Yunnan, Singapore

Yunnan
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	云南
• Pinyin	Yúnnán
• Hokkien POJ	Hûn-lâm
• Malay	Yunnan
• Tamil	யுன்னான்
"Welcome To Nanyang" arch
Country	Singapore

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

Politics

• The West portion of the subzone is referred to as Nanyang (part of Chua Chu Kang constituency).
• The East portion of the subzone is referred to as Gek Poh (part of Hong Kah North constituency).

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

• The South portion of the subzone is referred to as Pioneer (part of Pioneer constituency).

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 neighbourhood 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	This precinct is part of the Pioneer constituency.

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

• Jin Fu Gong Temple is at Street 92.
• City Harvest Church is at the junction of Street 91 and Pioneer Road North.
• Victory Family Centre is at Street 74.

Security

• The Jurong Police Division Headquarters is located at the junction of Avenue 5 and Jalan Bahar. It also houses the Nanyang Neighbourhood Police Centre as well.

Education

There are 7 education institutions in this subzone, namely

• Juying Primary School
• Juying Secondary School
• Xingnan Primary School
• West Grove Primary School
• Pioneer Primary School
• Pioneer Secondary School
• Westwood Primary School

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.

• Nanyang Community Club is at the junction of Street 91 and Pioneer Road North.
• Gek Poh Vile Community Club is at the junction of Street 75 and 74.

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, 185 and 258. 99 links the district to Clementi, Yuhua, Hong Kah, Boon Lay and Joo Koon, 179 goes to Boon Lay MRT Station/Jurong Point Shopping Centre, Pioneer MRT Station and Nanyang Technological University whereas 181 goes to Boon Lay MRT Station/Jurong Point Shopping Centre and Wenya. 258 goes to Boon Lay MRT Station/Jurong Point Shopping Centre, Pioneer MRT Station and Joo Koon, Express 502 goes to Hong Kah, Yuhua, Orchard Road and 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

References

1. Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2008 Archived 17 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine..

External links

• Chua Chu Kang Town Council
• Blocks 959 - 966 Jurong West Street 92 on HDB Infoweb
• Neighbourhood Complex : Block 762 Jurong West Street 75 on HDB Infoweb
• Nanyang Constituency Website
• Gek Poh Ville Website