- Yew Tee
SG neighbourhood
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englishname=Yew Tee
chinesename=油池
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pinyin=Yóuchí
malayname=Yew Tee
tamilname=இயூடீYew Tee is an area situated in the north-western part of
Singapore . It is a sub-division ofChoa Chu Kang New Town . Yew Tee is a cluster ofHousing and Development Board flats and privatecondominum s, made up of 3 neighbourhoods in Choa Chu Kang New Town. All the apartments are built after1993 . As a relatively new estate, a large proportion of its residents are young families and middle income earners.Etymology and history
"Yew Tee" is the name of a
village off Woodlands Road, which was also given in1996 to an MRT station serving the area.Yew Tee means "
oil pond" inTeochew . The village was so named because oil was stored there during the Japanese Occupation. The once bustling village used to house more than 300 families, mostly small timefarmer s who grew vegetables and reared ducks and chickens. Many of the residents moved away when the land began to be developed in the 1980s.Transport
Yew Tee has a MRT station,
Yew Tee MRT Station , built in1996 as part of the 16-km Woodlands Extension. The town is served by publicbus es from theChoa Chu Kang Bus Interchange .Education
The schools in Yew Tee include:
* [http://www.delasalle.moe.edu.sg/ De La Salle School]
* [http://www.kranjipri.moe.edu.sg/ Kranji Primary School]
* [http://schools.moe.edu.sg/ups/ Unity Primary School]
* [http://www.yewteepri.moe.edu.sg/ Yew Tee Primary School]
* [http://www.kranjisec.moe.edu.sg/ Kranji Secondary School]
* [http://www.regentsec.moe.edu.sg/ Regent Secondary School]
* [http://www.unitysec.net/ Unity Secondary School]Parks
There are 3
park s in Yew Tee, namely Limbang Park, Stagmont Park and Yew Tee Park.Politics
Yew Tee's current
Member of Parliament ,Yeo Cheow Tong , is a member of the PAP. Yew Tee is managed by the [http://www.hktc.org.sg Hong Kah Town Council] .References
*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), "Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names", Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1
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