In the past there were no precinct pavilions

[Cecil Lee]

HDB estates built before the year 2000 had no precinct pavilions.

Thus a funeral may be held just below the deceased block.

As shown in this example: Petir Road estate.

Today, depending on the size of each HDB estate or precinct; there are between 1 to 2 such Pavilions per estate depending on it's size.

Thus an estate with 500 to 700 units often has 1 precinct pavilion. But another larger estate of 800 to 1,500 units may have two Pavilions.

 

 

[Cecil Lee]

Another feature of a pre-year 2000 estate is that often, it has open car-park lots. And inevitably a central bin centre. 

Some of these bin Centres are combined with an attached Electrical sub-station or ESS.