The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has received overwhelming support on plans to remake estates like Hougang, East Coast and Jurong Lake. Almost all of the 13,000 people surveyed said they were looking forward to the S$1 billion 'Remaking Our Heartland' plans for those areas. The exhibitions for those plans had attracted some 77,000 visitors in January this year. A new town centre, with new...
Remaking Our Heartland
Singapore's public housing agency - Housing and Development Board (HDB) - has been given the United Nations Public Service Award. HDB said the award is in recognition of the Home Ownership Programme, which has successfully provided over 80 per cent of Singaporeans with affordable quality flats, of them 95 per cent own these homes. Describing it as a significant milestone in its history, HDB said the...