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Upcoming events for your calendar What’s new in the world of dining Hospitality news and options What to see in the art world

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EXPLORE | Singapore 38

Lesser known places to visit in the Lion City

FASHION + ACCESSORIES 80 The globetrotter’s Christmas gift guide

CHEF’S CUT 66

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London restaurants showcase creativity this holiday season

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The author and executive producer talks Crazy Rich Asians Fighting food wastage to feed the hungry Aminuddin Baki

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Events in Malaysia and around the world

Inside Malaysia Airlines NEWS

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WARISAN Ukiran Artisan 72

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Some like it hot, others like it cold. Whether you enjoy basking in warm, balmy weather by the beach in Sabah, or are keen to discover quaint, snow-covered alpine villages in the French Alps, we’ve put together a list of winter escapes you can plan for the holiday season.

New Zealand Food Trail Think New Zealand, think adventure and majestic scenery.

What most people don’t know is that the country has a growing food and drink scene – making it an excellent gastronomic destination for discerning foodies. Home to some of the most amazing produce, delicious meals and fine beverages, here are must-dos for visitors on the culinary trail in New Zealand.

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Malaysia’s Culinary Gems It’s no secret that Malaysians love food, but there is much more to the country’s cuisine than just nasi lemak, the national dish of fragrant coconut rice served with assorted curries. From delicious kurma daging (beef stew) from the northern state of Perlis, to the fresh seafood of Sabah in East Malaysia, there are plenty of Malaysian culinary gems waiting to be discovered in each of its states.

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new products and services, and especially our new aircraft, the A350s and the A330-200s.

We’ve had a good year and won several awards, with 2018 being the year of firsts. We were the first airline in Malaysia to embark on the WhatsApp Business solution and to offer the flight booking chatbot on Facebook in partnership with Amadeus. We were also the first airline in Malaysia to offer Takaful insurance to our passengers.

We recently reintroduced our student travel programme, MHexplorer, which has been quite popular among our passengers.

Since the launch of the programme, we’ve received an overwhelming response from both parents and students, and the take-up rate has been very encouraging. We have taken a step forward to fully digitalise MHexplorer for the convenience of the students, thus making us the first airline in the world to offer such a service online. goingplacesmagazine.com | 8 | December 2018

We have also been very focused on our Disability Equality Training (DET) and Disability Related Services Training (DRST) to serve the disabled community better. Malaysia Airlines has also equipped all our aircraft with Braille safety cards — the first airline in Malaysia to do so.

Since then, a lot of improvements have been made with our guests’ needs in mind. I am confident that 2019 will be just as good, as we prepare to launch new and exciting initiatives for you.

December is, of course, a month of festivities and holidays, with Christmas and the promise of a new year. If you are visiting Malaysia for the first time, you’ll get a chance to celebrate a uniquely Malaysian Christmas. You will notice impressive Christmas decorations in major shopping malls, all competing to have the biggest, most beautiful themed decorations. You will also notice the streets of Kuala Lumpur decked in festive lights, perfect for that photo opportunity. You might also want to spend the night in the heart of the city as fireworks light up the night sky, welcoming the holidays.

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Dear Guests, As 2018 comes to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our guests who have made it possible for us to do what we love to do. We are a family of aviation professionals committed to delivering Malaysian Hospitality.

Our goal is to make every experience with Malaysia Airlines a memorable one, and we hope that you have enjoyed some of our

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To all our guests celebrating Christmas, we would like to wish you a wonderful celebration with your family and loved ones. And to everyone, a very Happy New Year. In the meantime, please sit back, relax and enjoy our Malaysian Hospitality.

See you in 2019! ■

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“I was in Philadelphia, and there were two white dudes in their 50s who went to a screening. One of the guys admitted: “I haven’t cried in a movie in the longest time — but I cried.” And his friend was like, “Yeah, I cried too.” This was not the target demographic.

But it’s funny to see them admitting to this and being so surprised by their own reaction,” said Kwan. For more of what he said about the making of the movie and the inspiration behind his Crazy Rich trilogy, read Kwan’s interview in pages 34-36. If you have not watched the movie, no, I did not spoil the ending for you. But if you’d like to watch it again for another laugh or another cry, check your in-flight entertainment system for channel information.

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With December being the month of giving and sharing, we’re highlighting a cause that has been feeding the hungry in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area since 2016. The Lost Food Project rescues unsold fruits and vegetables from wet markets and supermarkets to be distributed to various charities. They’ve rescued more than 500 tonnes of surplus food from donors todate. It’s mind-boggling, if you think about it. While we absentmindedly push aside our unfinished breakfast, lunch or dinner, a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food goes to waste each year! They end up in landfills, emitting methane which does so much harm to the environment. The time to rethink the way we consume food is not today or tomorrow, but yesterday.

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(SPOILER ALERT AHEAD for the movies A Star Is Born and Crazy Rich Asians).

Lady Gaga made her silver screen debut in October in A Star Is Born, a movie about an alcoholic rock star, played by Bradley Cooper, who helps Gaga’s character Ally, a talented singer, find fame. The movie was also Cooper’s directorial debut. It is a gutwrenchingly tragic story about making sacrifices, where in the end, Cooper’s character, Jackson Maine, commits an act of despair so he does not stand in the way of Ally’s fame.

Two months earlier, two novices similarly made their debut on the big screen in spectacular fashion – Singapore-born Kevin Kwan as executive producer of the book he wrote, Crazy Rich Asians, and Malaysian-born Henry Golding as the actor and leading man in the movie. Golding plays Nicholas Young, the heir to one of Singapore’s largest family fortunes, and whose mother is against his Chinese-American girlfriend Rachel Chu, played by Constance Wu. In what most consider to be a pivotal moment in the movie, Chu faces off with Young’s mother in a game of mahjong by “giving up” her boyfriend. Like Maine’s, though less tragic, Chu’s action is the ultimate act of sacrificing for love.

Some of you flying today may be headed for London, Tokyo or Singapore. Do check out our travel stories, where in London, we highlight six of the best restaurants that have outdone themselves in coming up with the most creative festive menus. In Singapore, we highlight five small-group tours for regular visitors to explore a different side of the Lion City. In Tokyo, read about the winds of change blowing through the Japanese capital as it prepares to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Olympics. To get you into the mood for Christmas, we’ve put together a photo spread of some of the best Christmas markets in Europe. No one does them better than the Europeans, really.

I’m still coming to terms with the fact that we’ve reached the end of 2018. Where did the year go? I must not be the only one feeling that the year has just zoomed by. As I take stock of what I have achieved this year, I hope yours has been a rewarding and fruitful one.

I wish you all the best in 2019.

Merry Christmas, if you are celebrating, and a Happy New Year, everyone. ■

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Whilst no love was knowingly lost in the writing of the book and in the making of the movie, Kwan said, in an interview, that the film was a success because it transcended race. Although featuring an entirely Asian cast – the first Hollywood movie to do so in 25 years – people of various ethnicities liked it for the diversity it offered on screen and, of course, for its entertaining appeal.

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Letter Of The Month We all remember our first love, our first heartbreak and our first flight! The very first time I went on a plane was for a short flight from Penang to Langkawi, at the ripe old age of 21, with the pride of our nation, Malaysia Airlines. The exhilaration of hurtling down the runway during take-off — who forgets that! I had my then-boyfriend and now-husband to thank for planning that trip. In August, as we celebrated a momentous year — our beautiful nation turning 61 years — my spouse and I brought our daughters to the beautiful island of Langkawi for the first time. The girls have flown numerous times. Yet, each time we tell them we’re flying, the excited jumping is always accompanied by “Is it Malaysia Airlines? Please, please, is it Malaysia Airlines?” Now, doesn’t that say it all about why you’re the one flying the nation’s flag high in the sky? You go, Malaysia Airlines! You’re the one I want to come home with after each trip.

JANE LEE CHING SHEN, Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia

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Home. That is the first word that’s conjured up in my mind whenever I see a Malaysia Airlines plane fly gracefully overhead across the blue sky. It takes me back to the moment when I first ventured out into the great unknown, 834 miles away from the comfort of home and how it fuelled my desire to traverse foreign lands and adventures.

It was not a smooth start; I was gripped by fear and was constantly battling my anxiety.

Living alone far away from the protective cocoon that your family provides does not help that at all. I was the captain of my own ship, it was always either sink or sail, and trust me, there were many times when all I wanted to do was just abandon ship and swim to safety. However, three years into my journey and after raking in thousands and thousands of miles of flying, I found comfort in soaring the skies because it reminds me of the reason why I decided to move abroad to study in the first place: my soul longs and searches for new soil to bury my toes in, new memories to make and new experiences to write about and share with the rest of the world. I have flown with many airlines but nothing can quite compare to the feeling that Malaysia Airlines gives me. I feel at home even when I am 33,000 feet in the sky.

PETER J. ALBERT, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia

I would like to share my experience for my flight from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur on 5 July 2018. The day before the flight, I received a flight re-time notification from Malaysia Airlines. Nothing much we can do about it, but it is still frustrating. However, as soon as I boarded the aircraft, I was amazed that I would be flying the A380 for the relatively short flight. Cool interior design, more comfortable seats and leg space, and a much better in-flight entertainment system. It was a wonderful journey for me and really compensated for the flight delay.

CHENG MUN CHOON, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Bangkok, Thailand

Malaysia Airlines took me on my first flight in the 1970s. The destination was London.

It was to become my only choice when I fly simply because of the friendly flight attendants, the Halal food and the excellent service. I would always look forward to the magazine Going Places. I sometimes take it with me if I don’t have time to read it during the flight. Since I started working and due to my workplace policy, I seldom fly Malaysia Airlines. I have really missed the Malaysian Hospitality. So recently, we decided to fly to Tokyo on Malaysia Airlines to relive the MH experience. Well, aren’t we glad we did. The crew was all smiles when we boarded the plane. The seats were spacious and the service was excellent, and my favourite magazine is still as interesting and informative. When we heard the words “To all Malaysians, welcome home”, the experience was now complete. Will I fly MH again? Definitely.

HASNAH HASHIM, Melbourne, Australia

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THREE TO WATCH Our pick of movies to watch in-flight this month

THE PREDATOR

BOYD HOLBROOK, TREVANTE RHODES, JACOB TREMBLAY, KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY, OLIVIA MUNN, STERLING K. BROWN R/

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Army ranger Quinn McKenna incapacitates a Predator after its ship crash lands on Earth. McKenna is soon captured and held for examination by the government. At the government facility, he meets a group of army veterans and it is up to McKenna and these men to escape and stop the Predator who has kidnapped McKenna’s son.

THE SPY GONE NORTH

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Loosely based on the true story of a South Korean agent tasked to infiltrate a North Korean nuclear facility in the mid-1990s.

Seok-Young Park poses as a businessman and successfully brokers a deal that lands him the trust of the North’s ruling class.

Park soon finds himself caught in the middle of the political machinations of both countries ahead of the 1998 South Korea presidential election.

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Archana works in a creative agency and is inflicted with leukoderma; as a result, he has not been successful in finding love.

Alfaaz, a recluse, hosts a successful radio podcast about unrequited love. They make a connection over a mistaken phone call to one another. Romance blossoms, slowly leading them to reveal their true selves and their hidden secrets to each other.

For more in-flight entertainment selections, please see pages 95–102 of our Going Places Entertainment Guide.

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The inside track on the best accommodations, dining options and calendar of events from Malaysia and around the world.

Garden Of Lights Watch as one of the world’s most famous botanical gardens comes alive in festive lights and sounds at Christmas at Kew 2018. This highly anticipated annual year-end attraction promises a wondrous and colourful voyage through the Kew Gardens after dark, with numerous illuminated installations by a roster of international artists. Visitors can look forward to attractions such as the Field of Light, 300 Illuminated Origami Boats, Firework Trees, Fire Garden, Cathedral of Light and the climactic Palm House Finale light show, just to name a few.

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Action-Packed

The Djakarta Warehouse Project X will celebrate its grand 10th anniversary this year in Bali for the first time. One of Asia’s largest annual dance music festivals, the event will feature a star-studded line-up comprising three-time Grammy award-winning R&B artist The Weeknd and some of today’s biggest names in the international electronic dance music scene such as Armin van Buuren, Alesso, DJ Snake, Major Lazer Soundsystem, Porter Robinson and RL Grime.

Widely considered one of the world’s leading ocean races, the time-tested Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race returns for its 74th annual edition, much to the delight of sailing fans. Each year, the 1,163-kilometre offshore race kicks off from Sydney Harbour and ends at the historic port city of Hobart, providing a tough test and challenging conditions for skippers, tacticians and crews alike. The first and last days are often the most exciting, with hundreds of spectator craft, people lining the shore, and helicopters hovering above. The race is as gruelling as it is beautiful, with the fleet sailing past some of the most beautiful landscapes and seascapes in the Southern Hemisphere.

When: 7 – 9 December Where: Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, Bali, Indonesia

When: 26 – 31 December Where: Sydney Harbour and Hobart, Australia

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Winter Wonderland

Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, The Nutcracker, meets colourful elements of the Far East in Guò Nián, The Nutcracker. This unique cultural fusion by The National Ballet of China has been widely praised for its performances across Europe and tells the story of Yuan Yuan, a girl who receives the curious nutcracker as a gift from a foreign friend while her family prepares to celebrate Lunar New Year.

The show is being held in Singapore for the first time as part of The National Ballet of China’s 60th anniversary celebrations next year.

Those visiting Hokkaido in February may want to put the Asahikawa Winter Festival on their itinerary as one of three must-visit winter events held concurrently in Hokkaido. Marvel at over 50 ice sculptures along Heiwa Dori, the main street in the Asahikawa city centre, magically illuminated at night. From there, take a 10-to-15minute walk to see the attractions at the festival’s main Asahibashi Site, where there will be fun activities such as a 100-metre snow slide, zipline, snowmobile-pulled banana boats, a giant snow maze and horse rides. Stop at the various food stalls and the ice bar, then enjoy free concerts and performances at the main stage, which make up part of the event’s largest snow sculpture.

When: 18 – 20 January 2019 Where: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore

When: 6 – 11 February 2019 Where: Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

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Restaurant Openings, News+Reviews

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Seasonal Dining Treat yourself this festive season by ordering from Nobu’s range of special omakase menus created by Executive Chef Philip Leong and his kitchen staff. The Christmas and New Year’s menus feature dishes that highlight Nobu’s unique East-meets-West interpretation of Japanese cuisine. There’s the seven-course Christmas omakase dinner (available 22-25 December) that includes Green Tea Smoked Salmon and Octopus with Matcha Foam and Jalapeno Miso; Wagyu with Wasabi Black Bean Miso; and snowman dessert made from green tea panna cotta and white chocolate mousse. For lunch, there’s the five-course omakase set (24-25 December) that includes Salmon Tartare and Junsai Ponzu; Nobu-style Sushi Cup; and Risotto with Furikake. Spending New Year’s here isn’t a bad idea either, especially with a seven-course menu (29 Dec-1 Jan) that features Botan Ebi and Kanpachi with Vegas salsa; Butter-poached Lobster with Watercress Broth and Glazed Figs; and Smoked Wagyu. noburestaurants.com/kuala-lumpur

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The Stars At Saint Pierre

Grab a bite of the Big Apple at Dean & Deluca’s first Malaysian outlet at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. Founded in 1977 by Joel Dean and Giorgio DeLuca, the first Dean & Deluca opened in New York’s SoHo area as a gourmet grocery store and has since gone on to create its own line of products that range from coffee and chocolate to deli meats, steaks and sauces. In the four decades since, Dean & Deluca has expanded across the world, with cafés and stores in the Philippines, South Korea, Kuwait, Thailand, Macau and Singapore. Aside from the array of goods on sale, the café is a great place for a classic American meal, with blueberry pancakes, French Toast, breads, pastries, desserts, sandwiches, salads, and burgers all available on the menu.

The recent additions of luxury hotels in Kuala Lumpur has brought a slew of high-profile restaurant openings, among them Saint Pierre, the Malaysian branch of the Singapore-based restaurant nestled on the eighth floor of W Hotel. Founded by Chef Emmanuel Stroobant and assisted by Chef de Cuisine KimKevin De Dood, Saint Pierre in Kuala Lumpur features everything you would expect of a restaurant that has lofty ambitions: a gorgeous view of the city, an intimate dining experience, and refined dishes that have won it a Michelin star in Singapore. Diners can choose between the Classic (fivecourse), Discovery (eight-course) and Adventure (12-course) menus, which feature modern European cuisine with a Southeast Asian touch. Among the highlights are the Hass avocado mousse served with grapefruit, sansho pepper and golden croutons; Hokkaido scallop with anise and fennel confit; Atlantic cod brushed with miso and served with oxtail consommé and root vegetables; and foie gras with lychee and apricot.

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Hospitality News+Reviews

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Luxurious Abode Comfort and convenience await at Yogyakarta Marriott Hotel, where the strategic location makes it easy for guests to explore tourist destinations and experience the local culture within this historic city. The hotel’s 347 rooms and suites boast a modern look with unique Javanese touches, such as the kawung batik motifs found in the lobby and in the guestrooms. Expect large beds complemented by fluffy duvets and pillows, luxurious bathroom amenities, high-speed Wi-Fi and more. Indulge in a dynamic selection of food at the hotel’s three dining venues, from the all-day-dining Yogyakarta Kitchen to steaks and seafood at Taman Sari Bar & Grill. The hotel also offers a range of thoughtfully designed amenities, such as the exclusive M-Club, the largest club lounge in town. Pamper yourself at Quan Spa, keep fit at the Exercise Room, or take a plunge into the outdoor swimming pool to cool down on a hot day. For business meetings and intimate events, there are a boardroom, seven meeting rooms and several pre-function areas. The pride of the hotel is the 1,870-square-metre pillarless ballroom – the largest in Yogyakarta and the grandest venue in town for special occasions. marriott.com

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Relaxation Or Excitement

Hilton returns to the Taiwanese market after 15 years with the Hilton Taipei Sinban, the first international upscale hotel in New Taipei City. Business travellers will appreciate the hotel’s 3,105 square metres of meeting space, with meeting rooms fully equipped with state-of-the-art audio and visual equipment as well as personalised event services. The hotel’s central location in Banqiao district brings greater convenience and accessibility, being surrounded by shopping and entertainment centres, local eateries, business districts, tourist attractions, and easy access to high-speed rail and other forms of public transport. Plenty of options are also available for those who want to dine in, from QING YA’s Taiwanese and Cantonese delicacies to Market Flavor’s international all-day dining and SociAbility, which serves deli snacks by day and handcrafted cocktails by night.

