Shanghai CentreMay/June 2009 Time to travel Book your next holiday at Shanghai Centre Great Escapes Shanghai Centre Talk Summer time and the living is easy, as soulful Nina Simone once sang, but, Dear Residents and Tenants, as anyone whose sweltered through a Shanghai summer will tell you, the First of all, thank you Alex for giving me this opportunity to introduce myself and our department! I am Benjamin Kam city’s 20 million people and towering and for the past 8 years I have taken on the role of Finance Director of Shanghai Centre. I don’t want to bore your too much monolithic skyscrapers turn the with details of what we do in the finance department but sufficient to say that the main part of our job is to collect rents and downtown of Shanghai into an urban keep the operation running smoothly with our payments. When you come to our department’s window of the world – the oven. Residents of Shanghai Centre cashier office to pay your bills, you can look for me or our staff. We will be glad to explain any questions that you may have wishing to escape the all encompassing on your invoice or statement. Over the years we found many of the new arrivals in China may find the China banking sys- humidity are in luck, however, as right tem different than what they are used to. If you have banking questions you can also let us know. Our staff is happy to guide on their very doorstep are some you through the labyrinth of the local banking system! experts in the field of travel. Here to give us the lowdown The summer is just around the corner. With the temperatures heating up you can enjoy refreshing drinks at The Portman Ritz- on their respective countries Benjamin Kam Carlton Shanghais' newest outlet “Chill”. It is located behind our newly completed water feature in front of the motor court. are some of the airlines located Finance Director Also, there is a brand new pool bar menu available for you and your family while taking a refreshing dip in the pool or working in the Shanghai Centre. on your tan. If you would like to invite friends over to barbeque or relax under the sun why not try our charcoal BBQ on the east side of the terrace garden. As an alternative you can also practice your teppanyaki skills on the electric grill located on the To Russia With Love west side of the terrace garden. You can book either one of the venues by calling the Customer Service Department. To the north of China is Russia, the great and, to some extent mysterious, May is the time for our Annual Golf Tournament and this year we have selected the East Ocean Golf course in Taicang! A landmass that spans two continents. few of our residents and me tested it out recently. The course condition is perfect, nice green with true roll. Can’t blame Yuri Guqin, General Manager of the ground if your putt does not sink! As a true hacker in golf I would like to advise all the participants to bring a lot of golf Aeroflot Russian Airlines, the Russian balls. The course is narrow and has no recoveries as there are plenty of OB and water hazards. The course is challenging and national carrier, enthusiastically states his I am eying on the lucky draw prizes only! As usual our sponsors have been generous and we will have plenty of prizes. Be case for his home country. Russia has a sure to join us! I am looking forward to a great golf day with you! long and colourful past, from Tsarist Russia through to the Communist period, and has always written its history large on the world stage, and, says Guqin, “the World Heritage List has 23 historical monuments which are situated in Russia.” Moscow, the country’s capital, has perhaps some of the most iconic, such as the Red Message from Vivian Square, one of the most famous city squares in the world. Opposite this is The Kremlin, the former レジデントの皆様 palace of Russian royalty and now residence of the Time Russian President, and St. Basil’s Cathedral, whose beautiful striped, onion-shaped domes make it one 初夏の爽やかな風を楽しむころとなりまして、皆様がお元気ですか。 of the most distinctive buildings in the world. 上海商城ショートタームステイ年末年始キャンペーンがご好評を頂き、感謝致しま Away from the cities, the endless steppes す。また、夏のキャンペーンがそろそろ始まります。2009年6月1日から2009年8月 popularized in Russia literature are breathtaking, some of theto country’s traditional fare.Travel “There will Nippon Airways Office in Shanghai Centre was 31日まで、上海商城ショートタームステイをご予約頂くと、宿泊料金が30%オフー but Guqin reminds not to leave without sampling be pirozhki (savoury Russian pies that are often keen to pitch her country. “Japan is not far from でご利用頂けます。是非、この機会にショートタームステイをご利用下さい。詳細は filled with beef and onion),” reminisces Guqin, Shanghai, only about three hour’s flight time,” 上海商城リース部（Sally Qi）までお問い合わせください。