A 54-year-old Singapore permanent resident was fined after being convicted on one count of carrying out unauthorised works to a conserved shophouse at 32 Desker Road.The man, Manickam Nagarajan, was fined $250,000 according to a press release by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Wednesday (April 22).Layan Management, the owner of the shophouse, was also fined $150,000 for allowing Nagarajan to carry out the unauthorised works.Layan was also handed an additional charge for failing to appoint a qualified person to supervise works on-site, and is required to reinstate and restore the building at its own cost.According to URA, Nagarajan had purchased the shophouse through Layan in October 2022.The shophouse is located in Little India, which is one of four historic districts in Singapore where the strictest form of building conservation is practised. At the time of purchase, the shophouse was in its original form with key architectural features intact. Read more