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Which is a better location for an exhibition that attracts humans like termites to wood, Suntec City, or Singapore Expo?

I got kind of caught in this, since where my house is located, it is a relatively moot point. As you know, this year’s local gathering of technological gadgets, Comex, was held at Singapore Expo, instead of the usual Suntec City.

Not only does travelling to Expo mean a troublesome train transfer, it means having to pack in with the rest of the geeks, and religious church followers (some churches have set themselves up at Expo): which mean extremely packed trains, and more armpit smells than usual.

Suntec doesn’t fare as well, though it doesn’t hit the nerves as badly as the travelling goes, its exhibition size is extremely constrained, and the resulting breathing space is hazardous if you are not of a sufficient height to break out of the canopy. Kind of like shifting the jam from the trains to the exhibition floor.

Come to think of it, neither was Expo that much of a relief to the previous Comexes at Suntec City. The jam was still shoulder to shoulder, and it was similarly tough to stand at a booth to examine an item without getting shoved to one side by people trying to get past you. To think they boasted of 4m wide walk-ways!

Perhaps the exhibition organisers may do the unthinkable: implement a ticketing system that allows only a set limit number of people to mill around the halls. And please! Ban strollers and brawling kids! I don’t understand the need for them to be at the IT show if they are only going to be sleeping, or crying.

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