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Bringing clean air into offices

Posted on 22 Sep 2009 | Comments Off

JAMIE LEE meets the partners of IEQ Global who aim to improve Singapore’s indoor environment

THE founders of IEQ Global are passionate about getting rid of dust particles. The company, brainchild of two grandsons of retail magnate CK Tang – Jeffrey and Keith Tang – works closely with corporate clients and households alike to dramatically improve the quality of their office and living space environment.

Dust busters: (from left) Jeffrey Tang, Ong Wei Ping and Gan Chih Jou

Their aim is to bring the clean and fresh air that the two brothers experienced in New Zealand back to Singapore.

Both had previously been based in New Zealand for about 16 years running a chain of hotels known as Heritage Hotel.

The hotel group was started with the $50 million that the family received after their father, the late Tang Wee Cheng, gave up control of Dynasty Hotel to their uncles.

Together with their partners – ex-psychologist Ong Wei Ping and engineer Gan Chih Jou – the brothers began looking at ways to improve the indoor environment since Singapore is ‘very indoors, very air-conditioned’, said managing director Jeffrey Tang in a recent interview with The Business Times. He noted that much of the pollution in Singapore was due to external factors such as forest fires in Indonesia. Continue reading →

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New Orchard mall targets youth

Posted on 21 Sep 2009 | Comments Off

YET another mall will go up on Orchard Road next year, but it will distinguish itself by giving only 30 per cent of its space to retail, or food and beverage businesses.

The rest of the space in the five- storey building will go to a wide range of facilities aimed at nurturing youth talent and developing a vibrant community for young people.

*Scape, which will sit on a 12,000 sq m plot next to Orchard Cineleisure, will be ready in March. It will be in addition to the *Scape Youth Park across the road.

The $40 million building will position itself as an iconic youth brand and be a youth-engagement hub, said its general manager Evelyn Lau.

Its third storey, for instance, will have dance, music and recording studios for budding musicians, and its fourth, new media production suites and editing studios for those keen on generating new media content.

Those who want to put up a drama or musical performance can do so at a theatre, which can seat 600. Continue reading →