Punggol and Sengkang were also like that 25 years ago. Yes, there's a height limit for the buildings in Jurong, Choa Chu Kang and Tengah as the Tengah Airbase is nearby.
@@larrydestiny2184 Why is Punggol bad? I don't live there but I go there frequently. Every neighbourhood cluster have their mini mart / kopitiam / clinic as is with most newly constructed HDB clusters. Are you basing your experience from 20 yrs ago? Please don't anyhow say things with nothing to back it up.
Like he said, it will be great to see it develop if you live there. You'll have a lot of great anecdotes in a few years when everything is built out and more people move in.
Every newly build estate always got these few typical problems. senkang, tampines , all those -vale areas all used to have these problems. They need to endure at least 10 years.
The poor cellular network is real, especially in the carparks. Lack of public transport Is even more real. I go there for piano class weekly given by my relative and the only way is riding my mom’s car there, there’s bus options but takes very long and it is very difficult to navigate. The roads there are also very bumpy, full of potholes. Avoid the left most lane at Bukit Batok road towards Tengah, or you will hit many potholes and ruin your cars suspension.
I was staying in Punggol before Waterway Point has opened, and oh boy it has way lesser amenities than what you see in Tengah now :D Punggol Plaza (Punggol's version of Tengah's Plantation Plaza) also didn't have an NTUC for about half a year, and we had to go to Sengkang or take the free bus shuttle to Giant Pasir Ris for groceries haha!
To effectively test the coverage of cellular network, one would have to test the coverage of all four telcos, i.e. Singtel, Starhub, M1 and Simba, and at various spots. Testing clarity of one phone call at one spot is definitely not an accurate reflection of the actual situation. Connection would definitely be better around the neighbourhood centre, given how the telcos would probably install more base stations around the neighbourhood centre, which may not be the case for the rest of the town, which is far from fully developed.
Amenities typically refers to general services such as clinics, barber/hairdressers, laundry, post office, atms, etc. New towns typically lack these facilities in the first few years.
Personally I think it was already so much better compared to those new town back in the past and also Tengah is pretty big. When I moved into Bishan back in the 80's when I was a kid and only 3 blocks were completed and there were nothing else and not even the Junction 8 but eventually came like what it is like now.
typing this from my hdb flat in tengah. i'm loving every moment rn. in a few years time, it's gonna be crowded af and will be the same as any other estate. anyways good content!
Sengkang was also like that in 1997 when I moved in. Nearest shopping mall, Hougang Mall. No Compass One, Rivervale Mall or Plaza whatsoever. Need to walk until Punggol Park then have hawker centre. New neighbourhood is like that, not surprising for Tengah to end up like that.
i live in an old estate near tengah. its still very new and mostly under construction. im sure things will work out as the time goes. excited to explore the new place once its done :)
Great coverage and exciting times ahead for the new estate. Just want to point out it's pronounced as Te-ngah, te as in [te]ars and ngah is ng+ah haha! It's a Malay word for middle.
No it's not Te as in Te(ars) it's Te as in Te(rm). I study Malay morphology, not English, so maybe Tears and Term is pronounced the same. And its (ng) (nasal) and ah( as in Ahhhhhhh taste good)
Tengah for me my time used to be ulu and more of a military training area which is massive. Also are farms in abundance here too. Now times gave changed and now transforming into a big moden town soon and believe me it will be packed in no time
Nah ,the young gen.is spoilt This estate is thriving.Good air quality better than over crowding ,Yishun , Some used to live matured estate ?? Its a matter of shifting environment. Once fully settle an fully operated biz ,it will be awesome vibes!
Years back pasir ris, tampines and bedok do faces similar situation..anything new or work in progress has its downside..BUT stay positive as good times will come as we look towards the end product of this new development😊
Hi ghib, just to note as a sengkang resident, I only moved in at 2018 and i can approve myself that mostlt tengah includ. sengkang and punggol all look like this, even with the LRT stations, it still looks empty,never been to sengkang in the 2000s but ya its damn empty, very ulu
I remember back in the day when Punggol was like that too. Early 2000s, used to go there to visit my ex-gf. Really wild west last time, her dad do DIY bbq at the hdb stairs 😂
Singaporeans just ❤ to complain. Since it’s a new town, don’t expect to have everything overnight. Compare with Hong Kong and other countries, we are already not bad.
