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Toa Payoh New Town
Total area: 4.63 km²
Residential area: 2.10 km²
Dwelling units: 35,119
Projected ultimate: 48,000
Population: 116,800

Toa Payoh New Town is the second oldest new town in Singapore, developed since 1962. It is home to the HDB Hub and hosts one of the country's three air-conditioned bus interchanges, the other two being the one in Sengkang and Ang Mo Kio

It boasts excellent sporting facilities, including a stadium, an indoor sports hall and the country's best swimming complex, where the SEA Games swimming competition was held at. These are also the venues for several of the National Schools sports competitions. There is a plethora of shophouses in Toa Payoh Central that participate in the annual Great Singapore Sale. Outside the central area, the Singapore Press Holdings main office can also be found.

Coordinates: 1°20′N 103°51′E / 1.333°N 103.85°E / 1.333; 103.85








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