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FORMATION OF TOWN COUNCILS

As required under the Town Councils Act, the Ministry of National Development has issued the following Orders on 26 May 06:

(i) Town Councils (Establishment) Order 2006; and
(ii) Town Councils (Declaration of Towns) Order 2006.

The Orders pertain to the establishment of Town Councils, reconstitution and change in names of Town Councils following the General Elections 2006. They take effect from 26 May 06.

2. Four Town Councils are reconstituted as some areas of the Towns have become part of another Town Council. They are the Town Councils of Aljunied, East Coast, Jurong and Marine Parade.

3. The Ang Mo Kio Town Council and West Coast-Ayer Rajah Town Council are renamed as Ang Mo Kio-Yio Chu Kang Town Council and West Coast Town Council respectively. There is no change in name for the remaining 14 Town Councils.

4. The constituencies under the 16 Town Councils are shown in Annex A.

Issued by : Ministry of National Development
Date : 26 May 2006

ANNEX A

Formation of Town Councils (2006)

S/N	Name of Town	GRC/SMC	Members of Parliament
1	Aljunied	Aljunied GRC	Mr George Yong-Boon Yeo Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed Mrs Lim Hwee Hua Mr Yeo Guat Kwang Mdm Cynthia Phua
2	Ang Mo Kio- Yio Chu Kang	Ang Mo Kio GRC	Mr Lee Hsien Loong Dr Balaji Sadasivan Mr Inderjit Singh Mr Wee Siew Kim Dr Lam Pin Min Mdm Lee Bee Wah
2	Ang Mo Kio- Yio Chu Kang	Yio Chu Kang SMC	Mr Seng Han Thong
3	Bishan-Toa Payoh	Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC	Mr Wong Kan Seng Dr Ng Eng Hen Mr Zainudin Nordin Mr Hri Kumar Sangaran Mdm Josephine Teo
4	East Coast	East Coast GRC	Prof S Jayakumar Mr Raymond Lim Siang Keat Mr Abdullah Tarmugi Mr Lee Yi Shyan Mdm Jessica Tan Soon Neo
4	East Coast	Joo Chiat SMC	Mr Chan Soo Sen
5	Holland-Bukit Panjang	Holland-Bukit Timah GRC	Mr Lim Swee Say Dr Vivian Balakrishnan Ms Foo Yee Shoon Mr Liang Eng Hwa Mr Christopher De Souza
5	Holland-Bukit Panjang	Bukit Panjang SMC	Dr Teo Ho Pin
6	Hong Kah	Hong Kah GRC	Mr Yeo Cheow Tong Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan Mr Ang Mong Seng Mr Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai Mr Zaqy B Mohamad
6	Hong Kah	Chua Chu Kang SMC	Mr Gan Kim Yong
7	Hougang	Hougang SMC	Mr Low Thia Khiang
8	Jalan Besar	Jalan Besar GRC	Dr Lee Boon Yang A/P Yaacob Ibrahim Mr Heng Chee How Dr Lily Neo Mdm Denise Phua Lay Peng
9	Jurong	Jurong GRC	Mr Lim Boon Heng Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam Dr Ong Chit Chung Mdm Halimah Yacob Mdm Grace Fu Hai Yien
10	Marine Parade	Marine Parade GRC	Mr Goh Chok Tong Dr Ong Seh Hong Dr Fatimah binte Abdul Lateef Mr Lim Biow Chuan Mr Muhammad Faishal bin Ibrahim Khan Surattee Mr Seah Kian Peng
10	Marine Parade	Macpherson SMC	Mr Matthias Yao Chih
11	Pasir Ris-Punggol	Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC	Mr Teo Chee Hean Mr Charles Chong Dr Ahmad Mohd Magad Miss Penny Low Mr Teo Ser Luck Mr Palmer Michael Anthony
12	Potong Pasir	Potong Pasir SMC	Mr Chiam See Tong
13	Sembawang	Sembawang GRC	Mr Khaw Boon Wan Mr Hawazi Daipi Dr Mohamad Maliki bin Osman Mr K Shanmugam Dr Lim Wee Kiak Mdm Ellen Lee Geck Hoon
		Nee Soon East SMC	A/P Ho Peng Kee
		Nee Soon Central SMC	Mr Ong Ah Heng
14	Tampines	Tampines GRC	Mr Mah Bow Tan Mr Sin Boon Ann Mr Ong Kian Min Miss Irene Ng Phek Hoong Mr Masagos Zulkifli
15	Tanjong Pagar	Tanjong Pagar GRC	Mr Lee Kuan Yew A/P Koo Tsai Kee Miss Indranee Rajah Mr Baey Yam Keng Mr Tan Chin Siong RAdm(NS) Lui Tuck Yew
16	West Coast	West Coast GRC	Mr Lim Hng Kiang Mr Cedric Foo Chee Keng Mr S Iswaran Mr Arthur Fong Mdm Ho Geok Choo

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