Bukit Ho Swee CC

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Bukit Ho Swee Estate or Taman Bukit Ho Swee is an housing estate that was rebuilded after an huge fire engulfed it in 1962. On 25 May 1961, Hari Raya Haji holiday, fire broke out at 3.20 pm and spreaded rapidly from Tiong Bahru Road to Delta Circus, aided by strong winds. When the fire was finally put out, four people had died. Some 100 acres of land were destroyed and 16 thousand people were made homeless and penniless.

The Bukit Ho Swee fire is a reminder how insecure life was for large number of Singaporeans in the 1960s. It also reminds us how much our quality of life has improved in the years since independence. Bukit Ho Swee then housed the poorest Singaporeans; it had no proper sanitary facilities, nor water and electricity supply; rubbish was simply dumped on the streets and the ditches which traversed the area stank. To make ends meet, many squatters had to rear some animals. Because of the unhygienic conditions, infectious diseases were common.

To house the displaced Singaporeans, modern high-rise flats have to be quickly built. Those who did not resettle in the modern flats in Queenstown were all given a roof over their heads nine months later when blocks of flats in Taman Bukit Ho Swee. In all, the Housing and Development Board built 12,000 units in 9 months or average of 3.5 units per day. With the rapid spread of modern flats, Singaporeans have to adapt to a new way of life which ultimately helped to improve their quality of life.

Bukit Ho Swee CC is located near Jalan Bukit Ho Swee; 0.1 kilometre away from Taman Ho Swee; 0.1 kilometre away from Boon Tong Road; 0.1 kilometre away from Havelock Road; 0.1 kilometre away from Indus Road; Bukit Ho Swee CC is geographically located at latitude (1.2875 degrees) 1° 17' 15" North of the Equator and longitude (103.8297 degrees) 103° 49' 46" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Singapore.

The locations related to Bukit Ho Swee CC are represented by the path the bullet takes from the muzzle of the gun to the target and may not be nearest by road. For example, Bukit Ho Swee CC is located 0.1 kilometre from Singapore Examination and Assessment Board. Bukit Ho Swee CC is located 0.1 kilometre from Havelock Road Food Centre. Bukit Ho Swee CC is located 0.1 kilometre from Bukit Ho Swee Court. Bukit Ho Swee CC is located 0.2 kilometre from Bukit Ho Swee View. Bukit Ho Swee CC is located 0.2 kilometre from Kim Seng NPP.

Tiong Bahru Plaza 0.3km, Kim Tian Plaza 0.4km, Concorde Shopping Centre 0.5km, Great World City 0.7km, Pearl's Centre 1.4km, Kampong Bahru Shophouses 1.4km, Central Mall 1.4km, People's Park Complex 1.5km, are places to shop (shopping mall, shop houses) located near Bukit Ho Swee CC.

Robertson Walk 1.4km, Smith Pagoda Temple Streets 1.7km, Clarke Quay 1.7km, Visitor Centre 1.8km, Singapore Time Ball 2km, Flag Staff 2.1km, Fort Canning Lighthouse 2.1km, Fort Canning Cannon 2.1km, are places of interest (attraction) located near Bukit Ho Swee CC.

Havelock Road Food Centre 0.1km, Covent Garden Food Centre 0.5km, Zion Riverside Food Centre 0.6km, Bukit View Food Centre 0.9km, Chin Swee Food Court 1.1km, Redhill Food Centre 1.3km, Kampong Bahru Food Street 1.4km, Bukit Merah Food Centre 1.4km, are eating places (food court, cafe, hawker food) located near Bukit Ho Swee CC.

Singapore Examination and Assessment Board 0.1km, Delta Secondary School 0.3km, Apsn Delta Senior School 0.4km, Eton House Preschool 0.7km, Gan Eng Seng Secondary School 0.7km, Outram Secondary School 0.8km, Singapore International Management Academy 0.8km, River Valley Primary School 1km, are places of learning (school, college, university) located near Bukit Ho Swee CC.

Ganges Ave Park 0.4km, Tiong Bahru Park 0.6km, Apollo Open Space 0.7km, Open Field along Alexandra Road 1km, Leonie Hill 1.2km, Pearl's Hill Park 1.2km, Youth Park 1.6km, Duxton Plain Park 1.6km, are parks, playgrounds, open fields or commons located near Bukit Ho Swee CC.