Squatters Into Citizens: The 1961 Bukhit Ho Swee Fire and the Making of Modern Singapore

by Kah Seng Loh and Loh Kah Seng

The crowded, bustling, "squatter" kampongs so familiar across Southeast Asia have long since disappeared from Singapore, leaving few visible traces of their historical influence on the life in the city-state. In one such settlement, located in an area known as Bukit Ho Swee, a great fire in 1961 destroyed the kampong and left 16,000 people homeless, creating a national emergency that led to the first big public housing project of the new Housing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824839463
• ISBN13: 9780824839468
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"