Not gonna Lie, Tengah Interchange Reminds me of Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange. I feel it will become more useful in the Future. I am planning to look around there at some point as well so thanks for a lil Sneek Peak!
I think it should be a lot better now compared to last year. You should see all the news reports about it last year. Lack of buses, lack of amenities , and as usual telco connection is really bad there for new town, even vending machine contactless payment cant work there.
I used to live in this tengah area when it was still a huge kampong, with rivers, swamps and of course our own chicken farm and fruit trees. Government took over this area in the 90s and we had to move out.
Singaporeans are too spoilt. New estate needs time to build. When I first moved to Northshore in Punggol there is not much things too. But now it has everything
For new town, initially, the residents will have to suffer for a few years due to lack of amenities and facilities. That is normal. Anyway renovation will take easily 3-6 mths to complete. Businesses will suffer if they open too early.
Residents who had just moved in to Tengah, or any other new estate for that matter, should expect that things won’t be ready and up and running. It’s going to take 5 to 10 years before everything runs smoothly.
TBH, People complain too much nowadays, want this want that... When I first moved to SK when I was a kid, it was worse, nearest Mall is Hougang Mall, Nearest Market is at Hougang also, Nearest Food also Hougang, only 2 bus which take forever to come, 82 (which use to travel from Punggol to Shenton Way) & 502 (Sengkang to Jurong West) and comes in interval of 15 mins.
If people think this is bad, they should ask about Ang Mo Kio in the 70's. Bishan was still a cemetery! I should know; I lived there. Tengah estate is near to Bt Batok West with plenty of amenities so it isn't really that ulu. All brand new towns start out almost the same way.
Other new ones are Bidadari/Woodleigh and I guess Tampines North. Though those two might not be as completed and are close by other much more developed neighbourhoods.
Hi Ghib,, Tengah means in the middle in indonesian language,, wah what a place,, seems like its not singapore,, i havent even visit sengkang or woodland,, 🤣🤣,, wah even meet fans at Tengah,, Ghib Yumei jin da ne,, 😅,, btw its fun exploring places ,, till d next vlog Ghib,, Huat Ah,, 👍🍺😬
Its the same for every new estate. It will take a few years to get all the amenities & shops up & lively. Gotta wait for a few years & i bet the bus interchange gonna be very crowded😬
It's funny because tengah itself means Center. But it's located on the outskirts and the town center will be called tengah town center, which essentially means center town center. 😂
You see how long it took for Punggol to have Waterway Point. Besides the points you've mentioned, the location of Tengah is less than ideal I feel. Pretty sure after the 5-yr MOP, you will see many Tengah flats up for re-sale in the market 😆
Your video reminds me a lot of the time when we first shifted to Jurong West in the 80s. Back then the town was still being built, and there was only one feeder bus (334) from Jurong East Interchange to Jurong West. The hawker center wasnt even ready yet, so whenever we wanted to eat out, we would have to eat in Jurong East. As the years passed, we saw the other amenities coming in, including the establishment of schools and even the Boon Lay and Lakefront MRTs :) Thank you for this video and the memories, and oh, "'Tengah" is pronounced as ""Teang-Ngah", which is a Malay word for "center" or "'middle"
Maybe you covered it in one of your earlier videos, but you have an iPhone, but are not using Apple Pay? Everything in Singapore can be paid for by just holding your phone near any of the payment readers, including all transit.
Did you hear any military aircraft from the airbase? Is it as bad as the boonlay/pioneer area, where the aircrafts usually flies in low as they approaches the runway to land? The noise pollution will probably get worse due to the closure of paya lebar airbase.
