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Getting Orchard Road to bear new fruit

Singapore's famous shopping street is due for a new lease of life. Re-imagining Orchard Road requires us to put people - especially pedestrians - at the centre of the transformation.

Mark Shaw For The Straits Times

It is important to remember that, while the Government continues to explore opportunities with businesses and build up the infrastructure that will allow the Orchard Road shopping district to evolve into its next incarnation, it is the people who will ultimately keep it A Great Street, says the writer. ST FILE PHOTO

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Mar 14, 2019, 05:00 AM

Orchard Road holds many fond memories for me.

Growing up in Singapore, Orchard Road was where I had some of my favourite movie experiences. From James Bond movies at the Lido to Star Wars at the Cathay, lines of people would form for tickets on opening day after months of anticipation. In 1979, I remember McDonald's opening its first store in Singapore at Liat Towers to the same sort of queues as a Bond movie. I first experienced McDonald's in the United States and was thrilled that I could get one in Singapore.

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