The development of Bukit Ho Swee Estate after the fire
After the massive fire which made 16,000 people homeless in May 1961, our late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew gave the fire victims assurance that within 9 months, they will have their new flats to live in. In September 1961, he declared the opening of the new Bukit Ho Swee Estate.
Majority of the newly completed flats consist of 1-room emergency flats and 2-room flats at Bukit Ho Swee and Tiong Bahru
The development of Bukit Ho Swee fire site, 1961 |
Our then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew declaring the opening of a new estate |
Part of the crowd during the opening ceremony |
New flats under construction in Kampong Tiong Bahru |
An aerial view of Tiong Bahru HDB flats |
New flats at Jalan Membina |
Open spaces between these buildings |
9-storey flats at Tiong Bahru |
The government medical clinic in Tiong Bahru which opened in 1961 |
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