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Tower blocks - the backbone of Singaporean society

Singapore鈥檚 social housing dates back nearly 50 years and has a become monument to the country鈥檚 rapid development 鈥 about 85% of the population live in social housing.

Tour guide Huang Eu Chai explained that in the early 1960s housing shortages were close to becoming an emergency: "People literally lived almost on the streets or literally living in cages in some of these old shop houses."

He said it is important for people to see these neighbourhoods: 鈥淚t is part of our reality.鈥

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