Architect Liu Thai Ker, Singapore’s first master planner, dies at 87

In 2013, Dr Liu Thai Ker commented at a forum that Singapore should plan for a future in which it might have a population of 10 million people in 2100. -- PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The architect who shaped the landscape of modern Singapore, Dr Liu Thai Ker, has died at the age of 87.

His son, Mr Daniel Liu Keyuan, confirmed the death with The Straits Times on Jan 18, saying his father had developed complications after a fall about a week before.