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In August 2007, it was announced that the building's owners, which was then a "low-profile
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The three-storey building, which was painted in yellow and made with modern reinforced concrete, as well as infill brick and plaster walls, curves along the junction of Wilkie Road and Niven Road. It features a recessed ground floor, which allows for a "continuous"
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