Buona Vista is a housing estate located in the subzones of

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and Holland Drive in the residential township of Queenstown in Singapore. The housing estate is served by the

Buona Vista MRT station Buona Vista MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East West line and Circle line in Queenstown, Singapore. This station is close to one-north, a high technology business park for the biomedical science, infoc ...

which links it up with the MRT system. It also has a

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History

The Buona Vista estate was developed by the Housing and Development Board in the early 1970s as the neighbourhood 6 of Queenstown. The first flats (at Holland Close and Holland Avenue) were balloted on 10 July 1973 under the Home Ownership for the People Scheme.

Geography

The Buona Vista estate is centred around Holland Close, Holland Avenue and Holland Drive. It is close to the

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and

Ghim Moh Ghim Moh is a neighbourhood located in Queenstown, Singapore, Queenstown, Singapore. The estate consists of 28 blocks. Facilities There were a few List of schools in Singapore, schools located within the estate, Ghim Moh Primary School, which h ...

estates, and Holland Village. It shares its name with North Buona Vista Road and South Buona Vista Road, which together is a hilly winding road that navigates through Kent Ridge.

Political history

Buona Vista is divided between the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency ( GRC) and the West Coast GRC. The Member of Parliament for the portion belonging to Tanjong Pagar GRC, which formerly belonged to Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, which includes Holland Drive and Holland Village is Chan Chun Sing, the Minister of Trade & Industry.

References

Sources

*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), ''Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern Universities Press, Places in Singapore Housing estates in Singapore Queenstown, Singapore {{Singapore-geo-stub