GCI Places

Singapore

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Rochor lies north-east of the civic district and holds two of Singapore's conserved shophouse quarters: Kampong Glam, laid out for the Malay and Arab communities, and the southern end of Little India.

Type
planning area
Status
Defined by a planning or statistical authority rather than a tier of government.

Also known as Rochor, Kampong Glam, Little India.

Rochor is a planning area that contains the conservation districts of Kampong Glam and part of Little India. The planning name and the names people use for the ground inside it are different, and this record uses both.

What is recorded here

Counts describe this corpus, not the area as a whole.

  • Shopping5
  • Religious sites4
  • Transport gateways4
  • Restaurants3
  • Markets2
  • Cafés2
  • Civic & heritage1

Places in Rochor and Kampong Glam

Shopping

Haji Lane

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Haji Lane is a narrow shophouse street in Singapore's Kampong Glam, lined with independent retail and painted facades, within the Kampong Glam conservation area.

Shopping

Little India Arcade

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Little India Arcade on Serangoon Road in Singapore is a conserved block of shophouses of the 1920s, restored in 1994 and trading as a covered retail arcade.

Markets

Berseh Food Centre

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Berseh Food Centre is a government-run hawker centre in Singapore, operating 66 cooked food stalls under the programme through which Singapore rehoused its street hawkers from the 1970s.

Religious sites

Sultan Mosque

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Sultan Mosque is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.

Religious sites

Church of Our Lady Lourdes

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Church of Our Lady Lourdes is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.

Religious sites

Abdul Gaffoor Mosque

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Abdul Gaffoor Mosque is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.

Religious sites

Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.

Civic & heritage

Former Istana Kg Glam

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Former Istana Kg Glam is a gazetted national monument of Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.

Markets

Buffalo Road Block 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market)

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Buffalo Road Block 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market) is a wet market and hawker centre in Rochor, Singapore with 119 cooked food stalls and 284 market stalls, run by the National Environment Agency. The agency describes it: "More commonly known as Tekka Centre, the hawker centre is a popular haunt for marketing and dining needs, especially with the Indian community. An amazing variety of fresh produce is sold at the market. Built in 1980, it is the second largest hawker centre in Singapore housing more than 400 stalls. An iconic landmark in the Little India area!"

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Transport gateways

Farrer Park

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Farrer Park is an MRT station in Rochor, Singapore, recorded in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan rail layer.

Transport gateways

Little India Interchange

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Little India Interchange is an MRT station in Rochor, Singapore, recorded in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan rail layer.

Transport gateways

Jalan Besar

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Jalan Besar is an MRT station in Rochor, Singapore, recorded in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan rail layer.

Transport gateways

Rochor

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Rochor is an MRT station in Rochor, Singapore, recorded in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan rail layer.

Cafés

Apartment Coffee

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Apartment Coffee is a cafe at 139 Selegie Road, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Selegie Road coffee studio, part of the independent coffee cluster running from Jalan Besar into the Bras Basah arts belt.

Restaurants

Hjh Maimunah Jalan Pisang

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Hjh Maimunah Jalan Pisang is a restaurant at 11 Jalan Pisang, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. The original Jalan Pisang nasi padang restaurant serving Kampong Glam since 1992, and a fixture of Ramadan in the district.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Restaurants

Komala Vilas

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Komala Vilas is a restaurant at 76-78 Serangoon Road, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Serangoon Road vegetarian restaurant since 1947, one of Little India's founding food institutions.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Shopping

Sifr Aromatics

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Sifr Aromatics is a shop at 42 Arab Street, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. An Arab Street perfumery run by the third generation of a family that has blended attar in Kampong Glam since 1933.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Shopping

Sim Lim Square

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Sim Lim Square is a shop at 1 Rochor Canal Road, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Rochor Canal Road electronics mall that has been the city's computer-parts centre since 1987.

Restaurants

Swee Choon Tim Sum

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Swee Choon Tim Sum is a restaurant at 183/185/187/189/191/193 Jalan Besar, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Jalan Besar dim sum restaurant open since 1962 and long associated with late-night eating in the district.

Cafés

Symmetry

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Symmetry is a cafe at 9 Jalan Kubor, #01-01, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Jalan Kubor cafe on the edge of Kampong Glam, in the shophouse row facing the Malay cemetery.

Shopping

Wardah Books

Rochor and Kampong Glam

Wardah Books is a shop at 58 Bussorah Street, in Rochor and Kampong Glam, Singapore. A Bussorah Street bookshop specialising in Islamic and Malay-world titles, facing Sultan Mosque.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

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