Public housing in Singapore may be said to have begun with the formal establishment of the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in 1927 by the colonial government to provide low-cost housing in addition to improvement works. The Housing and Development Board (HDB) ...

The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is the national public housing authority of Singapore. It was formed in February 1960, shortly after Singapore attained self-government, to alleviate the severe housing shortage at the time. Through the years, the emphasis ...

The Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) was announced on 7 March 2005 in Parliament by then Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan. The scheme aimed to involve the private sector in building public housing and create a public housing programme that was ...

Pinnacle@Duxton is a public housing project at 1A Cantonment Road. It is the first 50-storey public housing project in Singapore, and also the first in the world with two sky bridges linking seven towers. The sky bridges create two layers of sky parks that offer ...

Dunearn Road Hostels (DRH) was opened in 1952 to provide accommodation for overseas undergraduates of the University of Malaya. Popularly known as DRH, it comprised 31 semi-detached five-room houses at College Green along Dunearn Road. After some 29 years, the ...

The Sembawang Public Library (formerly known as Sembawang Community Library) is located in Sun Plaza Shopping Centre. Its design was inspired by Sembawang’s shipyard and shipbuilding history. It was also designed with spaces to promote inter-generational reading. ...

Bukit Batok Public Library is located at 1 Bukit Batok Central Link, #03-01 West Mall. Known as Bukit Batok Community Library until 2008, this public library is the fifth library under the National Library Board that is located inside a shopping mall. The library ...

Pasir Ris Public Library, located on the fourth floor of White Sands Shopping Centre in Pasir Ris, officially opened on 6 October 2000. It is the National Library Board’s (NLB) eighth library to be located in a shopping mall and its 18th public library. This library ...

Geylang East Community Library (known as Geylang East Public Library from 2008) was the seventh branch library opened by the National Library Board (NLB). This standalone library was officially unveiled on 26 July 1988.

Cheng San Public Library is located in Hougang. It is the third library of the National Library Board (NLB) to be located in a shopping mall, and the first to acquire and display works by local artists in an effort to promote the local arts scene. It was officially ...

Sengkang Public Library is located in Sengkang. Situated within the Compass One shopping centre, it was the first library of the National Library Board (NLB) to adopt a do-it-yourself (DIY) concept. The library was officially opened on 30 November 2002 by Teo Chee ...

Choa Chu Kang Public Library is located in Lot One Shoppers’ Mall in Choa Chu Kang. Opened on 22 February 1997, it is the second library under the National Library Board to be housed in a shopping centre. It serves residents in Choa Chu Kang, Yew Tee, Teck Whye, ...

Teh Cheang Wan (b. 3 March 1928, China–d. 14 December 1986, Singapore) was a trained architect widely known for his contributions to Singapore’s early public housing plans, particularly while he was heading the Housing and Development Board in its early stage and ...

Bedok Public Library, located at 21 Bedok North Street 1, is the sixth branch library built by the National Library Board (NLB). It was known as Bedok Community Library until 2008. Officially opened on 28 September 1985 by S. Jayakumar, then minister for home affairs, ...

The Keep Public Toilets Clean campaign series was launched by the Ministry of Environment (ENV) in July 1983. Held in the same month as the National Courtesy Campaign (NCC), the public education programme was started with the aim of promoting good public toilet ...

Located at 6 Toa Payoh Central, Singapore, Toa Payoh Community Library (previously known as Toa Payoh Branch Library), as it was then known, was opened on 7 February 1974. Equipped to serve about 250,000 residents in Toa Payoh, it was the second full-time branch ...

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is the government agency responsible for the appointment, promotion, transfer, dismissal and exercise of disciplinary control over public officers in Singapore. It has another role as the administrator of government-funded scholarships ...

PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, formerly known as the Public Utilities Board (PUB), is a statutory board under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR). Its mission is to ensure an efficient, adequate and sustainable supply of water in ...

John Tan Thoon Lip (b. 22 February 1910, Singapore–d. 14 March 1959, Singapore), a lawyer and public official, was the first Asian registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) is a public hospital located in Yishun and managed by Alexandra Health. The 3.4-hectare, 550-bed hospital cost an estimated S$700 million to build, and was opened in phases from March 2010. KTPH is part of a planned healthcare hub ...