Teban Gardens

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Teban Gardens
Subzone of Jurong East Planning Area &
Housing Estate
Name transcription(s)
 •  Chinese 德曼花园
 •  Pinyin de2 man4 hua1 yuan2
 •  Malay Kampong Teban
 •  Tamil தேபான் கார்டன்ஸ்
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Teban Gardens
Location of Teban Gardens within Singapore
Coordinates: 01°19′14.40″N103°44′27.21″E / 1.3206667°N 103.7408917°E / 1.3206667; 103.7408917
Country Singapore

Teban Gardens is a residential precinct located in Jurong East, Singapore. Immediately north of Pandan Reservoir, it comprises exclusively public housing built by the JTC Corporation and Housing and Development Board.

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Geography

Sunset view of Pandan Reservoir from Teban Gardens Sunset view of Pandan Reservoir from Teban Gardens, Singapore.jpg
Sunset view of Pandan Reservoir from Teban Gardens

The Teban Gardens estate is situated within the town of Jurong East. The main road servicing the estate is Teban Gardens Road. [1]

Teban Gardens was originally a patch of mangrove swamp bordering on the Sungai Pandan area but was subsequently reclaimed to make way for housing development projects by the JTC Corporation in 1970

Flanked on the south side by the Pandan Reservoir, the east side by the bank of Sungai Pandan and situated at the fringe of Jurong Industrial Estate, Teban Gardens sits on the crossroad from Singapore's city center and other parts of the island towards the various industrial estates located within Jurong, Tuas as well as the nearby Jurong Island.

History

Kampong Java Teban

Teban Gardens was derived from the former village in the area near Sungei Pandan, Kampong Java Teban (Malay: Kampung Jawa Teban).

Redevelopment

Although the land reclamation of the estate began in 1970, actual construction of the estate did not begin until after 1975 as the land needed time to settle after being reclaimed from the mangrove swampland of the Sungai Pandan. JTC Corporation undertook the construction of the public housing blocks in the estate as a means to provide additional housings for the families of the workers from the nearby areas of Jurong Industrial Estate. [2] This was done to help ease the housing problem due in part by the overcrowding in the then nearby Taman Jurong housing estate, which was also built by JTC in 1969. [3]

In 1977, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) – Singapore's state agency for public housing, took over the task of building more housing blocks, relieving JTC from this task to concentrate on its core mission of developing and managing the Jurong Industrial Estate. Currently, Teban Gardens and Pandan Gardens are satellite towns to the nearby Jurong East New Town.

The first housing block was completed around 1978 [4] with a running sequence from block 401 to 416 (both 415 and 416 are four-storey shophouses). Recently some of the blocks has been demolished.

Notably, a number of companies such as Alfa Romeo, Carrier air-conditioners, Leica Camera, Konica Minolta, GE Industrial, Singapore Mint, Eltek Energy, Sin Tien Seng and Nordic Corp has set up their showroom, office or factory on a strip of land next to a road aptly named as Teban Gardens Crescent, which is sandwiched between the Ayer Rajah Expressway and the disused railway line of KTM (Jurong Line) that runs through the back of the town. Additionally, an International Business Park (IBP) was set up in the nearby town of Jurong East where companies and corporations such as Acer Inc., Creative Technology, Johnson & Johnson, MobileOne and the JTC Corporation are located.

Transportation

SBS Transit Service 143, the main bus link to the City. SBS9483Gfront.JPG
SBS Transit Service 143, the main bus link to the City.
Photo of the disused KTM Jurong Line taken at Clementi section of Ulu Pandan River, heading towards Teban Gardens and Jurong. 01deg19'22''N 103deg46'2''E / 1.32278degN 103.76722degE / 1.32278; 103.76722. Jurong KTMB railway line.jpg
Photo of the disused KTM Jurong Line taken at Clementi section of Ulu Pandan River, heading towards Teban Gardens and Jurong. 01°19′22″N103°46′2″E / 1.32278°N 103.76722°E / 1.32278; 103.76722 .

Roads

The main roads in this precinct are Penjuru Road, West Coast Road and Jurong Town Hall Road, which connects the precinct to the rest of the island through the AYE (Exits 13 and 14), with minor roads (Teban Gardens Road and Pandan Gardens) winding through the various places in the precinct.

