Sunset over Haw Par Villa

At dusk on a clear day, it’s obvious why business magnate Aw Boon Haw picked this location in Pasir Panjang in the 1930s to build a villa for his younger brother Boon Par.

Nightmare in the archives

A nightmare scenario - when you’ve set aside time to research the online archives, but you get this error for hours:

A fresh start

After nine months of closure for upgrading works, Haw Par Villa is finally reopening on 1 July.

I know it’s absolutely necessary for the survival of the park for crowds to return, but I’ll miss the peace and quiet that closure had brought.