TANGS is a department store located on Orchard Road in Singapore, owned by C.K. Tang Limited. The store is regarded as a principal shopping destination in the city, comparable to Bloomingdale's in New York City and Selfridges in London.[1][2] The company was founded by Tang Choon Keng in 1932.[3]
Tangs historically used to not operate on Sundays as the Tang family were "devout" Christians.[4]
History
C.K. Tang, the founder, migrated from China and began his business in a provisional store in 1932. CK Tang's first stores were on River Valley Road, but in the 1950s, he purchased land on Orchard Road after noticing that expatriates from the