our first hdb flat at 104 towner road










apart from monetary compensation for resettling us, the government also accorded us priority in the allocation of an hdb flat. we got our first government subsidised flat at towner road. quite a number of families from our old kampong also got flats in the same estate.

we actually had two units in the same estate. my brother's unit - a 4 room flat - is at blk 107. the unit is still there but it is not occupied by any member of my family; it is rented out to some china nationals. my youngest sister bought a resale unit - a 3 room flat - in the same block and she is the only one living in towner estate.

we sold our 5-room maisonette in 1997 for $495 000; we had bought it for $126,000. it would have fetched a higher price if we had sold it at the peak. some lucky ones got as much as $600 000 for the same kind of flat in the same block. however, the sale price of these flats has dropped to $380K, even with the boon keng station at its doorstep.