The Old Hill Street Police Station is a historic building and former police station of the

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located at Hill Street within the

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in the Central Area of

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. Also known as ''Balai Polis Hill Street Lama'' and (

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: 旧禧街警察局) in

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and

respectively, the name was changed from Old Hill Street Police Station to "MITA Building" in 1999, followed by "MICA Building" in 2004. After the change of ministries in November 2012, the name "MICA Building" was reverted to "Old Hill Street Police Station". The building has a total of 927 windows and they are painted in the colours of the rainbow. Some may notice that the coloured windows on the first four stories have the same vibrant intensity, while the upper windows gradually intensify to accentuate the cantilevered balconies which are interesting architectural features of this historical building.

References

*National Heritage Board (2002), ''Singapore's 100 Historic Places'', Archipelago Press, *Norman Edwards and Peter Keys (1996), ''Singapore – A Guide to Buildings, Streets and Places'', Times Books International,

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