Amanpuri, the flagship property of Aman Resorts in Phuket, celebrates its 30th anniversary with numerous upgrades to the resort’s activities, promising a good time for guests seeking relaxation and excitement alike. Aman Spa now features six new spacious treatment suites, with new facilities for hydrotherapy and a finishing salon for nails and hair. Children can learn while having fun when they explore the nature museum or learn to make batik and flowerweaving crafts at the new Eco-Discovery Club. Excitement abounds for the youthful at The Hot Spot, a new activity zone that features a bouldering climbing wall, a skateboarding half-pipe and an indoor studio to record music or edit one’s own GoPro videos. Guests can also enjoy an exhilarating day out over the waves with Amanpuri’s new broad range of watersports equipment and then wind down at the newly opened Straw Hat Beach Bar.

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TRAVEL CONCIERGE | ART

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Exhibitions, News+Reviews

Mosques Of Malaysia Malaysian artist Nizar Kamal Ariffin will exhibit his paintings of mosques in a themed exhibition organised by the Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia. Even though there is an unusual presence of defined and grand architecture in the form of these spectacular places of worship, he remains true to his style characterised by bold strokes, line intersections and exuberant colors that depict movement and the everyday experiences of sorrow and happiness.

When: Until 11 December | Where: Islamic Arts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia iamm.org.my

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INSTALLATION VIEW - MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ, 'PRESENCE, ESSENCE, IDENTITY' AT STARA KOPALNIA, WAŁBRZYCH, POLAND. IMAGE LINDA PARYS (45).

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INSTALLATION VIEW - MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ, 'PRESENCE, ESSENCE, IDENTITY' AT STARA KOPALNIA, WAŁBRZYCH, POLAND. IMAGE LINDA PARYS (51). ‘PRESENCE, ESSENCE, IDENTITY – MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ, 30 SEPTEMBER – 30 DECEMBER 2018, STARA KOPALNIA, WAŁBRZYCH, POLAND’

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TRAVEL CONCIERGE | ART

Crowning Jewels

It’s your last chance to catch the late Magdalena Abakanowicz’s posthumous show Presence, Essence, Identity at the Centrum Nauki i Sztuki Stara Kopalnia (The Old Mine Centre for Science and Art) in Wałbrzych, Poland. Curated by Maria Rus Bojan, the exhibition picks out key pieces throughout the artist’s long career, helping visitors to understand the recurring themes in Abakanowicz’s work. The Polish artist grew to prominence in the 1960s, firstly with her experimental fibre sculptures she named Abakans. The woven structures challenged traditional pre-conceptions of sculpture and textiles, and throughout her vast career, Abakanowicz’s work continued to turn the norm on its head. The Old Mine Centre for Science and Art serves as the perfect venue to host a retrospective of such an innovative Polish artist.

The Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco invites visitors to feast their eyes on a dazzling display of precious Indian jewels. East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from The Al Thani Collection boasts 150 glittering objects lent by His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani. Many of the pieces date back to the 17th century, when India was under Mughal rule, a time when the country was famed for producing lavish jewellery. The Mughal rule of India started in 1526 and stretched until 1858. During this time, rather than the women of the court adoring decorative accessories, it was customary for male rulers and superiors to wear jewellery to signify their place in society.

“The spectacular jewellery worn by the rulers of India is a captivating look into the expectations of both high culture and society across a large swath of history,” says curator Martin Chapma. “Audiences will find this aspect of the exhibit relevant to how we perceive gender today.”

When: Until 30 December Where: The Old Mine Centre for Science and Art, Piotra Wysockiego 29, 58-304 Wałbrzych, Poland

When: Until 24 February 2019 Where: Legion of Honor Museum, Lincoln Park 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121 United States

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Exhibitions, News+Reviews

Local Modernism Focus Kazakhstan is a large-scale exhibition celebrating the art of Kazakhstan that’s spread over four galleries in London, Berlin, Suwon in South Korea and Jersey City in the United States. At the end of this month, Suwon Ipark Museum of Art hosts one quarter of this huge project, with its part of Focus Kazakhstan exhibition called The Eurasian Utopia: Post Scriptum. The exhibition focuses on 20th and 21st-century artists working in Kazakhstan during times of political and social change. In the Soviet and post-Soviet period, artists responded to the influence of modernisation by combining modernist themes with local nomadic traditions. For example, the exhibition features work from pivotal artist Rustam Khalfin, who introduced performance, installation and other contemporary practices to Kazakhstan’s art scene, which previously was largely occupied by painting. The Eurasian Utopia: Post Scriptum is a chance to see how the nation’s artists took the wider modernist art movement and made it their own.

Tian Wei visits the October Gallery in London for the second time with a self-titled solo exhibition. The artist’s work focuses on bridging the gap between dyadic opposites; indeed, he was born in Xi’an, the first imperial capital of China and original starting point of the Silk Road, which linked two opposites: the East and the West. He later moved to study his craft in Hawaii and settled for a while in California.

The influences of East and West play a huge part in his work, and he often makes references to Yin and Yang. At the October Gallery, a number of his paintings are on display. At first glance, they appear to feature scrawled Chinese characters, yet those who read English are naturally drawn to them as the erratic strokes spell out simple nouns and adjectives in English, such as ‘gaze’ and ‘soul’. In this way, he brings the East and the West, his two great influences, together.

When: Until 3 March 2019 Where: Suwon Ipark Museum of Art, 833 Jeongjo-ro, Paldal-gu, Suwon, South Korea

When: Until 19 January 2019 Where: October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL United Kingdom

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In the dim and murky mists of time, there was an age when frightened people stumbled through dark streets to get to the cinema to watch a movie they had read about in a newspaper (kids, ask your grandparents about newspapers). Or they stayed at home waiting patiently for the exact time when Murder She Wrote would be aired (why didn’t anybody ever arrest Jessica Fletcher? I mean, somebody always died whenever she turned up). And then in 1996, I set up my Hotmail account. The age of the Internet had arrived (buffering, buffering).

Now I can be mesmerised by my phone for hours and watch The A-Team anytime I want. But there was a time not so long ago when the only entertainment with a backlight wasn’t the phone or even the television but the shadow puppetry of wayang kulit.

Only on one occasion have I ever watched wayang kulit be performed in its proper environment. Back in the 1990s, a group of us flew up from Kuala Lumpur to Kelantan and then drove for hours beyond the bright lights of Kota Bharu down ever darker roads till we got to an isolated kampung and there in a field was a wayang kulit stage. I could tell there was a big river nearby, but in the darkness, I couldn’t see it. The field was lit only by one immensely bright light bulb behind the screen or by motorcycle headlamps as they swung onto the field and parked. When they cut off their engines, it left only the sound of a generator, the drum and gongs of the Gamelan orchestra and the piercing voice of the dalang – the puppet master, conductor and only actor.

Gong is a Malay word that has entered the English language, along with amok and compound (from kampung). Wayang is the Javanese word for shadow and it’s a word that is often used to describe Indonesian and Malaysian politics. Are you watching the real person, or

Unlike with a play, a movie or with your handphone, the “action” with wayang kulit happens as much, if not more so behind the screen, as it does in front and the audience is free to wander behind and watch the orchestra and dalang at work. just a performance, or a mere character being manipulated by a hidden dalang, or just a shadow? I couldn’t understand what I was watching when I went in front of the screen.

I could barely see the faces of the kampung audience as they sat on chairs they had brought with them or on their motorbikes. But they seemed to understand what was happening when puppets flew behind or suddenly hit the paper screen as the dalang sang/spoke tales of princes and princesses, court intrigues and battles between gods and kings from the Sanskrit epic of the Mahabharata. At least, I think that’s what it was about, but I really didn’t understand. I do know there were jokes. It was probably a satire on modern life as much as it was a fable from ancient times.

Unlike with a play, a movie or with your handphone, the “action” with wayang kulit happens as much, if not more so behind the screen, as it does in front and the audience is free to wander behind and watch the orchestra and dalang at work. When you watch behind the screen you can see that the puppets made from rawhide are vividly painted, which is barely discernible in front. With only two hands and one voice, the dalang performs countless

characters, picking a new one from his cast, weaving it around the single light bulb to create the correct illusion of shadow, shivering it on the screen and then stabbing its shaft into a banana trunk, all the while somehow manipulating its arms. His small orchestra behind him echoes the tale with the ascending drum and gongs that quicken the heartbeat. Although he can’t see them, the dalang must have eyes at the back of his head because the orchestra seems to know what to do.

I was lucky to see this wayang kulit performance with an audience that understood what was happening. I followed their lead as they wandered back and forth, came and went, chit-chatted and watched. It was so similar to an equally mystifying performance of Chinese Opera I had stumbled upon one night in the backstreets of Kuala Lumpur in the early 1990s that was being watched by grandparents and their grandchildren. I don’t know if that colourful and skilful Chinese Opera troupe even exists anymore, but with help, new generations of wayang kulit masters have been going through their long apprenticeships. Much like with The A-Team, if you can find them, then maybe you can enjoy wayang kulit. ■

Kam Raslan is the author of Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures. He is also a columnist, and a writer and director working in film, TV and theatre in Malaysia. He will one day make his own feature film. His column is written exclusively for Malaysia Airlines.

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MY GUIDE | Tokyo, Japan

Fast Changing With the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Olympics looming, the winds of change are blowing through Tokyo.

Words Peter Weld | Illustration Josephine Skapare | Art Direction Euric Liew

worth a visit simply because it’s the tallest city hall on the planet.

The observation decks, on the 45th floor of each of the building’s two towers, offer splendid views all the way to Mount Fuji, nearly 100 kilometres away, and unlike the pricy observation deck at Tokyo Sky Tree, these are free.

THINGS TO DO Ring In The New Year

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The first Shinto shrine visit of the year is a big deal for most Japanese, and that helps to explain why hundreds of thousands of people descend on Meiji Shrine in the waning hours of December and the early hours of 1 January. Agoraphobics beware: the crowds are eleven on a scale of ten; still, there’s none of the stampedes or chaos that would result in many other countries, and the orderliness of the proceedings provides an insight into the Japanese psyche.

Hanging Out With The Big Boys With wrestlers from Mongolia occupying many of the top slots in the rankings, Sumo is no longer as popular among Japanese as it once was, but that means it’s easier for a foreign visitor to get tickets. There’s a 15-day tournament in Tokyo each January (in 2019, it’s 13–27 January) at a purpose-built stadium called Kokugikan; tickets for the topmost row of seats cost ¥2,100 (USD19/RM78) but you can sit in any available seat closer to the action until the rightful ticketholder arrives and politely asks you to move.

People-watchers’ Paradise

THINGS TO SEE Something Fishy The Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market at Tsukiji, a tourist favourite famous for its pre-dawn tuna auctions and hole-in-the-wall sushi restaurants, closed in October after an 83-year run to make room for Olympicrelated facilities. Its replacement, to the southeast in Toyosu, is as sleek and high-tech as Tsukiji was funky and low-tech—but will it be

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as popular? Tourist access to the new facility will be curtailed during the New Year’s holidays but will resume in mid-January.

Back To The Future House The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Miraikan for short, is where you can get a taste of what Tokyo might be like a few decades down the road. Located in the popular Odaiba area, it’s geared to the

younger crowd, but even adults will find plenty to interest them.

There are science workshops on weekends, when kids can cultivate an interest in chemistry, biology, the environment, robots and information science.

Long gone are the days when the streets were blocked to cars on Sundays and leather-clad hipsters danced to tunes from the 1950s, but the most enjoyable pastime in Harajuku is still people-watching.

Harajuku as a whole, particularly the crowded lane called Takeshitadori, is where Tokyo’s young

High & Free Completed in 1990, it wins no points for being new, but the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, all 48 storeys of it, is

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away, was the first). There can’t be many other Michelin-starred restaurants in which the signature dish costs less than ¥1,000 (USD9/ RM37), nor can there be many in which you order your meal from a ticket-vending machine. But get there early: at both Nakiryu and Tsuta, the queue to get in is typically dozens of people long.

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people come to see and to be seen. The fashions will probably have you chuckling and sneaking plenty of photos.

Bohemian Boutiques More refined, slightly older fashionistas tend to hang out in neighbourhoods such as Shimokitazawa, a little west of Shibuya and Harajuku. There are plenty of bohemian boutiques, second-hand clothing stores, live music venues, and one-of-a-kind eateries waiting to be discovered here, and in addition to buying, you can also sell: some stores will give you cash for your unneeded clothing, especially if it looks even a little retro.

PLACES TO STAY Robot Receptionists All the major international hotel chains have one or more locations

in Tokyo, but why come to Japan and stay in a Western-style hotel?

At the Henn-na Hotel Ginza, which opened in February, the reception desk is staffed by humanoid robots that can handle Japanese, English, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese; housekeeping duties are performed in part by autonomous vacuum cleaners. The name means ‘Strange Hotel’, and room rates are strangely affordable for Ginza.

When Cost Is No Object For those with big-enough budgets, the best accommodation option might be Hoshinoya Tokyo, smack in the middle of the city but as quiet as if it were tucked away in a northern forest. Each floor has half a dozen impeccable Japanesestyle rooms and a lounge in which staff serve complimentary onigiri (rice balls), miso soup, and even

sake. Opened in 2016, it features separate open-air baths for men and women on its top floor, with thermal water pumped up from 1,500 metres below Tokyo.

PLACES TO EAT Thinking About Eating The farm-to-table ethos is taken to the next level at Mensho, a new restaurant in the Otowa neighbourhood. Through the glass at the back of the restaurant, you can even watch the staff milling their own whole wheat flour, which they then transform into ramen and other forms of noodles. The ultimate goal is to make people think about what they eat.

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Currency

The Japanese yen is rather unusual as it’s not subdivided into smaller units: there are coins from ¥1 to ¥500 and bills from ¥1,000 to ¥10,000, and cash still enjoys a strong following. Indeed, some smaller businesses won’t take credit cards.

Attire

The Japanese have few hang-ups about what foreign visitors wear, but if you have tattoos, consider keeping yourself reasonably covered up.

Attitudes are gradually changing, but tattoos are still frowned upon.

Public baths, for example, will turn you away.

Hoping to take home a cuttingedge rice cooker or a deluxe massage chair? Yodobashi Camera sells everything that has an “On/ Off” switch (as well as plenty of things that don’t). Showing your passport with your tourist visa will earn you an exemption from the 8 percent sales tax, which incidentally is scheduled to rise to 10 percent next year. There are huge Yodobashi stores in multiple locations around the city, but the most mind-boggling of all is probably the ten-storey megastore next to Akihabara Station.

FARTHER AFIELD Big Buddha

More Noodle News Last year, Nakiryu became the second ramen restaurant in Tokyo to receive a coveted Michelin star (Tsuta, only about a kilometre

Practical Tips Japanese etiquette is so complex that you’re likely to commit at least a few faux pas every day you’re here.

Fortunately, the Japanese will cut you some slack because you’re a foreigner. Just watch how the locals behave and try to behave similarly.

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Built to resemble a Shinto shrine, Oriental Bazaar should be a pilgrimage site for anybody looking to buy souvenirs of a trip to Japan.

From top quality to total kitsch – antique kimonos to USB thumb drives shaped like pieces of sushi – it has every kind of souvenir you can think of, as well as many you would never have dreamed of; be ready for some impulse buying. Oriental Bazaar is in the Omotesando district, not far from the goofiness of Harajuku.

Weather

Tokyo can be unpleasantly hot and humid in the summer and cold enough for occasional snow in the winter.

Spring and fall are optimal, but avoid the first week of May, when the ‘Golden Week’ holidays result in packed trains, jammed roads and full hotels.

Language

The locals will appreciate any effort you make to use a few Japanese phrases, but generally, getting by on English is no longer a problem in Tokyo; it might be if you venture out into the countryside and off the beaten track.

If you have time for just one day-trip outside Tokyo, it should be southward to Kamakura. The home base of several generations of shogun – and therefore, the de facto capital of the country – Kamakura was one of the world’s largest cities in the 13th century.

Historical Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines abound, including Kotokuin, the home of one of Japan’s three big seated Buddha statues. Not far from Kamakura sits Enoshima, an island from which you can get both Mount Fuji and local surfers into the same photo. ■

About the writer Freelance photographer and writer Peter Weld’s travels have taken him from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, but he has called Tokyo home for more than 30 years.

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IN PROFILE | Kevin Kwan

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Crazy Rich Asians is a story that transcends race, says its author and executive producer Kevin Kwan.

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With its lavish banquets, helicopter escapes and sweeping descriptions of Singapore’s lush coast, Kevin Kwan’s novel Crazy Rich Asians practically begs to be turned into a film. But when Kwan wrote the book, which was published in 2013, he never thought his set pieces would spring to life. “I told a story that I think was very cinematic. Did I ever dare to dream it would ever happen? Absolutely not,” he said. “I didn’t think I would even get it published to begin with.”

Not only did the book get published and top best-seller lists, but the ensuing film stormed to No. 1 at the box office, buoyed by warm reviews and aggressive theatre-renting campaigns. The film has carried the weight of being the first Hollywood film with an all-Asian cast and a contemporary story since The Joy Luck Club in 1993. Since its premiere four months ago, Kwan says the film has already increased the appetite for different kinds of stories in Hollywood.

tragedy. A Christian counsellor had come over and was destroying everything that was Chinese or had any dragons or idols. I was 10 years old, and remember watching from the sidelines in this enormous mansion as they were tipping vases to the floor. The maids are weeping. They see fortunes they can’t even make in their whole lifetime being destroyed right in front of them — and they have to literally sweep it up. I can’t make this stuff up.

While other authors option their books for thousands of dollars, you optioned the book to the production companies Color Force and Ivanhoe for USD1. What did you do with that dollar?

I don’t think I actually got that dollar, quite frankly. Basically, I was trying to make myself as amenable to the deal as possible. I didn’t want things to be held up by money. I wanted the money to be spent hiring a great screenwriter

— to really adapt my book rather than to pay me some stupid option fee. And it gave me a partnership stake in the whole process. So it was worth every dollar — it was worth that dollar.

The book is a satire of this culture of excess, but Hollywood loves to glorify wealth. Were you worried that critique would be lost in translation?

Jon (Chu, the film’s director) and I had many, many long talks over this. I knew and understood his vision: that even though there are decadent scenes, you look beyond that. The story at the heart of it is about a family, a couple, a mother and a son. And there’s where the true crazy richness lies in the story.

