Bukit Merah (Chinese:红山, Tamil:புக்கிட் மேரா), also known as Bukit Merah New Town, and often abbreviated as either Bt. Merah or BM, is a planning area and residential town situated in the southernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. The town borders Tanglin to the north, Queenstown to the west and the Downtown Core, Outram and Singapore River districts of the Central Area to the east. Bukit Merah also shares a maritime boundary with the Southern Islands planning area located beyond the town's southernmost point.