talking about big bungalows and houses in katong
there were 2 huge ones ,I recall
1. was about bigger than a football field, near to Fowlie and Seraya primarily schools ..behind Katong Shopping Centre ...I would guess minimum of 2 acres ..it belonged to an Indian family buisnees people..I think ,the they had a company called Bombay Trading .
a company of more than 100 years standing ...it was the first company in singapore with timber treatment plant ,I reckon
on the other side of the road where the Rose Garden apartments now is, there use to be a Kampong Amber, a Malay kampong actually Buoyanese ,at the end of Amber road.
2 .the other largest house was in Karikal Lane along Karikal road ,the road name itself is named after the town in India where the owner originated ..the owner ,I heard was the biggest live stock trader in SEA ,an Indian Muslim..the story goes he was so powerful that he shot a British officer and thus hanged
the house is not only incredibly huge and big ,bit the architecture is really no where to be found in singapore ..when marine parade was reclaimed Still Road was extended right into this house and yet huge portions were standing on both sides
