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16-525: West Coast GRC Yuhua SMC Jurong East is a planning area and residential town situated in the West Region of Singapore . It borders Jurong West and Boon Lay to the west, Clementi to the east, Tengah and Bukit Batok to the north and Selat Jurong to the south. First developed in the 1970s, it is located approximately 15 km (9.3 miles) west of the Downtown Core district. Jurong East
32-523: Is home to about 922,540 residents. With a total land area of 201.3 km (77.7 sq mi), the region is situated on the western corner of Singapore Island , bordering the North Region to the north and east, Central Region to the south-east and the Straits of Johor to the west. The region is largely made up of residential towns and established industrial estates. Located at the southernmost part of
48-553: Is the 7th most populated planning area in the West Region. Jurong East, along with the entire Jurong area in general, is envisioned to be the country's second central business district (CBD) as part of the Jurong Lake District project. 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
64-494: Is the largest in terms of land area and is the third most populous region after the North-East Region and Central Region . Jurong East is the regional centre of the region, with plans of developing the Jurong Lake District into a second CBD area . Jurong West is the most populous town in the region, with a population of 262,730 residents. Comprising 25,500 hectares of land area, it includes twelve planning areas and
80-437: The petrochemical industry , with international oil and gas and chemicals companies, such as LANXESS , Afton Chemical , BASF , BP , Celanese , Evonik , ExxonMobil , DuPont , Mitsui Chemicals , Chevron Oronite , Shell , Singapore Petroleum Company and Sumitomo Chemical operating facilities on Jurong Island and Pulau Bukom . The area makes up about 5% of Singapore's GDP and top three export refining centres in
96-672: The 1991 Concept Plan. Since implementing these boundaries, other government ministries and departments have increasingly adopted them for 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
112-477: The area. At Jurong Port , Jurong River , Penjuru Crescent , and parts of Toh Guan and Teban Gardens , there is land allocated for business activities. Consisting of Jurong Lake , Jurong Gateway, International Business Park and the southern section of Toh Guan, the Jurong Lake District is a prime regional centre serving as an commercial hub for business developments remote from the Central Area , to meet
128-543: The bus services, except 51, 52, 105, 160, 197 & 506 were handed over to Tower Transit Singapore on 12 June 2016. On 6 December 2020, the former temporary bus interchange was relocated to facilitate the construction of the Jurong Region Line and the Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub. The new relocated interchange was located opposite the current interchange, along Jurong Gateway Road between
144-648: The junctions of Jurong Gateway Road/Jurong East Street 12 and Jurong Gateway Road/Jurong East Central 1. All bus services with the exception of service 78, 79, CW3 and CW4 were relocated there. On 3 November 2023, the Land Transport Authority(LTA) announced more inclusive public transport facilities with the opening of the new Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange (JTHBI) on Sunday, 26 November 2023. Located along Venture Drive, JTHBI complements Jurong East MRT station and Jurong East Bus Interchange, and will provide added bus capacity to cater to future developments in
160-479: The main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority . There are 55 of these areas, organised into five regions . A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing detailed planning guidelines for every plot of land throughout the country. The planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of
176-458: The previous neighbourhood Police Post system. Planning areas are further subdivided into 332 subzones for statistical purposes. * = Place names attested to be of Malay origin and referred to similarly in the Malay language. West Region, Singapore The West Region ( Malay : Wilayah Barat , Chinese : 西區 ) of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state . The region
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#1733105015829192-456: The region, far away from the main residential and commercial areas, Jurong Island and Tuas house a majority of Singapore's heavy industries . The region is locally governed by two different Community Development Councils , namely the North West CDC and South West CDC , and is divided into 12 planning areas. The West Region is home to a majority of Singapore's heavy industries, mainly
208-510: The resettlement of Hong Kah (present-day Tengah ) and surrounding villages. Yuhua , Teban Gardens , Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak formed Jurong East. There are 10 subzones in Jurong East. The Northern section is under Jurong GRC and Southern section under West Coast GRC . After the electoral boundaries were redrawn for the 2011 Singaporean general election , a portion of the Jurong GRC
224-495: The various demands of businesses and provide employment opportunities closer to people staying in the West Region of Singapore. Within the boundaries of Jurong Gateway and Toh Guan, there are 5 shopping malls and only 3 of the shopping malls is currently operational: The Town Centre of Jurong East is located at Jurong Regional Centre , presently known as Jurong Gateway subzone. Planning Areas of Singapore Planning areas , also known as DGP areas or DGP zones , are
240-523: The world, with the world's seventh largest oil refinery. A second Central Business District is also planned to be developed in the Jurong Lake District , with the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail terminus supposed to be located there, before the project was cancelled. Residents of the area have access to different educational facilities ranging from preschools to primary and secondary schools, as these are located around
256-678: Was carved out to form the Yuhua SMC. There are 3 Primary schools and 4 Secondary schools in Jurong East. There are 3 tourist attractions in Jurong East – Jurong East is connected to the rest of Singapore with the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) and the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE). Jurong East is served by 2 MRT stations: Jurong East and Chinese Garden . Jurong East Bus Interchange started operations in 1985. It later moved to its first temporary site on 17 December 2011. All
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