19/12/2022
Was at a business lunch today and a few of us mentioned Yaohan. Then a few of the adults at the table asked, “What’s Yaohan?”
Way to show our age sia.
Yaohan department store: 1974-1998.
Then I mentioned Emporium…
Update: I think the following stores will only be recoginized by a certain generation:
1. Yaohan (Plaza Sing, Parkway, Marina Square, Thomson, Katong, IMM)
2. Tay Buan Guan
3. Fitzpatrick’s
4. Oriental Emporium
5. Daimaru
6. Lane Crawford
7. Galeries Lafayette
8. Sogo
9. Shui Hing
10. Tokyu
11. Seiyu
12. Printemps
13. Kmart
14. Cortina
15. Carrefour
16. Yokoso
17. This Fashion
18. Second Chance
19. 77th Street
20. John Little
21. Robinsons (just recently deaded)
22. Cost Plus
23. St Michael’s
24. Kimisawa
25. Kwong On on South Bridge Road. (This one only your grandparents may know. It belonged to my grandparents.)
26. AA Fashion
27. H***e
28. Silver Spoon
29. Magnolia Cafe (a childhood fave of mine)
30. Mohan
31. Tower Records
32. Borders
33. HMV
34. MPH
