My Telok Blangah is changing. There are some bits I want to hold on to
As Singapore builds more homes, can affected neighbourhoods retain aspects of their character that made them special?
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Redevelopment is not simply about building new homes – it also means changing places where people have built memories and communities, says the writer.
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As a decade-long Telok Blangah resident, it is with both excitement and apprehension that I watch two major housing redevelopments come knocking on my doorstep.
Over the next decade or so, some 20,000 new homes could be built in the area with the development of the Berlayar estate and Gillman Barracks.