Places and openings around Singapore, from new malls to company offices.
Realtek, the Taiwanese semiconductor firm making everything from audio to Wi-Fi chips, has opened an office in Singapore. Founded in 1987, it's now the sixth-largest fabless semiconductor company in Asia and 16th worldwide, with 2013 revenue of nearly US$1 billion.
Attended the official opening of Tampines 1 last Friday, held on the rooftop terrace with host Adrian Pang. The ceremony marked 100 days since the mall opened to the public on 9th April 2009. A lively celebration for a milestone.
Tampines 1 holds its official opening ceremony next Friday, 17th July 2009, and on Saturday 18th there's a SWOP party at its Roof Garden. The SWOP party encourages recycling, letting anyone come exchange their clothes and accessories with others.
Iluma is one of the newest malls in town, near Bugis MRT between Queen Street and Victoria Street. It's fairly large with five levels and, as far as I can tell, no basement. Tenants include Coffee Bean and Nichii Fashion.
Li Xiang and I attended the Tampines 1 blogger mall tour and meet-up. We met at 2pm at the level 6 management office. Reaching level 5, we realised there was no way up to level 6 from there.
Tampines 1 officially opens to the public this Thursday. Per the press release, Singapore's newest shopping destination is 100% leased out and opens on 9th April 2009 at 10am, spanning 260,000 square feet of fresh retail space.