Kovan (IPA: KOH-vən; Chinese: 高文; pinyin: Gāo Wén) is a neighbourhood located within the town of Hougang, in Singapore. The neighbourhood today largely consists of private housing properties, where majority of the residents live in terrace homes,...
On 10 July 2013, 67-year-old Tan Boon Sin and his 42-year-old son Tan Chee Heong were murdered in their home along Hillside Drive in Kovan, Singapore. Chee Heong's body was then dragged over 1 km, under a car driven by the killer, before being...
Kovan MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East Line (NEL) in Hougang, Singapore. Located underneath Upper Serangoon Road, the station serves the retail development of Heartland Mall and surrounding public and...
Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnapping—warrant the death penalty under Singaporean law. In...
Tua Jia Kar is a replica of a well that once existed in the former Somapah Serangoon Village at Hougang, Singapore. The replica, which is also a fountain, is similarly sized to the original well and has a granite tablet that details the history of...
Public transport bus services form a significant part of public transport in Singapore, with over 3.6 million rides taken per day on average as of December 2021. There are over 300 scheduled bus services and over 100 short-trip variants, operated by...
Heartland Mall (Chinese: 心邻坊) is a shopping mall in Singapore. A relatively small shopping mall in comparison with other malls, it serves the neighbourhood of Kovan. It consists of four floors without a basement, and the fourth level occupied only...
Hougang (locally (h)ow-KUNG), also known as Aukang, is a planning area and mature residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It is the largest housing estate in Singapore based on land area, and is home to 226,100 residents as...
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in Singapore. It is the country's lead agency against organised crime, human and weapons trafficking,...