Mandai

Mandai
Planning Area
Other transcription(s)
 • Chinese 万礼
 • Pinyin Wànlǐ
 • Malay Mandai
Mandai
Location of Mandai within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°24′42″N 103°47′11″E / 1.41167°N 103.78639°E / 1.41167; 103.78639
Country  Singapore
Region

North Region

CDC
Town council
  • Marsiling-Yew Tee Town Council
  • Nee Soon Town Council
Constituency
Government
 • Mayor

North West CDC

 • Members of Parliament Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
  • Ong Teng Koon

Nee Soon GRC
Area[1]
 • Total 11.8 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Area rank 23rd
Population (2017)[1]
 • Total 2,130
 • Rank 35th
 • Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
 • Density rank 37th
Demonym(s)

Official

  • Mandai resident
Postal district 25

Mandai is a planning area located in the North Region of Singapore, famously known for being the access point of the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari.

The Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium, the largest crematorium and columbarium in Singapore, is also located in Mandai planning area. Other features include the Sembawang Hot Springs and Sembawang Golf Course.

In 2012, a new river-themed park, River Safari, opened beside the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari.[2]

Etymology and history

Mandai Road was cut in 1855. The name Mandai appears in the Franklin and Jackson Plan of Singapore (1828) as a river indicated as "R. Mandi". The name is said to come from a tree called the "Mandai tree".

Military training

Parts of Mandai are commonly used as military training areas as there is undeveloped land there. The following locations are used as training areas: Kwok Min, Asrama/Ulu Sembawang, Mandai Bumbong, Gali Batu and Mandai Central. Mandai Camp and Mandai West Camp are in Gali Batu, while Mandai Hill Camp and a live firing range are in Kwok Min. Mandai is also the location of Chong Pang Camp and the Sembawang Air Base.

Because of the massive makeover with the new bird park and rainforest park, the military training area (except Sembawang Air Base and Chong Pang Camp) will soon be moved to Lim Chu Kang and Pulau Tekong. MINDEF will release all the Mandai training areas for redevelopment.

Transportation

Apart from Mandai Road, the Mass Rapid Transit system's Mandai Depot, which will be used for the Thomson-East Coast Line, is located in Mandai.

References

  1. 1 2 Mandai (Planning Area, Singapore) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location
  2. ↑ Mustafa Shafawi; Hetty Musfira (21 May 2010), Attractions of Asia's first river-themed park River Safari unveiled, Channel NewsAsia, retrieved 20 October 2010 .
  • Victor R. Savage; Brenda S. A. Yeoh (2004), Toponymics: A Study of Singapore Street Names, Singapore: Eastern University Press, ISBN 978-981-210-364-2 .

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