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Last updated 24 July 2026

Index

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Winding Waterways

Punggol's Beginnings 1800s-1940s
Changing Communities 1950s-80s
Punggol 21 1990s-2006
Developing a Waterfront Town 2007-Present

Punggol Stories video

Introduction
What would you find in the farms of Punggol Past?
What was life like in Old Punggol?
What are some old and new Punggol landmarks?

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Punggol's Beginnings 1800s-1940s

A bus and a car drive on a road lined with dense palm trees under a mostly cloudy sky.

Punggol Road 10 milestone, 1955
F. W. York Collection, National Archives of Singapore
20090000070 - 0005

Black and white photo of a church with a tall steeple, surrounded by trees and a statue in front.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Upper Serangoon Road, 1976
National Archives of Singapore
19980006212 - 0045

An aerial view of a large house with a red roof surrounded by palm trees and green fields.

Matilda House before government acquisition, 1985
Photo copyright R. Ian Lloyd

Five vintage photos include people with animals: chimps, elephant, man, cat person, and man with leopard.

Zoo staff with animals at the Punggol Zoo, 1930s
Courtesy of Mr Lawrence Basapa

Information plaque about a bridge, with text and images, situated near a pier overlooking a body of water.

World War Two marker at Punggol Point jetty
Courtesy of National Heritage Board

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Changing Communities 1950s-80s

Vintage map showing Punggol, Upper Serangoon, Paya Lebar, and Tampines areas with labeled roads and landmarks.

Singapore Parliament Electoral Divisions, 1959
Singapore Land Authority Collection, National Archives of Singapore
SP001040

A modest building with a sign and a fence surrounded by palm trees and brush on a sandy road.

Kampong Sungei Tengah Community Centre, reproduced from Punggol Constituency Grassroots Committees
Singapore: Punggol Constituency Citizens' Consultative Committee, 1983, p. 122
National Library, Singapore, Call no. English 307.095957 PUN

Black and white map of Punggol area with roads, schools, market, and surrounding river details.

The Community Centre located at the junction of Punggol Road and Lorong Buangkok (Sengkang East Way), 1968
Map reproduced from《新加坡指南》
Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1970, Map 38
National Library, Singapore, Call no. RCLOS Chinese 959.57 SIN -[HIS]

A person with dark hair wearing a collared, checkered shirt on a grey background.

Portrait of Ng Kah Ting, 1970s
Reproduced from Punggol Point Community Centre Regatta
Singapore: Ponggol Boatel Pte. Ltd.,1974
National Library, Singapore, BRN B21163060H

A crowd watches a boat race from a dock, with speedboats racing on a large body of water.

Regatta organised by Ponggol Point Community Centre, 1966
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, National Archives of Singapore
19980005249 - 0106

Crowd gathered in front of a stage decorated with bunting, banners, and flags.

Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at Punggol Community Centre's National Day Celebration Dinner, 1966
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, National Archives of Singapore
19980005253 - 0077

A group of people sit at outdoor tables and chairs next to a rustic seaside restaurant.

Ponggol (Hock Kee) Seafood Restaurant, 1993
Lee Kip Lin Collection, National Library, Singapore

Boatel owner Awang bin Abdullah (tenth from left) and family at Punggol beach, 1985
Source: The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited

Badariah bte Osman, Fatimah bte Buang and Habsah bte Arip were the first girls from the Punggol Vocational Institute who signed up for the plumbing and pipe-fitting trade course in 1977
Source: The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited

Part of the Punggol pig-farming area under development, 1976
Source: The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited

Black and white aerial view of a large, multi-building complex surrounded by a developed urban area.

The first HDB flats of Punggol, 1981
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

Several rows of apartment buildings with red roofs surrounded by greenery, larger buildings visible in the background.

Punggol Rural Centre at Buangkok South Farmway, 2000
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

Aerial view of a large construction site with buildings and roads under development, surrounded by barren land.

Land around Punggol Rural Centre being cleared to build Sengkang New Town, 1990s
© Urban Redevelopment Authority. All rights reserved

Abstract drawing with mixed beige, white, and blue shapes resembling landmasses and water bodies.

