en.unionpedia.org

Bishan, Singapore, the Glossary

Bishan, also known as Peck San, Bishan New Town or Bishan Town, is a planning area and matured residential town located at the northernmost portion of the Central Region of Singapore.^[1]

137 relations: Accounting, Ai Tong School, Ang Mo Kio, Association football, Basketball, Beach volleyball, Bishan Bus Interchange, Bishan East, Bishan MRT station, Bishan Sports Hall, Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency, Bright Hill MRT station, Brutalist architecture, Build to order (HDB), Business, Cambridgeshire Regiment, Cantonese, Cantonese people, CapitaLand, Catholic High School, Singapore, Cemetery, Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Central Expressway, Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Central Singapore Community Development Council, Central Water Catchment, Chee Hong Tat, Chiam See Tong, Chinese language, Chinese Singaporeans, Chong Kee Hiong, Circle MRT line, Clan, Columbarium, Community Development Council, Constituencies of Singapore, Cross Island MRT line, Denise Phua, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Education in Singapore, Eminent domain, Eunoia Junior College, Fall of Singapore, Feng shui, French language, Gan Siow Huang, German language, ... Expand index (87 more) »
Hakka culture in Singapore
Hills of Singapore
New towns started in the 1980s

Accounting

Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entities, such as businesses and corporations.

See Bishan, Singapore and Accounting

Ai Tong School

Ai Tong School is a primary school located in Bishan, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Ai Tong School

Ang Mo Kio

Ang Mo Kio is a planning area and residential town situated in the North-East region of Singapore. Bishan, Singapore and ang Mo Kio are places in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Ang Mo Kio

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

See Bishan, Singapore and Association football

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.

See Bishan, Singapore and Basketball

Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players each on a sand court divided by a net.

See Bishan, Singapore and Beach volleyball

Bishan Bus Interchange

The Bishan Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving Bishan, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Bishan Bus Interchange

Bishan East

Bishan East is a subzone within the planning area of Bishan, Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).

See Bishan, Singapore and Bishan East

Bishan MRT station

Bishan MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North–South (NSL) and Circle (CCL) lines in Bishan, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Bishan MRT station

Bishan Sports Hall

Bishan Sports Hall is situated in the central part of Singapore at Bishan.

See Bishan, Singapore and Bishan Sports Hall

Bishan Stadium

Bishan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bishan, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Bishan Stadium

Bishan, Singapore

Bishan, also known as Peck San, Bishan New Town or Bishan Town, is a planning area and matured residential town located at the northernmost portion of the Central Region of Singapore. Bishan, Singapore and Bishan, Singapore are Hakka culture in Singapore, Hills of Singapore, new towns started in the 1980s and places in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Bishan, Singapore

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park or Bishan-AMK Park, (formerly known as Bishan Park) is a major park in Singapore, located in the popular heartland of Bishan.

See Bishan, Singapore and Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

The Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the central region of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

Bright Hill MRT station

Bright Hill MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL).

See Bishan, Singapore and Bright Hill MRT station

Brutalist architecture

Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era.

See Bishan, Singapore and Brutalist architecture

Build to order (HDB)

Build to order (BTO) is a real estate development scheme enacted by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), a statutory board responsible for Singapore's public housing.

See Bishan, Singapore and Build to order (HDB)

Business

Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services).

See Bishan, Singapore and Business

Cambridgeshire Regiment

The Cambridgeshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, and was part of the Territorial Army.

See Bishan, Singapore and Cambridgeshire Regiment

Cantonese

Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta, with over 82.4 million native speakers.

See Bishan, Singapore and Cantonese

Cantonese people

The Cantonese people or Yue people, are a Han Chinese subgroup originating from or residing in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (collectively known as Liangguang or, with other regions, Lingnan), in southern mainland China.

See Bishan, Singapore and Cantonese people

CapitaLand

CapitaLand is a Singaporean headquartered company focusing on investment, development and management of real estate.

See Bishan, Singapore and CapitaLand

Catholic High School, Singapore

Catholic High School (CHS) is a government-aided autonomous Catholic boys' school in Bishan, Singapore, founded in 1935 by a French missionary, Reverend Father Edward Becheras.

See Bishan, Singapore and Catholic High School, Singapore

Cemetery

A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park, is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred.

See Bishan, Singapore and Cemetery

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

The Central Catchment Nature Reserve (Hutan Simpanan Kawasan Tadahan Air Tengah; translit) is the largest nature reserve in Singapore, occupying 2880 hectares.

