Asia Insurance Building plaque : close-up [1]



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15 Aug 1993

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1993 photograph shows a plaque, located within the vicinity of the Asia Insurance Building at no.2 Finlayson Green. The plaque commemorates the opening of the building by Sir Robert Brown Black on 10th December 1955. The building was designed by Ng Keng Seng. 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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