when I'm in SG I tend to go for Vessel (Japanese) or Stanley (Australian); Bondhus for hex & torx. But there's no main tool shop to visit afaik, most SG ppl mailorder from Amazon or buy in person when overseas.

Back downunder it's a lot easier to shop locally... we got Bunnings warehouse for cheap junk to decent brands. For the workman's tools I go to trade suppliers, can get all the U.S. Brands if you're willing to pay the premium. SnapOn is sold via company reps in their tool trucks.

Suggest you're wasting your time/$$$ buying any guy any tools tools for using are best only bought when needed. Buy them locally for the warranty support - tools get broken in use. There's general tool sets then there's specialised tools that don't get used as much but you can't do the job without it.

Plus each hobby of mine usually comes with their own favourite tool brands... like Park (cycles), Hudy (RC), Bergeon (umm for tiny expensive Swiss screws) etc etc

And then in my garage... my fleet are a mix between metric (Japanese), SAE (American) and whitworth (British), so I need three different sets of spanners... none interchangeable!

you might be better off instead buying him/her a nice toolbox or tool case or leather tool roll