Goodbye, Golden Mile

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In the weeks leading up to the closure of an iconic building, The Straits Times finds out how various groups are saying goodbye to Golden Mile Complex in their own ways.
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[@dayylogg9716]

There are many towns within a town in Singapore. Hopefully, the Thai community will find another town within a town soon.

[@tankman20064]

No need. Drunken. Chicken. Aiyo. They go north better

[@thamtham4000]

will the Thai community have the same atmosphere at the new location at Aperia Bldg ? nearby the S'pore Casket Company?

[@jeromelee5812]

@@tankman20064 from Thailand only = drunken & chicken? 🤔

[@karencheong8805]

I'm going miss this place as this place has been memory for me because I always take bus from there to Malaysia. I hope that Thai community will found their place soon.

[@nokiaforever1363]

Our memory

[@NazriB]

Lies again? God Mode Gold Medals

[@Splash-nr8ot]

"Everything & everyone you love will go away." That hit home real hard. Sigh.

[@ZHINODA]

Damn... gonna miss the marketplace 😢

[@tankman20064]

1970s not like that

[@parameshparamesh7738]

🙏🙏🙏

[@MrColinTheBusDriver]

Popular place to take a coach to Malaysia

[@marvinfok65]

Are they going to pull down the building? I thought that this building is under conservation program and would not be demolished?

[@kelvinickable]

The structural integrity is going to be kept. But it's basically a whole revamp on the interiors.

[@constancefreak5204]

Good bye golden mile complex

[@ningsinur9200]

Hmmmm, I'm gonna miss this place a lot. I always go there when I do craving with Thai food 😢, their food is authentic, and also other stuff they sell . Hope and pray would be another place called " Little Thailand " ❤

[@Ramy-ql3tr]

There is a lack of support for small businesses from the government.

[@slaiyfershin]

0:49 Thais saying huat ah is funny hahaha

[@musenw8834]

2:12 looks somewhat similar to the rooftop scene in Sunny Side Up. But of course it's still not the actual place

[@qilimercurial5116]

I never been there before..

[@xijinpig7978]

Dont worry, another sketchy Thai Disco will pop up in Arab street ! A mix of Thai and Spice

[@timloo6191]

Kadir will be not happy

[@tankman20064]

Good go there😊

[@ThaiLifeSingapore888]

So sad 😢

[@toquan084]

PROFIT ABOVE PEOPLE 😢😢😢

[@tanhuiling6600]

I used to take coach from here to Malaysia. Now with the closure where all these travel agencies relocated to?

[@stmrjs]

Boo to the property developers. Everything is about lining their pockets

[@misterbig9025]

Please don't shut down Geylang

[@Tony.L9793]

Geylang will never shut down if not SPF will be so free as no more illegal foreign chickens to catch🤣

[@aiciba4634]

Laagawn Ka Golden Mile

[@jamieatelier]

😢 I’ll miss the Thai food

[@miklee4834]

😢

[@stanleytanyitfoong]

sad .... 😭😭😭😭

[@ljk20001]

and where will the next Little Thailand be ?

[@paullak625]

Maybe no , because I think Thai people want to back home because workers salary highter than the past and kind of skill labors who worked here moving to another countries .

[@nikkikhas746]

Where will the shops relocate then ? Anyone know ?

[@IAMNOLONGERUSINGTHISACCOUNT]

You can search on google

[@robintan4471]

😢😢😢

[@martinlee5850]

Has our culture not caught up with democracy? This unhealthy state of affairs is two-fold: a. How the citizens view the government; and b. How the government views itself. The “we know best” mentality is so rampant that most new PAP candidates do not even stop to question or think about the reasoning behind a particular policy. Take Tin Pei Ling for example.

[@tankman20064]

Thai culture ? Then you go north

[@desmondseow]

Dude no need to politicize every damn thing lah

[@thulomanchay]

@@tankman20064 You think Thai culture is not part of Singapore? Then also think Malay culture, go north. Chinese culture, go further north. Indian culture, errr... go north-west. Javanese culture, go south! Go to "Chinatown". Do you see Chinese heritage or tourist trap? When people lose the sense of who they are, they become soulless, inhuman.

[@qwertypoet2386]

This guy is desperate. Even bird video he politicized. Cra zy

[@bluepixie7737]

If you are so unhappy here, why don’t you apply for citizenship elsewhere? Bring your whole family with you :) you will be liberated and be much happier than you are now (hopefully)

[@rungsakthongmuk8538]

Goodbye, until we meet again.🇹🇭

[@martinlee5850]

How is a falling slab of concrete, made by materials chosen by the HDB authority, a problem that my parents, who have been paying their lease their entire lives, have to bear? If pap is so great why they never listen to the people? If such instances of spalling concrete date all the way back to 1984 at the very least, shouldn’t HDB look into better building management? How many people need to be grieviously hurt by falling concrete for HDB to recognise that this is a serious issue? HDB leases are 99 years long, and we should not have to worry about such serious safety issues in a flat barely a third into its lifespan.

