The Hidden Histories Of Singapore’s HDB Flats | On The Red Dot

The Hidden Histories Of Singapore’s HDB Flats | On The Red Dot | Full Episode

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Behind their ordinary facades, these blocks are hiding storied histories - from VIP visits, to housing international athletes, to a secret subterranean shelter.
Block 53 Lor 5 Toa Payoh has played host to many dignitaries through the years, most notably Queen Elizabeth II on her first trip to Singapore in 1972. On the 50th anniversary of her majesty’s visit, residents who witnessed the historic event reminisce about the special day.
In 1973, Singapore hosted its first Southeast Asian Peninsula Games. Toa Payoh was turned into the Games Village, and the four point blocks of 175, 179, 191 and 193 were used to house athletes from all over the region.
A U-Shaped block in Tiong Bahru has 3 different names - 78 Moh Guan Terrace, 78 Guan Chuan Street and 78 Yong Siak Street. This caused much confusion over the years, as delivery people and taxi drivers get the addresses mixed up. Residents recount the stories of living in this quirky block and visit a hidden location right under their feet.
0:00 Introduction
0:38 The block visited by Queen Elizabeth II: 53 Lor 5 Toa Payoh
8:43 The blocks built for SEAP Games: Toa Payoh
14:25 The block with 3 addresses: Tiong Bahru
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@d3vilman69 Жыл бұрын

I missed the children playgrounds of the 70s n 80's where the slides, swings and see-saws were built on actual sand pits. You can play marbles on the sand and probably build a small sand castle. Bloody nostalgic. Not sure if these vintage playgrounds still exist.

@kariikan1484 Жыл бұрын

But when someone in neighborhood died it's quite scary. In those days they lay the dead in void deck before they went for the funerals. But yeah playing football in playground and void deck was fun lah.

@johnwig285 Жыл бұрын

Not confirm but i think Toa Payoh playground still got sand.

@DevyColamy Жыл бұрын

even though its rare now there are still some playgrounds with sand

@NazriB 4 ай бұрын

Lies again? Tits Of Hell USD SGD

@antoniosurasak6764 Жыл бұрын

I was there too, among the crowd as a little boy, when the Queen visited Block 53. Still remember the sand-pitched play ground. I was staying in Block 58 then and watched the development of TPY central, especially the tree which I heard cannot be chopped off and is retained when the small temple resides now! I also remember those point blocks which hosted the athletics for the SEAP games in 1973! Cannot bear to leave TPY, thus I am still staying in TPY!

@limulin8948 Жыл бұрын

Great video!Thanks 👍

@koalatheworld Жыл бұрын

Interesting video! I hope Mr Kannan Arumugam continues to run. He is such an inspiration.

@bursegsardaukar Жыл бұрын

The Toa Payoh flat seems to have a whole new meaning today.

@johnwig285 Жыл бұрын

What a coincidence of the timing of this video

@TIBKProductions Жыл бұрын

They should have a memorial to the Queen at the block. She literally was the grandmother of the modern world.

@raykenley Жыл бұрын

I love Singapore housing.Clean,tidy,spacious,full of life and not over crowded. Put many current European social housing in shame.

@tonykwok9763 Жыл бұрын

QEII DIED......RIP.....8 SEP 2022.....GOD BLESS🙏

@wormsblink2887 Жыл бұрын

RIP to the queen. We should conserve these buildings for historical sake.

@mastersingleton Жыл бұрын

Singaporeans must realize how lucky you are; and all Singaporean must protect and preserve your national sovereignty, national identity, unique culture, heritage, and language mix at all cost no matter how hard it is.

@johnwig285 Жыл бұрын

The only thing Singaporeans realise is realise the need to complain.

@playmakersmusic 10 ай бұрын

@@johnwig285this isn't a Singaporean thing, I can assure you

@shawchaw Жыл бұрын

Feel so happy when watching this 😬

@lalakuma9 Жыл бұрын

It's so funny that the Queen visited and he's like "they wore shoes in the house" 😂😂

@takcody Жыл бұрын

It would be really nice idea to use today's AI tech to restore and upres the video of the visit and be able to have a person from that experience confirm the accuracy of the restoration and enhancement

@Wongwanchungwongjumbo 8 ай бұрын

Her Majesty, Late Queen Elizabeth 2nd Last State Visit to Singapore 🇸🇬 was in 2006.

