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Haw Par Villa snapshots, then and now

Photographer aims to reshoot photos of people who visited park in its heyday

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Melody Zaccheus

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In 1973, a boy named Hercules visited Haw Par Villa. His mother took him and his five siblings - Hector, Hubert, Harold, Helen and Hazel - through the 10 Courts of Hell, where she highlighted some of the punishments meted out to sinners.
For instance, an individual disrespectful to the elderly might have their hearts cut out.
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