Chap Lau Chu Definition
noun
A ten-storey housing flat built by the Singapore Housing and Development Board (HDB) in the 1960s (now mostly vacated).
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Noun
Singular:
chap lau chu
Plural:
chap lau chusOrigin of Chap Lau Chu
Borrowed from Hokkien CHAP LAU CHU CHAP LAU CHU 十樓厝 /十楼厝 (cha̍p-lâu-chhù, “ten-storey house"). Originating in the 1960s, with the building of pioneering HDB satellite flats.
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