For those who are visiting Singapore today, Tangs, one of the big shopping centres will be closed. Its to commemorate their founder, Mr C.K. Tang. He is indeed, a home-grown retailer of Singapore.

Its quite meaningful for the management of this shopping centre to do this. For more on the history of the Tang family and Mr C.K Tang:
http://timesofmylife.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/cktang-詩家董/
Yes, its very rare for a big store to close but this is a very nice gesture.
ReplyDeleteMr C K Tang was the epitome of the self-made multi-millionaire who literally made good from rags to riches.
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