There was controversy over the casting of Henry Golding, who is half white, to play Nick, the male romantic lead. Did that debate come up during the casting process?

It definitely came up in the room and was something we deliberated about for a very long time. We were hyper-conscious of what would happen and how people would respond. But at the end of the day, we really felt that he really was the perfect Nick. We had to put aside our own issues to see that.

I understand the issue, and I’m glad it came up.

But being from Singapore, which is such a multicultural society, and having so many cousins who are mixed race — and seeing their struggle as mixed-race Asians who aren’t fully accepted on either side — I really have a lot of empathy for that. How are they not Asian? How is Henry Golding, who has spent most of his life living in Asia, considered not Asian? Fifty years ago, he wouldn’t be let into a lot of private clubs just based on the way he looks.

I was in Philadelphia, and there were two white dudes in their 50s who went to a screening. One of the guys admitted: “I haven’t cried in a movie in the longest time — but I cried.” And his friend was like, “Yeah, I cried too.” This was not the target demographic. But it’s funny to see them admitting to this and being so surprised by their own reaction. It’s great to hear that, because that’s what we believed from the beginning: that this story transcends race.

The story explores the world of the uberrich in Singapore, where you grew up.

What was the most obscene show of wealth you saw as a child?

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Crazy Rich Asians' leading man Henry Golding plays Nick Young while his love interest Rachel Chu is played by Constance Wu

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Over the past few months, have you seen a change in potential opportunities for Asian and Asian-American stories in Hollywood?

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Absolutely. There’s tremendous interest now in projects that I’m developing going forward. I see it also with the cast: All of them have different pots that are boiling. They’re being offered different roles and possibilities. We’re seeing how all these actors are in demand in a whole new way, and in projects that aren’t just Asian-based.

The climate’s already changing.

We are definitely trying to set things up for a sequel. But it all depends on this movie performing well and having legs. This is not up to us.

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Now that you’ve broken the bamboo ceiling, what kinds of stories are you interested in telling?

Crazy poor Asians. Or just crazy average Asians.

I’ve written three books about the one percent.

Now, it’s all about exploring this wide spectrum and showing other facets of Asians around the world. I want to show how they can be as cool as the crazy rich Asians, if not more. I’m also developing a TV series with Amazon. It’s going to be set in Hong Kong, and it’s about the most powerful and ruthless family there. It’s going to be very different in tone and subject matter.

The post-credits scene of the film sets up a new potential love interest for the spurned Astrid (Gemma Chan).

Is the scene a harbinger of a sequel?

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I really hope so. A few of the actors and me, we snuck into one of the screenings in Union Square and were watching as the credits rolled.

The minute that scene played, people were screaming. It was hilarious to watch. We are definitely trying to set things up for a sequel. But it all depends on this movie performing well and having legs. This is not up to us. ■

Crazy Rich Asians is showing onboard.

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EXPLORE

A Deeper Look Uncover Singapore in small-group tours to see a different side of the Lion City.

Words + Photography Carolyn Beasley

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EXPLORE | Singapore

Many tourists know of Singapore’s major attractions such as the glass domes at Gardens by the Bay, high-end dining at Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, and designer shopping on Orchard Road. But Singapore has more to offer than these glitzy attractions. For the repeat visitor or those looking to understand Singapore’s psyche, try connecting with a wellinformed local for an authentic experience. Here are five small-group walking tours for your next visit to the Lion City.

Food Tour Of Joo Chiat & Katong Roads Singapore has a long history as a trading hub, and the ensuing cultural mash-up has led to a unique culinary scene. Many of the Straits Chinese, or Peranakans, live around Joo Chiat and Katong Roads. Today, this district offers intergenerational Peranakan, Chinese and Indian eateries and beautifully-restored architecture, perfect for a foodie walking tour. goingplacesmagazine.com | 40 | December 2018

Salma is our spritely 77-year-old guide who grew up here. The three-hour tasting starts at an Indian restaurant where roti prata, the Singaporean version of a South Indian flaky pastry, is being prepared. With a wrist-flick, the ball of dough is flipped like elastic onto the hot plate, sizzling in an alarming amount of oil.

Salma demonstrates the traditional right-handonly method of eating, scooping up spicy gravy with her prata.

The tour moves to a Peranakan tea shop, run by the same family since 1945. The speciality here is bak chang, a rice dumpling stuffed with pork, chestnuts and mushrooms wrapped in bamboo

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Singapore loves laksa, and the hawker centre here claims the original. Seated on plastic chairs, locals and tourists slurp down steaming bowls of the rich, coconut prawn curry soup. The group lets their belts out a notch while watching a chef prepare popiah, a Singaporean take on the spring roll, before finishing with a staple, the curry puff. singabites.com

Battle Box Tour The Battle Box was part of the Malaya Command Headquarters during World War II, a bomb-proof underground bunker hidden under the shady trees and British army barracks of Fort Canning Hill. The rooms were restored in 2016 and the only way to see them is on this excellent tour.

workings of the Battle Box itself, before leading the way into the bowels of the hill.

The underground rooms, once oppressively hot, are now air-conditioned. Wartime furniture and mannequins depict the use of a military strategy board and a cipher machine for coded messages.

Secret ‘cat ladders’ leading outside show the emergency escape routes. The final small room contains a recreation of the pivotal wartime moment, a life-sized model with 12 grave men clustered around a table. Joanne explains it was here, with resources dwindling and no apparent alternative, that these men took just 15 minutes to decide to surrender Singapore to the Japanese. This was the biggest capitulation in British military history; learning about it in the room where it occurred induces goosebumps.

Video of the formal surrender brings home the gravity of their decision.

Journeys To Hell At Haw Par Villa 1. A vendor selling bak chang, a rice dumpling stuffed with pork, chestnuts and mushrooms

Docent Joanne explains the tour, which takes one hour, will cover the story of Singapore’s wartime journey to surrender as well as the

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Formerly known as Tiger Balm Gardens, Haw Par Villa was opened in 1937 by the brothers behind the medicinal balm and remains Singapore’s quirkiest attraction. More than 1,000 brightly coloured sculptures stand here, educating the public on moral issues relevant to the 1930s, with lessons from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

This fantastic weirdness is best experienced on the Journeys to Hell Twilight Tour, and just as night is falling and the park closes to the public, things start to get delightfully spooky.

After touring the gardens, guide Sharul directs guests into the multi-cultural ‘Hell’s Museum’, followed by (for those who dare) the hair-raising opportunity to lie in a real coffin.

Shadows play across the face of the fearsome King of Ghosts in his display, and visitors giggle nervously as the tour enters the infamous

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tour finishes in the hawker centre, where Shal recommends handmade pau (stuffed buns) or the Michelin Bib Gourmand carrot cake. rubydottrails.com

Chinatown & Little India Photo Walk Singapore is a photogenic city, and a relaxed walk through the enclaves of Chinatown and Little India with long-term American expat Mark Stevens yields great souvenir photos and unexpected insights.

10 Courts of Hell. Constructed more than 70 years ago, each of the dimly lit courts depicts a gruesome, blood-thirsty diorama of the different tortures awaiting in Hell, scenes that will send chills through any reprobates. Signage informs the visitor of the crime and corresponding punishment, such as ‘Ungratefulness’, which will result in one’s heart being cut out, or ‘Disobedience of One’s Siblings’, punishable by being ground by a large stone.

Singapore’s first satellite town, Toa Payoh, affectionately known as the Heartlands. There are now 24 satellite towns across Singapore and 82 percent of Singaporeans live in an HDB flat.

Guide Shal aims to give people an insight into the ‘real’ Singapore, beyond tourist sites. Shal leads guests through the HDB Hub Visitor’s Gallery, just opened in 2018. One display pays homage to Singapore’s Founding Father and HDB visionary, Lee Kuan Yew.

Sharul lightens the tone, explaining the burning of paper replicas of household items for the ancestors, a Chinese tradition modernised to include paper mobile phones and mansions now available for burning and becoming useful in the afterlife. The tour takes two hours. journeys.com.sg

Mr Lee’s goals of strong families and interracial harmony are reflected in modern HDB operations. At the home-buyers’ hall, electronic signboards display the availabilities of flats for each race (Chinese, Malay, and Indian/Other), ensuring each housing block maintains an ethnic balance. The tour visits common areas of 1970s-style HDB blocks and newer towers featuring carpark rooftop gardens and multistorey bicycle storage.

Singapore Up Close Heartlands Tour How do you accommodate 5.6 million people on a tiny island in acceptable standards and still have space for recreation? Through the ingenuity of the government’s Housing and Development Board, or HBD. In the 1960s, the HDB built

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In a kopitiam or coffeeshop, visitors order localstyle coffee and tea, and in the wet market, Shal explains Heartland shopping. The 3.5-hour

No experience or specialised camera equipment is needed, and this stroll through the streets is not a formally structured tour. Though happy to answer technical photography queries, Mark focuses on how to compose a great travel photo with tips on framing, leading lines and even photographing local residents without causing offence.

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5. One of Haw Par Villa's brightly coloured sculptures, reflecting elements of Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian folklore

The walk reveals hidden street art, elderly men playing Chinese checkers, traditional shophouses and colourful Indian temples.

Some vantage points capture scenes where historical buildings meet gleaming new highrises, and the pace is guided by the group’s interests. At the morning tea break, Mark shares his love of mango flavoured ‘snow ice’, and guests dive into plates of mounded, colourful desserts. The 6.5-hour walk includes tickets for trains (MRT), buses or taxis, and the day finishes on a ‘bumboat’ tour of the Singapore River, taking in the iconic downtown photo opportunities of Marina Bay, Clarke Quay and Boat Quay from the water. ■ singaporestreetshots.com

About the writer Carolyn Beasley is an Australian freelance travel and environment writer based in Singapore. Originally a marine scientist, she’s most at home with a mask and snorkel, tootling around a coral reef. Carolyn mostly writes on wildlife, nature and family adventure travel.

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EXPLORE | London Restaurants

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London restaurants outdo themselves for creativity this festive season, and these six establishments are the reason why.

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We look at the key trends this winter and festive surprises you might encounter while visiting London.

Onodera Veganism has become big business in the U.K. in recent years, but choices have been limited

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in Japanese restaurants until now. Onodera in St James has launched a festive vegan menu that is as stunning as its meat equivalent. The vegetable sushi rolls offer freshness, crunch and vibrancy in equal measures, whilst the miso aubergine is perfectly grilled to retain its juiciness and flavoured with appetising sweet miso sauce. The pièce de rÊsistance is a mushroom and tofu sukiyaki; silky smooth tofu is perfectly complemented by enoki and shimeji mushrooms, packed with rich umami flavours.

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Those wishing to sample the meat version of the festive menu will find it the pinnacle of luxury dining: black kampachi carpaccio and Scottish salmon rolls are followed by exquisite Canadian lobster tempura, with the main course of 35-day dry-aged Scottish sirloin robata steak. The rich flavours from both menus can be paired with sake and wines with the help of the supremely talented sommelier. With branches all over the world, this is fast becoming a brand that is synonymous with the finest quality. onodera-group.com/uk

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Ikoyi Fresh from acquiring a Michelin star, this restaurant in St James defies characterisations.

The young, Princeton-educated head chef Jeremy Chan has delivered a unique menu that is worth flying halfway around the world for. He has combined complex, unique West African ingredients like grains of Selim and Iru, which are fermented locust beans, alongside more European-sounding ideas like herb-fed chicken and vegetable stew to deliver a powerful finedining experience, unlike anything you will find elsewhere.

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richness (hardly surprising considering Chan has worked with the Umami information centre) and a crab jollof that goes to the heart of the cooking. This rice dish has been cooked in a stock of blackened vegetables and shellfish dashi, topped with a crabmeat salad and a custard of brown crab, given a smoked finish.

You might question the authenticity of such a dish, but such is the ingenuity of Chan’s cooking; it isn’t about the constraints of borders but about offering the ultimate taste sensation for diners.

This is a restaurant for those who are prepared to have their perceptions challenged. ikoyilondon.com

Kinilaw & Buko Filipino cuisine is the on-trend food of choice for discerning diners in London. This newly opened restaurant delivers sexy tapas-style dishes along with a lengthy selection of quirky ice creams. Situated in Hoxton, the hipster quarter of London, the restaurant has an edgy, industrial design that is the definition of modern East London. The restaurant’s name translated from Tagalog means a Filipino-style ceviche and coconut.

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Hand-dived scallops and oysters are the musttry dishes at this laid-back venue, where you can savour top-quality seafood along with cocktails with a Southeast Asian edge, like the Sherry DiVine, which contains Amontillado sherry, lemon, orgeat, chilli, ginger and basil. ‘Buko’ refers to the coconut shells used to hold the Filipinoinspired homemade ice creams here, including unusual flavours like smoked blackberry and star anise sorbet and rum and pineapple ice cream, which has a strong Pina Colada feel. This restaurant is for those who want to experience the real eclectic side of London, away from the standard tourist hotspots of Oxford Circus and Leicester Square. kinilawandbuko.com

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Berber & Q Another restaurant that can’t be bracketed into a particular category, this Middle Eastern and North African grill house takes inspiration from a multitude of culinary capitals across the globe, such as London, Marrakesh, Istanbul, Tel Aviv and New York. The owner, Josh Katz, has successfully married the flavours of the kebab houses of Istanbul with the exquisite BBQ techniques of modern New York eateries.

While Christmas isn’t a big festival in some of the countries that influenced Katz’s food, the restaurant has come up with a delectable festive menu; labneh is served with burnt apricot while hummus is delivered with matbucha and sprouts. You wouldn’t imagine turkey to be a dish served often in the warmer climates of the Middle East and North Africa, but here it is given a delicious twist with sumac onions, herb salad, harissa, tahini and laffa.

If you want a Christmas experience with a difference, this is the place to be.

The restaurant is in the Haggerston area in East London, where the most ground-breaking restaurants are discovered these days in London. berberandq.com

Nobu Hotel Shoreditch English afternoon tea is a quintessentially British experience that all visitors must endeavour to savour. This winter, the iconic Nobu brand has launched a festive afternoon tea with a distinctly Nobu twist. Instead of the repetitive smoked salmon and coronation chicken sandwiches you are normally offered, they present mouthwatering variations like snow crab tempura in a creamy spicy sauce with ikura on a shokupan bun. Beef tenderloin is served with shichimi miso

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For those with a sweet tooth, the coconut snowball with white chocolate ganache and snowflake yuzu tart will melt away any resistance to these delightful festive offerings. Ideally paired with these desserts is the unique coffee selection, including London’s only Kinto Hand Brew Japanese filter coffee, which allows for more of the coffee’s natural oils to infuse the cup.

The decor offers a distinctly natural vibe; with a mixture of earthy timbers, dark-toned stone and densely woven textiles, this is a lifestyle space that is welcoming and serene. nobuhotelshoreditch.com

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Cora Pearl Named after the infamous 19th-century courtesan, this new restaurant has been all the rage with restaurant critics and influencers alike with its brand of serving comfort food in a complex yet satisfying manner. The high ceiling, parquet flooring and velvet banquettes evoke the historic feel of an establishment Cora would have frequented herself. The food has a mixture of British and French influences.

The restaurant is conveniently located in the heart of theatreland in Covent Garden, ideally paired with a trip to the nearby shows. It has also come up with festive surprises like mince pie doughnuts. ■ corapearl.co.uk

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Ham and cheese toasties with pickles might seem the most basic of British staple comfort food, but column inches have been devoted to why the version at Cora Pearl is magnificent, from just the right amount of squishiness of the sarnies to the ooziness of the cheddar.

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Europe Christmas Markets

‘Tis The Season Europe overflows with Christmas markets this time of the year.

Here’s a look at six of the best to get you into the mood.

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Tallinn, Estonia – the highlight of the market in Town Hall Square is the setting up of its Christmas tree, a tradition since 1441

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Stockholm, Sweden – the market at Gamla Stan has its origins from medieval times

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Krakow, Poland – traditional gingerbread cookies decorated with words such as "mom" and "dad"

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Krakow, Poland – the main market square dates back to the 13th century and is the perfect backdrop to the rows of wooden stalls

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Vienna, Austria – the market in front of City Hall features more than 150 stalls selling food, drinks and Christmas bric-a-brac

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Prague, Czech Republic – the market in Old Town Square is one of two main markets in the city; the other is in Wenceslas Square

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Our annual Readers' Choice Awards is back and here are the nominees.

