Toa Payoh: A New Estate

Title
Toa Payoh: A New Estate
Creator
Year/Period
2015 [1971]
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Frame size: 59.0 x 83.5 x 2.0 cm,
Image size: 35.0 x 62.0 cm
Accession No.
2016-00733

Loke Hong Seng (b. 1943) was working as a radio announcer with Radio Television Singapore in the 1960s when he picked up photography and subsequently grew to specialize in street photography. His images of 1960s and 1970s Singapore offer a candid view of everyday life in the early days of the nation’s development. The photograph shows the Toa Payoh New Town being built, with new HDB blocks visible in the background.