MANDALAY VILLA AT AMBER ROAD IN KATONG (C.1950S)
Ornate Peranakan furniture in sitting room of Mandalay Villa at No. 29 Amber Road. Built in 1902 as a holiday resort by prominent Peranakan businessman Lee Cheng Yan, this beautiful seaside bungalow later became residence of his son and successor Lee Choon Guan. It remained home to Mrs Lee Choon Guan, or Madam Tan Teck Neo, who was known for her charitable work and who often hosted parties here that brought the Chinese and British communities together in those days when they seldom mixed.
1950s
19990003441 - 0089
91,131/13A
2005-007149-KFW
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Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Photograph taken by Wong Ken Foo (K F Wong)

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Ornate Peranakan furniture in sitting room of Mandalay Villa at No. 29 Amber Road. Built in 1902 as a holiday resort by prominent Peranakan businessman Lee Cheng Yan, this beautiful seaside bungalow later became residence of his son and successor Lee Choon Guan. It remained home to Mrs Lee Choon Guan, or Madam Tan Teck Neo, who was known for her charitable work and who often hosted parties here that brought the Chinese and British communities together in those days when they seldom mixed.

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