See Bishan, Singapore and Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Central Expressway, Singapore

The Central Expressway (CTE) in Singapore is the major highway connecting the city centre of Singapore with the northern residential parts of the island, including Toa Payoh, Bishan and Ang Mo Kio and further onwards to the Seletar Expressway and the Tampines Expressway.

See Bishan, Singapore and Central Expressway, Singapore

Central Region, Singapore

The Central Region is one of the five regions in the city-state of Singapore and the main metropolitan region surrounding the Central Area.

See Bishan, Singapore and Central Region, Singapore

The Central Singapore Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes.

See Bishan, Singapore and Central Singapore Community Development Council

Central Water Catchment

The Central Water Catchment, also known as the Central Catchment Area, is a designated planning area and one of the two main water catchments of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Central Water Catchment

Chee Hong Tat

Chee Hong Tat (p; born 1973) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance since 2024.

See Bishan, Singapore and Chee Hong Tat

Chiam See Tong

Chiam See Tong (born 12 March 1935) is a Singaporean retired politician, lawyer, secretary-General of SDP between 1980 and 1993, secretary-General of SPP between 2011 and 2019 and the chairman of SDA between 2001 and 2011 and de facto Leader of the Opposition between 1986 and 1993 and between 1997 and 2006.

See Bishan, Singapore and Chiam See Tong

Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

See Bishan, Singapore and Chinese language

Chinese Singaporeans

Chinese Singaporeans are Singaporeans of Han Chinese ancestry.

See Bishan, Singapore and Chinese Singaporeans

Chong Kee Hiong

Chong Kee Hiong (p; born 1966) is a Singaporean politician and accountant who has been serving as Treasurer of the PAP Community Foundation since 2020.

See Bishan, Singapore and Chong Kee Hiong

Circle MRT line

The Circle Line (CCL) is a medium-capacity Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Circle MRT line

Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent.

See Bishan, Singapore and Clan

Columbarium

A columbarium (pl. columbaria), also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding cremated remains of the dead.

See Bishan, Singapore and Columbarium

The Community Development Council (CDC; Majlis Pembangunan Masyarakat; 社区发展理事会; சமூக மேம்பாட்டு மன்றம்) is a government-led organisation to organise grassroot organisations and community programmes into smaller, local units as a bridge between the government and the community in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Community Development Council

Constituencies of Singapore

Constituencies in Singapore are electoral divisions which may be represented by single or multiple seats in the Parliament of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Constituencies of Singapore

Cross Island MRT line

The Cross Island Line (CRL) is a high capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line under development in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Cross Island MRT line

Denise Phua

Denise Phua Lay Peng ("", Candidate Profiles, People's Action Party, Retrieved on 28 October 2008. born 9 December 1959) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of Central Singapore District since 2014.

See Bishan, Singapore and Denise Phua

Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore

The deputy prime minister of Singapore is the deputy head of government of the Republic of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore

Education in Singapore

Education in Singapore is managed by the Ministry of Education (MOE).

See Bishan, Singapore and Education in Singapore

Eminent domain

Eminent domain (also known as land acquisition, compulsory purchase, resumption, resumption/compulsory acquisition, or expropriation) is the power to take private property for public use.

See Bishan, Singapore and Eminent domain

Eunoia Junior College

Eunoia Junior College (EJC) is a junior college in Singapore which offers Integrated Programme (IP) with Catholic High School, Singapore Chinese Girls' School and CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School.

See Bishan, Singapore and Eunoia Junior College

Fall of Singapore

The fall of Singapore, also known as the Battle of Singapore, took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War.

See Bishan, Singapore and Fall of Singapore

Feng shui

Feng shui, sometimes called Chinese geomancy, is a traditional practice that originated in Ancient China and claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment.

See Bishan, Singapore and Feng shui

French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

See Bishan, Singapore and French language

Gan Siow Huang

Gan Siow Huang (p; born 1974) is a Singaporean politician and former brigadier-general who has been serving as Minister of State for Education and Minister of State for Manpower concurrently since 2020.

See Bishan, Singapore and Gan Siow Huang

German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

See Bishan, Singapore and German language

Girl Guides Singapore

Girl Guides Singapore (GGS; Malay: Pandu Puteri Singapura) is the national Guiding organisation of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Girl Guides Singapore

Guangyang Secondary School

Guangyang Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school in Bishan, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Guangyang Secondary School

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance.

See Bishan, Singapore and Gymnastics

Hakka people

The Hakka, sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province.

See Bishan, Singapore and Hakka people

Housing and Development Board

The Housing & Development Board (HDB; often referred to as the Housing Board), is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development responsible for the public housing in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Housing and Development Board

Indian Singaporeans

Indian Singaporeans are Singaporeans of Indian or of general South Asian ancestry.

