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TANGS is a department store located on Orchard Road in Singapore, owned by C.K. Tang Limited. The store is regarded as a principal shopping destination in the city, comparable to Bloomingdale's in New York City and Selfridges in London. [1] [2] The company was founded by Tang Choon Keng in 1932. [3]
The Merlion (/ ˈ m ɜːr ˌ l aɪ ə n /) is the official mascot of Singapore.It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans in general, it is widely used to represent both the city state and its people in sports teams, advertising, branding, tourism and as a national personification.
In 2008, further changes were made to Plaza Singapura. Level 7 of the mall was given a facelift and tenants selling toys, gifts and hobby related items such as anime and cosplay costumes were introduced. In 2012, Plaza Singapura underwent major renovation work which costs about S$ 150 million. The first phase involved the first three levels of ...
Tang Choon Keng (Chinese: 董俊竞; pinyin: Dǒng Jùnjìng; 12 September 1901 – 3 September 2000), colloquially known as CK Tang, was a Singaporean entrepreneur, who founded the Tangs department store in Singapore. Tang established Orchard Road as a premier retail district in Singapore.
Chewing gum is not punishable by caning in Singapore. Although importing and selling chewing gum has been illegal in Singapore since 1992, and corporal punishment is still an applicable penalty for certain offenses in the country, the two facts are unrelated; chewing gum-related offenses have always been only subject to fines and incarceration ...
Referencing Singapore, the term has also been used in the following contexts: Little Red Dot, a magazine aimed at primary school students published by The Straits Times that was launched in 2005. [6] The Little Red Dot, the title of a 2005 book edited by Tommy Koh and Chang Li Lin about the rise of Singapore through the eyes of 50 of its ...
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The office towers at Raffles Place on the south bank of the Singapore River serve as a backdrop against Sir Stamford Raffles's statue located at Raffles' Landing Site on the river's opposite bank. Raffles's Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on 28 January 1819.