Yishun

Also known as Nee Soon

Yishun ( ), officially Nee Soon until the 1980s, is a planning area and residential town located in the eastern corner of the North Region of Singapore, bordering Sembawang to the north, Mandai to the west, the Central Water Catchment to its southwest, Ang Mo Kio to its south, as well as Seletar and Sengkang to its east and southeast respectively.

Key facts

Settlement.image_caption: From top left to right: Aerial view of Khatib, Masjid Ahmad Ibrahim, Lower Seletar Reservoir, Aerial view of flats in Yishun, Khatib MRT station
Settlement.pushpin_map: Singapore
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Yishun within Singapore
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: CDC
Settlement.subdivision_name2: North West CDC Central CDC
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Town councils
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Jalan Kayu Council Nee Soon Town Council
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Constituencies

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Contents

Etymology
Subzones
Amenities
Shopping malls
Neighbourhood centres
Leisure areas
Learning spaces
Places of worship
Chinese temples
Churches
Hindu temples
Mosques
Gurdwaras
Columbarium
Medical facilities
Country Clubs
Transport
Bus interchange
Mass Rapid Transit stations
Parks, gardens and other recreational facilities
Sports facilities
Industrial park
Educational institutions
Primary schools
Secondary schools
Junior college
International school
Politics
References
Sources

==Etymology== The name "Yishun" () is the Mandarin equivalent of "Nee Soon", the given name of Lim Nee Soon (Chinese: ), a prominent industrialist who made his fortune from the rubber and pineapple plantations he had in the area. In the 1980s, "Nee Soon" was renamed "Yishun" as part of a government initiative to replace dialect names with hanyu pinyin versions.