Tuas, Singapore (29 July 2017)
Tuas is a place on the western part of
Singapore. It is regarded as a planning area within the West Region of Singapore. Once a fishing village, Tuas has metamorphosed into a public housing and industrial area since the 1970s. The area is further divided into 6 subzones namely Tengeh, Tuas Bay, Tuas North, Tuas Promenade, Tuas View and Tuas View Extension.
Tuas is located in Singapore Postal
District 22.
Located next to the Jurong Industrial Estate, Tuas is the located for the placement of heavy industries, as it is a distance from downtown Singapore. Since the late 1980s, the coastal areas south of Tuas proper has been extensively reclaimed, to house what is planned to be the largest oil storage facility in the world. The area is known as
Tuas Peninsula and Tuas South.
Tuas is perhaps best known as the landing site for the
Malaysia-Singapore Second Link, which connects Singapore to
Tanjung Kupang in
Johor, Malaysia.
MRT Stations in Tuas, Singapore