Yew Tee
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| English | Yew Tee |
| Chinese | 油池 |
| (Pinyin | Yóuchí) |
| Malay | Yew Tee |
| Tamil | இயூடீ |
Yew Tee is situated in the north-western part of Singapore. It is a sub-division of Choa Chu Kang New Town. Yew Tee is a cluster of Housing and Development Board flats and private condominums, made up of 3 neighbourhoods in Choa Chu Kang New Town. All the apartments are built after 1993. As a relatively new estate, a large proportion of its residents are young families and middle income earners.
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[edit] Etymology and history
Yew Tee is the name of a village off Woodlands Road, which was also given in 1996 to an MRT station serving the area.
Yew Tee means "oil pond" in Teochew. The village was so named because oil was stored there during the Japanese Occupation. The once bustling village used to house more than 300 families, mostly small time farmers who grew vegetables and reared ducks and chickens. Many of the residents moved away when the land began to be developed.
[edit] Transport
Yew Tee has a MRT station, Yew Tee MRT Station, built in 1996 as part of the 16-km Woodlands Extension. The town is served by public buses from the Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange.
[edit] Education
The schools in Yew Tee include:
- De La Salle School
- Kranji Primary School
- Unity Primary School
- Yew Tee Primary School
- Kranji Secondary School
- Regent Secondary School
- Unity Secondary School
[edit] Parks
There are 3 parks in Yew Tee, namely Limbang Park, Stagmont Park and Yew Tee Park.
[edit] Politics
Yew Tee's current Member of Parliament, Yeo Cheow Tong, is a member of the PAP and holds the position of Minister for Transport in the Cabinet. Yew Tee is managed by the Hong Kah Town Council.
[edit] Reference
- Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1
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