Yishun
Yishun (Chinese: 义顺, Tamil: யீஷூன), officially Yishun Town, is an urban planning area and residential town located in the northern part of Singapore.
Etymology
The name, Yishun, is a Mandarin romanisation of Nee Soon, named after Lim Nee Soon, a prominent industrialist who made his fortune from rubber and pineapples.
Lim Nee Soon was also a banker, contractor and general commission agent. He was the first general manager of the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company Limited, formed in 1908. Nee Soon and Company was formed in 1911.
Nee Soon was one of the pioneers that opened up Sembawang. Nee Soon served on the Rural Board from 1913 to 1921 and was also appointed a Justice of Peace. In the field of education, he was one of the founders of Chinese High School and also a member of the Raffles College Committee. Nee Soon Road was officially named in 1950 by the Rural Board to facilitate postal services. Nee Soon also owned a large plot of land in the area and several roads in this area are named after his business concerns and family members. Nee Soon was a leading member of the Teochew clan association poit ip huay kwan, and was a close friend of Dr Sun Yat Sen.
GV Yishun
GV Yishun (formerly Yishun 10) is Asia's first multiplex, opened on 28 May 1992. It is operated by Golden Village, one of Singapore's leading cinema operators. As the name suggests, it has ten halls. The multiplex is located adjacent to Northpoint Shopping Centre, which is linked to Yishun MRT station via an underpass.
The Yishun 10 cinema complex had undergone a 3-month renovation from 12 August 2010 to spruce up and upgrade the multiplex. The last day of movie screenings at GV Yishun was 11 August 2010 and in November 2010, the renovation had been completed. The multiplex was renamed GV Yishun, which was Golden Village first "green" cinema complex.
