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Framing the past: Photographer recreates family snaps taken at Haw Par Villa

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Ramaswamy Visweswaran (seated) and Rajani Visweswaran, today at Haw Par Villa (right), and back then in 1984.

PHOTOS: VISWESWARAN FAMILY, DEANNA NG

Melody Zaccheus

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SINGAPORE - 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 those who sin. For instance, a disrespectful individual might have their heart cut out.
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