Yunnan, Jurong West

This article is about a neighbourhood in Singapore. For the province of the People's Republic of China, see Yunnan.
Yunnan
Name transcription(s)
 • Chinese 云南
 • Pinyin Yúnnán
 • Hokkien POJ Hûn-lâm
 • Malay Yunnan
 • Tamil யுன்னான்

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Country  Singapore

Yunnan is a subzone located in the town of Jurong West in the West Region of Singapore.[1]

Politics

Both constituencies and the HDB estates in them are managed by Chua Chu Kang Town Council.

The estate (986A–990C) in this constituency is managed by West Coast Town Council.

Housing

There are a total of 219 housing blocks and 747 landed houses in this subzone. Of the 219 housing blocks, 203 are public apartments, 13 are blocks of private housing and 3 are hostel blocks.

Public apartments

HDB estates at N7

Street Estate name Blocks Quantity Note
71 701–710 10
71/Ave5/72 711–731 21
73 732–739 8 The blocks in this estate each have a colour theme of its own.
73 Gek Poh Ville 743–751 9 Named after "Gek Poh Road", a street that existed before N6 (670A–674B) was developed.
74 752–761 10
74/75 763–766 4 This is the town centre for "Gek Poh" (part of Hong Kah North constituency)

HDB estates at N8

Street Estate name Blocks Quantity Note
81 810–832, 854–858 30
81 833–853 21
81 859–862, 863–866 8

HDB estates at N9

Street Estate name Blocks Quantity Note
91 902–911 10 This is the Western-most HDB estate in Singapore.
91 Nanyang Emerald 912–926, 928–932 20
91 933–950, 952–953 20
91 959–966 8 This is the town centre for Nanyang Constituency.
93 974–980 7
93 986A–986C, 987A–987D, 988A–988C, 989A–989D, 990A–990C 17

Private housing

Street Estate name Block Quantity Note
91/93 Yunnan Gardens 139 Landed
Jalan Bahar Westville 339 Landed
Avenue 5 Westwood Park 176 Landed
81/Avenue 5 The Floravale 218, 220/2/6/8, 230/2/4/6, 240/2/4/6 13 Apartment
Westwood Avenue The Woods 93 Landed
Westwood Avenue Westwood Residences 480 units Apartment

Hostels

Street Estate name Blocks Quantity Note
Ave 5/Jalan Bahar 15/17/19 3 Student hostel

Places of worship

Security

Education

There are 7 education institutions in this subzone, namely

Recreation

The Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre is located at the south portion of the subzone, along Street 93 and Pioneer Road North whereas there are 2 parks in this subzone; Yunnan Park at Street 93 and Jurong West Park at Street 81.

Community clubs

There are 2 community clubs in this subzone.

Commercial areas

There are 2 commercial areas in this subzone, at Street 91 and at Gek Poh Shopping Centre (along Street 75) whereas both areas each feature a supermarket managed by Prime Group International.

Transportation

Road

There are 4 main roads in this subzone, Jalan Bahar, Jurong West Avenue 4/2, Pioneer Road North and Upper Jurong Road/Boon Lay Way. These main roads branch out to several minor roads (Streets and Avenues) in the subzone.

Public transport

Bus services

There are bus services in the subzone, namely those were the feeders - 241, 242 and 243. These services connect the subzone's neighborhoods to the rail network. It takes around 10 minutes to commute on these services to get to Boon Lay or Pioneer MRT station from the subzone's most distant neighborhoods.

4 trunk bus services, namely 99, 179, 181 and 185. 179 goes to Nanyang Technological University whereas 181 goes to Wenya. Express 502 also goes to Marina Centre whereas 536 goes to Shenton Way and 651 to Marina Boulevard, which provides direct connection to the city. Night buses NR5 and 5N also connects there.

Neighbouring areas

Neighbouring areas
Western Water Catchment
SAFTI Bulim
   Yunnan  
Kian Teck Jurong West Central Boon Lay Place

References

  1. ↑ Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2008.

External links

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