Going Places June 2017

JUNE 2017 Interviews with actor Hugh Jackman, CNN’s Richard Quest, and Agak Agak Initiative’s Ili Sulaiman

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MY Guide to Taipei, Taiwan, the buzzing metropolis of Nanjing, China, and contemporary batik

KL’s best Ramadhan bazaars, bamboo cannons in Perak, actor Zul Ariffin bares his soul, and more!

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Contents

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InThis Issue

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INSIDE

NAVIGATOR

MALAYSIA AIRLINES

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NEWS

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Updates and promotions

GP ON THE WEB

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GUIDE

Information on check-in and the dos and don’ts while flying

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WHERE WE FLY

Airline and oneworld network

CEO’S MESSAGE

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GIZMOS & GADGETS Cool gadgets to have

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THREE TO WATCH

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Movie recommendations

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THE CURE

EDITOR’S NOTE

THE MAIL ROOM

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Lotions, potions, spas, and more

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FASHION & ACCESSORIES Bling-blings to show off on Eid al-Fitr

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TRAVEL CONCIERGE Dining, events and hospitality news and options from around the globe

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ART & DESIGN

Art Basel, Sidney Nolan in Birmingham, and more

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GLOBAL CITIZEN

CNN journalist Richard Quest

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WINDOW OR AISLE

Kam Raslan is grateful for not growing up in the digital age

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20TH CENTURY FOX

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THE STAR, MALAYSIA

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FEATURES

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MY GUIDE Taipei, Taiwan

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TÊTE-À-TÊTE Hollywood A-lister Hugh Jackman on being Logan and leaving him

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HOMEGROWN Inside the renowned Rainforest World Music Festival

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UNPLUGGED: TRAVEL Looking into Nanjing’s proud history and its modernisation

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UNPLUGGED: GOURMET The best Ramadhan bazaars in Kuala Lumpur

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TRENDSPOTTING New forms and functions for the traditional art of batik

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CHEF’S CUT Ili Sulaiman of Agak Agak is changing the local F&B scene

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GIVING BACK Projek Iqra helps the underprivileged celebrate Eid

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MALAYSIAN ICONS Football legend Dato’ Mokhtar Dahari

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GP ENTERTAINMENT Your in-flight entertainment guide

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WARISAN

UP CLOSE

Tradisi meriam buluh di ambang Hari Raya

Malaysian actor Zul Ariffin on his personal preferences

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GP On The Web

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Do you remember the first place you’ve always wanted to visit? Well, we’ve uncovered the top eight destinations chosen by travellers worldwide as part of our exclusive online offerings this month.

We also checked out the newly opened Taaras Beach & Spa Resort on the island of Redang and uncovered why Melbourne in Australia is fast becoming a halalfriendly destination.

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Tropical Island Getaway

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Surrounded by lush tropical jungle, azure waves and sandy white beaches, the Taaras Beach & Spa Resort by Berjaya Group is perfect for honeymooners and those looking for a bespoke beach holiday. Named from the word taara, which is Sanskrit for ‘Goddess of the Sea’, the luxurious fivestar resort is tucked between luscious tropical green hills facing the sea on the island of Redang off the coast of Terengganu, Malaysia.

Ayrton Senna Tribute

First Time Traveller Hotspots

Halal Friendly

Lamborghini Museum at Sant’Agata Bolognese is paying homage to the legendary Ayrton Senna with an exhibition dedicated to the late Brazilian Formula 1 driver. Check out our gallery of some of the exhibits including some of the race cars driven by the champion, the original go-kart he used to race in as a child, and a white MP4/8, identical to the one tested at Estoril, along with its engine. It’s a must visit for any Senna fan.

Everyone remembers the first time they travelled and the adventures they had.

Exploring someplace new for the first time is always exciting. Based on a recent global survey conducted by Booking.com, travellers narrowed down eight destinations as their top choice to visit for the first time. Over 15,000 travellers were polled from markets all over the world, but Europe came out on top. Find out if yours made the list.

Melbourne, Australia is well-known among world travellers as the vibrant city that carries a certain charm, offering a packed agenda of food and beverages, sports, arts and culture. It is no wonder that many globetrotters regard Melbourne as the gourmet and cultural capital of the world – and that’s quite a statement to make. Melbourne is also fast becoming an international halal food hub, thanks to a steadily growing Muslim population.

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Message From The Top

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Dear Guests, Ramadhan is a time of reflection for our Muslim brothers and sisters. It is a month in which Muslims fast to observe the third of the five pillars of Islam. It is a time to recharge and a time for self-improvement. In Malaysia, it is an important time for families to be together.

