I Visited Singapore's Worst Mall
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2024
- I visited the worst mall in Singapore. But what I found was unexpected - a secret delicious restaurant and broken escalators.Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code GHIBOJISAN for an extra 3 months free at surfshark.deals/GHIBOJISAN
The mall is called Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre. It's located at the Northeast Serangoon area but a bit far away from the MRT station. People online said the escalators were always broken and there weren't many shops open. I wanted to pay a visit.
Chapters
00:00 About Singapore's worst mall
01:32 Inside the mall
02:57 Secret Teochew Restaurant
06:32 Ground Level
07:07 Level 2
08:24 Level 4
10:02 NEX Mall
12:11 Singaporeans Kids are Rich
14:13 Conclusion
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The sheep head and sell dog meat comment is likely a verbatim translation from a Chinese idiom, which means that the shop is advertising some high quality item but instead sells something inferior, so they hang a sheep head "to advertise for a product" that they don't offer.
Aka 挂羊头卖狗肉
Thanks now I understand😁
Ah, yes, that's what I thought too. Singapore doesn't allow the sale and consumption of dogs.
In Chinese, it is 挂羊头卖狗肉
@@GhibOjisan 掛羊頭賣狗肉。
Was here instantly in the comments section to say this, but glad you got to it!
Upper Sergagoon Shopping Center was completed in 1980. It not a mall for the Gen Z would want to go. But those who went there during the 80’s and 90’s, it’s a lively place. There used to have a Game Arcade, Snooker Tables. Now, only the regulars will visit those remaining shops like food stores and restaurants. The Computer Store at Level 4 (Mr Lim used to sell PC Game but it’s not a gaming shop.) I do drop once in a while for my haircut at the Red Panther. Yes, the building is old. Yes, it’s now a Ghost Town. But I has a special place in my heart.
I remember going there to get my school uniform for my primary and secondary school studies
You go there naughty ah?
AH LIM! THE go to place for pirated games on 3.5"floppys. My God is he still there? with his famous mole
I barely remember the shop though, it's been 10+ years since I last went there with my parents
@@lioneltang7543 shh... Don't inform them about the shop opposite the tuition centre
his face when he got mr krabs right after he said he didnt want the crab guy.... hahahaha
the timing was perfect ahahahaha
Hehe the lady boss of the restaurant said roughly "If you advertise our restaurant well, I will treat you to a dessert!"
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thanks for translating! honestly, it was so delicious. using shallots and lard for a dessert? Tai hao le!!
Oni Jan??? Kidding, its Yam paste. What they call in Japan? Taro Putsu? I was kidding on this too....
This teow chew restaurant was empty because of the timing. If u go on weekends esp night time. It will be fully booked. Gotta reserve a table before going.
Ghib is very kind to not highlight the "popularity" of the Upper Serangoon centre, all the back lane shops are massage slots which give Happy Ending and rest are just haunted spaces... 😂
There are some malls like this in Kuala Lumpur 😂 I can't stress enough the resemblance
Picking mango?
How you know they give happy ending? You tried before ah?
how can this be allowed? this is not acceptable. i will personally go over there and complain
@@BeyondTheSide imo, pls dont. Many fei gei kings will hate you. Cheongsters will fight you later. Cuz it's their paradise.
Fragrant Garden is a very old and famous restaurant. It's very crowded on weekends! Bring your wife and mother in law. They will love the teo chew food, and know what to order.
Yes the food there is really nice.
upper serangoon used to be more lively when the secondary schools were nearby, after the schools moved, the crowd there slowly died off. It used to have lots of game shops, arcades, billard, etc.
Yes, at that time, it was St Joseph's Convent and St Gabriel's Secondary School.
I still remember when shop owners wish the schools moved or at least the arcade and billiard close down because always got si gina fight there...
The old Serangoon shopping center was one of my favorite places in my teenage years. It had a book rental shop, other shops selling unique things, pretty good food and always a lot of space. It was 3 bus stops away from my flat in Hougang, and almost every bus goes there. Now I live within 5 mins walk of NEX and 10 mins from SSC. I should go there for the Teochew food. Thanks for bringing back my memories.
Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre used to be my main mall back in 2004 when I was in secondary school...only because it was the closest mall to my school 😂
It somehow used to be even more quiet back then. There used to be a mini hawker centre on the ground floor and a furniture shop if I remember correctly. The gaming shop has been there since the 90s and the owner is a really nice guy to the point that he has a steady following of regulars who buy from him(to support him) even if his prices are slightly more than easier to access, bigger competitors.
Thanks for the little walk down memory lane. Great video!
PS: Those shops without signboards are not actually closed shops- the tenant left and the owner hasn't been able to find a new tenant. Just thought I'd clarify that since it seemed like you thought they were just shops that didn't open that day.
Yeah, I wonder if the gaming shop uncle Ah Lim is still there… anyone knows?
@@AMoKDuke 8:47 still there
In Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, during lunch hours, the small eateries are crowded, during dinner hours, Fragrant Garden will be crowded. Traditional teochew dishes will be the steamed pomfret teochew style, braised duck, pig jelly (not easy to find in other restaurants) and the Yam dessert.
The vegetarian restaurant is also popular.
Also, you didn't go to 5th Floor, Computex (shop selling computers and gaming stuff) is a popular store in this mall.
Back in the days in the 90s, this is where all the students from nearby schools will come and buy games and computer accessories.
It has survived over the years, adapting to new trends.
Back in 1990s, there are not many malls in the heartland of Singapore, USSC, Thomson Plaza, Katong Shopping Centre and a handful of others serves the needs of the residential areas. They used to be really popular.
The mall may be old and have few shops left, but it was one of the older malls in Singapore and carries a lot of memories for people who used to visit.
Your videos brighten up my stressful day, Ghib!! 😅 thanks for the fun and interesting content as always :)
Wow! Didn't expect you to come to my area for this video~
Nice to see you enjoying Serangoon in all its quirky glory. 🥰
Ah look so quiet and most of the shops is closed.
Thank You for your video
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New to your channel via your excellent video about the most dangerous part of Osaka and it's really great, and refreshing take on things. I grew up in Hong Kong during the late 70's and 80's and remember visiting the Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre on holiday visits and flight stopovers. It was a thriving mall back in the day!
Great video. Love how you switch languages back and forth. Happy to see you bought some durian mochi. When in Singapore, i always go to Isetan on Orchard, and they have great food in their basement food court, including, of course, a delicious durian mochi.
Your mandarin has gotten so much better already! Love your content! Great work! 加油！
Good isn’t he? If I met him in England I’d think he was English 😂👍
I’m struggling with Nepali 😮🥰👍🇳🇵
Yay! Thank you!
i was shocked to be greeted with japanese when i clicked the video but its super welcome
You don’t really need to know mandarín to live in Singapore.
I've seen sadder places. There was once a high end mall where I use to live. I visited like 15 years later, it was not empty but most of the nice shops were now occupied by not nicer shops and the place looked run down. The escalators were working, but most of the chain fast food shops were gone. It just looked sad. At least this place looks well lit and clean, even with the broken escalator and closed shops.
This video made me laugh! What a fun & nostalgic episode Ghib! My old pre-university used to be in that area. USSC (what we used to call the mall then) was our hang out place after school. Can’t believe it’s so shabby now. And your mandarin really good now hor!
When I was staying in Singapore, an ex security guard friend told me one late nite while he was patrolling the mall he heard a woman crying in the restroom. Surprised because the mall was already shut, he went into the restroom to investigate but found no one. Suddenly all the lights went off. He quickly ran out n quit his job soon after that.
Same with malaysia
I am so glad to have watched this video and marvel at what the "worst" shopping mall has to offer - a unique identity not based on hype but how one connects with it.
I just shifted nearby to Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, and I was really amazed by how old everything looked when I first entered. Really has that rustic charm that you honestly cannot see in other places anymore. It was literally the mall my mum used to frequent when she was a student.
That said, the mall has some pretty good food, like that curry fish head stall you went to - the cai fan there is really good!!
Just wished i could’ve seen you there when you went!
This is where I grew up when I was young. Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre was built in 1980. This was way before MRT even started in SG (1987), before Serangoon HDB was built. The area around NEX and there wasn't that many malls in Orchard / City.
This shopping centre was pretty ok back in the 80s, I recall going to buy ice cream from the food stall at the basement after my school, Charlton Pri nearby. As time goes by, more and more malls were built. MRT and other developments like NEX pretty much killed the business in such an out of the way mall. I think they tried to en bloc /
sell the mall for redevelopment but probably didn't get thru.
