Title
“Bukit Ho Swee Estate” published by the Housing & Development Board
Year/Period
1967
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 24.2 x 18.5 cm,
Object size: 24.2 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm
Object size: 24.2 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm
Accession No.
2023-01309
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mdm Kwek Ping Cheng and Ng Ching Huei
This publication by the Housing & Development Board (HDB) narrates the history of the Bukit Ho Swee area from its reputation as an unsavoury squatter area to the historic fire in May 1961 that left 16,000 people homeless, and the subsequent rapid building of HDB blocks on the site of the fire to rehouse these people. In the second part of the publication, it lists the new amenities available in the estate, such as schools, playgrounds and public telephone booths. It concludes with an epilogue about the dangers of living in such squatter conditions.
