Bukit Purmei is a small housing estate within
Bukit Merah
Bukit Merah, also known as Redhill, is a planning area and new town situated in the southernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. the planning area borders Tanglin to the north, Queenstown to the west and the Downtown Core, Outram an ...
planning area in
Singapore
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, near
Telok Blangah
Telok Blangah (, ta, தெலுக் பிளாங்கா) is a subzone region and housing estate located in the area behind Keppel Harbour in Bukit Merah, Singapore. ''Teluk Blanga'' is the district between Pasir Panjang and Tanjong Paga ...
estate. Bukit Purmei consists of 15
HDB blocks, private apartments and landed property.
Within the estate, there is Bukit Purmei Hillock Park, a Chinese temple, a church, a small Malay-Muslim cemetery and a
Malay shrine called ''Keramat Bukit Kasita.''
The roads serving the estate are Bukit Purmei Ave, Bukit Purmei Rd and Bukit Teresa Rd.
The name means "Serene Hill" in
Malay
Malay may refer to:
Languages
* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** Indonesi ...
. The word "Purmei" is an older spelling of the standard Malay "Permai" ("serene").
Amenities
There are various shops at the void deck and bus stops in front of the blocks at the neighbourhood centre along Bukit Purmei Avenue. There are also two coffee shops, a
7-Eleven
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store, two clinics, a Chinese medicinal shop, and a Mega Value shop at the neighbourhood centre. Two primary schools also serve the estate, namely CHIJ (Kellock) and Radin Mas Primary School. There is also the Bukit Purmei Hillock Park in the neighbourhood and
Mount Faber Park is within a walk away.
Tang Gah Beo (東嶽廟) is a prominent Chinese temple that was founded by Master Biyu in the 19th century. The temple was proposed for conservation under the Draft Master Plan 2013 by Urban Redevelopment Authority.
Transport
These services serve Bukit Purmei estate along Bukit Purmei Avenue.
Service 123 - Runs between
Bukit Merah Interchange and Beach Station Bus Terminal,
Sentosa
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via
Tiong Bahru MRT station
Tiong Bahru MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Bukit Merah, Singapore. This is the first and last underground station for eastbound and westbound trains respectively.
Directly connected ...
and
Orchard Road
Orchard Road, often known colloquially as simply Orchard, is a major –long road in the Central Area of Singapore. Known as a famous tourist attraction, it is an upscale shopping area of Singapore, with numerous internationally renowned depa ...
.
Service 123M - A supplementary route of service 123 that runs between
HarbourFront Interchange and looping at Tiong Bahru Road
Service 131 - Runs between
Saint Michael's Terminal and
Bukit Merah Interchange.
Alternatively, bus services 61, 124, 143 & 166 pass by Kampong Bahru Road at the south of the estate and bus services 65, 121, 195 & 855 pass by Lower Delta Road.
Neighbouring areas
References
External links
Sbstransit.com.sg
Places in Singapore
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