Queenstown to get new community heritage museum

Located in Margaret Drive, it will be the first full-fledged, ground-up facility of its kind

Dr Chan Khye Meng and receptionist Doreen Tan at Meng's Clinic in Tanglin Halt on June 21, 2019, before the doctor's retirement. The upcoming museum will feature Meng's Clinic's beige wooden benches, its red and white signboard and the doctor's name
Volunteers (standing, from left) Veena Nanthakumar, Emma Harper, Choo Lip Sin, Lee Ley Lun, Eng Sok Hui and Grace Tng and (squatting, from left) Roy Ng, Li Xunxiang and Norman Kwok at the present-day museum space in a shophouse at Block 46-3 Commonwealth Drive that My Community has been renting from the Housing Board since June 2018. PHOTO: MY COMMUNITY
Dr Chan Khye Meng and receptionist Doreen Tan at Meng's Clinic in Tanglin Halt on June 21, 2019, before the doctor's retirement. The upcoming museum will feature Meng's Clinic's beige wooden benches, its red and white signboard and the doctor's name
Dr Chan Khye Meng and receptionist Doreen Tan at Meng's Clinic in Tanglin Halt on June 21, 2019, before the doctor's retirement. The upcoming museum will feature Meng's Clinic's beige wooden benches, its red and white signboard and the doctor's name plate, among other artefacts. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
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When a Queenstown stalwart, Dr Chan Khye Meng, 87, retired last year after more than 50 years of service to the community, patients young and old shed tears.

Soon, those who miss the 55-year-old general practice in Tanglin Halt will get to relive memories of their visits to his clinic when a new museum opens in September next year.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 19, 2020, with the headline Queenstown to get new community heritage museum. Subscribe