Tanglin Halt planning subzone locator map

Tanglin Halt is a

public housing estate Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...

, planning subzone and former industrial estate in Queenstown, Singapore. Most of the older buildings in the estate are set to be demolished by 2024 to make way for redevelopments under the

Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme, or SERS for short, is an urban redevelopment strategy employed by the Housing and Development Board in Singapore in maintaining and upgrading public housing flats in older estates in the city-state. Lau ...

. It is the third housing estate to be redeveloped under the scheme.

History

The Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate was established sometime before the 1960s, serviced by the Tanglin railway halt, and included the Setron Factory. The estate was named after the railway halt. Residential developments in the Tanglin Halt estate were first developed in 1962 as one of the first public housing estates in Singapore, with Tanglin Halt Road running through the neighbourhood. Despite the estate's name, the estate is located in the Queenstown planning area, which is to the south of the

Tanglin Tanglin is a planning area located within the Central Region of Singapore. Tanglin is located west of Newton, Orchard, River Valley and Singapore River, south of Novena, east of Bukit Timah, northeast of Queenstown and north of Bukit Merah. ...

planning area. The Tanglin Halt Neighbourhood Centre was opened in 1964 by

Lee Siew Choh Lee Siew Choh (; 1 November 1917 – 18 July 2002) was a Singaporean politician and physician. He was the Member of Parliament for Queenstown from 1959 to 1963 and served as the NCMP from September 1988 to August 1991. Initially a member of ...

. The estate was also serviced by the Tanglin Halt Market. During the 1964 race riots, red riot vehicles frequently parked in the estate, resulting in the

Hokkien The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages in ...

nickname, "Ang Chia Keng", which translates to "red vehicle village". In the 1980s, several factories relocated to larger industrial estates, and in 1991, the remaining factories were forced to relocate, as the industrial estate had been marked for redevelopment. In January 2003, it was announced that blocks 50-54 in the estate were set to be redeveloped under the

, with owners of flats in the blocks being allowed to purchase flats in blocks 89-91. In June 2014, it was announced that 31 blocks in the neighbourhood would be redeveloped. The redevelopment of the estate was the largest project undertaken by the scheme since its inception. The population of the neighbourhood, which mostly consisted of the elderly, would be relocated to newly redeveloped blocks in the Margaret Drive estate. However, the newer blocks were relatively far away from the FaithActs centre in Tanglin Halt, and concerns were raised regarding the mental health of the elderly in the relocation. Relocating elderlies have received the support and assistance of volunteer group My Community.

References

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