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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.
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