Sunday, August 30, 2020

A Chinese Villa in Little India

Little India is an enclave for the Indian Community to congregate during their Festivals such as Deepavali, Pongal Harvest Festival, besides there  a couple of Indian Temples, Mosques and a Chinese Villa situated at Kerbau Road. The building was built in 1900 and own by a Chinese towkay Tan Teng Niah it is the last known Chinese Villa in the vicinity. Tan Teng Niah is the owner of confectionery factories and rubber smokehouse down in Serangoon Road and the villa said to have eight rooms specially built for his wife.


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