{"id":157,"date":"2025-11-04T12:29:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/sage\/?post_type=builders&#038;p=157"},"modified":"2026-09-30T10:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T02:13:09","slug":"wong-chee-meng","status":"publish","type":"builders","link":"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/sage\/builders\/wong-chee-meng\/","title":{"rendered":"Wong Chee Meng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-7-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><em>What convinced me to collaborate in this project on the well-being of seniors in Kreta Ayer is the perspective that they are cultural assets, not just hapless victims of marginalisation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an independent researcher in history and heritage, I have focused for close to a decade now on the physical and intangible heritage of Singapore\u2019s historic district of Chinatown. 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