Just saw MM Lee on TV talking about Dubai and his views on how fast that place has progressed and how impressed he was with the growth of the city!! It's a busy buzzing little City in the middle of conflict lands! A shining diamond in a pool of oil!!
MM Lee was there just one week after me and both me and him hold the same views! Great minds do see and think alike...hehehe somehow!!!
Anyways, enough of that but seriously! Just look at their airport and our airport! It's so alike but yet, one is lazier than the other. By that I mean the shops! Inside the Dubai airport, shops open 24 hours for 24/7. Here in Changi, it's a great airport by the way, the shops closed at 12am. Why?? Electricity too high?? It's not as if they switch off the lites and air conditioning anyways and there are still passengers taking off and arriving late at nite, why not open the shops there for 24 hours as well?? You can do more business there from the transit passengers for 24 hrs for 7 days a week!! As to the cost vs the returns, am sure the returns will justify it no?
Why not then even allow and make it compulsory for more shops like Mustafa center with 24 hrs shopping? Just imagine, a 24 hrs Orchard Road!! or at least a late nite Orchard road like say on Friday and Saturday where shops all open till 12am? This should bring more tourist and keep businesses operating longer!! Maybe I am wrong, but but but, Singapore do lack the buzz....
I cant explain the buzz! But it's something that I don't really feel in Singapore. All is nice and hunky dory on the outside but seriously, the question is what next? What's buzzing next? I don't mean the freaking bees!! I mean, what's there to keep us entertained next? What's there to look forward to besides the same old, same old? Yes, Singapore will soon have the Casino (provided they sort out the intricacies) and yes, Singapore will have Crazy Horse, but what about now? What can we change now to bring out the buzz??
A 24 hrs city is my answer! 24 hrs shopping, 24 hrs cinema, 24 hrs bar and restaurants, 24 hrs clubbing, a city that never sleeps! That should put the buzz on!.....at least for awhile, till we have the 24 hours CASINO!! Wooooooooohoooooooooooo!!!!
Coz, seriously, the infrastructure is all there and great, why not maximise it?.......
1 comment:
aiyo...u mad issit??life not stressful enuff ah??
more 24hrs shite means more reasons to stay awake and be stressed up wor...
things shud close earlier la so that ppl have nuthing else better to do than stay home and make more babies ;))))
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