It's goodbye after 34 years for MP Lily Neo's clinic in Tanglin Halt

Jalan Besar GRC MP Lily Neo's iconic clinic, which is in one of Singapore's oldest public housing estates, opened for the last time on Jan 24. The clinic's block will be demolished under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme after 2021.
Staff packing items into boxes yesterday. The clinic is moving to Royal Square Medical Suites in Novena, where it will open with a new name: Lily Neo Clinic. The clinic was one of the last few outlets still operating in its block ahead of a 2021 dead
Dr Lily Neo after seeing the last patient at Tanglin Halt Clinic yesterday. Save for a few goodbye photos and last-minute packing, her last day at the clinic went by just like any other day. "It's too sad to try to do anything special. There is a sense of neighbourliness here that would be a pity to lose," she said.ST PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO
Staff packing items into boxes yesterday. The clinic is moving to Royal Square Medical Suites in Novena, where it will open with a new name: Lily Neo Clinic. The clinic was one of the last few outlets still operating in its block ahead of a 2021 dead
Staff packing items into boxes yesterday. The clinic is moving to Royal Square Medical Suites in Novena, where it will open with a new name: Lily Neo Clinic. ST PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO
Staff packing items into boxes yesterday. The clinic is moving to Royal Square Medical Suites in Novena, where it will open with a new name: Lily Neo Clinic. The clinic was one of the last few outlets still operating in its block ahead of a 2021 dead
The clinic was one of the last few outlets still operating in its block ahead of a 2021 deadline to move out before demolition under a redevelopment scheme. ST PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO

Iconic clinic in Tanglin Halt that shaped Lily Neo's concerns in Parliament moves to Novena

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Jan 25, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
yuensin@sph.com.sg

For the past 34 years, Tanglin Halt Clinic - located at the end of a candy-coloured row of shophouses at 39 Tanglin Halt Road - served as a gathering spot for residents.

Aches, pains and other common ailments were tended to by the doctor there. But other worries, such as family or financial concerns, were also soothed.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 25, 2019, with the headline 'It's goodbye after 34 years'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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