Geog Project by Soh Jun Kai https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1 HDB Evolution en-us 2018-04-28 03:11:29 UTC 2018-05-10 02:00:33 UTC hello@padlet.com With over 1 million flats across 23 towns and 3 estates, the Singapore brand of public housing is very different. The flats spell home for over 80% of Singapore's population. sohjk04 https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256194087 2018-04-28 03:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256194087 1960s HDB floor plans in the 5 years HDB, built flats in proportion of 40% 1-room, 30% 2-Room, 30% 3-Room. 4-Room were introduced in 1967 at Henderson Road. sohjk04 https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256196445 2018-04-28 04:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256196445 HDB was created shortly after People Action Party won national elections of 1959. HDB was founded in feburary 16. HDB continued construction of some SIT estates: Queenstown, Kallang Airport, St. Michael, Kampong Tiong Bahru, and launched new estates like Bukit Ho Swee, Brickworks, Alexandra Hill, Redhill, Henderson (in Bukit Merah); Bendemeer, Boon Keng, Kallang Bahru and Tanjong Rhu (in Kallang), Upper Changi Road aka Chai Chee (now part of Bedok), MacPherson (in Geylang), MacPherson Homes sohjk04 https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256196494 2018-04-28 04:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256196494 Here are some pictures sohjk04 https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256196773
]]> 2018-04-28 04:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256196773 timothy_fong_2017 https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256214313 In the early years of Singapore, it took ten years to resettle about 3720 villagers in Tampines for the development of infrastructure.]]> 2018-04-28 10:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256214313 timothy_fong_2017 https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256215391 Before HDB, Singapore Improvement Trust had built 20,907 flats within 12 years, however, this was not enough to support the 1.6 million population, which mostly live in overcroweded slums and squatter settlements.

After the formation of HDB however, 31,317 flats with piped water and clean sanitation was built in a span of three years, which tackled the problem of housing shortage]]> 2018-04-28 10:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256215391 In the second half of 1970s construction commenced for three more New Towns: Ang Mo Kio, Clementi / West Coast, Hougang, and for small estates like, Yishun, Chua Chu Kang.HDB also built Rural Centres, mini estates with several hundred flats to house farmers: Changi Village, Kranji.1970s generation estates were dominated by massive slab block in most common heights of 12, 13 or 16 stories and usually with 14 or 18 units per floor, most were over 100 metres long, plus point blocks of 20 and 25 storeys, and 4-storey blocks with shophouses. sohjk04 https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256279535 2018-04-29 07:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sohjk04/93u0d1wcsvz1/wish/256279535