2 Kampong Kapor Road2 Kampong Kapor Road, formerly the Kampong Kapor Community Centre, is a building on Kampong Kapor Road in Rochor, Singapore. It formerly served as a community centre for the Kampong Kapor neighbourhood. HistoryThe two-storey building was completed for $110,000 in 1971 to replace an older community centre which burned down in a fire caused by arson in the previous year. It featured a roof garden, a library, a television room and space for court games such as basketball. It was the first community centre to feature a roof garden, which was to make way for a third floor if the centre needed an expansion. The funds for its construction were raised by the Kampong Kapor's Citizen Consultative.[1] The centre was officially opened by then-President of Singapore Benjamin Sheares on 21 October 1971. At the opening ceremony, he was received by then-Member of Parliament for the Kampong Kapor Constituency Yeo Toon Chia.[2] This made the centre the first to have been opened by a president.[3] By 1985, The Straits Times reported that the free television offered at the centre was still popular amongst elderly Indian men and construction workers, even though most households in Singapore had a television set by then. The newspaper noted that the number of people watching the television set at the centre increased on Thursdays and Fridays, which is when Tamil-language films were played. An official from the People's Action Party claimed that this was due to the centre's location, which was within Little India.[4] The building eventually ceased to function as a community centre. In September 2013, the Maya Dance Theatre held several performances at the building.[5] It has also housed Singai Tamil Singam and arts organisation Apsar Asia. From 2014 to 2016, the building was occupied by the Boxfit Gym. By November 2020, the NATC Institute, a private education institute, had occupied the building.[3] References
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