Mei Ling Street Estate was the sixth neighborhood built in Queenstown in the late 1960s. The site of land at Mei Ling and Stirling Road used to be a Chinese cemetery until the graves were exhumed to make way for new flats. Unlike the 3-room standard flats built in other districts of Queenstown, the newer Improved flats with a kitchen extension and a separate bathroom and toilet were the second batch of flats built after Toa Payoh. By 1970, public facilities like the Swimming Complex, Japanese Garden and Stadium were built for the convenience of residents who can do their healthy exercises and breathe in fresh air. There used to be one-room flats in Mei Ling Street which they have been demolished in the 1990s to make way for newer and bigger executive flats. Today, the executive flats are worth at least $1 million.
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Newly constructed 16-storey 3-room flats, 1968 |
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When lifts used to stop at alternate floors of the block |
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Newly completed 2-room flats, 1968 |
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The 1-room flats which were demolished in the 1990s |
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New flats at Stirling Road, 1970
Queenstown Neighbourhood VI at Mei Ling Street, 1969
Queenstown Stadium, 1970
Queenstown Swimming Complex, 1970
Queenstown Japanese Garden, currently known as Ridout Tea Garden, 1970
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