USSC was at its peak back in the 90s. Every boy is there for the manga especially Hong Kong ones, original or pirated pc games, canto pop songs and acrade. By the way the escalators are under 'fake' maintenance because i believed the management wants to cut electricity cost due to the low crowd flow.
i love how you say all the modern malls look the same. and i honestly feel discourage to go to other mall away from where i live precisely because its the same stall anyway. And these "rundown mall" does give a very nostalgic feels.
Always wanted to know whats inside but never had a chance to go in! thanks for doing this.
As an ex-resident of Serangoon, I have to agree that the layout for NEX mall is really bad, especially for people who have never been to the mall before or frequent enough. And yes that ONE escalator at the middle is always crowded during peak hours, so are the lifts. The other escalators at the both ends of the mall are pretty confusing too, it feels like when you go up one level from one end, you have to go across to the other end to get down one level or just join the long queue at the middle escalator. I guess they designed it this way was to probably encourage shoppers to explore the mall more?
That's why i always take the cargo lifts. I stayed very near Nex and i also hated the layout of the mall.
+1
Omg Ghib you have to explore Singapore Shopping Center!!! Expect the unexpected LOL and would love to hear your views on that!
Such a cool video!! Love it!!
Ah this mall used to be one of my hidden haunts when i was younger! There used to be a computer store selling very cheap games - original versions of Chinese RPGs, and also he has a catalogue for... pirated games!! Those were the craze back then and he was one of the cheapest seller. But think he retired or sold off.
There's also pink panther barber on second or third floor. That is one of the better and more popular malay barbers around, rather reasonable pricing at around $12 i believe.
New fan from Bedok Reservoir Road! Great job!
Hey Ghib! You can visit old airport hawker before it’s closed for a 3-month renovation to catch a glimpse of the old place before the new! Some gems hiding at the second level of the hawker centre, like a bookstore that’s clearing their books now. And interview some hawkers who are retiring because of the renovation. 😌
Careful Ojibsan, the massage shops offer special service 😂
He wants to support them with the $100
How do you know?
Yamateh !
the $100 will make him very happy.
I used to hang out at Upper Serangoon Shopping Center with my friends after school in the 90s, cause said school was nearby, the nostalgia is strong in this vid! 😆 It looked even sketchier back then, lol! But there was a secondhand rental bookstore where I rented shoujo manga, a games arcade where my friends and I played 'House of the Dead', and record shops. I used to make a list of the latest pop songs, pass it to the uncle at the record shop. Few days later, lo' and behold, my mix tape would be ready for collection!
Yah, this is how Gen X I am 😏
🤝 Nostalgia and walking down memory lane ❤
that upper serangoon mall is Lao ya mall.. that u keep drinking coconut, back then that is a hifi shop, music shop, and sell video game, back then also have a game shop that sell pirated game, even sell furniture at the atrium, hardware shop and stationary shop, go there when I was a kid, still quite boring that place, only good thing wad the aircon was rather cold, Nex not lousy just messy in design 😂
Escalators are permanently under servicing. Amazing!
Awesome! Your mandarin is getting better 😄👍👍
Appreciate the workout you gave for this video😬👍🏻
I dunno why. But he’s entertaining. Gonna subscribe. Gonna watch more of his video. Kudos sir!
40 years ago, I worked as a IT trainer at Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre. It was at its prime state before all the massage shops flowering in.
I had my best and worst memories there and revisiting the center really ached my heart and soul. Thanks for sharing.
NOTE : Two of my students had a deadly accident there (killed both) and I only get to know it many years later. 😂😂😂
Got people died there? How did they die?
My dad used to own a maid agency over here and this was during the early 2006 to 2009 and I remember this place being very lively and they used to have a huge arcade all the way on top and than have another arcade again near the entrance where the current MMA school is held. And also the guy who sells computer parts and also sells them is still open. Lots of memories. They even had a garden fountain in a space on top.
