Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Potong Pasir Estate

Nowadays, is it scarcely possible to stay in a estate without problems? Let me prove it. People buying a house in an estate would want it to be a safe area, free of gang activities, fight that is so uncontrollable that it has to involve police interference or even foreign workers becoming drunk and giving problems. Every day would be like hell in that particular estate. Disturbance when trying to watch a movie, sleeping or even studying… Examples of this kind of an estate are Ang Suan; Redhill, Toa Payoh, Bukit Panjang(Downtown East)etc....One example of a safe and peaceful estate is Potong Pasir and that is what I am going  to write about.                                                                                                                                                                   Some people might think why am I writing about Potong Pasir? Or even ask what so big about Potong Pasir, it’s a small area and even controlled by th opposition party so what is so big about it? What I can say wether it is big or small what it contains is the most important. The advantages of Potong pasir are the transport facilities around it. Example, we have the bus systems and even the MRT system. First about the mrt system. It is the station in the purple MRT line aka The North South Mrt line. I also have to confess about something, to be frank I do not know where the buses go in the bus system in Potong Pasir. There is a Community centre in Potong Pasir too. Even if the community centre is not so big, it has a lot of facilities like basket ball courts and a street soccer court to use for recreational activities and there is a KFC too. Potong Pasir is like a food paradise, with so many variety of food in food courts and restaurants people who are living in Potong Pasir would never go hungry. Prices are also affordable. There is also a ABC shop where everything is cheap and efficient. A wet market is also in potong pasir to buy your poultry and seafood. POSB atm machine is also in Potong pasir to draw money and deposit cheques. There is also a school (St.Andrews Village) which consists of the primary, secondary school and a junior college. There is also a kindergarten behind the secondary school, which makes it a full education system. There is also a Indian temple which is used for indian religious activities. The disadvantages are that there are not much handicap facilities and the buildings look old and outdated. Overall I think that Potong Pasir is a living paradise. Those who are planning to change house might want to make Potong Pasir one of their choice of estate. By: N.Yohan Class: 3ST Index: (37)