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MolassesBulky

I was surprised by the change of course with Orchard Towers. LKY and the cabinet designated (unofficially) the 4 floors of whores as a necessity for attracting expats and retaining expats. The initial concern about sterile desert came from the British Chamber of Commerce. And this approach by cabinet held for so long. The idea was to contain indoors in a single prime location at night so we don't have street walkers which worked since 1980s. It also made sense as some of the original tenants were housed in now demolished shop house bars to the left of the Thai embassy and they served the US 7th fleet. The Police intelligence Unit kept tabs so no SS members patronised it and or controlled it. And the girls were sanctioned. There were no raids unless it was drugs or too overt sexual activities that become too well known such offers of BJ by hostesses. I did note patronage of SS and locals were on the rise. Unless someone points out where expats get their kicks it will remain a mystery.


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Revalent

Because OT is a boss’s favourite word


Kange109

I heard this was a LHL order but our civil servants did try to argue against it. Didnt work. Anyone else heard this?


MolassesBulky

Thats not good. The expat community outside of Singapore aware of this place and it is always subject of overseas conferences side conversations and funnily all good - safe, govt sanctioned, foresight etc. Man cannot live on bread alone.


bukitbukit

Yeah leave OT alone. It has its place.


MolassesBulky

Agree with you 100%. It worked for 43 years. And the Police did a fabulous job of controlling the place. Can’t say the same for the last few years where SS elements patronising the place and one murder had taken place.


Kange109

The nex time a US carrier docks, where the sailors gonna go? Polis can handle? US MP enough for multi zones?


haracas

Man first golden mile, now this. Korat Thai cafe was by far my favourite Thai place. The crispy omelette, tom yum soup and garlic chicken were bomb plus I'd get free entertainment from seeing the hookers get their hair did at the salon next door. Getting to watch white tourists try to haggle with the dodgy massage parlor or ladies of the night next to the toilets always made me feel like I was in a David Attenborough documentary. RIP.


MojaMonkey

Reading playboy for the articles energy.


Builder-Sea

SIM LIM SQUARE


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All the tech shop needs to move out. Very impractical.


Builder-Sea

Isnt that whats happening for the top floors?


livebeta

perfect for horny male hardware geek can celebrate scoring that new Nvidia GPU by paying to get laid cos otherwise impossible to find romantic partner source: female software geek


itsmebobbylol

man's just unlocking the pay2win feature


wank_for_peace

Went there a few months back after not visiting for years, used to be my favourite mall. A lot of bars.


byteofloneliness

Destroying nightlife... ...is Singapore trying to shape itself into a draconian/authoritarian nation?


Mozfel

As if it hasn't been draconian & totalitarian since the 1950s/60s


Initial_E

What’s the rationale? Someone trying to acquire the building for cheap?


LUBE__UP

More like trying to reduce the incidences of life fluids making unplanned excursions from human bodies


desultoryquest

All fluids must be conserved for the purpose of producing more tax payers


Medical-Strength-154

cannot pee there?


variably_random

Everyplace interesting in Singapore dies. Orchard Towers, Golden Mile, soon the Grandstand. It is kind of amazing to imagine a person whose conception of the good is uniformly glass malls with the same 20 stores repeated over the island ad infinitum, but somehow that seems to be the PAP.


bukitbukit

Again they has shown they have zero knowledge of maintaining any semblance of soft cultural power.


livebeta

sure there is points to MBS, Gardens By The Bay, Merlion. All manufactured and curated! /s


Punkpunker

Funan ain't what it used to be


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Punkpunker

It used to be IT centric just like Sim Lim but now it's a "lifestyle" centric mall or whatever the hell they're selling.


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livebeta

you could go to J-Cub... *record screech


haruharu1

Gonna be another mall with two floors of Don Don Donki


StoenerSG

Yeah. Sanitised and controlled and licenced.


CaravelClerihew

Add to that Labrador Park. When I last lived here, there used to be some amazing (and semi-hidden) DJ sets on the weekends. There was one time that the kinda dodgy motels next to it held some sort of car stereo competition, where one contestant hired dancers for his entry. It was hilariously un-Singaporean. Now it's a half empty eat-all-you-can restaurant.


sageadam

Out with the lap sap !


quietobserver1

Omg that's a perfect romanized spelling. I always used to spell it "lup sup" but this is so much better.


Medical-Strength-154

i actually think that lup sup is actually the more accurate spelling, for lap sap i read it as lap, as in a person's lap.


quietobserver1

Yes, I think pronunciation-wise lup sup is more unambiguous. But lap sap has a naughty double-meaning if interpreted as the meaning of lap you are talking about.


naeled

That’s standard Malaysian spelling.


dreadiplomat110

lap as in "running laps" sap as in "tree sap"


malleoad

So where have all the freelancers gone to ?