Sungei Road Today
Today, the flea market is still thriving despite the fact that all the old shophouse buildings have been torn down in the mid-1990s. What remains are the street peddlers, displaying their wares on canvas sheets now along the empty roads in the area. The peddlers do not pay rent but they are forbidden to sell brand-new items by the authorities. To keep up with the times, some of the peddlers have put up their wares to sell on websites and eBay especially those hard to sell items such as old photographs, badges, medals and other collector's items.
Despite its long history and tenacity, the flea market's days are numbered as the site, sitting on a huge chunk of state land about the size of a football field. Part of the Sungei Road is acquired for Downtown Line, Sungei Road MRT Station construction. The remainder would be redeveloped by HDB at the later time.
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