We are a team of Toa Payoh enthusiasts, here to share with some hidden gems in toa payoh! 

 

Here's some history behind this beautiful town in Singapore. Toa Payoh, in the Hokkien dialect, translates as "big swamp" (with "Toa" meaning "big" and "Payoh" meaning "swamp"). The name references the large swampy area that the town used to be.

The clearance works for the development of the town was delayed by 2 years, due to the initial resistance from squatters living in the area. In 1962, however, the squatters began moving out of the site. It was then prepared in 1964, in time for HDB's second five-year building programme in 1965.