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PROPERTY
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June14
TALK
STREET
An insider’s guide to life in their ’hood.
NAME:
GUY TURTON
FROM:
UK
OCCUPATION:
Insurance
Recruitment (I’m a real creative
type like that)
What street do you live on?
Akyab Road.
If it’s in another language, what
does it mean?
It’s the name of a port in southern
Myanmar.
Exact words you tell a taxi driver
to get home?
“Do you know Akyab Road? No? Head
to Jalan Tan Tock Seng, then second
right before the hospital, straight over
the… I’ll direct you when we get there.”
What’s the name of your
neighbourhood?
“That residential bit between Novena
and Balestier Road.”
Closest MRT station?
Novena.
How long have you lived here?
13 months, almost to the day.
Why here?
Because the lift opened straight into the
lounge roomwith full-length glass doors
onto the balcony. We’re easily pleased.
THE SPECIFICS
AKYAB ROAD
Photography by Michael Bernabe