I still don't know how to pronounce Tengah. Is the g supposed to be silent or sounded? To be fair I think this place needs time to develop fully. 10 years maybe.
The new residents there have to be more patience and understanding needs to wait for at least 1 or 2 and more years for it increase the facilities there just like in the past in Punggol area there before, but they can still travel around near the neighborhoods in Bukit Batok and Jurong West/East/CCK area. I believe when it is fully well developed these places will be better than in CCK and Yew Tee because they can still have better chance to reach ET/WT Mrt line between Jurong East and Boon Lay train stations. Public buses are at present connected to Jurong East and Bukit Batok Interchange to give them better choice to reach.
Rumour - Tengah residents use a lot of Tenga as they have no public transport or Grab to Geylang 😂 Btw how come you did not interview the residents on their state of the art water cooled air conditioning which is a disaster for HDB?
This is the only foreigner that i know has more knowledge about the places in Singapore than most locals
It's literally his job. So obviously he knows more lah
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Punggol and Sengkang were also like that 25 years ago. Yes, there's a height limit for the buildings in Jurong, Choa Chu Kang and Tengah as the Tengah Airbase is nearby.
@@user-um8wi5ym4y when I was training at T then. Punggol and sengkang not even concepted yet
I think Punggol is still quite bad today
People nowadays demanding la
@@larrydestiny2184 Why is Punggol bad? I don't live there but I go there frequently. Every neighbourhood cluster have their mini mart / kopitiam / clinic as is with most newly constructed HDB clusters. Are you basing your experience from 20 yrs ago? Please don't anyhow say things with nothing to back it up.
@@Vachalenchill out mate. He’s entitled to his own opinion
Being a new town, this is expected. In this case, its first movers disadvantage. Am pretty sure it will look entirely different in 2 to 3 years time.
Like he said, it will be great to see it develop if you live there. You'll have a lot of great anecdotes in a few years when everything is built out and more people move in.
Every newly build estate always got these few typical problems. senkang, tampines , all those -vale areas all used to have these problems. They need to endure at least 10 years.
When you speak the word "Tengah". I get confuse with another word "Tenga" and we all know very well what it is.
Yeah, another KY as in L-KY.
LOL yea. it's Teng-ah.
OMG. Hopefully Japanese guys or even women don't get put off as they sound alike. ..might hit the bad impression or vice versa .so coincidence LOL
Tengah means centre in Malay
Oh no, I'm sure he knows what it is too
The poor cellular network is real, especially in the carparks. Lack of public transport Is even more real. I go there for piano class weekly given by my relative and the only way is riding my mom’s car there, there’s bus options but takes very long and it is very difficult to navigate. The roads there are also very bumpy, full of potholes. Avoid the left most lane at Bukit Batok road towards Tengah, or you will hit many potholes and ruin your cars suspension.
I was staying in Punggol before Waterway Point has opened, and oh boy it has way lesser amenities than what you see in Tengah now :D Punggol Plaza (Punggol's version of Tengah's Plantation Plaza) also didn't have an NTUC for about half a year, and we had to go to Sengkang or take the free bus shuttle to Giant Pasir Ris for groceries haha!
It’s a new town, long time ago Punggol like this, long time ago Clementi like this, long time ago, Tampines like that.
wow Tengah looks amazing!! better than the others you visited so far. thks for sharing.
Have to admit, I do like the way Ghib pronounces “Tengah” ☺️
To effectively test the coverage of cellular network, one would have to test the coverage of all four telcos, i.e. Singtel, Starhub, M1 and Simba, and at various spots. Testing clarity of one phone call at one spot is definitely not an accurate reflection of the actual situation. Connection would definitely be better around the neighbourhood centre, given how the telcos would probably install more base stations around the neighbourhood centre, which may not be the case for the rest of the town, which is far from fully developed.
Tengah’s residents were very friendly towards you 👍👏😃🇸🇬
Amenities typically refers to general services such as clinics, barber/hairdressers, laundry, post office, atms, etc. New towns typically lack these facilities in the first few years.
