Racks with two plates that support both ends of the laundry pole were introduced from 1995. Toa Payoh resident and personal assistant Lily Chin, 70, agreed. She said: "For old people, it's difficult.

SINGAPORE - Heavy bamboo poles loaded with laundry will soon be a thing of the past in some 230,000 Housing Board (HDB) flats, as they will be replaced with a new retractable clothes drying rack.

According to the Housing Development Board (HDB), there are some 230,000 HDB flats that are eligible for the upgrade at present, and the first 55,000 of those will be offered the programme beginning ...

The service yard is also where you can usually find a dryer, if any, or in the case of HDB apartments, laundry poles racks. There are many ways that you can design your service yard to optimise the ...

Several Punggol residents have raised concerns regarding the safety and aesthetics of laundry being hung on the facade of some HDB blocks at Waterway Terraces. In a forum letter published on The ...

It's been 'raining' rubbish outside the kitchen window for one Yishun HDB resident, thanks to a neighbour living upstairs. Expressing her frustration to Shin Min Daily News, the woman, surnamed ...

SINGAPORE — A mynah has been rescued after a woman hung it from a laundry pole outside her Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat, apparently in an attempt to "teach" it a lesson and serve as ...

SINGAPORE — The Animal & Veterinary Service (AVS) is looking into an incident in Yishun where a woman hung a live mynah from a laundry pole outside her Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat ...

Ageing flats built between 1987 and 1997 are set to be upgraded under the extended Home Improvement Programme (HIP) which will include new retractable clothes drying rack, among others, reported The ...