Was at SunTec City earlier, after a long roundabout route from Marina Square through Millenium Walk. I have never seen SunTec City more ‘desolate’ than this. It reminds me of Marina Square, some time after the currency crisis back in 1997.
Four million smiles to welcome the IMF / World Bank delegates? Unless they are all buying a large amount of high value items, I guess they can’t smile no more with this kind of traffic.
Walking around the basement area I can see the restaurants empty and several joints have their managers standing outside giving their best smile and asking for the rare few people – like my friend and I – to patronise them. This is really sad.
The authorities may boast they have done a damned good job keeping the delegates safe and letting the meetings run smoothly, but no one will thank or compensate these tenants for the cost they have to bear. And that’s not forgetting the poor motorists who have to ‘bear with it’ for these 10 days and pay extra ERP because they have no choice but to exit the CBD and re-enter it again because of the kiasu road blocks.
All these sacrifices Singaporeans made for our nation and guess who takes the credit and go so far to expect you to be grateful?!
 Almost Empty Counters @ Carrefour |
 A sneak shot inside Carrefour |
 Walkway leading to Carrefour |
 Escalator To 2F Outside Giordano |
 Basement near Tony Romas |
 Food Court near Eng Wah |
 Box Office, Eng Wah Cinema |
 Coffee Bean Outside Carrefour |
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* Pictures are all taken with my Sony W550i. If they are blur, it’s not the camera’s fault. It’s the camera man’s – i.e. my – fault.
oh-oh. I saw just this: http://udhr19.blogspot.com/
I wonder if it will be chaos this coming Saturday.
I was thinking of visiting because I am curious. Maybe, I will swing by tomorrow. Heh.
Heh. My bus journey home now takes an extra 30-40 minutes thanks to the IMF meetings. 4 million frowns more like it!
Hopefully they wont make too big a loss. Not only this event is blocking protestors but also the daily crowds too. More like a headache then good opportunity to earn from the delegates as published on the media.