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Malaysia is an incredible melting pot of faiths and traditions. People of all religions break fast or buka puasa after their sunset prayers, often sharing meals with families and friends. You will be welcomed in every corner of Malaysia to buka puasa after sundown with the locals. Onboard our aircraft in June, you may be offered complimentary dates and unique Malaysian food at buka puasa time.

During Ramadhan you can find lively bazaars in every village or kampung. If you are a foodie, you will be overwhelmed. Endless stalls display mouthwatering delicacies for your buka puasa. Malaysia is quieter by day during Ramadhan which is perfect for visiting tourist spots. But after sundown, thousands of people buka puasa together and nights are filled with chatter. You will also see or hear special prayers held in the evenings as worshippers fill the nearby mosques.

Food is a huge part of Malaysian life, and during the holy month of Ramadhan, we are providing our guests an opportunity to give back. Guests who are fasting when travelling with us, or indeed any guest, will be able to contribute their in-flight meals to the less fortunate via our Kongsi Makan campaign. From now until 24 June 2017, you can donate your in-flight meals to orphans in Malaysia, making a difference for the children. Your kind gesture will also benefit the residents of Kampung Orang Asli (Indigenous People’s Village) that we have pledged to support. You may find more information on our website at malaysiaairlines.com.

Malaysia Airlines is supporting the Negaraku (My Nation) campaign and proudly presented to the Prime Minister of Malaysia an aircraft model of the Airbus 330-300 painted with the Malaysian flag, Jalur Gemilang. The newly-painted aircraft will take to the skies in July. Starting this month, we will also be featuring some of our national icons in this magazine. The spirit of Negaraku is what drives us forward. Malaysia Airlines wants to be the pride of the nation again.

Thank you for taking the time to read this note and for the replies I have received. I read all of your letters and I take all your feedback to heart. We want to improve ourselves, and every feedback that we get is a step closer to earning our 5-star ranking. I wish you all, our Muslim brothers and sisters, a blessed Ramadhan.

I thank you for choosing Malaysia Airlines and, as always, I wish you the best of journeys with the MH family. The journey is the reward.

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Last year at about this time I wrote about being nostalgic on the festival of Eid or Hari Raya Aidilfitri as it always reminded me of my childhood friends growing up in the government quarters of Jalan Hussein in Segamat, a district of southern Johor state. That note garnered me quite a few fans.

I thought I would continue their story this year.

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Editor’s Note

My three friends – all boys from a family of 11 – lived in a two-bedroom row house next to ours.

Their dad, a teacher whom we called Cikgu Mat Lamit, had a twinkle in his eye and a trusty bicycle which he rode everywhere. One day, Cikgu came home from town on his bicycle with a durian hanging from one of the bicycle’s handles. I heard my dad asking him, “Cikgu, satu biji saja kah?” (“Teacher, only one durian?”), to which he replied, “Cukup lah, untuk rasa saja. Durian mahal.” (“It’s enough. It’s just for taste. Durians are expensive.”) His wife later made a big pot of bubur durian (durian porridge) so the whole family could at least have a taste of that season’s King of Fruits.

JULIE GOH EDITOR

This is a story I will remember for the rest of my life as the vision of Cikgu Mat Lamit alighting from his bicycle will forever be imprinted in my memory. Theirs was not a rich family but he provided well for them. Last I heard, all the children turned out well, holding good jobs and making a name for themselves.

As we give thanks for all that we have in this holy month of Ramadhan, I hope we give some thought to those who have less. In this regard, I hope you will take some time to read our story about the noble cause championed by Projek Iqra to bring festive cheer to underprivileged children in Malaysia. For the last five years, the founders of the non-governmental organisation have been taking the children shopping for new clothes and shoes two weeks before Hari Raya. ‘Shopping Raya’ has benefitted 2,000 recipients but this year, the children may have to go without new clothing because the founders have not been able to raise sufficient funds. They are hoping the response will pick up in the coming weeks but if it doesn’t, they will give food packs instead to the beneficiaries. If you would like to help, read what you can do on page 62-64.

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I bet not many of you Malaysians know about the 140-year-old tradition of firing bamboo cannons on the eve of Hari Raya. Well, in the village of Kampung Talang Masjid in the northern state of Perak, the story of how the practice of firing the meriam buluh came about is a very interesting one. Do read it on page 66-69 and if you’re still in time, make a trip there and let me know if you found it as exhilarating as our writer did.

Also in this issue, we listed the top five Ramadhan bazaars where you can satisfy your cravings for local delicacies, some of which are only available during the fasting month. On that note, we wish you, our Muslim guests, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin.

