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Rising housing prices led to public housing being seen as an investment from the 2000s, and new technologies and eco-friendly features were incorporated into housing estates. In the early 2020s, Singapore's public housing is located in new towns, in communities that are intended to be self-contained, with services nearby housing blocks, and is ...
By the 1940s and 1950s, Singapore experienced rapid population growth, with the population increasing to 1.7 million from 940,700 between 1947 and 1957. The living conditions of people in Singapore worsened, with many people living in informal settlements or cramped shophouses. [3]
Multiple new towns were envisioned in the Concept Plan of 1971, surrounding the water catchment area in Singapore's centre and linked together by an expressway system and a rail network, [4] and starting with Ang Mo Kio in 1973, new towns built in the 1970s followed a prototype new town model. This model comprised self-sufficient neighbourhoods ...
On 26 June 2023, Capitaland announced that besides 1 Science Park Drive, 5 and 7 Science Park Drive will also be integrated into a new S$1.37 billion life sciences and innovation campus named Geneo. Opened in 2024, 7 Science Park Drive was redeveloped into a mixed-use development comprising workspaces and the 250-room Citadines Science Park ...
With a height of 103 metres (338 feet), the 31-storey People's Park Complex building was the first shopping centre of its kind in Southeast Asia and set the pattern for later retail developments in Singapore. The shopping centre was completed in October 1970, while the residential block was completed in 1973.
Garut Regency is a Regency in the West Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 3,065.19 km 2 (1,186.91 mi 2 ). Geographically, it lies between 6°57 ′ 34″ – 7°44 ′ 57″ South latitude and 107°24 ′ 34″ – 108°7 ′ 34″ East longitude.
Marina One is a mixed-use development bounded by Marina Way and Straits View in Marina South located within the Downtown Core of the city-state of Singapore.. Designed by Christoph Ingenhoven, Marina One covers a total gross floor area of approximately 3.67 million square feet.
After Singapore's independence in 1965, the government adopted new road-naming policies as part of its nation-building effort. [11] A Street Naming Advisory Committee was appointed in February 1967 by the Minister of Finance, [12] and priority was given to local names and Malay names, while names of prominent figures and British places and people were discouraged. [11]