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Singapore. The estate was named after a village known as Kampong Chai Chee which formerly occupied the vicinity. It is served by two major namesake roads, namely Chai Chee Street and Chai Chee Drive, with minor lanes of Chai Chee Road, Chai Chee Avenue and the original Jalan Chai Chee. Part of the
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Today the Chai Chee Lane
Industrial Estate sits on where some of the former factories used to operate, NMB however continues to stand in the heart of Chai Chee. In addition, the Technopark @ Chai Chee was built over where the Rollei Cameras factory used to be, to enhance the industries there and has
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There are various places of worship in the estate like the
Bethesda Cathedral, Chai Chee United Temple (菜市聯合宮), Masjid Al-Ansar and Soon San Teng Temple (顺山亭). Chai Chee United Temple was founded in 1995 and consist of three Chinese temples (Zhu Yun Gong, Hock Leng Keng and Hock San Teng) that were
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Chai Chee Estate quickly gained importance as it was then the only urban estate in the mainly rural part of eastern
Singapore. In the early 1970s, the electoral division of Chai Chee stretched all the way southwards to Upper East Coast Road. This led to the naming of the school there as Chai Chee
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Before the estate was built, the area was primarily farmland over a series of rolling hills. The kampong, or village, was located on a high hill around where the
Singapore Anti-tuberculosis Association (SATA) Clinic now stands. In the past, one needs to go downhill to reach the clinic. Today the
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Kampong Chai Chee was formed in the 1920s as a
Chinese village off old Upper Changi Road (then known as Changi Road). The village developed in the area around the former Peng Ann and Peng Ghee roads. A market serving the village used to exist at the junction of these two roads.
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first factory outlet in
Singapore, amongst other retail, food and beverage businesses. The estate is also served by many shophouses inside it. Residents of the nearby private estates are known to frequent Chai Chee due to limited amenities available in their respective areas.
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Chai Chee today is served by amenities like the Viva
Business Park, which is a mixed commercial development that offers both office and shopping space. The business park, which is the first in the area, developed over the former Rollei and Varta factories, houses
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There are various healthcare facilities and nursing homes in this mature estate. For one the SATA Clinic continues to operate in the area. There are also others like the ECON Medicare Centre and
Nursing Home and Moral Home for the Disabled Adults.
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estate to be built in the eastern part of
Singapore. Community amenities were built, such as a market, food centre, shops, banks, library, community center, kindergarten and a bus terminus. To provide for employment, there were 3 factories built -
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opened a new office at the site of the former ITE Campus to ease the overcrowding of its Hampshire Road Headquarters, it is however expected to be a temporary arrangement as there are plans to move its operation to
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A 1971 article in The New Nation described Kampong Chai Chee as a large village spread over several hills and valleys. It consisted of mostly attap houses among tall coconut palms, set back off dusty roads.
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Pin Ghee Public School (Pin Ghee High School), from 1934 to 1976 was located near the junction of present day Chai Chee Street and Bedok North Road, it is unrelated to the current Ping Yi Secondary School
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East Coast Primary School, from 1982 to 2018 before merging with Damai Primary School, it was located at the current site of NPS International School before moving south in 2001
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Educational institutions in Chai Chee include Ping Yi Secondary School and the NPS International School. There are also kindergartens like the PCF Kindergarten in the estate.
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The area falls under the jurisdiction of the Kampong Chai Chee Neighbourhood Police Post (NPP) and the Bedok South Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC), which is part of the
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Eunos Primary School, from 2001 to 2004 used the holding site at where NPS International School is located at now till its new building was ready
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1185:Ang Mo Kio
1177:North-East
1109:Paya Lebar
1099:Changi Bay
1036:Queenstown
940:Listed by
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387:Education
346:Decathlon
339:Amenities
323:Cameras,
260:Etymology
250:Kembangan
229:Chai Chee
221:Kembangan
191:Singapore
151:1°19′32″N
132:Chai Chee
85:Chai Chee
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1233:Boon Lay
1210:Sengkang
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270:Chinese
266:Hokkien
264:In the
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179:Country
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48:Chinese
1273:Tengah
1167:Yishun
1142:Mandai
1094:Changi
1046:Rochor
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1021:Novena
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1011:Museum
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