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Close friendships forged with hotel colleagues made Mohamed Hassan Syed Ismail stay for 50 years
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Mr Mohamed Hassan Syed Ismail has been working in Goodwood Park Hotel for 50 years, and is currently an F&B associate at the hotel’s Coffee Lounge.
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SINGAPORE – Mr Mohamed Hassan Syed Ismail is a fount of knowledge on Orchard Road.
Before Ion Orchard mall opened in 2009, he recalls the space was formerly an open area above Orchard MRT station. Before Ngee Ann City opened in 1993, there was a 10-storey building at the site called Ngee Ann Building.
