Ang Mo Kio Town, Singapore

[Cecil Lee]

The name Ang Mo Kio has been used since the mid-1800s, with early 19th-century maps marking the area as Amokiah, from whch its name is derived.

But the meaning of Ang Mo Kio is unclear. In Hokkien, it can mean a foreigner's bridge or a tomato.

The town was also the firs to be designed in metres and centimetres instead of the imperial system of feet and yards.