See you in July.

JUNE 2017 Interviews with actor Hugh Jackman, CNN’s Richard Quest, and Agak Agak Initiative’s Ili Sulaiman

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MY Guide to Taipei, Taiwan, the buzzing metropolis of Nanjing, China, and contemporary batik

KL’s best Ramadhan bazaars, bamboo cannons in Perak, actor Zul Ariffin bares his soul, and more!

Cover Illustration SHAZANA ROSLI Taiwan’s bustling city of Taipei is this month’s cover story.

Check out our guide on pg 34-37 for what you shouldn’t miss on your next visit.

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The Mail Room

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I boarded a MH flight to Jakarta last week. To my surprise, the ‘Message from the Top’ in your March 2017 edition penned by CEO Peter Bellew was on the transformation within Malaysia Airlines to take it to newer heights, and to strive for that 5-star Skytrak rating.

Naturally, my flight experience was going to be evaluated more critically since the CEO himself has spoken about changes and challenges. Here is my ‘Tick the box’ of the various services and amenities during my trip. ✔

Punctuality – ETD and ETA

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Announcements – Bilingual, clear, with wit and humour by the Captain

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Food quality and service – Fine and with good choice In-flight entertainment Crew service – Excellent

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If there is one area that I would be critical of, it is in the decades-old design of the female crew’s uniform. They looked out of sync with the new transformation and image quality that Bellew is trying to portray. Transformation in my opinion begins with improvements in a) quality service, b) amenities, and c) dress code/uniform your staff adorn at all times. The last part definitely needs a complete work-over.

Only with this, will the circle be complete. Nonetheless, congratulations on your new journey. It is MH for me from now on.

CLETUS STEPHENSON Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Your February 2017 issue was a delight to read.

From the lesser-known prefecture of Okayama to the secret picnic spots in Macau and to the rare gastronomical fusion of Chef Toni Valero of Coquo, it explored the road less taken. Okayama is unheard of to me until I read about it. This city is just as quaint and breathtakingly worthy to visit when in Japan.

It was refreshing to read about Macau’s hideaways, perfect for picnics with loads of snacking ideas. Not forgetting the innovative Malaysian dishes with a Spanish twist by Chef Valero such as the Prawn Carpaccio, served with caviar infused with the gravy of the Laksa Sarawak! Thank you Going Places for keeping perspectives fresh.

AMIRA RAHMAT Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

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Going Places welcomes your comment and queries. Letters may be edited for clarity and brevity and are published in the language in which they are written.

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I enjoyed reading the article ‘The Business of Fashion’ in the January 2017 issue.

As a woman, I am proud to see Vivy Sofinas Yusof rise to where she is now considering the obstacles she had to face from her humble beginnings. I admire the tireless effort and tenacity shown by Vivy and her husband in setting up their business. Her success in the fashion retail business would not have been possible if she did not take the risk to start a company back in 2010. It was her forward thinking, ideas, and planning that enabled Vivy to come up with a novelty that many Malaysians could not think of at that time. Her strategy to focus on Asian brands and local couture designers to sell ready-to-wear apparel is a testament that she wants to make a difference in the local fashion industry. Vivy truly embodies the personality of the woman of today, who chases her dreams and makes it a reality, and for that reason, I am inspired by her feminist aura and I aspire to do the same thing in the future. Kudos to the editorial team for highlighting the success of a female entrepreneur and a businesswoman in the Malaysian fashion scene.

As a frequent flyer, I always look forward to reading the latest copy of Going Places, especially when it happens to be the first flight out of KL on the first of each month – with the new crisp copy! I enjoy the MY Guide section, especially those places where I have been to, just to see how many “been there, done that” and also the “missed that” which I will be exploring the next time I am there. The “hidden” local delicacies are great and I look forward to more of such recommendations in the magazine. Not forgetting the various articles showcasing the unique Malaysian culture and heritage, some of which are also good “refreshers”, even for us Malaysians. Keep up the good work and keep Malaysians proud! Malaysia Truly Asia!

I was blown away by the illustration on the cover of your February 2017 issue. The cool colours totally lifted my mood, setting it right for the next few days I was spending by the beach. According to my husband, the color blue is our lucky color for this year so anything remotely blue tickles my heart (or maybe it was just February being the month of love for me). What really amazed me about the issue was the article on Joel Neoh and his journey to become such an inspiring entrepreneur. Wow! It really shows how Going Places is not a plain travel magazine but so much more.

Highlighting Malaysia’s heroes is definitely brilliant! The Malaysian start-up scene has grown over the years with so many success stories and it is something that we should be proud of. I am quite certain that other travel magazines would hardly see this as a story worth doing. Kudos to the team for writing this story!

