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Following the end of ], the 1-acre (0.40 ha) facility was started in 1945 by entrepreneur Tan Gna Chua on his residential home premises at Upper Serangoon Road. Following the end of ], the 1-acre (0.40 ha) facility was started in 1945 by entrepreneur Tan Gna Chua on his residential home premises at Upper Serangoon Road.


The farm began modestly with just 10 crocodiles in Tan's backyard but soon expanded into a 90,000 square-foot facility. Originally created to share Tan's passion for crocodiles, the farm also supplied skins to his tannery with its premises, which produced items such as shoes, wallets, belts, and handbags, which will also exported overseas.<ref>"The Singapore Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road". ''Roots.gov''. 1970. Retrieved 30 September 2024.</ref>
⚫ The reptile farm was later opened to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Singapore Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road |url=https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1181586?taigerlist=collections |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=www.roots.gov.sg |language=en}}</ref>

⚫ The farm was later opened to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Singapore Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road |url=https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1181586?taigerlist=collections |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=www.roots.gov.sg |language=en}}</ref> In 1972, Tan Moh Hong Reptile Skin and Crocodile Farm received much publicity in the media when ], the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, paid a private visit to the farm with his family.



In 1972, Tan Moh Hong Reptile Skin and Crocodile Farm received much publicity in the media when ], the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, paid a private visit to the farm with his family.


Tan Gna Chua died in 2000 at an age of 85, leaving behind an estimated $30 million worth of assets, which caused n a legal dispute between the children of Tan Gna Chua’s two wives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singapore |first=Remember |date=2012-07-15 |title=The Story of a Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road |url=https://remembersingapore.org/2012/07/15/a-crocodile-farm-at-upper-serangoon-road/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Remember Singapore |language=en}}</ref> Tan Gna Chua died in 2000 at an age of 85, leaving behind an estimated $30 million worth of assets, which caused n a legal dispute between the children of Tan Gna Chua’s two wives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singapore |first=Remember |date=2012-07-15 |title=The Story of a Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road |url=https://remembersingapore.org/2012/07/15/a-crocodile-farm-at-upper-serangoon-road/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Remember Singapore |language=en}}</ref>

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Singapore Crocodile Farm
Town/City790 Upper Serangoon Road
CountrySingapore
Coordinates1°21′17.6″N 103°52′46.5″E / 1.354889°N 103.879583°E / 1.354889; 103.879583
Established1945
Disestablished2012
OwnerTan Gna Chua
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Producescrocodile skin
Statusclosed

The Singapore Crocodile Farm, formally the Tan Moh Hong Reptile Skin and Crocodile Farm, was a crocodile farm formerly located at 790 Upper Serangoon Road in Singapore.

Background

Following the end of World War II, the 1-acre (0.40 ha) facility was started in 1945 by entrepreneur Tan Gna Chua on his residential home premises at Upper Serangoon Road.

The farm began modestly with just 10 crocodiles in Tan's backyard but soon expanded into a 90,000 square-foot facility. Originally created to share Tan's passion for crocodiles, the farm also supplied skins to his tannery with its premises, which produced items such as shoes, wallets, belts, and handbags, which will also exported overseas.

The farm was later opened to the public. In 1972, Tan Moh Hong Reptile Skin and Crocodile Farm received much publicity in the media when Louis Mountbatten, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, paid a private visit to the farm with his family.


Tan Gna Chua died in 2000 at an age of 85, leaving behind an estimated $30 million worth of assets, which caused n a legal dispute between the children of Tan Gna Chua’s two wives.

It was eventually closed in 2012 with its former site consisted of 709 Upper Serangoon Road and another adjoined site being 1 Surin Road were sold in a tender conducted by Colliers International to the Nobel Design Holdings and Pinnacle Asset Group. The strata landed housing project known as One Surin was built in 2014 on these sites and was completed in 2017

References

  1. Strauss, Liesel; Singapore, National Library Board. "Signboard of Singapore Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  2. "The Singapore Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road". Roots.gov. 1970. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. "The Singapore Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road". www.roots.gov.sg. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  4. Singapore, Remember (2012-07-15). "The Story of a Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road". Remember Singapore. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  5. "Former crocodile farm launching as residential development". Yahoo Singapore. 28 May 2014.
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