# Beauty World Market

Bukit Timah, Singapore · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-3e6e0ff9ac` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/singapore/bukit-timah-beauty-world-market/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-3e6e0ff9ac.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-3e6e0ff9ac.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-3e6e0ff9ac

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | park, park, park | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Two parking lots and Beauty World MRT Station | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1947 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1984 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Giam Kok Eng | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Zoning change | retail | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Entitlement year | 1977 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “opened in July 1947” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market
- **original_developer**: “Giam Kok Eng” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market
- **after_notes**: “Two parking lots and Beauty World MRT Station” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market
- **status**: “demolished by 1984 due to frequent fire outbreaks” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market
- **strategy**: “redeveloped = demolished and rebuilt as parking lots and MRT station” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market
- **zoning_change**: “Singapore government announced plans to relocate the tenants and shopkeepers to the nearby sites.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market
- **demolition_year**: “Both shopping areas were completely demolished by 1984 due to frequent fire outbreaks.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Parties

- Giam Kok Eng — owner (from text) (1947–1947)
- Singapore government — owner (from text) (1975–1984)

## Timeline

- 1920: Bukit Timah Market existed
- 1941: Market bombed
- 1944: Tua Tong Ah amusement park built
- 1947: Beauty World Market opened
- 1962: Beauty World Town built
- 1968: Hawkers relocated
- 1975: Government acquired land
- 1983: Market closed
- 1984: Demolished

## Deals and debt

- 1984 sale:  Bukit Timah Shopping Centre ← Beauty World Market  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market
- 1975 sale:  Singapore government ← Beauty World Market  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market
- 1968 listing:  Hawkers Department of Ministry of the Environment ← Beauty World Market  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Beauty World Market was an open-air market that was opened in July 1947 in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It was located at the junction of Upper Bukit Timah Road and Jalan Jurong Kechil. Just next to it was Beauty World Town, another shopping place that was opened in 1962. It was located at the junction of Upper Bukit Timah Road and Chun Tin Road. Both shopping areas were completely demolished by 1984 due to frequent fire outbreaks. The original site of the market had since been occupied by two parking lots and Beauty World MRT Station.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_World_Market

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Beauty World Market, Bukit Timah, Singapore." Record m-3e6e0ff9ac, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/singapore/bukit-timah-beauty-world-market/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_bukittimahbeautyworldmarket,
  title = {Beauty World Market, Bukit Timah, Singapore},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/singapore/bukit-timah-beauty-world-market/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-3e6e0ff9ac, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.