ZILFALILA BINTI YUSOFF Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

TEE SENG CHUAN Selangor, Malaysia

NAZLINA QUADIR Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia

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Our pick of gadgets to have

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Sofie and Grayson are the two latest additions to the Michael Kors line of smartwatches.

The former features a thin, lightweight case body with a pave bezel, while the latter has a full-round dial with a rotating crown for quick scrolling. Both watches are compatible with Android and iOS, and come with numerous interchangeable strap options. michaelkors.com

4. Quality In Every Shot

5 1. Snap A Perfect Selfie EX-TR80 is the latest addition to Casio’s Exilim TR family of digital cameras. It combines beauty, functionality and practicality to enhance the pleasure of taking selfies. Some of the standout features include an ‘All Star’ make-up mode consisting of more than 9,000 combinations and six sets of beauty settings.

The camera even sports a wider LCD image display and double LED lighting too. casio-intl.com

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Designed for gamers who want to stand out, the Acer Aspire VX 15 laptop features a bold red chassis and backlit keyboard, plus the anticipated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics with GDDR5 VRAM. The dual fan cooling system keeps the machine running quietly at optimal temperatures, ensuring that it is always up to the task without compromising super-smooth gameplay. acer.com

Fujifilm has added the X-T20 and X100F to its flagship X Series of mirrorless cameras.

These latest offerings feature the brand’s latest imaging technology including new sensors and processors – and, in the case of the X-T20, 4K video recording. They are said to provide greater speed and control needed by professional photographers and enthusiasts, along with excellent colour reproduction and image quality. fujifilm.com.my

5. Share Your Travels Samsung has unveiled the latest Gear 360. It offers video recording at up to 4K resolution, and is equipped with 8.4MP image sensors that can capture high resolution images.

Paired with the Gear 360 application, users can also control the camera remotely – as well as stitch, edit and share content with their friends and family on the go. samsung.com

6. Safe & Secure The My Passport SSD by Western Digital offers data transfers with speeds of up to 515MB/s while using USB Type-C. The portable drive is also kept safe with a built-in 256-bit AES Hardware encryption to ensure one’s files are kept secure. It comes in three storage variants (256GB, 512GB, 1TB) and can apparently withstand a drop of up to 1.98m. wdc.com

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Our pick of movies to watch in-flight this month

The Lego Batman Movie

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Batman in the Lego Universe steadfastly defends Gotham City against criminals and supervillains. Things change with the appointment of the new police commissioner, Barbara Gordon, who immediately unveils a criminal justice agenda that threatens to make the caped hero redundant. If he intends to continue to battle the baddies, he may have to drop the lone vigilante act and work with others, including an orphan Bruce Wayne inadvertently adopts, who eventually becomes his sidekick Robin.

Set in the early 1990s, the story subtly underlines the plight of Indians in Malaysia who were systematically marginalised by their estate owner employers. They are forced to move to the city to look for work at minimum wage and live in squalor. The plot centres around Appoy, a spirited and irreverent boy who lives with his well-meaning but abusive father. Frustrated at school and realising he may never live up to his father’s expectations, Appoy gravitates toward the criminal lifestyle of his wayward uncles.

The film chronicles the journey of the 1992 Danish football team as they compete in the UEFA Champions League. Regarded as an underdog in the league, the team merely qualified to play in the tournament after Yugoslavia was banned from competing due to sanctions against the then war-torn country. Despite all odds, the team under the coaching of Richard Moller Nielsen was triumphant even as some of the players suffered personal tragedies.

WILL ARNETT, ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, ROSARIO DAWSON PG-13 / 118 mins / Animation, Action, Adventure / E, J, K, F

HARVIND RAJ, KUBEN MAHADEVAN, TINESH SARATHI KRISHNAN, SENTHIL KUMARAN MUNIANDY NR / 120 mins / Crime, Family, Drama / T, E+

ULRICH THOMSEN, MIKKEL BOE FØLSGAARD, CYRON MELVILLE NR / /93 mins / Biography, Comedy, Drama / D, E+

For more in-flight entertainment selections, please see pages 87–94 of our Going Places In-Flight Entertainment Guide.

