- Ayer Rajah
"Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency" & "Ayer Rajah SMC" redirects here.SG neighbourhood
englishname=Ayer Rajah
chinesename=亚逸拉惹
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pinyin=Yàyì Lārě
malayname=Ayer Rajah
tamilname=Ayer Rajah is an area located in the Queenstown Planning Area in the South-West part of
Singapore . It comprises anindustrial estate that houses several high-tech corporations and factories. The headquarters ofStarHub Cable Vision is located in Ayer Rajah, together with itscable television andinternet divisions. The area also houses several flatted factories, theFusionopolis , abus park , and theAyer Rajah Camp atPortsdown Road . INSEAD Asia campus and the One North MRT station are new additions to the area. TheAyer Rajah Expressway passes through the industrial estate and took the name from the area.Etymology
In Malay, Ayer Rajah literally means the "raja's water" or the "king's water".
Politics
The area of Ayer Rajah is located within the
Telok Blangah division ofWest Coast Group Representation Constituency cite web| url=http://www.wctc.org.sg/MTPS.html |title =MPs of West Coast GRC |publisher = West Coast Town Council] and theMember of Parliament being Minister for Trade and IndustryLim Hng Kiang since1997 , it was never located in the now defunctAyer Rajah Single Member Constituency during its existence from1980 to2006 .Instead, the SMC consisted of the area of
Pandan Gardens ,Teban Gardens and West Coast housing estates as well as a portion of the Pandan Loopindustrial estate . Since 2006, the Ayer Rajah SMC ward has been absorbed into the West Coast Group Representation Constituency, and the Ayer Rajah division called West Coast-Ayer Rajah with its MP beingS Iswaran .West Coast Group Representation Constituency (GRC)Members of Parliament
*Mr
Lim Hng Kiang (Telok Blangah) - Minister for Trade and Industry
*MrS Iswaran (Ayer Rajah - West Coast) Minister of State for Trade & Industry
*MrCedric Foo Chee Keng (Pioneer)
*MadamHo Geok Choo (Boon Lay)
*MrArthur Fong (Clementi)References
*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), "Toponymics - A Study of Singapore's Street Names", Eastern University Press, ISBN 981-210-364-3
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