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and get with it, dear fellow Singaporeans!
The following is an extract from asia! Magazine’s website http://www.theasiamag.com/ and written by Lee Han Shih the founder, publisher and editor who has Mr Lee Kong Chian and Mr Tan Kah Kee as his paternal grandfather and maternal grreat grandfather respectively. 
“Westerners are attracted to China for one reason: its economy, [...]

15 years and still growing strong

One small step for Singapore, one giant step for CapitaLand: that is what it means when its indirect wholly owned subsidiary CapitaLand China Holdings (CCH) acquires a 100 per cent stake in property investment holding company Orient Overseas Developments for a ginormous US$2.2 billion (S$3.06 billion).
Under this deal, announced on Monday, Jan 18, CCH will acquire a [...]

Learn simple Chinese, the Singapore way:
沒錢的時候,養豬;有錢的時候,養狗。
When without money, keep pigs;
When have money, keep dogs.
沒錢的時候,在家裡吃野菜;有錢的時候,在酒店吃野菜。
When without money, eat at home with wife;
When have money, dine in fine restaurant.
沒錢的時候,在馬路上騎自行車;有錢的時候,在客廳裡騎自行車。
When without money, ride bicycle;
When have money, ride exercise machine. 
  
沒錢的時候,想結婚;有錢的時候,想離婚。
When without money, wish to get married;
When have money, wish to get divorced.
沒錢的時候,老婆兼秘書;有錢的時候,秘書兼老婆。
When without money, wife becomes secretary;
When have money, [...]

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My sister Daffy loves dabbling in ancient things and then, given half a chance, will add a modern twist to the old things. For her own use or as gifts to me and her very close friends. Most of the jade earrings I own and wear are from her, each pair painstakingly put together, each pair [...]

Too open and chilly?

@ is usually a short form for “at” but in the case of @ Gallery Suites boutique hotel housed in a 1933 fully restored heritage building on Hengshan Lu (known during the early concession period as the “Champs Elysees of Shanghai”), “@” stands for “art”.
The 39-suite hotel (each suite is larger than 50 sq m) opened in March 2009. [...]