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Closer to city centre better? Singapore’s idea of prime public housing is changing

The northern region is getting a makeover. And with it, an old rule may finally be losing its hold.

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An artist’s impression of homes by the coast and idyllic living at Sembawang waterfront.

An artist’s impression of homes by the coast and idyllic living at Sembawang waterfront.

PHOTO: URA

Christine Sun

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Singapore’s northern estates have often been punchlines. For years, that part of the island has been caricatured as relatively remote.

But if Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s

recent National Day Rally speech

is anything to go by, that reputation is set to change as the country heralds a new era of development.

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