URA in talks with stakeholders about plans for tourism, retail and entertainment centre
By Lim Wei Chean & Natalie Soh


A WAVE of changes has been planned for Jurong Lake.
Government officials and industry captains have met and discussed the area's potential as a commercial, retail and entertainment centre.

Preliminary discussions centred on developing office space, a commercial centre with retail shops, four to five hotels and a resort or theme park for Singaporeans and tourists alike - all clustered around the Chinese and Japanese gardens on the shores of Jurong Lake.

The site will also take in the 12ha area occupied by the now-defunct Tang Dynasty City theme park. Built at a cost of $100 million in 1991, it was forced to shut down in 1999 when it failed to pull in enough visitors.

When news broke last year that Tang Dynasty City was to be demolished, landlord Jurong Town Council and the Singapore Tourism Board said then that they were 'evaluating the area for redevelopment' into an attraction.

Multiple sources confirmed - on condition of anonymity - that a feedback session with more than 100 stakeholders was held last month on developing the area. At the session, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) shared its proposed plans and sought reactions to it.

One source said: 'The plan is to try and do something similar to what was done in Tampines - to have a commercial centre, but also to add leisure elements.'

Another source said Jurong Lake was at the heart of the proposed development, and the viability of a water theme park was discussed.

The Singapore Science Centre, in Jurong Town Hall Road since 1977, will also be moving, but it is unclear when this will happen or where it will move to.

Also unclear is the fate of Snow City. The Straits Times understands that Singapore's first permanent indoor snow centre has a three-year lease and recently started turning in profits.

URA declined comment, but industry players who have heard about it are excited. A lakeside site, served by the East-West MRT line and near industrial parks and residential areas, is suitable for a mixed development, some said.

i think water theme park is a no no. since sentosa will have one soon.

Not sure why are they so excited, this looks like another Downtown "West" in the making.

Probably a Bigger Chicken feet.:lol::lol:

Not sure why are they so excited, this looks like another Downtown "West" in the making.

Probably a Bigger Chicken feet.:lol::lol:

y big chicken feet??

Wonder what they'll do, now, itsn othing more than housing and condos

y big chicken feet??


In army context, chicken feet means nothing.

Bigger chicken feet = Bigger "nothing" :lol:

Science Ctr is moving?!

It underwent a major expansion and upgrade barely a few years back...

Science Ctr is moving?!

It underwent a major expansion and upgrade barely a few years back...

well ... if they can do that to market st carpark they can do it to SC

I guess Science Centre should stay and so does the other attractions over there. They should try to implement these structures into the current plan. That is the job of the architects. Existing attractions would bring in more value to the place. What is needed there are hotels and tourists than the place would be alive. Offices too would be a great additional point.

I can understand if they wanna move the Science Centre as the SC, Snow City and Omni Theatre effectively cut off the Jurong Lake area's access from the east.

Anyway, what's wrong with a "Downtown West"? Heartlanders and low to middle-income western Singaporeans need somewhere to go other than IMM, Jurong Point and Lot 1.

I can understand if they wanna move the Science Centre as the SC, Snow City and Omni Theatre effectively cut off the Jurong Lake area's access from the east.

Anyway, what's wrong with a "Downtown West"? Heartlanders and low to middle-income western Singaporeans need somewhere to go other than IMM, Jurong Point and Lot 1.


Nothing wrong, can be better if they can come out with more exciting concepts or ideas for the big space.
Should ask for public feedback or may be proposals from cash rich corporate.

A nostalgic video tour of the now-defunct Tang Dynasty City:-

http://diy.stomp.com.sg/video_details.php?id=77

Map:-

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Shot at 2008-03-02

Moving out? ?????

Snow city has just renovated for S$300K & added 4 few facilities:-

1. Snow Chamber
2. Hot Chocolate Bar
3. Ice Bar
4.Snow on Restaurant




斥资30多万元添新设施 裕廊雪城吃喝玩样样有

（2008-02-28）




　　裕廊雪城在装修后推出全新概念，不仅增加了新设施，让公众除了有得吃有得喝，还有更多活动让公众有得玩。
　　在经过总值30多万元装修的雪城，预计能吸引多25%的游客。

　　位于裕廊大会堂路的雪城自2001年开幕以来，就吸引了不少本地和外地游客前去游玩，让他们有机会在新加坡这个热带岛国里，感受一下冬天的寒冷。

　　新添加的设施有在摄氏零下5度的雪房(Snow Chamber)里的热巧克力吧台(Hot Choco-

late Bar)和冰吧台(Ice Bar)以及雪房外的一家韩式烧烤餐馆(Snowon Restaurant)。

　　在今年的农历新年期间，热巧克力吧台已经营业，让公众喝热饮御寒。而冰吧台目前只有在企业公司订下雪房，举办活动时才会开放，并可安排调酒师表演调酒。

　　在大约两个星期后，冰吧台将以特制的小冰杯(ice shot glass)盛伏特加(vodka)。喝完酒后，你还可把冰杯痛快地摔在地上。这也叫做Breaking Point。

　　烧烤餐馆已营业，让玩雪过后的公众以烧烤食物暖身。

　　此外，雪城和新加坡科学馆一起合作推出一些活动，分别针对不同的学生群，让他们有个与在教室里不一样的学习体验。

　　学生可在雪城参与雪糕的制作活动，和多了解液态冷藏氮(liquid nitrogen)的科学特性，从而促进对科学的兴趣和增进知识。

Snow Venture私人有限公司主席吴崇正博士说：“新的雪城希望能推出更多不同的活动，服务不同的游客。虽然多数人是来游玩的，不过我们也希望以有趣的方式传授科学知识给学生，让他们掌握雪和寒冷气候的概念。”
　　在雪城，公众可在雪房里玩雪、打雪仗、乘轮胎滑下三层楼高的雪坡、滑雪或滑雪板。有兴趣学习滑雪或滑雪板的公众，也可参加雪城的课程。

the rape of the west has commenced!

