SINGAPORE: HDB reached a milestone in its 50 year history on Sunday, with the completion of its one millionth flat.
The unit is located at the new TreeLodge@Punggol and on Sunday, the keys were handed over to the homeowners - Mr Wang Weiji and his wife Ms Christina Ng.
Speaking at the event DPM Teo Chee Hean, who is also MP for Pasir Ris Punggol GRC, noted that HDB has moved from providing low cost rental housing to building homes for ownership.
And along the way it has also picked up several international accolades.
This year in Punggol alone, HDB launched 3,300 new flats through its build to order programme and will launch another project with 1,000 new flats in the next few days.
HDB said its demand remains strong. It is on track to complete 35,000 flats in Punggol by end 2015.
