Tag Archives: Housing And Development Board

The Colonial Bungalows and “Country” Roads at Sembawang

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Remember Singapore

A reminder of Singapore’s colonial past, there are more than 400 colonial houses, or sometimes known as the black and white houses, still standing in different parts of Singapore. One large cluster of Singapore’s colonial houses are located at the … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Historic | Tagged Admiralty Road West, Auckland Road, Bermuda Road, Canada Road, Commonwealth, Delhi Road, Falkland Road, Fiji Road, First World War, Goodwood Hill, Her Majesty’s Naval Base, His Majesty’s Naval Base, HMS Sembawang, Home TeamNS, Housing And Development Board, Jamaica Road, Kowloon Road, Llyod Leas Estate, Madras Road, Naval Base Road, Nepal Park, Ottawa Road, Rochester Park, Second World War, Seletar Air Base, Sembawang, Sembawang Naval Base, Sembawang Shipyard, St. Helena Road, St. John's Road, Sungei Sembawang, Sussex Estate, Terror Club, The Turning Point, Wellington Road, Wessex Estate | 2 Comments

From Old Woodlands to New

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Remember Singapore

The Woodlands of the early 20th century was an entirely rural area, filled with forest and mangrove swamps with clusters of attap huts, rubber plantations and farms. Over at Malaya, across the Straits of Johore, all that its residents could … Continue reading →

Posted in Historic | Tagged Admiralty MRT Station, Admiralty Road West, Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Timah Expressway, Causeway Point Shopping Centre, Gambas Avenue, Housing And Development Board, Jalan Ulu Sembawang, Jalan Wak Selat, Johor Bahru, Kampong Lorong Fatimah, Kampong Melayu, Kampong Sin Min, Kampong Sungei Mandai Kechil, Kampong Wak Selat, Kranji, Kranji Road, Lorong Gambas, Mandai Tekong Village, Marsiling, Marsiling MRT Station, Marsiling Road, Naval Base Railway, North-South Line, Old Woodlands Town Centre, Public Works Department, Second World War, Sembawang Naval Base, Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Bus Services, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit, Singapore Naval Base, Telok Blangah, The Causeway, Thomson-East Coast Line, Trans Island Bus Services, Woodgrove, Woodlands, Woodlands Bus Interchange, Woodlands Civil Centre, Woodlands Immigration And Customs Checkpoint, Woodlands MRT Station, Woodlands North MRT Station, Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange, Woodlands Regional Library, Woodlands Road, Woodlands South MRT Station | 1 Comment

The Hauntingly Beautiful Terrace Houses of Petain Road

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Remember Singapore

There are more than 230 shophouses at Jalan Besar. The rich history of Jalan Besar’s shophouses spanned almost eight decades, ranging from the oldest shophouses that were built in the 1880s, to the post-war ones developed in the sixties. Their … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Historic | Tagged Beatty Road, Chinese Baroque, E.V. Miller, Falkland Road, Flanders Square, Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain, Housing And Development Board, J.M. Jackson, Jalan Besar, Jutland Road, Kitchener Road, Marne Road, Mohamed bin Haji Omar, Mons Road, Petain Road, Preservation of Monuments Board, Second World War, Shophouses, Singapore Improvement Trust, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Somme Road, Sturdee Road, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Verdun Road | 11 Comments

Walking Down the Memory Lane of Margaret Drive

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Remember Singapore

Margaret Drive was named after Princess Margaret (Margaret Rose, 1930-2002), the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Constructed in the mid-fifties, Margaret Drive was simply known by the locals as the new road, as it was the main road to … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Nostalgic | Tagged Alexandra Canal, Birkhall Road School, Church Of Our Saviour, Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre, Commonwealth Avenue Wet Market, Dawson Hawker Centre, Duchess Estate, Former Queenstown Polyclinic, Golden City Theatre, Golden Crown Restaurant, Housing And Development Board, Hua Yi Government Chinese Middle School, Hua Yi Primary School, Jalan Penjara, Kay Siang Primary School, Lee Kong Chian Gardens School, Lee Kuan Yew, Margaret Drive, Margaret Drive Hawker Centre, Margaret Drive Secondary School, Margaret Rose, Masjid Jamek, Mohamed Khir Johari, Princess Estate, Princess Margaret, Princess Margaret Estate, Queenstown, Queenstown Bowl, Queenstown Branch Library, Queenstown Cinema, Queenstown Combined Clinic, Queenstown Mall, Queenstown Primary School, Queenstown Public Library, Queenstown Remand Prison, Queenstown School, Queenstown Secondary School, Queensway, Queensway Cinema, Rainbow Centre Margaret Drive School, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Improvement Trust, SkyResidence @Dawson, Strathmore School, Tah Chung Emporium, Tanglin Boys' School, Tanglin Girls' School, Tanglin Halt, Tanglin Road, The Fisherman Of Christ Fellowship, Townsville Institute, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Venus Theatre | 12 Comments