I wonder why are people shocked to see that the Jurong Lakes area will be developed.

For the resident in Jurong, the scenery of green may be tranquill and nice but the place itself is so dilapidated, nothing particularly "Chinese" or "Japanese" about it other than the famous pagoda which smells like pee on every floor, Chinese themed abandoned buildings which see their peak only during every Lantern Fest during the Mid Autumn Festival...

Tang Dynasty City is not bad. I had never been there but from the look of the video, it does has some appeal. I wonder if this does not work which is the same for Asian village... How can the integrated resort work.. Only GOD knows. Chinese garden is big enough to share the facilities with others , why do they want to move them out and what are they going to replaced from? Those are what tourist wanna see.. if their target is the tourist dollars, they should think twice.

Genting is expected to recoup their $6B investment within 6 years from their Casino operation alone. IR will definitely work, just need to look at Macau's IR operation.

Both Asia Village and Tang Dynasty will survive and even prosper if Casino was allowed in the earlier days.


Tang Dynasty City is not bad. I had never been there but from the look of the video, it does has some appeal. I wonder if this does not work which is the same for Asian village... How can the integrated resort work.. Only GOD knows. Chinese garden is big enough to share the facilities with others , why do they want to move them out and what are they going to replaced from? Those are what tourist wanna see.. if their target is the tourist dollars, they should think twice.

I'd rather they integrate Science Ctr and Snow City as part of a wider plan... or shift it nearer to Chinese Garden MRT. That should be the main entrance for attractions in the area.

May be should move Omni theatre to Sentosa so that 4D magix, Cineblast and Omni theatre can form a Theatre cluster.

I'd rather they integrate Science Ctr and Snow City as part of a wider plan... or shift it nearer to Chinese Garden MRT. That should be the main entrance for attractions in the area.

Like tamago said, I think they should integrate Science Centre, Snow City and Omni Theatre in one building complete with an indoor-ski slope like the one in Dubai and Japan, a few IMAX-theatres instead of one Omni-theatre.

With cinema ticket prices approaching SGD 10, I wldn't mind paying 3 dollars more to see The Dark Knight for example in IMAX format.

A real hard-core water themed park should be good too. Combined with a hotel development, shopping facilities and maybe spas and Korea's Dr Fish pools could be a real hit.

A unobtrusive and non-cheesy looking monorail or the Jurong Region LRT could be integrated to provide ease of transport within this Downtown West.

If you will allow me to go wilder, the entire Jurong East could be turned into a 2nd CBD except it would be more fun and integrated, the Jurong East Central could be the offices and commercial anchor and the Lakes region could be another leisure/commercial anchor.

Jurong to be transformed into a Lake District for business and leisure

4 Apr 08

JURONG will undergo a dramatic transformation to become a unique lakeside destination for business and leisure in 10 to 15 years.
The blueprint for Jurong Lake District was unveiled by National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan on Friday morning at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) seminar before a gathering of 500 developers, architects, and other industry players.

The ambitious plan involves enlarging waterways, building 1,000 new private homes, 2,800 hotel rooms and offices on the fringes, and adding new tourist attractions and landscaped open spaces.

Jurong Lake District will consist of two complementary precincts - Jurong Gateway and Lakeside - around the Jurong East MRT Station and Jurong Lake in the west region of Singapore.

The area around the Jurong East MRT Station, to be known as Jurong Gateway, will be developed into an attractive commercial hub serving the west region, outside the city centre.

A new and unique leisure destination, to be known as Lakeside, will be created around Jurong Lake with edutainment attractions for the whole family.

New waterways and pedestrian linkages will provide seamless connections between the two precincts. An integrated network of pedestrian walkways between buildings and public facilities will also be created.

New landscaped open spaces and park connectors at the street-level and skyrise greenery in buildings will add to the already lush and scenic areas.

Said Mrs Cheong Koon Hean, URA's Chief Executive Officer: 'Jurong Gateway and Lakeside are precious gems which offer exciting opportunities for the development of leisure attractions and the biggest commercial hub outside the city centre.

'To realise this vision, the planners have developed strategies that capitalise on the wonderful assets these areas have. These include building upon the strategic location of Jurong Gateway which is well served by road and rail, and in the midst of a large population and customer catchment.

'The lake and its greenery are also unique features which can be enhanced. We would like to bring about a transformed image for this area. The Jurong Lake District will become a much sought after lakeside destination for business and leisure.'

The total potential area for development is 360 hectares, close to the size of Marina Bay.

The existing Chinese and Japanese Gardens will have added new facilities and activities to make them more attractive for both residents and tourists.

URA said all the attractions around the Jurong Lake will be developed with 'a sensitive approach to the surrounding environment and natural greenery.'

The blueprint for Jurong Lake District is part of URA's 2008 Draft Master Plan, drawn up with feedback from community leaders and industry players.

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Those staying at Lakeway will be lauging to the bank soon.
Any update on the Tang Dynasty? Is it 6 feet under or still last man standing:- not yet demolished?

