SINGAPORE – Chua Chu Kang residents can look forward to Singapore’s only professional cycling track for bicycle motocross (BMX), more playgrounds, green spaces and fitness facilities over the next five years. Teck Whye Shopping Centre and Keat Hong Shopping Centre will also be revamped to include more community spaces as part of a renewal of […]
SINGAPORE – Chua Chu Kang residents can look forward to Singapore’s only professional cycling track for bicycle motocross (BMX), more playgrounds, green spaces and fitness facilities over the next five years.
Teck Whye Shopping Centre and Keat Hong Shopping Centre will also be revamped to include more community spaces as part of a renewal of the neighbourhood malls.
Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, who oversees the town, announced these plans on April 5 at the launch of Chua Chu Kang Town Council’s five-year plan.
It outlined the council’s plans worth $212 million to revamp homes and the town’s infrastructure between 2025 and 2030.
DPM Gan was joined by Chua Chu Kang GRC MPs Low Yen Ling, Don Wee and Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim, along with Dr Amy Khor, who oversees Hong Kah North SMC, which shares the resources of Chua Chu Kang Town Council.
With them were Mr Jeffrey Siow, 46, who resigned from the civil service on April 2, and Singapore Institute of Technology faculty member Choo Pei Ling, 38.
Both were dressed in party colours amid rumours they were likely to enter politics ahead of 2025’s general election.
Speaking to the media at the launch in Keat Hong, DPM Gan said they will spend about $212 million on various upgrading projects.
He added: “It’s not just about hardware, facilities and amenities but about software, social services and programming. And that’s why we are also rolling out many social programmes to help our population of residents, especially those with lower incomes, and seniors.”
With more young families in the town, many of the announced facilities are geared towards households with children.
These include playgrounds, new parks, and the launch of new flats in areas like Brickland and the newly built Tengah, which was incorporated into Chua Chu Kang GRC in the latest electoral boundaries report.
There will be a new sports venue set up later in 2025 in Brickland called The Bricks: Sports-in-Precinct and Cycle Park. It will include a large racing track and a BMX pump track – a looped course for cycling with banked turns and slopes.
An artist’s impression of The Bricks: Sports-in-Precinct and Cycle, which will include a large racing track and a BMX pump track.PHOTO: CHUA CHU KANG TOWN COUNCIL
The facility is a multi-sports venue that will be home to Singapore’s only BMX Academy, where riders can learn the ropes of motocross. The Bricks will feature a fitness corner, basketball and futsal courts, and rows of spectator seats.
Upgrading works for the town’s flats will continue, with some 400 blocks receiving a fresh coat of paint by 2030.
Residents can also expect more sheltered pathways and pavilions across the town.
An artist’s impression of facilities in Chua Chu Kang Town Council’s plan. Residents can expect more sheltered pathways and pavilions.PHOTO: CHUA CHU KANG TOWN COUNCIL
The MPs also highlighted ongoing developments that will be rolled out by 2030, including a new 700-seat foodcourt that will be opened progressively in mid-2025 at the new Central Manpower Base near Cashew MRT station.
Six new MRT stations will launch before 2030 as part of the Jurong Region Line, which will improve connectivity in Chua Chu Kang and Tengah.
DPM Gan said Bukit Gombak will continue to be part of the town and share its resources, even as it is hived off to form its own single-member constituency.
Asked about whether the town’s plan is contingent on whether the PAP is re-elected, DPM Gan said it depends on who is in charge.
He said: “If there is a new team, they will have different ideas and things they want to do. But as far as our team is concerned, this is our plan.”
More than 200 residents attended the plan’s launch at the Arena in Keat Hong, a mega playground and fitness venue that opened in 2022. Many took part in the Sports Day activities, which included team games designed for children.
Engineer Liu Yao, 37, said she was pleasantly surprised by the number of playgrounds in the area when she moved to Keat Hong with her family in 2024. The outdoor facilities make it easier to encourage her five-year-old daughter to play outside rather than stay indoors, she said.
Madam Marlia Ahmad, 47, a resident of more than five years, said her family has benefited from having more food outlets, especially more Malay food options, in the neighbourhood.
The mother of two boys, aged six and four, who works in the power sector, said: “Playgrounds are great because many kids interact there, and we meet families and new friends. They really help bring young families together.”
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