This 1982 photograph shows Kampong Bugis, with its low-rise buildings, from near Kallang Road junction. Kampong Bugis is named after the Bugis, Orang Laut, pirates and traders from Riau (Indonesia) who came to Singapore in the 1820s. Title devised by Library staff.

Credit Line

All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

Subjects

• Kampong Bugis (Singapore)--Photographs
• Small buildings--Singapore--Kampong Bugis--Photographs
• Streets--Singapore--Kampong Bugis--Photographs