Bugis which was commonly referred to as Xiao Po (小坡; little Slope) and was internationally known in the 1950s to 1980s for its gathering of transvestites and transsexual and know by others as Peh Soa Pu in Hokkien or Bai Sha Fu in mandarin (白沙浮; white sand mounds). Beside Bugis MRT, there is Bugis Junction, Bugis Street Market (recreated from the former Albert Street), Bugis+, Bugis Cube, Village Hotel Bugis and so on.
