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The Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC has evolved over decades — and Dr Ng Eng Hen knows it well.
In a Facebook Live session on Tuesday night (June 30), Dr Ng, who has been MP for the constituency since 2001, shared why the place has been close to his heart for much longer.
“I’m from the Merdeka Generation. My visual memory of Toa Payoh is slightly more dated than my colleagues’,” the 61-year-old chuckled.
He recounted the time when he visited friends living in the town when he was in his teens.
“I took the bus here, there was no MRT, and there was no Bishan.
“Toa Payoh of the 70s and 80s, many of you would know that Toa Payoh was called the ‘Chicago of the East’ for good reason,” he said.
The nickname came from the town’s association with secret societies and gang clashes, which remained for some time after its development in the 60s.
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