Block 8 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee, built 1962

Title
Block 8 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee, built 1962
Creator
Year/Period
2017
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: 60.0 x 90.0 cm
Accession No.
2020-00231
Credit Line
Acquired with support from Mr Tsai Eng Rung

Jalan Bukit Ho Swee was the site of Singapore’s first large-scale construction project carried out by the Housing Development Board from 1961 onwards. Block 8 was one of the public housing blocks built by the HDB. The estate’s two- and three-room flats, also built in 1962, were the first flats to undergo Singapore’s first-ever public housing upgrading programme – the Main Upgrading Programme – from 1994 to 1995.