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January - June 2001 NEW PLACES
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Cinnabon
opened a store here at Marriott Hotel in Orchard Road in June
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Marche
Restaurant opened a new branch at Suntec City, next to Singapore
Visitors Centre, in June 2001. |
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Singapore's
biggest disco, Grease Disco, opens on Friday 8 Jun 2001 on Level
7 of Ngee Ann City. The one-stop dance party headquarters is
spread over three halls occupying an area of 30,000 sq ft. Age
limit for admission is 21 for guys and 18 for gals. For more
information, call (65) 733 9833 or fax (65) 737 5852. More... |
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The
old Turf Club at Bukit Timah will soon be transformed into a
gigantic shopping centre boasting Orchard Road-quality products at
lower prices. The 56-hectare site will undergo a S$20 million
facelift from June till September 2001 and open as a shoppers'
paradise called Turf City. Other attractions include a car trading
centre, trade and exhibition spaces, food outlets and a centre for
soccer training with enough space for eight pitches.
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Hougang
Central Bus Interchange shifted back to its original
location from in front of Hougang Plaza on Sunday 20 May 2001.
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Two
new community children's libraries - Punggol East Community
Children's Library & Kampong Ubi Community Children's
Library - open officially on 5 & 6 May 2001 respectively. |
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Woodlands
Regional Library (above picture) opens on Saturday 28 Apr 2001. Occupying
11,100 square metres of the Woodlands Civic Centre, the library
is the nation's first full-fledged regional library, featuring
collections, facilities, services and programmes befitting a
one-stop information and reference centre in the northern sector
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Third
Community Mediation Centre launched on 7 Apr 2001 |
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Myepb Store at
Heartland Mall Kovan |
Myepb
opened a branch on 10 Mar 2001 in the revamped Heartland
Mall Kovan (formerly Oriental Emporium Blk 205) in Hougang. The new
store has an area of 1,672 sq m. For the full story, click HERE!
Popular Bookstore opened a branch on 10 Mar 2001 at Choa Chu Kang Centre, next to Lot 1. It is Popular's largest store, occupying an area
of 2,230 sq m.
Singapore has set up
the world's first Wills Registry.
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New Robinsons
outlet at Raffles City
Shopping Centre |
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Robinsons opened
its new outlet at Raffles City on 15 March 2001. The new outlet occupies
the premises left vacant by Sogo Store which closed operations in
October 2000. For first day pictures of the new Robinsons store, click HERE!
Leading Italian brand
ETRO has opened another branch at #01-25
Raffles Hotel Shopping Arcade.
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Cafe@Parliament |
Cafe@Parliament
is situated in the new Parliament House at 1 Parliament Place. This cosy
cafe is open to the public and anyone can access it through the side
entrance on the road between the building and the Supreme Court. Service
is good and food portions ample. There are waiters to serve local and
western food. Prices are reasonable - a local set set costs just S$5.50
for the main dish (rice, meat & vegetables), soup and dessert. The
cafe is open from Mondays to Saturdays. On weekdays, it closes at 6pm
and on Saturdays at 3pm. Contact Tel: (65) 339 1980 Fax: (65) 339 1989.
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Paragon Market
Place |
For more pictures,
click HERE! |
Cold
Storage's 35th outlet opened in Paragon Shopping Centre on 20
January 2001.
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