Yishun
Sign in to saveYishun ( ), officially Nee Soon until the 1980s, is a planning area and residential town located in the eastern corner of the North Region of Singapore, bordering Sembawang to the north, Mandai to the west, the Central Water Catchment to its southwest, Ang Mo Kio to its south, as well as Seletar and Sengkang to its east and southeast respectively.
Key facts
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- From top left to right: Aerial view of Khatib, Masjid Ahmad Ibrahim, Lower Seletar Reservoir, Aerial view of flats in Yishun, Khatib MRT station
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- Singapore
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- Location of Yishun within Singapore
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- Country
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- Region
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- North Region
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- North West CDC Central CDC
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- Town councils
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- Jalan Kayu Council Nee Soon Town Council
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- Constituencies
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- Jalan Kayu SMC Nee Soon GRC
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- Mayor
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- Central Singapore CDC Denise Phua North West CDC Alex Yam ----
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- Members of Parliament
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- Jalan Kayu SMC Ng Chee Meng Nee Soon GRC
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- 43.20
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- Residential
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30 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Subzones
- Amenities
- Shopping malls
- Neighbourhood centres
- Leisure areas
- Learning spaces
- Places of worship
- Chinese temples
- Churches
- Hindu temples
- Mosques
- Gurdwaras
- Columbarium
- Medical facilities
- Country Clubs
- Transport
- Bus interchange
- Mass Rapid Transit stations
- Parks, gardens and other recreational facilities
- Sports facilities
- Industrial park
- Educational institutions
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- Junior college
- International school
- Politics
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Yishun ( ), officially Nee Soon until the 1980s, is a planning area and residential town located in the eastern corner of the North Region of Singapore, bordering Sembawang to the north, Mandai to the west, the Central Water Catchment to its southwest, Ang Mo Kio to its south, as well as Seletar and Sengkang to its east and southeast respectively.
==Etymology== The name "Yishun" () is the Mandarin equivalent of "Nee Soon", the given name of Lim Nee Soon (Chinese: ), a prominent industrialist who made his fortune from the rubber and pineapple plantations he had in the area. In the 1980s, "Nee Soon" was renamed "Yishun" as part of a government initiative to replace dialect names with hanyu pinyin versions.