chap lau chu

Meaning

Noun

  • A ten-storey housing flat built by the Singapore Housing and Development Board (HDB) in the 1960s (now mostly vacated).

Origin

  • Borrowed from Hokkien . Originating in the 1960s, with the building of pioneering HDB satellite flats.

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