More flats at Macpherson
When Singapore gained independence in 1965, HDB has already built more than 50,000 flats which exceeded their target plan by a few months when they drew up the First Five-Year Plan back in 1960. In the same year, there was an extension of Macpherson Estate where high-rise flats located at Circuit Road and Balam Road were being built. It was the biggest housing estate on the eastern side of Singapore of that time with more than 10,000 units being built and housing an approximate population of 65,000 people. Balam Road 10-storey flats under construction, 1964 Soon to be completed Macpherson Estate, 1964 Applicants waiting to get their flats being balloted in a balloting ceremony, 1965 The tallest 16-storey flats in Macpherson at Blk 35 and 36 Circuit Road, 1965 A children's playground in front of a block of flats Roadside hawkers congregating in a busy street along Merpati Road, 1965 Completed flats in Macpherson Estate, 1965 To look at the old...