An aerial view of commercial and residential buildings are seen at dusk in central Singapore before a torrential rain

A SMRT train passes by public housing flats as it travels towards Pioneer station in western Singapore

The Dragon Playground, one of two remaining playgrounds built for public housing estates by the Housing Development Board (HDB) in the 1970s, is seen in the satellite town of Toa Payoh in central Singapore

The HDB Hub, headquarters of Singapore's Housing Development Board which is responsible for the island's public housing, is pictured surrounded by flats in the satellite town of Toa Payoh, in central Singapore

A buddhist monk walks into one of the multicoloured conservation Peranakan houses along a stretch of road in the heritage neighbourhood of Joo Chiat in eastern Singapore

An aerial view of commercial and residential buildings are seen shortly after sunset in southern Singapore

Public housing flats are seen in the satellite town of Toa Payoh in central Singapore

A trash collection boat travels down Kallang River past public housing flats in eastern Singapore

The Kolam Ayer bridge connects to The River Vista @ Kallang public housing flats across Kallang River in eastern Singapore