Singapore

Tiong Bahru

Tiong Bahru is a name in daily use in Singapore that no authority defines. The estate built by the Singapore Improvement Trust from 1936; the name is used for the conserved flats and the streets immediately around them, not for the whole subzone that carries it. It is recorded here with a centre and a radius rather than a boundary: the statutory geography that covers it is Tiong Bahru subzone, Bukit Merah planning area, and drawing a line around the local name would invent a fact.

Type

local identity

Status

A name in common use with no authority defining its extent.

No authority defines this area. The statutory geography covering it is Tiong Bahru subzone, Bukit Merah planning area.