Toa Payoh Trail

Hi~Everyone!!!

I live in Toa Payoh since i came to Singapore until now. I am very grad this is where I live. It's a good and convenient place to live. Toa Payoh provides us a better environment and gives us a better standard of living.

For example, Toa Payoh interchange is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister.

The interchange has many bus routes ,so it is very convenient if you need to go to anywhere in Singapore.Besides the bus , it has a direct connection from the bus interchange to the Toa Payoh MRT Station on the North South Line.

The bus interchange also participated in the Exercise Northstar V( Anti-Terrorism Exercise) on January 8, 2006.

Except of the convenient transportantion, Toa Payoh is also providing quality healthcare,such as clinics,hospitals and medical research facilities. For instance, Singapore Chung Hwa Medical Institution.

Chung Hwa Medical Institution is one of the most established not-for-profit providers of complementary TCM services in Singapore. It was established in 1952 and currently operates 4 clinics in the country. It is associated with Singapore Chinese Physicians Association, the largest TCM practitioner organisation in Singapore.It also is the largest traditional Chinese medicine academic organization in Singapore.

Toa payoh polyclinics also is example. It is near my house and I would like to go there when I was sick. It also gives good services and medical amenities.

Toa Payoh Town Park is also the first park in Singapore.It was developed in the 1970. It was a very popular for wedding couples, especially those recapturing fashion of the 1970s. The main features of the park are the observation tower and the landscaped pond surrounded by willowing trees. Today, the Toa Payoh Town is now furnished with amenities such as open-concept restrooms, a large pavilion with stage for organized activities, rustic-looking gazebos for the relaxation of visitors and brightly coloured pathways for an enjoyable stroll or jog around the park. The observation tower has also been rejuvenated.

It also is a good place for leisure. We always can see many senior citizens came to the park and chat or jogging.

And the last,

This is the scene taken from 11th floor in my house. I like it very much!!! cause there is a small shop at downstairs. And it sells many many many .................................good things.....................haha!!!!!!!!!!!!!^_^

Done by Huang Bailu 5N1

ToA PaYoH

Hi everyone!

I am proud to be living in Toa Payoh ever since i am young. There are many memories and history in Toa Payoh. Toa Payoh means "Big swamp" in hokkien, can you believe it? We are now living in such wonderful condition while we are called big swamp in the past. Now we are one of the most established residential communities in Singapore and located at the heart of Singapore.

Toa Payoh is a place where i usually haunt around as i stayed near the interchange, i will have to go pass it everytime i go out with friends or even to school. The old days in Toa Payoh, there used to be many bakeries around the neighbourhoods. They sell buns and bread which only cost roughly juz 30 cents, what a steal! Hanging out with primary school classmates at playground, cooling down ourselves with some ice pops which only cost 10cents each. The old bus interchange is not air conditioned but is beside the garden, so it became a normal hang out place to play and fool around after school. There are many happy memories with friends, eating cheap and nice traditional food. Playing a fool, falling down, getting in trouble, all these memories are which are precious past time which i enjoyed in Toa Payoh.

Toa payoh is such a accessible place to be, there is bus and mrt services which can transport people to many places in singapore. Even if you stay at the very corner of Toa Payoh, there will still be bus stops around. This convenients make people connected, friends and relative can meet so easily! Toa Payoh flats are very close to each other, thus going on daily routes like going to the market or morning walk, can easily make new friends. This forms close bonding between people of Toa Payoh, making it a very friendly environment.

Toa Payoh is a squatter town in the past, but now it has advanced and changed totally into wonderful town. Its a big transformation and changes in the history of Toa Payoh, and i am very proud to be around in this evolution!

Toa Payoh trail

Toa Payoh Trail project under the Love Toa Payoh East Movement has indeed stirred many nostalgic emotions within me... Toa Payoh is my hometown and playground as have many great friends and neighbours here. I hope that by taking on this learning journey, I will be able to network with those whose hearts have been etched with pleasant and fond memories of Toa Payoh.