Newton, Singapore

Newton is a town that is located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The planning area is bounded by the following planning areas - Orchard and Museum to the south, Tanglin to the west, Novena to the north, Kallang to the northeast and Rochor to the east.

Newton
Planning Area
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	纽顿
• Pinyin	Niǔdùn
• Malay	Newton
• Tamil	நியூட்டன்
From top left to right: The Istana, Environment Building, Newton Food Centre, Newton Circus, Scotts Road, Emerald Hill
Newton Location of Newton within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°18′25.8″N 103°50′13.2″E
Country	Singapore
Region	Central Region
CDC	Central Singapore CDC
Town council	Tanjong Pagar Town Council
Constituency	Tanjong Pagar GRC
DGP exhibited	1994[1]
PA incorporated	22 January 1999[1]
Government
• Mayor	Central Singapore CDC Denise Phua
• Members of Parliament	Tanjong Pagar GRC Melvin Yong
Area [2]
• Total	2.07 km^2 (0.80 sq mi)
Area rank	46th
Population  (2019)[2][3]
• Total	8,030
• Rank	31st
• Density	3,900/km^2 (10,000/sq mi)
• Density rank	30th
Demonym(s)	Official Newton resident
Postal district	9

Newton's namesake Newton Road, however, is located within Novena Planning Area, and starts at Newton Circus in the south and ends at the junction with Thomson Road in the north.

Occupying an area north of the renowned Orchard Road shopping belt, the territory of Newton Planning Area includes the grounds of The Istana, the official residence and office of the President of Singapore.

Etymology and history

Originally Syed Ali Road, Newton Road was renamed in 1914 after Alfred Howard Vincent Newton (died 1897), the Assistant Municipal Engineer in late nineteenth century Singapore[4] in order to avoid confusion with Syed Alwi Road.

In 1933, Newton Circus, a 40-foot (12 m) wide circular carriageway, was constructed for gyratory traffic according to a Singapore Improvement Trust layout at the focus of a number of converging roads, including Bukit Timah Road, Dunearn Road, Newton Road, Keng Lee Road, Kampong Java Road, Bukit Timah Road, Clemenceau Avenue and Scotts Road. As eight roads converge on the Circus, the Tamils used to call Newton ethumuchandi, or "the eight junction place".

Newton Circus has become the site of a major hawker centre, Newton Food Centre.

See also

• Newton MRT station

References

1. "Singapore Infopedia – Development guide plan". National Library Board.
2. Newton (Planning Area, Singapore) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location
3. "Statistics Singapore - Geographic Distribution - 2018 Latest Data". Retrieved February 11, 2019.
4. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Alfred_Howard_Vincent_Newton

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

Newton Road, Singapore

Newton Circus