HOUGANG

The name Hougang stems from the Hokkien and Teochew word Au-Kang, which refers to 'river end'. In the past, the name connoted the area stretching from the fifth milestone junction of Yio Chu Kang Road and Senkang Road to the seventh milestone confluence of Upper Serangoon Road and Tampines Road. As Hougang is located upstream or at the back of Sungei Serangoon many singaporean chinese residents in town speak the Teochew dialect were formerly from a Tewchew community at the Kampung Punggol. There was aslo a fishing port the area was once a deserted land. Farming pig was also carried out by farmers. Today, it is an HDB new town with thousands of housing units. Hougang consist of seven sub-zones such as : Hougang,Trafalgar,Rosyth,Lorong Ah Soo, Tai Keng, Defu Industrial Park and Sungei Serangoon.New Town is accessible via the Yio Chu Kang Road,Buangkok Green, Hougang Avenue 14 and Avenue 17 which links to Old Tampines Road.