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Sunday 21 July 2013

Bugis Street

Bugis Street

Common frequency in Bugis Street



Where the heart of Bugis lies...

(The Largest Street Shopping in Singapore)
http://www.bugis-street.com/

To those common out-goers,they are probably familiar of the word Bugis Street.It is where people ravage their pocket money on merchandise sold there which cannot or rarely seen in city areas.Some of the merchandise sold in the city can be found cheaper by twice the amount in Bugis Street.The great variety of merchandise being sold in there lures customers all around and thus having a lot of frequent customers coming in.The most peak period is either during the weekends or public holidays.


History of Bugis Street and the its progress...

In the 1950s,it was known for overdressed transvetite would parade along the Bugis Street attracting sailors and military personnel on their R&R.At that time,during the evening it was brought up to life as push carts offering a wide selections of cheap goods and hawker food hence earning the title "Pasar Malam" or also known as Night Market.Now,it has transformed into a bustling street consisting of about 800 shops which caters to everyone and more shops will be introduced soon in the future!
      

Looks who is in Bugis Street on May 27th...
Steven Tyler at Bugis Street!

Location...

It is located within Central Business District(CBD) and it is only 10mins to Orchard Road through personal transport and about 8 mins or less via public transport.Coach bus is provided for tourists which is located along Cheng Yan Place which is accessible from Queen Street.
Bus:
-SBS Transit(7,12,63,80,175,197)
-SMRT Buses(190,61,851,960,980,NR7)
Opening hours(11am-10pm)


2 comments:

  1. Nice(Y) I love Bugis street. Not really cheapest, but still affordable and wide variety to choose from

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  2. Bugis Street is also home to street food. If you don't know what to get, visit our blog about Singapore Foodology:
    http://tastyntastier.blogspot.sg/

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