Government announces plans for Jurong Lake District
By Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 04 April 2008 1129 hrs


Quote: - "is expected to attract billions of dollars in investment." :- guess is taking about billion dollars collected by URA from its upcoming land sales.


SINGAPORE: Jurong is set to be home to the largest commercial hub outside the city centre.

The Jurong Lake District – made up of two precincts, Jurong Gateway and Lakeside – will offer a potential development area of 360 hectares or about the size of Marina Bay.

National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan announced this when he unveiled part of the government's ‘Draft Master Plan Review 2008’. The blueprint will guide Singapore's land use over the next 10 to 15 years.

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said that some 750,000 square metres of land will be set aside at Jurong Gateway for offices, hotels, food and beverage, and entertainment uses.

Jurong Gateway will be nearly 2.5 times the size of the Tampines Regional Centre and is expected to attract billions of dollars in investment.

Speaking at the annual corporate plan seminar, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said decentralisation will be a key planning strategy. This will help bring jobs and recreational options closer to home.

Under the proposed plan, 1,000 new private apartments will also be built at Jurong Gateway.

Mr Mah said: "That is the initial estimate, but some of the sites around there are white sites. If there is more demand, we will certainly be able to reallocate.

"But all this ultimately will have to depend on the market as well - how the market responds and whether the emphasis of more housing or more office. I think we will have to be guided by the market."

Some 2,800 hotel rooms will also be added in the new district in anticipation of more visitors.

And what will get them coming is a slew of nature-themed and edu-tainment attractions, which will spring up at Lakeside. A new world-class Science Centre will also be built next to the Chinese Garden MRT station.

Visitors can also look forward to lush greenery and water-based activities.

Urban planners said there is a lot going for Jurong as investors will be able to tap into a population catchment of over one million residents living in nearby housing estates, as well as leverage on some 3,000 companies already operating in the area.

In addition, the new district will be served by three MRT stations and two major expressways.

Apart from Jurong, Paya Lebar is also expected to be developed into a sub-regional centre. The URA will release more details in May. - CNA/vm

Jurong Lake District plans timely but timeline may be too short
By Ng Baoying, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 04 April 2008 2225 hrs



SINGAPORE : The government's plans for the Jurong Lake District have been widely well-received by market watchers.

They noted that it is important to re-brand Jurong away from its industrial estate image to a more vibrant one. However, on the other hand, there are concerns that the government may be moving too fast for the market.

Some analysts said the proposed 10- to 15-year time frame may be a little tight, especially given the amount of projects in the pipeline, and a dampened global economic climate.

It is going to take some effort imagining the Jurong area as a bustling entertainment, business and residential area.

Analysts said that is one of the main challenges the government will face.

Grace Ng, Deputy Managing Director, Agency and Business Services, Colliers International, said, "Jurong has been known as an industrial area, so it has been less successful in attracting commercial and residential activities in the area compared to newer towns like Tampines.

"We need to erase the industrial image of Jurong and convince Singaporeans to make it their workplace and place of residence. As for developers, we need to convince developers to actively participate in the tender of the sites."

Ku Swee Yong, Director, Marketing and Business Development, Savills (Singapore), said, "The government authorities, Singapore Tourism Board, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Jurong Town, will still have to put in a little bit more effort to shake off the long-held views that Jurong has been a industrial area."

However, analysts said that once this hurdle is cleared, the potential is vast.

They pointed out that some investors have already starting sniffing out opportunities in the area.

Mr Ku said, "We are very positive about it. (We've) been saying for the past two years that the West side of Singapore has been neglected by the investment community. We see very strong growth in household income and wealth, given the high growth in electronics, pharmaceutical, oil and gas industries, and there are households there that are actually doing a lot better than what may appear on the surface.

"We have been seeing quite a strong take up from home users, plus some investors who are buying units to rent out to academics, engineers and expatriates."

Vacancy levels for office space in Jurong has been tight, so the promise of more commercial space in the area will be welcome.

But even with so much going for it, many said the government might need to temper their growth plans for the area, and work on building up even more demand to match its planned dramatic increase in capacity.

Over the past few months, the government has delayed several public projects to help rein in rising construction costs.

And property watchers said the plans for Jurong Lake could further stretch resources.

Mr Ku said, "I think that it is rather ambitious to try to put all this work together to build a 5 million square foot of office space, another 2 million of retail and F&B space. All this in next 10-15 years may be a little fast. But (if it is) 15, 20 or even just a little beyond 20 years, I'm sure the market can absorb it."

Ms Ng said, "It's scheduled to have 2,800 hotel rooms which seems like quite a high number given that Jurong has not been established as a tourist area.

But from the 'big picture' point of view, analysts agreed that these plans will put a sheen on the property market in Jurong.

Prices can be expected to start inching upwards over the next two to five years when developers start actively tendering for the sites. - CNA/ms

Nice plan.

But "Attraction" is a little vague for me.

And isn't this entire plan a glorified version of Jurong East Regional Centre?

OMG....another massive plan.....excellent....:colgate:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/jurong.jpg

Now that's cool :-)

Nice plan.

But "Attraction" is a little vague for me.


Maybe the govt will study how the other new tourism projects like the IR and Mandai work out, and then try to source for a different kind of attraction here. There is a lot of opportunity to do some great urban planning here:cheers:

4.5mins 3D rendering from URA and OMY:-

http://www.omy.sg/common/media/vodcast.html?playlistPath=http%3A//www.omy.sg/news/localnews/200804/20080404_1466&startIndex=2

Business Times - 05 Apr 2008

The West also rises with Jurong East makeover

360-hectare Jurong Lake District will marry offices and retail outlets with waterfront playground

By KALPANA RASHIWALA

(SINGAPORE) With malls, hotels, offices and entertainment outlets, the sleepy charms of the area around Jurong East MRT Station are poised for a stunning makeover. The place - called Jurong Gateway - will be turned into the biggest regional centre on the island.

