Bedok

Bedok
Planning Area and HDB Town
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	勿洛
• Pinyin	Wù luò
• Hokkien	Bût-lo̍k
• Malay	Bedok
• Tamil	பிடோக்
• Tamil romanisation	Piṭōk
From top left to right: Panoramic view of Bedok Reservoir, Bedok Stadium, Bedok Reservoir Estate, Bedok Town Centre, Bedok Jetty, Bedok Bus Interchange
Bedok Location of Bedok in Singapore
Coordinates: 1°19′24.96″N 103°55′38.42″E / 1.3236000°N 103.9273389°E / 1.3236000; 103.9273389
Country	Singapore
Region	East Region
CDCs	North East CDC South East CDC
Town councils	Aljunied-Hougang Town Council East Coast-Fengshan Town Council Marine Parade Town Council
Constituencies	Aljunied GRC East Coast GRC Fengshan SMC Marine Parade GRC
DGP exhibited	1994
PA incorporated	22 January 1999
Government
• Mayors	North East CDC Teo Ser Luck South East CDC Maliki Osman
• Members of Parliament	Aljunied GRC Low Thia Kiang Muhamad Faisal Manap Pritam Singh East Coast GRC Lee Yi Shyan Lim Swee Say Maliki Osman Fengshan SMC Cheryl Chan Marine Parade GRC Edwin Tong Tan Chuan-Jin
Area
• Total	21.69 km2 (8.37 sq mi)
Area rank	7th
• Residential	4.18 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	289,750
• Rank	1st
• Density	13,360.5/km2 (34,604/sq mi)
• Density rank	9th
Demonym(s)	Official Bedok resident Colloquial Bedoker Bedokian
Ethnic groups
• Chinese	208,880
• Malays	43,980
• Indians	25,110
• Others	11,780
Postal district	16
Dwelling units	60,115
Projected ultimate	79,000

East Region

North East CDC

South East CDC

Aljunied GRC

East Coast GRC

Fengshan SMC

Marine Parade GRC

Official

Colloquial

Bedok /bəˈdɒk/ (Chinese: 勿洛, Tamil: பிடோக்) is a planning area and matured residential town located in the East Region of Singapore. Population wise, Bedok is the largest planning area in the Republic, being home to an estimated 289,000 residents. This high demographic is largely explained by the affordable public housing in Bedok New Town, due to its relatively distant location from the Central Area. Besides public housing developments, private residences are also prevalent the area, most of which are found in the neighborhoods of Bayshore, Frankel and Siglap, in western and southwestern Bedok. Apart from the maritime boundary that the area shares with the Singapore Strait to the south and southeast, Bedok is also bounded by five other planning areas, they are Paya Lebar to the north, Hougang to the northwest, Tampines to the northeast and east, Geylang to the west and Marine Parade to the southwest.

As a part of the Tanah Merah region, the history of Bedok is largely influenced by its coastal frontier. The general area known as Bedok today, was first mentioned in maps dating to the pre-Raffles era. After Singapore was colonized by the British in 1819, Simpang Bedok Village became an ethnically mixed community consisting of Chinese and Malay peoples. Before the 1960s, Bedok's primary source of income was coconut, which was harvested from the plantations that were found in Siglap subzone. Fishing was also another primary source of income for the villagers of Simpang Bedok at the time.