Reuters
30th Jan 2008
By Melissa Chia
SINGAPORE, Jan 30 (Reuters Life!) - Golden rat figurines and tasseled red lanterns are crammed into shophouse windows, and pre-recorded soundtracks of firecrackers echo off the walls.
Singapore's Chinatown presents the perfect image of a city in the grip of festivities for the Chinese lunar Year of the Rat. But duck into a back street travel agent and a different picture emerges. >>>> More
