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Carousell was founded in Singapore on 14 May 2012, by co-founders Quek Siu Rui, Lucas Ngoo, and Marcus Tan. The first item sold on Carousell was an Amazon Kindle e-reader for S$75. [1] Carousell was subsequently registered as Carousell Pte. Ltd. on 2 January 2013. [2] Carousell received its first investment from Quest Ventures. [3]
In April 2019, Carousell acquired OLX Philippines after receiving an investment from Naspers. [13] The deal also gave OLX 10% stake in Carousell. [14] In Indonesia, in March 2014, OLX took over Tokobagus.com, and rebranded to OLX.co.id. [15] In July 2020, BeliMobilGue rebranded itself as OLX Autos in Indonesia. [16]
Until 1985, subscribers' telephone numbers in Singapore were five and six digits. Five digits were introduced in 1960s, whereas 5-digit and 6-digit phone numbers were introduced in 1960s as fixed lines grew, but in that year, these changed to seven digits as the introduction of new towns arose (Tampines, Jurong East, Bukit Batok, Yishun and Hougang) and a large number of new numbers were required.
Carousell may refer to: Carousell, a pseudonym of British musician Richard Skelton; Carousell (company), a Singaporean e-commerce company; B&B Carousell, a historic carousel located in Coney Island, Brooklyn
By 2014, Garena was valued at US$ 1 billion by The World Startup Report and was ranked as the largest internet company in Singapore by The Economist. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In March 2015, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), one of the largest pension funds in the world, invested in Garena, increasing the value of the company to over US$2.5 billion.
The Specialists' Shopping Centre was the oldest shopping centre on Orchard Road, a shopping area of Singapore. The largest tenants were Hotel Phoenix Singapore and John Little. The Visitor's Guide of Singapore described it as "revered". [2] It was demolished to make way for newer developments in 2008.
Using the 6-digit postal code to look up the Central Public Lirbary in the OneMap application. Due to Singapore being a small city-state and most buildings having singular, dedicated delivery point, the postal code can be used as a succinct and precise identifier of buildings in Singapore, akin to a geocode.
The mall includes a convention centre and exhibition hall. The shopping mall contains one of a number of entrances to the Louvre museum . On 3 February 2017, the mall was the scene of an attempted terrorist attack by a 29-year-old Egyptian man, in which he slightly injured a soldier before being shot and wounded.