See Bishan, Singapore and Indian Singaporeans

Institute of Technical Education

The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Institute of Technical Education

ISO 15919

ISO 15919 (Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters) is one of a series of international standards for romanization by the International Organization for Standardization.

See Bishan, Singapore and ISO 15919

ITE College Central

ITE College Central (ITECC) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and ITE College Central

Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency

Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency composed of several city suburbs along with the Central Area of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency

Japanese occupation of Singapore

, officially, was the name for Singapore when it was occupied and ruled by the Empire of Japan, following the fall and surrender of British military forces on 15 February 1942 during World War II.

See Bishan, Singapore and Japanese occupation of Singapore

Josephine Teo

Josephine Teo Li Min (née Yong; s; born 1968) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Digital Development and Information, and Second Minister for Home Affairs since 2017.

See Bishan, Singapore and Josephine Teo

Junction 8

Junction 8 (stylised as JUNCTI8N) is a popular heartland shopping mall located in the centre of Bishan.

See Bishan, Singapore and Junction 8

Kallang

Kallang is a planning area and residential zone located in the Central Region of Singapore. Bishan, Singapore and Kallang are places in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Kallang

Kallang River

The Kallang River (Sungei Kallang) is the longest river in Singapore, flowing for 10 kilometers from the Lower Peirce Reservoir (originally named "Kallang River Reservoir") to the Kallang Basin.

See Bishan, Singapore and Kallang River

Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School

Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School (KCPSS) is a co-educational government-aided secondary school located in Bishan, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School

Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng

Singapore Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng is a cultural organisation and columbarium based in Bishan, Singapore with beginnings since 1870. Bishan, Singapore and Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng are Hakka culture in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng

Lee Hsien Loong

Lee Hsien Loong (born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician and former brigadier-general who has been a Senior Minister of Singapore since 2024, having previously served as the third Prime Minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2024.

See Bishan, Singapore and Lee Hsien Loong

Lion City Sailors FC

Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as Lion City Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club based in Bishan.

See Bishan, Singapore and Lion City Sailors FC

Lists of members of parliament in Singapore

The following are lists of members of parliament in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Lists of members of parliament in Singapore

MacRitchie Reservoir

MacRitchie Reservoir is Singapore's oldest reservoir.

See Bishan, Singapore and MacRitchie Reservoir

Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.

See Bishan, Singapore and Malay language

Malay Singaporeans

Malay Singaporeans (Orang Melayu Singapura) are Singaporeans with general ancestry from the Malay world.

See Bishan, Singapore and Malay Singaporeans

Marymount MRT station

Marymount MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line in Bishan, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Marymount MRT station

Marymount Single Member Constituency

The Marymount Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the central area of Singapore formed in 2020.

See Bishan, Singapore and Marymount Single Member Constituency

Marymount, Singapore

Marymount (மேரிமவுண்ட்) is a residential district in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Marymount, Singapore

Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

The Mass Rapid Transit system, locally known by the initialism MRT, is a rapid transit system in Singapore and the island country's principal mode of railway transportation.

See Bishan, Singapore and Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

Ministry of Education (Singapore)

The Ministry of Education (MOE; Kementerian Pendidikan; 教育部; கல்வி அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the education in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Ministry of Education (Singapore)

Ministry of Education Language Centre

The Ministry of Education Language Centre (Abbreviation: MOELC) is a centralised educational institution for students in Singapore's education system to learn additional languages.

See Bishan, Singapore and Ministry of Education Language Centre

Ministry of Social and Family Development

The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF; Kementerian Pembangunan Sosial dan Keluarga; 社会及家庭发展部; சமுதாய, குடும்ப மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the community infrastructure, programmes and services in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Ministry of Social and Family Development

My Paper

My Paper was a free, bilingual (English and Chinese) newspaper in Singapore published by the Singapore Press Holdings.

See Bishan, Singapore and My Paper

National Library Board

The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information of the government of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and National Library Board

New towns of Singapore

The new towns of Singapore are planned communities located across Singapore that are designed to be self contained.

See Bishan, Singapore and New towns of Singapore

North–South Corridor, Singapore

The North–South Corridor (NSC), originally conceptualised as the North-South Expressway (NSE), is an under-construction expressway that will be the 11th of Singapore's network of expressways when completed.

See Bishan, Singapore and North–South Corridor, Singapore

North–South MRT line

The North–South Line (NSL) is a high-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore, operated by SMRT Corporation.

