Leegalized corruption @ work, given that the event is funded using STPeeB's $?
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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Guests at a Grand Prix fashion party are held up after keys to 50 cars are misplaced </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Cara Van Miriah
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->What is the key to hosting a successful party? For those who attended the Stylo Fashion Grand Prix Singapore party on Friday, they could arguably say 'car key' after what happened that night.
Some of the 1,000 guests were held up for more than an hour when valets could not locate 50 cars due to misplaced keys.
Local comedienne Patricia Mok, 36, waited 11/2 hours before her friend got back her key at midnight.
The event, at the Mercedes-Benz Centre in Alexandra Road, was organised by Stylo International. It was the brainchild of Datuk Nancy Yeoh, a Malaysian who runs RAPR Mileage Communications, a public relations firm in Kuala Lumpur.
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Those who used valet parking had to hand in a ticket to the valet to retrieve their car. But trouble brewed when the valets could not find some of the keys. In some cases, the ticket stubs were tagged to the wrong keys.
At 11pm, partygoers crowded round the valet station desperately trying to find their keys.
At 11.45pm, one female guest was about to drive off in her Honda when she found two sets of keys and three ticket stubs in her car.
One set belonged to Ms Mok's friend. A hysterical Ms Mok, who was on her way to the Amber Lounge party in Temasek Avenue, said: 'What was our key doing in another car? If the driver hadn't asked me whether the key belonged to us, we would have had to stay there the whole night.'
IT director Nick Choo and a female friend also waited anxiously, from 11.50pm to 1.20am.
Mr Choo, who drives a Volvo convertible, said: 'I spotted my car but the valets just didn't know where my key was.
'Everyone was so tired waiting there. It's a shame that the guests had to put up with the organiser's inefficiency.'
=> Valets are Msians?
The event, supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, was part of the Singapore Grand Prix highlights.
At about 11.45pm, organisers tried to calm irate guests, handing out product samples and jewellery discount cards.
Asked about the mix-up, none of the eight confused-looking, uniformed valets could give an explanation.
A Stylo spokesman told The Sunday Times: 'We apologise for all the inconvenience caused due to the high volume of cars as we had over 1,000 guests.'
Although he could not say how many cars had been valet-parked, he estimated that the parking space at the Mercedes-Benz Centre could take up to 300 vehicles.
He added that the event had been a success 'based on the guests' feedback'.
Well-heeled guest Celine Tan, 43, felt otherwise: 'I expected a gourmet buffet spread. Instead, all of us, who were dressed in expensive gowns, had to be content with eating nasi lemak wrapped in pandan leaves, curry chicken and kueh pieti.'
But actor-host Gurmit Singh, who waited about 35 minutes for his car, praised the well put-together fashion show that featured local designers Heng Nam Nam and Francis Cheong.
The spokesman said all cars had been returned to their owners by midnight. [email protected]
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Valet foul-up at red carpet event
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Guests at a Grand Prix fashion party are held up after keys to 50 cars are misplaced </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Cara Van Miriah
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->What is the key to hosting a successful party? For those who attended the Stylo Fashion Grand Prix Singapore party on Friday, they could arguably say 'car key' after what happened that night.
Some of the 1,000 guests were held up for more than an hour when valets could not locate 50 cars due to misplaced keys.
Local comedienne Patricia Mok, 36, waited 11/2 hours before her friend got back her key at midnight.
The event, at the Mercedes-Benz Centre in Alexandra Road, was organised by Stylo International. It was the brainchild of Datuk Nancy Yeoh, a Malaysian who runs RAPR Mileage Communications, a public relations firm in Kuala Lumpur.
=> Like this also need FTrash? And see how they cock up the event!
Those who used valet parking had to hand in a ticket to the valet to retrieve their car. But trouble brewed when the valets could not find some of the keys. In some cases, the ticket stubs were tagged to the wrong keys.
At 11pm, partygoers crowded round the valet station desperately trying to find their keys.
At 11.45pm, one female guest was about to drive off in her Honda when she found two sets of keys and three ticket stubs in her car.
One set belonged to Ms Mok's friend. A hysterical Ms Mok, who was on her way to the Amber Lounge party in Temasek Avenue, said: 'What was our key doing in another car? If the driver hadn't asked me whether the key belonged to us, we would have had to stay there the whole night.'
IT director Nick Choo and a female friend also waited anxiously, from 11.50pm to 1.20am.
Mr Choo, who drives a Volvo convertible, said: 'I spotted my car but the valets just didn't know where my key was.
'Everyone was so tired waiting there. It's a shame that the guests had to put up with the organiser's inefficiency.'
=> Valets are Msians?
The event, supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, was part of the Singapore Grand Prix highlights.
At about 11.45pm, organisers tried to calm irate guests, handing out product samples and jewellery discount cards.
Asked about the mix-up, none of the eight confused-looking, uniformed valets could give an explanation.
A Stylo spokesman told The Sunday Times: 'We apologise for all the inconvenience caused due to the high volume of cars as we had over 1,000 guests.'
Although he could not say how many cars had been valet-parked, he estimated that the parking space at the Mercedes-Benz Centre could take up to 300 vehicles.
He added that the event had been a success 'based on the guests' feedback'.
Well-heeled guest Celine Tan, 43, felt otherwise: 'I expected a gourmet buffet spread. Instead, all of us, who were dressed in expensive gowns, had to be content with eating nasi lemak wrapped in pandan leaves, curry chicken and kueh pieti.'
But actor-host Gurmit Singh, who waited about 35 minutes for his car, praised the well put-together fashion show that featured local designers Heng Nam Nam and Francis Cheong.
The spokesman said all cars had been returned to their owners by midnight. [email protected]
