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This 1983 photograph depicts the 7th Storey Hotel, located at Rochor Road (opposite Sin Koy Lane). The building was designed by Ng Keng Siang in the 1950s, and was demolished due to the expansion of the Bugis Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station for the Downtown Line. Title devised by Library staff.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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