Kembangan, Singapore

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**Kembangan**
English	Kembangan
Chinese	景万岸
(Pinyin	jǐngwàn'àn)
Malay	Kembangan
Tamil	கெம்பாங்கான்

Kembangan is a residential area in the eastern part of Singapore, lying between Bedok and Geylang and north of the Katong area. It consists largely of private residential areas and a small public housing estate at Lengkong Tiga. The area is served by the East West MRT Line at the Kembangan MRT Station.

Kembangan means "expansion" in Malay. The road Jalan Kembangan was officially named in 1932.

[edit] References

Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1

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