National Heritage Board

Built and opened in 1891, and subsequently upgraded over the years, the Bukit Timah Waterworks contains a subterranean clear water tank, which has magnificent brick columns and arches that have been seen by few.

Property

135-year-old Bukit Timah Waterworks: Heritage board assessing its national significance

Various studies will inform potential future uses of the site, say NHB and PUB

Heritage businesses, particularly those defined by the traditional nature of their offerings, face not only the broad challenges affecting all retailers, but also the struggle to stay relevant.

Features

BRUNCH

Tradition under pressure: Heritage businesses strive to stay relevant

Despite decades of history, firms dealing in traditional goods face a precarious future amid foreign competition and shifting demand

From left: Jill Koh, Ryan Toh and Charmaine Toh are the third-generation owners of Cathay Photo.

Singapore

Cathay Photo bets on e-commerce to keep 66-year-old family business clicking

Its third-generation leadership hopes the SG Heritage Business scheme will provide guidance on operation and transformation

Fong emphasises that she is not the boss – the company is still owned by her aunts – even if, as chief operating officer, she has spearheaded several initiatives to modernise the family business.

SGSME

Appeal to the young, don’t intimidate the old: Tong Heng’s fourth-gen heir on reinventing a 90-year-old bakery

Famous for its diamond-shaped egg tarts, the family business is one of 42 newly recognised SG Heritage Businesses

Lee Hsien Yang has two weeks until Nov 17 to submit any objections to the notice.

Singapore

PAP government has chosen to trample on Lee Kuan Yew’s wish to have his house demolished: Lee Hsien Yang

The property has been at the centre of a family feud after the death of Lee Kuan Yew on Mar 23, 2015

The house is currently owned by a company called 38 Oxley Road Pte Ltd, which is understood to be owned by Lee Hsien Yang and his second son Li Huanwu.

Singapore

Future of 38 Oxley Road: What happens next

In determining the compensation amount, the Singapore Land Authority will weigh the market value of the site

Swee Choon is one of the 42 businesses recognised in the inaugural award.

Singapore

Swee Choon, Old Chang Kee among 42 businesses honoured in new SG Heritage Business Scheme

Recognised businesses get a heritage mark, consultancy support and access to festivals such as Singapore Night Festival

Singapore

Government ‘keeping options open’, to commence study on 38 Oxley Road site

NHB intends to commence a study of the site to assess if its national historical, heritage, and architectural significance deems it worthy of preservation

The old City Hall (left) and the Padang (right), with other historical buildings.

Economy & Policy

Singapore to name the Padang as its 75th national monument on National Day

THE Padang, a site of countless historic events in Singapore’s history, will officially be gazetted as the nation’s 75th national monument from Tuesday (Aug 9), the 57th anniversary of the Republic’s ...

Property

Of the over 200 conserved bungalows, just 16 are in the style of 38 Oxley Road

OF THE more than 200 bungalows in Singapore conserved to date, only an estimated 16 bungalows belong to the same style and era as 38 Oxley Road.

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