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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Liu Chenwei, Public Housing in Singapore for the FUTURE: 1990s onwards, PAST: 1960s-80s aimed to Build Self-contained Towns, building towns with their own facilities to • Reduce people having to enter the city for basic facilities. Ease overcrowding in the cities • Convenience, sense of belonging, Build Self-contained Towns by building towns with their own facilities, Solve the Housing Crisis through Resettlement, Build Self-contained Towns by Building towns further away from city centre, Land Acquisition Act by • the government to acquire land from people who own it through compensation. • This was due to limited land and the need to maximize use of available land., Building high-rise, high density flats as • Land is extremely scarce in Singapore; maximising will ensure sufficient space for other developmental purposes such as commercial and industrial., CONTINUOUS: 1960s – today aims to Encourage Social Cohesion, Solve the Housing Crisis through Land Acquisition Act, Maximize Land Space by Building high-rise, high density flats, Public Housing in Singapore to solve the problems of the PAST: 1960s-80s, Building towns further away from city centre to • relieve overcrowding in the cities/ clearance of slums and accommodate people affected by development projects (eg Jurong), Public Housing in Singapore guiding principles regardless of time CONTINUOUS: 1960s – today, PAST: 1960s-80s aimed to Maximize Land Space, PAST: 1960s-80s aimed to Solve the Housing Crisis, Building towns further away from city centre to • Relieve overcrowding in the city centre • Allow for expansion of commercial areas, CONTINUOUS: 1960s – today aims to Maximize Land Space, PAST: 1960s-80s aimed to Encourage Home Ownership, Encourage Home Ownership by Allowing installments and CPF for purchase of flats