinics, community centre and bus terminals were located. Moreover, industrial estates were located within the vicinity to provide jobs for the residents. It was built away from the bustling city areas to ease congestion in transport lines.

"Toa Payoh" means "Big Swamp" – as it was swampland before it was transformed into a housing estate.

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