Tengah, Singapore

Tengah
Other transcription(s)
 • MalayTengah (Rumi)
 • Chinese登加
Dēngjiā (Pinyin)
Teng-ka (Hokkien POJ)
 • Tamilதெங்கா
Teṅkā (Transliteration)
From top, left to right: Plantation Farmway, Tengah Boulevard, Constructon of Jurong Region line tracks bound for Tengah station
Location of Tengah in Singapore
Location of Tengah in Singapore
Upcoming new estate town Singapore
RegionWest Region
CDC
Town council
  • Chua Chu Kang Town Council
Constituency
Government
 • MayorSouth West CDC
 • Members of ParliamentHong Kah North SMC
Area
 • Total700 ha (1,700 acres)
Population
 (2023)
Residents have started moving into Tengah beginning in August 2023, so population figures may change.
 • TotalNot confirmed
DemonymSingaporeans
Postal code
Not confirmed

Tengah /ˈtəŋɑː/ is a planning area and HDB town located within the West Region of Singapore.[2] It is bound by Choa Chu Kang to the northeast, Jurong East and Jurong West to the south, Bukit Batok to the east, and the Western Water Catchment to its west and north.

Formerly a military restricted area, Tengah is currently reserved for new housing developments since URA Concept Plan 2001, making it Singapore's newest Housing and Development Board town since the development of Punggol in the late-90s.[3] In September 2016, HDB officially unveiled the official plans for the Tengah new town with an official master plan and blueprint for the town.

After the demilitarisation, of the military training area at Tengah, the first estate, Plantation Grove, was launched in Tengah in November 2018.[4] Tengah is divided into various districts, namely Plantation, Park, Garden, Market Place, Forest Hill, and Brickland Districts.

Tengah lies east of Jurong Innovation District and north of Jurong Lake District, two new industrial and business developments. These areas are planned as a new decentralized business district.[5]

  1. ^ Kenneth Cheng (8 September 2016). "A peek into Tengah, the next new HDB town the size of Bishan". Today.
  2. ^ "'Very inconvenient': New residents at Tengah face blocked paths, long walks through dusty construction sites". October 10, 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ Heng, Janice (8 September 2016). "Tengah, the first HDB town since Punggol, to have forest fringe, car-free town centre". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  4. ^ "HDB launches 7,214 BTO flats, including first project in Tengah". Channel NewsAsia. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. ^ "West Region". www.ura.gov.sg. Retrieved 28 March 2024.