SINGAPORE ~ Bugis Street ~

... Nice view of the famous Bugis Street... a remnant of the old Singapore... now the largest street-shopping location in Singapore, with close to 800 shops... popular with both locals and tourists... it is a shopping haven well-known for being one of the most affordable places in Singapore for souvenirs, accessories, clothes, and cosmetics... with fine dining, trendy cafés and bars which stay open long into the night... from the 1950s to the 1980s, Bugis Street was famous as a nightly gathering place for transvestites and transexuals... Thanks Jobbo!【ツ】

Old land records show that the site of the former Bugis Street was first leased to a J. de Almeida by the British East India Company in 1829.

Before the arrival of the British, there used to be a large canal which ran through the area where the Bugis, a seafaring people from South Sulawesi province in Indonesia, could sail up, moor their boats and trade with Singaporean merchants. It was these people after whom the thoroughfare was named.

 Stamp:

The 50th Anniversary of the College of Family Physicians 

(Issued 3006-2021)