housing in s’pore
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Challenges S’pore faced after independence
Housing Ch. 10 pp.
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Housing in 1950s & 1960s
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Kampong life
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Chinatown
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Public Housing under British administration
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Lim Kim San• Mr Lim Kim San, was called Mr HDB, as he
volunteered to be chairman of the Housing Development Board (HDB) when it was established in 1960.
• He took no salary for the first three years of his stint at the HDB and only started taking a salary in 1963, when he became Singapore’s National Development Minister, after winning his debut into politics as a fresh Member of Parliament.
• He subsequently became the Finance and Defence Minister.
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Lim Kim San
• During his tenure as Chairman of HDB, Mr Lim Kim San was given the daunting task of providing low-cost public housing for about 400,000 people who were staying in squatter and make-shift homes.
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Lim Kim San
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Lim Kim San• Against all odds and to the chagrin of his critics,
he built about 25,000 HDB flats in the first three years.
• It was an eye-opener to what a dedicated and determined public servant could do, following on the then dismal performance of the Singapore Investment Trust (SIT) which was the provider of public housing before 1960.
• Indeed, some credited him with saving the PAP – which at that time was untested – by solving Singapore’s housing problem.
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HDB flats 1960
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HDB flats 1960
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HDB flats
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Queenstown
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Toa Payoh
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Publichousing