The mall bring back some memories, there is a shop that teaches drum over there it’s amazing
Thanks, Ghib for your video of Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre. It has a special place in my heart!❤
This old shopping centre was very popular among the nearby residents during the 1980s and 1990s. It holds a lot of happy memories for me when I always went there to buy my Richard Clayderman cassette tapes and The Checkers (popular JPOP group in the 1980s) cassette tapes, computer hardware, arcade and photo-stating shop. My boyfriend, now husband, and his friends enjoyed going to the Arcade to play games and the computer shop owned by Ah Lim to buy computer games and hardware on the 4th floor.
Until today, my elderly mom still visit the traditional Chinese medicine shop to buy stuffs and do her hair on the 4th level and get her massage for her back pain problem. Once in a while I will drop off my elderly dad to this shopping centre to get his haircut for $6-$10. He will take the lift from Basement 1 carpark all the way to the 4th level. Maybe I should bring my hub to patronise the Teochew restaurant this week! 😇😂
Hahahhaha😂 oh my god! Carp (Crab) 😂😂😂😂 you made my day. I literally LOL
Omg i missed this place... Parco Pot Black Billiard Center 93-94...well it's old...of course you can't compare a shopping mall built 40+ years ago with modern ones like Ion Nex or Plaza Sing.. tenants are moving out or ending their businesses 😔😔..same fate facing Far East Plaza, Katong S.C... anyway I love these older shopping malls ❤Thanks for sharing!! 🎉❤
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It’s the go to place for me after secondary school classes late 80s. Missed those days.
Serangoon Shopping Center has a laid back, peaceful and quiet charm that you can't find in other malls. If you have never been to this mall, then you have missed the wonderful old fashioned ambience that it exudes. I eat at the food stall on the third level, and also have my computer service at the Micro Turn-Key System at #03-28. There are not many shops here but for a peaceful and relaxing experience, this is the shopping centre to come to.
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Nex escalators are crowded yes.. but there are many lifts well hidden between corners to move up..
Thank you for sharing serangoon shopping centre and reintroducing it. Hopefully the food areas become popular again and cheap food outlets.. I wonder if the golden mile tenants could move the thai and vietnam theme here.. and maybe coaches to woodlands.
11:50 the correct way of poking a straw into the drink is to hold it at a slight angle diagonally (e.g. close to 45 deg), it will poke in easily and also not create a mess.
also, how did you not manage to spend your remaining money at Nex, it's a major mall that has like anything and everything 😂 you could even have just eaten a random meal at any expensive restaurant to soak up the amount
You should try out the vegetarian food restaurant at USSC level 4. Lot of variety and even has vegetarian mala hotpot
=>jastertay. Food taste not consistent.
Used to go to this shopping centre back in the early 2000s when i was still in secondary school to buy Pirated games, it was still abit more livelier back than with Arcades, lan shops, eateries and a big book store on the 2nd floor, can see that its all gone
St Gabs, any chance?
@@HellHunter00 Nah, i was from Xinmin Sec, the reason i went all the way there is coz i have a friend who lives just behind the shopping centre
Sounds so familiar.. I used to go to USSC too... to photostate my school notes and buy cassette tapes. 😃
Uncle lim ? 😂
Ah lim!
When I first move in to Serangoon ave 3 in 1986, which is almost 38 years, Upper Serangoon Shopping Mall is already quite empty.
I'm glad that you liked our singapore's kaya toasts. In Singapore, Traditional delicacies are always better than the nowadays modern delicacies as they often lack in flavor, to the extend of olden methods. Traditional delicacies are slowly shrinking to almost non-existence inevitably to aging as modern delicacies are taking over the old that may soon be forgotten, thank you for trying them while they still flourish! I really hope one day to go over to japan and have a try too!
Why do ppl hate nex? I’ve went there many times and I love going there it’s one of my fav malls 😭😔
The Upper Serangoon Mall has a ballroom at the top, it's a very nice place!
For Nex, yes the infrastructure is confusing but once you get used to it, it's a decent place to navigate.
At 3rd floor of Upper Serangoon mall, there's a vegetarian restaurant called Nature Delight, the best vegetarian Mala I had, price is reasonable too!
The watch dealer is actually one of the best in Singapore capable of repairing most if not every mechanical watch as I had given him many mechanical watches to repair in the past. Another watch dealer recommended me to him as he said he many many spare parts and once he open up the watch, he has the parts or supply chain to fix the problem. It is a father and son business and I think the father or grandfather had disciples all over Singapore
Upper Serangoon Shopping Center was a place that I went to every day when I was a teenager. The arcades there were awesome. There were also shops that rented out Nintendo by the hour. The best thing about this mall is this one computer shop on the 4th floor that sold pirated games. I bought EVERY PC game from this one Ah Lim. So good.
