Bugis Street, the great shopping street in the city-state of Singapore, is globally renowned as a great tourist destination. It is spread across a widespread area that was generally referred to as Xiao Po or the Little Slope in the past, by the Chinese community. Xiao Po extended all the way from Tanjong Pagar to the Jalan Sultan, covering the old Singapore. In old days, that is during the 1950s, this Xiao Po used to teem with traders and merchants, making the place one of the liveliest economic zones of Singapore. It was an ideal place to get some affordable goods at more than affordable prices, and hawker food. There was little sophistication in the ambience. The nights in Xiao Pao were frequented by American GIs, foreign sailors and transvestites, and the atmosphere used to get painted with carnal colours. Today, the place has been revamped and now in the Bugis Street one can find sheltered walkways and properly air-conditioned shopping spaces.