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000 SATELLITE 'N IN SINGAPORE
WILL HOUSE
150,000
, PROPOSED POST OFFICE
COMPLETED MARKET
IN
IN 1952 what is now known as Queenstown in Singapore was bushland, swampy marshes inter- spersed with farms and small hills. There were a few attap huts here and there on high ground.
Today the story is different. The Singapore Improvement Trust mov- ed into the area that year and ear- marked it as the site of the first satellite town.
Now there are about 10.400 flats and shops in the district, which covers 600 acres.
The Housing and Development Board took over the functions of the Improvement Trust in 1960 and with a new programme accelerated construction work to meet the grow ing demand for houses.
The township is due to be com. pleted by the end of 1964, by when it will have 17,500 flats and shops, housing a population of about 150,000.
The overall cost of development and construction is about M$70,- 000,000.
Flats are of two and three bed- room types with a monthly rental of M$40 and M$60 respectively.
The last phase of development is now on. It consists of a town cen- tre in a ten-acre area, with three modern air-conditioned theatres, a car park, 30 shops, a large restaur- ant, a huge paved area. a regional post office, a town hall, community centres, a multi-storey office block and a maternity and child health
centre.
The post office and health centre are not exactly part of the Board's development projects, but they fit into the grand scheme.
The road system has already been completed and one can now reach the town centre quickly. An adequate public transport system is also in existence.
area.
Queenstown is also an industrial Some of the big manufactur- ing firms have their factories on the outskirts of the town.
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