Add to this the land and water development around the nearby Jurong Lake - with kayaking, dragon boating and a lakeside village - and the transformation that melds business opportunities with leisure pursuits will be complete.

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/mnt/media/image/launched/2008-04-05/BT_IMAGES_JURONG5.jpg

Jurong Gateway will provide 5.4 million sq ft gross floor area of new office space and 2.7 million sq ft of retail, F&B and entertainment area - more than 2.5 times the current size of Tampines Regional Centre, Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan announced yesterday.

The time frame for development will be about 10-15 years and sites in the location are likely to be tendered out for private sector development based on market demand and pace of take-up.

The 70-hectare Gateway will also have at least 1,000 new private homes as well as 2,800 hotel rooms - roughly the same quantum as the Singapore River hotel belt.

Meanwhile, the Lakeside precinct around the Jurong Lake has been earmarked as a new waterfront playground spread over 220ha of land and 70ha of water. It is envisaged as a major leisure destination for Singaporeans and tourists, with about four or five proposed new attractions.

Jurong Gateway and Lakeside together make up Jurong Lake District, the blueprints for which were revealed by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday.

The 360ha total potential area for development is close to the size of Marina Bay.

In his speech at URA's corporate plan seminar, Mr Mah stressed the importance of decentralisation as a key planning strategy to maintain balance between supporting economic growth and a high-quality living environment.

While Marina Bay and the city remain Singapore's main commercial centre, new commercial hubs like Jurong Gateway will be developed outside the city centre to provide more choices of attractive business locations and bring jobs closer to homes. URA has also earmarked the area around Paya Lebar MRT Station for development into an alternative business hub.

URA said Jurong Gateway will be ideal for company headquarters, business services as well as companies in the science and the research and development (R&D) fields. Such companies will be able to tap a large labour pool from a one million-population catchment in Jurong East and West, Clementi and Bukit Batok, enjoy proximity to a cluster of over 3,000 companies in the International Business Park and Jurong and Tuas industrial estates. Jurong Gateway is also a major transport hub, with Jurong East MRT Station and a bus interchange. The area around the MRT station is designated for development into an integrated commercial and transport hub with white use - allowing office, retail, residential and hotel use. A short distance away, at Jurong Town Hall Road, sites have been designated for high-rise office use.

The tallest buildings in Jurong Gateway will be 35 storeys high but building heights will step down towards Jurong Lake, allowing most developments to have panoramic views of the lake.

A new big-box retail format incorporating consumer electronics, furniture and hypermarket being developed by TT International will add about 34,000 sq m of retail space when completed by end-2009.

Mr Mah also stressed that Singapore's long-term approach to planning - encompassing the Concept Plan and Master Plan process - is a fundamental part of the republic's sustainable development effort. He noted that Singapore's physical resources, especially land, are able to support a long-term population planning parameter of 6.5 million.

The minister also touched on how the influx of foreigners is making some Singaporeans uneasy. 'They find the competition for jobs and school places tough. They see themselves priced out of the housing of their choice.'

Highlighting the contribution of foreigners to various tiers of the Singapore economy and society, Mr Mah said: 'We must . . . convince our people that at the end of the day, if we want to have a good life, we must learn to accept the foreigners in our midst.'

Copyright © 2007 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. All rights reserved.

I am so excited!!! Its right where i am living now! Woohoo!

i am REALLY looking forward to the new sci centre...

Quote:- new waterfront playground spread over 220ha of land and 70ha of water. It is envisaged as a major leisure destination for Singaporeans and tourists, with about four or five proposed new attractions.

My guess:- it may be Warner Brother Sea World or Movie World, Disney is too remote.
http://seaworld.myfun.com.au/Park-Info/Interactive-Map.htm
Sentosa was actually in the final stage of discussion with Australia's Village Roadshow for a similar water theme park before the Resort Worlds IR project. Second time lucky for them.



Business Times - 05 Apr 2008

The West also rises with Jurong East makeover

360-hectare Jurong Lake District will marry offices and retail outlets with waterfront playground

By KALPANA RASHIWALA

(SINGAPORE) With malls, hotels, offices and entertainment outlets, the sleepy charms of the area around Jurong East MRT Station are poised for a stunning makeover. The place - called Jurong Gateway - will be turned into the biggest regional centre on the island.

Add to this the land and water development around the nearby Jurong Lake - with kayaking, dragon boating and a lakeside village - and the transformation that melds business opportunities with leisure pursuits will be complete.

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/mnt/media/image/launched/2008-04-05/BT_IMAGES_JURONG5.jpg

Jurong Gateway will provide 5.4 million sq ft gross floor area of new office space and 2.7 million sq ft of retail, F&B and entertainment area - more than 2.5 times the current size of Tampines Regional Centre, Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan announced yesterday.

The time frame for development will be about 10-15 years and sites in the location are likely to be tendered out for private sector development based on market demand and pace of take-up.

The 70-hectare Gateway will also have at least 1,000 new private homes as well as 2,800 hotel rooms - roughly the same quantum as the Singapore River hotel belt.

