Next-gen HDB flats will be better designed: Khaw, Singapore Property News,

[S'PORE PROPERTY NEWS] The nxt generation of public housing wld b even more comfortable & better designed. Read more:

City in a garden: Feedback about developments at Punggol South (above) has been positive, Mr Khaw notes. The same applies for preliminary plans for Punggol North.- PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG/THE STRAITS TIMES [SINGAPORE] The future of Singapore will look like Punggol, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday, but just how might this pan out? Mr Khaw told Parliament that the next generation of public housing would be even more comfortable and better designed, holding up Housing and Development Board precincts at Punggol South as an example. Newer neighbourhoods, such as Punggol, were planned as smaller estates, HDB said in response to queries. Each Punggol precinct is made up of between 1,000 and 3,000 homes. There is also more intensive land use, it said, pointing to the gross plot ratio (GPR) of about 3-3.5 in Punggol. This compares with earlier public housi...

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