If you have not voted, do so before 31 December 2018 at goingplacesmagazine.com List of Categories and their Nominees: Best 5-Star Hotel

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Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur Hilton Kuala Lumpur Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside GTower Hotel Kuala Lumpur Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur The Majestic Malacca Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa Maxims Hotel Ambong Pool Villas Langkawi New World Petaling Jaya Hotel

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VE Hotel & Residence The Everly Putrajaya Hotel Impiana KLCC Hotel The Boulevard Hotel Kuala Lumpur Hotel Jen Puteri Harbour

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Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral Dorsett Kuala Lumpur Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur The Federal Kuala Lumpur Empire Hotel Subang Cititel Mid Valley One World Hotel The Gardens Hotel & Residences Kuala Lumpur Novotel Kuala Lumpur City Centre Ramada Plaza Melaka Thistle Johor Bahru Hotel Stripes Kuala Lumpur, Autograph Collection PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur

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Reliance Mayflower Parlo Tours CIT

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The Taaras Beach & Spa Resort Four Seasons Resort Langkawi The Datai Langkawi The St. Regis Langkawi Lone Pine Resort Penang The Danna Langkawi Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa, Penang Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort Berjaya Langkawi Resort Casa del Mar Langkawi Bunga Raya Island Resort Tanjung Rhu Resort Langkawi

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Suria KLCC Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur Pavilion Kuala Lumpur The Gardens Mall Sunway Pyramid Sunway Velocity Mall NU Sentral 1 Utama MyTOWN Mid Valley Megamall

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Troika Sky Dining Marini's on 57 Skillet @ 163 Tanzini Upper Deck Lafite THIRTY8 Villa Danieli Cielo Kuala Lumpur Tangerine

Best Golf Course

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Awana Hotel Resorts World Genting Mines Resort & Golf Club Tropicana Golf & Country Resort Glenmarie Golf & Country Club Saujana Golf and Country Club TPC Kuala Lumpur Clearwater Sanctuary Golf Resort Bukit Kemuning Golf & Country Resort

Best Malaysian Restaurant Serving Local Food

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Bijan Bar & Restaurant Songket Restaurant Serai Madam Kwan's Restoran Rebung Dato Chef Ismail South Sea Seafood Fatty Crab Pasar Baru, New World Petaling Jaya Hotel • Little Penang Café • Sri Nirwana Maju Restaurant • Best Outlet Shopping

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Johor Premium Outlets Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA Design Village, Penang Genting Highlands Premium Outlets • Freeport A'Famosa Outlet Best Online Booking Site or App

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MyCar Grab Traveloka Trivago Hotel.com Airbnb

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Sunway Lagoon Legoland Malaysia Berjaya Times Square Theme Park Sunway Lost World Of Tambun Puteri Harbour A’Famosa Resort Bukit Gambang Resort City Bukit Merah Laketown Resort Bangi Wonderland Theme Park & Resort • ESCAPE Penang Best Spa & Wellness Centre

• The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat • The Chateau Spa & Organic Wellness Resort • HealthLand • Thai Odyssey • Empire Spa & Wellness • Spa Village Kuala Lumpur • The Spa, Mandarin Oriental • Mandara Spa, Mulu Marriott Best Serviced Residence/Suites

• PNB Perdana Hotel & Suites On The Park • THE FACE Suites • Somerset • Ascott • Lanson Place • Fraser Place Kuala Lumpur • Pacific Regency Hotel Suites • MiCasa All Suite Hotel Kuala Lumpur • Capri by Fraser Kuala Lumpur

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Container Hotel M Boutique Hotel Alila Bangsar Kuala Lumpur Macalister Mansion Penang WOLO Bukit Bintang Le Apple Boutique Hotel Dash Box Cyberjaya Timez Modern Heritage Hotel Jawi Peranakan Mansion Seven Terraces Cheong Fatt Tze, The Blue Mansion

Best Street Food

• Sister's Char Koay Teow, Penang – Char Koay Teow • Restoran Old Green House – Prawn Mee • Sate Kajang Haji Samuri – Satay • Village Park Restaurant – Nasi Lemak • Yut Kee Restaurant – Hainanese Chicken Chop • Pasar Air Itam Laksa – Laksa • Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul – Cendol • Nasi Kandar Kampung Melayu – Nasi Kandar • Vishal Food & Catering – Banana Leaf Rice • Roti Canai Jalan Argyll – Roti Canai Best Malaysian Attraction

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Kuala Lumpur Tower Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur Bird Park The Habitat Penang Hill Langkawi Cable Car Resorts World Genting Boh Tea Plantations Aquaria KLCC Central Market Tadom Hill Resorts Kuala Lumpur City Gallery The Top Penang Museum Of Illusions

Best Malaysian Brand

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Most Loved State for Tourism

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Nominee for Best Fine Dining Restaurant

Troika Sky Dining

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Among Stars Cantaloupe, the first Troika Sky Dining establishment by Christian Bauer and Eddie Chew, opened in 2013 to rave reviews. Nearly six years later, the fine dining gem continues to surprise, offering up beautifully crafted menus and a carefully curated wine selection.

Cantaloupe sits on level 23A of the Norman Foster-designed luxury tower, The Troika.

Emerging from the lift, guests will be awestruck by the views below and ahead as they traverse the glass-walled passageway to the dining hall. The soaring floor-to-ceiling windows of the double-height dining area afford sweeping views of KLCC Park and the city skyline. The minimalist interior design, with a water feature and a black-and-white theme to the table settings, is a stylishly discreet backdrop to the view.

But what are pleasing interiors if there is no substance to the food? At Cantaloupe, eclectic ingredients and cooking styles merge to produce dishes that are a feast for the eyes and taste buds. For his latest, Executive Chef Bauer has crafted an eight-course degustation menu (RM380++) that kicks off with seafood – Pearls of Oscietra caviar, followed by a luscious oyster and then the classic lobster bisque, a favourite that never fails to please. An elegant slice of pan-seared parrot fish rounds up the ‘fruits of the sea’ courses before guests are served foie gras cubes, with hints of local satay flavours in its peanut sauce and pandan rice crispies.

Even the palate cleanser, a delicately sour yogurt and cherry soda sorbet, is a delightful testament to the discerning taste and skill of the chef. Having put themselves in safe hands, the only choice guests need to make is to decide between the filet mignon or duck breast for the seventh course, and to select an accompanying wine if one is imbibing.

Troika Sky Dining venues appeal to diverse palates. For a more casual experience, there is Fuego, with its focus on tapas and grilled meats, or Strato, a family-friendly Italian bistro.

And as the sun sets, there is no better place to be than at Coppersmith, the craft cocktail bar, or at Claret, the wine bar, to watch day drift into night. troikaskydining.com

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Nominee for Best Online Booking Site or App

Klook

The Only Travel Buddy You Need Planning for your next holiday? With so much to do and so much to see, the last thing you want is to be stuck waiting in line or paying more than necessary to enjoy your holiday.

Enter Klook – a world-leading travel activities and services booking platform with more than 60,000 activities across 250 major destinations. Founded in 2014, Klook gives travellers a seamless way to discover and book popular attractions, local tours, rail passes, food options, and unique experiences around the world.

Skip the lines to your favourite attractions like Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios Japan and even enjoy benefits of Klook-designated queues to the popular Hong Kong Peak Tram and Ngong Ping 360.

That’s not all, receive e-tickets sent to your mobile phone so you won’t have to worry about printing physical tickets or losing them! You’ll also get to enjoy great deals of up to 60% off retail prices and customise your itinerary seamlessly on www.klook.com.

Ready? Get Klook-ing now on the website and get RM15 off your first Klook holiday with promo code JOMHOLIDAYMH. www.klook.com

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Nominee for Best Shopping Mall

Sunway Pyramid

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Take Your Shopping Experience To Another Level!

Sunway Pyramid, Malaysia’s first thematic shopping mall (and one of the largest) is the crown jewel of Sunway City. It has grown by leaps and bounds as a retail, lifestyle and experiential destination among locals and tourists alike.

Featuring a vast array of entertainment, leisure and lifestyle attractions as well as all-inclusive conveniences seamlessly integrated across the 800 acres property, Sunway City is one of Malaysia's must-visit destinations.

Sunway City attracts over 42 million visitors every year. This wasteland-turnedwonderland city is also home to Asia's Best Attraction, Sunway Lagoon theme park and a collection of Sunway hotels with more than 1,500 rooms. Sunway City encompasses world-class education and healthcare facilities and is named Malaysia’s first fully integrated sustainable city, certified by the Green Building Index.

Visitors are in for a treat at over 1,000 specialty outlets including a variety of first-in-Malaysia key retail concepts featuring international fashion brands, beauty, dining, digital lifestyle and more.

Play, experiment and try on the latest products, or dine at close to 200 F&B outlets with local and international delights.

The mall is always abuzz with exciting events and trends that cater to the entire family!

With experiences at the core of its establishment, Sunway Pyramid has over 50 services and amenities available for all generations of visitors, from young families to working adults and seniors.

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Pavilion Kuala Lumpur

Celebrations Galore Expect celebrations galore this Christmas at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, as the iconic mall concludes “Visit Pavilion 2018”, its 10th anniversary celebrations, with a spectacular bang.

Create magical moments with loved ones at this Destination of Dreams with magical décor, and expect an exciting array of programmes and activities for the holidays, coupled with exclusive promotions and yearend sales.

Dream Christmas Experience the joys of the festive season as Pavilion KL brings the Disney experience to life with ‘Disney Celebrate The Magic: Dream Christmas’ in December.

A 20-foot-tall figure of Mickey Mouse, Disney’s most beloved character, alongside an 18-foot-tall Christmas tree adorned with over 1,000 Mickey figurines are must-see attractions this holiday season. Mickey lovers will especially love the showcase of over 100 Mickey sculptures, each painted and embellished by luxury and lifestyle brands found in the mall - a first-of-its-kind, too-cute-to-be-true exhibition in Malaysia that simply must not be missed.

In the spirit of the season, Pavilion KL will be giving back to the community with fun train rides, with proceeds to be donated to charity.

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spectacular light show and Disney’s Frozen Snow Globe. Not to be missed is Huawei’s Snow Experience, with daily snowfall outside the mall – so visitors can enjoy the magical sensation of falling snow, right in the heart of a tropical metropolis.

Dream Gifting & Shopping With Christmas being a time for giving, there’s no better place to shop for presents than at Pavilion KL, and with over 700 stores, there is no shortage of unique and thoughtful gifts and experiences to discover.

For luxury Christmas shopping, indulge at Couture Pavilion, a 1km stretch of designer brand stores and international boutiques.

Home to the most acclaimed labels from the world of fashion, couture lovers can indulge in the best of luxury and shopping at the country’s flagship stores for Cartier, Bvlgari and Tiffany & Co. to name a few.

Year-end is the time for social gatherings, whether it’s with family or friends, and the mall is the best place to spend the year-end holidays. Feel the beating pulse of the city at Connection, with a plethora of hip and happening street bistros, chic cafes, stylish restaurants and entertainment outlets, such as Red Box Plus for a night of karaoke, and Golden Screen Cinemas to watch the latest blockbusters.

From stocking fillers to the present of your dreams, look no further than our Beauty Street – since nothing says “happy holidays” like buying a loved one enough makeup. Discover the latest collections from Dior, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté and more.

Reunite with old friends, enjoy a meal out with colleagues, or treat the family at Dining Loft, a culinary haven of casual international eateries. With flavours from around the globe, diners can opt for Mediterranean cuisine at Tapas Club, Japanese barbecue Rocku Yakiniku, succulent Chinese-style roasties at Village Roast Duck and traditional Malay favourites at Serai, among others.

Dream Pampering & Indulgences

Dream Convenience

Get party-ready at Beauty Hall, a destination in itself with an array of spas and beauty centres. Discover beauty havens such as Luminous Integrative Medicine Clinic, Miko Galere with Kerastase and BMIC Nail Spa Salon, to feel rejuvenated and ready to take on this magical holiday season.

Be privy to special privileges, discounts, offers and gifts at over 250 stores with the Tourist Card. Mall-wide Wi-Fi ensures that shoppers stay connected no matter where they are, while the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) rail system makes it easy to explore other parts of Kuala Lumpur and beyond from the mall. pavilion-kl.com

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CHEF’S CUT | Shaun Teo

Confessions Of A

Bake

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Pâtissier Shaun Teo whisks in fantasy with an artist’s eye in designing cakes.

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Hunched over a marbled table-top, Shaun Teo concentrates wholly on the task at hand. Peeking out from between two sizeable palms is a balled-up bit of cherry-red fondant.

His nimble fingers that belie a towering stature move quickly and precisely, setting aside his discomfort of an audience. With a couple of toothpicks, he creates textures for what turns out to be the tiniest Santa hat to top off an adorable Polar Bear Cake Pop – just the thing for Christmas.

The humble chef recalled that growing up in the Malaysian port town of Klang, he instinctively knew his calling had to do with design. However, he was clueless as to what creative outlet to base his future on. "I studied in Taiwan's Ming Chuan University. But I didn't know what to choose. I first planned on studying interior design, but too many people were doing the same thing that year. I wanted to be different," he said.

Heeding his supportive mother's suggestion, he enrolled in the Hospitality Management course.

It was then that he received his first taste of baking through an elective subject. "I had never even baked before then. So the first thing I ever made was a fresh cream cake at university."

"After that, I fell in love with baking rather than hospitality. With baking, I could do whatever design I like, I don't have to be the same as everyone else," said Teo. It also fit well with his quiet demeanour. "I'm an introvert and quite shy, so that's why I wasn't looking to do things with too much communication," he said.

Still, it wasn't an easy road. Teo started from scratch, working in a bakery for a year after graduating to learn the tricks of the trade. As his skills grew, he made a delightful discovery.

"When I started baking, I became attracted to cute, animated and pretty (designs). I love to decorate cakes and see them turn out magical.”

Later working for JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the two-hour long commutes to and from Klang through the city's traffic took a toll on him and his expenses. To earn a little extra money and to improve his techniques, he began taking requests from friends and family by early 2015. "So I would work for 12 hours or more every day, then drive home and start on the orders. That's when I slowly started posting

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photos on social media of what I'd made to get my name out there," he explained.

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These images work in stark contrast yet give a glimpse into the duality of his nature. An introvert who shies away from social situations but has a dreamy love of all things adorable, he’s also a confident baker who works long hours, conducting workshops around the world to make his dreams a reality. Before sitting for this interview at his studio, Shaun Teo Creations, he systematically wipes down his workstation to calm his nerves.

"What makes me happiest is when I get good feedback about my designs, when my customers tell me I've done a great job. Or when the outcome is pretty, I am satisfied," he said. "But the hardest thing for me is having to constantly come up with new ideas for my classes and for my clients’ orders. I have to use different techniques on the cakes all the time.” For Teo, inspiration comes from social media platforms such as Instagram and Pinterest. He not only searches for cake designs but also draws inspiration from photography and art pieces.

Although he still takes orders via his Instagram handle, @shaunteocreations, his ambitions have grown. Gaining popularity with pictures of his whimsical, too-beautiful-to-eat creations on social media, he now has over 140,000 followers.

As he turned 26 this year, the self-styled artisanal baker opened his own studio. "I actually had a smaller studio around a year ago. Then I decided to expand my business."

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With determination, he pushed himself out of his comfort zone by teaching workshops at the baking studio, based in Petaling Jaya in Selangor state. His ventures have also extended to China, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan and Dubai. "I have a workshop on baking or cake decorating in China once a month," he said. "I'm also planning to hold one in the United Kingdom and United States next year. Maybe I'll even open up a café by the end of the year, hopefully.

But right now, we have at least one workshop in the studio every month.”

The space itself is calming, with soft beige wood tones, stainless steel equipment and floor-toceiling windows that bring in the light. Of course, there are hints of the self-starter's unique personality throughout the studio, including

1. Cute cake pops perfect for Christmas (recipe on the next page) 2.-3. Teo worked in a bakery after graduating to learn the tricks of the trade

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Cook Like A Chef 4.–6. Baking allows Teo to be himself, a shy and introverted person

Teo shares his recipe for Christmas Polar Bear Cake Pops with Oreos and Cream Cheese.

Ingredients:

6. Take the cake

n 137g Oreo cookies n 75g cream cheese n 400g white compound chocolate n 50g dark choc

delicate glass and metal ornaments and a special ivy-covered teepee in one corner.

One thing stands out. Tastefully dotted around the studio are prints of Henri Matisse's paintings.

"I like Matisse because he is very artistic. His drawings may seem very minimalistic and simple. But they are also very beautiful and I feel like there's a lot of meaning in each painting."

As he traced his artistic traits back to his youth, Teo remembered drawing every chance he could get as a kid, then mastering his flair with a brush later on. "I picked up my art skills in secondary school where I had watercolour painting classes every week. But drawing has always been one of my loves since I was young," said Teo. "It's where I learned the importance of details."

It is this characteristic that gives him a distinct edge, offering up the fantastical with a touch of realism. Baking to Teo seems more an art form, and should he persist to always raise his game, his cakes will never go stale. ■

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n 50g red and white fondant

Method:

7. In the meantime, melt

1. Start by crushing,

pounding or lightly blending the Oreo cookies until crumbly.

2. Beat in the cream cheese

until well mixed.

3. Press the mixture into

pop out of the fridge and leave it at room temperature for another 5 minutes until it becomes roughly 19°C-20°C.

CREA

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the white chocolate on a double boiler until it reaches around 32°C-33°C. This is the perfect dipping temperature or else the chocolate will crack.

8. In a separate pot, do

the same for the dark chocolate.

an oval ice-cream mould, adding a popsicle stick to its end.

9. When done, dip the cake

4. Keep the mould with the

pop into the melted white chocolate to coat it.

mixture in the fridge for about 15 minutes to hold its shape.

5. While waiting, shape the red

and white fondant into little Santa hats, and leave aside.

10. Once the coating

sets, decorate with dark chocolate for the eyes, mouth and polar bear snout and top it off with the fondant Santa hat.

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EXPLORE | Lost Food Project

Food Rescue How The Lost Food Project is fighting food wastage and feeding the hungry.

Words Tan Lee Kuen | Photography SooPhye

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In a small warehouse in Kuala Lumpur, volunteers are sorting through boxes of produce and dry food such as eggplants, potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes and noodles. The produce is arranged into piles (with the obvious inedible ones put aside to be composted) and divided into portions that will then be delivered or picked up by various charities.

This is just a typical morning at The Lost Food Project. Founded in 2016 by British expatriate Suzanne Mooney, together with a group of parents from her children’s school, the nonprofit organisation works with supermarkets, manufacturers and markets to pick up their surplus food and distribute them to charities around town. To-date, The Lost Food Project has rescued more than 500 tonnes of surplus food from its donors and provided almost two million meals to those in need. ‘‘Our core function is as a food bank. Our driving force is to feed people, but the knock-on effects are to do with the environment and sustainability,’’ says Mooney, who often cites Robert Egger, the founder of DC Central Kitchen in the U.S., as an inspiration for setting up the NGO. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation, 1.3 billion tonnes of food are wasted every year, whether through production or consumption. That is a third of all food produced, a staggering amount that can feed up to 45 percent of the world’s population.

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In Malaysia, where food is an obsession and not just a necessity, we are also guilty of wasting food, throwing away 3,000 tonnes of edible food every single day. That’s a lot of perfectly good meals being dumped in the landfill.

Food wastage is often described as a ‘farm-tofork’ problem. Produce loss happens all along the food production chain, from the fields to transportation, factories, supermarkets, restaurants, and our fridges. Growing food requires water, arable land, energy, labour and money. Letting food go to waste is to squander these valuable resources while filling up landfills, which emit methane.

There are many reasons why food goes to waste. Part of it has to do with us, the consumer, and our expectations of food. For example, the demand for perfect and beautiful food means much of it is discarded. ‘‘If we see a fruit with a bruise or a dent on it, we would not take that and choose another one.

Straightaway, we have created waste because we want perfection,’’ says Mooney.

When The Lost Food Project was first launched, a handful of volunteers were carting away a few boxes of groceries from Jason’s Food Hall direct to the charities. Today, they collect food from almost all the major supermarkets in town, including Cold Storage, Giant and Village Grocer.

Standard operating procedures are in place and The Lost Food Project has contracts with its food partners to ensure due diligence.

