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Conserved shophouses filled with memories
My Turf is a fortnightly series that aims to share untold stories of our neighbourhoods. In this instalment, we take a look at the conservation of eight shophouses in Jalan Besar by the Urban Redevelopment Authority which will complete a cluster of heritage buildings in Serangoon Road, Race Course Road and Tessensohn Road.
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Rachael Seow
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A long bid for conservation has come to a happy end for Mr Teng Tieu Guan, a former resident of Jalan Besar whose relatives lived in the area for decades.
He is the owner of 593 Serangoon Road, one of the eight pre-war buildings to recently achieve conservation status in Jalan Besar, which itself was gazetted as a conservation area in October 1991.
