Orchard Road was closed from 6pm to 11pm yesterday for Pedestrain Night,  where instead of the usual fast cars,  a slew of tennis related activities occupied a 660m stretch of Orchard Road (from ION Orchard all the way to Ngee Ann City).

Being the paper of national importance, The Straits Times was there to provide coverage of the rather squeezy event but wasn't sure on how the correct adjective to describe the squeeze.

Consider this headline published last night:

And compare it with this headline in the papers today:

Perhaps the writer had a change of mind.

Nevertheless, Mothership.sg did its due diligence.

Yes, The Straits Times got it right. It was a tight squeeze.

It was also a little silly

And a tad boring

Because all we saw was tennis...

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Tennis...

And more tennis...

But there was non-sporting fun too.

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Mothership.sg concluded that the squeeze was just tight but not really enjoyable.

Pedestrian Night will happen on the first Saturday of every month and is a part of a six-month trial by the Orchard Road Business Association to spice things up.

Next month, yogis can look forward to mass yoga sessions on the road.

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