Meanwhile, the Lakeside precinct around the Jurong Lake has been earmarked as a new waterfront playground spread over 220ha of land and 70ha of water. It is envisaged as a major leisure destination for Singaporeans and tourists, with about four or five proposed new attractions.

Jurong Gateway and Lakeside together make up Jurong Lake District, the blueprints for which were revealed by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday.

The 360ha total potential area for development is close to the size of Marina Bay.

In his speech at URA's corporate plan seminar, Mr Mah stressed the importance of decentralisation as a key planning strategy to maintain balance between supporting economic growth and a high-quality living environment.

While Marina Bay and the city remain Singapore's main commercial centre, new commercial hubs like Jurong Gateway will be developed outside the city centre to provide more choices of attractive business locations and bring jobs closer to homes. URA has also earmarked the area around Paya Lebar MRT Station for development into an alternative business hub.

URA said Jurong Gateway will be ideal for company headquarters, business services as well as companies in the science and the research and development (R&D) fields. Such companies will be able to tap a large labour pool from a one million-population catchment in Jurong East and West, Clementi and Bukit Batok, enjoy proximity to a cluster of over 3,000 companies in the International Business Park and Jurong and Tuas industrial estates. Jurong Gateway is also a major transport hub, with Jurong East MRT Station and a bus interchange. The area around the MRT station is designated for development into an integrated commercial and transport hub with white use - allowing office, retail, residential and hotel use. A short distance away, at Jurong Town Hall Road, sites have been designated for high-rise office use.

The tallest buildings in Jurong Gateway will be 35 storeys high but building heights will step down towards Jurong Lake, allowing most developments to have panoramic views of the lake.

A new big-box retail format incorporating consumer electronics, furniture and hypermarket being developed by TT International will add about 34,000 sq m of retail space when completed by end-2009.

Mr Mah also stressed that Singapore's long-term approach to planning - encompassing the Concept Plan and Master Plan process - is a fundamental part of the republic's sustainable development effort. He noted that Singapore's physical resources, especially land, are able to support a long-term population planning parameter of 6.5 million.

The minister also touched on how the influx of foreigners is making some Singaporeans uneasy. 'They find the competition for jobs and school places tough. They see themselves priced out of the housing of their choice.'

Highlighting the contribution of foreigners to various tiers of the Singapore economy and society, Mr Mah said: 'We must . . . convince our people that at the end of the day, if we want to have a good life, we must learn to accept the foreigners in our midst.'

Copyright © 2007 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. All rights reserved.

I am so excited!!! Its right where i am living now! Woohoo!

Actually Jurong is just a MRT ride away for me....I'll just take the excuse to meet my friends there next time...:lol:

i am REALLY looking forward to the new sci centre...

Me too.....wonder how it'll look like....:yes:

Quote:- new waterfront playground spread over 220ha of land and 70ha of water. It is envisaged as a major leisure destination for Singaporeans and tourists, with about four or five proposed new attractions.

My guess:- it may be Warner Brother Sea World or Movie World, Disney is too remote.
http://seaworld.myfun.com.au/Park-Info/Interactive-Map.htm
Sentosa was actually in the final stage of discussion with Australia's Village Roadshow for a similar water theme park before the Resort Worlds IR project. Second time lucky for them.

Warner Sea/Movie World?? Wow....I hope so...We need something major...:yes:

It is a great plan actually...there are almost 1 million singaporeans living in jurong...great place to invest in...

Warner Bros/Seaworld? Hold your horses.

Resorts World also has a water theme park so I guess a large scale brand name will not be brought in for a while...

Maybe we can reserve that and Disney for the next 2 IRs.

So Jurong East is going to be the Capital of Western Singapore... :banana:

Read from news that Paya Lebar will be the next regional centre.....URA will reveal its plans in May...:yes:

http://www.omy.sg/news/localnews/200804/20080404_1466.html

It's still long to see that area to be fully developed. By then it would be at least 2020, and not forgetting the 'failure' of Punggol 21 which resulted in 21+ during the rally talk, will this major development be ever-dragging again?

One thing that separates this Jurong East makeover with Punggol is the emphasis on commercial developments.

Almost 500 000 sqm of office space and 250 000 sqm of retail...

For residential, it is only a mere 1000 homes. No residential planned in Lakeside.

Another factor is connectivity. Jurong is at the intersection of 2 lines, and perhaps the Jurong LRT or whatever they planning ahead for. It is also between 2 expressways; AYE and PIE. KJE and BKE not too far off.

Punggol is largely residential, and with the city becoming denser with higher plot ratios for residential, the choice is obvious.

In addition, Punggol is not exactly great in connectivity. That's the thing about frontier towns like Pasir Ris and Punggol, they are far too far from anything that matters.

4 April 2008

Blueprint for Jurong unveiled

URA plans to transform Jurong Lake District into a unique lakeside destination for business and leisure

As part of the Draft Master Plan 2008 Review, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) today announced the blueprint for Jurong Lake District. The vision for Jurong Lake District is to transform it into a unique lakeside destination for business and leisure in the next 10 to 15 years.

The blueprint for Jurong Lake District was unveiled by Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Development, at URA’s annual corporate plan seminar today attended by about 500 developers, architects, other industry players and URA staff at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel.

Jurong Lake District

Jurong Lake District consists of two complementary precincts, Jurong Gateway and Lakeside. These refer to the areas around the Jurong East MRT Station and Jurong Lake in the west region of Singapore.

