Jurong East is a planning area and residential town situated in the West Region of

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

. It borders Jurong West and Boon Lay to the west,

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to the east,

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and Bukit Batok to the north and Selat Jurong to the south. First developed in the 1970s, it is located approximately west of the

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district. Jurong East is the 7th most populated planning area in the West Region. Jurong East, along with the entire

Jurong Jurong () is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, ...

area in general, is envisioned to be the country's second central business district (CBD) as part of the

Jurong Lake District Jurong Lake District is a district of Singapore, planned as part of Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)’s decentralisation efforts to bring more quality jobs, amenities, and recreational options closer to homes. The plans for the district ha ...

project.

History

The development of Jurong started in the 1970s when estates such as Boon Lay, Taman Jurong, Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak, Hong Kah, Teban Gardens and Yuhua were built, mostly due to the resettlement of Hong Kah (present-day

) and surrounding villages. Yuhua, Teban Gardens, Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak formed Jurong East.

Subzones

There are 10 subzones in Jurong East. * Jurong Port * Penjuru Crescent *

Jurong River Sungei Jurong (also known as the Jurong River) is a river in Jurong East, Singapore. The Jurong River subzone runs across this river. The subzone is bounded by the Ayer Rajah Expressway, Jurong Port Road, Jalan Buroh and Penjuru Road. References ...

* Teban Gardens * Lakeside * Jurong Gateway *

International Business Park International Business Park (Abbreviation: IBP; ms, Taman Perniagaan Antarabangsa; Chinese: 国际商业园) is a high-tech business park managed by JTC Corporation in Jurong East, Singapore. Background Established in February 1992, the Intern ...

* Toh Guan * Yuhua East * Yuhua West

Politics

The Northern section is under Jurong GRC and Southern section under

West Coast GRC The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western area of Singapore. The five divisions consists: Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah ...

. After the electoral boundaries were redrawn for the

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, a portion of the Jurong GRC was carved out to form the Yuhua SMC.

Education

There are 3 Primary schools and 4 Secondary schools in Jurong East. * Commonwealth Secondary School * Crest Secondary School * Fuhua Primary School (which Pandan Primary School merged into) * Jurong Primary School * Jurongville Secondary School * Shuqun Secondary School * Yuhua Primary School

Recreation

Sports

* Jurong East Sports and Recreation Centre

Leisure

* Jurong Lake Park * Pandan Gardens Park Connector * Jurong Park Connector * Toh Guan Neighbourhood Park * Pandan Gardens Leisure Park * Pandan Reservoir Fitness Corner * Jurong Country Club * Hong Kah East Neighbourhood Park * Yuhua Village Neighbourhood Park *Genting Hotel Jurong

Tourist attractions

There are 3 tourist attractions in Jurong East - *

Science Centre A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in m ...

* Snow City * Chinese Garden

Transport

Roads

Jurong East is connected to the rest of Singapore with the

Pan Island Expressway The Pan Island Expressway (Abbreviated as: PIE) is the oldest and longest expressway in Singapore. It is also Singapore's longest road. The expressway runs from the East Coast Parkway near Changi Airport in the east to Tuas in the west and ha ...

(PIE) and the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE). * Jurong Town Hall Road interconnects the two expressways with Boon Lay, Yuhua, Jurong Regional Centre,

Jurong Lake Jurong Lake (; ms, Tasik Jurong ; ta, ஜூரோங் ஏரி) is a 70ha freshwater lake and reservoir located in the western region of Singapore formed with the damming of Sungei Jurong further downstream. The lake serves as a reservoir c ...

and Teban Gardens. * Toh Guan is connected to the PIE via Toh Guan Road, while Jurong Canal Road provides an alternative at Boon Lay for traffic to (

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) and from (

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) the PIE. * From the

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, arterial roads Jurong Pier Road, Jurong Port Road and Penjuru Road (along with Minor Arterial road Teban Gardens Crescent) carry the traffic to

, Penjuru Crescent and Jurong Port. * Boon Lay Way and Jalan Buroh are the two other arterial roads in Jurong East, which provides inter-connectivity across the various subzones in the area.

Public transport

Mass Rapid Transit

Jurong East is served by 2 MRT stations: Jurong East and Chinese Garden.

Bus

Jurong East Bus Interchange started operations in 1985. It later moved to its first temporary site on 17 December 2011. All the bus services, except 51, 52, 105, 160, 197 & 506 were handed over to Tower Transit Singapore on 12 June 2016. The former temporary interchange will move to another site on 6 December 2020, to make way for the construction of the Jurong Region Line and new transport hub by 2027. All bus services with the exception of service 78, 79, CW3 and CW4 will move there.

Economy

At Jurong Port,

, Penjuru Crescent, and parts of Toh Guan and Teban Gardens, there is land allocated for business activities.

Jurong Lake District

Consisting of

, Jurong Gateway,

and the southern section of Toh Guan, the

is a prime regional centre serving as an commercial hub for business developments remote from the Central Area, to meet the various demands of businesses and provide employment opportunities closer to people staying in the West Region of Singapore.

International Business Park

Commercial

=Shopping malls

= Within the boundaries of Jurong Gateway and Toh Guan, there are 4 shopping malls: * IMM * JCube * JEM * Westgate

=Town Centre

= The Town Centre of Jurong East is located at Jurong Regional Centre, presently known as Jurong Gateway subzone. *Jurong East Town Centre *Jurong Regional Library Je-town

References

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