CAR DEALER SMELLS SOMETHING ‘FISHY’ ABOUT PAYMENT

SINGAPORE:

A luxury car dealer in Singapore complained Thursday that his showroom smells like a market after an “unhappy” customer paid him Sg$19,000 ($15,200) in coins smelling of fish. Tang Siu Tong, 44, owner of Exotic Motor that sells Ferraris and Bentleys, said the customer dumped nearly 100 kg worth of coins in his showroom on Tuesday after being ordered by a court to pay the amount. The customer, 34-year-old businessman Ong Boon Lin, had lost a lawsuit over the costs associated with consigning his Aston Martin V8 Vantage to the showroom in order to sell it. with a healthy complexion when choosing leaders, says a study, adding that they do not favour intelligent-looking candidates except for positions which require negotiation between groups or exploration of new markets. “It always pays for aspiring leaders to look healthy which explains why politicians and executives often put great effort, time and money in their appearance,” said assistant professor Brian Spisak from the VU University, Amsterdam. Gordon from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Tennessee in the US. “Those of us in the field of music cognition, we know — it does have a unique role in brain development,” Gordon added.