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2 unusual facts about Jurong


Ge Chaofu

He was most likely born in Jurong, the ancestral home of the Ge family, sometime in the latter half of the 4th century CE.

Joo Koon MRT Station

Built alongside with Pioneer, it was part of the Boon Lay MRT Extension (BLE) project announced by the Land Transport Authority in December 2004 to help people working in the Jurong Industrial Area travel faster.


Cathay Organisation

Cathay distributed Golden Harvest films and when Jurong Drive-In screened Bruce Lee’s Big Boss, the line-up of cars was so long that many got out and walked.

Citibusiness Singapore

Citibank Business Singapore has 11 branches, namely at AMK Hub, Orchard Road, Paragon Citigold Centre, Parkway Parade, Bishan, Capital Square, Cuscaden Road, Esplanade, Vivocity, Great World City and Jurong East.

Goh Tat Chuan

It was his convincing performances in the middle of the park for Jurong which prompted Singapore coach Barry Whitbread to call him up to play for the Singapore national team in 2001.

Jurong Central Park

Jurong Central Park is a 8-ha regional park and the first in Singapore to have life-sized board-game features including life-sized Snakes and Ladders playground and Ludo Garden.

Jurong FC

Jurong Reptile Park pull out in between the season and there is a financial crisis in the club and facing a gravely financial problems, The New Paper planned and set up a "SAVE JURONG CAMPAIGN", "SAVE JURONG LIFE-LINE", "Walkaton", Golf Tournament" and a "Gala Dinner & Dance" in order to raise a fund of $500,000,00 which was achieved.

Jurong Group Representation Constituency

Jurong GRC was a hotly contested seat in the 2001 general election with SDP's secretary general Chee Soon Juan leading the opposition team.

Jurong Lake

On 4 April 2008, the National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan announced a plan to develop the Jurong into a commercial hub outside the Central Business District (CBD).

These refer to the areas around the Jurong East MRT Station and Jurong Lake in the west region of Singapore.

A new district will be created, named, Jurong Lake District which consists of two precincts, Jurong Gateway and Lakeside.

Jurong Primary School

Taufik Batisah and Elvin Ng were educated in Boon Lay Primary School and Jurong Primary School respectively.

Jurong railway station

Construction of the Jurong station and the Jurong Line started in 1963 and was opened in 1965 amid much fanfare despite the rail line was not for passenger services, but however when politic and diplomatic relations strained between Singapore and Malaysia, and much further with more roads to Jurong Port and Jurong Island, freight services to Jurong were terminated in early 1993 with the station building demolished immediately after.

When the Government of Singapore selected Jurong to be Singapore's next port and industrial estate, they realized that Jurong lacked good, smooth roads.

Jurong Secondary School

On the request of community leaders, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew helped to establish the school in 1963 as Jurong Integrated Secondary School.


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