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This is an exceptionally detailed map of Singapore, extending outward to Bukit Timah, Saranggong, Ulu Kalang and Ang Mo Kio. The plan illustrates the Malayan Railway Line, waterfront, major roads, streets, estates, parks, schools and colleges, government buildings, factories, clubs, the Football Stadium Ground, temples, cemeteries, and other points of interest.
The map also shows the location of the Malay Settlement. In the 1950s and 1960s, the northern coast of Singapore was populated by the Malay community, and the area became known as the Malay Settlement, or Petempatan Melayu Sembawang.
The SIT Master Plan was submitted to the Singapore government for approval in 1955 and made significant re-zoning and transport infrastructure recommendations, including an improved road network and the creation of new urban centers which would function separately from the main city. The draft of the master plan was completed in 1955 and then exhibited for a period of six weeks in 1956 to obtain public feedback. The final report of the master plan was approved by the government on August 8 1958.
The Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) was a government organization that oversaw the urban planning and urban renewal process in Singapore from 1927 to 1969. Created under the Singapore Improvement Ordinance in 1927, the SIT was based upon a model created by larger cities in India. In its early years, the SIT focused on back lane improvement projects and the demolition of unsafe buildings. From 1935, it increasingly focused on the creation of public housing projects. After World War II, the SIT focused its attention on the repair of these residential developments before constructing additional public housing beginning in 1947.
Rarity
Rare. OCLC finds just one copy which is smaller (45 x 64 cm) at the National Library Singapore; we can trace no copies in commerce or in the auction records.
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