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Min Yuan

📍 62 WATERLOO STREET
🗺️ D07 — Bugis, Golden Mile, Middle Road
🏢 MCST 1519Apartment✓ Management Directory

About Min Yuan

Min Yuan is a small apartment block at 62 Waterloo Street in District 7 (Beach Road, Bugis, Rochor). EdgeProp records it as completed in 1989 with 26 units, on a 999-year lease that began in 1832. With so long a lease it is freehold in all but name. The development is managed by MCST 1519 and stands next to the similar Waterloo Apartments at number 64.

Private homes are scarce in this part of town, which is given over mostly to temples, churches, arts groups and colleges. Min Yuan appeals to residents who want to live within walking distance of Bugis, Bras Basah and the Civic District, and it has no large condominium-style grounds.

Interesting facts

  • Waterloo Street was laid out in 1837 as Church Street, after colonial official Thomas Church. The Municipal Council renamed it in 1858 to mark the Duke of Wellington's victory at Waterloo, partly because another Church Street already existed near Raffles Place.

  • In Hokkien the street is Si Beh Lor, the fourth horse carriageway, counting inland from North Bridge Road.

  • The street is known for its mix of faiths. Maghain Aboth Synagogue of 1878, the oldest synagogue in Singapore, shares the street with Sri Krishnan Temple and Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple.

  • The lease dates from 1832, only 13 years after modern Singapore was founded, which makes the land title older than the street itself.

Nearby

Bencoolen MRT (Downtown Line) is about 4 minutes away on foot, Bras Basah MRT (Circle Line) about 6 minutes and Bugis MRT (East West and Downtown lines) about 8 minutes. Albert Centre Market and Food Centre is the nearest hawker centre, and Bugis Junction and Bugis+ are close for shopping. Fort Canning Park is a 10 to 15 minute walk. For schools, the School of the Arts (SOTA), Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and Singapore Management University are all within walking distance.

Key facts

  • Address: 62 Waterloo Street, Singapore

  • District: 7 (Beach Road, Bugis, Rochor)

  • Property type: Apartment

  • Completed: 1989

  • Tenure: 999 years from 1832

  • Units: 26

  • Nearest MRT: Bencoolen (DT21), Bras Basah (CC2), Bugis (EW12/DT14)

  • MCST: 1519