BRIDGES - both real and figurative - play a significant role in Johnson Chang Tsong- zung's life.

SHOP-CAFE. The term has been fleshed out too many times by businesses with half-baked shopping and dining components - and, as a result, no staying power.

THE Uniquely Singapore Clipper set off on the longest leg of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race earlier this week, starting Race 7 from Qingdao to San Francisco after a 10-day stopover in the Olympic sailing city.

THE Clipper Race alumni and Keppel's strong support for the event - through consistently encouraging staff to take part and making it a part of company culture - has led to a continuous cohort of Keppel ambassadors taking part.

A FORTNIGHT ago, ask most people here what they thought of figure skating, and chances are you would have been met with lots of puzzled looks and blank responses.

SINGAPORE motorists may soon get a wider range of less expensive Japanese cars built in Thailand, but ultimately, they will still not be as attractively priced as Korean models, say some distributors.

AUTHORISED Nissan distributor Tan Chong Motor Sales is confident of gaining a whopping 30 per cent of the light commercial vehicle (LCV) market when its new NV200 panel van enters the market next month.

SOUTH-EAST Asia's first full low-floor bus will hit the roads here soon.

There was a time when many would have called Singapore's fashion scene backward - no cult labels and certainly no space for mercurial, rising designers.

USP - those three letters are surely familiar to any working adult who has yawned through a boardroom Powerpoint presentation, but they're relatively new when it comes to describing a fashion collection. Until now, that is.

PEOPLE who recently forked out hefty sums for fancy high-definition flatscreen televisions might want to kick themselves for not waiting - because new TVs that display three-dimensional (3D) images will be arriving soon.

IT'S a place where sun-seekers and live turkeys like to hang out, whether to eat or tan, without letting fears of skin cancer or capture get the better of them.