By Diana Othman

THE NEW and upgraded Geylang Serai market will resume business on July 13.

This follows a facelift headed by the National Environment Agency's (NEA) Hawker Centres Upgrading Programme which took 40 months and costs $18.2 million.

The new market is designed to be iconic and simulates the 'rustic quality' of the old kampong houses, said NEA in a statement on Tuesday.

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