NEE SOON NEW TOWN (Development plans)
Parliament of Singapore · 7 September 1979
Official Report, 7 September 1979, Vol 39, Issue 6 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
Dr Koh Lip Lin: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) if the development plan for Nee Soon New Town has been completed; (b) what is the number of projected housing units in Nee Soon New Town and when these units will be completed; and (c) how many units of flats will be built in Nee Soon New Town in the next three years.
Mr Speaker: Dr Koh.
Mr Ho Kah Leong (Jurong): Question No. 7, Sir.
Mr Teh Cheang Wan: Mr Speaker, Sir, under the Master Plan for Nee Soon New Town, 907 hectares of land will be used for public housing, middle income housing and light industrial development.
Approximately 40,000 units of HDB flats will be built in Nee Soon New Town over the next 15 to 20 years.
The Housing and Development Board will build 1,500 units of flats in Nee Soon New Town in the next three years.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 7 September 1979. Republished on SGParliament.