Welcome Back. So nice place
🌷💙🤍
I like your content Ghib! Keep it up!
Personally I think it was already so much better compared to those new town back in the past and also Tengah is pretty big. When I moved into Bishan back in the 80's when I was a kid and only 3 blocks were completed and there were nothing else and not even the Junction 8 but eventually came like what it is like now.
typing this from my hdb flat in tengah. i'm loving every moment rn. in a few years time, it's gonna be crowded af and will be the same as any other estate. anyways good content!
Sengkang was also like that in 1997 when I moved in. Nearest shopping mall, Hougang Mall. No Compass One, Rivervale Mall or Plaza whatsoever. Need to walk until Punggol Park then have hawker centre. New neighbourhood is like that, not surprising for Tengah to end up like that.
Wah Jake got a really cool setup! :)
i live in an old estate near tengah. its still very new and mostly under construction. im sure things will work out as the time goes. excited to explore the new place once its done :)
Great coverage and exciting times ahead for the new estate. Just want to point out it's pronounced as Te-ngah, te as in [te]ars and ngah is ng+ah haha! It's a Malay word for middle.
No it's not Te as in Te(ars) it's Te as in Te(rm).
I study Malay morphology, not English, so maybe Tears and Term is pronounced the same.
And its (ng) (nasal) and ah( as in Ahhhhhhh taste good)
EVERYTHING TAKE TIME, I BELIEVE IN 5-10 YEARS TIME IT GONNA BE LOOKING GOOD.👍👍🇸🇬
by then LHL wont be here anymore to witness the transformation.
RIP
Tengah for me my time used to be ulu and more of a military training area which is massive. Also are farms in abundance here too. Now times gave changed and now transforming into a big moden town soon and believe me it will be packed in no time
This is where I live during my childhood days. Huge kampong.
At 10:20 you can see the ceiling of the flat. The uneven patches reflects on the workmanship of the pre-fab apartments in Tengah.
Oh goodness you're right
A lot of new BTOS have problems in the quality for the construction…is getting bad to worst and HDB is not doing anything
I'm guessing because nowadays a lot of people will do renovation anyway. Either way, it's still not an excuse for the bad quality.
Nah ,the young gen.is spoilt This estate is thriving.Good air quality better than over crowding ,Yishun , Some used to live matured estate ?? Its a matter of shifting environment. Once fully settle an fully operated biz ,it will be awesome vibes!
You know it is bad when a (local urban) Singaporean tells you it is like moving into the mountains. 😂
The grab driver really unprofessional, if the driver can't make it, the driver should cancel the ride and not the customer.
Ghib is really good at this.
Years back pasir ris, tampines and bedok do faces similar situation..anything new or work in progress has its downside..BUT stay positive as good times will come as we look towards the end product of this new development😊
Tengah is only 1 years old only with what we currently have consider quite good also already
It’s improving along the way
Te - like TErrific
Ngah - like Ngoh Hiang but with 'A'
Tengah = Middle, in Malay language
Tengah was named after a Chinese guy, it's just a coincidence that it's also a Malay word :)
You can find maps indicating Tengah as Teng Chu Kang
Tengah, I thought it is te ka😂
I love how familiar you are to the locals
Hi ghib, just to note as a sengkang resident, I only moved in at 2018 and i can approve myself that mostlt tengah includ. sengkang and punggol all look like this, even with the LRT stations, it still looks empty,never been to sengkang in the 2000s but ya its damn empty, very ulu
I remember back in the day when Punggol was like that too. Early 2000s, used to go there to visit my ex-gf. Really wild west last time, her dad do DIY bbq at the hdb stairs 😂
Love your videos so much ❤
Singaporeans just ❤ to complain. Since it’s a new town, don’t expect to have everything overnight. Compare with Hong Kong and other countries, we are already not bad.
Great content. Tks.
as usual ..the humour! That look on your face at the slide! Haha
No lack of transportation They are lazy to walk main road.Many buses available
Not gonna Lie, Tengah Interchange Reminds me of Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange. I feel it will become more useful in the Future. I am planning to look around there at some point as well so thanks for a lil Sneek Peak!
