The East Region of

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

is one of the five regions in the

city-state A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. They have existed in many parts of the world since the dawn of history, including cities such as ...

. The region is the 2nd most densely populated among the five, and has the smallest land area.

Bedok Bedok () is a planning area and matured residential town located in the geographical region of Tanah Merah along the south-eastern coast of the East Region of Singapore. Bedok is bounded by five other planning areas: Paya Lebar to the north, ...

is the region's most populous town and

Tampines Tampines () is the regional centre of the East Region of Singapore. With a population of 265,340 living across its five subzones, it is the second-most populous planning area in Singapore, according to the DOS Population Trends 2022. It is h ...

is the regional centre of the area. Comprising 11,000 hectares, it includes six planning areas and is also home to Singapore's Changi Airport and Paya Lebar Airbase The region also houses the Paya Lebar Air Base,

Changi Naval Base Changi Naval Base (CNB), officially known as the RSS ''Singapura'' – Changi Naval Base, is a naval base of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). Located about 1.5 kilometres east of Changi Air Base (East) and 3.5 kilometres east of Singapore ...

and Changi Prison, which was first constructed in 1936 by the British and is Singapore's oldest internment facility.

Geography

With a total land area of , the region is situated on the eastern corner of Singapore Island, bordering the North-East Region to the north-west, Central Region to the south-west and shares riverine borders with the

North-Eastern Islands The North-Eastern Islands is a planning area and a group of islands located within the North-East Region of Singapore. The cluster is made up of three islands, namely Pulau Tekong, Pulau Tekong Kechil and Pulau Ubin. Pulau Tekong and Pulau Teko ...

to the north.

Government

The East Region is governed locally by two different Community Development Councils, namely the North East CDC and the

South East CDC The South East Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes. They are funded in part by the governm ...

, both divided into six different planning areas.

Planning Areas

Economy

Manufacturing makes up majority of the economical activity in the region, with industrial estates located in the planning areas of

, Changi, Pasir Ris,

and

Paya Lebar Paya Lebar is a planning area located in the East Region of Singapore, bordered by Hougang to the west, Sengkang to the northwest, Tampines to the east, Bedok to the south and Pasir Ris to the north. As part of the Singapore Urban Redevelopment ...

. Pasir Ris and Tampines Wafer Fabrication Parks houses several major semiconductor fabrication companies such as GlobalFoundries, UMC,

SSMC Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company Pte. Ltd. (more commonly known as SSMC) is a Singaporean semiconductor fabrication company located in Pasir Ris Wafer Fab Park. It was incorporated in 1999 and is a joint venture between NXP Semiconductor ...

and Siltronic. IBM had also set up a S$90 million technology park along Tampines Industrial Avenue, to manufacture its System Z mainframes and high-end POWER systems for its clients across Asia. Changi is also a major

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air ...

and commercial zone in the region with airlines such as,

Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines (abbreviation: SIA) is the flag carrier airline of the Republic of Singapore with its Airline hub, hub located at Singapore Changi Airport. The airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in ...

Singapore Airlines Cargo Singapore Airlines Cargo (abbreviation: SIA Cargo) is the unit within Singapore Airlines (SIA) responsible for air cargo operations. It was incorporated in 1988. SIA Cargo manages the cargo operations of SIA's fleet of freight- and passenger airc ...

, Jetstar Asia Airways, Scoot,

Valuair Valuair (Chinese: 惠旅航空) was a Singapore-based low-cost carrier. It was launched on 5 May 2004, offering initial services to Bangkok and Hong Kong. It differentiated itself from other low-cost carriers by offering frills such as a bagg ...

and Tigerair having their head offices in the area. Changi Business Park, located in Changi South, also houses several commercial offices of business such as,

DBS Bank DBS Bank Limited, often known as DBS, is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at the Marina Bay Financial Centre in the Marina Bay district of Singapore. The bank was previously known as The Dev ...

Standard Chartered Standard Chartered plc is a multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 9 ...

and IBM.

Education

Residents living within the area have access to different educational facilities ranging from preschools to primary and secondary schools as these are located around the different towns in the East region. The area is also home to various tertiary institutions such as,

ITE College East ITE College East (ITECE) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. It is one of the Institute of Technical Education's three colleges under the "One ITE System, Th ...

Singapore University of Technology and Design The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is a public autonomous university in Singapore. History The founding president is Thomas L. Magnanti, who is a professor associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M ...

Tampines Meridian Junior College Tampines Meridian Junior College (TMJC) is a junior college in Singapore, founded in 2018, offering two-year pre-university courses leading up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. It was founded after the merger of Tampines J ...

, Temasek Junior College, Temasek Polytechnic and

Victoria Junior College , motto_translation = Nothing Without Labour , streetaddress = 20 Marine Vista, 449035 , country = Singapore , coordinates = , type = Government , gender ...

, 6 international schools namely, Global Indian International School (GIIS), East Coast Campus
NPS International School
Sekolah Indonesia Singapura,

Overseas Family School The following is a list of international schools in Singapore, including local schools which offer Foreign Educational programmes. In summary, there are 3 main systems offered by International Schools in Singapore. These are the AP (Advanced P ...

and United World College of South East Asia (Tampines Campus) and a special needs school, Katong School (APSN).

References

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