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SG History: Arab Street Arab Street was a spine for transportation in the Arab Kampong or Muslim Quarter drawn up in Sir Stamford Raffles Town Plan of 1822. By 1824, Arab Street was laid. The area saw residents who were Malays or other Muslims comprising Arabs, Indians, Bugis, Boyanese and Javanese. Arab Street served as the town centre and became the main shopping street and trading centre of activities. All walks of life gather here to savour the culture, colour and cuisine. Many of Singapores first generation shophouses of squat two-storey buildings, with one or two windows on the upper floor facade, are found on Arab Street. Each block of these shophouses are 135 m (35 shophouses) long and 8 m deep. Here amidst the heady smells of Arab Street, were import-export businesses, wholesale and retail textile merchants, all catering to the needs of the various ethnic Muslim communities. (Source: SG Infopedia)
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 12:30:00 +0000

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