Far East Plaza

Shopping mall in Scotts Road, Singapore

Far East Plaza

Location| 14 Scotts Road, Singapore 228213
Coordinates| 01°18′25″N 103°49′59″E﻿ / ﻿1.30694°N 103.83306°E﻿ / 1.30694; 103.83306
Opening date| 1982; 43 years ago (1982)
Website| www.fareastplaza.com.sg

Far East Plaza is a shopping centre in Singapore, located in the heart of the Orchard Road shopping belt at Scotts Road. It opened in 1982, with main anchor Metro departmental store opening in 1983.[1][2] Metro had since closed down in 2002.[3]

Far East Plaza was one of the icons of youth culture in Singapore from the 1980s to 2000s,[4][5] with more than 600 shops.[6] It housed many inexpensive clothing outlets such as 77th Street,[7] as well as eateries which attracted a young student crowd.[8] Far East Plaza is also home to numerous tattoo parlors and barbers which are mostly located on the upper floors. However, with the emergence of National Youth Council of Singapore's youth Scape center and other youth oriented shopping malls such as The Hereen and Cathay Cineleisure, as well as the proliferation of blogshops,[9] the number of youth that frequent Far East Plaza had been on a steady decline since the 2010s. By 2016, business had reduced by half as compared to a decade before.[9] Declining occupancy rates have led the landlords to accept more massage parlours.[10][11][12]

Far East Plaza is also a strata-titled mall that houses 'Far East Plaza Residences' Serviced Apartments.[13] The service residences consist of 139 apartments of various sizes.[14]

## References

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1. ^ "Metro anchor at Far East Plaza". The Straits Times. 25 April 1981. p. 10. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
2. ^ Jarhom, Narjeeb (4 February 1983). "Metro ready to open Far East Plaza store". The Business Times. p. 11.
3. ^ Tan, Andrea (25 January 2002). "Metro to close Far East Plaza store when lease expires". The Business Times. p. 4.
4. ^ Lee, Michele (15 February 1992). "Reaching out to Kids". The New Paper.
5. ^ "Far East Plaza". The Straits Times. 19 October 2000. p. 6.
6. ^ "Far East Plaza". Far East Plaza Official Site. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
7. ^ Leong, Wai Kit (29 June 2016). "Streetwear shop 77th Street to close by end-July". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
8. ^ Heng, Melissa (24 August 2018). "New look at old malls like Far East Plaza and Peninsula Shopping Centre". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
9. ^ a b Lin, Melissa (2 May 2015). "Tough times at Far East Plaza". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
10. ^ Zaccheus, Melody; Koh, Fabien (21 May 2018). "Far East Plaza now popular for massage parlours". The New Paper. The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
11. ^ Silvam, P. (1 July 2018). "Sex, spas, sleaze: what Orchard Road of Singapore hides in plain sight". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
12. ^ Linder, Harrison (27 August 2019). "Window Shopping After Dark: How Strata Mall are Getting a New Lease on Life Through Sex Work". RICE. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
13. ^ Serviced Apartments Archived 16 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
14. ^ "Far East Plaza". Far East Plaza Official Site. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

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