THE 120-YEAR OLD TANG SUAHN KIONG SAN SOH HOO CHU BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN HENDERSON ROAD, WHICH STANDS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY A WALL OF SAND, WAS MARKED FOR DEMOLITION BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1973 TO MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT BY THE HOUSIN AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD (HDB). ALTHOUGH WORK HAS BEGUN AT THE SITE, THE TEMPLE REMAINS AS THE TRUSTEES HAVE INDICATED THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO MOVE AND NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THEM AND HDB ARE STILL GOING ON. ONE OF ITS TRUSTEES, SNG TECK KIAN POINTING TO THE TEMPLE SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY A WALL OF SAND. NEW HDB BUILDINGS CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND.
04/01/1978
PCD0500 - 0059
SPH/2005/035388/2/29
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