Singapore News - A new Covid-19 cluster has emerged at the hawker centre and wet market at blocks 20 and 21 in Marsiling Lane. Senior Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad, an MP for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, said in a Facebook post yesterday that the venue would be closed from yesterday. Read more at www.tnp.sg
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NIUM CEO Prajit Nanu makes a case for a balance between monetary policy and de-throttling of international payments
Prajit Nanu, CEO & Co-Founder NIUM India is a multi-faceted nation in more aspects than one can count. As a Fintech entrepreneur who is a little bit tongue in cheek, I always point to our domestic versus cross-border payments dichotomy as the most glaring example of how right we can get it when we try. And how wrong it can go when we don’t. Domestic payments in India, for as long as most millennials will remember, have been a breeze. The fact that most users do not know or care about what goes on behind the scenes in Unified Payments Interface (UPI) or Immediate Payments Service (IMPS), or their wallet of choice, is the truest testament to how well we have done. Success in payments is defined by how inconspicuous and invisible they can become. So imagine how miserably we must have failed at cross border for the average customer to know what a “reason
But, this promises to be different, located at the rather ‘happening’ Bukit Merah area (and I can imagine a few other websites – the usual suspects, writing about this place soon.)
This café is located at The Mill. Where?
The Mill is a neo-gothic building at Jalan Kilang (kind of near ABC Brickworks Food Centre).
It has been described as an “amalgamation of post-industrial American architectural influences, cast alongside a fortified Gothic tower, and rooted in industrial Singapore.”
A twin-tower that is 45 metres high, dark, alluring, eye-catching, which some may describe as “the Batman building”.
If the gothic design reminds of Parkview Square, that is because they both share the same architect – American James Adam.
Orchard Road is one of the to-go places during the year-end period for the Christmas lights, shopping and dining out with friends.
If you are heading to Orchard Road, this is an update of DFD’s previous entry of ”10 NEW Cafes At Orchard Road”, featuring more of the relatively new names of brunch places, cafes and dessert shops on the shopping belt.
For convenience, I listed them in order of direction from Tanglin Road to Somerset area.
Pano Kato
Tel: +65 6235 5056
Grill, Pizza and Deli at Tanglin Mall
As I was a fan of House Of AnLi, it didn’t take me too long to head over to Pano Kato located just a level below.