Singapore housing
group 2.
About Tiong Bahru(research)
interview findings
Questions
1)Why do you come
to Tiong Bahru?
2)Do you come
here often?
3)If you had a chance to stay in Tiong Bahru, would you stay here?
4)What do you think
are the differences
between Tiong Bahru?
5)What do you like about this place?
Interviewee1:
1)pay visit to grandson
2)yes ,once a month
3)yes
4)tiong bahru is a older town
5)Easy to get the stuff that you want
It is very convenient
Nothing
Interviewee2 :
1)staying there
2)
3)Yes, used to stay here
Yes, once a month yes yes
Tiong Bahru have
nice food and easy transport clothing,
wet market.
Tiong Bahru is a older town
History of Tiong Bahru
Tiong bahru is one of the oldest housing estate in Singapore. It is the first project undertaken by Singapore improvement Trust. The estate consist about 30 apartment blocks with about 900 unit.The apartment blocks are about 2-5 storey and the units are 3-5 room flat. It has many public transportation like MRT, 17 different number of buses running through Tiong Bahru.
In the WORLD WAR II years, the housings in Tiong Bahru are not very affordable, it is consider as a upper class where the rich kept their Mistress there. It is also call as the "Mei Ren Wo" (meaning Den of Beautiful)
The population in Tiong Bahru were tripled after WORLD WAR II. However, it started to lose it's exalted status as more upper class high rise buildings are built.
Source: Wikipedia