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Do you live in Toa Payoh?

yes (12)

no

What is your age group?

13-20 (8)

-21-40 (3)

41-60

61-80 (1)

Above 80

How long have you lived in your neighbourhood?

less than 1 year (1)

1-3 years (1)

4-5 years (1)

6-10 years (2)

Above 10 years (7)

Rank the top 3 places you frequent in your neighbourhood

Wet market (3)

Neighbourhood shops (6)

Coffee shop (9)

Playground (4)

Park (3)

Community centre

Residents corner (2)

Will you still frequent these places if you move out of Toa Payoh?

yes (9)

no(3)

How would you describe your neighbourhood to foreigners?

Convenient, peaceful, food quite good, quiet, beautful, boring, nice, friendly

On a scale of 1-10, rate how you feel about the changes to Toa Payoh in the lat 10 years.

2 (2)

3 (1)

5 (4)

7 (4)

8 (1)

If you had a chance to move out of Toa Payoh, will you do it?

yes (7)

no (5)

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1) Where are the places that are special to its residents in the neighbourhood?
The places were coffee shop and playgrounds.

2) What type of places are they?
These places are relaxing and peaceful

3) How did the residents describe these places? What adjectives were used?
The residents said that these places were really meaningfuland they grew up in these places. The adjectives that were used was "beautiful", "peaceful", "special", "memorable" and more.

4) What were the resident's stories/memories about these places?
Some said that the coffee shops was where they always hang out with their friends. They said the coffee shops was where they had alot of laughters. Some also said that the dragon playground was were they always go when they were little. The playground was one of the good memory they had as a child.

5) How was the development over time affected the resident's sense of familiarity and attachment?
All the residents have said that the upgrade of Toa Payoh through the years have made Toa Payoh a better place.

6) What are the resident's reasons why these places are special? Are the reasons more functional, emotional or historical?
Historical. The interviewees said that they grew up and have seen Toa Payoh matured. They also said about their childhood in Toa Payoh.

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Our group chose simple random sampling method. This is because we wanted to have experience on interviewing strangers. We did not want to interview strangers based on how they look or dress. We planned to step out of our comfort zone and try to interview strangers of all ages.

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Toa Payoh, in the Hokkien dialect, translates as "big 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.

Evolving Through The Years
Toa Payoh has played host to many significant events, such as the visits by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972, and again in 2006. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao also visited the town in 2007. It also hosted the South East Asian Peninsular (SEAP) Games in 1973.

Notable Places

Toa Payoh Stadium is frequented by residents of the area, being the major sports facility in the town. Toa Payoh Sports Hall and Toa Payoh Swimming Complex are all located right beside the stadium, making the place a one-stop location for different sports.

Besides being our headquarters, HDB Hub is also a convenient shopping and dining place for the town’s residents. The many neighbourhood shops in Toa Payoh Central also make the place a bustling environment.

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As one of Singapore's oldest housing estates, Toa Payoh was the first to benefit from the Estate Renewal Strategy - an integrated and systematic approach to rejuvenate older HDB towns, making them more comparable with newer estates. The estate renewal efforts revitalised Toa Payoh, and the pioneer HDB town is a vibrant place today, and home to the HDB Hub, HDB's headquarters.

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1) What were the strength and challenges experienced by the group?

Strength: My teammates and i separated into two pairs to find interviewees faster. Our aim was to find many people as possible with the time that had been set for us. We also did not had any argument when we were doing the research

Challenges: When we were separated, it was hard to stay in contact with each other as were to busy to find interviewees.

2) How did everyone work together?

Cherrie: I did my part and helped Syaqirah questioned the strangers in chinese when they told me they don't speak english.

Amarpal: When we got rejected by the strangers, i motivated my teammates not to give up.

Clive: I helped write down answers on the paper when Amarpal struggled to write down on the paper while he is talking to the interviewees.

Syaqirah: I tried my best to make the group work together and avoid having any fights in the group.

3) How were issues resolved?
There were no misunderstanding or fights in the group and even if there is, we will try and listen to each other opinions without bringing them down.