Bidadari, Singapore

This article is about the planned housing estate located in Toa Payoh. For the former cemetery located here, see Bidadari Cemetery.

Bidadari
Housing estate
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	比达达利
• Malay	Bidadari
Country	Singapore
Region	Central Region
Planning Area	Toa Payoh
Area^[1]
• Total	0.57 km² (0.22 sq mi)
Population (2015)^[1]
• Total	10
• Density	18/km² (45/sq mi)

Bidadari (Chinese: 比达达利, Malay: Bidadari), also known as Bidadari Estate, is an upcoming housing estate located in central Singapore. It is part of the HDB town of Toa Payoh

Before the development of Bidadari Estate, the subzone was the site of Bidadari Cemetery, which served Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Sinhalese communities.^[2]

History

Early history

Bidadari Cemetery

Main article: Bidadari Cemetery

In 1903, plans were made to develop a new Christian Cemetery at Bidadari and subsequently land was acquired around the Bidadari Estate. Bidadari Cemetery was officially opened in 1908 and continued operations till 1972 when the last burial took place. In 1996, the government announced that the site of the Bidadari Cemetery had been ear-marked development.

Bidadari Estate

In 2013 HDB announced plans for a housing estate at the site of the former cemetery.

References

1 2 City Population - statistics, maps and charts | Bidadari
↑ Tan, Rachel (1 September 2013). "Singaporeans unfazed by Bidadari's cemetery past for planned HDB estate". The Straits Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

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