Simei is a housing estate located in the eastern part of Singapore, situated next to Tampines New Town across the Pan-Island Expressway. The name Simei is pinyin for "four beauties" in Chinese, the four beauties in Chinese history (xishi,Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan and Yang Guifei) These difficulties in pronouncing these street names are the roads were renamed as Simei. Simei is a well-developed estate with a plenty of good facilities. East Point Mall is the only shopping mall were located for residents, houses shops such as restaurants, bookstores and music shops. Pet safari as named a pet shops what the pets need, it is the largest pet shop in Southeast Asia.

The 24 Satisfying stores are located in near MRT Sations. Simei Park is the only park in Simei is consists of a playground, elderly fitness corner and jogging tracks. There are different kinds of landed properties consists of facilities and public apartment flats. Changi General Hospital is the only well serviced hospital in the Simei. In Simei international conventions, exhibitions and concerts are held. The bus services also pass through the outskirts of services.

There is a wide range of facilities at Simei including Changi General Hospital, retail outlets, the Changi Semei community Centre and a fitness club. The Education facilities include the ITE COLLEGE EAST, the Metta Development School, Changkat Primary School and Changkat Changi Secondary School. Transport links include the Simei MRT Station and close Proximity to Singapore Changi Airport via the Pan-Island Expressway.

Once a time the Singapore is faced a serious problem of housing shortages. The government has passed the Housing and Development Act on 1960. It was replaced the existing Singapore Improvement Trust was passed has the Housing and Development Board. The low cost housing was possibly build the first formation led by Lim Kim San. In these housing development there are various schemes will be came they are

Home Ownership Scheme – it was a Scheme that introduced to help these groups such as people to buy instead of rent their flates. Central Provident Fund money for downpayment. These efforts was not convincing to the people living in the illegal occupant of land was settlements to move into these flats. The policies of the HDB were largely set to the Singapore government. Citezens are allowed to use there pension funds to purchase and own the homes they were renting as an incentive to work hard.

Singapore's population are currently living 80-90% in HDB flats with a high density housing being being a solution to overcrowding. There are number of eligibility conditions to purchase a flats. They are a buyer must be a Singapore citizen and he will be a 21 years of age and have a "proper family nucleus'.Singles and Unmarried parents are not allowed to purchase a new HDB flats.

There are different types of public and semi-public housing available on the basis of the number of rooms and size of the flats.

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