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BreadTalk Group is the franchisee of Taiwanese Xiao Long Bao restaurant, Din Tai Fung. It opened its first restaurant in the upscale Paragon shopping mall and has opened other outlets in the island, including one in Bishan and another in the basement annex of Raffles City. Din Tai Fung has 8 branches in Thailand.
Paya Lebar (/ ˈ p ɑː j ɑː ˌ l eɪ b ɑː / PAH-ya LAY-bar) is a planning area located in the East Region of Singapore, bordered by Hougang to the west, Sengkang to the northwest, Tampines to the east, Bedok to the south and Pasir Ris to the north.
This is a list of places in Singapore based on the planning areas and their constituent subzones as designated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Based on the latest URA Master Plan in 2019, the country is divided into 5 regions , which are further subdivided into 55 planning areas , and finally subdivided into a total of 332 subzones.
The Malay word for swamp is paya. It is the Chinese equivalent of Paya Lebar, which translates to "big swamp land". Toa Payoh's old Chinese name, was known as Ang Chiang San (alternatively An Xiang Shan) or "burial hill". The area was called as such because of the presence of an old cemetery located in the area.
A height restriction imposed on Singapore's central business district (CBD) limits buildings to a maximum height of 280 meters unless special permission to build higher is granted. It is in place due to the location of Paya Lebar Air Base. After the base's expected decommissioning in 2030, the restriction will be lifted. [9] [10] [11]
Comprising 11,000 hectares, it includes six planning areas and is also home to Singapore's Changi Airport and Paya Lebar Air Base. [2] The region also houses the Changi Naval Base and Changi Prison, which was first constructed in 1936 by the British and is Singapore's oldest internment facility.
MacPherson is a neighbourhood located within the district of Geylang in the Central Region of Singapore.Its location roughly corresponds to the identically titled subzone in the Geylang Planning Area and is approximately sandwiched between the neighbourhoods of Aljunied and Paya Lebar.
It is located in Hougang, along Upper Paya Lebar Road, and is accessible via Kim Chuan Road. It used to be the first depot in Singapore to serve two independently operated MRT lines, until the adjacent Tai Seng Facility Building became operational with the revenue operation of the Downtown Line Stage 3 on 21 October 2017.