The key proposals for the Jurong Lake District are as follows:

• The area around the Jurong East MRT Station (to be known as Jurong Gateway) will be developed into an attractive commercial hub serving the west region, outside the city centre
• A new and unique leisure destination will be created around Jurong Lake (to be known as Lakeside) with edutainment attractions for the whole family
• Jurong Lake will be brought closer to Jurong Gateway through the introduction of possible new waterways and pedestrian linkages
• The sense of greenery will be heightened with new landscaped open spaces and park connectors at the street-level and skyrise greenery in buildings
• An integrated network of pedestrian walkways between buildings and public facilities will be created

http://www.ura.gov.sg/pr/text/2008/pr08-38.html
http://www.ura.gov.sg/pr/graphics/2008/pr08-38a1.pdf

Jurong General Hospital to be located near MRT, bus interchange
By Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 27 April 2008 1300 hrs



SINGAPORE: The new general hospital in Jurong will be located in Jurong East, within walking distance from the Jurong East MRT station and bus interchange, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced after a ministerial walkabout in Geylang Serai on Sunday.

The hospital will also be easily accessible via the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) and the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE).

Jurong General Hospital, which will serve Singaporeans living in the west, will have 550 beds and will provide acute inpatient and outpatient care.

It will also have a community hospital next to it.

The hospital is expected to open by 2015.

A hospital planning committee, led by National Healthcare Group CEO Lim Suet Wun, is looking into the details.

The development will form part of the larger Jurong Lake District plan to transform the Jurong East area into a mini-city with commercial, leisure and other amenities.

Details of the Jurong Lake District plan are available at www.ura.gov.sg/MP2008/Jurong/. - CNA/ac

The video on URA website - Jurong Lake District - is mind blogging. I am stunned by the 2nd level pedestrian mall that extended from Jurong East MRT station all way to Jurong water front villages. Jurong MRT station new roof - wah so high....and interior of transport hub...wah...

That video is fantastic, they are virtually building a new city over there. It is going to have a skyline of its own.

The Video is awesome.. Will the Singapore science centre be partnering with any renowned museum??? It would be a great alliances. It is time to rejuvenate the Tampines area and relaunch punggol and woodlands as well.

The Video is awesome.. Will the Singapore science centre be partnering with any renowned museum??? It would be a great alliances. It is time to rejuvenate the Tampines area and relaunch punggol and woodlands as well.

yea. totally agreed.
the tampines regional centre shld be relaunch and have more branding.
it seems overtaking by changi business park!

Reading and watching the plans for Jurong Lake area, there's one thing unmistakable about it- there is absolutely no plans for Jurong LRT for Jurong East.

If i'm interpreting it rightly, I can safely say revamping the Jurong Lake area requires massive revamping of Jurong East and Chinese Garden MRT stations, which the URA video seems to suggest. (full integration with commercial/transport hub for Jurong East stn and full integration with new Science Ctr for Chinese Gdn stn)

I think there should be similar plans for the other regional centres like Woodlands and Tampines though I have to admit that Tampines currently has little to offer in terms of a themed area like Jurong Lake and because of height restrictions, will never have a skyline to equal Jurong.

Woodlands on the other hand, has more potential but I'd imagine that any development will need to take in consideration of the Thomson Line and MRT extension to Johor.

And on Jurong, I think the govt needs to do something about the occasional smog and haze. On some days, the pollution there is very obvious, with the reduced visibility and the smell.

sometimes, when its not ready to announce, ura wld not announce. gov office do tat in case not to eat their own words later on...

mayb its just good to have 2 cbd. jurong and city. or mayb add in the one north... its enough to have more capacity.

the smog in jurong, cant be help. maybe its the oil refinary on mainland that caused it. but than, the refinary company has poured in lots of money into sg, therefore, i think its not easy to get rid of it.

Reading and watching the plans for Jurong Lake area, there's one thing unmistakable about it- there is absolutely no plans for Jurong LRT for Jurong East.

And on Jurong, I think the govt needs to do something about the occasional smog and haze. On some days, the pollution there is very obvious, with the reduced visibility and the smell.

Over the years - all elevated stations would be eventually given massive facelift. Few underground stations already have interiors changed. So we can expect the older elevated stations to have their interior changed.

I live in Jurong for many years, the air is still fresh and clean. Not much smog and haze. Where do you get the information that situation in Jurong is so bad in smell and visibility?

Based on the situation of industrial areas?

My camp has been in the West since October?

Singapore ain't as pollution free as you think. The Sembawang/Admiralty area suffers from being so close to Senoko Power Station, Seletar/Simpang/Sengkang/Punggol suffers from being near Malaysia's incinerator, the East Coast's air is very salty, Kranji/Choa Chu Kang area occasionally has smells from the nearby animal farms.

Perhaps I am ultra-sensitive, but I personally have sensed these things on a relatively regular basis and unless you're implying that I'm lying, I suggest you take views from others and contemplate on them before judging.

I also think the pedestrian mall bridge thingy from Jurong East station to the Lakes area is stupid. What's gonna happen when it rains? Does Jurong East have a subtropical climate which the rest of Singapore doesn't get to enjoy? Will people actually be willing to walk at least 15 minutes to the Lakes area, basking in the energy-sapping rays of the sun?

My camp has been in the West since October?

I also think the pedestrian mall bridge thingy from Jurong East station to the Lakes area is stupid. What's gonna happen when it rains? Does Jurong East have a subtropical climate which the rest of Singapore doesn't get to enjoy? Will people actually be willing to walk at least 15 minutes to the Lakes area, basking in the energy-sapping rays of the sun?

