Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency is a four-member
Group Representation Constituency composed of several city
suburbs surrounding the
Central Area 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 ...
. There are four wards in the GRC:
Kreta Ayer-
Kim Seng,
Kolam Ayer,
Whampoa and lastly
Kampong Glam. The current Members of Parliament are
Josephine Teo,
Heng Chee How,
Denise Phua and
Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah from the
People's Action Party (PAP).
History
It is named after
Jalan Besar, a street in Singapore that forms this GRC's centrepiece. The street itself is within the
Kallang
Kallang is a planning area and residential town located in the Central Region of Singapore.
Development of the town is centered around the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore. Kallang Planning Area is bounded by Toa Payoh in the n ...
planning area, Kallang itself being part of this GRC. The GRC encompasses several heritage areas, including
Little India
Little India or India Town (less commonly known as Indian Street or India Bazaar) is an Indian or Desi ( South Asian) sociocultural environment outside India or the subcon