Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East
Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East is a community park in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is situated at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenues 3 and 8, behind Ang Mo Kio MRT station.[1] The park has been designated with the code 9V-0002 by the international Parks On The Air award program, and so is regularly 'activated' by Amateur Radio operators using portable equipment.
History
[edit]Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East was first mentioned in an enquiry on the New Nation, where an interested applicant asked where "the 110 acre garden would be".[2] It later appeared in a notice by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) in September 1979 in The Straits Times, who was looking for tenders to construct earthworks and carparks for the park.[3] By October of the same year, they were still looking for a tender.[4]
By October 1981, it was noted to have a spacenet, which was according to the The Straits Times "the only of its kind in Singapore so far".[5] In January 1983, a letter was published on The Straits Times, which criticised the garden for being "an eyesore" even though it was planned to be
Details
[edit]Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East is situated at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenues 3 and 8, behind Ang Mo Kio MRT station.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East". National Parks Board. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "Queries on the Ang Mo Kio Town".
- ^ "Notices".
- ^ "Notices".
- ^ "Spacenet ropes 'em in".