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Bukit Panjang , formerly known as Zhenghua and often abbreviated as Bt Panjang , is a planning area and residential town located in the West Region of ___MASK44___ . A portion of this town is situated on a low - lying elongated hill . The planning area is bounded by Bukit Batok to the west , Choa Chu Kang to the northwest , Sungei Kadut to the north , the Central Water Catchment to the east and Bukit Timah to the south . Bukit Panjang New Town is located at the northern portion of the planning area . Bukit Panjang has an average elevation of 36m / 118 ft . Etymology . " Bukit " in the Malay Language means " hill " and " Panjang " means " long ". Bukit Panjang literally means " long hill " which gets its name from the long range of high hills which ends in Bukit Timah to the south . Bukit Batok ( ___MASK3___ :  , Tamil :                ), often abbreviated as Bt Batok , is a planning area and matured residential town straddling along the eastern boundary of the West Region of ___MASK44___ . Bukit Batok statistically ranks in as the 25th largest , the 12th most populous and the 11th most densely populated planning area in the Republic . It is bordered by six other planning areas - Choa Chu Kang to the north and northwest , Bukit Panjang to the northeast and east , Clementi to the south , Bukit Timah to the southeast , Jurong East to the southwest and Tengah to the west . The Institute of Technical Education ( Abbreviation : ITE ; ) is a public vocational education institution in ___MASK44___ that provides pre - employment training to secondary school leavers and continuing education and training to working adults . ITE offers apprenticeships for the skilled trades and diplomas in vocational education for skilled technicians and workers in support roles in professions such as engineering , accountancy , business administration , nursing , medicine , architecture , and law . Established by Ministry of Education , it was formerly known as Vocational and Industrial Training Board ( VITB ). ITE has three colleges that offer the National ITE Certificate ( NITEC ), Higher NITEC , Master NITEC and diploma programmes . The Kranji Expressway ( Abbreviation : KJE ) in ___MASK44___ connects from the BKE in Bukit Panjang and travels south - west to join with the PIE in Jurong West . Construction of the expressway started in 1990 and was completed in 1994 . The expressway is also the second shortest of all the expressways at about . Choa ___MASK55___ Kang ( Chinese :  , Tamil :          ), alternatively spelt as Chua ___MASK55___ Kang and often abbreviated as CCK , is a planning area and residential town located at the north - westernmost point of the West Region of ___MASK44___ . The town shares borders with Sungei Kadut to the north , Tengah to the southwest , Bukit Batok to the southeast , Bukit Panjang to the east and the Western Water Catchment to the west . Choa ___MASK55___ Kang New Town is separated into two portions by the Kranji Expressway . ___MASK44___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK44___ , and often referred to as the " Lion City " or the " Little Red Dot ", is a sovereign city - state in Southeast Asia , and the world ' s only island city - state . It lies one degree ( 137 km ) north of the equator , south of the southernmost tip of continental Asia and peninsular Malaysia , with Indonesia ' s Riau Islands to the south . ___MASK44___ ' s territory consists of a diamond - shaped main island along with 62 other islets . Since independence , extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23 % ( 130 km ), and its greening policy has covered the densely populated island with tropical flora , parks and gardens . Sungei Kadut is a planning area located in the North Region of ___MASK44___ . It is bounded by Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang to the south , Mandai to the east , as well as Lim Chu Kang and the Western Water Catchment to the west . Its northern boundary is defined by the Straits of Johor . ITE College West ( ITE CW ) ( Formerly known as ITE West Network ) is a division of the Institute of Technical Education . In 2010 , a single campus was built in the Choa ___MASK55___ Kang and replaced its five smaller network campuses as part of ITE ' s `` One ITE System , Three Colleges '' plan . The field of focus of College West is Precision Engineering , Automotive Technology and Chemical Process Technology . Originally the campuses are located at Dover , Balestier , Ang Mo Kio , Bukit Batok and Clementi . The campus at Bukit Batok became SHATEC Building , Clementi was demolished , SUTD took over Dover Campus , Balestier Campus became Northlight School and Ang Mo Kio Campus became Ai Tong School . All have been demolished , however the ITE Headquarters was shifted to ITE College Central . The Western Water Catchment is a planning area located in the West Region of ___MASK44___ . The planning area borders Tuas and Tuas to its south , Sungei Kadut , Choa Chu Kang and Tengah to its east , Jurong West to its southeast , Lim Chu Kang to its north and the Straits of Johor to its west .