Telok Ayer Market was moved to newly reclaimed land at Collyer Quay, and the construction of a new market began at the current site in 1890 and completed in 1894 [REF].
By the early 1970s, the area around Telok Ayer Market - Shenton Way, Robinson Road, Cecil Street and Raffles Place - had swelled into a busy commercial district with sparkling new skyscrapers.