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The PAP Government mooted the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) for public housing in 1989. By that time, over 600,000 Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats had been built, and Singaporeans had lived in HDB flats for over 20 years. The PAP Government in pushing for the policy singled out Ang Mo Kio and Hougang, as areas where the Chinese were beginning to form an enclave, and Bedok/Tampines as areas where the Malays where beginning to form one.
Former Minister for National Development, Mr S Dhanabalan had then said that there were 90 percent Chinese in Hougang, and 30 percent Malays in Bedok, and that unless the EIP was legislated, Singapore could revert to the pre-1965 days when there were racial riots.
- http://www.raviphilemon.net/2013/02...2/paps-public-housing-policy-accelerated.html
Former Minister for National Development, Mr S Dhanabalan had then said that there were 90 percent Chinese in Hougang, and 30 percent Malays in Bedok, and that unless the EIP was legislated, Singapore could revert to the pre-1965 days when there were racial riots.
- http://www.raviphilemon.net/2013/02...2/paps-public-housing-policy-accelerated.html