AMK Hub to be completed early next year
27 October 2006 1540 hrs (SST) 0740 hrs (GMT)
SINGAPORE: AMK Hub, a seven-storey retail mall at Ang Mo Kio
Central, will be ready early next year, complete with an
air-conditioned bus interchange and an underground pass to the
nearby MRT station.
Labour chief Lim Boon Heng was at the topping out ceremony, which
is to symbolically give the finishing touches to a building.
The new hub will house NTUC's various cooperatives like supermarket
chain NTUC Fairprice, its insurance arm NTUC Income, its childcare
cooperative, and its recreational NTUC Club - all under one
roof.
The fourth floor is expected to be transformed into an integrated
entertainment centre, with an eight-screen cineplex.
Some 800,000 residents live around the area in Ang Mo Kio, Bishan,
Hougang, Serangoon and Toa Payoh.
The new mall is expected to add vibrancy to the town centre and the
businesses there.
It is estimated to have cost more than $300 million to develop. -
CNA/so