@LordBagdanoff Жыл бұрын

Now those hdb in good/mature locations generate the best value even if they are old!

@chengzhongyi5564 Жыл бұрын

Hi CNA Insider, a great video you have here. A quick note on a typo error at 7 min 40s.

@lailimohd6763 11 ай бұрын

Yes3. That time i was 12 yrs old. I stay at circuit road. Blk 50. Aljunied pri sch.

@eirugsiongriffiths8563 Жыл бұрын

I would have been one and a half years old. Born in Singapore Gleneagles Hospital, my cousin and her family still live there.

@dexterhuang7303 Жыл бұрын

Yes we should conserve Queen's blk!

@SuccessforLifester Жыл бұрын

Once HDB sent out gangsters to my unit and forcibly removed the bricks used to make my mothers planting racks higher. They threw the bricks downstairs as I lived in second floor. I think the operation was in reaction of children climbing rack and falling to their death. It was a period when children thought they could be Ultraman or Superman

@Bu5es Жыл бұрын

Before the term "HDB", these places were called suicide flats. They were the tallest buildings at the time under Singapore Improvement Trust. Thus, they were where many would choose to end their life.

@jessiejames7492 Жыл бұрын

That was in Selegie SIT flats. Its was even joked about at the time.

@poteyatocheapp6978 Жыл бұрын

these blocks are way past SIT area

@lailimohd6763 11 ай бұрын

Yes3. Sir u r a lucky man.

@angeluscorpius Жыл бұрын

@5:43 Of course we wouldn't ask the Queen to take off her shoes! Shouldn't we? That would have been... interesting. :-)

@ds3103 Жыл бұрын

If it happen confirm become meme sia

@goldengirl1212 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Both the queen and the princess royal. Elegant, classy.

@TiggyVxckyEdits Жыл бұрын

I thought queen elizebeth went to ang mo kio My mother saw her there before

@hogglific5768 Жыл бұрын

anyone else heard johnny sins before the words came out 2:35

@renfredong5475 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@EthanChannel-gc8eg Жыл бұрын

OMG BLK 53! MY DADS FRIEND OLD PLACE

@SuccessforLifester Жыл бұрын

Like the hidden story of the mysterious Bukit Ho Swee fire ?

@SarahUchiyama Жыл бұрын

Broooo i was living in lorong 6 of toa payoh

@EthanChannel-gc8eg Жыл бұрын

Btw my dad lived nearby 53 at 59

@snakepitsam Жыл бұрын

So now those flat can sell for 1 million after her royal majesty's death?

@tonykwok9763 Жыл бұрын

NATIONAL MONUMENTS????? OR RETURN TO HDB AFTER 99 YEARS?????

@manithangavalu7885 Жыл бұрын

Thank God she didn't colonized those flats like her ancestors did around the world.

@goldengirl1212 Жыл бұрын

Pls preserve. She is the queen.

@greatasia606 Жыл бұрын

In the past it was HDB flats; today, they are HDB dormitories. In Punggol, I only saw HDB dormitories, roads and LRT tracks.

@vennsim71 Жыл бұрын

Dormitories? They look way better than some condominiums. Stuffs other countries can only dream about

@wongcw08 Жыл бұрын

What rubbish.

@greatasia606 Жыл бұрын

@@vennsim71 Don't you know that Condos are just commercial products for property tycoons to milk money from the mass?

@greatasia606 Жыл бұрын

@@wongcw08 You should pray for PAP and hope that 80% of the residents think like you. Because it's not possible to demolish a town and rebuild it.

@johnwig285 Жыл бұрын

@@vennsim71 exactly, u couldn't even tell it was a dormitory. But ofc, those who always KPKB abt migrants living conditions are the same ppl who KPKB if we have to fork out more to pay.

@jessicaregina1956 Ай бұрын

So in 4070 there will be still a block 53 just because queen visit3_😂

@anasqai 6 ай бұрын

History information is complicated from language barrier? Anyone i am thinking who is the real fandi ahmad, p.ramlee - i think into(their belief) a mind of in people being used as a "taught" deducer(a method called as correct in the group), causing unstoppable "let it be". Normality of Rescue is not seen like they wanted me to believe the existence of a helpline.