TIANJIN - OFFICIALS from China and Singapore on 14 October broke ground for a new town of environmentally friendly homes for low-income Chinese.

 

The first public housing project in the Tianjin Eco-City will showcase some 570 units, each 55 sq m large and sporting features such as solar panels and clean drinking water straight from the tap.

 

China will draw on some of Singapore's experience in building, maintaining and upgrading HDB flats in the joint venture, said Ms Grace Fu, the Senior Minister of State for National Development and Education.

 

'The emphasis is not just on the economic and commercial development,' she told Singapore reporters on Wednesday. 'It will be a place where economic activities and the community...are in a harmonious relationship.'

 

Ms Fu - who visited the Eco-City in June - was back here in the coastal city for two days, to lend a hand in the ground-breaking festivities and to 'understand the progress of the project'.

 

The project was designed by Surbana International Consultants and developed by the Tianjin Eco-City Administrative Committee.

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