A mixture of old SIT flats and new HDB flats

Before HDB was formed, many 3 and 4-storey walk-up flats together with some single-storey artisan quarters built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) were found in estates like Tiong Bahru and Bukit Merah. However, as some of these flats were located on low ground and were periodically affected by occasional floods, it has been decided that the artisan quarters in Bukit Merah were to be demolished to make way for high-rise flats for safety purposes.
1-room emergency flats in Redhill, 1965

New 16-storey flats at Lengkok Bahru, 1966

 An aerial view of Hoy Fatt Road, Lengkok Bahru and Jalan Rumah Tinggi flats, 1966
Jalan Bukit Merah new flats in Tiong Bahru, 1967
An aerial view of Jalan Bukit Merah in Tiong Bahru, 1967
The newly completed Market and Food Centre at Blk 112 Jalan Bukit Merah, 1968



The first 4-room flats built at Henderson Crescent, 1967
10-storey new flats at Redhill Road, 1968
1-room Improved flats at Redhill Road, 1968

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