I am sure alot of Singaporeans would not have known that there’s still such mall around in this fast pace Singapore. Great work Ghib!!! 👍 👏
I've literally walked past this mall thousands of times by now and have never entered it, the closest I have been even close to the mall was walking by it in front of the door to get shelter from the rain or when taking the overhead bridge. When I saw the video title I was like ''I'm gonna guess it's USSC'' and I was right omg lol. This video inspired me to try and finally walk into this mall after simply walking by it each day on my way to anywhere after these almost 17 years of me walking by it.
Hi Ghib wah never heard about that mall,, Serangom area i only visit Nex Mall,, the Food you ate looks very oishi,, nice view ne at the roof top,, thks for the info Ghib, 👍😬,
It’s not Serangoon, it’s upper Serangoon which is part of Hougang
@@zhen86,,, oh okok hehe thanks for d info
Used to hang out there back in the 80s as a primary school kid at the Lvl 1 video game shop. We also played hide and seek at the entire complex area. There's also remote control car racing at Lvl 5 roof top back in the days.
Used to have house of seafood at Lv3. Yun nam kitchen is good also. Living in serangoon for the past 9 years, agree nex is a bad mall i try to avoid. U haven’t seen the crowd on weekends and nighttime yet. PS should take the lift up to lv5 USSC to explore , i did it a few years ago but not sure if it’s still accesible
This mall is a legend. During the 90s, it was quite popular for Snooker, arcades, computer gaming shops, hair salon, etc.
This Teochew restaurant is actually really famous. It’s always full for their CNY reunion dinner. The watch dealer at USSC actually a very old school Rolex watch repair shop. The massages there are… not really for massages
Thank you Mr. Ghib Ojisan
I can't be the only one that burst out laughing when he pull mr krabs out😂😂😭😭
Its been over 20 years since I've been to upper serangoon shopping centre. There used to be lan shops here and my friends and I would hang out here to play pc games.
The teochew and vegetarian restaurant is super famous. Also the top floor has a computer shop that you can build or repair your own pc super reasonable. Almost everyone who lives around Serangoon, Kovan knows about the shop
i almost forgot about USSC! thanks for bring back memory
My family love to dine at Fragrant Garden teochew restaurant! Kudos to you for exploring the rest of the mall… which i didn’t even bothered 😂
Used to come here all the time when I was young for the food there. Memories will never fade ❤
back when i was a kid, when NEX hasnt come out, that mall was where my parents frequently bring me to, oh how time flies...
I love doing my shopping at Nex shopping Centre 🥰
I've been to the Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre when I was a kid which is around the 1990s. I remember that this shopping centre used to have an arcade at the top floor and a KTV (probably where the teo chew restaurant is now I'm not very sure) and it was very lively back in those days.
This is indeed an old mall. It was built in 1979 and opened in 1980 if I'm not wrong. I was extremely excited when it first opened it's door. I used to patronised Oriental Emporium, video shop and record shops.
I've only been to the upper sgoon mall once for the teochew food, it's so yummy.
There used to have Ringo Amusement back in the 90s. I remember back then the shops at the ground floor had laid out those racing tracks for Tamiya cars. Nearby, there is TPBChurch and a 9-emperor temple or something.
Thanks for visiting my neighbourhood. I actually live with walking distance of both Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre and NEX mall. USSC is really quite rundown. I hardly go there even though it’s so near. Interestingly, there are popular Teochew food (which you tried) and vegetarian food (you missed it). There’s also a 24hr gym! As for NEX mall, I do agree that it may look confusing to someone who is new or rarely visit it due to its expansive space but it has most of the stores I need and that’s good enough for me. As a regular, I can navigate the place easily. I can also say the same for VivoCity. I can “get lost” there. Does that mean it’s the worst mall?
For anyone who likes to try out vegetarian food, the vegetarian restaurant at the 4th floor of the first shopping mall is fantastic. If you go in the evening, it's packed. Try their steamboat buffet as well.