Past and Present Cemeteries of Singapore (Part 2) – Malay/Muslim Burial Grounds

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Remember Singapore

One of the early records of Muslim cemeteries was carried by the Municipal Engineer in 1875, when he was tasked to conduct site surveys on those burial grounds situated within and on the outskirts of the Singapore’s city area. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural, Historic, Religious | Tagged Ahmad Bin Ibrahim, Aljunied Burial Ground, Batu Daun, Bidadari Cemetery, Boyanese, Bukit Larangan, Dr Hafeezudin Sirajuddin Moonshi, Forbidden Hill, Fort Canning, Fort Canning Hill, Housing And Development Board, Hwa San Road, Iskandar Shah, Jalan Kubor Cemetery, Kampong Ayer Sama, Kampong Ayer Samak, Kampong Bahru, Kampong Batu Koyak, Kampong Chek Jawa, Kampong Marang, Kampong Pahang, Kampong Pasir, Kampong Sayangkong, Kampong Selabin, Kampong Semeni, Kampong Seminea, Kampong Sungei Durian, Kampong Surau, Keramat Bukit Kasita, Keramat Habib Noh, Keramat Iskander Syah, Keramat Kusu, Keramat Radin Mas, Keramat Sheikh Ali, Keramat Syed Mustapha, Kling Burial Ground, Kubur Kassim Cemetery, Lucky Gardens, Madam Hajijah, Malabar Muslim Jama-ath Mosque, Malay Burial Ground, Marang Road, Masjid Bidadari, Masjid Haji Muhammad Salleh, Ministry Of Environment, Mount Palmer, Municipal Engineer, Ngah Ibrahim, Orchard Road, Parameswara, Parsi Hill, Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin, Siglap Road, Singapore Government House, Syed Omar Bin Ali Aljunied, Tanjong Chek Jawa, Telok Blangah Hill, Tittacheri Muslim Cemetery, Tok Lasam, Tombs Of The Malayan Princes, Upper East Coast Road, Victoria Street | 4 Comments

Shining and Guiding the Way… The Lighthouses of Singapore

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Remember Singapore

Lighthouses, typically located on islands and shoals near the entry waterways to ports and harbours, provide the visual aids and navigational guides for mariners. In addition, they also serve as the warning markers of dangers such as rocks and reefs. … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Batu Putih, Bedok Lighthouse, Berlayer Beacon, Berlayer Point Lighthouse, Berlayer Tower, Captain James Horsburgh, East Coast Parkway, Fort Canning Hill, Fort Canning Lighthouse, Fullerton Building, Horsburgh Lighthouse, Housing And Development Board, International Court Of Justice, John Turnbull Thomson, Johor Strait Lighthouse, Jurong Island, Labrador, Lagoon View, Malaysia-Singapore Second Link, Marine Terrace, Maritime And Port Authority Of Singapore, Pedra Branca, Pulau Pisang, Pulau Pisang Lighthouse, Pulau Satumu, Raffles Lighthouse, Raffles Marina, Second World War, Selat Jurong, Sentosa, Singapore Strait, Sir James Alexander Swettenham, Sir Stamford Raffles, South China Sea, Strait Of Malacca, Straits Of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Of Johor, Sultan Shoal Lighthouse, Tanjong Rimau Beacon, Tuas West | 2 Comments

The Colonial Charms of Wessex Estate’s Black and White Houses

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Remember Singapore

Even as the rapid development of the one-north biomedical, media and other engineering industries creep towards its doorstep, a walk around Wessex Estate, off Portsdown Road, still makes one feel he has travelled back in time. Wessex Estate’s clusters of … Continue reading →

Posted in Exotic, General | Tagged Housing And Development Board, Jalan Hang Jebat, Jurong Town Corporation, Pasir Panjang Army Children's School, Portsdown Road, Wessex Estate, Wessex Estate Malay School, Westbourne Road, Weyhill Close, Whitchurch Road, Whitechurch Road, Wilton Close, Woking Road | 16 Comments

The Architectural Legacy of Pearl Bank Apartments

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Remember Singapore

Located on top of Pearl’s Hill, the Pearl Bank Apartments was built in 1976, and designed by local architect Tan Cheng Siong in a unique horseshoe shape when viewed from the above. At 113m tall, the building offered its residents … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Brutalism, Golden Mile Complex, Hock Seng Enterprise, Housing And Development Board, Housing and Urban Development Company, One Pearl Bank, Park Road School, Pearl Bank, Pearl Bank Apartments, Pearl Bank School, Pearl's Hill, Pearl's Hill Park, Pearl's Hill School, People's Park Complex, Singapore 1970s, Tan Cheng Siong, Urban Redevelopment Authority | Leave a comment

The Vanished Colourful Landmark of Rochor

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Remember Singapore

The colourful Rochor Centre flats, previously bounded by Rochor Road, Ophir Road and Queen Street, had seen their demolition completed. Motorists could no longer see the eye-catching landmark on their ways along the busy Rochor Road and Ophir Road. The … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Fu Lu Shou Complex, Housing And Development Board, Interim Upgrading Programme, Kelantan Complex, Little Johor, North-South Corridor, Ophir Road, Queen Street, Queen Street Bus Terminal, Queen Street Taxi Terminal, Rochor Centre, Rochor Road, Sim Lim Square, Sim Lim Tower, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Tanjong Pagar Plaza | 1 Comment

The Lone HDB Block at Moulmein

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Remember Singapore

Standing at the junction of Moulmein Road and Exit 7A of the Central Expressway (CTE), Block 69 cuts a lonely figure, being the only Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat in the vicinity. It was an unusual scene, as HDB … Continue reading →