'Troubling times': Nightlife business operators say that a growing quiet is falling over Singapore’s once-thriving hot spots

Nighttlife business operators say that a growing quiet is falling over Singapore’s once-thriving hot spots.ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Among nightlife business owners, the sentiment is clear: 2025 will be a big year for bar closures.

But it was not always this way. Singapore’s traditional nightlife hubs in Clarke Quay, Keong Saik Road and Club Street once pulsed with a different kind of energy.