It's so rare to find a peaceful and private living space in SG.
thanks for reviewing tengah -future resident
I think it should be a lot better now compared to last year. You should see all the news reports about it last year. Lack of buses, lack of amenities , and as usual telco connection is really bad there for new town, even vending machine contactless payment cant work there.
I used to live in this tengah area when it was still a huge kampong, with rivers, swamps and of course our own chicken farm and fruit trees. Government took over this area in the 90s and we had to move out.
Singaporeans are too spoilt. New estate needs time to build. When I first moved to Northshore in Punggol there is not much things too. But now it has everything
Good information, will try visit it.
For new town, initially, the residents will have to suffer for a few years due to lack of amenities and facilities. That is normal. Anyway renovation will take easily 3-6 mths to complete. Businesses will suffer if they open too early.
Bishan town estates were built on a cemetary. Look at its price now.
Gosh.. No people, everywhere seems empty and only one on the bus. I would LOVE to live there😂
Residents who had just moved in to Tengah, or any other new estate for that matter, should expect that things won’t be ready and up and running. It’s going to take 5 to 10 years before everything runs smoothly.
KFC just opened there this week and they are having special offer 5pc fried chicken for $9.95 for this week.
KFC and pizza hut opened in end august.
Food options are definitely minimal but it’s no surprise as it is a brand new estate.same thing happened to Punggol and Sengkang when they were made
Around 10:14... What the hell is going on with that ceiling??? It is a new flat no?
TBH, People complain too much nowadays, want this want that... When I first moved to SK when I was a kid, it was worse, nearest Mall is Hougang Mall, Nearest Market is at Hougang also, Nearest Food also Hougang, only 2 bus which take forever to come, 82 (which use to travel from Punggol to Shenton Way) & 502 (Sengkang to Jurong West) and comes in interval of 15 mins.
There's apparently alot more to current state Tengah. Come visit again! I'm more than happy to share and show you around!
If people think this is bad, they should ask about Ang Mo Kio in the 70's. Bishan was still a cemetery! I should know; I lived there. Tengah estate is near to Bt Batok West with plenty of amenities so it isn't really that ulu. All brand new towns start out almost the same way.
just give it a few more years and with the opening of the JRL...it will be very vibrant...
It off to a good start!!! 😅
ghib should have gotten sponsorship from tenga
Getting better is the key to ironing out problems.
Other new ones are Bidadari/Woodleigh and I guess Tampines North. Though those two might not be as completed and are close by other much more developed neighbourhoods.
cannot undo hearing TENGA
I think there will be more food court and hawkers once all the units are occupied, currently it is only 55% occupied
Maybe you should also talk about the noise produced by Air force . The zone when the plane starts to descent is located above Tengah area.
In my parents moved to AMK in 1978. It is the same. I and my mom went BLK 338 for marketing but after 3 years there are Hawker centre and shops.
You should do a eastern Singapore tour. Pasir Ris Beach. There are landed properties, condos, HDBs.
Hi Ghib,, Tengah means in the middle in indonesian language,, wah what a place,, seems like its not singapore,, i havent even visit sengkang or woodland,, 🤣🤣,, wah even meet fans at Tengah,, Ghib Yumei jin da ne,, 😅,, btw its fun exploring places ,, till d next vlog Ghib,, Huat Ah,, 👍🍺😬
There is Daiso there. Quite big. There’s also another restaurant below Koufu. It sells fish soup too.
omg.. i recently just went tengah and explore the place too... too bad didn't see u ghib...
WISE is 👍👍👍👍👍
❤ it
Its the same for every new estate. It will take a few years to get all the amenities & shops up & lively. Gotta wait for a few years & i bet the bus interchange gonna be very crowded😬
The way you properly pronounced “Tengah” is “Tng” and “ngah”🤓 when you said “Teng GAH” somehow reminds me of Tengu🤣
It’s just matter of time. Even when Punggol started also like that. Now Punggol is damn goood❤
2-3 years is way too optimistic, Punggol took way longer than that and it was much nearer to developed towns and amenities. 5 years is more like it.
