The Istana grounds will be open to the public on Sunday, Jan. 29, from 8.30am to 6pm, the second day of Chinese New Year.

Singaporeans and Singapore permanent residents can enter the Istana grounds for free.

Other visitors have to pay an entrance fee of S$2 per person.

Additional fees will apply for guided tours.

The following fees apply for a tour of the state room, banquet hall and reception room in the Istana main building:

Every hour from 10am to 4pm, a Nature Guided Walk tour will be conducted by volunteers.

All fees collected will be donated to charity:

The Istana Heritage Gallery at Istana Park, opposite the main gate of the Istana along Orchard Road, will also be open from 10am to 6pm.

The Open House will feature multiple performances:

- lion dance performances by the Yuan Ching Secondary School Lion Dance Troupe and Yi Quan Atheletic Association Lion Dance Troupe

- rooster and instrumental dance performance by Cixi City Celadon Ou Music Troupe

- sunflower dance by the Singapore Soka Association

- Youthful Spring! Dance by the Soka Youth Dance Crew

- opera performance and a trained monkey puppet show by the Quanzhou Gaojia Opera Troupe will be putting up an opera performance

- music performances by the Punggol Primary School Band and Maha Bodhi Primary School Band

There will also be a display of birds by Wildlife Reserves Singapore and a Chinese calligraphy booth.

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