May 2009
IN THIS ISSUE
IN THIS ISSUE
09 Lies, Damned Lies
and Statistics
Expat View: We’re going
nowhere. The bald facts.

14 It’s Snow Joke
Turning Japanese
Upfront: Two new hotels
and two new booze
brands launch in
Singapore, and turn to
page 29 for a very special
offer from Hyundai

42 Right Bolshie
Style: Revolutionary
fashion icons and the odd
royal or two
FEATURES

62 Knock, Knock
Economy: AmCham takes
on Beltway Insiders
64 Sale Or Return?
Economy: Is Orchard Road
Singapore’s great white
hope or great white
elephant?
66 Motor Mouth
Economy: Rent or buy?
Teo Kuan Yee looks at car
ownership
68 Reports Of Our
Demise Are Greatly
Exaggerated
Economy: The fi gures you
won’t read in the local
media
72 Bye Bye Love
Society: Divorced and
staying in Singapore
74 Jack Of All Trades
EXCLUSIVE: 30 years
after being banned in
Singapore, we revisit the
making of Saint Jack
82 Happy Feet
Travel: Howard Banwell
marvels at the wonders
of Antarctica
REGULARS

70 Hallo Hallo
Finance:With the mobile phone
industry on the slide,
Rowena Everson wonders
who will be hanging up

89 No Shadow Of
A Doubt
Motoring: Geraint Price
previews the new “baby”
Rolls-Royce

90 Numbers Game
Restaurants: Joanna
Hughes reviews hot new
FiftyThree
94 Pop Your Cork
Wine: Why Dom
Pérignon should be your
champagne of choice

97 The Old Guard At
The Vanguard
Seen & Heard: Geraint
Price hails the golden
mouldies
99 Nights in Old
Pompeii
Books: Roman orgies?
Not in those sandals, says
Joanna Hughes

102 Spanish Fly
Sports: Jason Dasey
wonders if Raphael Nadal
will sweep Wimbledon
or if it will be a balls up


112 Split Personality
Horoscope: With Mercury in
retrograde, things in
May will not be what
they seem
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