Pilot vaccination programmes for the elderly will begin in Ang Mo Kio and Tanjong Pagar on Wednesday(Jan 27, 2021). - The Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE, Jan 23 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore will start Covid-19 vaccination for seniors aged 70 and above from next Wednesday (Jan 27), starting with pilots in Ang Mo Kio and Tanjong Pagar, where larger numbers of the elderly reside.
Between 5,000 and 10,000 seniors in each of the two housing estates will be invited to get vaccinated, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong during a press conference by the multi-ministry task force for Covid-19 on Friday (Jan 22). Depending on the response, we may increase or reduce the number. Soon after the pilot. we will begin to roll out to other areas, other precincts progressively, he added.
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I think it’s safe to say that The Pinnacle@Duxton is probably Singapore’s most well-known HDB project.
It has made headlines for many reasons, one of which is its superbly central location in Tanjong Pagar along Cantonment Road.
It was also Singapore’s very first 50-storey public housing and also features 2 Sky Bridges that offers a panoramic view of the city – unheard of in the public housing market when it was first announced.
Moreover, the HDB even launched an international architectural design competition and received over 200 submissions which eventually led to the design that we see today.
Now 10 years on (time flies, doesn’t it), The Pinnacle@Duxton has drawn both praise and criticism since its announcement.