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Inspiring health + wellness / The Cure

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The Star Magnolia is the latest Limited Edition collection from Jo Malone, consisting of a cologne and hair mist. The scent evokes a floral tone, with notes of lemon, star magnolia and sandalwood, sprinkled with hints of orange flower, ginger, jasmine and shiso. A dreamy and breezy scent perfectly suited for the season. jomalone.com.my

If you suffer from hyperpigmentation problems, such as uneven skin tone, age spots or darkened areas, due to sun exposure or other damaging elements, The Face Inc Lightening Duo, consisting of the Exfoliant and Lightener, might be the answer. This dual-action process helps with the removal of dead skin cells with the exfoliant, creating a receptive base for the application of the lightener, which will help reduce pigmentation and lighten discolouration. thefaceinc.com

2. Dual Purpose Go from the workout studio straight to the street with the versatile StudioGrand sneakers from Cole Haan that artfully balance style with sporting comfort. The Pack & Go trainer with lightweight, patented Energy Foam is easy on the feet as well as the eyes with designs and patterns fit for the active female. Cole Haan footwear is available at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and The Gardens mall. colehaan.com

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Get your hair done in style at The Met Grand Salon, a member of the elite Leading Salons of the World circle, of which currently only 200 members can be found worldwide. What this means is you can be assured of the best service at this salon located on the Couture Row at the Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur. Get a classic Cut & Style or experience the popular La Oxygene Kulture treatment for scalp health restoration and rejuvenation as you relax in a plush chair in the tastefully decorated styling parlour reminiscent of a respectable gentlemen’s club. themetkl.com

5. Cup Of Kaw If you like your tea strong, the Lipton Ekstra Kaw is made for you. The recipe is tailored specifically with the Malaysian consumer in mind, and thus, only available here. Not just for teatime, the Ekstra Kaw is perfect for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The strength can be customised by throwing in one, two or three tea bags into the pot according to preference, and of course, depending on whether you drink tea to relax or to re-energise. lipton.com.my

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The dainty floral bracelet and earrings from Salvatore Ferragamo add a romantic flair to any style with realistic detailed etchings in shiny sterling silver. ferragamo.com

2. Dazzling Display This sparkly clutch from Anya Hindmarch will ensure that your outfit shines from head to toe during Eid! Made of crinkly metallic leather with geometric embellishments, this statement accessory is striking and elegant. anyahindmarch.com

From the Rosette collection by jewellers Mouawad, this ring is sumptuously opulent yet perfect for any look, be it formal, simple and casual, or even extravagant.

In 18-karat white and rose gold set with precious stones, the Rosette look draws upon the vintage cut, lending an old-world glamour to this sparkler. mouawad.com

4. Casual Elegance With marquise, pear-shaped and round diamonds bedecking the platinum frame, these palm leafshaped earrings from Tiffany & Co are simple yet stunning.

These ‘Leaves of the Sun’ earrings are from Tiffany’s Blue Book 2017 collection, featuring an array of accessories inspired by the wilderness. tiffany.com

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5. Persian Dreams The Persia Collection from Selberan features a range of jewellery inspired by the opulence of the Middle East of the past. Geometric patterns and romantic swirls feature prominently in the designs, recalling the grandeur of Persian architecture, as well as the intrigue in stories from the legendary A Thousand and One Nights. selberan.com

6. Flower Power Put on some award-winning bling this season with this pair of Bunga Raya pendants from Poh Kong.

Intricately designed and expertly crafted by master goldsmiths, these pendants are perfect for those who appreciate the subtle details in works of art. pohkong.com.my

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7. Ethnic Chic For the minimalist, this carved sterling silver bangle from Thomas Sabo gives just the right amount of adornment without going over the top. Wear it solo or stacked for a more festive feel. thomassabo.com

8. Golden Glow A playful butterfly brooch from Swarovski to liven up any outfit! Brilliant crystals are set in gold-plated metal filigree and Swarovski’s hightech Pontiage ceramic in this nature-inspired work of art. swarovski.com

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Travel Concierge

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

Taiwan

UP, UP & AWAY

SUMMER welcomes the Taiwan International Hot Air Balloon Festival, set amidst the green hills of Taitung County, just several hours away from Taipei. Now into its seventh year, the festival sees dozens of bright and dreamy-looking balloons in quirky shapes and sizes taking to the skies from 30 June until 6 August. Passengers riding on the balloons will enjoy breathtaking views of mountains, valleys and even the coastline. There will also be flying shows, tethered rides, night glow, concerts and summer camps. facebook.com/balloontaiwan

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Le French Festival 2017, now into its 16th edition in Malaysia, aims to celebrate various aspects of French culture and art. The event, which kicked off in May, is set to be held until 18 June in the Klang Valley, Penang and Kota Kinabalu. Local cinema operator Golden Screen Cinemas will screen films such as La Veche (One Man and His Cow), Rosalie Blum, Nos Futures (Our Futures), Monsieur Chocolat and the biopic L’Odyssee (The Odyssey) in these three regions. Other activities are also in the lineup, including a Fête de la Musique show with singer Charles-Baptiste, performance arts by Cie Non Nova, flea markets, garage sales and more. lefrenchfestival.com.my