It's funny because tengah itself means Center. But it's located on the outskirts and the town center will be called tengah town center, which essentially means center town center. 😂
You see how long it took for Punggol to have Waterway Point. Besides the points you've mentioned, the location of Tengah is less than ideal I feel. Pretty sure after the 5-yr MOP, you will see many Tengah flats up for re-sale in the market 😆
Nice video
Your video reminds me a lot of the time when we first shifted to Jurong West in the 80s. Back then the town was still being built, and there was only one feeder bus (334) from Jurong East Interchange to Jurong West. The hawker center wasnt even ready yet, so whenever we wanted to eat out, we would have to eat in Jurong East. As the years passed, we saw the other amenities coming in, including the establishment of schools and even the Boon Lay and Lakefront MRTs :)
Thank you for this video and the memories, and oh, "'Tengah" is pronounced as ""Teang-Ngah", which is a Malay word for "center" or "'middle"
I’m going to pronounce Tengah like you from now on 😂
This is exactly how it was like living in Sengkang 25 years ago
待って！地名が「TENGA」？ Wait! The name of the place is TENGA?!! 😂😂😂
Is that some legendary monster in Japan culture? The 1 that eat children? Oh wait thats Tengu 😅
haha it's "teng-ah" not "tenga" 😂
@@angieliu6261 tenga is a sex toy company LOLOL
@@angieliu6261i think is some sort of toy😮
@@RealMaxMura is actually “tengah” , with a H
Maybe you covered it in one of your earlier videos, but you have an iPhone, but are not using Apple Pay? Everything in Singapore can be paid for by just holding your phone near any of the payment readers, including all transit.
It’s Singapore, the services and the amenities will come true.
I was expecting you to review the centralized cooling system😅
Wait till the MRT is up and they can experience the JE MRT human jam.
4:09 its gonna be ready in 9 years time Ghib
2026
This is perfectly fine. 10 more years it will be sought after neighborhood
you didnt review the chilled water pipes. haha tengah people complain about the district cooling. with cooling towers and chillers at the roof
Did you hear any military aircraft from the airbase? Is it as bad as the boonlay/pioneer area, where the aircrafts usually flies in low as they approaches the runway to land? The noise pollution will probably get worse due to the closure of paya lebar airbase.
10 years later it will worth a lot when everything is up. So hang in there. 😅
People who “don’t like “ Tengah, don’t even know where Tengah is🤓
I still don't know how to pronounce Tengah. Is the g supposed to be silent or sounded? To be fair I think this place needs time to develop fully. 10 years maybe.
I love the new singapore neighbourhood "Tenga" .
The new residents there have to be more patience and understanding needs to wait for at least 1 or 2 and more years for it increase the facilities there just like in the past in Punggol area there before, but they can still travel around near the neighborhoods in Bukit Batok and Jurong West/East/CCK area. I believe when it is fully well developed these places will be better than in CCK and Yew Tee because they can still have better chance to reach ET/WT Mrt line between Jurong East and Boon Lay train stations. Public buses are at present connected to Jurong East and Bukit Batok Interchange to give them better choice to reach.
u somehow survived 🤯🤯🤯
Price of the property adjusts with the amenities available around.
My cousin stayed in Tengah. I could get a grab when i visited him and get back home but the driver did have issues with GPS
Rumour - Tengah residents use a lot of Tenga as they have no public transport or Grab to Geylang 😂
Btw how come you did not interview the residents on their state of the art water cooled air conditioning which is a disaster for HDB?
maybe he tryna avoid SP(SG power) or daikin potentially finding trouble with him
That "wah lao" at 8:40 😆
WAIT, Slurpee machine at 7-11?! my area of 7-11 doesn't have this anymore
@@briancheong3319 😳 i thought all 7-11 have slurpee machine