The Straits Times, Feb 2, 1979
THE Housing Board is to experiment, over the next decade, with a new concept for its future estates, based on a cluster of buildings to form a precinct with its own design identity.
This is to meet the rising expectations of people for quality living says the latest issue of Our Home, a publication of HDB and JTC flat owners.
Under the next plan, more varied heights between building blocks will be introduced, as in the new Bedok town centre which is under construction.
There will be emphasis on distinct identities for the various new HDB estates through the use of colour schemes, elevational treatment and types of building materials used.
To achieve this, the HDB is working closely with various government agencies, Our Home says.
It adds that for the next decade, the HDB's plans will have both "a qualitative and quantitative dimension."
So far, three five-year building programmes of the HDB have been completed, totalling 223,000 units. The HDB is now midway through its fourth five-year plan which will see another 125,000 to 150,000 units being built to satisfy the demand for public housing.
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