Held since ancient times, the Sanno Matsuri Festival is considered one of the three great festivals of Tokyo. Happening from 7 to 17 June, the highlight of the event is a procession of 300 people dressed in ancient costumes parading through the city carrying mikoshi (portable shrines), floats and drums. Aside from offering prayers for the safety of the Imperial Palace and peace in Tokyo, there will also be classical performing arts such as the Kagura Hayashi dance and orchestra, drum shows, traditional flower arrangements and more. jnto.go.jp

Based on the bestselling novel by Erich Segal, Dama Asia Productions presents Love Story - The Musical, happening at Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre from 9 to 18 June. Written by Stephen Clark with music by Howard Goodall, the story tells of Oliver, a rich young man who falls in love with a poor student, Jennifer. Marrying against his family’s wishes, the couple struggle to build their life together, but fate has other plans. damaorchestra.com

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Religion meets art in a colourful blend of vivid imagery and rituals at Phi Ta Khon, or the Ghost Festival, held in Loei province, Isan. The event, which falls on 24 to 26 June this year, is part of the Buddhist merit-making holiday Bun Luang. Villagers invite protection from the spirit of the Mun river and take part in a grand procession wearing bright patchwork clothing, masks and hats made from rice steamers. There will also be costume and dance contests, games as well as sermons from Buddhist monks at the local monastery. tourismthailand.org

The holy month of Ramadhan, which Muslims observe by fasting from dawn to dusk, culminates with the celebration of Eid al-Fitr, known in Malaysia as Hari Raya Aidilfitri. The event, which is expected to begin on 25 June this year, is celebrated with much aplomb in Malaysia. During the celebrations, people dress up in traditional clothing and city folks return to their hometowns to ask for forgiveness from family members for past misdeeds, while homes are decorated with lights and oil lamps. For a truly Malaysian experience, head to a Hari Raya “open house” – a unique cultural practice where a host opens his home to neighbours and visitors from all races and walks of life to enjoy a meal and be merry.

It seems like just yesterday that teen heartthrobs Hanson burst onto the music scene, dominating airwaves with smash hits such as MMMbop and Where’s the Love. Now, fans are in for a treat as the band, comprising brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson, will be performing at Auckland Town Hall on 27 June as part of their Middle of Everywhere Tour, to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Sing along to their bestknown songs including Penny and Me, Weird, and This Time Around, as well as a brand-new single, I Was Born. hanson.net

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5. Eid Festivities

6. Anniversary Tour

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Opened only last year, The St Regis Kuala Lumpur may be new in the Ramadhan buffet scene but from 1-20 June, post-fast diners can head to the hotel’s Astor Room for a glorious spread of international and local favourites at their Barakat & Syukur (Blessings and Thanks) buffet. Malaysia’s multi-ethnic cuisine is showcased via dishes such as briyani rice, chicken and beef rendang with lemang and ketupat palas rice cakes, noodles and vermicelli in prawn broth, and smoked venison with coconut gravy. Meanwhile, you’ll also find perfectly made “Scottish” Eggs with Garlic Aioli and Asparagus, Grilled Wagyu Marble strips served with Malay sauces, and an extensive buffet cart filled with Malaysian cakes and baked goodies, the highlights being the goldtopped desserts and the ice cream bar. For some fresh goodness, head over to the juice bar with ingredients of your picking and the dates table, featuring dates from the Middle East. stregiskualalumpur.com

Lobster fans can get their fill, and more, at the Kowloon-based pentahotel Hong Kong, which has introduced a new seasonal Japanese and Korean Lobster Seafood Dinner Buffet. Available until 13 July, the buffet gives diners a chance to experience a wide array of seafood- and lobster-based dishes cooked in Japanese and Korean styles.

