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Oct 3, 2008

Landmark conservation is impt

By Tay Suan Chiang

LONG-TIME Toa Payoh resident Kenny Leck has seen many changes in the housing estate where he has been living for 28 years.

Neighbours have moved away and old blocks of flats have been demolished to make way for skyscraper blocks.

Yesterday, the 30-year-old bookseller was glad to hear that one landmark in his neighbourhood will be conserved: the 25m-tall Lookout Tower in Toa Payoh Town Park.

Read Tay Suan Chiang's full story in Saturday's version of The Straits Times!

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