USM is really really old and not taken care off. My old school secondary days, i frequent pass bye and it wasn't ba trendy mall either. After that phase. It just went downhill and the development didn't improve either. Its really va pity and nobody wants to buy over also
NEX is literally my favorite mall. It has everything. Supermarkets, arcade, cinema, restaurants, food court, fast food restaurants and etc…. Who would hate it. Is nearby to my house and easy transport.
Too many ppl hahahaha 😂
That mall reminds me of my hometown's malls but still more vibrant hahaha. Though one has converted more into an electronics hub. Some became food spots. Some are just dead like the first mall. As clothing stores closed.
Right now the city did open new fancier malls, i say they are modern but not so charming.
Maybe it's just nostalgia.
The restaurant at L4 is called Nature Vegetarian Delights and the food is actually super tasty! (Coming from a meat lover)
They even offer mala xiang guo option with a wide variety of infredients to choose from.
i went to the gym at USSC a simple one. but gets my workout done. the parking is on the expensive side. 4 decade ago, USSC is where i bought my SNES. traffic was accessible until they built the flyover.
There's a mall in my neighborhood in KL, which has been abandoned for a very long time and is still very vacant. It's like a ghost town in there. Back when I was in primary school which was many moons ago, that mall used to be very busy. There was even an A&W restaurant there.
The Teo Chew food place at the basement and the Vegetarian food places at level 4 are basically serving the night crowd, they can be really packed come dinner time. The computer game store has been famous from way back in the nineties and it is quite fantastic how he is still operating. We like to called the shop owner Ah Lim, and I have always heard that the shop is Ah Lim's shop.
Nex's main escalator is an easy attraction since people coming in from the circle line, the bus terminus, the blocks on both ends all congregate onto that one escalator at B1. It's better to go to the floors via Isetan for quicker access. Or at least avoid the access between B1 and level 1. Then again, people would be people and are lazy to walk from one end of the mall to the other. What we could use in Nex would be a Donki, that would make Nex a Super Supermarket Mall! There is already a NTUC Hypermart, cold storage, Yuehua, a Scarlett, and Daiso. Donki please come!
I remember visiting this place back in the late 70s. It was crowded and vibrant with so many shops. Had seen better days, and now on its last legs.
My mum used to do her hair at Wa Wa which is next to ah lim's shop . Surprised that it is still around lol. Except for the empty shops, it pretty much looks like how it was 25 years ago except the top floor was a pool place I think and the ground floor used to be some prawn noodles shop. Used to get *ahem* video games at one shop near the escalator... also there was another shop selling radios etc. There was some minor "renovation works" around the pillars in the late 90s and seems like nothing has changed since.
I used to study at St Gabriels Sec School which was down the road in the early 81-82. The last time I went there was in the late 80s and even back then, it was a ghost town. I remember it being only half occupied and rather dark inside.
Orh-ni (the Teochew yam dessert) is my all-time fave 🥄
With his many Singaporean slangs, he said many things and "leh.." I suspect he is half Singaporean. Good video sharing I am not aware of this shopping centre existing prior.
The vegetarian restaurant after you crossed the bridge at upper Serangoon shopping centre is pretty alright. Quite many people eat there when I visited
Yes at 09:09
Very gd food there.
Besides Upper Serangoon SS, other similar old malls: Sultan Plaza, Singapore Shopping Centre, Beauty World Centre, Golden Mile, Sambawang Shopping Centres, etc. They are built decades ago thus we don't expect anything but due to their lower shop rents, only businesses such as maid agencies, printing companies, massage parlors, maybe a few hair salons are found there. However, people usually go there for the foods.
There's a hidden treasure in this mall. It houses one of the best, honest, and knowledgeable PC builders in Singapore. Mr Lim from Computex Computer Service at Level 4. If you ever need to build a PC, he's THE man.
Literally LOL when I saw the part where he explain about his "pretty cool shot"
I hope this mall dont get closed down! Such history
I think I visited USSC back in the mid 90s when my uncle used to live nearby. It wasn't super lively even then, but definitely better than how it is now. Frankly I don't fancy noisy places, so I wouldn't mind going back there to talk a walk around and eat something.
previously there is a lan shop that cost 2 dollar for 1 hour.. ( the longer u pay the cheaper it cost and the lan shop is gone )
there is also a very old games shop and a mini motorcycle shop that was closed when u arrive i think