This book was published by Maruzen Asia for Housing & Development Board (HDB) in 1985, written by Aline K Wong & Stephen H K Yeh. It documented the changes and improvements in housing policies in Singapore, achievements of HDB, resource planning and implementation, discussions on housing schemes as well as useful information and statistics related to housing development in Singapore (such as size of population, socio - economic characteristics, patterns of living, relocation experience etc) for the period of 1960 - 1985. It shed light on the social and housing history of Singapore in the first two decades after independence.