IN THIS ISSUE
09 Homeward Bound?
Expat View: It ain’t over til it’s over

11 Your Say
Letters: Off with their heads! Prawns, that is…

14 Boxing Clever
Upfront: A paragon of Vertu goes up in smoke

42 Global Issues
Style: Joanna Hughes ranges from art to royal warrants in this month’s Style

FEATURES
60 Halong Has This Been Going On?
Travel: John Barker gets his junk out on a tour of northern Vietnam

72 Against The Odds
Insight: Economy be damned; some people are still giving business a try

80 Getting In On The Ground Floor
Property: Property guru Patrick Grove tells you what you can – and should – do with your real estate

90 Going, Going, Gone
Photo Essay: If you can remember the Mitre EXPAT APRIL 2009 ISSUE Hotel, you’ve probably never been there. Duff Hughes takes one last look at the fallen landmark

94 No Meat, All Gristle?
Film: Critic Dr KK Seet has a beef with Singapore’s fi lm industry

100 The Best Job In The World
Feature: It’s down to the last 50 contenders to win the job of a lifetime: island caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef. Young Lim interviews American expat Greg Reynen, who’s made the shortlist

REGULAR

68 The Vice Squad
Finance: Rowena Everson says you can’t be too particular about who you get into bed with

94 Conscientious Objector
Restaurants: Geraint Price reviews The Garden and 7atenine

98 Audi Do
Motors: Tony Watts is blown away by the new Audi R8 5.2 PSI Quattro

104 Eye On The Horizon
Music: Geraint Price rethinks his initial reaction to the latest U2; gives full marks for brattiness to Lily Allen and thinks the White Lies are white hot

105 Defi nitive Nazi
On The Shelf: No, you can’t forget the War yet – Jonathan Littell won’t let you. Joanna Hughes on one of the most controversial works of fi ction in years.

110 Macanese Machinations
Sport: Nearly 20 years on, Jason Dasey revisits the still-unsolved death
of sports writer Ian Manning in Macau

112 Olé!
Horoscope: With a new moon in Taurus, you’ll have to be as nimble as a toreador

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