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27 June 2017
All Singapore Stuff @allsgstuff 5 minutes ago
S’porean Indian uncle speaks in fluent hokkien, defend Sungei Road market vendor’s right to do simple businesses.
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Channel NewsAsiaVerified account @ChannelNewsAsia
14 Feb 2017 03:00PM
Last day of Thieves’ Market at Sungei Road on Jul 10
Singapore’s largest and oldest flea market has been operating since the 1930s, and holds memories for many Singaporeans.
Read more at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/last-day-of-thieves-market-at-sungei-road-on-jul-10-7590516
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG70j_mWnJg
Over the last few months, 20-year-old Brendan Mayle Kor has been spending his Saturday afternoons studying the faces and mannerisms of the elderly vendors at Sungei Road Thieves’ Market very closely, looking for every line and crease that tells a story of their lives.
He then lays out a canvas and gets to work with his acrylics. Read more: http://bit.ly/2t3cKw5
(Video: Wong Casandra/TODAY)
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AsiaOneVerified account @sphasiaone
7 things you ought to know about Sungei Road market before it disappears
It’s official – Singapore’s oldest flea market in Sungei Road will close its final chapter on July 10, after eight decades of existence.
Once notoriously known as “Thieves Market” as stolen items were reportedly sold there, the open-air market will make way for residential and commercial developments.
http://www.asiaone.com/singapore/7-things-you-ought-know-about-sungei-road-market-it-disappears
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Sungei Road Thieves Market | Remember Singapore
As its name suggests, the early days of Sungei Road Thieves’ Market had stolen goods peddled for sale. During that era, it was an open secret that if anyone’s belongings were stolen, he or she could likely find them in this flea market.
One of the biggest and certainly the oldest flea market in Singapore, Sungei Road Thieves’ Market today largely operates on Pasar Lane, Larut Road and Pitt Street, which are the minor roads off Sungei Road. Interestingly, the word pasar means market in Malay.
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