See Bishan, Singapore and North–South MRT line

Organisation of the Government of Singapore

The Government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Organisation of the Government of Singapore

Park Connector Network

The Park Connector Network (PCN) of Singapore is a network of walking/running/cycling paths that connects the various parks and other green spaces in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Park Connector Network

Peirce Secondary School

Peirce Secondary School (PSS) is a co-educational government secondary school located in Bishan, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Peirce Secondary School

Pe̍h-ōe-jī

(English approximation:; abbr. POJ), sometimes known as Church Romanization, is an orthography used to write variants of Hokkien Southern Min, particularly Taiwanese and Amoy Hokkien, and it is widely employed as one of the writing systems for Southern Min.

See Bishan, Singapore and Pe̍h-ōe-jī

People's Action Party

The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major conservative political party of the centre-right in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and People's Action Party

Pinyin

Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.

See Bishan, Singapore and Pinyin

Planning areas of Singapore

Planning areas, also known as DGP areas or DGP zones, are the main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

See Bishan, Singapore and Planning areas of Singapore

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency

The Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) in the central region of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency

Primary school

A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).

See Bishan, Singapore and Primary school

Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)

Raffles Girls' School (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school located in Braddell, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)

Raffles Institution

Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Raffles Institution

Roller skating

Roller skating is the act of travelling on surfaces with roller skates.

See Bishan, Singapore and Roller skating

Roof pitch

Roof pitch is the steepness of a roof expressed as a ratio of inch(es) rise per horizontal foot (or their metric equivalent), or as the angle in degrees its surface deviates from the horizontal.

See Bishan, Singapore and Roof pitch

SBS Transit

SBS Transit Ltd (abbreviation: SBS or SBST) is a multi-modal public transport operator in Singapore operating bus and rail services.

See Bishan, Singapore and SBS Transit

Secondary education in Singapore

Secondary education in Singapore is largely public, and is compulsory until a child has reached 16 years of age.

See Bishan, Singapore and Secondary education in Singapore

Serangoon

Serangoon is a planning area and residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. Bishan, Singapore and Serangoon are places in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Serangoon

Sin Ming

Sin Ming is a housing estate located in the subzone of Upper Thomson in the town of Bishan, Singapore. Bishan, Singapore and Sin Ming are places in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Sin Ming

Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

See Bishan, Singapore and Singapore

Singapore dollar

The Singapore dollar (sign: S$; code: SGD) is the official currency of the Republic of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Singapore dollar

Singapore People's Party

The Singapore People's Party (abbreviation: SPP) is an opposition political party in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Singapore People's Party

Singapore Premier League

The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as SPL, (officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons), is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), which represents the sport's highest level in the Singapore football league system.

See Bishan, Singapore and Singapore Premier League

Singapore Scout Association

The Singapore Scout Association ("SSA") was founded in 1910, two years after the was launched by Robert Baden-Powell in Great Britain.

See Bishan, Singapore and Singapore Scout Association

Singaporean Hokkien

Singaporean Hokkien is a local variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Singaporean Hokkien

Special Assistance Plan

The Special Assistance Plan (SAP) is a programme in Singapore introduced in 1979 which caters to academically strong students who excel in both their mother tongue as well as English.

See Bishan, Singapore and Special Assistance Plan

Sport of athletics

Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

See Bishan, Singapore and Sport of athletics

Sport Singapore

Sport Singapore (SportSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of the Government of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Sport Singapore

Square metre

The square metre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter (American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2.

See Bishan, Singapore and Square metre

Streetdirectory.com

Streetdirectory.com is an online web mapping service, founded by Singapore-headquartered Virtual Map in 2000.

See Bishan, Singapore and Streetdirectory.com

Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.

See Bishan, Singapore and Tamil language

The New Paper

The New Paper is a Singaporean newspaper.

See Bishan, Singapore and The New Paper

The Straits Times

The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust.

See Bishan, Singapore and The Straits Times

Thomson Plaza

Thomson Plaza, formerly unofficially called Thomson Yaohan, is a suburban shopping mall located along Upper Thomson Road, in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Thomson Plaza

Thomson Road, Singapore

Thomson Road is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the northern suburban areas of the country.

See Bishan, Singapore and Thomson Road, Singapore

Thomson, Singapore

Thomson is a relatively narrow area stretching from Novena in the Central Region of Singapore up north till Sembawang. Bishan, Singapore and Thomson, Singapore are places in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Thomson, Singapore

Thomson–East Coast MRT line

The Thomson–East Coast Line (TEL) is a high-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Thomson–East Coast MRT line

Time Out (magazine)

Time Out is a global magazine published by Time Out Group.

