The Ridout Road bungalows date back to the colonial era. Imagine living on a property bigger than a football field! Incredible! And while the Good-Class Bungalows sell for millions of dollars, many of the black-and-whites, such as those rented by the ministers, are not for sale at any price
The Ridout Road saga revealed the personal motivations of two senior Singapore Cabinet members. Usually reported discussing law and society, Singapore and the world and other generalities. For once, they spoke about where they lived and why.
So is he an anglophile, a history lover with a soft spot for the colonial past or architecture? For the black-and-white bungalows go back to the colonial era. The question didn’t come up in Parliament, where he, Balakrishnan, Teo, and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong all gave their views. What’s so special about the bungalows? Their spaciousness? Imagine living on a property bigger than a football field! Incredible!It is a luxury in land-scarce Singapore, affordable only by the uber-rich and high society. No 23 Ridout Road is the home of the Dutch ambassador. Sheng Siong co-founder Lim Hock Leng reportedly bought a $50 million Good-Class Bungalow on Ridout Road.
A newspaper report from September 5, 1929, said, “A motion that the following roads should be declared public roads was adopted: Townshend Road, running from Lorong Lalat to Kitchener Road; road from Dhoby Ghaut, east side known as Kirk Terrace; road from Wallich Street to Maxwell Road, known as Peck Seah Street; road from Neil Road to Kreta Ayer Road known as Kiong Saik Road; road from Peirce Road to Swettenham Road known as Ridout Road; road from Ridout Road to diversion of Ridout Road known...
“The vegetable gardens and piggeries had been in the area for many years, and it was only recently that residential development had taken place.”Since those colonial days, Singapore has changed beyond recognition, but the black-and-whites remain. Shanmugam and Balakrishnan’s renting them demonstrates their abiding attraction. The bungalows are part of a plan to preserve the past.
The Good-Class Bungalow at 35 Ridout Road, occupying a 73,277 sq ft plot, topped the list in 2015, selling for nearly $91.69 million.While the Good-Class Bungalows sell for millions of dollars, many of the black-and-whites, such as those rented by the ministers, are not for sale at any price.
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