建筑物 Concrete building

高耸坚立，即将竣工的钢筋水泥建筑物，如雨后春笋般，出现在我住家附近。

在夕阳的笼罩下，也另有一番姿色。

public housing

private property

private property

public housing

Next to where I stay, concrete buildings are sprouting out - they are due for completion soon.

One belongs to public housing (prices ranging from SGD 200k - 600K), another one is a private residential property (1 million SGD onwards).

Private residential property comes with facilities (eg. swimming pool, gym facilities), with 24 hours security surveillance; which means a monthly service charge is incurred.

Not that public housing is free of service charge - one also needs to pay for town council fees (that serves to spruce up /clean up the neighbourhood, maintain lift services etc). If parking is needed, additional monthly parking fee is needed as well.

In Singapore, 80% of Singaporeans stay in public housing facility. Some eventually will "upgrade" from public housing to private residential property as financial status improves.