Sembawang Park
Sembawang Park (Chinese: 三巴旺公园; ) is a 15-hectare park situated in Sembawang, in the north of Singapore facing the Straits of Johor overlooking Malaysia. It is located at the end of Sembawang Road, where the former Sembawang Road End Bus Terminal was. History Sembawang Park got its name from the Sembawang Tree (Malay for Mesua Ferruginea). There is one Sembawang tree at the centre of the car park C1 close to the Sembawang Bus terminal. The Sembawang park has many interesting connections to Singapore's historical past. The pathways inside the park are old roads, that have recently been repaved with asphalt. Singapore Naval Base Located on the west of the park is the Sembawang Shipyard, which was His Majesty's Naval Base (HM Naval Base) of the British Royal Navy from the 1920s until Singapore's independence. The busy and geographically advantaged port in Singapore and the urgent need for a naval base made the British decide to establish a Naval Base in Singapore. In 1923, the construction of Naval Base began in Sembawang and was completed in 1938. In between it slowed due to the Naval Disarmament Treaty. The fully operational Naval Base was opened by Sir Shenton Thomas, the then