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  2. Housing and Development Board - Wikipedia

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    The Housing & Development Board ( HDB; often referred to as the Housing Board ), is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development responsible for the public housing in Singapore. Established in 1960 as a result of efforts in the late 1950s to set up an authority to take over the Singapore Improvement Trust 's (SIT) public housing ...

  3. Public housing in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    HDB residences in Bishan town. Public housing in Singapore is subsidised, built, and managed by the Government of Singapore.Starting in the 1930s, the country's first public housing was built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in a similar fashion to contemporaneous British public housing projects, and housing for the resettlement of squatters was built from the late 1950s.

  4. HDB Hub - Wikipedia

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    HDB Hub is the headquarters of the Housing and Development Board.It is located on Lorong 6 Toa Payoh in Toa Payoh, Singapore next to Toa Payoh MRT station.. History. The HDB Hub opened on 10 June 2002 as the headquarters of the Housing and Development Board, with all public service counters in the board's former headquarters in Bukit Merah being closed on 8 June.

  5. Build to order (HDB) - Wikipedia

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    Build to order (HDB) Build to order ( BTO) is a real estate development scheme enacted by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), a statutory board responsible for Singapore 's public housing. First introduced in 2001, it consists of a flat allocation system that offers flexibility in timing and location for owners buying new public housing ...

  6. Housing and Development Bank - Wikipedia

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    Net income. £E575 million (2015 [2]) Website. hdb-egy .com. The Housing and Development Bank ( Arabic: بنك التعمير والإسكان) is an Egyptian bank established in Cairo on June 30, 1979, originally as a state owned enterprise (SOE), with a mandate to alleviate housing shortages by narrowing the gap between the low supply and ...

  7. New towns of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Subsequently, after the HDB took over public housing development in the 1960s, the densities of new towns were increased and more amenities were included, and the HDB's first new town, Toa Payoh, contained industrial areas and a town centre with amenities. From the 1970s, new towns were built further from the city centre and were planned ...

  8. Tiong Bahru - Wikipedia

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    Tiong Bahru is a housing estate and subzone region located within Bukit Merah planning area, in the Central Region of Singapore.Tiong Bahru was constructed in the 1920s by the Singapore Improvement Trust, the predecessor to the Housing Development Board (HDB) and an entity of the British colonial authority providing mass public housing in Singapore and is the oldest housing estate in Singapore.

  9. Main Upgrading Programme - Wikipedia

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    Main Upgrading Programme. The Main Upgrading Programme, or MUP ( Chinese: 主要翻新 ), was formally launched as the Singapore government’s pioneer housing upgrading programme in 1992, by then Prime Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong. Under the MUP, residents enjoyed an improved living environment without the need to move out from their familiar ...