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from yahoo : New jobs laws bite into Singapore food outlets, rents Singapore's restrictions on importing foreign labor have made it tough for the city-state's retailers and food outlets to find workers, limiting expansion plans and damping retail rents. "Almost everyone is facing labor problems," said Alan Cheong, senior director for Singapore at real-estate service provider Savills, citing feedback from the company's retail team. The Singapore government, which has faced public opposition to the country's liberal immigration policies, has announced a slew of measures this year to limit the influx of foreign workers to ease pressures on the public transportation system and housing cost increases. Foreigners - which make up almost 40 percent of Singapore's population of 5.4 million - are an important source of cheap employment, particularly for the country's manufacturing, construction and services sectors. "It's holding back the expansion plans of tenants and as a result of that, the demand for space was lacking in the third quarter. That caused rents to be a bit soft," Cheong said. Savills noted rents for the third quarter in the prime Orchard Road shopping belt slipped 1.5 percent from the second quarter, while the vacancy rate rose to 7.7 percent from 7.3 percent a quarter earlier. The company attributes the developments to the foreign labor restrictions stymieing retailers' expansion plans. read more of the stories, link : http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/jobs-laws-bite-singapore-food-232916973.html Prepare for a $10/- a bowl of fishball noodle or $2.50 per cup of kopi sui-tai at a normal coffee shop ....

Don't take so much chilli sauce and napkins next time...... http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1200496/1/.html

Hi guys, am planning a day trip up north with my family this week to Johor Premium Outlets. Did a few quick search but cannot seem to find the address, likewise any useful map to this spot. Wonder any kind souls been there yet so as to 'guide' me the route to this site. Am also holding a Garmin GPS but do not think the map have this spot. Nevertheless, please do let me know the address or best the postal code(which work best with Garmin set) to key into to lead me to this spot. All information are deeply appreciated! Thank in advance as well! :)

Was there earlier, please was fairly packed. There's cafe's/rest. However place isn't what it's hype out to be. Many run of the mills brands & pricing are only slightly cheaper for most items in the given shop + lots of off season stuffs. Selection damn 'selected' + lots of brands have yet to open. Should you make your way there? Best wait 1-2 more wks when more shops/brands are open. There's dining & cafe- carparks machiam free (don't know for how long).

Anyone knows whereabout of premium factory outlets in/near San Franciso besides Gilroy? I will not be driving there and so I want to mininize on cab fare. Appreciate any advice :)

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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1026289 Burberry, Coach, Polo, Ralph Lauren, Prada, Armani, Canali, Ferragamo!!! All at a cheaper price!!! by 25-60% off!!! wonder where is the place.... JB BOLEH!!!!

will this ever happen to ours? yeah right..... S Korea begins 'wide-ranging' probe of petrol stations on pricing South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Thursday it has opened a "wide-ranging" probe into alleged price collusion by retail outlets as part of government's efforts to curb rising retail oil products prices. "We launched investigations this week into suspected price collusion by some 200 major petrol stations across the country," the Fair Trade Commission said. The agency had conducted probes into pricing by oil stations along the highways in the past, but this is the first time that it is investigating almost all major retail outlets across the country. "There is the possibility that petrol stations have rigged prices of gasoline, diesel, LPG and other fuels," a regulator said. According to state-run Korea National Oil Corp., the country's average gasoline prices rose to Won 1,950/liter ($1.6/liter) in September, up from Won 1,290/liter late last year. Since last May, the country's oil refiners have been obliged to post the prices of products sold at their retail outlets as well as of those they supply to independent petrol stations. The government has also allowed stations to trade oil products from more than one refiner, a move aimed at boosting competition among refiners so as to reduce retail prices. In the past, petrol stations were permitted to sell only one brand of fuel based on a supply contract with one refiner. The antitrust agency also said it would strengthen monitoring of the country's four refiners to prevent possible price collusion, noting that SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil and Hyundai Oilbank dominated the country's oil market with a combined 98.5% share. The agency also called on the government to relax regulations on oil product imports to ease the oligopoly in the country's oil market. In response, the government has been working to ease gasoline import rules to help bring down domestic prices. The series of moves came after President Lee Myung-Bak ordered his Cabinet to find out why domestic oil prices remained strong despite the recent pullback in international crude prices. The Fair Trade Commission also said it had completed its probe into local LPG providers and found they had rigged prices for the past six years. The providers include SK Energy's affiliate SK Gas, GS Caltex, S-Oil and E1, among others. "The FTC recently informed the LPG providers of the results of the probe and plans to impose fines on them next month," the agency said.

Hi, I heard of some factory outlets along Woodlands Terrace that sells food / goodies. Anyone have any info on them such as Name / Address / Type of Food / Opening Hours over the next 2 wks b4 CNY? Beside Woodlands Terrace, any other places where u can find lots of factory outlets in one area?