Bukit Purmei


Bukit Purmei is a small housing estate within Bukit Merah planning area in Singapore, near Telok Blangah estate. Bukit Purmei consists of 15 HDB blocks, private apartments and landed property.
Within the estate, there is a park, a Chinese temple, a Church, a small Malay-Muslim cemetery and a Malay shrine called Keramat Bukit Kasita.
The roads serving the estate are Bukit Purmei Ave, Bukit Purmei Rd and Bukit Teresa Rd.
The name means "Serene Hill" in Malay. The word "Purmei" is an older spelling of the standard Malay "Permai".

Amenities

There are various shops at the void deck and bus stops in front of the blocks at the neighbourhood centre along Bukit Purmei Avenue. There are also 2 coffee shops, a 7-Eleven store, 2 clinics, a Chinese medicinal shop and a Mega Value shop at the neighbourhood centre. The estate is also served by 2 primary schools, namely CHIJ Kellock Primary and Radin Mas Primary School. There is also the Bukit Purmei Hillock Park in the neighbourhood and Mount Faber Park is within a walk away.

Transport

These services serve Bukit Purmei estate along Bukit Purmei Avenue.
Service 123 - Runs between Bukit Merah Interchange and Beach Station Bus Terminal, Sentosa via Tiong Bahru MRT station and Orchard Road.
Service 123M - A supplementary route of service 123 that runs between HarbourFront Interchange and looping at Tiong Bahru Road
Service 131 - Runs between Saint Michael's Terminal and Bukit Merah Interchange.
Service 131M - A supplementary route of service 131 that runs between Bukit Merah Interchange and looping at Bukit Purmei Avenue via Jalan Bukit Merah and Lower Delta Road. It only operates during AM and PM peak hours on weekdays.
Alternatively, bus services 61, 124, 143 & 166 pass by Kampong Bahru Road at the south of the estate and bus services 65, 121, 195 & 855 pass by Lower Delta Road.

Neighbouring areas