By Huang Huifen

CURIOSITY led lunchtime Orchard Road shopper Maggie Liu to wander into the 'new kid' in the heart of Singapore's iconic shopping belt.

Just across Centrepoint, it stands imposingly at 12 storeys but few know about it yet.

The fanfare for Orchard Central arrives on July 2, when the Far East Organisation project gets its soft launch.

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