Organisers Advise On Road Closures During The Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010
Organisers Advise On Road Closures During The Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010
Singapore, 1 December 2010 - The highly anticipated, inaugural Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010 is taking place on Sunday, 5 December 2010 with a record number of 60,000 runners. With three different routes marked out for the race, the Singapore Sports Council, the organiser of the Marathon, would like to advise the public on the road closures and traffic diversions expected on race day.
The organiser has made every effort to minimise and mitigate disruption to road traffic with earlier start times across all race categories. Traffic diversions will also be done in stages, with traffic flow fully restored in all areas progressively.
With the Full Marathon starting at Orchard Road at 5am, the Half Marathon at Sentosa at 6.30am, and the 10km at the Esplanade Bridge at 7.45am, members of the public are advised to plan alternative routes to get to the affected areas.
Key areas closed to the public include:
Marina Bay Area
Sentosa and Telok Blangah Area
Chinatown Area
Mountbatten and East Coast Area
Orchard Area
City and Suntec Area
More information on the road closures and diversions can be found at www.marathonsingapore.com.
Alternatively, the public can also contact the organisers at 6319 2630 during office hours, as well as at the same number from 9am to 6pm on Race Day, or e-mail info@marathonsingapore.com should they require additional information.
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About Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered in Singapore is part of an international banking group with an extensive network of over 1,700 branches and outlets in more than 70 countries in the Asia Pacific Region, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom and the Americas.
It is committed to building a sustainable business over the long term and is trusted worldwide for upholding high standards of corporate governance, social responsibility, environmental protection and employee diversity. The Bank’s heritage and values are expressed in its brand promise, ‘Here for good’.
Standard Chartered has a history of 150 years in Singapore, opening its first branch here in 1859 and in October 1999 was among the first international banks to receive a Qualifying Full Bank (QFB) licence, an endorsement of the Group’s long-standing commitment to its businesses in the country.
It serves both Consumer and Wholesale Banking customers. Consumer Banking provides credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, deposit taking and wealth management services to individuals and small to medium sized enterprises. Wholesale Banking provides corporate and institutional clients with services in trade finance, cash management, lending, securities services, foreign exchange, debt capital markets and corporate finance.
The Bank employs over 5,700 people in Singapore and has a network of 18 branches, 29 ATMs, and 6 Priority Banking centres. Standard Chartered is the only international bank to offer NETS service, giving its customers access to EFTPOS at over 17,000 outlets islandwide. The Bank’s global businesses - Consumer and Wholesale Banking - are managed out of Singapore, as is its global Technology & Operations function.