Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Harry's Island

"Harry's Island is not a blueprint for a project that we intend to build
anywhere else in the world. There will only be one Harry's Island, and it
will belong only to Singapore." - Mark Advent, chairman of Eighth Wonder.

Is 8th Wonder trying to suck up to you-know-who?

20 Comments:

Blogger Xorpheus said...

Does the word "Harry's Land" got to do with the name "Harry Lee"...if you know who i'm refering to...hahahaha.

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 10:54:00 AM GMT+8  
Blogger JOEPSC said...

Mickell,

Agree with you about them sucking up to anyone they deem influential. I don't respect such move!

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 12:20:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger Fantasy "Sticky" Flier said...

Who got sucked? :P

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 1:30:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger Mockingbird said...

To Xorpheus: Precisely what i was talking about :)

To Joepsc: I guess when it comes fighting tough international competition to win a multi-billion dollar project, some businessmen would do anything, including dumping respect out the window.

To Fantasyflier: The 1st PM of Singapore :)

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 2:58:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger sereneannabelle said...

HARRY island??

sounds corny.
ahaa.

all singapore can think of to boost tourism. one day our island will just sink, i tell you.

Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 6:38:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger INVS 2.0 said...

xI respect the name of Harry Island. Since Lee Kuan Yew created Singapore and accoomplished tremedous missions to bring up Singapore of past and today, he deserves his "Harry" name on the IR Sentosa.

Friday, November 3, 2006 at 12:24:00 AM GMT+8  
Blogger Robin CHAN said...

haha.. I think someone has to do something to create attn.. or else, Singapore is just too small.

Friday, November 3, 2006 at 11:58:00 AM GMT+8  
Blogger seefei said...

but 8th wonder is really famous for the Harry Island brand!

Friday, November 3, 2006 at 4:38:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger Mockingbird said...

To Serendipity: Ha, ha, ha...! :D There has been jokes about how Singapore still hasn't sunk yet even though so many countless tons upon tons of earth has been dug out from underground to build the MRT tracks, expressways, etc. And all the digging is still ongoing with "everlasting" fervor.

To Righteous: It would be an irony if the 8th Wonder does eventually win the bid and get to call it Harry's Island because LKY said it was not him who decided to have the IRs with casinos in Singapore but his son and the current government who made the ultimate decision.

To Robin: Singapore is indeed too small. Only way to get attention is to create all these buzz full of hot air. As usual, more hot air than actual substance is the rule of the day.

To See Fei: But it would be an irony to have it named after the man who claimed it was not him who decided to finally allow casinos to run in Singapore.

To Dukester: I never knew anyone nicknamed as 9th Wonder.

Monday, November 6, 2006 at 6:08:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger Mockingbird said...

To Dukester: Wonderful creativity is needed to create new titles for this wonder indeed.

Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 5:07:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger Unknown said...

holy crap check this out:

http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=1202418

So will you be applying for a job with them soon? :D

Friday, November 10, 2006 at 1:35:00 AM GMT+8  
Blogger Mockingbird said...

To Mark: I would love to be able to work as a car-critic. Being able to drive at 340km/h legally as a police officer is extremely cool! :D I wish i have the credentials to get a job with them though.

Friday, November 10, 2006 at 10:25:00 AM GMT+8  
Blogger L B said...

Ah!!! Another cool blog!

Friday, November 10, 2006 at 3:22:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger Mockingbird said...

To L B: Thank you for your kind compliment :)

Friday, November 10, 2006 at 3:50:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger ....::sPellb0und::.... said...

cocky indeed!

Why do we need a Harry's Island?

Harry Island on Sentosa Island?

Friday, November 10, 2006 at 5:26:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger INVS 2.0 said...

I like this design. Hope Sentosa will transform into a futuristic island of wonders.

Monday, November 13, 2006 at 7:40:00 PM GMT+8  
Blogger Mockingbird said...

To Spellbound: Not so much on being cocky. More so being an outright oxymoron. 8th Wonder calls its other resorts around the world Harry's Island too.

To Lao Xing Zhou: If it's being futuristic you want, then Kerzner is the one that's the most futuristic. Lots of robots inside it.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 11:34:00 AM GMT+8  
Blogger NA said...

Oops! Did I hear Hairy's Island?

Heh heh!

Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 9:45:00 AM GMT+8  
Blogger Mockingbird said...

To Kurakat: It's Harry's Island pal :)

Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 11:54:00 AM GMT+8  
Blogger Steve Bell said...

If anyone is still interested, and I know it died, but we did some awesome animations of this bid. Check it out at: Harry's Island 3D animation

Steve
Archiform 3D

Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 11:26:00 PM GMT+8  

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