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Going to Jurong East via Woodlands by metro in Singapore. Jurong East is a planning area of Singapore. It is bounded by Sungei Pandan, the Pan Island Expressway, Jurong Canal Drive, Boon Lay Way, Yuan Ching Road, the Ayer Rajah Expressway, Jurong Port Road, Jalan Buroh, Jurong Pier Road and the Northern border of Selat Jurong. The development of Jurong started in the 1970s when estates such as Boon Lay, Taman Jurong, Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak, Hong Kah, Teban Gardens and Yuhua were built, mostly due to the resettlement of Hong Kah (present-day Tengah) and surrounding villages. Yuhua, Teban Gardens, Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak formed Jurong East. Jurong East is connected to the rest of Singapore with the Pan Island Expressway(PIE) and the Ayer Rajah Expressway(AYE). Singapore, officially t