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  2. Home Improvement Programme - Wikipedia

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    Upgrading of Electrical Supply: Many older HDB flats have limited electrical capacity, insufficient to meet the demands of modern appliances and devices. HIP upgrades the electrical systems in these flats, allowing for higher load capacity and ensuring safe usage of contemporary home electronics.

  3. Housing and Development Board - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, the HDB was unable to adapt to the changes in Singapore's housing market fast enough in the early 2000s. To determine and redefine its position in the housing market, the HDB was reorganised, transferring the provision of flat loans to private banks, [ 19 ] and corporatising its Building and Development Division to form a new ...

  4. Building and Construction Authority - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, Singapore was ranked first in green building policies, before advanced cities like Tokyo, Sydney and Seoul, in a study conducted by Solidiance on Asia-Pacific cities. [ 13 ] In December 2011, there are more than 940 green building projects, translating to a gross floor area of about 300 million ft2, or 12% of Singapore's total gross ...

  5. Public housing in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    HDB residences in Bishan town. Public housing in Singapore is subsidised, built, and managed by the government of Singapore.Starting in the 1930s, the country's first public housing was built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in a similar fashion to contemporaneous British public housing projects, and housing for the resettlement of squatters was built from the late 1950s.

  6. Urban planning in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Singapore's highly efficient transportation system, the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), is also a product of the 1971 Concept Plan, speaking to its success in moulding Singapore today. Key agencies tasked to execute the plan were the State City Planning Department (SCPD), Housing Development Board (HDB), Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Jurong ...

  7. Build to order (HDB) - Wikipedia

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    Build to order (BTO) is a real estate development scheme enacted by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), a statutory board responsible for Singapore's public housing. First introduced in 2001, it was a flat allocation system that offered flexibility in timing and location for owners buying new public housing in the country.

  8. Singapore Power Group - Wikipedia

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    The Singapore Power Building was renovated in 2006, when Singapore Power chose not to redevelop its corporate headquarters. Instead, it opted to refurbish and reclad the building in silvery metal. [5] Since 1995, SP Group has been wholly owned by Singapore investment fund Temasek which in turn is wholly owned by the Singapore government. [6]

  9. List of Singapore abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The most important category of Singapore initialisms are those for government departments and public institutions. Among the earliest examples are PUB ("Public Utilities Board") and HDB ("Housing Development Board"). Abbreviations such as these were especially important in the past when most Singaporeans were not educated in English, and their ...