South West Community Development Council
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File:South West CDC map 2015.svg
The South West Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes. They are funded in part by the government although they are free to engage in fund-raising activities.
The South West Community Development Council (CDC) was formed on 24 November 2001. Spanning the south-western region of Singapore, covering a third of its land area. The District has about 220,000 households with over 750,000 residents. The District has a characteristically high concentration of industrial estates, including the Jurong Islands and Tuas area.
Constituencies
As of May 2025, the South West district covers:
=Single Member Constituency (SMC)=
=Group Representation Constituency (GRC)=
- Chua Chu Kang GRC
- Brickland
- Tengah
- Chua Chu Kang
- Keat Hong
- Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC
- Bukit Batok East
- Bukit Batok
- Yuhua
- Clementi
- Hong Kah North
- West Coast-Jurong West GRC
- Ayer Rajah
- Boon Lay-West Coast
- Nanyang
- Jurong Spring-Gek Poh
- Taman Jurong
Mayors
The incumbent Mayor of South West District is MP for Chua Chu Kang GRC Low Yen Ling from the People's Action Party since 2014.
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# | Name | Start of term | End of term | Political Party |
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1 | Yu-Foo Yee Shoon | November 2001 | August 2004 | rowspan="3'|People's Action Party |
2 | Amy Khor | 12 August 2004 | 26 May 2014 | |
3 | Low Yen Ling{{Cite web|title=Many Singaporeans feel CDC mayor salaries are 'outrageous': Pritam Singh|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singaporeans-cdc-mayor-salaries-outrageous-pritam-singh-062435406.html|access-date=2021-08-10|website=sg.news.yahoo.com|language=en-SG}} | 27 May 2014 | Incumbent |
References
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External links
- [https://www.cdc.gov.sg/southwest/ South West Community Development Council]
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