History of AMK and YCK
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Hi peeps I am new here
The topic may sound boring, but I am really curious. It makes me wonder what used to stand or exist on the very place where I live and work. ie AMK and YCK.
Does anyone have any resources as to what AMK and YCK used to be like? Say AMK central, Peirce area, Bishan Pk, St Nicholas, AJC, NYP? What was there before they were built?
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/me confuse
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last time "Hey Singapore!" got do an episode of how amk got its name from....i remembered they were discussing whether it was bcos
1) there were many tomato plants in the past here
2) many foreigners (ang moh) lived here, hence "ang moh kio" - ang moh town
3) or it was named after some bridges in amk - 'kio' means bridge
tats all i can remember.....
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Here's some history on Ang Mo Kio:
"Local villagers who once lived in the area believed that the name means 'red-haired man's bridge' in the Hokkien dialect. (the local Chinese reference to Europeans' bridge) The 'bridge' refers to one or both of the bridges once located in the area. Both these bridges were built during the British colonial period. In naming the new town, the HDB has retained the phonetics of the name but changed the Chinese characters in the name so that they now mean 'large and prosperous bridge'.
Throughout the nineteenth century, Ang Mo Kio was still an uninhabited area. Settlers were attracted to the area only around the turn of this century as a result of the rubber boom. The world slump in rubber prices in 1922 and again in 1932 affected rubber cultivation. People who had moved into the area to work either as tappers or labourers eventually turned to pig and poultry farming or market gardening.
During the WWII when Singapore was occupied by the Japanese, more people moved into the Ang Mo Kio area to take up farming. Up to 1970s, Ang Mo Kio was still a forested area in which several villages were clustered. The people in the village earned their living through farming. One of these villages, Cheng San, was a relatively large kampong with the rubber estates, orchid farms as well as pig, poultry and vegetable farms. In the early 1960s, community centres were established. These community centres played am important role in the organization of rural life."
Hope that helps
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And some early photos of Ang Mo Kio:
Chinese Kampong House
Re-settling before the bulldozers move in
Bulldozer flattening the area to make way for HDB flats -
ooohh..kekeke..my home town..hehehe..
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huh?
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Thanks for the info...may I know where you got these from?Originally posted by PaJeRoMiNi Ver 1.0:And some early photos of Ang Mo Kio:
Chinese Kampong House
Re-settling before the bulldozers move in
Bulldozer flattening the area to make way for HDB flats
Hmm..looks like I am not very much more enlightened...any more info pls?
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Anybody know what was on NYP's land before it was built?
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I shamelessly ripped them off the netOriginally posted by nympho:Thanks for the info...may I know where you got these from?
Hmm..looks like I am not very much more enlightened...any more info pls? 
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/rolls in
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history lessons....
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NYP used to be part of Amoy Quee Camp.Originally posted by nympho:Hi peeps I am new here
The topic may sound boring, but I am really curious. It makes me wonderwhat used to stand or exist on the very place where I live and work. ie AMK and YCK.
Does anyone have any resources as to what AMK and YCK used to be like? Say AMK central, Peirce area, Bishan Pk, St Nicholas, AJC, NYP? What was there before they were built?
The land at Bishan Park and beyond are all forests when the Blk 200s are newly built.
YCK Rd used to be winding and narrow in the past.
There used to be AMK Ave 7 in the plans of AMK last time, but it did not exist. -
Does anyone know when YCK MRT and Anderson JC came into existence?...Someinfo- NYP was first starting to be contructed at around 1996-1997..before that the area was training ground for Amoy quee camp
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hmmm...YCK is an old british living area.. when the british were still base at seletar air base.. mostly army camps aroudn the area.. currently only amoy quee camp is left....
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Remembered during upper primary or secondary school days, can't remember exactly, around mid 80's. Used to run up the hill at AMK park on saturdays after school to see the Bloodhound missiles around the area NYP is right now. Those were the days was so crazy about fighters can ID the plane type just by the sound.
