928 is the Day

Yes! "Kow Yee Fatt" or September 28 in Cantonese (an auspicious number), will be the day F1 GP is coming to Singapore. The Singapore Grand Prix will be F1's first night race and the 15th stop of 2008's 18-leg season. Hotels around the proposed circuit like Swissotel-The Stamford and Pan Pacific Singapore have started to get room bookings. This is despite the Government's will be adding a special F1 Cess Tax of 30 per cent to defray the cost of staging the expensive F1 event.

Bacause of the strict laws banning tobacco advertisements in Singapore the publication or display of any acknowledgement of sponsorship of a tobacco company would, as a general rule, be prohibited.

Updated On: 09.09.21