Hotel Mitre

we both walk past Hotel Mitre today, off Killiney Road.
It was an interesting pre-war building in a state of dilapidation. The building was taken care of by Mr Chiam Heng Hsien ( old man in picture) and he had resisted his cousins' attempts to sell the plot for the past 10 years, until the court ruled against him recently. The plot is estimated to be sold between 120-200 million sgd.

Not too bad for the topless old man in the picture. He will get an estimated 20-40 million from the sale.