In 1965, Metro expanded and opened a department store in Liat Towers along Orchard Road named Metrotex. It was later renamed Metro Orchard when it moved to the Holiday Inn Shopping Complex on Scotts Road in 1973.
Metro Supreme in Supreme House, located on Penang Road in the Orchard Road shopping belt, was officially opened in 1971. Again, a Hong Kong actress, Nora Miao – who starred opposite martial arts legend Bruce Lee in several movies – was invited to the opening.
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Metro Holdings was formed in 1973 to take over the three existing Metro department stores.
The company was incorporated and listed on the main board of the Singapore Stock Exchange later that year.
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At its peak in the 1970s, Metro had five department stores housed in various shopping centres along Orchard Road, including Far East Plaza.
It opened Singapore’s first “high-end” department store, Metro Grand Store, in Lucky Plaza in 1978.
The chain later entered the suburban areas in the 1970s with branches in Bukit Timah Plaza and Marine Parade – but these were closed in the late 1980s.
It re-entered the suburban areas in the 1990s and 2000s with stores in various malls, namely Century Square in Tampines, Causeway Point in Woodlands, Compass Point in Sengkang and City Square Mall near Little India.
