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Tan Kah Kee MRT Station is a MRT station in Singapore. It is the first station to be named after a person. It is named after Tan Kah Kee, a Chinese businessman, community leader and philanthropist. It is within walking distance of Hwa Chong Institution, Nanyang Girls' High School, Raffles Girls' Primary School, Methodist Girls' School, and National Junior College.

Prior to the opening of the station, this station was named Duchess, and all of the Hwa Chong students wished to name the station "Hwa Chong". Other Singaporeans also decided to name it Hillcrest, Watten, Namly or Coronation. In the end, it was renamed to Tan Kah Kee, in honour of the businessman and community leader who founded Hwa Chong Institution.

During the Downtown MRT Line Stage 2 open house on 5 December 2015, LTA was told that the Tamil translation of the station name was incorrect. The LTA apologized in the evening for the error.


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    Excavation works in Q4 2012

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    Construction site of the station as of March 2015

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    Concourse level of the station

  • DT8 Tan Kah Kee Exit A

    Exit A of this station, which is directly outside Hwa Chong Institution

  • DT8 Tan Kah Kee MRT Exit B linkbridge 20210118 131020

    A pedestrian overhead bridge linking to Exit B of the station

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