(TEL:6279-8665) “and syrniki (a sort of cheese pancake served with she says, noting that Japanese culture and fashion Russia a sweet condiment).” He also recommends that are very influential in Shanghai and China as a バーベキューに最適なシーズンがやってきました。上海商城主催のバーベキューパー visitors from China sample the Russian version whole. She would recommend visitors to go to the of a dumpling called a pelmeni, which is usually northern island of Hokkaido, saying “It is a beautiful Vivian Zhang ティーは6月初旬に開催予定です。爽やかな風が吹くなか、おいしい料理を召し上が Leasing Executive れば夏の気分を十分楽しんでいただけると思います。また、お子様向けのサマーキャ stuffed with meat and vegetables and seasoned with place. You can go skiing and bathe in hot springs black pepper and onion. in winter and go on a lavender tour in summer.” ンプは6月下旬に始まりますので、豊富多彩なイベントやクラスを用意しております The island is famous for its flowers and the months ので、楽しい夏休みをお過ごし下さい。 Visitors to Russia on May 9 can experience ‘Victory of May and June sees Hokkaido’s hills and fields Day’, when the entire country celebrates the victory carpeted in purple lavender flowers. また皆様から上海商城へのご意見、ご要望もお待ちしております。 over Nazi Germany in WWII through numerous military parades. Aside from the bombastic In Wu Yi’s opinion, Japan’s most attractive qualities 上海商城 リース部 celebrations, May and June are particularly good are the natural beauty of its scenery and the quality times to visit Russia, as the country, often viewed as and taste of its food, because, as she says, “you being in a perpetual winter, has particularly hot and can enjoy both with your eyes and your mouth.” sunny weather at this time. Japan’s cuisine is legendary, with Tokyo surpassing Paris last year in terms of three-starred Michelin Shanghai Centre Management Office Suite 710, 1376 Nanjing Rd. West, Shanghai 200040 China Tel: 6279 8600 Fax: 6279 8610 Now to Japan restaurants, and the range of options from sashimi Kurt Sigouin Property Services Director Tel: 6279 8600 ext 6759 / Jenny Jiang Customer Service Manager Tel: 6279 8600 ext 6627 Closer to home, geographically and culturally, is and sushi, through to teppanyaki and yakitori, are Tomoko Ueno Japanese Customer Relations Manager Tel: 6279 8600 ext 6678 /Alex De Ceuster Marketing Director Tel: 6279 8600 ext 6615 Please direct all enquiries to [email protected] Japan and Wu Yi, Passenger Sales Manger at the as diverse as they are delicious. The seafood in Shanghai Centre May|June PRODUCTION Joseph Jones Editor / Tiger Hu Art Director / Samuel Zhang Product Manager 3 Kidstuff Japan Turkey Philippines particular, unsurprisingly perhaps given Japan is for CNY 9,800 for eight days stay including tax and 7 Little Pig(let)s A Night at the Movies an island, is especially fine although the prices do accommodation at a 4-star hotel. You will have to visit Going to school is fun… definitely at Friday evenings are now marked on the residents’ calendar as Kids’ Movie Centre News tend to reflect this. a travel agent or book online, however, as the office in the Shanghai Centre Preschool! Night! Young and old get together for a movie screening at the Resident Shanghai Centre does not handle tour groups but does Lounge and the hungry ones can even book a specially designed set –menu New Resident Lounge Residents of Shanghai Centre can get tourist do individual tickets and can provide information. Seven kids of the Butterfly class from Tables Restaurant. Just before the start of the summer, we will information and experience the renowned brought the story of the Little Pigs have a new resident lounge on the 8th floor of Japanese customer service at the counter of the and the Big Bad Wolf back to life New Arts program the West apartment Tower! Our newly fitted- Tropical Philippines out lounge will be right around the corner Nippon Airways Office. The airline is offering a Sometimes we just want to escape city life and during their first ever performance on Masques designing, portrait drawing and paper mache are just some of the of our current Reading Room. The spacious summer promotion called HAYAWARI 21 from Gerard O. Panga, Tourism Attaché at the Philippine the big stage in the Shanghai Centre creative activities taught during the bi-weekly art-class at Shanghai Centre. All room with comfortable sofas, huge tv, bar and 15 May to 30 June 2009, where, if you buy the Tourism Office in Shanghai Centre, believes Theatre. A big thank you to Miss kids six and up are invited to join. conference table will be ideal for meetings, ticket 21 days before departure, you receive a prize. that the Philippines, the closest tropical country Christy for the art-direction and Miss mini-parties and private events. In addition, a roundtrip economy ticket to Tokyo destination to China, is just that. Panga estimates Lily for designing the stage props! For more info, please contact the Marketing Department at ext.