One of their biggest accomplishments is working with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and the traders at the Selayang Wholesale Market, where they can pick up unsold fresh fruits and vegetables.

‘‘It is very important to us that we give people a nutritious diet as well as feed them. We are about sustainability, but we are also concerned about society and don’t want to create more problems like obesity. We want to make people’s lives better,’’ says Mooney.

Every day, except Sundays, The Lost Food Project sends refrigerated trucks to pick up food from its food donors and bring it back to its warehouse, where the food is sorted by volunteers.

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1. The Lost Food Project's Social Media Campaign Manager Tracey Wardhaugh (left), and CEO Chris Davidson (right) 2. Unsold fresh vegetables and fruits are picked up from donors every day except Sundays 3.-5. Wardhaugh and volunteers sorting out food supplies to be distributed to the different charities

HOW YOU CAN HELP: n Volunteer. The Lost Food

Project needs volunteers to help with logistics, fundraising, marketing and more. n Donate. A donation of

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Volunteers form the bulk of the organisation and are its driving force. The drivers will then take the products to the different charities, but The Lost Food Project encourages the charities to come by the warehouse and pick up food that they need and will use.

‘‘We have to be careful who we give food to.

We can’t give out food randomly. It’s a complicated jigsaw and we have to work out a clever but simple way of addressing this issue,’’ says Mooney.

The Lost Food Project currently works with 50 vetted charities in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area. A liaison is assigned to each charity to work closely with them, conducting occasional spot checks to ensure things are being done correctly.

SOLS Academy of Innovation, an educational non-profit organisation, has been picking up fresh fruits and vegetables from The Lost Food Project once a week for over a year. ‘‘It’s been a really great help to us and it makes the students happy to have a good meal,’’ says Saron Rous, the academy’s director.

The Lost Food Project also sends weekly food supplies to over 7,500 families in the People’s Housing Project and has set up kitchens in refugee schools. When food is provided at the schools, attendance rates shoot up.

Besides rescuing and supplying food, The Lost Food Project engages in education work and public awareness campaigns. At this year’s World Food Day in October, it ran a My Clean Plate challenge to encourage participants to finish their food and make a donation. The campaigns are to promote awareness around food waste and what we as individuals can do about it. Even simple changes, like eating leftovers and understanding expiry dates, can make a big difference in how much food gets thrown out.

‘‘We’re not trying to be boring,’’ says Mooney. ‘‘We just want people to be thoughtful about food and to take baby steps toward changing their behaviour toward it. The more you get into food sustainability and wastage, the more you realise the massive impact it has on our planet.’’ ■

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Ukiran Artisan Seorang pengukir artisan muda kini giat mengembalikan kegemilangan seni ukiran kayu lama.

Teks Alexandra Wong Terjemahan Yeo Li Shian Foto SooPhye

Cutting Edge.

The ancient craft of woodcarving gets a boost from a young artisan in Penang.

Terletak di salah satu sudut sunyi di tapak warisan Pulau Pinang, Studio Ukiran Keng Hwa sememangnya cukup menarik perhatian.

Cahaya semulajadi menembusi tingkap-tingkap kayunya dan menerangi studio. Rak-rak putih berlatarkan dinding dengan cat-cat yang terkopek manakala bangku-bangku kerja pula dipenuhi dengan botol-botol kaca. Di dalam botol-botol inilah, terkandung kayu-kayu lama, replika-replika mini dan papan tanda yang sarat dengan hiasan indah. Studio ukiran kayu dengan gabungan elemen moden dan lama ini seolah-olah memberi gambaran jelas tentang pemiliknya – seorang pengukir kayu muda yang berjiwa unik dengan kelincahan jari-jemari tanpa bandingan.

Ketika ditemui di studionya, Tong Wing Cheong, 32, sedang sibuk memberi sentuhan terakhir

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Tucked above one of the quieter pockets of Penang’s World Heritage Site, Keng Hwa Carving Studio is a curious study in contrasts. Illuminated by natural light streaming in from wooden windows, peeling walls surround stark white shelves and light workbenches filled with jars of old wood, ornate signboards and miniature replicas. Both modern and old-school at the same time, the wood carving studio is very much reflective of the maker himself – a young man with an old soul and nimble hands.

When we meet at his studio, 32-year-old Tong Wing Cheong is putting the finishing touches to a puppet figurine for Ombak Potehi, a group of young artists who aim to revitalise the Hokkien Potehi glove puppet theatre.

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pada sebuah patung kecil untuk Ombak Potehi.

Ombak Potehi merupakan sekumpulan penggiat seni muda yang berhasrat untuk menghidupkan semula cahaya kegemilangan teater boneka sarung tangan Hokkien Potehi.

Cintanya terhadap seni ukiran kayu berputik ketika beliau melanjutkan pengajian Sarjana di Institut Graduan Budaya Orang Asli kendalian Universiti Kebangsaan Tainan di Taiwan. Universiti ini cukup terkenal dengan usaha mempromosikan budaya tradisional masyarakat orang asli.

Setelah tamat pengajian pada tahun 2012, tumpuan anak kelahiran Klang ini mula beralih ke Pulau Pinang ekoran ‘statusnya sebagai antara lokasi terakhir di Malaysia yang masih mengekalkan perusahaan warisan’. Menerusi satu jalinan kerjasama dengan sebuah organisasi bukan kerajaan, Persatuan Warisan Pulau Pinang, Tong berpeluang berkenalan dengan Yeap Siew Kay. Siew Kay berjaya menyiapkan keseluruhan ukiran hiasan rumit pada Tokong Yap di Lebuh Armenian, Pulau Pinang tanpa sebarang bantuan, sekali gus menaikkan nama beliau sebagai pengukir kayu tersohor tempatan.

Pada tahun 2013, beliau mula bergurukan sifu terkemuka yang berusia sekitar 70-an tersebut.

“Saya betul-betul tidak tahu apa yang saya buat pada enam bulan pertama,” akui Tong sejujurnya. Tambah beliau lagi: “Banyak yang saya pelajari. Pada zaman dulu, anak murid perlu tinggal dengan sifu. Setakat nak belajar mengasah peralatannya pun memakan masa tiga bulan!”

Menurutnya, peralatan mengukir perlu sentiasa diasah tajam. Ini amat penting kerana kualiti seni ukiran khususnya kehalusan garisan dan lengkung banyak bergantung kepada ketajaman alatnya. Koleksi Tong barangkali mencecah

1. & 3. Patung tradisional Ombak Potehi dibuat daripada kayu Traditional Ombak Potehi puppets are made from wood 2. Tong Wing Cheong, pemilik Studio Ukiran Keng Hwa di Pulau Pinang Tong Wing Cheong, the owner of Keng Hwa Carving Studio in Penang

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Menurut Tong, patung potehi kini lebih banyak diperbuat daripada plastik berbanding kayu yang menjadi bahan asas tradisional. Jadi, apakah perbezaannya? “Sebelum diukir, kayu nampak lebih berat. Tetapi selepas diukir, hasilnya nampak lebih ringan dan lembut.

Itulah keindahan kayu,” ujarnya sambil mengukir senyuman.

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These days, he explains, plastic is commonly used as the base material to make Potehi puppets but traditionally they were constructed from wood. The difference?

“Wood looks heavy before carving. But after the work is done, the outcome is soft and light. That is the beauty of wood,” he says with a smile.

Tong fell in love with the art of wood carving in Taiwan, where it was part of his Masters curriculum at the Graduate Institute of Native Culture, National University of Tainan, an institution renowned for its traditional folk culture.

After graduating in 2012, the Klang-born Tong was lured to Penang, “one of the few places in Malaysia where there are still rich pockets of heritage trades left.” Through his work with non-governmental organisation Penang Heritage Trust, he met Yeap Siew Kay, a master wood carver who shot to fame

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for almost single-handedly completing the elaborate decorative shrine in Yap Temple on Armenian Street, Penang.

Thong began apprenticing for the 70-something wood carver in 2013. “For the first six months, I honestly didn’t know what I was doing,” he confesses. “There was so much to learn. In the old days, apprentices would live with their sifu (instructor), and even then, they took three months just to learn how to sharpen their tools!”

Keeping your tools sharp is of primary importance, he notes, because it will affect the outcome (fineness) of your lines and curves. From mallets to chisels, gouges to “doglegs”, Tong probably has over a hundred tools in his collection!

As he refined his skills, Tong made the decision to go full time and rented his current space from a former swiftlet house

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4. Untuk menghasilkan ukiran terbaik, alatan ukiran harus diasah sehingga tajam For best results, it is important to keep wood carving tools well sharpened 5. Salah satu hasil karya Tong One of Tong's handiwork 6. Selain ukiran kayu, Tong juga giat mempromosi seni lukisan blok kayu yang kian pupus Aside from wood carving, Tong is also working to promote wood block painting, a dying art form

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Semakin gigih beliau menguasai kemahiran mengukir, Tong akhirnya beralih kepada kerjaya ini sepenuh masa. Ruang sedia ada turut disewanya pada awal tahun ini daripada bekas pemilik rumah layang-layang tersebut.

Kemahirannya tidak hanya terhad pada penghasilan papan tanda atau plak, beliau giat bereksperimen dengan pelbagai jenis kraf berasaskan kayu. Kini, hasil karya Tong boleh ditemui di seluruh bandar – daripada plak dan objek khas untuk upacara keagamaan sehinggalah reproduksi dan kerja-kerja membaik pulih rumah-rumah warisan Peranakan. Itulah sumber rezeki utama Tong pada hari ini. “Saya tahu serba-serbi tentang kayu. Jadi, saya fikir saya boleh menawarkan perkhidmatan membaik pulih, mengubah suai dan menghasilkan rekaan baharu,” jelasnya.

Selain meneruskan tradisi lama, Tong juga berusaha untuk mengembangkan populariti satu lagi seni yang kian pupus – lukisan blok kayu. “Sekarang, ramai yang membeli lukisan ini dari China dan Taiwan ataupun memilih cetakan digital,” keluhnya.

Bagi memastikan kesinambungan warisan seni ukiran kayu pada masa akan datang, Tong banyak bekerjasama dengan pelbagai aktivis seni tempatan untuk menganjurkan aneka bengkel bagi meningkatkan kesedaran orang ramai. Seni ukiran kayu menggunakan tangan sebenarnya merupakan satu tradisi lama. Dari perspektif seni profesional, teknik ukiran tangan ini boleh dikira semakin jarang ditemui hari ini, lebih-lebih lagi di rantau ini.

Harapan Tong cuma satu – semoga generasi baharu melihatnya sebagai sumber inspirasi untuk menceburi bidang ini. “Generasi sekarang tidak mempunyai banyak peluang untuk merasai pengalaman praktikal sebenar – berkarya dengan tangan,” katanya. Sebelum menoktahkan perbualan, sambungnya lagi: “Mana tau, mungkin ada pengalaman yang boleh menjentik minat mereka nanti?

Sebagaimana yang saya lalui.” ■

early this year. Rather than limit himself to a particular genre such as signboards or plaques, he experiments with various forms of woodwork. His handiwork can be found all around town, from plaques and ritualistic objects for religious use, to reproduction and repair work for Peranakan heritage homes.

The latter has turned out to be a significant stream of income for Tong. “It occurred to me one day that I could do refurbishment and renovation work as well as creating designs from scratch. After all, I know my way around wood.”

While carrying on an ancient tradition, Tong also attempts to popularise fading art forms such as woodblock painting.

“Right now, people either buy the blocks

from China and Taiwan, or go for computer printouts,” he laments.

To ensure the art of wood carving continues for years to come, he spends a significant portion of his time organising workshops with local activists to educate the public. Carving wood by hand is so old-school that the craft, on a professional level, could be considered endangered in this part of the world.

Tong hopes to inspire inquiring young minds to work with their hands. “This generation has not had a lot of real opportunity for hands-on experience,” he says. “You never know how one experience might spark their interest, like it did for me.” ■

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MALAYSIAN ICON | Aminuddin Baki

and discipline. It continued the emphasis on a national curriculum and looked to include vocational education in secondary school.

Aminuddin was part of the earlier Barnes committee, which produced its report in 1951, a colonial-led effort to formulate the country’s education policy. The report had not been well received.

Aminuddin was born in Chemor in Perak state in January 1926 and received his early education at the Malay school in his hometown before going to Anderson School in the state capital, Ipoh. He then studied at the University of Malaya in Singapore and was picked as a Queen’s Scholar in 1951, going to study at the University of London.

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Pioneering

Educationist

Teacher, lecturer, researcher and later the Head of the Education Advisory, Aminuddin Baki was a key player in shaping Malaysia’s education system.

Words Siva Sithraputhran | Photography Arkib Negara Malaysia

Aminuddin Baki was a pioneer in his chosen field of education. Starting as a teacher, he soon found his vocation in the civil service, making policy and contributing to a series of reports that formed the basis of Malaysia’s education system. As the newly independent country began to forge its identity, the need for its own distinct education system became apparent. Aminuddin was chosen to be on several crucial committees to this end.

Aminuddin also served on the Rahman Talib committee in 1960, expanding on the Razak Report. The Rahman Talib Report became law through the Education Act of 1961. It emphasised basic education made up of reading, writing and arithmetic. It also placed importance on religious education

His first stint as a teacher was at the Sultan Yusoff English School in Batu Gajah, Perak. He later taught at Anderson School, progressing to lecture at the Sultan Idris Teachers Training College. He also began to be active in student politics, setting up a state-wide organisation for Malay students. He went on to become a founding member of a wider organisation aimed at uniting ethnic Malay students from the Malay peninsula. The organisation, Gabungan Pelajar-pelajar Melayu Semenanjung, was set up in 1948 and Aminuddin was elected president twice.

He took an active role in addressing the problems facing Malay students, including their high drop-out rate during the 1960s. He progressed quickly in the civil service. He was appointed Principal Assistant Secretary to the Education Ministry in Negeri Sembilan state.

He was also Head of Education Control in the states of Negeri Sembilan and Selangor.

By 1961, he was the top civil servant in the education department as the Head of the Education Advisory. Today, the equivalent title is the Director-General of Education. During his tenure, Aminuddin continued to shape the education system. He succumbed to a heart attack in 1965 while still in the post. He was just 39 but had achieved so much in his life. ■

He served on the committee that produced the Razak Report of 1956, aimed at reforming then-Malaya’s disparate education systems to set a new standard for the future as independence loomed the following year. The report successfully formulated the national education system and declared the ultimate goal of making the Malay language the key medium of instruction. Further, it began a curriculum that was Malaya-oriented and established a common system of examinations.

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THE CURE

Inspiring Health+Wellness

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Go organic this holiday season with the best natural body care products Melvita has to offer in its All Time Favourite Gift Set. Repair and strengthen dry and damaged skin with the remarkable skincare properties of Organic Argan Oil or moisturise and refresh with Melvita’s best-selling Organic Rose Floral Water. Cleanse, tone or nourish – this gift bag has a little something for all skincare needs. melvita.com

Perfect Complexion The Korean secret to perfect skin is now within reach with the Erborian Perfect Skin for a Perfect Day! Gift Set. Outshine the fairest weather with Erborian’s famous CC Cream (Doré), formulated to protect and hydrate while leaving your complexion radiant and flawless with minimal effort. Use the multipurpose Matte Cream to even out skin tone and blur out imperfections while giving the face a natural-looking powdery finish. erborian.com

Rejuvenating Glow Wake up to revived skin every day with the Sothys Rejuvenate Coffret Set. This little Christmas care package comes with two of the brand’s most wanted items: Detox Resurfacing Overnight Cream and Energising Booster Serum.

The combination is designed to work on the face through the night, detoxifying, nourishing and rejuvenating tired skin to restore a healthy glow the next morning. sothys.com.my

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GIZMOS+GADGETS

Our Pick Of Gadgets To Have For more gadget selections, visit goingplacesmagazine.com

Peace & Quiet The WH-1000XM3 is Sony’s latest noise-cancelling headphones. This headband-style around-ear model features a newly developed HD noisecancelling processor that not only negates transport noise but also tunes out daily background sounds like street noise and human voices.

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Pure Android Performance The new Nokia 6.1 Plus and 5.1 Plus are designed with an improved user experience in mind. Both smartphones (each with its own set of appealing features and specs) are part of the Android One programme, which offers three years of monthly security patches and two years of guaranteed OS updates after launch. hmdglobal.com

Always Safe Otterbox has unveiled an attractive lineup of cases for the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR. While the varying designs range from trendy and slim to rugged and burly, plus everything in between, they similarly promise uncompromising protection against drops, bumps, scratches and dings. otterbox.asia

Cashless Convenience Boost is Malaysia’s onestop e-wallet, allowing a person to order food, top up prepaid, pay phone bills and more just by using a phone.

Travellers can even scan and pay at Malaysian airports and shake to get cashback, plus buy KLIA Ekspres tickets at 10 percent off – all at the convenience of one tap. myboost. com.my

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FASHION+ACCESSORIES

Return Of The Bond Watch Omega’s new Seamaster Diver 300M is a watch that can take you from a formal occasion to the depths of the ocean without missing a beat. This new 42mm model includes an updated ceramic bezel, as well as a ceramic dial laser-engraved with a wave pattern – and is water resistant up to 300m. omegawatches.com

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An Exquisite Bloom With elegant stone inlays of carnelian and lapis lazuli, the De Beers Enchanted Lotus Pendant is indeed magical to behold. Created to adapt to the lifestyles of the modern woman, it can also be worn in reverse, revealing a discreet round brilliant diamond for a simple and sophisticated look. debeers.com

Timeless Edge

Coach is taking a walk down memory lane for its 2019 Pre-Spring collection. More specifically, the rock ‘n’ roll and punk culture of the yesteryears. The label’s fringe saddle bag in shiny red leather, for one, ticks all the right boxes when it comes to paying tribute to music and an authentic retro style.

Created in the 1970s, Cartier’s Juste Un Clou unisex bracelet is an iconic design that has withstood time. It has long been embraced as an object of everlasting style. A new version, which is available in yellow and pink gold, embodies an assertive attitude and can be worn alone or alongside the original.

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The Globetrotter’s Christmas Gift Guide

Forever Young To mark Mickey Mouse’s 90th Birthday, Pandora has released a very special charm.

