Planning Areas of Singapore increasingly adopted these boundaries for their administrative purposes. For example, the Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 census data based on planning area boundaries for the first time, compared to using census divisions based on electoral boundaries for previous exercises. The Singapore Police Force's (SPF) neighbourhood police centres have jurisdiction boundaries based on planning area boundaries when they were officially gazetted in 1999, as opposed to electoral divisions under the previous neighbourhood Police Post system. Planning Areas are further subdivided into subzones for statistical purposes. <nowiki>*</nowiki> = Place names attested to be of Malay origin and referred to similarly
Subdivided flat Subdivided flat Subdivided flats (also called subdivided units) are a ubiquitous kind of rental housing present in Hong Kong. They are flats which shown on the original approved plan of a building being subdivided into two or more individual rooms. Generally, the original non-structural partition walls are removed while the new ones are erected, new toilets and kitchens are installed, and internal drains are added or altered. These works can cause adverse effects on the safety and hygiene condition of the building if not handled properly. Most subdivided flats are located in old residential buildings. It is estimated that 280,000