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Fun at the malls THERE'S only one week left to Chinese New Year. If you have not completed your shopping and are feeling the heat, you will be delighted to know that the malls have a host of programmes and activities to help make your last-minute shopping fun. Be entertained while you shop at AMK Hub. Comedians Henry Thia, Brandon Wong, Michelle Tay and Tay Yin Yin spread the festive cheer through their skits. A mask-changing artiste also enthralls audiences with his amazing act. A 28-foot revolving lantern takes centre stage at VivoCity where arts troupes have been entertaining shoppers with songs and dances. On Feb 2, the awardwinning lion dance troupe from Wenyang Sports Association will be at the mall to show off daring feats, like leaping across 3m-tall poles that are more than 2.5m apart. When you shop today at United Square, let the kids be entertained at puppet-making workshops and performances by giant puppets from the Yang Zhou Puppetry Theatre. Gift ideas Still scratching your head over what to get friends and family this Chinese New Year? Get your ideas from the festive fairs at various malls. The fair at Takashimaya includes items from as far as Japan and Korea. With more than 50 vendors selling sweet and savoury foodstuffs, festive decorations, hampers and other products, you will be spoilt for choice. To dress up your gifts, Frasers Centrepoint Malls (The Centrepoint, Causeway Point, Compass Point, Northpoint, Anchorpoint, Robertson Walk, and Valley Point) is giving away a traditional Japanese gift-wrapping cloth, the Furoshiki, as well as specially designed red packets that can be assembled into an attractive container. Visit www.fraserscentrepointmalls.com/cp_promo/HongBao/index.html for instructions on how to create the hongbao container. Also, the Furoshiki can be used to tote a pair of oranges when house-visiting. Go to www.youtube.com/user/FCMpromo for a video on how to transform your Furoshiki into a carrier. Where gifts are concerned, you will not go wrong with hampers like those from Lo Hong Ka, filled with good stuff like abalone, shark's fin, bird's nest bee pollen and ginseng capsules. Available from outlets in Parkway Parade, Takashimaya, Compass Point, Thomson Plaza and Jurong Point. Free delivery for purchases above $200. Abalone is always a welcome gift among the Chinese. This festive season, Hockhua is offering three cans of its Tiger King canned abalone starting from $99.90. All from Australia, four varieties - black-lip, green-lip, brown-lip and aqua-cultured - are available. Enjoy double the happiness with Fortune's Wealth Gift set that has three cans of Australia abalones, paired with a bottle of compatible Chilean white wine. Priced at $55, the gift set is available at all FairPrice outlets. Good fortune Feeling lucky? You can win when you spend at AsiaMalls' shopping centres. At Tiong Bahru Plaza and White Sands, shoppers can try their hand at a lucky dip while those at Century Square can play a tikam tikam game to win prizes. Over at Hougang Mall, 400 lucky shoppers will be taking part in a mega lo hei on Jan 24 and they stand a chance to win $10,000 worth of prizes. Be touched by the God of Fortune as he makes his weekend rounds at Jurong Point. He will be giving away $5,000 worth of hong pows and sharing the outlook for the various Chinese zodiac signs. Also catch the exciting finals of the I Just Wanna Sing competition on Jan 18 in the afternoon and see who walks away with prizes such as mall vouchers and music lessons. Simply spend a minimum of $50 at China Square Central, and you stand to take part in a lucky draw, with a top prize of $888 in cash. There are giveaways of hongbao packs and orange carriers too. This article was first published in The Sunday Times on Jan 18, 2009. |
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