Chinatown’s modernist icon People’s Park Complex is currently being repainted and will have a red-and-white look later in the year. But “the colour scheme was not specially chosen to mark SG60”, People’s Park Complex’s managing agent Claire Dixon-Lim told The Straits Times. It “was recommended by a designer and approved by the building’s management council”, she reportedly said.
In other news, according to media reports and postings on social media, South Korean veteran actor Choi Jung Woo has died. On Tuesday (27 May), a representative from Choi Jung Woo’s agency Bless ENT reportedly announced, “Actor Choi Jung Woo has passed away,” adding, “The exact cause of death has not yet been confirmed.”
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Esther Au Yong
Chinese New Year at Singapore’s Chinatown, featuring People’s Park Complex. (PHOTO: Getty)
Chinatown’s modernist icon People’s Park Complex is currently being repainted and will have a red-and-white look later in the year. But “the colour scheme was not specially chosen to mark SG60”, People’s Park Complex’s managing agent Claire Dixon-Lim told The Straits Times.
It “was recommended by a designer and approved by the building’s management council”, she reportedly said. Facade rectification and repainting works at the complex, which is being studied for possible conservation, are slated to end before the fourth quarter of 2025.
The mixed-use development, which was completed in 1973, was last repainted in 2009, when its then orange-and-green facade made way for a yellow-and-green coat.
Find out more about the history, current state and possible future of People’s Park Complex.
