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Think pink
S I N G A P O R E
Watsons Singapore has
adopted the Breast Cancer Foundation as its
official charity, donating SGD80,000
(USD62,500) so far. All 102 stores in Singa-
pore have been involved in a variety of
fund-raising activities including selling pink
ribbon pins and organising the Watsons Pink
Ribbon Walk/Run 2010 in October.
500 reasons to
celebrate
P O L A N D Rossmann Poland celebrated opening its
500th store in November, at the Royal Castle in
Warsaw. A party was held to mark this milestone,
which is in line with A S Watson’s expansion strategy
of reaching 10,000 stores this year.
Beauty on parade
M A I N L A N D C H I N A Guests at Le Parc
and Regency Oasis had a lovely
surprise when 10 contestants in the
Miss International Beauty Pageant
dropped by for a chat. The aim of
the informal visit was to help the
beautiful girls to improve their
Putonghua.
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