Sim Lim Square
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| Location | Rochor, Singapore |
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| Opening date | 1987 |
| No. of stores and services | 151 |
| No. of floors | 6 above-ground 2 basement floors |
| Website | Sim Lim Square |
Sim Lim Square (Chinese: 森林商业中心, Wade-Giles: Sen1 lin2 shang1 yeh2 chung1 hsin1), commonly referred to as SLS, is a large retail complex that offers a wide variety of electronic goods and services ranging from DVDs, cameras, phones, video cameras, and computer parts and servicing.
Located at 1 Rochor Canal Road, Singapore, SLS is situated in central Singapore, near historic features such as the Little India district and one of the earliest HDB developments. SLS is accessible via MRT at Rochor MRT Station of Downtown Line.
After several reports of incidents of fraud faced by tourists, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and Vietnamese newspapers published a warning about purchasing electronics from Sim Lim Square.
The complex is a six-storey building with a range of varied electronics supply and service shops. The centre operates away from the main shopping areas of Singapore and as such can be seen as an area for bargains to be gained with cheap and inexpensive goods. Examples of this can include phones, laptops, computer parts, cameras and other electronic devices.
CASE (Consumer Association of Singapore) often publishes advisory against rogue vendors in SLS.
Many shops in Sim Lim Square, particularly those on lower levels selling games, cameras and mobiles, resort to scam tactics to reap higher profits. The most recent case of Jover Chew Chiew Loon involve a 33-month prison sentence. In early 2008, some SLS shops were busted by the police for selling counterfeit copies of Microsoft Windows.
In April 2013, after Sim Lim Square's management put up lists of recalcitrant shops as a warning to shoppers, some of those stores resorted to shrinking or removing their names from their signboards, or even changing their name. The lists have also been ripped off by unknown culprits. It was reported a month later that retailers had secretly charged extra amounts to customers' credit cards as taxes or transaction fees.
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