Land reclamation areas at Punggol, 1980s
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

People gather in a large indoor market surrounded by numerous baskets filled with fish.

Punggol Fish Market, 1985
National Archives of Singapore

A partially collapsed and abandoned white building with windows, amidst debris, surrounded by trees.

A partially demolished house of Gerry de Souza at Punggol, 1995
Lee Kip Lin Collection, National Library, Singapore

Punggol 21 1990s-2006

Aerial view of a marina with multiple boats docked and a large building with red roofs near the waterfront.

Marina Country Club, c. 2010
Courtesy of Marina Country Club

A city's skyline reflects in the water below while maps and text about Punggol are displayed in the top left corner.

Artist's impression of Punggol 21, 1996
© Urban Redevelopment Authority & Housing & Development Board. All rights reserved.

Map of a city showing streets, parks, waterways, and transportation routes with various metro and bus station symbols.

Map of North-East Singapore, 2019
© Urban Redevelopment Authority. All rights reserved.

A multi-story building with "Punggol Plaza" and several other signs on its facade, featuring palm trees in front.

Punggol Plaza
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

Developing a Waterfront Town 2007-Present

A park with a river, people kayaking, walking paths, trees, and tall buildings in the background.

Kayaking along My Waterway@Punggol
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

Entrance to Sumang MRT station with barricades, ticket machines, and stairs leading up.

Sumang station, 2023
Courtesy of Hannah Yeo

A large wooden sign reads "Coney Island" while several cyclists enter a forested path.

Coney Island, 2016
Courtesy of Alex Tam

A brown cow stands in a grassy, wooded area with trees in the background.

Coney Island, 2016
Courtesy of Alex Tam

Exterior view of Waterway Point shopping mall with modern high-rise buildings in the background.

Waterway Point, 2020
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

Modern buildings with rooftop gardens surrounded by greenery, with apartment complexes in the background under cloudy skies.

Oasis Terraces, 2018
Deoma12, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Common

Pedestrian walkway with "OASIS TERRACES" sign above, people walking and colorful posters on sides.

Oasis Terraces
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

A small robot with wheels labeled "Camello" on a sidewalk, with two people walking in background.

Autonomous mobile robot Camello, 2021
Photo by OTSAW, courtesy of Information Media and Development Authority

Modern buildings surrounded by greenery, featuring a multi-story complex with wood accents and nearby high-rise apartments.

Northshore Plaza, the first seafront New Generation Neighbourhood Centre to be built in an HDB estate, 2021
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

People are dining and walking in front of food stalls under a large "One Punggol Hawker Centre" sign.

One Punggol Hawker Centre, 2022
Courtesy of One Punggol

Entrance of Punggol Regional Library with large windows and illuminated sign, showcasing modern architectural design.

Punggol Regional Library, 2023
National Library Board

Punggol Stories video

Introduction

Modern buildings surround a canal with a white arched pedestrian bridge, under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

Punggol Arc Bridge and Waterway Terraces, 2020
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

A man walks on a modern bridge during a vibrant sunset with clouds and silhouetted trees.

The Jewel Bridge at Punggol Waterway, 2015
Courtesy of Housing & Development Board

Two boats moored on a pier extending into a calm body of water, with trees on the left and buildings visible across the water.

Punggol Jetty, 1994
Courtesy of Anthony Ting

Numerous boats with visible registration numbers are docked beside a wooden pier under a cloudy sky.

Boats at Kangkar Village, 1982
Lee Kip Lin Collection, National Library, Singapore

A group of men in traditional attire and suits stand outside a building with a sign that reads "Dewan Kampong Pengkalan."

Group photograph of the inaugural opening of Punggol Malay School at Kampong Punggol, 1955
Registry of Co-operative Societies Collection, National Archives of Singapore
19980005790-0017

A bus is driving past a white church with a tall steeple and surrounded by palm trees on a cloudy day.