It is crafted from the jewellery brand’s signature sterling silver and depicts the famous cartoon character in a playful pose. The digits of the number 90 are crafted from 14k gold, marking the milestone anniversary. pandora.net goingplacesmagazine.com | 81 | December 2018

Flying Around The Clock The Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 114 is a tribute to aviation and the watchmaker’s love for innovation. It is powered by a new movement that combines a 10-day power reserve, patented non-linear gauge, date indication and – for the first time – a 24-hour second time zone with half-hour markings. oris.ch

Made For Hard Knocks

In Good Time

Leather Avenue’s polycarbonate Mendoza Mar-X luggage case seeks to inspire intrepid adventurers. Daring and nonconformist, it embodies the endless possibilities of travel. It rocks three original design factors: an innovative 3D form, smart mobility features and creative structures.

Frederique Constant is celebrating 30 years of watchmaking knowhow with a limited edition timepiece. The Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon Manufacture features a new movement, featuring a silicium escapement wheel and anchor and 38 hours of power reserve while running at 4 Hz.

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88 Our Network & Those Of Our oneworld Partners

87 Safety & Service Information

94 Enrich Quick Facts & Guide

Strong Performance Malaysia Airlines proved its marketing and branding prowess as the airline took home four awards at the recent Putra Brand Awards and the Marketing Excellence Awards. The Putra Brand Awards saw the airline winning Gold for the ‘Transport, Travel & Tourism’ category – its second consecutive win. At the Marketing Excellence Awards, the wins were Silver for ‘Excellence in Performance Marketing’ as well as Bronze for the ‘Excellence in Performance Marketing’ and ‘Excellence in Media Strategy’ categories. The wins come on the back of tough competition in all categories.

Unforgettable Experience It was an occasion to remember for 32 students from Sekolah Kebangsaan LKTP Tenggaroh Selatan in Kota Tinggi, Johor when they flew for the first time, courtesy of Malaysia Airlines. To make it extra special, they were given a send-off by Group CEO, Izham Ismail. The students were travelling with their teachers between Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi on an educational trip via flight MH1436 and MH1446. “As the national airline of Malaysia, we find ways to appreciate our passengers, even with little gestures, while at the same time promoting the attributes of Malaysian Hospitality. We hope that these children will aspire to give back to society one day,” he said. The gesture fits in with the airline’s MHmoments campaign, an initiative to make each passenger’s travel experience unique and memorable from end-to-end.

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Inside Malaysia Airlines

83 News & Updates

Student Perks Malaysia Airlines became the first airline in the world to offer a fully digitalised student travel programme called MHexplorer, making it convenient for students to manage and plan their own trips. Through the programme, students will enjoy up to 20 percent fare discount all year round, with additional 10 kilogrammes baggage allowance for all classes, one complimentary travel date change, special friends and family promotions, as well as Enrich miles.

MHexplorer is currently available for travel between Malaysia, Australia and United Kingdom and will gradually be available in other markets. Students from 18 to 26 years old can sign up for MHexplorer at malaysiaairlines.com/MHexplorer.

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INSIDE MALAYSIA AIRLINES

Flavours of Home Whether it’s the fragrance of curry wafting through the house, or the incomparable taste of grandma’s cooking, we all have food memories that take us back to the whole experience of family, nourishment and comfort.

This festive season, Malaysia Airlines invites passengers flying onboard to celebrate hearth and home, as the airline will be serving a special dish synonymous with the local Portuguese Eurasian community.

A staple at family gatherings and festive occasions such as Christmas, Chicken Curry Debal, better known as ‘Devil’s Curry’, is a unique reflection of the community’s East meets West roots, featuring ingredients such as candlenuts, white vinegar and potatoes as well as local spices like dried red chillies, turmeric and lemongrass. goingplacesmagazine.com | 84 | December 2018

The curry, served with steamed rice and mixed vegetables, will be available onboard as part of the special festive menu for passengers flying from Kuala Lumpur to London and from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland. Through it, the airline welcomes guests to experience a slice of Malaysian Hospitality, whilst highlighting the rich and colourful heritage of its staff and the people of Malaysia.

The idea for the dish was inspired by a member of the cabin crew, Gina Ann Marie Lazaroo, who is of Portuguese Eurasian descent. Lazaroo grew up savouring her grandmother’s unique recipe, which has been handed down through nine generations.

“December is my favourite time of the year.

It brings back memories of my childhood, watching my grandmother in the kitchen.

She used to let me help her prepare this important dish to be served to our guests at our big Christmas feast each year,” Lazaroo says, adding that she loved the fiery taste and complex flavours from the spices and ingredients used.

For her, Christmas is a time for family and celebration. “We have a big family of more than 200 relatives, and most of us return to Malacca for the Christmas holidays,” she explains.

On Christmas eve, she and her family members (pictured below) attend mass, after which they gather at her grandmother’s house and wish everyone ‘Bong Natal’ – the Portuguese version of Merry Christmas – at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Day. This year, she plans to surprise her grandmother by cooking the dish and presenting it for Christmas supper.

Lazaroo is excited to share her heritage with passengers flying with Malaysia Airlines during the festive season. “I’m proud to see the airline serving this mouthwatering dish, and it will definitely bring back fond memories for people of Portuguese-Eurasian descent,” she says.

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No. of aircraftMaswings 6 | Passenger Seating 286 Length 66.80 m | Wingspan 64.75 m | Height 17.05 m Max. Cruising Speed 944 km/h ATR 72-500

No. of aircraft 6 | Passenger Seating 494 Length 72.72 m | Wingspan 79.75 m | Height 24.09 m Max. Cruising Speed 1,102 km/h

B777-200

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A330-200

No. of aircraft 15 | Passenger Seating 283 A380-800 Length 63.66 m | Wingspan 60.30 m | Height 16.79 m B777-200 Max. Cruising Speed 980 km/h

ATR 72-500

No. of aircraft 6 | Passenger Seating 287 ATR 72-500 Length 58.82 m | Wingspan 60.30 m | Height 17.39 m Max. Cruising Speed 880 km/h

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No. of aircraft 3 | Maximum Cargo Capacity 65 (70) tonnes Length 45 m | Wingspan 60.30 m | Height 16.88 m Maswings Length 27.05 m | Wingspan 27.17 m | Height 7.65 m Max. Cruising Speed 1,021 km/h

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SAFETY + SERVICE INFO

CABIN LUGGAGE HANDLING Passenger and crew safety onboard our flights is our highest priority. In compliance with the airline’s policy and in observing Occupational, Safety and Health Regulations requirements, cabin crew are no longer required to stow passengers’ hand luggages into the overhead stowage compartment. This is to minimise occupational hazard and ergonomic risks faced by cabin crew in the aircraft. Cabin crew on duty will, however, assist passengers travelling with infants, young passengers travelling alone, the elderly, and passengers with reduced mobility. Passengers who are fit and in good health must carry, stow and secure their own hand luggages on board. Hand luggage exceeding the 7kg weight limit is required to be checked in before boarding.

PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (PED) For safety reasons and in line with the Department of Civil Aviation guidelines, mobile phones and all PEDs must be switched off once aircraft doors are closed.

Whilst cruising, devices placed in flight mode may be used. The devices must again be switched off during the approach for landing until the aircraft is parked at the terminal building. Devices transmitting strong signals must remain switched off throughout the flight, until disembarkation. The Captain may prohibit the use of devices that can interfere with the aircraft’s system.

LITHIUM BATTERIES Lithium metal or lithium ion cells or batteries for portable electronic devices (PEDs), including medical devices must not exceed 2g for lithium metal batteries and 100Wh for lithium ion batteries. All spare batteries, including lithium metal or lithium ion cells or batteries, for PEDs must be carried in passengers’ carry-on baggage only. These batteries must be individually protected to prevent short circuits. For PEDs containing non-spillable batteries, they must be 12V or less or 100Wh or less. A maximum of two spare batteries may be carried. These batteries must be individually protected to prevent short circuits.

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES Electronic cigarettes must be carried on one’s person or in carry-on baggage only. Recharging of the device in-flight is not permitted.

ZERO TOLERANCE OF ABUSE We value courteousness. Any form of threat, verbal abuse or violence towards our staff will be taken seriously. We are committed to supporting anyone who has been the victim of an assault.

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BAGGAGE FOR TRANSIT PASSENGERS We recommend that transit passengers in KLIA reconfirm their final baggage destination at the Transfer Desk to ensure they are identified and loaded accordingly. Just show your baggage identification tag to the Transfer Desk officer.

IN ADDITION TO AIRPORT CHECK-IN, HERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS:

COMFORT & CARE Personal care, baby paraphernalia and first aid treatment are available upon request.

ENTERTAINMENT

WEB: Check in online at malaysiaairlines.com. Print out the boarding pass yourself.

Movies, TV and Music On-Demand are available on selected flights.

ONBOARD CONNECTION Laptop power points are fitted on First and Business Class seats.

USB CHARGING Available on selected aircraft type (A350-900 and A330-200).

WEB-TO-MOBILE: Check in online. Your boarding pass will be sent to your mobile phone. The 2D barcode mobile boarding pass can be scanned at airport security and at the boarding gate.

FOOD & BEVERAGE All food served is halal. Special meals can be prepared with 24-hour notice. First and Business Class guests may use Chef-on-Call services to book meals 24 hours prior to departure on selected flights. Alcoholic drinks are available on flights over three hours to passengers above the age of 21. Our cabin crew reserve the right to decline serving and selling alcohol to any passenger who appears intoxicated. Consumption of personal alcoholic drinks is prohibited.

FRESH & FROZEN SEAFOOD Fresh and frozen seafood are strictly not permitted in check-in baggage. They may be accepted in cabin baggage, subject to the destination’s quarantine regulations. They must be properly packed and meet the cabin baggage weight and size requirements. A maximum of 2.5 kg of dry ice per passenger is permissible if dry ice is used to carry these items. We reserve the right to refuse carriage if the items are not properly packed.

MHMOBILE: Download and log onto flymas.mobi on your mobile phone and you will be sent a 2D barcode mobile boarding pass via SMS or email.

FASTCHECK SELFSERVICE KIOSK: Check in and print your boarding pass at these kiosks at the airport.

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ON-TIME PERFORMANCE Our check-in counters close 60 minutes before departure. Please allow at least 45 minutes for immigration and security clearance. Boarding gate will close 20 minutes prior to departure and late passengers will not be accepted.

CITY CENTRE COUNTER CHECK-IN: Available at KL Sentral in Kuala Lumpur and in Hong Kong.

WHEELCHAIR ASSISTANCE Wheelchair requests must be made through the Global Customer Contact Centre and/or Ticket Office and/or Malaysia Airlines appointed travel agents at least 48 hours prior to departure.

Contact the call centre at 1-300-88-3000 for more information.

YOUNG PASSENGER TRAVELLING ALONE (YPTA) We provide assistance for children aged five to 14 years old travelling alone, with 24-hour advance request.

NO-SMOKING POLICY Smoking, including the use of electronic cigarettes, is prohibited on all flights.

EXCLUSIVE CHECK-IN: Enrich Platinum/Gold Members and First/Business Class Passengers can check in at the premium front-end check-in lounge, or via telephone, arriving 30 minutes before take-off if you do not have check-in baggage.

*Terms & conditions apply to the above, which is correct at the time of printing. Visit malaysiaairlines.com for more information.

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OUR NETWORK / MALAYSIA

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Townsville Townsville Mount Isa Mount Isa Cloncurry Cloncurry Hamilton Island Hamilton Island Port Hedland Port Hedland Mackay Mackay Karratha Karratha Moranbah Moranbah Exmouth Exmouth Alice Springs Alice Springs Longreach Rockhampton Rockhampton Longreach New Caledonia New Caledonia Paraburdoo Paraburdoo Newman Newman Gladstone Gladstone Emerald Emerald Blackall Blackall Ayers Rock Ayers Rock Hervey Bay Hervey Bay Roma Roma Charleville Charleville Brisbane Brisbane Moree Moree Geraldton Geraldton Armidale Armidale Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour Tamworth Tamworth Lord Howe IslandLord Howe Island Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie Port Macquarie Port Macquarie Perth Perth Dubbo Dubbo Newcastle Newcastle Whyalla Whyalla Mildura Mildura Port Lincoln

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Ixtapa

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Gulf of Mexico

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Philadelphia Salisbury-Ocean City

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Sargasso Sea

West Palm Beach

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Guatemala City San Salvador

Liberia

San Juan

Caribbean Sea

San Jose

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Santa Marta

San Andrés Island

Caracas Port of Spain

Panama City

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Raleigh-Durham Charlotte New Bern Myrtle Beach Atlanta Savannah

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96 MOVIES

RATINGS: G / U General audience. Suitable for all ages.

PG Parental guidance recommended. Some content may not be suitable for children.

PG-13 Parental guidance strongly recommended. Some content may be inappropriate for children under 13 years of age.

15 Suitable for audiences aged 15 years and above.

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R Restricted. Not suitable for audiences under 17 years of age.

NR Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Contains scenes or language that may be disturbing or offensive. Viewer discretion is advised.

100 AUDIO RADIO

CRAZY RICH ASIAN Š 2018 WARNER BROS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Entertainment

98 TV SHOWS

LANGUAGES: A Arabic / D Danish / E English / ES Spanish / F French / G German / H Hindi / I Italian / IN Indonesian / J Japanese / K Korean / M Mandarin / ML Malay / T Tamil / TA Tagalog

Programmes with Malaysian content.

SUBTITLES:

Award-winning movies/programmes.

A+ Arabic / C+ Chinese / E+ English / J+ Japanese / M+ Malay

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MOVIES

FAVOURITES

LATEST

SUICIDE SQUAD PG-13 / / 123 mins / Action, Adventure, Fantasy / E, J, K, E+

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN PG-13 / / 110 mins / Action, Adventure, Drama / E, J, K, E+

FOUR CHRISTMASES New THE NUN DEMIAN BICHIIR, TAISSA FARMIGA, JONAS BLOQUET R/

/ 96 mins / Horror, Mystery, Thriller / E, C+

TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES GREG CIPES, SCOTT MENVILLE, KHARY PAYTON, TARA STRONG, WILL ARNETT PG / 88 mins / Animation, Family, Action / E, K, E+

THE DARKEST MINDS AMANDLA STENBERG, MANDY MOORE, GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE PG-13 / 105 mins / Science Fiction Thriller / E, C+

LOST CHILD – TATTERDEMALION LEVEN RAMBIN, TAYLOR JOHN SMITH

NR /

/ 105 mins / Drama, Mystery, Thriller / E, C+

PG-13 / / 88 mins / Comedy, Drama, Romance / E, J, K

TOMB RAIDER ALICIA VIKANDER, DOMINIC WEST, WALTON GOGGINS

PG-13 / 98 mins / Action, Adventure, Drama / E, J, K, E+, C+

THE THREE STOOGES PG / 92 mins / Comedy / E, E+

NEW YEAR'S EVE PG-13 / / 113 mins / Comedy, Romance / E, J, K

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL PG-13 /

/ 124 mins / Comedy, Drama / E, E+

FRED CLAUS

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New THE PREDATOR (2018) BOYD HOLBROOK, TREVANTE RHODES, JACOB TREMBLAY R/

/ 106 mins / Action, Adventure, Horror / E, E+

THE MEG JASON STATHAM, LI BINGBING, RAINN WILSON, RUBY ROSE, WINSTON CHAO PG-13 /

/ 113 mins / Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller / E, J, K, E+

OCEAN'S 8 SANDRA BULLOCK, CATE BLANCHETT, ANNE HATHAWAY PG-13 / 110 mins / Action, Comedy, Crime / E, C+

MEDITATION PARK CHENG PEI-PEI, SANDRA OH, TZI MA, LIANE BALABAN, ZAK SANTIAGO PG-13 / 94 mins / Drama / E, C+

PG / 116 mins / Comedy, Family, Fantasy / E, J, C+

RED SPARROW JENNIFER LAWRENCE, JOEL EDGERTON, CHARLOTTE RAMPLING, MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS

R/

For the complete list of Favourites, please refer to your in-flight entertainment system.

/ 140 mins / Mystery, Thriller / E

AWARD-WINNING MOVIES

New CRAZY RICH ASIANS

CONSTANCE WU, HENRY GOLDING, MICHELLE YEOH PG-13 /

/ 120 mins / Comedy, Romance / E, C+

TAG JEREMY RENNER, ED HELMS, JAKE JOHNSON, JON HAMM, AKE JOHNSON R/

/ 100 mins / Comedy / E, C+

THE BUTTERFLY TREE MELISSA GEORGE, EWEN LESLIE, ED OXENBOULD PG-13 / 97 mins / Comedy, Drama, Family / E

Rachel Chu agrees to accompany her boyfriend Nick Young back to his home in Singapore to attend his best friend’s wedding. Nick, however, has left out a key detail about his upbringing – that he is the scion of one of Singapore’s wealthiest families and most eligible bachelor.

As Rachel struggles to fit in, she must also win the approval of Nick’s mother, Eleanor.

GRAVITY SANDRA BULLOCK, GEORGE CLOONEY, ED HARRIS

PG-13 / 91 mins /Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller / E, J, K, C+

FROZEN IN LOVE RACHAEL LEIGH COOK, NIALL MATTER, SANDY SIDHU G / 84 mins / Romance / E, C+

PG-13 / 139 mins / Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi / E, J, K, C+

LIFE OF PI SURAJ SHARMA, IRRFAN KHAN, ADIL HUSSAIN, GÉRARD DEPARDIEU

PG / 126 mins / Adventure, Drama, Fantasy / E, E+

PG / 104 mins / Animation, Adventure, Comedy / E

AVATAR SAM WORTHINGTON, ZOE SALDANA, SIGOURNEY WEAVER, JOEL DAVID MOORE, STEPHEN LANG

PG-13 / 161 mins / Action, Adventure, Fantasy / E, J, C+

LIFE OF THE PARTY GILLIAN JACOBS, MELISSA MCCARTHY, MAYA RUDOLPH, DEBBY RYAN PG-13 / 104 mins / Comedy / E, K, C+

/ 156 mins / Action, Adventure, Drama / E, J, K, C+

DANGEROUS LIAISONS GLENN CLOSE, JOHN MALKOVICH, MICHELLE PFEIFFER, UMA THURMAN, SWOOSIE KURTZ, KEANU REEVES

R/

EWAN MCGREGOR, HAYLEY ATWELL, BRONTE CARMICHAEL

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R/

READY PLAYER ONE TYE SHERIDAN, OLIVIA COOKE, BEN MENDELSOHN, LENA WAITHE, T.J. MILLER

New CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

An adult Christopher Robin receives a surprise visit from his old friend Winnie the Pooh and his other friends Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga and Roo. Feeling stuck in the drudgery of life and having forgotten his idyllic childhood, Christopher goes on an adventure with his old friends to rediscover the joy and endless days of childlike wonder that used to define his youth.

