Yishun

Yishun
Planning Area and HDB Town
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	义顺
• Pinyin	Yì shùn
• Malay	Yishun
• Tamil	யீஷூன்
From top left to right: Aerial view of Khatib, Masjid Ahmad Ibrahim, Lower Seletar Reservoir, Aerial view of flats in Yishun, Khatib MRT Station
Yishun Location of Yishun within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°25′49.32″N 103°50′7.31″E / 1.4303667°N 103.8353639°E / 1.4303667; 103.8353639
Country	Singapore
Region	North Region
CDC	North West CDC Central CDC
Town councils	Ang Mo Kio Town Council Nee Soon Town Council Sembawang Town Council
Constituencies	Ang Mo Kio GRC Nee Soon GRC Sembawang GRC
Government
• Mayor	Central Singapore CDC Denise Phua North West CDC Teo Ho Pin
• Members of Parliament	Ang Mo Kio GRC Intan Azura Mokhtar Nee Soon GRC K. Shanmugam Lee Bee Wah Louis Ng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Sembawang GRC Ong Ye Kung
Area
• Total	21.24 km2 (8.20 sq mi)
• Residential	3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	201,970
• Density	9,500/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Official Yishun resident Colloquial Yishuner Yishunian Yishunite Yishunster
Postal districts	26, 27, 28
Dwelling units	56,698
Projected ultimate	84,000

North Region

Central Singapore CDC

North West CDC

Ang Mo Kio GRC

Nee Soon GRC

Sembawang GRC

Official

Colloquial

Yishun (Chinese: 义顺, Tamil: யீஷூன), formerly known as Nee Soon, is a planning area and residential town located in the northeastern corner of the North Region of Singapore, bordering Simpang and 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.

The name, Yishun, is a Mandarin romanisation of Nee Soon, named after Lim Nee Soon, a prominent industrialist who made his fortune from rubber and pineapples.

Lim Nee Soon was also a banker, contractor and general commission agent. He was the first general manager of the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company Limited, formed in 1908. Nee Soon and Company was formed in 1911.

Nee Soon was one of the pioneers that opened up Sembawang. Nee Soon served on the Rural Board from 1913 to 1921 and was also appointed a Justice of Peace. In the field of education, he was one of the of Chinese High School and also a member of the Raffles College Committee. Nee Soon Road was officially named in 1950 by the Rural Board to facilitate postal services. Nee Soon also owned a large plot of land in the area and several roads in this area are named after his business concerns and family members. Nee Soon was a leading member of the Teochew clan association poit ip huay kwan, and was a close friend of Dr Sun Yat Sen.