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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.
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