The Ponggol Bus Service's Vulcan bus at Upper Serangoon Road 9 milestone, 1955
F. W. York Collection, National Archives of Singapore
20090000069-0002

Two people collecting latex from rubber trees in a forest, buckets resting on the ground, labeled "Singapore" and "Tapping Rubber".

Rubber tapping, Singapore, 1920s
National Archives of Singapore
19980005768-0004

Two figures stand on a dock by the seashore with sailboats in the water and palm trees in the foreground.

Punggol Seashore, Singapore, 1890s
Lim Kheng Chye Collection, National Archives of Singapore
19980006559-0101

What would you find in the farms of Punggol Past?

Several laborers wearing wide-brimmed hats are working in a field, tending to crops with hoes under a cloudy sky.

Tapioca plantation at Trafalgar Estate
Singapore, c. 1880
Collection of the National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board
1991-00800

A person stands in a tree grove holding buckets, with another person crouched on the ground in the background.

A tapper in a rubber estate, c. 1920s-1930s
The Hebblewhite Collection, National Archives of Singapore
20150000118-0083

A small village with thatched-roof houses, fields, a river, and a narrow wooden bridge with people crossing it.

A vegetable farm in Punggol, c.1970s
Collection of the National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board
2008-04942

A group of piglets is eating around two large metal feeders in an enclosed pen with concrete walls and floor.

A pig farm in Punggol, 1983
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, National Archives of Singapore
19980001380-0110

Four men walk through a pig farm, inspecting the animals in their pens.

Minister Lim Chee Onn on a walkabout of the Punggol constituency, 1983
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, National Archives of Singapore
19980006760-0070

What was life like in Old Punggol?

Six people measuring a large python at the Singapore Zoo, holding it up while standing in a line outdoors.

Measuring a 30-foot python at the Punggol Zoo, c. 1930s
Courtesy of Lawrence Basapa

A person stands near zebras in a fenced outdoor area with trees and a hillside in the background.

William Lawrence Soma Basapa and Mdm Alberta Maddox among zebras at the Singapore Zoo, c.1930s
Courtesy of Lawrence Basapa

Two boats with people are docked; one person shakes hands with someone on the other boat under a partly cloudy sky.

Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar (Dato Paglar) hands over a motorboat to the representative of the youth council, 1950
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, National Archives of Singapore
19980000814-0028

Three speedboats race on a lake, with trees and hills visible in the background.

Water sports at Punggol, 1972
Courtesy of Ron Yap

A person unloads items from a boat on a shore with poles and two other boats on the water in the background.

Fishermen unloading kupang (mussels) from a sampan in Punggol, 1985
National Archives of Singapore
19980005035-0106

A crowded fish market with numerous baskets filled with fish and people standing around.

Punggol Fish Market, 1985
National Archives of Singapore
19980005045-0098

A person crouches on the ground, working with soil and debris in a dimly lit industrial setting.

A worker deshelling kupang (mussels) in Punggol, 1985
National Archives of Singapore
19980005127-0066

Outdoor restaurant with people dining at tables near the beach, black and white image.

Ponggol (Hock Kee) Seafood Restaurant, 1993
Lee Kip Lin Collection, National Library, Singapore

Three people and a dog are near a rustic building with a slanted roof in a natural, wooded area.

Moving to high rise flats from kampongs, 1963
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, National Archives of Singapore
19980007373-0049

What are some old and new Punggol landmarks?

Several children play and sit together at the edge of the water on a beach.

Nee Soon School camp at Punggol Beach,1983
Nee Soon School Collection, National Archives of Singapore
19980005765-0088

Several people walk on a long pier extending into a body of water with boats and an industrial skyline in the background.

Punggol Point Jetty, 1993
Lee Kip Lin Collection, National Library, Singapore

A small building with a unique rooftop structure, surrounded by trees and flowers, under a partly cloudy sky.

Masjid Wak Sumang, 1985
National Archives of Singapore
19980005036-0003

Aerial view of a church with a tall spire surrounded by trees and buildings in a cityscape under a cloudy sky.

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 2022
Courtesy of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Construction site with workers and equipment in front of tall apartment buildings.

Matilda House, 2013
Image by Darren Soh