But, no, I've never seen direct mob type of rampaging as you are referring to (the Kiwi armed forces when stationed here were pretty close though) ksl may well remember these things as well as he was here back in those days as well when he was in the military.
I remember the days of the pink pussy cat,Tiger Bar and the Barbarella Club which wasn't far from the Hilton.
Although we used to start out at the Brit Club across from Raffles, Drinking at Bugis st started around midnight, when they cleared all the market, this was about the wildest place I'd ever seen, absolutely crowded with troops from Oz, Maoris, Americans on R&R from Nam, kaitais and hookers, it was quite a good time, with some disgusting things going on, we could see the rats scuttling on the roof tops.
The bars and night clubs were very good, live sex shows in private houses, it was quite a site for a 21 year old.
Bugis was often raided by the police and MP's they would try to block everyone escaping, but they was always outnumbered.
Quite alot of drugs around at that time, never really mixed much with the locals. I guess the worst was when the navy arrived for drunkenness. It was really Sin City back then, with a vibrance wherever you went.
I never so any brawling with locals, it was always between the soldiers really, it's a way of life, that I always tried to avoid, although its kind of difficult at times. I can remember the rich kids used to race cars late at night, and the gangs and pimps were every place.
Although last year while in town, their was a gang of locals, trying to pick a fight with some American expat, I don't think it happens often, although these Karate/Tai -kwan- do types like to demonstrate their moves in front of the gang, prestige and peer pressure and all that crap, better to avoid it. It can happen any place in the world though.
these days, so it's down to a minimum, now that I'm on a fat burn program.
Oh no, Must show gd examples lor... 
