Concern, frustration as Covid-19 clusters disrupt life around Toa Payoh
SINGAPORE - The crowds are gone in Toa Payoh, which is feeling the impact of several Covid-19 clusters emerging across the neighbourhood over the past few weeks. The Ministry of Health has identified various locations as virus clusters, the most recent being the Singapore Pools outlet at Block 111, Toa Payoh Lorong 1 and the bus interchange in Toa Payoh Central, currently the biggest of the clusters with 183 cases. The other clusters are the market and hawker centre at Block 210 Toa Payoh Lorong 8, the wholesale night vegetable market in Toa Payoh East Lorong 7, religious school Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah in Toa Payoh North, and Orient Goldsmiths and Jewellers in Toa Payoh Central. The usually busy hawker centre along Toa Payoh Lorong 8 was mostly empty when The Straits Times visited on Monday afternoon. Less than a quarter of the 80 stores were in operation with many hawkers having opted against opening on the first day since the premises had been closed for cleaning for three days. The cleaning, initially scheduled for Friday (Sept 24) was brought forward to last Sunday after Covid-19 cases were detected among stallholders and workers there. A total of 41 cases linked to t...
Tesla to open service centre in Toa Payoh, appoints ‘geek’ as country manager
SINGAPORE - Tesla Singapore will operate out of a Toa Payoh facility formerly occupied by Tan Chong Motor's Nissan dealership. The American electric-car maker was not available for comment, but The Straits Times understands the company is likely to have its car servicing centre at 17 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh slated to open in July. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month Latest headlines and exclusive stories In-depth analyses and award-winning multimedia content Get access to all with our no-contract promotional package at only $0.99/month for the first 3 months* Subscribe now *Terms and conditions apply.
New dialysis centre at Toa Payoh West CC; NKF steps up community outreach
SINGAPORE - Residents in Toa Payoh West requiring kidney dialysis will now be able to conveniently go for treatment closer to their homes. The new Seck Hong Choon-National Kidney Foundation (NKF) dialysis centre, located on the third storey of Toa Payoh West Community Club (CC), was officially opened by Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Transport Chee Hong Tat on Sunday (March 28). It is the first NKF dialysis centre to be located in a community club and is a collaboration between NKF, Toa Payoh West CC and Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, which donated $1.4 million to the project to cover renovation and equipment costs. There are now 39 NKF dialysis centres islandwide, mostly located at Housing Board (HDB) void decks. NKF chairman Arthur Lang said the new centre at Toa Payoh West, with 20 dialysis stations, can serve up to 120 patients. Mr Lang said: "With our ageing population and increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, it is important that Singaporeans continue to have access to affordable and sustainable healthcare in the community." Mr Azman Hamzah, 60, an NKF haemodialysis patient at the new Toa Payoh West dialysis centre, said that the location is ver...