This is the old Arab traders quarter but is now occupied by Indian/Pakistani cloth merchants and tailors in simple old fashioned shops, no sky-scrapers or huge department stores. Prices are marked up-front and reasonable. Best are the colourful Indonesian batiques which have the advantages of being easily folded and light in weight. Also a colourful mosque, coffee houses and Islamic bookshop. A pleasant neighbourhood in which to wander and mingle.

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52 hectares of well laid out lawns and plantings with small sections of tropical forest with good paths. Plants are well labelled and there are instructive booklets available in the garden shop Best is the large orchid collection with many new varieties bred in-house Good restaurant and other catering facilities.

Map of Singapore - 52 hectares are difficult to hide on a small island.
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