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After the fire, the HDB focused its efforts on Bukit Ho Swee's redevelopment, rapidly designing and constructing a public housing estate on the fire's site, with people displaced by urban renewal projects and kampong fires rehoused in the estate's flats. Their occupants disliked the one-room emergency flats, so by the mid-1960s, the HDB had ...
The open spaces of Dakota Crescent's estate, much of which still exist today, are pedestrian-friendly and have many uses, one of which is for children to play around in a large area at ease. Open public spaces such as these are no longer commonly found in modern housing estates of Singapore nowadays, since these newer flats are built in a more ...
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The Bukit Ho Swee fire [a] was a conflagration that broke out in the squatter settlement of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore on 25 May 1961. This fire resulted in 4 deaths and injured another 54. It also destroyed more than 2,800 houses around the Bukit Ho Swee area, leaving around 16,000 people homeless. The cause of this conflagration was never ...
Eighteen fire trucks arrived at 10:13, however the three nearby fire hydrants had failed and water pressure was too weak or had faulty equipment. [7] The hoses also did not fit and came off the fire hydrants. Firefighters sought to pumping water from the Singapore River to fight the fire. An adjacent jewellery store had its doors hacked open by ...
The complex (centre) behind Robina House in 2006 The back of Shenton House in 2024, (viewed from Shenton Lane) Shenton House is a building on Shenton Way in the Central Area of Singapore featuring a shopping podium underneath a 20-storey commercial tower. It was among the first buildings in Singapore to feature such a design.
Pages in category "Houses in Singapore" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 25 Chapel Road;
Fire stations in Singapore (3 P) O. Official residences in Singapore (1 C, 2 P) P. ... Parliament House, Singapore; S. State Courts of Singapore; Supreme Court of ...