SINGAPORE. The stage is set for the crowning of the first ever Changi Millionaire, as Changi Airport Group (CAG) named the monthly winner of the “˜Be a Changi Millionaire’ Draw for November.
Malvin Tay, a 30-year-old father of two, is the latest and final monthly winner for the draw. He joins five earlier winners and together they will face off in a grand finale at Changi Airport on 28 January that will see one of them walk away with a million dollars.
Coincidentally, the six finalists – aged between 38 and 53 – are all men, married with children, even though the profile of shoppers at Changi Airport is evenly divided between the two genders, CAG noted.
Tay, who runs his own air conditioning business, is the only finalist to have made a purchase in the public area of Changi Airport. On a routine trip to the NTUC FairPrice supermarket at Terminal 3 he purchased several household items that amounted to slightly more than S$60 – the minimum spend to qualify for the draw.
The lucky receipt won him S$5,000 (US$3,670) in cash and a three day/two-night stay in a luxury hotel.
Tay has been a regular visitor to Changi Airport since T3 opened in early 2008. He said: “Over the past couple of years I have been visiting Changi Airport every few days, and at least once a week with my family.
“We usually have dinner at the airport, followed by some grocery shopping. Compared to downtown or suburban malls, parking at Changi Airport is very convenient and car park rates here are also reasonable. To top it off, my boys really enjoy the playground and recreational facilities.”
The “˜Be a Changi Millionaire’ Draw promotion, which commenced on 1 June, offers a grand prize of S$1 million (US$733,600) in cash. The millionaire will be selected from the six monthly winners. In addition there are 188 other cash prizes totalling more than S$200,000 (US$146,700).
Should he win the grand prize, Tay plans to donate a portion of his win to charity, pay off his housing loan, help out friends in need, and save the remainder for his children’s education. The emergence of Tay as the final monthly winner wraps up the six-month long “˜Be a Changi Millionaire’ campaign.
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The emergence of Malvin Tay as the last monthly winner wraps up the “˜Be a Changi Millionaire’ campaign |
The monthly winners of the draw from June to November 2010 are:
1. Philip Moody, 53, Australian (June)
2. Jacobus de Vries, 51, South African (July)
3. Loh Kee Peng, 39, Singaporean (August)
4. Ng Eng Sin, 43, Singaporean (September)
5. Ivan Rantung, 39, Singaporean (October)
6. Malvin Tay, 38, Singaporean (November)
Singaporeans biggest winners of the Millionaire promotion
Singaporeans contribute a significant 20% to total concession sales at Changi Airport.
Besides accounting for four of the six draw finalists, they also feature prominently among the daily winners (30%), with each winning S$1,000. Indonesians and
Malaysians were the other top nationalities in the daily winners’ list.
The three most popular product categories among the winners are perfumes & cosmetics, digital lifestyle and luxury goods.
Of the 31 daily winners drawn for November, eight are from Singapore, six from Indonesia, four from Australia and two from Thailand. Other winners come from China, India, Malaysia, Japan, Britain, Brunei, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and
Netherlands.
Winning entries range from a purchase of S$126 on perfumes & cosmetics to a jewellery purchase of more than S$27,000 at Aspial, both at Terminal 1.
Public invited to Grand Draw
Members of the public are welcomed to be part of the Millionaire Grand Draw to be held on 28 January at 12.30 pm at the Departure Level of Terminal 3 (Check-in Row 11).
There will also be a “˜Guess the Millionaire’ contest with a prize of S$1,000 in Changi Vouchers for the lucky winner from among the audience who correctly pick the Millionaire. A similar contest, with the same prize, will also be held online at www.changiairport.com/millionaire from today.
About Be a Changi Millionaire
To qualify for the millionaire draw passengers and visitors need to shop or dine at Changi Airport, with a minimum spend of S$60. The number of chances increases exponentially with the amount spent. Additional chances are given to Changi Rewards members or those who pay with Visa cards. Purchases made in both the public and transit areas of Changi Airport qualify for the draw. The qualifying period is 1 June to 30 November.
The Be a Changi Millionaire promotion sees a daily prize of S$1,000 given over the 183 days of the qualifying period. After the close of each month a monthly draw will be conducted to shortlist one finalist for participation in the grand draw. Apart from the chance to win S$1 million, the finalists will win S$5,000 in cash, plus a three-day/two-night stay in a luxury hotel in Singapore, with air fare provided for non-Singapore residents. From among the six monthly finalists, the Changi Millionaire will be selected in a grand draw which will take place at Changi Airport in January 2011.
Be a Changi Millionaire is co-sponsored by Changi Airport Group and Visa Worldwide.
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