Background of Taman Jurong Market

Background information of the building

Consolidation of market and two old food centres transformed into community hub

NEWS RELEASE NO: 25/2005

DATE OF ISSUES: 24 May 05

Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre opened for business on 9 May 2005, after the completion of the upgrading of the Centre under the Hawker Centre Upgrading Programme (HUP) at a cost of S$14m. The 5-storey building, by far the centre with the highest number of storeys upgraded under the programme, has a market on the first storey and a food centre on the 2nd and 3rd storeys. The car park is located on the two upper floors of the building.

Adjacent to Taman Jurong Community Club and linked by a bridge on the Centre's second storey, the Taman Jurong Food Centre acts as a community hub, linking Singaporeans through a common, renowned past-time - eating.

Previously known as the Yung Seng Food Centre, Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre is a consolidation of three previous hawker centres slated for upgrading - Corporation Drive Market, Corporation Drive Food Centre, and Yung Seng Food Centre. Designed to balance aesthetics and functionality, the new Centre boasts a vast transformation - with ample parking space, a variety of seating arrangements to accommodate customers' needs, plenty of ventilation and systems to minimize smokiness and greasiness. Al fresco dining areas add to Taman Jurong's relaxed ambience.

With an open design concept, the market on the first storey is open and easily accessible from the road and its neighbouring facilities. The two-storey food centre is accessed through a central circulation space which is three-storeys high and affords patrons visual connection to the neighbourhood beyond. There are 122 cooked food stalls altogether on these two floors, and the entire Centre has a total seating capacity of 1,705.

The stalls in the food centre are arranged around two naturally-lit courtyards as well as along the periphery of the building. The courtyards draw light into the market and food centre while allowing for natural ventilation through the building. Patrons can choose to dine in the courtyards or along the building periphery.

The design of the building facade aims to convey varying degrees of transparency and give the building unique definition. In addition, the sun-shading systems give the building a strong architectural expression.

'The upgraded hawker centre is brighter, more spacious, and well-ventilated, which is good for the customers and stallholders, and we hope this will attract more customers to the Centre,' said Mr Andrew Lau, Manager, National Environment Agency.

To date, 38 markets/food centres have been upgraded under the HUP and 12 more centres are currently being upgraded.