Groundbreaking Ceremony of 1st Public Housing Development in Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City

The groundbreaking ceremony of the first public housing development in the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city was held on 14 October 2009. It was officiated by Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien, Singapore Senior Minister of State for National Development and Education, and Mr He Lifeng, Deputy Secretary of the the Tianjin Communist Party of China (CPC) Municipal Committee and Chairman of the Tianjin Binhai New Area Administrative Committee.

One of the Tianjin Eco-city’s key performance indicators is for at least 20% of the housing units in the Eco-city to be in the form of public housing.  Designed by Surbana International Consultants and developed by the Tianjin Eco-city Administrative Committee, the first phase of the public housing development is located in the 4 sq km large start-up area of the Eco-city.  It will comprise 569 units, each 55 sq metres large, spread out in 7 blocks. It is scheduled for completion in the middle of 2011, and will be developed taking into account the Eco-city’s needs and Singapore’s years of experience in building public housing.  Please click here for more details of the public housing project.

Following the groundbreaking ceremony, Ms Fu and Mr He toured the Eco-city site to view the progress of the construction works and the environmental rehabilitation works.