TWO months after the first phase of the Great Singapore River Light-Up, locals and tourists have given the area the thumbs up for its enhanced ambience.

Completed in August, the multi-coloured lights festooning the bridges, underpasses and trees on the river and its banks are part of an ongoing project by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to beautify the river.

The works are also aimed at turning a tourist spot with patchy success into a bigger draw for visitors.

Read Tessa Wong's full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.