Monday, March 19, 2012

An Article a Day - Goodbye East Coast Park McDonald's 29.2.2012

SINGAPORE - It was a (1)___________where many Singaporeans had their first dates, break-ups, and birthday celebrations.

Today, after more than 30 years and over 25 million customers, the McDonald's (2)____________ a place where food is served, which opened on Jan 20, 1982, at Marine Cove in East Coast Park will roll down its (3)___________ metal covers that can be closed or opened for the very last time, at the stroke of midnight.

The landlord, National Parks Board, will be redeveloping the area.

For many - football fans, chalet-goers, campers, and fitness buffs (4)___________ adv. in a very similar way- the popular restaurant's closing is a rueful occasion.

Said sales executive Jason Seah, 35: "I have many wonderful memories of the place - from when I was a child, through my (5)__________ between 13 and 19 years old years, to now. I'm really sad to see it close."

Mdm Siti Rahim, 40, added: "It's been there for so many years, it'll be strange that it will no longer be there."

On the restaurant's Facebook page, some 370 people have (6)____________ put up comments, many saying they will miss the place badly.

To mark the outlet's (7)_____________ the situation when a shop is closed and its move to East Coast Seafood Centre, some 1.5km away, a McDonald's spokesperson said it will hold a fun walk for customers and staff at 8.45am. There will also be games and other activities. Teo Xuanwei


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Leave your answers as comments.

Part Two:
Have you been to this MacDonald's outlet? Ask your parents if they had been to this MacDonald's outlet when they were in their teens. Would they miss this place after its closure? Why?

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  1. 1)place
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    yes,my parents missed the shop.they had gone there when they were young.The waitress and waiter were very friendly.

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  2. 1.place
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    i have been to the Mc Donald's restaurant.
    no,my parents have not been to to the Mc Donald's restaurant during their teens age.

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  3. 1.place
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    No, I have not been there before nor have my parents so they wouldn't feel a thing after it closes

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  4. Natalie Tan Chu YiMarch 19, 2012 at 4:01 PM

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    No,I have not been there before nor have my parents so they wouldn't feel a thing after it closes

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    1. wow! your answers are the same as stanleys!

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    2. True true. Wierd thing eh? Maybe Copy and paste AHAHAHA

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    3. lol cannot copy and paste....

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    4. who wanna copy n paste when u got answers in ye head.

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    1. wheres ye part too ivannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

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    2. oops...sorry.hehheh.

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  6. I will sure miss this McDonald's outlet. I remember the times when my friends and I would visit the outlet for some vanilla ice-cream after a day of roller blading at the East Coast Park. As my secondary school was in the area, the ECP was a place we always frequent!

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    1. Hi Miss Liew and I welcome you as a new member of our blog :)

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    2. Thanks both of you! Nice to see you participating in class today!

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  7. 1.place
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  8. 1.]PLACE
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    YELONG

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  9. I THINK MY PARENTS WILL MISS IT WHEN THEY THINK OF ALL THOSE FUN ACTIVITIES TO PLAY.
    YELONG

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    me and my parents have not come to this mcdonald outlet before. we will not be sad if it closes down. there will be other mcdonald outlets at other places so even if i have been there before and it closes down, i can just go to the outlets near my house like i usually do

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    They went before to McDonald outlet before. They will miss the outlet as they enjoy there very much when they are teens.

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  12. 1.) place
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    They went to the McDonald outlet before. They will miss the outlet as they enjoy it there when they were teens.

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  13. 1.place
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    They went before to Mcdonald when they first met. They will miss it very much.

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  14. My answers are
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    My parents have been to Mc Donalds restaurant before but they will not miss the food there as they do not fancy or like the food.I will really miss the food there even though it is very unhewalthy.I will really miss the ice-craem that they served and the fries...the pancakes and the brakfast burgers.

    Alisha

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    1. ye got craemp in ye hand when ye typed this, q-mark.?

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  15. 1.place
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    My parents and I have not went to this outlet before.Even if this outlet closes down,we can just go to other outlets in Singapore

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  16. 1.place
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    My parent have been there .My mother said she really miss that place as it hold so much memory. I think it is a wonderfuly place

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  17. 1.place
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    I had been to this MacDonald's outlet.Since my parents did not grow up in Singapore,they had not been there when they were teenagers,but they have been there once when they visited Singapore.So,they feel that they like that place but they will not miss that place as this MacDonald outlet was not a very special place for them.

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  18. 1.place
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    My parents have been there. They said that they miss that place very much.

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    My mother had been there before.She enjoyed her fruitful time with her best friends.They went to stay at the chalet as the area have a park and fun things to play.She also went to the mcdonalds to eat.She is sure going to miss the time she had with her best friends over there.It was the last moments she spent before she ever came out with her friends ever again.

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  20. 1 place
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    My mother never gone there before

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  21. 1. Place 2.restaurant 3 shutters 4. Think 5 Teens 6.poster 7.closure My mother had not gone there before.

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  22. 1.place
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    No,i have not been there before nor have my parents so they wouldn't feel a thing after it closes.

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  23. 1. place
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    No, my parents had not gone there before.

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  24. Jevon Tan Jing Hong ( 13 )March 19, 2012 at 8:18 PM

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    No, my parents and i have never went there before so we would not be affected.

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  25. 1. Place
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    No, my parents will not be affected as they did not went there before

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  26. 1]place
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    No, as my parents grew up in the Philippines.

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  27. 1)place
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    No,my parents live in malaysia in the past.

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  28. 1.place
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    No I had never went there before but my mother went there before.Yes because I wanted to go there and have the food they made at the East Cost Park McDonalds but, this place will be demolished.

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  29. 1.place
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    I have been to the East Coast Park McDonald's.My parents have went there before when they were in their teens.They would not miss it as my parents do not like to eat McDonald's.

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  30. 1. Place
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    My mother didn't really miss the closure of that outlet cause not too often she been there and nearly outlets were the same to her.

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  31. 1.place
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    I have been to east coast park McDonald's since I was 4 years old.Although they gone there twice,I went to that same old McDonalds with my goh goh and my jeh jeh.i would never forget that the place as I remembered that I went there fro about 16 times.why must they really need to demolish the mcdonalds stall!at least I took photos of the stall to let me forget that place.i only wished that the stall was upgraded...

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  32. 1.place
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    I have been to ECP many times including the times when I went with my student care. We played games like soccer. I wished that would not be closed. Wishing that the landlord would changes his decision.

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    1. Most of the time I will go to McDonald's. I remembered once I went there to eat value meal. It was a very good experienced that I wil never forget in my entire life. It was very big and spacious inside, the cashier was also kind and friendly.I hope the landlord will change his mind and decide to upgrade it to be bigger and even more spacious than before.

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  33. 1.place
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    I have been to ECP McDonald many times and I always have good memories there. Most of the time I will go to McDonald's after cycling or rollerblading. I remembered once I went there to eat value meal. It was a very good experienced that I wil never forget in my entire life. It was very big and spacious inside, the cashier was also kind and friendly.I hope the landlord will change his mind and decide to upgrade it to be bigger and even more spacious than before.

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