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The MSO was set up on 1 October 2014 to improve the Government's overall coordination and delivery of municipal services. [2] The MSO is part of the Government's on-going efforts to improve the delivery of municipal services by various public agencies in Singapore.
The HDB Hub at Toa Payoh, headquarters of the Housing & Development Board of Singapore. HDB flats in Jurong West. The Housing & Development Board (HDB; often referred to as the Housing Board), is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development responsible for the public housing in Singapore.
HDB residences in Bishan town. Public housing in Singapore is subsidised, built, and managed by the government of Singapore.Starting in the 1930s, the country's first public housing was built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in a similar fashion to contemporaneous British public housing projects, and housing for the resettlement of squatters was built from the late 1950s.
The history of Singapore's urban renewal goes back to the time period surrounding the Second World War, when it was still a British dependency. Even before the war, Singapore's housing environment was already a problem. The tension of both infrastructure and housing conditions was worsened by the rapidly-increasing Singapore population in the ...
Building conservation in Singapore is the responsibility of URA, which issued a Conservation Master Plan in 1989. This plan laid down guidelines and processes for the conservation of culturally and historically significant buildings. [2] More than 7000 buildings in Singapore have been gazetted as conserved buildings.
The Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP), was introduced by HDB during the National Day Rally in August 2007. [1] It replaced the Interim Upgrading Programme IUP Plus , and focuses on block and neighbourhood improvements, with full funding by the government.
The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore. It was established on 1 April 1999 through the merger of the Construction Industry Development Board and the Building Control Division of the former Public Works Department. [2]
In Singapore, a town council (TC) is an entity formed by at least one elected Member of Parliament (MP) and appointed residents who are responsible for the day-to-day operations in managing the common property of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) residential flats and commercial property within the town. [1]