[@tankman20064]

You buy new house lor. No money huh

[@tenga3tango]

​@@tankman20064 ya lor, the story is about the people who made golden mile complex home. Not about Martin lrr

[@quratulkhatijah2912]

Manz it's sad to see plc has too go away n the memories they made too n as special like jcube in je too made real estate too made

[@thaicurious]

Damn, where have all the Siambu relocated to?

[@陳桂珠-d9d]

古寸的大手筆：收古😊

[@jessicaregina1956]

Out with the old, in with the new

[@mrjumaatsamian]

YEYY NO MORE DRUNK CASES

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

I doubt the Unseen ocupants will leave though..

[@sdqsdq6274]

lol, hearsay things can get thrown around

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

@@sdqsdq6274 Yeah, it’s on One of the levels. 🤔 However, Good luck to the Renovation Contractors responsible for that area. 🤦🏼‍♂️😅

[@seww298]

Anyone knows where they move the four face buddha to ?

[@nokiaforever1363]

2003

[@imrannoor4214]

Very sad and eeroe and informative... Must be more detail to scare me.. anyway, heard that golden mile git complex and Centre.. centre got coach to getting.. yay yay . Excited.. got Jane and LYNETTE and alyeesha not Aliya.. yay yay. Will eat banana choc muffin.. and really sit roller coaster now😊

[@nokiaforever1363]

Hum sad

[@josephsingapore8742]

Today I went there, all closed. 1may23

[@Nulgnim]

What will happen to the bus services

[@ngrobert5054]

Golden miles can move JB

[@bentan8927]

Forever demolishing the historical architecture, how ppl gonna know the culture of individuals... As we are a multi national country... 🤔🤔🤔

[@tankman20064]

Rubbish in 1970 it is for Singaporean. Now it FT 😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-zk6no3no3g]

Lol 1970. Ppl in the comments all damn ancient

[@XanSter856]

I pray to the 4 face Bhudah that Places That Seem to be Next On The Wrecking Ball’s List Suchas Haw Par Villa, Shou fu lu complex and of course Queensway Shopping Centre Will Remain Around for Enternify. Redevelopment isn’t always Great especially when new malls always only have the same global brands and fewer local buisness.

[@Tony.L9793]

No more sawadikap🤣

[@ifuknjk]

lucky plaza philippineo --chinatown mainland chinese--korean town maxwell road...indian tekka town....tourist orchard.... so lame

[@jsurfin1]

Yishun?

[@tonykwok9763]

THE BEGINNING OF THE END ..................SATAY CLUB....BEACH ROAD.. .....BYE BYE

[@tankman20064]

Since when become thai area ? Bring it back

[@jarrodyuki7081]

due to covid my application for the banking process is slow i need a laser acne surgery in three months and a circumision in t wo motnhs.........................................

[@sdqsdq6274]

next is peninsula ?

[@alvinkoh5460]

your house

[@tankman20064]

Of course become mymar place ?

[@tankman20064]

1970s and 80s that location is good. High class. Now become haunted. Fill with FT. Drunks. Aiyo

[@93hothead]

GOOD RIDDANCE LMAO

[@gabrieleea2789]

@ 93hothead That's a good one 👍👍.Well said

[@limchyehock6722]

It will pop up in another location in SG. Good luck to those residents there.

[@imrannoor4214]

Getting got many gang.. got budak melayu budak cine and budak india...they mainly form Pahang and Selangor but not Shah alam.... They hangout at the foot of KL and usually bakc to Hometown of peak season... They are well cultured people that works in star casino and wait for ah Pek. Para kotek para kotek.. got money hang si Lang lah Imran .. ok lah . Hard work lah.. must write a book on human being and places I have been .. remind me of a country song that I never really heard before of I have been to Louisiana been to California and not found the right one.. kuntut?

[@Banayaga]

School project

[@ggdeath5369]

M

[@soonxianfeng333]

Noooo

[@Kafir667]

Best remember that nothing is permanent in Singapore, including the current ruling government.

[@timloo6191]

And u too. Bye bye

[@noproblematallmate]

Gong jiao wei

[@chiamei499]

I go untill sian

[@malita354]

Pragmatism, the priority😅

[@Utube1024]

La kon krub. Liao cher mah eek krub.

[@straitstimesonline]

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[@vincentchua5194]

Good riddance!

[@kehidupankanada]

😢