page_title: Rochor Centre
section_title: Programs and Amenities
hierarchical_section_title: Rochor Centre / Programs and Amenities
caption_attribution_description: English: Since April, HDB has barricade the entire Rochor Center (including the last building Block 1) and put up notices warning the public to not trespass. This is usually the signal of the demolition coming soon.
context_page_description: Rochor Centre was a group of buildings in Singapore built by the Housing and Development Board. Dating back to the 1960s, there was an increasing number of people living in slum-like condition with poor sanitation due to the insufficient housing for Singapore's increasing population. Therefore, as part of the urban renewal program under the Housing and Development Board, Rochor Centre was built and completed in 1977 to take in residents and businesses that was uprooted across the city.
context_section_description: Rochor Centre has over 183 shops that sell a wide variety of goods. Out of the 183 shops at Rochor Centre, 15 were involved in the traditional ceremonial businesses, selling religious items such as joss sticks and candles. This serves as a convenience stopover for the Taoist and Buddhist devotees that regularly visit the famous Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple located 350m away on Waterloo Street. Not only that, some of the shops were relocated to Rochor Centre when Blanco Court was acquired in 1997 making way for Raffles Hospital today.
  Rochor Centre was also the first housing estate that housed the first old folks home called the Rochore Kongsi Home for the Aged. It was opened in 1977 by Dr Toh Chin Chye , then Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament of Rochor district.  According to Dr Toh, the term “Kongsi” means sharing together in Malay and the reason behind this pilot project is that he felt that the aged no longer need to feel estranged from and overlooked by the rest of the world just because they are in their silver generation. As such, the old folks home was built not only to provide a place for the destitute elderly that was found in Rochor area, but also helps to foster a sense of community responsibility in the residents of Rochor Centre.
caption: "No Trespassing" notice placed at Rochor Center, as the entire building has been barricaded from the public from 1 March 2017 to 17 July 2017.
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