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Phoenix Road in Singapore was quite busy on Monday in mid-September. The area is home to a shopping center, a residential block, and the Avondale Grammar School. "Foreigners generally live in this area," said Benny Tai, a taxi driver.
Up to 2001, this area, just a stone's throw from Orchard Road, had been an office complex for the Malaysian ministry of home affairs and the police. However, 50 years ago, the Phoenix Road area hosted a military headquarters and the office of the Information Research Department (IRD) under the British Foreign Office.
October 6, 2015
Phoenix Road in Singapore was quite busy on Monday in mid-September. The area is home to a shopping center, a residential block, and the Avondale Grammar School. "Foreigners generally live in this area," said Benny Tai, a taxi driver.
Up to 2001, this area, just a stone's throw from Orchard Road, had been an office complex for the Malaysian ministry of home affairs and the police. However, 50 years ago, the Phoenix Road area hosted a military headq
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