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Tiong Bahru is a housing estate and subzone region located within Bukit Merah planning area, in the Central Region of Singapore.Tiong Bahru was constructed in the 1920s by the Singapore Improvement Trust, the predecessor to the Housing Development Board (HDB) and an entity of the British colonial authority providing mass public housing in Singapore and is the oldest housing estate in Singapore.
Housing built by SIT, at Tiong Bahru, Singapore. In the early 20th century, Singapore was experiencing rapid expansion and development, and the local government was unable to handle significant town improvement schemes. A 1907 report by a public health commissioner called for the construction of back lanes to facilitate the removal of human waste.
Tanjong Pagar - Tiong Bahru; Mayors. The incumbent Mayor of Central Singapore District is MP for Jalan Besar GRC Denise Phua from the People's Action Party since 2014. #
From the early 1930s, the SIT subsequently started planning larger housing estates on the outskirts of the Central Area, and after being unable to encourage the private development of such estates, constructed the first estate, Tiong Bahru, from 1936. [4] Subsequently, the SIT began focusing more on public housing provision from the late 1940s. [5]
Tiong Bahru SIT-built blocks. Public housing architecture in Singapore dates back to the 1930s with the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), a colonial government agency, embarked on a building programme to address a shortage of affordable housing in Singapore. Initially, the SIT focussed on housing middle and lower-middle class Asians.
Developed by UOL Limited, Tiong Bahru Plaza and the adjacent 20-storey office tower, Central Plaza, were completed in late 1994 as the first shopping mall in Tiong Bahru and Bukit Merah. Like a typical suburban mall at that time, it had a cinema, a department store, a supermarket, a food court, and more than 100 specialty shops.
Kampong Tiong Bahru (Chinese: 甘榜中峇鲁) is a subzone within the planning area of Bukit Merah, Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Its boundary is made up of the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) in the south; Kampong Bahru Road in the east; Jalan Bukit Merah in the north; and Lower Delta Road in the west.
The western part of Tanjong Pagar is mainly located in the Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru division of Tanjong Pagar GRC. Since the electoral ward was created in 1955, Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew , served as its Member of Parliament until his death on 23 March 2015.