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This 1983 photograph shows the close-up of a memorial plaque, made for Alexander Gordon (in Bidadari Christian cemetery, Upper Serangoon Road.) He was the Municipal Architect of the Colony of Singapore and President of the Institute of Architects of Malaya from 1930 to 1931. Singapore's City Hall was designed by him. Title devised by Library staff.
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