Public transport

There is a feeder bus in this precinct, called 143M. It connects the precinct to Jurong East MRT station. Previously it was 241.

Trunk bus Services

There are 6 trunk bus services plying through Teban Gardens, of which all (except 176 and 30) originates from Jurong East Bus Interchange and therefore provide connection for people staying in this precinct to the Jurong East MRT station.

Apart from providing trunk bus connection to Jurong East MRT station,

The other 3 trunk bus services that do not provide connection to Jurong East MRT station are

Express and Premium services

There are 1 premium and 1 express bus services plying through Teban Gardens, of which all provide connection to the Central Business District on weekdays peak hours.

Past transportation

Amenities

Market and Food Centres

Situated in the middle of the town is the Teban Gardens Wet Market & Food Centre, [5] this serves the need of the residents as well as those from the nearby Pandan Gardens, which lacks one other than having a few shophouses of its own at block No.415 and 416.

Security

Located nearby at block No.43, is the Ayer Rajah Neighbourhood Police Post (NPP) of Clementi Police Division, [6] which continues to serve the residents since its inauguration in 1985.

Community Centre

The precinct's community centre (Ayer Rajah Community Club) is located along Pandan Gardens, beside blocks 416 and 415.

Recreation

There are 3 parks in Teban Gardens, located in Teban Gardens Road, West Coast Road (opposite block 408) and along Sungei Pandan (in front of blocks 401 and 403) respectively. South of the precinct is the Pandan Reservoir, where water-based sports activities are carried out.

Schools

Currently, there is 1 primary school (Fuhua Primary School) and 1 secondary school (Commonwealth Secondary School) located in this precinct.

1 primary school (Pandan Primary School), 1 high school (River Valley High School) and 1 junior college (Jurong Junior College) used to be located here. Jurong Junior College started at its original location in 1981 and functioned there till 1985 being moving to a new location in 1985. The site was then re-allocated for River Valley High School from 1986 to 2003 before the school relocated to a temporary site along Malan Road in 2004 and its new permanent site in Boon Lay in 2010. In November 2006, the site was re-used and it houses Commonwealth Secondary School since then. Meanwhile, for Pandan Primary School, it existed from 1981 to 2008 before being merged with Fuhua Primary School in 2009.

Industrial

Industrial developments are located at the northern part of the precinct, along the Ayer Rajah Expressway.

Politics

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West Coast Group Representation Constituency.

As of March 2016, Teban Gardens is a part of Ayer Rajah ward within the West Coast GRC. [7]

Together with Pandan Gardens, parts of Jurong East New Town and Clementi West New Town, the four estates formed the Single Member Constituency (SMC) [8] of Ayer Rajah SMC prior to being absorbed into the West Coast GRC during the 2006's election in Singapore. Dr Tan Cheng Bock was the incumbent member of Parliament, since the formation of the ward in 1980, he subsequently retired in 2006 after making way for his successor – Mr S Iswaran. It was replaced by Foo Mee Har, part of the Ayer Rajah constituency.

See also

West Region, Singapore, panorama, Nov 06.jpg
Panoramic view of West Region, Singapore, taken from the look-out tower on Jurong Hill with Teban Gardens visible near the top center position.
Jurong Industrial Estate and Jurong Island, panorama, Nov 06.jpg
Another panoramic view of Jurong Industrial Estate and Jurong Port, with Jurong Island in the background. The Jurong Pier Flyover and the island of Pulau Damar Laut, with Jurong Island Highway that leads to Jurong Island, can be seen on the left.

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References

  1. ↑ "Jurong East : Blocks 37 - 39 Teban Gardens Road". Housing and Development Board . Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "JTC Press Release" (PDF). National Archive of Singapore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Ministry of Health, Singapore Press Release" (PDF). National Archive of Singapore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "JTC Press Release" (PDF). National Archive of Singapore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Map of Teban Garden Market & Food Center". sg.shownearby.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Singapore Police Force Internet Portal". Singapore Police Force. Archived from the original on 18 March 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  7. ↑ "MPs of West Coast GRC". West Coast Town Council. Archived from the original on 20 March 2008.
  8. ↑ "Types of Electoral Divisions, SMC & GRC". Elections Department, Singapore.
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