{"id":19251,"date":"2016-11-24T15:22:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T15:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=19251"},"modified":"2016-11-24T15:22:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T15:22:55","slug":"christmas-lights-east-shopping-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/24\/christmas-lights-east-shopping-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Lights up at East Shopping Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"dropcap\" style=\"background-color: #9e3805; color: #000000;\">E<\/span>ast Shopping Centre decked out the festivities when the Mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales; Lyn Brown MP and singing sensation Arjun, together switched on the Christmas<br \/>\nLights, in a special event on Tuesday November 22nd.<br \/>\nHosted by Sunrise Radio presenter, Shabnam Sahi, the event saw hundreds<br \/>\nof people celebrate as the lights were officially turned on, before heartthrob<br \/>\nArjun gave an exclusive performance singing some of his biggest hit songs and<br \/>\nserenading one lucky fan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSir Robin Wales, Mayor of Newham said: \u201cEast Shopping Centre continues<br \/>\nto be a bustling shopping hug in Green Street and the Christmas lights will be a<br \/>\nwelcome attraction for all visitors to the area to enjoy.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19253 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"arjun3\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3-1068x1068.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLyn Brown MP for West Ham said: \u201cI was delighted to have been invited to<br \/>\nturn on East Shopping Centre\u2019s Christmas lights. The Centre is<br \/>\nlocated in a wonderfully diverse part of Newham and the turnout by the<br \/>\ncommunity was testament to the success it has achieved in the short<br \/>\ntime it has been there. Rather than waiting for Black Friday and dodgy deals, I<br \/>\nwould encourage shoppers to visit the East Shopping Centre and shop local for<br \/>\nChristmas. There are some great savings to be found on Green Street. I wish<br \/>\neveryone working and visiting Green Street over the next month a very Happy<br \/>\nChristmas and prosperous New Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nArjun said: &#8220;Thanks to East Shopping Centre for inviting me to switch on their<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19254 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"arjun2\" width=\"312\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun2-696x465.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun2-629x420.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/arjun2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nChristmas lights and perform &#8211; what an amazing crowd! I&#8217;ve had a great time<br \/>\nexploring East, a vibrant hub for the Asian community in the area. It was a<br \/>\npleasure to switch on the Christmas lights and meet the local fans. I hope to be<br \/>\nback again soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe event also marked the beginning of the East Winter Sale, which is<br \/>\noffering unbeatable offers and discounts of up to 75% off in select shops and<br \/>\nthe launch of East\u2019s newest restaurant, American diner Route 58.<br \/>\nSince officially launching in March 2015, East has welcomed well over two<br \/>\nmillion visitors, contributing to the development of East London\u2019s iconic Green<br \/>\nStreet, E7 and making the mall a benchmark shopping destination for the British Asian community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nEast has also become a prime destination for wedding shoppers, and features<br \/>\na range of outlets retailing in everything from chic couture to everyday wear at<br \/>\nhighly competitive prices. The Food Court has also become a hotspot for local<br \/>\ndiners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\nwww.eastshoppingcentre.com<br \/>\nEast Shopping Centre<br \/>\n232-236 Green Street<br \/>\nLondon<br \/>\nE7 8LE<br \/>\nJoin the conversation:<br \/>\n#ArjunAtEast<br \/>\n#ArjunLive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; East Shopping Centre decked out the festivities when the Mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales; Lyn Brown MP and singing sensation Arjun, together switched on the Christmas Lights, in a special event on Tuesday November 22nd. Hosted by Sunrise Radio presenter, Shabnam Sahi, the event saw hundreds of people celebrate as the lights were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":19252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,51,107,38,3,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-desixpress","category-events","category-music","category-national-news","category-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}