Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Experience in writing A Travelogue for Tourists and our Future Generations
I had a hard time finding about Bedok's Past as there was not really a lot of info on Bedok.One of the challenges faced was finding past pictures of the attraction.They are hard to find and are rarely found online.If I had another chance at doing this again, i would prefer to take the pictures of the places myself.The other problem was finding interesting places around Bedok.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
A Travelogue for Tourists and Our Future Generations
Bedok New Town is the fifth Housing and Development Board (HDB) new town; its development started in April 1973 and continued over some 15 years.
The Bedok Planning Area, an urban planning zone under the Urban Redevelopment Authority, encompasses the Bedok New Town itself, the low-rise private residential areas along Upper East Coast Road, and in the districts of Kembangan, Siglap and Telok Kurau, and the high-rise private condominium developments in the eastern part of Marine Parade.
The Bedok Stadium is located in Bedok, Singapore, and has a capacity of 3,900 people. The stadium is home to the football team Geylang United FC in the S-league. Constructed in 1981, the stadium facilities are open to the public facilities from 4:30 am to 8:30 pm daily unless it is exclusively booked. The stadium is managed by the Singapore Sports Council.
The Bedok Swimming Complex offers a place for people to swim when they go into the Complex. This Complex is one of the Closest public swimming pools near the Changi Airport, there are 4 Pools in the Complex.
Bedok Reservoir was constructed under the Sungei Seletar/Bedok Water Scheme, completed in 1986. The scheme involved the damming of Sungei Seletar to form a reservoir (Lower Seletar Reservoir), the creation of Bedok Reservoir from a former sand quarry between 1966 and 1972 and the construction of Bedok Waterworks. The earth excavated was used for East Coast Reclamation in the 1970s (HDB Annual Reports). Its unique feature was the construction of nine stormwater collection stations to tap the storm runoffs of the surrounding urbanised catchments. Eight of these collection stations are ponds at Yishun, Tampines, Bedok and Yan Kit new towns.Bedok Reservoir is now open to water sports activities such as wakeboarding, sailing, fishing, canoeing and kayaking. This follows the Singapore Sports Council's (SSC's) efforts to allow water sport enthusiasts to make use of the various reservoirs for activities which do not compromise the quality of the water. The programme kicked off with the HSBC Wakeboard World Cup, Singapore 2004, held at Bedok Reservoir on October 30-31 2004. This was the first international water sports event to be held at a local reservoir.
Bedok New Town covers a land area close to 9.4 km² with some 42% occupied for residential use. It was formerly a hilly region and hence the focal point of orientation of the town is the special landscaped park and sports complex built on the higher ground of the town. The residential blocks as well as the industrial area are planned based on the neighbourhood concept.
Bedok Village or Kampong Bedok was a fishing village in Singapore, located along the western bank of the Sungei Bedok, or Bedok River. It was one of the many fishing villages that dotted Singapore's East Coast before land reclamation in the early 1970s.
As the village expanded westward, a new village was built and was referred as Kampong Bedok Darat, or Bedok Inland Village, while the original village was referred as Kampong Bedok Laut, or Bedok Coastal Village.
Location of Kampong Bedok Laut is where Eastwood Park now stands, while Kampong Bedok Darat was at the areas surrounding Jalan Kathi, Jalan Bilal and Jalan Haji Salam.
Today Bedok is a modern housing estate named Bedok New Town. The area that was once Kampong Bedok is now known by locals as Bedok Corner, where Bedok Road meets Upper East Coast Road at a sharp bend. It is also where a popular food centre is located, serving delicious local fare, including barbecued seafood.
The Bedok Planning Area, an urban planning zone under the Urban Redevelopment Authority, encompasses the Bedok New Town itself, the low-rise private residential areas along Upper East Coast Road, and in the districts of Kembangan, Siglap and Telok Kurau, and the high-rise private condominium developments in the eastern part of Marine Parade.
The Bedok Stadium is located in Bedok, Singapore, and has a capacity of 3,900 people. The stadium is home to the football team Geylang United FC in the S-league. Constructed in 1981, the stadium facilities are open to the public facilities from 4:30 am to 8:30 pm daily unless it is exclusively booked. The stadium is managed by the Singapore Sports Council.
The Bedok Swimming Complex offers a place for people to swim when they go into the Complex. This Complex is one of the Closest public swimming pools near the Changi Airport, there are 4 Pools in the Complex.
Bedok Reservoir was constructed under the Sungei Seletar/Bedok Water Scheme, completed in 1986. The scheme involved the damming of Sungei Seletar to form a reservoir (Lower Seletar Reservoir), the creation of Bedok Reservoir from a former sand quarry between 1966 and 1972 and the construction of Bedok Waterworks. The earth excavated was used for East Coast Reclamation in the 1970s (HDB Annual Reports). Its unique feature was the construction of nine stormwater collection stations to tap the storm runoffs of the surrounding urbanised catchments. Eight of these collection stations are ponds at Yishun, Tampines, Bedok and Yan Kit new towns.Bedok Reservoir is now open to water sports activities such as wakeboarding, sailing, fishing, canoeing and kayaking. This follows the Singapore Sports Council's (SSC's) efforts to allow water sport enthusiasts to make use of the various reservoirs for activities which do not compromise the quality of the water. The programme kicked off with the HSBC Wakeboard World Cup, Singapore 2004, held at Bedok Reservoir on October 30-31 2004. This was the first international water sports event to be held at a local reservoir.
Bedok New Town covers a land area close to 9.4 km² with some 42% occupied for residential use. It was formerly a hilly region and hence the focal point of orientation of the town is the special landscaped park and sports complex built on the higher ground of the town. The residential blocks as well as the industrial area are planned based on the neighbourhood concept.
Bedok Village or Kampong Bedok was a fishing village in Singapore, located along the western bank of the Sungei Bedok, or Bedok River. It was one of the many fishing villages that dotted Singapore's East Coast before land reclamation in the early 1970s.
As the village expanded westward, a new village was built and was referred as Kampong Bedok Darat, or Bedok Inland Village, while the original village was referred as Kampong Bedok Laut, or Bedok Coastal Village.
Location of Kampong Bedok Laut is where Eastwood Park now stands, while Kampong Bedok Darat was at the areas surrounding Jalan Kathi, Jalan Bilal and Jalan Haji Salam.
Today Bedok is a modern housing estate named Bedok New Town. The area that was once Kampong Bedok is now known by locals as Bedok Corner, where Bedok Road meets Upper East Coast Road at a sharp bend. It is also where a popular food centre is located, serving delicious local fare, including barbecued seafood.
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