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

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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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    References

    Yunnan, Singapore Wikipedia
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