THE REVENANT LEONARDO DICAPRIO, TOM HARDY, WILL POULTER

RAMPAGE DWAYNE JOHNSON, NAOMIE HARRIS, MALIN AKERMAN PG-13 / 101 mins / Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi / E, J, K, C+

/ 115 mins / Drama, Romance / E

THE GREAT GATSBY LEONARDO DICAPRIO, CAREY MULLIGAN, JOEL EDGERTON, TOBEY MAGUIRE PG-13 / 134 mins / Drama, Romance / E, J, K

For the complete list of award-winning movies, please refer to your in-flight entertainment system.

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MOVIES

BEST OF MALAYSIA

CHINESE

L風暴 / L STORM LOUIS KOO, JULIAN CHEUNG, KEVIN CHENG, STEPHY TANG / 107 mins / Action, Drama / E+

SABRINA ALI, PUTERI BALQIS, NORA DANISH

PG-13 /

/ 108 mins / Biography, Drama, Romance / ML, E+

HINDI

妻よ薔薇のように 家族は

ऐ य ़ा र ी / AIYAARY SIDHARTH MALHOTRA, MANOJ BAJPAYEE, RAKUL PREET SINGH

つらいよIII / WHAT A WONDERFUL FAMILY 3: MY WIFE, MY LIFE ISAO HASHIZUME, KAZUKO YOSHIYUKI, MASAHIKO NISHIMURA

G/

Mahathir is a man who comes from humble beginnings and strives to better his life by developing an app that will make him a millionaire. His journey to success is fraught with challenges when Rizal, his brother-inlaw, causes a rift in Mahathir’s marriage by manipulating his wife, Zara, to turn on him and by making use of Sofea, a woman who is fond of Mahathir.

PG /

/ 157 mins / Action, Crime, Drama / E+

/ 123 mins / Comedy, Drama / E+

KIDS

WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY GENE WILDER, JACK ALBERTSON, PETER OSTRUM

G / 118 mins / Family, Fantasy, Musical / E, C+

OVER DRIVE MASAHIRO HIGASHIDE, MACKENYU, AOI MORIKAWA PG-13 /

/ 104 mins / Action / E+

オー・ルーシー！/ OH LUCY!

SHINOBU TERAJIMA, JOSH HARTNETT, KAHO MINAMI PG-13 /

狄仁傑之四大天王 /

DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS CARINA LAU, MARK CHAO, SHAOFENG FENG PG-13 /

/ 132 mins / Action / E+

/ 97 mins / Comedy, Drama / E+

恋は雨上がりのように

/ AFTER THE RAIN NANA KOMATSU , YÔ ÔIZUMI, NANA SEINO PG-13 /

/ 112 mins / Romance , Drama / E+

KOREAN

कु छ भ ी गे अ ल फ ़ा ज़ /

KUCHH BHEEGE ALFAAZ GEETANJALI THAPA, ZAIN KHAN DURRANI, SHRAY RAI TIWARI PG-13 /

SPACE JAM MICHAEL JORDAN, WAYNE KNIGHT, THERESA RANDLE

PG / 88 mins / Animation, Adventure, Comedy / E, J, K

/ 116 mins / Romance / E+

去年の冬、きみと別れ

/ LAST WINTER, WE PARTED TAKANORI IWATA, MIZUKI YAMAMOTO, TAKUMI SAITOH

PG-13 /

/ 94 mins / Crime, Drama / E+

風の色 / COLORS OF

HIJABSTA BALLET PUTEH MAIMUN ZAHRAH, BETTY BENAFE, AMAN GRASEKA, AIDA KHALIDA

PG-13 /

/ 120 mins / Drama / ML, E+

THE WIND TAKEMI FUJII, YÛKI FURUKAWA, YOSHIHIKO HAKAMADA 홈 / HOME LEE HYO-JYE, HEO JOON-SEOK, LIM TAE-POONG, KIM HA-NA PG-13 /

/ 101 mins / Drama / E+

PG-13 /

喜喪 / LAST LAUGH LI FENGYUN, YU FENGYUAN, LI BAOMING, CHEN SHILAN PG-13 /

/ 119 mins / Drama, Romance / E+

/ 82 mins / Drama / E+

च क दे ! / CHAK DE! INDIA PG /

SHAH RUKH KHAN, SAGARIKA GHATGE

/ 153 mins / Drama, Family, Sport / E+

TAMIL க�ோழ ி க�ோடோ 2 /

GOLI SODA 2 GAUTHAM MENON, SAMUTHIRAKANI

PG-13 /

/ 128 mins / Drama / E+

अं ग्े ज ी

में क ह ते हैं / ANGREZI MEIN KEHTE HAIN SANJAY MISHRA, EKAVALI KHANNA, PANKAJ TRIPATHI PG-13 /

ஒரு நல்ல நோள் போத்து ச�ோலகறேன் /

ORU NALLA NAAL PAATHU SOLDREN ANNAYYA, VIJI CHANDRASHEKHAR, DAVID

PINJAMKAN HATIKU AYDA JEBAT, SHAHEIZY SAM, FARID KAMIL G/

/ 120 mins / Drama, Romance / ML, E+

TAGALOG

P13 /

공작 / THE SPY GONE NORTH O-KWANG CHOI, BYUNG MO CHOI, JEONG-MIN HWANG, JI-HEON CHA, JI-HUN JU, JIN-WOONG JO, JU-BONG GI PG-13 / / 137 mins / Drama / E+

動物世界

/ ANIMAL WORLD YI FENG LI, MICHAEL DOUGLAS, DONG YU ZHOU

PG-13 /

/ 132 mins / Action , Drama, Mystery / E+

暴裂无声 / WRATH OF

버닝 / BURNING YOO AH-IN, STEVEN YEUN, JUN JONG-SEO PG-13 / / 148 mins / Mystery, Drama / E+

MY PERFECT YOU GERALD ANDERSON, PIA WURTZBACH, PG /

/ 103 mins / Drama, Romance / E+

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당신의 부탁 / MOTHERS SOO-JUNG LIM, TAE-WOO KIM, SANG-HEE LEE, CHAN-YOUNG YOON, SHIN-AE SEO, MI-YEON OH PG-13 / / 108 mins / Drama / E+

SILENCE WU JIANG, YANG SONG, WENKANG YUAN

PG-13 /

/ 119 mins / Crime, Drama, Mystery / E+

大樂師．為愛配樂

ஒரு குப்ப �்ை / ORU KUPPAI KATHAI DINESH MASTER, MANISHA YADAV, YOGI BABU PG-13 /

/ 96 mins / Comedy, Music / E+

/ 135 mins / Drama / E+

அருவ ி / ARUVI ADITI BALAN, PADMASHRI MOHAMMAD ALI PG-13 /

JOSEPH VIJAY, S.J. SURYA, KAJAL AGGARWAL

NR /

/ 162 mins / Action, Thriller / E+

இரும்பு ை ி்ை / NR /

भ ़ा वे श ज ोश ी सु प र हे र ो

/ BHAVESH JOSHI SUPERHERO HARSHVARDHAN KAPOOR, PRIYANSHU PAINYULI

PG-13 /

/ 154 mins / Action, Drama / E+

PG / 89 mins / Comedy, Family / E

ZOOTOPIA GINNIFER GOODWIN, JASON BATEMAN, IDRIS ELBA

PG / 108 mins / Animation, Adventure, Comedy / E, C+

TANGLED MANDY MOORE, ZACHARY LEVI, DONNA MURPHY

PG / 100 mins / Animation, Adventure, Comedy / E, C+

THE LION KING MATTHEW BRODERICK, JEREMY IRONS, JAMES EARL JONES

G / 78 mins / Animation, Adventure, Drama / E, C+

द द ल व ़ा ले द ु ल ह न ि ए ले ज ़ा यें गे / DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE SHAH RUKH KHAN, KAJOL, AMRISH PURI NR /

/ 181 mins / Drama / E+

MULAN MING-NA WEN, EDDIE MURPHY, BD WONG

G / 88 mins / Animation, Adventure, Family / E, C+

/ 130 mins / Drama / E+

செர�ல / MERSAL

/ CONCERTO OF THE BULLY CHERRY NGAN, RONALD CHENG, WAI AL PG-13 /

/ 149 mins / Comedy / E+

/ 104 mins / Drama / E+

JINGLE ALL THE WAY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, SINBAD, PHIL HARTMAN

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New MAKRIFAT CINTA

PG-13 /

JAPANESE

IRUMBU THIRAI VISHAL, ARJUN

/ 154 mins / Action, Thriller / E+

ग ो ल म ़ा ल अ गे ि / GOLMAAL AGAIN AJAY DEVGN, ARSHAD WARSI, TABU, TUSHAR KAPOOR NR /

/ 130 mins / Action, Comedy, Fantasy / E+

ब ़ा दश ़ा ह ो / BAADSHAHO AJAY DEVGN, ILEANA D'CRUZ, EMRAAN HASHMI NR/

/ 136 mins / Action, Thriller / E+

FROZEN KRISTEN BELL, IDINA MENZEL, JONATHAN GROFF PG / 102 mins / Animation, Adventure, Comedy / E, C+

For the complete list of movies for kids, please refer to your in-flight entertainment system.

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TV PROGRAMMES

COMEDY

DRAMA

THE ORIGINALS S4 JOSEPH MORGAN, DANIEL GILLIES, CLAIRE HOLT

PEOPLE OF EARTH S2 WYATT CENAC, LUKA JONES, ALICE WETTERLUND

5 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

7 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

SPLITTING UP TOGETHER S1

SHERLOCK S1

JENNA FISCHER, OLIVER HUDSON, BOBBY LEE

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, MARTIN FREEMAN, UNA STUBBS

Lena and Martin are a couple with three kids undergoing a divorce. The family continues to live under the same household with an odd arrangement – one takes on the parent role while the other gets to live a carefree life as a single person for one week, and then the role reverses. They learn to become better parents and partners to each other through the experience.

In modern-day London, Dr John Watson, a war veteran previously based in Afghanistan, returns home and meets the brilliant but eccentric private detective Sherlock Holmes.

They form a friendship when Watson decides to share a flat with Holmes. Together, they solve baffling and often bizarre crimes and mysteries while competing with Holmes’ nemesis, the criminal genius Moriarty.

5 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

6 Episodes /

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YOUNG SHELDON S1 IAIN ARMITAGE, ZOE PERRY, LANCE BARBER, MONTANA JORDAN, RAEGAN REVORD

/ 60 mins each / E

GOTHAM S4 BEN MCKENZIE, JADA PINKETT SMITH, DONAL LOGUE

15 Episodes /

10 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

/ 60 mins each / E

IZOMBIE S4 ROSE MCIVER, MALCOLM GOODWIN, RAHUL KOHLI 13 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

THE GIFTED S1 STEPHEN MOYER, AMY ACKER, SEAN TEALE 8 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

CLAWS S2 NIECY NASH, CARRIE PRESTON, JUDY REYES, KARRUECHE TRAN

5 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

TWO AND A HALF MEN CHARLIE SHEEN, JON CRYER, ANGUS T. JONES, CONCHATA FERRELL 3 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

THE MICK S2 KAITLIN OLSON, SOFIA BLACKD'ELIA, CARLA JIMENEZ 12 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

THE 100 S5 ELIZA TAYLOR, BOB MORLEY, MARIE AVGEROPOULOS, PAIGE TURCO, ELI GOREE 10 Episodes /

/ 60 mins each / E

SUPERGIRL S2 MELISSA BENOIST, MEHCAD BROOKS, DAVID HAREWOOD, JEREMY JORDAN 5 Episodes /

/ 60 mins each / E

SPEECHLESS S2 MINNIE DRIVER, JOHN ROSS BOWIE, MASON COOK, CEDRIC YARBROUGH

12 Episodes /

LIFE IN PIECES S3 COLIN HANKS, BETSY BRANDT, THOMAS SADOSKI, ZOE LISTER-JONES

5 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

TRIAL & ERROR S1/S2 NICHOLAS D'AGOSTO, JAYMA MAYS, STEVEN BOYER S1, 5 Episodes / S2, 6 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

2 BROKE GIRLS KAT DENNINGS, BETH BEHRS, GARRETT MORRIS, JONATHAN KITE 3 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

THE BIG BANG THEORY JOHNNY GALECKI, JIM PARSONS, KALEY CUOCO 12 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

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8 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

LAST MAN STANDNG S6 TIM ALLEN, NANCY TRAVIS, HECTOR ELIZONDO 4 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

FRESH OFF THE BOAT S3/S4 RANDALL PARK, CONSTANCE WU, HUDSON YANG 4 Episodes each season / 30 mins each / E

THE MIDDLE S9 PATRICIA HEATON, NEIL FLYNN, CHARLIE MCDERMOTT 12 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

/ 60 mins each / E

/ 60 mins each / E

ARROW S6 STEPHEN AMELL, KATIE CASSIDY, DAVID RAMSEY 10 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

8 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

NEW GIRL S7 ZOOEY DESCHANEL, JAKE JOHNSON, MAX GREENFIELD, HANNAH SIMONE

8 Episodes /

PRISON BREAK S4 DOMINIC PURCELL, WENTWORTH MILLER, AMAURY NOLASCO

12 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

ME, MYSELF AND I S1 BOBBY MOYNIHAN, JACK DYLAN GRAZER, BRIAN UNGER

THE ORVILLE S1 SETH MACFARLANE, ADRIANNE PALICKI, PENNY JOHNSON JERALD

MOM S5 ANNA FARIS, ALLISON JANNEY, MIMI KENNEDY, SADIE CALVANO

BLACK LIGHTNING S1 CRESS WILLIAMS, CHINA ANNE MCCLAIN, NAFESSA WILLIAMS

EMPIRE S4 TERRENCE HOWARD, TARAJI P. HENSON, JUSSIE SMOLLETT, TRAI BYERS, GRACE BYERS

BLINDSPOT S2/S3 SULLIVAN STAPLETON, JAIMIE ALEXANDER, ROB BROWN

GHOSTED S1 ADAM SCOTT, CRAIG ROBINSON, ALLY WALKER, ADEEL AKHTAR

DECEPTION S1 JACK CUTMORE-SCOTT, ILFENESH HADERA, LENORA CRICHLOW

LEE DANIELS' STAR S2 JUDE DEMOREST, BRITTANY O'GRADY, RYAN DESTINY, AMIYAH SCOTT

FAMOUS IN LOVE S1 BELLA THORNE, CHARLIE DEPEW, CARTER JENKINS

MODERN FAMILY S9 ED O'NEILL, SOFÍA VERGARA, JULIE BOWEN, TY BURRELL, JESSE TYLER FERGUSON

THE FLASH S4 GRANT GUSTIN, CANDICE PATTON, DANIELLE PANABAKER

THIS IS US S1 MILO VENTIMIGLIA, MANDY MOORE, STERLING K. BROWN

11 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

4 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

4 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

POWERLESS S1 VANESSA HUDGENS, DANNY PUDI, CHRISTINA KIRK 3 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

5 Episodes /

5 Episodes /

9 Episodes /

/ 60 mins each / E

/ 60 mins each / E

/ 60 mins each / E

QUEEN SUGAR S2 RUTINA WESLEY, DAWN-LYEN GARDNER, KOFI SIRIBOE 5 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

4 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

4 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

4 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

THE X-FILES S11 DAVID DUCHOVNY, GILLIAN ANDERSON, MITCH PILEGGI, WILLIAM B. DAVIS 4 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

S2, 4 Episodes / S3, 5 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

6 Episodes /

/ 60 mins each / E

ANIMAL KINGDOM S3 ELLEN BARKIN, SHAWN HATOSY, BEN ROBSON 5 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW S2 ROBERT TAYLOR, KATEE SACKHOFF, LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS 4 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

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TV PROGRAMMES

KIDS

BEST OF MALAYSIA

CHINESE

HINDI

FROM INK TO APPAREL

BOLLYWOOD EXPRESS

PG / 30 mins

PG / 30 mins

STAMMERING BALLAD

BHABIJI GHAR PAR HAI

PG / 60 mins

PG / 30 mins

OMG YEH MERA INDIA S3 PG / 30 mins

JAPANESE JOYOUS JAPAN: TRIP ON LOCAL RAILWAYS BEN 10

STAR WARS REBELS

IMPIANA

3 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

2 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

PG / 30 mins

BIO SENI ARTIS LAGENDA

PG / 30 mins

BAATEIN KAHI ANKAHI: ZEENAT AMAN PG / 30 mins

PG / 30 mins

PECAH PERUT PG / 30 mins

NORTHERN JAPAN TRAVELERS: ENJOY AUTUMN TOUR IN LAKE AKAN AND MASHU IN HOKKAIDO PG / 30 mins

LAWAK KE DER TAK COVERLINE

UMEED INDIA: SAI PRANEETH PG / 30 mins

INDIPEDIA: STREET FOOD PG / 30 mins

PG / 30 mins

KOREAN THE ADVENTURES OF KID DANGER

NELLA THE PRINCESS KNIGHT

1 Episode / PG / 30 mins / E

1 Episode / PG / 30 mins / E

JIHAN SHOW

1 Episode / PG / 30 mins / E

BUTTERBEAN’S CAFÉ 1 Episode / PG / 30 mins / E

LOUD HOUSE 2 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 1 Episode / PG / 30 mins / E

ELENA OF AVALOR

MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER RACERS 2 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

RESEPI MEMIKAT ISTERI S2

TREK MUSLIM PG / 30 mins

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE 2 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

DANGER AND EGGS

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

DISNEY TSUM TSUM 2 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

WILDLIFE DEFENDERS

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 60 mins / E

TRAVEL

MARKETING.MEDIA. MONEY: SWAROVSKI

GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS OF EUROPE: OSLO TO BERGEN PG / 30 mins / E

MILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN PRINCESSES: MEGHAN MARKLE

GLOBAL LA: ASIAN FUSION

PG / 60 mins / E

STILL OPEN ALL HOURS S4

PG / 30 mins / E

TRAVEL & SENSES

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 60 mins

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PG / 60 mins / E

HOLLYWOOD PROFILES: ANNE HATHAWAY

ANTS!: NATURE’S SUPERPOWER PG / 60 mins / E

SPORT XIAMEN INTERNATIONAL MARATHON 2018: HIGHLIGHTS

NEGARAKU ICON: PERJUANGAN SI MUNUL PG / 60 mins / E /

TAXI TO ASIA: A THREE WHEELER’S MAN (DHAKA VS MALACCA) PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 60 mins