For starters, highlights include the Lobster Salad with Bean Curd and Sesame Dressing, Lobster and Crab Roe Sushi Rolls and selected sashimi. For mains, don’t miss the Lobster and Minced Wagyu Beef Congee, Lobster Fried Rice with Crab Roe, and Spaghetti with Lobster in Pesto Cream Sauce. pentahotels.com

A firm favourite come Ramadhan, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre again serves up a delectable buffet for the breaking of fast and dinner, serving classic hits with its wildly popular ‘Kampung in the City’ Ramadhan Buffet. The centre’s culinary team has prepared many of the past years’ favourites as well as new enticing dishes to satiate diners, including the Blue Rice with Grilled Beef Ribs marinated in Kerutup Sauce; the Gulai Ayam Kampung (free-range chicken curry) with Sweet Papaya; northern-style rice with beef cooked in tamarind sauce; beef and chicken satay; Arabic-style beef kebab; roasted Fish Tikka; and Mediterranean Hickory-Smoked Lamb with black pepper and mint sauce. There is also a deep-fried section, featuring an array of Malaysian afternoon tea snacks like keropok lekor fish cakes, and a drinks station with a range of interesting beverages, including banana-flavoured pulled tea and soy bean milk ikat tepi (served Malaysian-style in a plastic bag and tied at the top corner, with a straw in the opening). klccconventioncentre.com

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2. Lobster Galore

3. Classics In The City

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Bangsar’s hip and happening APW dining area in Kuala Lumpur welcomes Makirito, the latest F&B establishment that specialises in making Japanese Burritos. Simply put, Japanese Burritos are rice wraps rolled up in nori (Japanese seaweed), with a variety of fillings that include salmon sashimi, jellyfish, and crispy greens, complemented with home-made sauces like spicy Sriracha mayo and shoyu citrus mayo. Priced from USD2.30 (RM10), these burrito babies are just what you need for a healthy, on-the-go lunch. facebook.com/MakiritoMY

V E Hotel & Residence, Kuala Lumpur welcomes this Muslim holy month of Ramadhan with an assortment of Arabian and local favourites at its all-day dining restaurant, The Straits Estate. Start the ceremonial breaking of fast at dusk with hearty appetisers such as hummus, babaganoush and fattoush salad, before digging into the main courses of Lamb Shank Tagine, lamb ouzi and kebabs. Malaysian favourites such as kambing golek, Malaccastyle kawah kari kepala ikan (fish head curry) and Terengganu-style ayam percik (roast chicken) are also on the menu. Over at the open kitchen, watch as chefs grill fresh seafood over a charcoal fire, before indulging in decadent treats of assorted Malay kuih, a chocolate fountain with condiments, and lychee crumble tart. The Ramadhan promotion is available from 28 May until 23 June. vehotel.com

It may be winter in Australia, but the Good Food and Wine Shows keep on rolling in Melbourne (2-4 June) and Sydney (23-25 June). At the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, visitors will get a chance to see star chefs like Manu Fieldel (from My Kitchen Rules), Matt Moran, and Marion Grasby show off their skills at the Good Food Theatre, while cheese lovers won’t want to miss The Smelly Cheese Shop’s cheese appreciation journey. The Sydney leg of the GF&WS will be held at Darling Harbour, and will feature Luke Nguyen (chef-owner of Sydney’s Best Asian Restaurant, The Red Lantern) and MasterChef Australia judges Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris live on stage, while the Champagne Taittinger & Oyster Bar and Tuckers Natural Cheese Alley will keep visitors happily fed. goodfoodshow.com.au

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5. Arabian Feast

6. Aussie’s Best

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June heralds the arrival of the durian season, which Penang celebrates with a two-month-long Durian Festival starting on 1 June. During this time, you can expect vendors of the King of Fruits to pop up in areas like Burma Road, Macalister Road, Anson Road, Balik Pulau, and Bao Sheng Durian Farm to sell their picks of the bunch, including popular durian breeds like ang hae, D16, ang jin, ang bak, D700, and many more. Those seeking guided tours can visit YearOfTheDurian.com, a blog run

by American durian enthusiast Lindsay Gasik, who organises durian tours that take participants to some of the best farms and vendors around the island. yearofthedurian.com

Breaking of fast or buka puasa at Bijan Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur is always a culinary adventure as the chef aims to surprise and satisfy with traditional dishes from four regions in Malaysia.

The rotating menu will see Ramadhan buffet spreads from the north, south, east and central regions of the country promising to delight even seasoned Malaysian foodies with dishes that normally aren’t served outside of special occasions. National favourites to look out for include Laksa Kedah, Sambal Hitam Pahang, Gulai Daging Umbut, and Udang Tempoyak Masak Petai (photo above). Dubbed the Selera Warisan Negeri Buffet, it is available until 23 June. bijanrestaurant.com

