Admiralty, Singapore
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Admiralty is a subzone of the planning area of Sembawang, in the north of Singapore.{{cite web|url=https://keylocation.sg/singapore/planning-areas/sembawang|title=Singapore's Sembawang Planning Area|website=Key Location|access-date=27 December 2018|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512172935/https://keylocation.sg/singapore/planning-areas/sembawang|url-status=dead}}
Overview
The Admiralty area contains integrated development plans including Kampung Admiralty, which was launched in April 2014.{{cite web|title=Integrated Development In Woodlands, "Kampung Admiralty", Takes Off With Groundbreaking Ceremony|url=http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/PressReleases/60131D3FCAAB7CAB48257CC50010762F|publisher=Housing & Development Board|access-date=19 August 2014}} The community centre for the neighbourhood, named "ACE The Place Community Club", is located at 120 Woodlands Avenue 1 near Woodlands South MRT station. It was officially opened on 2 March that year, replacing a void deck space at Block 547, Woodlands Drive 16 which had been in use since 2003.{{Cite web|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/admiraltys-new-cc-makes-splash|title=Admiralty's new CC makes a splash|date=5 March 2014|website=AsiaOne|access-date=2016-04-24|archive-date=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611073839/http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/admiraltys-new-cc-makes-splash|url-status=dead}}
Etymology
This name "Admiralty" reflects the area's association with the large British Naval Base (in the Sembawang area) that was established between 1923 and 1941. Given that the residence of the Rear Admiral of the British Navy was located in this area, the road name probably reflects the Naval High Command. When the British began the construction of the Naval Base they laid out and developed Admiralty Road in 1923 which ran through the Naval Base area. The base was the key British installation in the region and was projected as the Asian bastion of the British Empire between the world wars.{{Cite book|title = Singapore Street Names: A Study of Typonymics|publisher = Victor R. Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh|year = 2013|isbn = 978 981 4484 74 9|location = Singapore}}
Transportation
Admiralty is connected to Sembawang and Yishun via Gambas Avenue, the Woodlands and Senoko Industrial Parks via Woodlands Avenue 10, Central Woodlands via Woodlands Avenue 7, Marsiling via Woodlands Avenue 3 and Woodlands Square, and the Central Expressway via Woodlands Avenue 12.
The district is also served by Admiralty station on the North-South Line.
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