Newton Circus

The location used to be the second station for the first railway track in Singapore which had its first station in Tank Road. The Newton Circus is famed for its hawker centre which is popular amongst tourists. The Newton Hawker Centre began as temporary hawker centre built to house hawkers relocated from Koek Road. Its site is earmarked for residential development. Newton Circus grew into a major street intersection with many roads converging towards it, which creates regular traffic problems. It links Bukit Timah, Scotts Road, Clemenceau Avenue, Newton Road, Keng Lee Road and Kampong Java Road. Newton Circus is also an MRT train station.

It is named after Howard Newton, second municipal engineer and a famous amateur singer. Newton had been assistant to James MacRitchie during the 1860s.



Author
Vernon Cornelius



References 
Samuel, D. S. (1939). Malayan street names: What they mean and whom they commemorate. Ipoh: Mercantile Press.
(Call no.: RSING 959.5 RAJ)

Tyers, R. K. (1993). Ray Tyers' Singapore: Then and now. Singapore: Landmark Books.
(Call no.: RSING 959.57 TYE)

Urban Redevelopment Authority. (1994). Newton planning area: Planning report 1994. Singapore: Urban Redevelopment Authority
(Call no.: RSING 711.4095957 SIN) 

Newton hawkers to go only when needed (1998, August 8). The Straits Times, Forum, p. 57.


Further Readings
Newton Circus is worth preserving (1998, July 29). The Straits Times.

Newton hawkers to go only when land needed (1998, August 10). The Straits Times.

Regulars sorry Newton stalls' days are numbered: At Buffalo Rd. (1997, July 6). The Straits Times.

Preserve popular Newton Circus, please. (1997, January 3). The Straits Times.

Subject
Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
Street names--Singapore
Peddlers and peddling--Singapore
Arts>>Architecture>>Public and commercial buildings
Cookery>>Food

Librarian Recommendations
>> Kampong Java Road


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