SINGAPORE: Apple opened its first Southeast Asia store in Singapore on Saturday, drawing hundreds of excited fans to the swanky two-storey site in the city’s upmarket shopping district. Hundreds of shoppers camped out in anticipation of the launch, while more than a thousand thronged the store soon after the doors opened, an Agence France-Presse reporter observed. I have participated in the official store openings in Macau, Guangzhou and Nanjing,” he told Agence France-Presse. The tech behemoth has almost 500 stores globally with more than a million visitors daily. A regional transport, business and financial hub, Singapore attracted 16.4 million visitors last year.

Source: Manila Times May 27, 2017 06:11 UTC