Public Housing, Private Homes
Toa Payoh HDB Heartland Walking Tour
Please book at least 1 week in advance so we can arrange your home visit.
Eight in ten Singaporeans live in public housing, yet most visitors only ever see it from the outside. This tour takes you into the heartland. Toa Payoh, Singapore’s first satellite town, is where the story of how a young nation housed its people began, and it still plays out every day: the morning rush at the wet market, neighbours gathering over mahjong, children growing up a short walk from school. Your guide connects these everyday scenes with the history behind them, from the housing crisis of the 1960s and the town’s rough early years to a visit from Queen Elizabeth II. The highlight is an invitation into a local family’s home, where you sit down over coffee, tea and kueh and hear what HDB life is really like from the people who live it.
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