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Nicknamed
the
‘Police
Skyscraper’
in
the
past,
the
Former
Hill
Street
Police
Station
is
prominently
located
at
the
junction
of
Hill
Street
and
River
Valley
Road.
The
building
served
as
a
police
station
and
also
housed
accommodation
for
officers
and
their
families.
A
monument
to
the
police
force
in
Singapore,
the
edifice
was
once
the
largest
of
its
kind
in
Malaya.
The
Former
Hill
Street
Police
Station
underwent
a
major
renovation
in
1999
and
officially
reopened
as
the
new
home
for
the
then
Ministry
of
Information
and
the
Arts
(MITA)
on
1
November
2000.
The
renovation
increased
the
floor
space,
and
a
glass
roof
was
installed
in
the
central
atrium
to
create
an
area
for
exhibitions
and
art
installations.
It
became
known
as
MITA
Building
and,
later,
MICA
Building
when
the
ministry
was
renamed
the
Ministry
of
Information,
Communications,
and
the
Arts
(MICA)
in
2004.
The
building
was
later
renamed
as
the
Old
Hill
Street
Police
Station
again
in
2012,
after
MICA
became
the
Ministry
of
Communication
and
Information.
The
OHSPS
currently
houses
the
Ministry
of
Culture,
Community
and
Youth
as
well.
The
building
has
a
total
of
927
windows
and
they
are
painted
in
the
colours
of
the
rainbow.
Passersby
will
notice
that
the
windows
on
the
first
four
stories
have
the
same
vibrant
intensity
while
the
colours
for
the
fifth-
and
sixth-story
gradually
intensify
to
accentuate
the
cantilevered
balconies
which
are
interesting
architectural
features
of
this
historical
building.
