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1953-12 Singapore Public Housing: Building works were started by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) under the British colonial government in 1952. Queenstown was name after young Princess Elizabeth ascended to the British throne in 1952. The SIT introduced the concept of satellite towns: self-contained communities with all the necessary residential and social amenities such as ··»

1953-12 Hong Kong Public Housing: Model Housing Estate 模範邨 (map) is a Public Rental Housing Estate located at King's Road between Quarry Bay and North Point in Hong Kong, near MTR Quarry Bay Station. Completed in 1954, it is the oldest existing public housing estate in Hong Kong on a one hectare plot. The ··»

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