Monthly Archives: September 2009

Heritage houses in Malacca restored

Posted on 27 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on Heritage houses in Malacca restored

The building in Malacca is next door to where hit Chinese drama serial The Little Nyonya was filmed.

Dating back to 150 years ago, it is now owned by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and has been restored.

The building – two linked heritage townhouses at 54 and 56 Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock – was opened yesterday by the Governor of Malacca.

NUS received $1.5 million from Ms Agnes Tan, the last surviving child of Straits Chinese community leader Tan Cheng Lock, to buy and restore the two houses in 2004.

That enabled a team of six academics and undergraduates from the university’s Department of Architecture of the School of Design and Environment to work with a Malacca-based conservation architect.

The team retained many interior features. Continue reading →

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Temporary foreign workers’ dorm in Serangoon to open in Nov

Posted on 27 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on Temporary foreign workers’ dorm in Serangoon to open in Nov

The temporary foreign workers’ dormitory in Serangoon Gardens is expected to open in November this year.

Second Finance Minister Lim Hwee Hua, who is also the Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC, was speaking to reporters at a community event in the area on Saturday.

The temporary foreign workers’ dormitory is located at Burghley Drive. Residents in the area had raised concerns about the dorm’s location.

The National Development Ministry had agreed to suggestions put forth by residents over the building of the dorm, such as restricting mass activities after 10.30pm, putting plants to screen the site from nearest homes, and locating pick-up and drop-off points within the site.

But the government did not agree to construct a direct ramp linking the dormitory to the Central Expressway due to safety reasons.

Mrs Lim, who was recently given a site tour by the operator, said the residents’ committee will continue to work with government agencies on some of the outstanding issues.

But she added that the true test will come when the dormitory starts operations.

Source : Channel NewsAsia – 26 Sep 2009

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