Weihnachtsstimmung - Impulse Singapur

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3 Editorial
Inhalt, Impressum, About us – 4
6 Singapur Aktuell
Weihnachtsstimmung auf der Orchard Road
Lebende „Weihnachtsbäume“ im Korallenriff
8 Im Fokus
Mitausreisende Ehemänner
12 Informationen
Singapurs „Schwimmende Therapeuten“ – 12
Singapur: Die sauberste Stadt der Welt? – 14
Deutscher Wein ist wieder IN… – 16
Klimaschutzkonferenz auf Bali: Alle in einem Boot? – 18
20 Kunst und Kultur
Mode und traditionelles Kunsthandwerk miteinander
verwoben – 20
Werke berühmter indischer Künstler erstmals in
Singapur – 21
Veranstaltungskalender – 22
25 Sport
Golftermine
26 Reise
Stadt, Land, Bucht – der Norden von Vietnam
30 Aus der Gemeinde
Deutsche Botschaft: Internationale
Bildungskooperationen: Asien und Europa – 30
Swiss House: Hochschulmesse „Study in Europe“ – 31
Deutsch-Europäische Schule:
Neuer GESS-Kalender 2008 – 33
Evangelische Kirche: Weihnachtslicht – 34
Katholische Kirche: Euch ist heute der
Retter geboren – 35
36 Tipps
Restaurant: Die schönste Form des Afternoon Tea – 36
Buch: Die Liste der Lügen – 36
IT: Aufräumen der PC-Festplatte – 37
38 German Association – Deutsches Haus
Treffpunkte und Aktivitäten
41 Kontakte und Adressen
Schweizer Institutionen und Organisationen – 41
Österreichische Institutionen und Organisationen – 41
Deutsche Institutionen und Organisationen – 42
Redaktionsschluss der Januar-Ausgabe für Artikel:
Mittwoch, 5. Dezember
Inhalt Impressum
Editor: Heiko Schulze, E-Mail: editor@impulse.org.sg • Contributers:
Markus Beile, Nurcan Cale, Tobias Dietrich, Hans-Joachim Fogl, Dieter
Gumpert, Martine Hager, Petra Hurlebusch, Isabel Läderach, Vera Lainck,
Dorothea Neumann, Simone Potocki, Melanie Quarré, Marius Rummel,
Stefan van der Valk, Nicole Wittkopf • Advertising & Marketing:
Tobias Dietrich, Mobile: 9857 0815; Monika Fischer, Mobile: 9273 3020 •
Advertising Enquiry: E-Mail: sales@impulse.org.sg, Fax: 6467 8816
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Fax: 6471 1055, E-Mail: creative@oart.com.sg • Publisher: German
Association – Deutsches Haus, 61A Toh Tuck Road, Singapore 596300,
E-Mail: info@impulse.org.sg.
[Dezember 2007]
The Magazine for the German-speaking Community in Singapore
Weihnachtsstimmung
und „Weihnachtsbäume“
Mitausreisende Ehemänner:
Rollentausch in Singapur
Stadt, Land, Bucht –
der Norden von Vietnam
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„Weihnachtsbaumwurm“ im Korallenriff,
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