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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: sten n ken, PAST: 1960S-80S AIMED TO BUILD SELF-CONTAINED TOWNS, ALLOWING INSTALLMENTS AND CPF FOR PURCHASE OF FLATS ???? • EASIER TO BUY A FLAT • HOME OWNERSHIP = FINANCIAL SECURITY + SENSE OF PRIDE AND BELONGING TO THE ESTATE = STRENGTHEN LOYALTY TO THE COUNTRY • MOTIVATES SINGAPOREANS TO WORK HARD + GAVE A STAKE IN COUNTRY + PROMOTES PEACE A S PEOPLE WOULD NOT WANT THEIR HOMES DESTROYED, MAXIMIZE LAND SPACE BY RESETTLEMENT, LIMITING THE PROPORTION OF RACES IN EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD AND BLOCK ???? •DIFFERENT RACES RESIDING IN THE SAME AREA, WHO WOULD THEN HAVE A CHANCE TO INTERACT AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTER LEADING TO SOCIAL COHESION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT RACES. • IN THE PAST, DIFFERENT RACES WERE CONCENTRATED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF SINGAPOREANS HINDERING SOCIAL COHESION., BUILD SELF-CONTAINED TOWNS BY BUILDING TOWNS FURTHER AWAY FROM CITY CENTRE, PAST: 1960S-80S TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING IN SINGAPORE, MAXIMIZE LAND SPACE ???? SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS, CONTINUOUS: 1960S – TODAY AIMS TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL COHESION, MIXING SMALLER AND LARGER FLATS IN EVERY NEW TOWN ???? • EASE SOCIAL TENSION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT INCOME GROUPS ( NOT GOOD FOR THE HIGHER-INCOME TO LIVE IN EXCLUSIVE AREAS. ) • INTERACTION AMONG DIFFERENT INCOME GROUPS BUILDS GREATER UNDERSTANDING LEADING TO HARMONY., MAXIMIZE LAND SPACE BY BUILDING HIGH-RISE, HIGH DENSITY FLATS, FUTURE: 1990S ONWARDS FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING IN SINGAPORE, ENCOURAGE SOCIAL COHESION BY SETTING UP RESIDENTS’ COMMITTEE/ GIVING ESTATE MANAGEMENT TO TOWN COUNCILS, MEET FUTURE NEEDS BY UPGRADING FACILITIES IN OLDER ESTATES, ENCOURAGE HOME OWNERSHIP BY ALLOWING INSTALLMENTS AND CPF FOR PURCHASE OF FLATS, MAXIMIZE LAND SPACE BY BUILDING HIGH-RISE, HIGH DENSITY FLATS, BUILDING STUDIO APARTMENTS IN EXISTING ESTATES WOULD HELP TO • ELDERLY INDEPENDENCE AND YET REMAIN IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THEIR CHILDREN (PRO-FAMILY) • AGEING POPULATION – ELDERLY MORE PRONE TO FALLS ETC. NEED TO CARE FOR THEM THROUGH ELDERLY FRIENDLY FACILITIES., MEET FUTURE NEEDS BY SINGLES AT LEAST 35 YEARS ARE ALLOWED TO BUY RESALE FLATS AND COULD USE A CPF HOUSING GRANT, BUILDING HIGH-RISE, HIGH DENSITY FLATS ???? • LAND IS EXTREMELY SCARCE IN SINGAPORE; MAXIMISING WILL ENSURE SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL PURPOSES SUCH AS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL., PUBLIC HOUSING IN SINGAPORE GUIDING PRINCIPLES REGARDLESS OF TIME CONTINUOUS: 1960S – TODAY, PAST: 1960S-80S AIMED TO SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS