DEMOLITION OF SHOPHOUSES AT SYED ALWI ROAD, OFF JALAN BESAR. SYED ALWI ROAD WAS NAMED AFTER SYED SYED ALWI ALJUNIED, A YEMENI ARAB TRADER WHO CAME TO SINGAPORE FROM SUMATRA AND LIVED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. HE OWNED SEVERAL LOTS OF LAND IN THAT AREA.
12/08/1986
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