The Re-development of Public Housing Estates in Singapore N67:@JG6 Satoshi* The aim of this paper is to examine the re-development of public housing estates in Singapore and to understand the problems of a matured society in which development has been completed. Public housing estates house of Singapore s population. Their development played a significant role after Singaporean independence and continues to play an important role in maintaining the social order. In the last twenty years, their re-development has become very important, and this topic has not yet been examined. There are three stages in the process of re-development. In the first stage, rental flats were targeted as imperfect and made way for purchased flats. In the second stage, purchased flats were targeted for re-development. However, because these purchased flats were considered perfect they could not be demolished and were instead upgraded according to residents will. In the third, and most crucial, stage, purchased flats have begun to be demolished. It may seem paradoxical, but the destruction of purchased flats is necessary for public housing estates to remain an influential institution in maintaining Singapore s social order. Their demolition makes residents go back to the pre-development stage of public housing when houses were demolished to develop housing estates. This last stage will determine whether the re-development of the public housing estates will succeed. Keywords: Singapore public housing estates, re-development, Housing and Development Board I HDB Housing and Development Board Singapore, HDB HDB / : Department of Social Systems, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University, Banba Hikone, Shiga, Japan e-mail: nabekura biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp HDB HDB Public Housing SDS : HDB 211
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HDB Yeh HDB Chang ; Yeung and Yeh a; b Wong and Yeh Chua et al. HDB Lai Chua HDB / : HDB / : : 213
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Home Ownership for the People HDB : CPF Central Provident Fund HDB : HDB HDB / : HDB HDB HDB / : III HDB HDB : HDB SIT Singapore Improvement Trust SIT ibid. HDB : HDB SIT HDB SIT SIT : 216
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HDB HDB / : HDB ibid.:, HDB / : ; / : HDB HDB / : HDB HDB / : ; HDB / : ibid.:, ; / : HDB / : HDB ibid.: HDB / : ERS Estates Renewal Strategy HDB / : SHAP Special Housing Assistance Programme HDB / : 218
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IV HDB HDB / : MUP Main Upgrading Programme MUP MUP MUP ibid.: HDB / : MUP MUP Singapore, MICA : MUP MUP MUP IUP Interim Upgrading Programme LUP Lift Upgrading Programme MUP 220
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V MUP Sers Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme ST / /, Sers ST / / Sers HDB Sers Sers MUP HDB HDB Sers HDB Sers Sers 223
Sers Sers HDB / : MUP Sers Sers MUP MUP MUP Sers / / Sers MUP MUP Sers / / Sers loc. cit. MUP Sers Sers MUP Sers Sers 224
Sers PAP People s Action Party PAP PAP Corfield and Corfield : PAP PAP Sers Sers / / Sers MUP 225
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