Quiz - Questions

1. Which is the first satellite town of Singapore?

2. Till this year, Year 2000, HDB has been around for how many years?

3. In which year was the "Home Ownership for the People Scheme" introduced?

4. When was the pilot phase of the Main Upgrading programme first launched?

5. Which is the HDB's latest housing estate?

7. How does the URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority) plan for the nation's future?

8. HDB's scheme, the SERS (Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme), aims to do what?

9. What award did HDB receive when building Tampines New Town?

10. The Capri, STB's (Singapore Tourism Board) latest project, is made by joining what 3 islands together?

11. What percentage of Singapore's land area is reclaimed land by 1990?

12. What does the CDCs (Community Development Councils) do to achieve its aim of developing the community and strengthening social cohesion?

13. What is the main aim of the RCs?

Quiz - Answers

1. Toa Payoh New Town

2. 40 years.

3. 1964

4. 1991

5. Punggol New Town (also known as Punggol 21).

7. It prepares long-range, as well as more detailed, local area plans for physical development and then co-ordinates and guides efforts to bring these plans to reality.

8. The scheme enables residents in the older housing estates to upgrade to new and better flats without having to move out of their existing estate, which they are accustomed to.

9. The World Habitat Award.

10. St. John's Island, Lazarus Island and Renget Island.

11. 8.9% of Singapore's total land area was reclaimed land in1990.

12. Each CDC will initiate, plan and manage community policies and programmes such as medifund, edusave scholarships and bursaries, study loans, and other assistance schemes.

13. To foster social cohesion and community development within a particular housing estates.