BMX track, playgrounds, green spaces for Chua Chu Kang under $212m rejuvenation plan

Chua Chu Kang residents can look forward to Singapore's only professional cycling track for bicycle motocross (BMX), more playgrounds, green spaces and fitness facilities over the next five years.

- Osmond Chia

Teck Whye Shopping Centre and Keat Hong Shopping Centre will also be revamped to include more community spaces as part of a renewal of the neighbourhood malls.

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, who oversees the town, announced these plans on April 5 at the launch of Chua Chu Kang Town Council's five-year plan.

It outlined the council's plans worth $212 million to revamp homes and the town's infrastructure between 2025 and 2030.

DPM Gan was joined by Chua Chu Kang GRC MPs Low Yen Ling, Don Wee and Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim, along with Dr Amy Khor, who oversees Hong Kah North SMC, which shares the resources of Chua Chu Kang Town Council.

With them were Mr Jeffrey Siow, 46, who resigned from the civil service on April 2, and Singapore Institute of Technology faculty member Choo Pei Ling, 38.

Both were dressed in party colours amid rumours they were likely to enter politics ahead of 2025's general election.

Speaking to the media at the launch in Keat Hong, DPM Gan said they will spend about $212 million on various upgrading projects.