3 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each /E/

ME TIME

STARS IN STYLE S5 PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / E

CITY IN A GARDEN: WHERE RESEARCH ABOUNDS PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / E

FUTUROPOLIS

PG / 60 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 60 mins / E

DEADLY DINOSAURS

MALAYSIA AIRLINES: THE DAY OF THE LEGENDS

ANIMAL SOCIETY

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 3 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / E

TOYOTA RACING SERIES 2018

RHYS WILLIAM A.K.A MAT SALLEH CARI MAKAN: LONDON

RELIGIOUS JEJAK ADAM

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 1.24 mins / E

FRENCH

SOUNDSTAGE

DEFINITELY FRENCH: SPORT

DESIGN + STORY: DANCE + CUTS

PG / 30 mins / E

HADIS: MAKHLUK ALLAH

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / ML

PG / 60 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / E

THE PLANET OF TREES: THE WALNUT TREE

CLAN OF BABY BABOON

INDIAN WEDDING RACE A CHINESE IN THE MATTERHORN

NATURAL WORLD

A HOUSE OF ITS TIME: MALAYSIA: JUNGLE RETREATS, THE GREAT ESCAPE

THE RIDDLE OF THE LEANING TOWER

HISTORIC WALKS: HOLLYWOOD

PG / 60 mins

RHB PREMIER SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE BALI

PG / 60 mins / E

ADVENTURE GOLF: NEW ZEALAND

PG / 30 mins / E

FESTIVALS OF THE WORLD

JOURNEY TO HAJJ: MECCA

OUT OF THE DARK: FOUR CORNERS

PG / 30 mins

PETTIKULLE ENNA S1

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 30 mins / E

ARABIC

PG / 30 mins / E

THERINTHA KOVIL THERIYATHA PURANAM

ENEKE VAA BAZAAR: LONDON – HERITAGE SHOPS

NUR PG / 60 mins

SCIENCE & TECH

PG / 30 mins / E

DESIGN + STORY: CLASSIC MUSIC + GRAFFITI ART

PG / 30 mins / E

3 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

SHOWBIZ

PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 60 mins

HISTORY

METROPOLIS: VENICE

JOE GEBBIA, CO-FOUNDER, AIRBNB

CINTA FATAMORGANA

HERITAGE HEROES

HISTORIC WALKS: ALBERTOPOLIS

PG / 30 mins

LIFESTYLE PG / 30 mins / E

SUNNY DAY

NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT

PG / 60 mins / E

PG / 60 mins

1 Episode / PG / 30 mins / E

2 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

4 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

BIAR AKU JADI PENUNGGU

PG / 30 mins

PUPPY DOG PALS

ITHU NAMMA PAATU LA!

PG / 30 mins

PG / 30 mins

FANTASY ESCAPE

RASIKKA RUSIKKA S4 PG / 30 mins

TAUKE JAMU

PG / 30 mins 2 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

INKIGAYO PG / 60 mins

PG / 30 mins

SOLO YOLO CHECKLIST

1 Episode / PG / 30 mins / E

PG / 30 mins

TAMIL GUN KANNAYIRAM PG / 30 mins

ISTERI-ISTERI AYAH

2 Episodes / PG / 30 mins each / E

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN

PG / 60 mins

PG / 30 mins

LENSA 106 TOP WING

PG / 30 mins

RUNNING MAN: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!

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BUDAK IJAT

PG / 30 mins / ML

HADITH OPEN MIC (UK) PG / 30 mins / ML

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AUDIO ON-DEMAND

The hugely talented EB DUET, comprising Eve Wong and Billy Ho, is our featured artist for December. We catch up with them to talk about their second album I’ve A Song For You, which is playing onboard this month.

Congratulations on the release of your second album I’ve A Song For You, where you wrote and produced all the 11 songs in the album. How does it feel to finally release one of your own?

Thank you! Even though this is our second album, we are so excited and nervous at the same time because it’s our first time sharing our own composition! All the songs are produced in Malaysia; however, not all the songs were written in Malaysia – some of the songs were written overseas when we travelled. goingplacesmagazine.com | 100 | December 2018

Inspiration for music is a very impromptu and unpredictable visitor!

Sometimes it will take us less than an hour to complete a song when the inspiration hits us, but some songs are done over a period of more than 10 years!

Tell us a bit about the album.

What were the songs based upon? Any particular track you’re especially proud of?

This is our second album, but it’s our first full original album. We retained the jazzy touch of our first album, with its fully jazz standard tunes, but at the same time infused our own style and character.

As music lovers, we have found that there will always be songs which will stick in our hearts whether we like it or not, whether we are feeling good or bad. Now as music creators, we hope that our music will become that song in our listeners’ mind to accompany them through good or bad times. We want to tell them, “Whether you are feeling good or bad, we’ve got a song for you!”

One of our fans told us that The Past helped her get through her difficult time; she told us that she finds comfort every time she listens to this song, that this song sounds like a close friend talking tenderly to her when she was sad, and the lyrics gave her courage and strength to confront her negative emotions.

Because of this, this song has become the song we are most proud of! Even though we might be strangers in real life to the listener, we are so glad that the music we made can be a part of their life in a positive way! That is the best reward!

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Tell us how EB Duet came about.

How did you guys meet?

EB Duet was formed in 2013. We first met each other on a job in 2010 and over repeated collaborations, quickly discovered that we share the same musical preference, philosophy and passion. It was only a matter of time that we decided to make music together; what started off as jam sessions and test recordings resulted in the 2015 release of our first studio album, The Beginning.

Eve, you have a beautiful voice.

Have you ever been compared to Norah Jones or any other female singers of the same genre? How do you feel being compared to them?

Thank you! Yes, quite a lot of people have told me I sound like Norah Jones. There’s also a lot of comments on one of our viral videos, a cover of a Malay classic (Getaran Jiwa by P. Ramlee), that I sound like Yuna.

It’s an honour to be compared to big stars and talented artists like them! However, I hope one day I can develop a style where people can remember me as myself.

And Billy, it’s mesmerising watching you perform, like you’re in another world. What goes through your mind when you’re performing?

Every time I perform, I’ll forget the fact that I’m “playing an instrument”; instead, I’ll let every single note I play become part of me, become my voice.

I hope the audiences not only listen or look at how I play the guitar but listen to the feelings and words that I try to express through the music I play.

What are you up to these days?

After we finished our second album and a whole month’s tour, we slowed our pace down to make room for ideas and creativity for future projects. We also work on musical projects with other musicians and artists to get more inspiration and to expose ourselves to different musical chemistry with others! We hope all this will inspire us to come up with exciting ideas for our third album, which we plan to produce and release next year!

THE HITS

MEMORIES

including... MAGIC! (above), alt-J, Kodaline, Hugh Cornwell, St. Lucia, Spiritualized, Maribou State, Rodney Crowell, JD McPherson, lovelytheband, Daughtry, NYK, Elley Duhe, Travis Scott, Tash Sultana, Mitch James, LAUREL, Tom Grennan, Amy Shark, The Sam Willows, Midnight Fusic

including... Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (above), Bruce Springsteen, The Guess Who, The Alan, Parsons Project, Aretha Franklin, Eddie Fisher, Engelbert Humperdinck, Garbage, The Byrds, Olivia Newton-John, The Emotions, Britney Spears, Michael Bolton, Luther Vandross, Aerosmith

CLASSICAL

JAZZ including... Christian McBride, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Thomas Quasthoff, Tia Fuller, Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco, Kurt Elling, Nostalgia 77, Till Bronner & Dieter Ilg

KIDS including... Fairy Tales For Kids, Kids & Fairy Tales, Sreejoni Nag, The Wiggles, ABC Kids, Little Feet Music, Roshan Treasuriwala, Annabelle Ferro, My Little Pony, John Field, Bananas In Pyjamas

WORLD

including... Lang Lang, Leonard Bernstein, Stuart Skelton, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Asher Fisch, Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra, Claus Peter Flor, Riccardo Muti & Wiener Philharmoniker

TAMIL including... All About Love: Yuvanshankar Raja, Reprise Classics, Summer Vibes: Melody, Finesse: Shreya Ghoshal, Absolute Best of 2017, Mersal (OMPS), They've Got The Moves: Suriya, Kollywood

NASYID

including... Ricky Martin, Baloji, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Eros Ramazzotti, Julio Iglesias, Humood Alkhuder, Santana

including... Maher Zain, Ustaz Abdullah Fahmi, Inteam, Mesut Kurtis, Gigi, Raef, Haddad Alwi, Hafiz Hamidun, Nowseeheart

HINDI

including... Isyana Sarasvati, Astrid, Judika, Sheila On 7

INDONESIAN

including... Mitron , Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, Yours Truly Arijit, Vol.2, Jab Harry Met Sejal (OMPS), T-Series Mixtape, Dear Zindagi, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Yours Truly Pritam, To My Valentine (Punjabi Love Songs), Sanam Re, Kaabil

CANTONESE

including... Prudence Liew, Lil Ashes, Candy Lo, Eman Lam, Hacken Lee, Jason Chan, Sandy Lam, Leon Lai, Cass Phang

RODNEY CROWELL – Christmas Everywhere The country music veteran has come up with his first holiday-themed LP despite not being a fan of the festive season. His views changed when he first heard Hayes Carll’s Grateful for Christmas over the airwaves and was so moved that he decided to come up with his own album that features original songs.

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AUDIO ON-DEMAND + RADIO CHANNELS

MANDARIN

PLAYLIST

(Only available in A350)

CLUB

(Not available in A350)

Radio Channels

CHART TOPPERS

including... Valen Hsu (above), Joanna Wang, Winnie Ho, Jun Xu, Karen Mok, Xiao-li Zhan, Joey Chiang, Julia Peng, Rainie Yang, Eric Chou, A-Lin, Jeff Chang, Jolin Tsai, Coco Lee, Xue Zhi Qian

JAPANESE

including... Ultimate…Christmas Hits (above), Summertime-Relaxing Cocktail Jazz to Chill, Dine and Unwind, Zen Spa Vol.1, Reprise Classics, Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring '70s, Summer Vibes: Melody, 16 Selawat Sepanjang Zaman, Ultra 2018

ROCK

(Only available in A350)

including... Danny Byrd (above), Friction, Pola & Bryson, Soulwax, Claptone, Paul Kalkbrenner, Simian Mobile Disco, Confidence Man, What So Not, Kygo, Maya Jane Coles, Bonobo, Cosmic Gate, Fred V & Grafix, Mirami

RELAX

(Not available in A350)

including... Khalid, Silk City ft. Dua Lipa, Elle King, Pentatonix, Mariah Carey, Sigala, The Neighbourhood feat. Nipsey Hussle, French Montana, Delta Goodrem, First Aid Kit, Swizz Beatz feat. Lil Wayne, Noah Cyrus, CNCO & Little Mix, G-Eazy feat. Anthony Russo, Sezairi, Hitimpulse & Era Istrefi

MALAY FAVOURITES including... The Overtunes feat.

Monita Tahalea, Ben Ladin, Yuna, Lirasadika, Warna Cinta (Gerua - Malay Version), GAC (Gamaliél Audrey Cantika), Anuar Zain, Aliff Syukri (featuring Nur Sajat), Pastel Lite, Fatin, Lah Ahmad, Malique, Mojo, Anita Sarawak, Iamneeta

including... Aimer (above), Nogizaka46, GOT7, Shota Shimizu, Hiragana Keyakizaka46, Hikaru Utada, Suchmos, JUNHO (From 2PM), Nariaki Obukuro, FLOW, Scandal, MIREI, LiSA, Mika Nakashima

including... Hugh Cornwell

including... Jean-Michel Jarre

(above), Spiritualized, Daughtry,

(above), Emerson Phillips, Jens

Garbage, Father John Misty, Jack White, Manic Street Preachers, Eels, The Vaccines, Judas Priest, Albert Hammond Jr, Jimi Hendrix, Alice Cooper, Joe Satriani, Evanescence

Buchert, Michelle Qureshi, Fiona Joy, Sherry Finzer, Yanni, Yiruma, Jennifer Defrayne, Music to Relax To, Music To Sleep By, Classical Chill, Holistic Yoga

LIGHT & EASY

RHYTHM & BLUES

including... 9 and the Numbers

including... Neil & Liam Finn

(above), Ahn Ye Eun, A.C.E, J_ust,

(above), EB Duet, Iron & Wine,

including... Macy Gray (above), Leon Bridges, Johnny Jenkins, Charlie Wilson, Alicia Keys, Usher, Craig David, Stan Walker

KOREAN

Cocosori, EXID, Jung Dongha & Oh Jun Sung

MALAY including... Exists, Pastel Lite, Yuna & Orkestra Simfoni Kebangsaan, Datuk Ahmad Jais, Ning Baizura & Fairuz Hussein, Shima, Amy Mastura, Aubrey Suwito & Friends with The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Sheila Majid, Malique, Altimet, iamNEETA, Ziana Zain, Wings, Aishah, Joe Flizzow

TALK RADIO

(Only available in A350)

including... Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara, Joan Rivers, Bocey

(Not available in A350)

Human Nature, Paul Simon, Ray LaMontagne, The Script, Kyle Bielfield, Michael Bolton, Boyz II Men, Bob Dylan, The Piano Guys, Il Divo, Natalie Imbruglia,

HINDI RHYTHMS (Not available in A350)

COUNTRY (Not available in A350)

SOUNDTRACK (Not available in A350)

including... James Horner-The Classics, The Rick and Morty Soundtrack, West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) [Remastered], Lady Bird (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture), Blade Runner 2049 (OMPS), Moonlight Cinema, War for the Planet of the Apes (OMPS), Tulip Fever (OMPS), John Williams & Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection, VeeramMacbeth (OMPS), Trolls (OMPS)

including... Loretta Lynn, Connie Smith, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jason Aldean, Scotty McCreery, Dixie Chicks, Kelsea Ballerini, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton, The Highwaymen, Carrie Underwood

COMEDY

(Not available in A350)

including... Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara, Joan Rivers, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Bocey

Audio On-Demand segments depend on your aircraft type.

Please refer to your in-flight entertainment system to see which segments are available to you.

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Including... Neeti Mohan,Hardy Sandhu, Javed-Mohsin, Arijit Singh & Shreya Ghoshal, Shankar Ehsaan Loy/Clinton Cerejo/Dominique Cerejo/Loy Mendonsa, Meet Bros, Neha Kakkar, Deep Money, Mannan Shaah, Atif Aslam & Akanksha Bhandari, Samuel-Akanksha & Jubin Nautiyal

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POP ASIA including... Karen Mok, Aimer, Misia feat. HIDE (GReeeeN), EXID, ZICO feat. IU, Keyakizaka46, A-Lin, Nogizaka46, CHiCO with HoneyWorks, Ronghao Li, noovy, VIXX, MAMAMOO, Leehom Wang, Huh Gak, Kevin Oh, Masaki Suda, Valen Hsu, Eir Aoi, Jolin Tsai, A.C.E, J_ust feat. Ahin

GOLDEN ERA including... Billy Joel, R. Kelly, Harry Nilsson, Wham!, Michael Jackson, Diana King, Backstreet Boys, Daryl Hall & John Oates, John Denver, Whitney Houston, New Kids On The Block, Michael Bolton, Dolly Parton, Paul Anka, The Bangles, Lisa Stansfield, The Nolans, Rick Astley

ROCK ARENA including... Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Bring Me The Horizon, Nothing But Thieves, Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Boston, Alice In Chains, The Aces, Soundgarden, The Neighbourhood, lovelytheband, Oasis, Gin Blossoms, Foo Fighters, The Zutons, Journey, Buckcherry Passengers with AVOD can enjoy a host of radio shows across a range of genres. Channel numbers depend on the aircraft. Check your aircraft type and then on your in-flight entertainment system to find out.

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HANDSET INSTRUCTIONS

GETTING STARTED For passengers with a seatback personal screen, please refer to the following instructions for use of the remote control. 擁有個人屏幕的乘客請參照以下圖像和說明來使用您的遙控器。 個人スクリーンをお持ちのお客様はお手元のハンドセットを下の画像と合わせてから続けてお読みください。

First & Business Class A380

Economy Class A380

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14

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*For Economy Class passengers, access to in-flight entertainment and service functions is via the seatback touch screen monitor.

1

Control Paddle*

1

控制板*

1

上下左右ボタン*

2

Window Display

2

顯示視窗

2

ウィンドウ表示

3

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3

模式

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モード

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4

閱讀燈 ON/OFF

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Channel UP/DOWN

頻道 UP/DOWN

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明るさUP/DOWN

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乗務員呼び出し/取消

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10

入力*

11

ゲームコントロール*

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Select/Start*

10

Enter*

11

Game Controls*

12

Audio/Video Controls To Rewind, Play/Pause, Forward and Stop for Audio/Video

7

音量 UP/DOWN 亮度 UP/DOWN

8

呼叫乘務員/取消

9

選擇/開始*

10

確認*

11

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Home Button Shortcut to go to Main Menu

16

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QWERTY Keyboard - B738/A333

17

Magnetic Card Reader

18

Cabin Crew Assistance

17

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机舱服务员协助

18

フライトアテンダントアシスタンス

*Not on the Inseat System

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French fashion house Kenzo has reopened its redesigned store on Avenue George V in Paris, France. In line with the brand’s multi-faceted approach to lifestyle, the two-storey boutique strikes a balance between pop and residential themes with bright shades of aqua and yellow and contemporary aesthetics to create a trendy retail space.

Dazzling Elegance De Beers Jewellery Malaysia’s new luxury concept boutique at Suria KLCC exudes an atmosphere of warmth with showcases that highlight the brand’s most exquisite jewellery pieces. The unveiling event was attended by De Beers Institute of Diamonds president Andrew Coxon (middle), De Beers Diamond Jewellers Sdn Bhd director Ng Sheau Yuen (second from left) and celebrities.

Passion To Drive Mercedes-Benz Malaysia Vice President of Sales and Marketing Mark Raine (left) and AMG Regional Sales Manager SEA Guido Brormann (right) presenting an AOCM Welcome Pack to Nabil Jeffri, Malaysian race car driver and Mercedes-AMG Brand Ambassador for MercedesBenz Malaysia at the launch of the AMG Owners Community Malaysia (AOCM).

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