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In January 1983, the podium had been scheduled for completion sometime later in the year, while the residential tower was slated for opening by November.<ref name = “Lam”/> The ”Singapore Monitor” reported in March that the complex as a whole “fast taking shape”, and that it was set to be complete by the end of the year.<ref name = “SM”>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 18 March 1983|title= Two URA projects likely to be ready at year end|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singmonitor19830318-2.2.7.7|work= [[Singapore Monitor]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> The building was “ready for occupation” by early December,<ref name = “Ngoo”>{{cite news |last= Ngoo|first= Irene|date= 4 December 1983|title= URA’s building them bigger and bolder|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19831204-1.2.29|work= [[The Straits Times]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> with the remaining tenants at Beauty World being required to move out by the very end of the year. Those who could not afford to set up shop in Beauty World Centre instead moved to [[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Sam|first= Jackie|date= 11 December 1983|title= Farewell, Beauty World|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singmonitor19831211-1.2.29.26|work= [[Singapore Monitor]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> At its opening, the five-storey retail podium had more then 160 units built around a naturally-lit atrium,<ref name = “Teo”/> as well as seven kiosks, seven eating houses, 30 hawker stalls and an open-air hawker centre occupying the fourth floor, with all other floors being air-conditioned.<ref name = “Lam”/> The hawker centre was made open-air in an attempt to “recreate the charming open-air ”makan-stall” atmosphere of the old place.”<ref name = “Teo”>{{cite news |last= Teo|first= Lian Huay|date= 1 January 1984|title= URA hopes the new building will keep the atmosphere|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19840101-1.2.18|work= [[The Straits Times]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> The six-and-a-half-storey carpark<ref name = “ST”>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 2 April 1983|title= Six centres to house firms affected by redevelopment|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19830402-1.2.53|work= [[The Straits Times]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> had a capacity for 261 vehicles.<ref name = “Ngoo”/> The 20-storey residential tower had 80 apartments. Each apartment featured a similar layout, with three bedrooms and balcony access.<ref name = “SM”/> Construction cost an estimated 45$ million construction.<ref name = “SM”/><ref name = “Teo”/> |
In January 1983, the podium had been scheduled for completion sometime later in the year, while the residential tower was slated for opening by November.<ref name = “Lam”/> The ”Singapore Monitor” reported in March that the complex as a whole “fast taking shape”, and that it was set to be complete by the end of the year.<ref name = “SM”>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 18 March 1983|title= Two URA projects likely to be ready at year end|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singmonitor19830318-2.2.7.7|work= [[Singapore Monitor]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> The building was “ready for occupation” by early December,<ref name = “Ngoo”>{{cite news |last= Ngoo|first= Irene|date= 4 December 1983|title= URA’s building them bigger and bolder|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19831204-1.2.29|work= [[The Straits Times]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> with the remaining tenants at Beauty World being required to move out by the very end of the year. Those who could not afford to set up shop in Beauty World Centre instead moved to [[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Sam|first= Jackie|date= 11 December 1983|title= Farewell, Beauty World|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singmonitor19831211-1.2.29.26|work= [[Singapore Monitor]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> At its opening, the five-storey retail podium had more then 160 units built around a naturally-lit atrium,<ref name = “Teo”/> as well as seven kiosks, seven eating houses, 30 hawker stalls and an open-air hawker centre occupying the fourth floor, with all other floors being air-conditioned.<ref name = “Lam”/> The hawker centre was made open-air in an attempt to “recreate the charming open-air ”makan-stall” atmosphere of the old place.”<ref name = “Teo”>{{cite news |last= Teo|first= Lian Huay|date= 1 January 1984|title= URA hopes the new building will keep the atmosphere|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19840101-1.2.18|work= [[The Straits Times]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> The six-and-a-half-storey carpark<ref name = “ST”>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 2 April 1983|title= Six centres to house firms affected by redevelopment|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19830402-1.2.53|work= [[The Straits Times]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 13 December 2025}}</ref> had a capacity for 261 vehicles.<ref name = “Ngoo”/> The 20-storey residential tower had 80 apartments. Each apartment featured a similar layout, with three bedrooms and balcony access.<ref name = “SM”/> Construction cost an estimated 45$ million construction.<ref name = “SM”/><ref name = “Teo”/> |
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The complex was officially opened on 2 January 1984 by [[Chor Yeok Eng]], then the Member of Parliament for the [[Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency]]. To coincide with the ceremony, the complex held a “big eat-out”.<ref name = “Teo”/> |
The complex was officially opened on 2 January 1984 by [[Chor Yeok Eng]], then the Member of Parliament for the [[Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency]]. To coincide with the ceremony, the complex held a “big eat-out”.<ref name = “Teo”/> |
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MOVE TO “Beauty World Centre” WHEN DONE
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Beauty World Centre is a housing and shopping complex at the junction of Upper Bukit Timah Road and Jalan Anak Bukit in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Completed in the 1983 and officially opened in January 1984, it was built to relocate the tenants of Beauty World Town, which was demolished shortly after. …
The complex, comprising a retail podium and a residential tower resting on a carpark,[1] was developed by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)[2] to rehouse the stallholders of Beauty World Town, which had been slated for demolition after three separate major fires in the last decade. The Singapore Monitor reported that these tenants were concered with the fact the fact that rent at the new complex would be significantly higher than what they had previously paid. In January 1983, they started a five-month-long clearance sale in preparation for the move.[3] In May 1983, Ang Peng Hwa reported that all of the 170 shopkeepers of Beauty World Town, as well as half of its 60 hawkers, would be relocated to the centre upon its opening. He wrote that despite the higher rent, they “generally welcome[d] the rehousing due to the fire threat, particularly due to the fact that most of them were not insured.[4]
In January 1983, the podium had been scheduled for completion sometime later in the year, while the residential tower was slated for opening by November.[3] The Singapore Monitor reported in March that the complex as a whole “fast taking shape”, and that it was set to be complete by the end of the year.[2] The building was “ready for occupation” by early December,[5] with the remaining tenants at Beauty World being required to move out by the very end of the year. Those who could not afford to set up shop in Beauty World Centre instead moved to Clementi.[6] At its opening, the five-storey retail podium had more then 160 units built around a naturally-lit atrium,[7] as well as seven kiosks, seven eating houses, 30 hawker stalls and an open-air hawker centre occupying the fourth floor, with all other floors being air-conditioned.[3] The hawker centre was made open-air in an attempt to “recreate the charming open-air makan-stall atmosphere of the old place.”[7] The six-and-a-half-storey carpark[1] had a capacity for 261 vehicles.[5] The 20-storey residential tower had 80 apartments. Each apartment featured a similar layout, with three bedrooms and balcony access.[2] Construction cost an estimated 45$ million construction.[2][7]
The complex was officially opened on 2 January 1984 by Chor Yeok Eng, then the Member of Parliament for the Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency. To coincide with the ceremony, the complex held a “big eat-out”.[7] By then, most of the last tenants of Beauty World Town had moved in, along with the Beauty World Town Shop Association, which then renamed itself the Beauty World Centre Merchants’ Association.[8]