See Bishan, Singapore and Time Out (magazine)

Toa Payoh

Toa Payoh (தோ பாயோ) is a planning area and mature residential town located in the northern part of the Central Region of Singapore. Bishan, Singapore and toa Payoh are places in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Toa Payoh

Today (website)

Today is a Singaporean news website owned by Mediacorp.

See Bishan, Singapore and Today (website)

Upper Thomson MRT station

Upper Thomson MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) in Thomson, Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Upper Thomson MRT station

Urban planning in Singapore

Urban planning in Singapore is the direction of infrastructure development in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Urban planning in Singapore

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Urban Redevelopment Authority

Vocational education

Vocational education is education that prepares people for a skilled craft as an artisan, trade as a tradesperson, or work as a technician.

See Bishan, Singapore and Vocational education

Windsor Nature Park

Windsor Nature Park is a nature park in Singapore.

See Bishan, Singapore and Windsor Nature Park

Wong Kan Seng

Wong Kan Seng (p; born 8 September 1946) is a Singaporean former politician who served as 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2005 and 2011 and currently is the chairman of UOB Bank since 2018.

See Bishan, Singapore and Wong Kan Seng

World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

See Bishan, Singapore and World War II

Yale romanization of Cantonese

The Yale romanization of Cantonese was developed by Gerard P. Kok for his and Parker Po-fei Huang's textbook Speak Cantonese initially circulated in looseleaf form in 1952 but later published in 1958.

See Bishan, Singapore and Yale romanization of Cantonese

1997 Singaporean general election

General elections were held in Singapore on 2 January 1997.

See Bishan, Singapore and 1997 Singaporean general election

2009 Asian Youth Games

2009 Asian Youth Games, officially known as the 1st Asian Youth Games and also known as Singapore 2009, was a pan-continental multi-sport event held in the city state of Singapore from 29 June to 7 July 2009, with 90 events in 9 sports.

See Bishan, Singapore and 2009 Asian Youth Games

2010 Summer Youth Olympics

The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the I Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2010, was the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), an Olympic Games-based event for young athletes.

See Bishan, Singapore and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

2011 Singaporean general election

General elections were held in Singapore on 7 May 2011.

See Bishan, Singapore and 2011 Singaporean general election

2015 SEA Games

The 2015 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, or the 28th SEA Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2015, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held by the city-state of Singapore from 5 to 16 June 2015, It was the fourth time the country hosted the games.

See Bishan, Singapore and 2015 SEA Games

2020 Singaporean general election

General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 10 July 2020 to elect 93 members to the Parliament of Singapore across 31 constituencies.

See Bishan, Singapore and 2020 Singaporean general election

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishan,_Singapore

Also known as Bishan (Singapore), Bishan Harmony Park, Bishan New Town, Sky Vue, Whitley Secondary School.

, Girl Guides Singapore, Guangyang Secondary School, Gymnastics, Hakka people, Housing and Development Board, Indian Singaporeans, Institute of Technical Education, ISO 15919, ITE College Central, Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency, Japanese occupation of Singapore, Josephine Teo, Junction 8, Kallang, Kallang River, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School, Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng, Lee Hsien Loong, Lion City Sailors FC, Lists of members of parliament in Singapore, MacRitchie Reservoir, Malay language, Malay Singaporeans, Marymount MRT station, Marymount Single Member Constituency, Marymount, Singapore, Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Ministry of Education (Singapore), Ministry of Education Language Centre, Ministry of Social and Family Development, My Paper, National Library Board, New towns of Singapore, North–South Corridor, Singapore, North–South MRT line, Organisation of the Government of Singapore, Park Connector Network, Peirce Secondary School, Pe̍h-ōe-jī, People's Action Party, Pinyin, Planning areas of Singapore, Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency, Primary school, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Raffles Institution, Roller skating, Roof pitch, SBS Transit, Secondary education in Singapore, Serangoon, Sin Ming, Singapore, Singapore dollar, Singapore People's Party, Singapore Premier League, Singapore Scout Association, Singaporean Hokkien, Special Assistance Plan, Sport of athletics, Sport Singapore, Square metre, Streetdirectory.com, Tamil language, The New Paper, The Straits Times, Thomson Plaza, Thomson Road, Singapore, Thomson, Singapore, Thomson–East Coast MRT line, Time Out (magazine), Toa Payoh, Today (website), Upper Thomson MRT station, Urban planning in Singapore, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Vocational education, Windsor Nature Park, Wong Kan Seng, World War II, Yale romanization of Cantonese, 1997 Singaporean general election, 2009 Asian Youth Games, 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, 2011 Singaporean general election, 2015 SEA Games, 2020 Singaporean general election.

Bishan, Singapore, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Hakka culture in Singapore

Hills of Singapore

New towns started in the 1980s

References