I beg to differ. This is not stupid. It is not everyday that we get rains. This pedestrian mall is useful, given the large volume of people walking from MRT station to these premises daily. So the mall is much wider and more cosy. So having second level mall would enable people to cross roads without worry.

Even Gardens by the Bay - not entire park is covered.

However the video of Jurong Lake District is not exactly 100% confirmed. It gives you a glimpse of what it is like in future. More details would come out in coming years. More buildings are connected so you can expected some parts are covered.

My camp has been in the West since October?

Singapore ain't as pollution free as you think. The Sembawang/Admiralty area suffers from being so close to Senoko Power Station, Seletar/Simpang/Sengkang/Punggol suffers from being near Malaysia's incinerator, the East Coast's air is very salty, Kranji/Choa Chu Kang area occasionally has smells from the nearby animal farms.

Perhaps I am ultra-sensitive, but I personally have sensed these things on a relatively regular basis and unless you're implying that I'm lying, I suggest you take views from others and contemplate on them before judging.


I am resident of Jurong - have been living here since 1980s. And I also work in industrial area. The air here is relatively cleaner than in HK and China where some people had to put on masks.

I guess you are over-reacting. Many factories are of top quality and strictly regulated by NEA and JTC. Even many chimneys are fitted with fliters to filter out the toxic. If the place is so bad, Jurong Bird Park should close down. However you would be surprised to see many erotic birds flocking to Jurong Bird Park daily. Even I saw few beautiful birds in Jurong Industrial areas where I once worked in a massive steel company.

Jurong General Hospital to integrate best of hospital features

29 Apr 08

SINGAPORE: The new Jurong General Hospital will be a "green building", with state-of-the-art technology. It may also be as high as 20 storeys to give a panoramic view of the Jurong Lake district.

Lim Suet Wun, Head of Planning Committee, Jurong General Hospital, said: "With each hospital we intend to improve on what's been done. So we certainly expect this hospital - in terms of its facilities, how it looks like and its operational aspects - to be the most modern hospital that the government could built."

Patients will have radio frequency tags which can provide their pulse rate and temperature automatically. This will be implemented at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in June.

The hospital will also be energy-efficient. Dr Lim continued: "It will have to integrate into its environment and certainly will have to have the convenience to make sure that we have links to all the adjacent buildings."

Dr Lim said it took his committee about eight months to conduct a feasibility study of the Jurong General Hospital. The 12-member committee comprises people who had experience in developing hospitals.

A model of the hospital will be unveiled in the later part of 2008.

The hospital, like all future facilities, will also have a community hospital next to it. This is to provide patients with step-down care, if needed.

The Changi and St Andrew's Hospitals, the first to pilot this arrangement, said such integration has led to greater synergy of resources and administrative work.

TK Udairam, Chief Executive Officer, Changi General Hospital, said: "We can schedule the patient to have surgery (or) therapy. Start here and then they continue in St Andrew's...

"Over time, if we can expand this, we can actually do the pathway so that it comes from CGH, goes to St Andrew's and even goes to step-down care."

Dr Loh Yik Hin, Chief Executive Officer, St Andrew's Community Hospital, said: "There has been greater efficiency because even in shared processes such as means testing, part of this can start during the inpatient stay at CGH and then we can complete the tail end of the means test."

"Being located next to CGH (Changi General Hospital) also helps us address some of the acute needs of our partner hospital. For instance, during the height of the acute bed crunch, we were able to let Changi General (Hospital) have 33 beds in one of our wards and this has gone quite some way in alleviating their bed crunch."

About 80 per cent of patients at St Andrew's hospital are referred to by CGH.

Structures like bridges will be built in the new Jurong General Hospital to connect the tertiary hospital to the community hospital, and also to other amenities in the area such as the MRT station and nearby shopping centres.

The Jurong General Hospital will be ready by 2015. - CNA/vm

Few large barges are seen being constructed near the shores of Jurong Lake just few miles away from Chinese Garden. Can be seen from MRT trains. This would signal the beginning of the transformation of Jurong Lake district...

I am resident of Jurong - have been living here since 1980s. And I also work in industrial area. The air here is relatively cleaner than in HK and China where some people had to put on masks.

I guess you are over-reacting. Many factories are of top quality and strictly regulated by NEA and JTC. Even many chimneys are fitted with fliters to filter out the toxic. If the place is so bad, Jurong Bird Park should close down. However you would be surprised to see many erotic birds flocking to Jurong Bird Park daily. Even I saw few beautiful birds in Jurong Industrial areas where I once worked in a massive steel company.

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I am resident of Jurong - have been living here since 1980s. And I also work in industrial area. The air here is relatively cleaner than in HK and China where some people had to put on masks.

I guess you are over-reacting. Many factories are of top quality and strictly regulated by NEA and JTC. Even many chimneys are fitted with fliters to filter out the toxic. If the place is so bad, Jurong Bird Park should close down. However you would be surprised to see many erotic birds flocking to Jurong Bird Park daily. Even I saw few beautiful birds in Jurong Industrial areas where I once worked in a massive steel company.

Indeed, I'd be very surprised to see such a sight!! :uh:

It must be possible to find a few in Singapore though! :drool: :cheers:






Sorry... I couldn't help it! :nuts:

Indeed, I'd be very surprised to see such a sight!! :uh:

It must be possible to find a few in Singapore though! :drool: :cheers:

Sorry... I couldn't help it! :nuts:

You got the message finally. It was meant to be a joke. :)

URA releases first sale site in Jurong Lake District on the reserve list today

28 Nov 08

http://www.ura.gov.sg/pr/text/2008/pr08-113.html

http://www.ura.gov.sg/sales/JEast-St13/MA/intro(MA).gif

This first sale site is strategically located next to the Jurong East MRT station – in the heart of Jurong Gateway precinct. Existing developments in the precinct include the JTC Summit and Jurong Entertainment Centre.



