Newsday, 28 Jul 2009, Associated Press
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore, where shopping is a beloved national pastime, is betting three massive new malls on the island's main retail strip can thrive despite a limp global economy.
The revamp of the city-state's famous Orchard Road, along with two resorts featuring the country's first casinos opening next year, is part of the government's plans to make Singapore a regional tourist and shopping mecca and fuel a rebound from its worst recession ever.
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