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107A Sophia Road

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72:, which was to move in following the closing of the San Shan School. The academy paid the association a rent of $ 120 per year. However, the association announced in 1983 that the rent would be increased to $ 25,000 beginning in January of the following year. The academy moved out of the site in that year. In 1996, the government acquired the property, which was to be demolished to make way for the construction of the 65:
announced that it would be building a new building with 12 classrooms on the site for $ 150,000. It was to be completed in the middle of the following year. The foundation stone for the building was laid on 25 December. Chinese and English newspapers, as well as currency notes, were placed under the stone.
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style and is located in front of the first building. It is three storeys tall and has a central feature which is "adorned with strong vertical bands" and accompanied by a flagpole. The front porch features an extended cantilevered canopy. The building's roof is flat and accompanied by horizontal
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The land on which the buildings stand was previously occupied by a "luxurious" private residence. In July 1936, then-City High School principal M. N. Samadar announced that the land on Sophia Road for the construction of a new premises for the school, which at the time had an enrollment of 492
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for $ 80,000. The association planned to move the San Shan School into the buildings. However, the association was then told that the government had given the Military Police permission to occupy the premises, which were only to be made available to the school in December. In 1951, the school
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students who were placed in 15 classes. The building was officially opened in 1939, with enrollment having increased to 720 by then. The school closed during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, which lasted from 1942 to 1945.
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In February 1981, the Foo Chow Association announced that it would be closing the San Shan School in the following year as a result of declining enrollment. The buildings were to be occupied by the
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moved into the building in 1947, and a second adjoining building was completed in 1953 due to the growing student population. The San Shan School moved out of the buildings in 1982.
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The first building is a two-storey mansion designed in a 'C'-shape with a central courtyard. The second building was designed in the
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The buildings were derequisitioned on 4 October 1946, after which they were purchased by the
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Index

Mount Sophia, Singapore
City High School
Japanese Occupation of Singapore
San Shan School
Art Deco
Foochow Association
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
North East MRT line





"107A Sophia Road"
National Heritage Board
"NEW BUILDING FOB CITY HIGH SCHOOL"
"New Building For City High School"
The Straits Times
"SERVICES TAKE OVER SCHOOL"
The Singapore Free Press
"500 MAY BE WITHOUT SCHOOL"
The Singapore Free Press
"$ 150,000 School By Foochow Assn"
The Sunday Standard
"Stone laid for new school"
The Singapore Free Press
"Nanyang Academy to move into school"
The Straits Times
"NAFA in housing crisis"
The Straits Times

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