With more than 3,000 multinational and global businesses clustered in the nearby International Business Park and Jurong/Tuas industrial Estates and a catchment of one million residents from the surrounding towns, the subject site is ideal for a mixed-use development with a potential gross floor area (GFA) of about 107,098 sqm. This sizable Land Parcel will be the first commercial site made available for sale by the government to reinforce the existing commercial cluster and create a vibrant & exciting Jurong Lake District (see site location in Annex 2).



In line with the plan for Jurong Gateway to be developed as a major regional commercial centre in the west of Singapore, the proposed development on the Land Parcel will have at least 30% of the total GFA for office use. The remaining GFA can be for additional office use or other uses permitted under the White site zoning such as commercial and residential uses.



The future development on the Land Parcel will also be seamlessly integrated with the Jurong East MRT station and the adjacent future developments. Through the extensive network of at-grade and elevated walkways, as well as landscaped pedestrian malls provided within the proposed development, residents and shoppers will enjoy all-weather comfort access to the Jurong East MRT station and other developments and public facilities in the Jurong Gateway and Lakeside precincts. In addition, the future mixed-use development will also enjoy direct access to the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) and Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) and is a 20-minute drive or train ride away from the city centre and Tuas Second Link.



Given its prominent location and extensive frontages, the development is expected to be designed as a high-density, sustainable landmark development, incorporating environmentally-friendly design that will enhance the skyline and quality of the physical environment of the area. The proposed development of this site will act as a catalyst to kick start the growth of the Jurong Lake District into a vibrant, attractive commercial lifestyle hub of the western part of Singapore.

Design Advisory Panel

Given its strategic location, it is vital that the proposed development on the first sale site in Jurong Gateway is a well designed landmark development with appropriate quality. Hence, the design of the proposed development will be reviewed by a Design Advisory Panel (DAP), chaired by URA. The DAP will work with and guide the development team in the design of the development after the tender has been awarded.

^^ CDL was dead against Jurong Lake Development.

I can't wait who will be awarded the site for and what will be the design and the heigh as well. Spirals?

Jurong Lake District – Gem of the West

Today, the west is a great place to live, work and play. But even more exciting changes are coming up.

The Urban Redevelopment Authority plans to give the Jurong area a complete makeover, turning it into a unique lakeside destination for business and leisure in the next 10 to 15 years. Jurong Lake District will comprise two complementary precincts - Jurong Gateway and Lakeside. The Jurong gateway will be one of the biggest commercial hub outside the city centre and Lakeside will be a hub of family-friendly leisure attractions.

We will develop the land around Jurong East MRT station into a vibrant commercial hub with a good mix of office, retail, residential, hotel, entertainment, F&B and other complementary uses. Residents staying in the west will have greater convenience and more amenities, as well as opportunities to work closer to home.

We can already see some of these plans taking shape. For instance, at Jurong Gateway, works to expand the Jurong East MRT station have already started and the project is scheduled to complete by 2011. The existing bus interchange will also be redeveloped by 2013 to better integrate with the MRT station.

There are also more developments coming on stream in the next few years. By 2014, we will have the new Jurong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital just across the road from IMM. JTC also plans to expand the International Business Park to accommodate the demand from companies looking to locate here.

Over at Lakeside, dredging works at Jurong Lake were completed earlier this year, to support more water-based activities. Just a few weeks ago, the ground breaking ceremony for a new waterfront promenade around the Lake was held. The promenade comprises boardwalks, fishing & garden deck, viewing plaza, wetlands and a geyser. Four to five new edu-tainment attractions will be added around the lake, including a new world class Science Centre which will be developed next to Chinese Garden MRT station within the next few years.

We can also look forward to a new lakeside village offering a different shopping and dining experience. So in the next few years, Jurong Lake will be transformed into a major leisure destination for Singaporeans and tourists.

These exciting plans are made with you, the residents, in mind. We want to make this place an even more exciting and comfortable place for you and your children to live in. Therefore, I would encourage you to take your time to visit the exhibits and give us your views at the polling feature, on what are some of the amenities and facilities you hope to see in the Jurong area.

Source: My Endearing Home Roving Exhibition Launch (http://www.ura.gov.sg/pr/text/2009/pr09-46.html)

Jurong Lake District – Gem of the West

Today, the west is a great place to live, work and play. But even more exciting changes are coming up.

The Urban Redevelopment Authority plans to give the Jurong area a complete makeover, turning it into a unique lakeside destination for business and leisure in the next 10 to 15 years. Jurong Lake District will comprise two complementary precincts - Jurong Gateway and Lakeside. The Jurong gateway will be one of the biggest commercial hub outside the city centre and Lakeside will be a hub of family-friendly leisure attractions.

I presume the upgrading of Boon Lay bus interchange is part of the above plans.

I presume the upgrading of Boon Lay bus interchange is part of the above plans.

Nope. Integrated Public Transport Hub at Boon Lay is already planned years ago to be integrated with Jurong Point 2. Now it is completed and ready to be operational.

Building new Integrated Public Transport Hub at Jurong East and changes to roads around Jurong East are part of plans.