| Yue Hwa Building | |
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裕华大厦 | |
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.svg)  Location in Singapore | |
| Former names | Great Southern Hotel Nam Tin Hotel (南天大厦) Nam Tin Building |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Commercial |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Classification | M |
| Location | Eu Tong Sen Street, Outram, Singapore |
| Address | 70 Eu Tong Sen Street, Singapore 059805 |
| Country | Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°17′05.6″N 103°50′36.4″E / 1.284889°N 103.843444°E |
| Completed | 1927 |
| Opened | 1927 |
| Renovation cost | S$25 million |
| Client | Yue Hwa Chinese Products Pte Ltd |
| Owner | Yue Hwa Chinese Products Pte Ltd |
| Management | Yue Hwa Chinese Products Pte Ltd |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 6 |
| Lifts/elevators | 1 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Swan and Maclaren |
| Known for | First Chinese hotel in Singapore with a lift |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) | O.D. Architect |
| Renovating firm | O.D. Architect |
| Engineer | TY Lin South East Asia Pte Ltd |
| Main contractor | Hexacon Construction |
| Awards and prizes | Architectural Heritage Award (1997) |
Yue Hwa Building (Chinese: 裕华大厦; pinyin: Yùhuá dàshà) is a historic building located at the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street and Upper Cross Street in Chinatown, Singapore, next to Chinatown MRT station. Built by Swan and Maclaren in 1927, it was then the tallest building in Chinatown and was known as Nam Tin Building (南天大厦), owned by Lum Chang Holdings. The building housed the six-storey Great Southern Hotel (the first Chinese hotel with a lift), along with a few shops and cabarets that were popular among Chinese travellers. In 1993, Lum Chang Holdings sold the building to Hong Kong businessman Yu Kwok Chun, who converted it to the first Yue Hwa Chinese Products department store in Singapore in 1994. The renovation process, which conserved the exterior while adding features such as an atrium and waterfall to the interior, won the building the Architectural Heritage Award by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in 1997.