During the 2nd Five-Year Plan between 1965 and 1970, about 95,000 of Singapore's population moved into the new flats at Toa Payoh with a total of around 18,000 units. It is the first HDB Estate to introduce the Improved flats for 3 room units where each flat has an extension of the kitchen and balcony together with a separate bathroom and toilet. Such flats in those days cost $7500. New 16-storey flats at Lorong 3 and low-rise flats with a wet market at Lorong 4 Toa Payoh, 1967 2-room flats at Blk 120 Lorong 2 Toa Payoh, 1967 The newly constructed Food Centre at Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, 1967 10-storey flats at Toa Payoh Rise, 1968 One of the tallest flats in Lorong 2 Toa Payoh, 1968 New flats at Lorong 1 Toa Payoh in the vicinity of Braddell MRT station, 1968 An aerial view of Lorong 1 Toa Payoh from Kampong San Theng, 1968 Newly built 5 Food Centres near Blk 127 Market in Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, 1969 The iconic dragon statue in front of Block 91, 1969 New
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