By The Way - Halloween Hotspots In Singapore and Hong Kong

IN SINGAPORE -- So you have just bought that new DSLR and feel that urge to try out your brilliant new ISO setting. You also are too cheap to pay to go up to the Marine Bay Sands roof garden for that awesome view and $50 drinky poo. Look no further - we have a suggestion for you to stay grounded and it is at the Escape Theme Park where the "Escape To “Hell”oween Vampire Theme Party comes to life on 29 to 30 October.

Bump into ghouls, ghosts and other 'dressed-to-kill' souls who will freely wander through the Park or you can be one of the walking dead if you get dressed up and join the parade. Prizes for the best dressed. Or you can sneak snaps of Master Medusa the snake charmer, catch the Fire Eating Show, oogle at the Halloween Costume Party or join the queue and photo taking booth.

Where: Escape to “Hell”oween (Theme: Vampires)

Date: 29 – 30 October 2010, Friday & Saturday

Time: 7 – 11pm

Venue: Escape Theme Park, Downtown East, 1 Pasir Ris Close

Admission fee per day: Adult $10/$12 (NTUC Member/Public), Children $5/$6.50 (NTUC Member/Public)

Free admission for nEbO members! See: www.downtowneast.com.sg or www.escapethemepark.com

IN HONG KONG - Vamp or vampire? All dressed up and no where to go? Hong Kong celebrates a Halloween party with style. If you want to participate or just people watch, you may want to just head to Lan Kwai Fong or SOHO anytime from the 29th to 31st of October where ghouls, glamouristas in garish garb hit the streets. 

Where to go? Try the RED bar and restaurant at Two IFC and PURE bar and restaurant, SOHO. Parties are on October 30 and 31. Standard drinks at HK$50, selected shooters, and a free flow vodka and tequila ice slide after 10 p.m. Spectacular prizes valued over HK$10,000 for best costumes. 

At RED bar and restaurant, the first prize is two nights for two at the sublime Uma Ubud spa resort in Bali, with a second prize of a three-month Pure Fitness contract and a third prize of a HK$1,000 Pure Dining dining voucher. RED is at Level 4,Two ifc, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong (Tel: 8129 8882)

At PURE bar and restaurant, the first prize is two nights at the ultra-fashionable Metropolitan Bangkok hotel. Again, there’s a three-month Pure Fitness contract and a HK$1,000 Pure Dining dining voucher for the second and third prize. PURE is at 2/f Kinwick Centre, 32 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong (Tel: 8199 8189)

The open house parties start at 10 p.m. on 30 October. And both restaurants are serving special Halloween-themed menus (set dinner at RED from HK$328 and PURE's menu is HK$298 including a glass of wine and a standard drink along with the ‘slimeball’ oyster shooter and appetisers) on both Saturday 30 October and Sunday 31 October.

- Elaine