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2 unusual facts about Bedok


Bedok

There are also some 2,700 and 583 units of executive and Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDC) flats.

Bedok-class mine countermeasures vessel

After the crash of SilkAir Flight 185 on 19 December 1997 in the Musi River near Palembang, RSS Bedok, RSS Kallang and RSS Punggol were deployed as part of a Singapore Armed Forces contingent to assist Indonesian authorities in their search and recovery operations near the crash site.


Bedok Green Secondary School

Founded in January 2001, it was housed on the premises of the former Temasek Secondary School at 2 Bedok South Road and moved to its current location on 31 December 2002.

Bedok North Secondary School

Founded in 1981, it briefly shared the campus with Temasek Secondary School for a year before they relocated to their new campus along Bedok North Avenue 3.

East Coast Group Representation Constituency

The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of East Coast, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Fengshan, Siglap, Kampong Chai Chee and offshore islands of Pulau Tekong, Coney Island and Pulau Ubin.

Gul Circle MRT Station

It was first announced on 11 January 2011 by Transport Minister Mr Raymond Lim in a speech while visiting Bedok when new platform screen doors opened there.

NEWater

There is a Visitor Centre in the NEWater factory in Bedok, near the Singapore Expo Tanah Merah MRT Station.

Paya Lebar MRT Station

Installation of half-height platform screen doors was started on 28 October 2010 and started operations on 11 January 2011 with Bedok.

Tuas Crescent MRT Station

It was first announced on 11 January 2011 by Transport Minister Mr Raymond Lim in a speech while visiting Bedok when new platform screen doors opened there.


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