Punggol: Punggol New Town, Punggol Mrt-Lrt Station, Punggol Sapphire, Cheng San Group Representation Constituency, Cove Lrt Sta

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Cheng San Group Representation Constituency, Coral Edge LRT Station, Cove LRT Station, Damai LRT Station, Singapore, Greendale Secondary School, Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency, Kadaloor LRT Station, Matilda House, Meridian LRT Station, Nibong LRT Station, Oasis LRT Station, Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency, Punggol Bus Interchange, Punggol LRT Line, Punggol MRT/LRT Station, Punggol New Town, Punggol Point, Punggol Point LRT Station, Punggol Sapphire, Punggol Secondary School, Punggol Single Member Constituency, Riviera LRT Station, Samudera LRT Station, Sam Kee LRT Station, Soo Teck LRT Station, Sumang LRT Station, Sungei Punggol, Sungei Serangoon, Tampines Expressway, Teck Lee LRT Station. Excerpt: Punggol New TownPunggol New Town (Chinese: pinyin: B ng'e X nzhen) is a Housing and Development Board (HDB) new town in Punggol, within the North-East Region of Singapore. Punggol Point or Tanjong Punggol appears as Tanjong Rangon on Franklin and Jackson's 1828 map of Singapore. Punggol, also spelt as Ponggol, means "hurling sticks at the branches of fruit trees to bring them down to the ground" in Malay. It could also refer to a place where fruits and forest produce are offered wholesale and carried away. These possible names indicate that Punggol was a fruit growing district. The place is said to take its name from the river Sungei Ponggol. Yet another interpretation is that it is a rendezvous point for those who await the wholesale agent who buys and takes the produce to the market. Ponggol also means "a stump of a tree," especially "a high stump." There are suggestions that the word is Tamil (Pongal, "the feast of the boiling rice," is celebrated when the sun enters the sign of Capricorn), but the word is clearly Malay and not Tamil. Located in the vicinity of the Punggol Jetty, Punggol was believed to have existed 200 years ago before Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore. The Punggol area used to be a well-established rural district dotted with farmhouses and farm structures, which were serviced by roads and dirt tracks. It was one of the oldest settlements in Singapore. The original settlers were predominantly Malays. The early Chinese immigrants, who settled in Punggol from the mid 19th century onwards, were engaged in plantation work, mainly rubber. As more and more Chinese immigrants settled in Punggol, poultry farming and pig rearing activities flourished. Trading on farm produce, fruits and vegetables was carried out in the marketplace at the former eighth milestone of Punggol Road. The Serangoon River mouth became the docking point for fishing boats where fishermen gathered to sell their catch. In the 1960s, basic amenities like piped water, electri