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The 308-room Grand Park Orchard, located on Singapore’s Orchard Road, will reopen this July after a S$80mil makeover of the former Park Hotel Orchard.

SHY Thoughts
words from the shy one
 
4 March 2010 | Comments (1)

Yeoh Siew Hoon traces her late father's journey from Hainan island to Penang. In this first part, she begins where her father started his new life in his adopted country.


Take Me There
Ideas That Go The Distance
 
4 March 2010 | Comments (0)

What do you do when you are at an airport in China, twiddling your thumbs while waiting in a queue? Yeoh Siew Hoon and Willy Foo share three tips.

The Wrap
our views on the news
 
4 March 2010 | Comments (0)

Now even dogs can tweet.


Naked Surfer
The Web Exposed
 
4 March 2010 | Comments (0)

The Naked Surfer finds out a fun site that helps him remember the songs he loves.









News Sense
Making sense of the news
 
4 March 2010 | Comments (0)

Banker-turned-hotelier Christopher Ong of Galle Fort fame tells Yeoh Siew Hoon how he turned an old black-and-white house in Penang into a six-suite heritage hotel and about a new type of traveller that’s discovering a gentler side of Penang.


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Posted on: 4 March 2010

Elephant sculpture in the waters of Racha Island,Thailand, for divers to frolic with
- Michelle Choong Khoo, Malaysia

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