| 16 December 2003 | |
| Buangkok Blues (as featured on Sunday Times, July 27 2003) |
BUANGKOK
SOUTH FARMWAY 1/PUNGGOL RD
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| No, it's not the shut MRT station that's making residents of this sleepy area sad. It's the impending loss of their laidback kampung lifestyle to redevelopment. (ST) | Still, not many can pinpoint where Buangkok is exactly, Strcitly speaking, Buangkok is a small housing pocket sandwiched between Sengkang and Hougang. (ST) |
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| Buangkok consists of just seven blocks of four-storey walk-up Housing Board flats with about 355 units in all. | Assorted fruit trees -- from mango and jackfruit to papaya and banana -- sprout haphazardly here, while bicycles and weather-beaten furniture dot the walkways. (ST) |
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| Blocks 1 to 5 in Buangkok South Farmway 1 were built in 1978. | Blocks 206 and 207 in adjacent Punggol Road were erected eight years later. |
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| These old blocks will be torn down soon to make way for new HDB flats. | |
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| Residents will vacate their homes by the end of 2003 and resettle in new units at nearby Compassvale Lane. | |