According to the media censorship guidelines in Singapore, especially in the English language newspapers, articles on Feng Shui can be written around the Chinese festive period, namely the Chinese Lunar New Year. Feng Shui is still regarded as a kind of "superstition", which is partially true given that many Feng Shui consumers tend to be "luck punters". And hence you see such a newspaper article written in a "positive light" appearing around this time.
This article appeared in The Sunday Times with the title "Big companies are big on fengshui".
Funny how they have put the two words Feng Shui together as one word. There is a huge photo of a San He Luo Pan - bet the reporter did not know the difference between San He and San Yuan or Zhong He Luo Pans. And there is the ubiquitous Dragon symbol decoration (auspicious object) embedded in between the columns. There is still a lot to be written about Feng Shui.
The Feng Shui community is highly fragmented with many different schools of thought and methods practiced by different masters and consultants. If the associations and governmental agencies are going to regulate this industry, they need to come up with a really ingenious plan to cater to the vast differences.
In the newspaper article, the main company features was Standard Chartered Bank, whose employees in different departments follow Feng Shui Masters' recommendation to enter through specific doors. It is nice for a change, to have the newspapers write an article about Feng Shui without the usual mention of "superstition".
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