PLANS are afoot to transform the area around the historic Johore Battery and Abingdon Work Release Camp in Changi into a heaving hub filled with shops, restaurants and museums.

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has invited tenders for the two sites, which are located about 200m apart.

Successful tenants must keep the historic parts of the area - including some five-storey-deep underground bunkers and a number of other exhibits - intact.

Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.