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Orchard Road Singapore
The entertainment and retail hub of Singapore is the Orchard Road. The most famous shopping enclave the Orchard Road is one of the major tourist attractions of Singapore. The surrounding area of the Orchard Road is often commonly known as Orchard, one of the reasons being the MRT station serving the vicinity is known as Orchard. The Orchard Road was once an area of fruit orchards, nutmeg and pepper. Since the 19th century the plantations, gardens and the orchards started to make way for settlement, houses, hawker centers and wet markets. C.K.
Orchard Road SingaporeTang one of the local vendors was the pioneer shop owner in the Orchard Road who opened a department store in the year 1958. By the end of 1960s high end sophisticated buildings like the Plaza Singapura, Tang Plaza and the Mandarin Hotel paved their way for much more retail and entertainment. The famous shopping belt of Singapore, the Orchard Road is now lined with tall steel and glass buildings where once there used to be mud roads. There stand several pedestrian malls, very up market high class restaurants, cafes, coffee chains, nightclubs and pubs, and the road is flanked by numerous five star hotels.
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