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| Town/City | 709 Upper Serangoon Road |
| Country | Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°19′29″N 103°52′46″E / 1.3248°N 103.8795°E / 1.3248; 103.8795 |
| Established | 1945 |
| Disestablished | 2012 |
| Owner | Tan Gna Chua |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Produces | crocodile skin |
| Status | closed |
The Singapore Crocodile Farm, formally the Tan Moh Hong Reptile Skin and Crocodile Farm, was a crocodile farm formerly located at 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 reptile 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
- Strauss, Liesel; Singapore, National Library Board. "Signboard of Singapore Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- "The Singapore Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road". www.roots.gov.sg. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- Singapore, Remember (2012-07-15). "The Story of a Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road". Remember Singapore. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- "Former crocodile farm launching as residential development". Yahoo Singapore. 28 May 2014.
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