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Jurong Port Pte Ltd is a port operator headquartered in Singapore. Jurong Port, which operates the only multi-purpose port in Singapore, handles bulk , break-bulk and containerised cargo. It handled over 40,000 vessel-calls annually in 2019.
The slide back to Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) was due to the Jurong Fishery Port COVID-19 cluster and not the KTV lounges/clubs cluster, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Wednesday (21 July).
Jurong (/ dʒ uː r ɒ ŋ /) is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore.Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and Pioneer, along with Jurong Island in the Western Islands cluster and the southernmost portions of the Western Water Catchment.
The Jurong railway line ran between Bukit Timah and the Jurong industrial estate. It consisted of a 9 miles (14 km) main line between Bukit Timah and the Mobil refinery in the industrial estate, and three branch lines, which connected the main line to the heavy industries area, the docks and to the National Iron and Steel Mills respectively, with the total length of the line and its branches ...
In the 1960s, when the Singapore government decided that the area of Jurong was to be the site for Singapore's second port (after the existing one at Tanjong Pagar south of the city-centre) and a new industrial estate, it was realized that most of Jurong lacked proper roads and related infrastructure (as the area was, at that time, largely undeveloped and was regarded as a rural district, with ...
It is also the only highway within Jurong Island. There are plans to build a second causeway to link the Western end of Jurong Island Highway and Gul Road in Jurong Industrial Estate, Mainland Singapore but the plan was put on hold due to the possibility that the causeway might affect the passage of ships to the shipyards in the Southern part ...
Other roads in the area also bare Malay names, including "Jalan Pabrik" (Jurong Port Road), "Jalan Gudang" (Jurong Pier Road), "Jalan Gerabak" (Tractor Road) of which many have been renamed to English by JTC Corporation. Only a handful remain unchanged, including Jalan Papan, Jalan Terusan and Jalan Pesawat.
JTC Corporation (JTC), formerly the Jurong Town Corporation, is a statutory board under Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry that champions sustainable industrial development. It master-plans clean, green and smart estates to create attractive destinations for Singapore's talent and communities.