At The Saujana Hotel Kuala Lumpur, diners at Charcoal, the hotel’s casual dining outlet, can look forward to a host of satisfyingly flavourful dishes such as the Roasted Deer with Spices, Beef Bone Broth, Roasted Lamb with Spiced Coconut Milk Gravy, Chilli Braised Duck Stew, Nyonya Pancakes and Nyonya Curry Noodles from the ‘Kampung’ (traditional provincial food) and ‘Nyonya’ (Straits Chinese cuisine) spread put together by the chef and his team. Other than that, sushi and sashimi, as well as lok lok (fishballs and other seafood on skewers) and yong tau foo (mix and match of tofu, vegetables and seafood) – both served with broth or sauces, are also available. For dessert, diners can whet their appetites with traditional Malaysian treats like nyonya kuih and apam balik, Turkish ice cream as well as crêpes with jackfruit filling. shr.my

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8. Regional Favourites

9. Delightful Local Mix

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On a private island just 50 kilometres off the coast of Singapore lies Telunas Resorts, a luxury resort offering a quick getaway from the hustle and bustle of the Lion City. Featuring 15 spacious and intimately designed sea villas inspired

by Indonesian Riau architecture, accommodation is naturally cooled from the overwater construction and offers wide-angle views of the azure sea and the rugged terrain of nearby Sugi Island. The resort recently introduced a spa and new meeting rooms for travellers mixing business and leisure. telunasresorts.com

Tucked in a quiet corner of Siem Reap, the newly renovated Anantara Angkor Wat reopens with upgraded suites, restaurants and common areas, with some rooms boasting private plunge pools, teak wood trimmings and sandstone sculptures. The addition of the Jim Thompson Explorer Suites, named after the former Thai silk magnate, will regale aficionados of Southeast Asian textiles, as they lounge on furniture draped in bold-coloured Thai silks. Enjoy butler service, unlimited tuk-tuk transfers to and from the city centre, or visit the rejuvenating spa for a Khmer massage – perfect for after a day of quad biking or trekking at Kulen Mountain angkor.anantara.com

A slice of serenity awaits at Lime Samui, a private luxury villa estate off the west coast of Koh Samui that offers unparalleled views of the Gulf of Thailand. With oversized pools, ensuite bathrooms, gyms and family rooms, each villa comes with a full staff consisting of a villa manager, private chef, maids and driver. The latest addition to the estate is Villa Spice, which has 5.5 bedrooms, including an impressive Waterfall Suite that sports a glass front and private mezzanine study. Other facilities include a 20-metre infinity pool with jacuzzi, a large cinema, as well as a private spa for massages and mani-pedicures. limesamui.com

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Explore the natural wonders of the Maldives at Six Senses Laamu, a bespoke resort getaway in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Tailored for a new generation of adventurous travellers, their Discover Laamu package provides both on and off-island experiences, from snorkelling to visiting a local island and participating in cooking classes. The sevennight package includes a full-day deserted island escape with picnic lunch, sunset dolphin cruise and private cinema under the stars.

Other options such as a guided snorkelling tour, aerial yoga class and meditation under the stars are also available. sixsenses.com

Located southwest of Seoul, the recently opened Ramada Encore Seoul Magok is designed for both families and business travellers. Towering 12 storeys high with 228 rooms, the hotel offers king, twin and single beds, and is close to some of Seoul’s world-class shopping precincts and attractions, such as Gimpo Airport Lotte Mall, Botanic Park and Hyundai Premium Outlet. The hotel also features an allday dining restaurant, meeting rooms, a fitness centre, coin laundry services and 24-hour business hub. ramadaencore-seoulmagok.com

Set to open its doors in July, the Ritz Carlton Langkawi joins the list of luxury hotels on the serene island, home to pristine beaches and lush rainforests. The oceanfront resort, which reflects a laidback, traditional village setting, beautifully blends aesthetics with nature throughout its 90 guest rooms and suites, and 29 pool villas. Take a dip in the resort’s three swimming pools, indulge in its dining outlets and ocean front bar and lounge, stroll along a private beach or kick back at the spa, which also includes a Hammam. A wide range of activities are in the line-up, from curated nature discovery programmes to outdoor water sports. ritzcarlton.com

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Alaya Resort Jembawan is the latest addition to the Alaya resorts brand in the heart of Ubud, Bali. With 37 rooms spanning three categories, the boutique wellness retreat has smart furnishings with a hint of Balinese creativity, from private outdoor terraces to local art adorning the walls. Join daily yoga sessions at the yoga pavilion, take part in dance lessons, handicraft and cooking classes, or swim in the two outdoor swimming pools flanked by reclining chairs and shady umbrellas in a tropical garden setting. Over at DaLa Spa, indulge in wellness treatments inspired by Ayurvedic practices. alayahotels.com/alayajembawan

Boasting Mediterranean-inspired architecture and charming vistas of Jeju island, The Shilla Jeju gives would-be brides and grooms the perfect backdrop to exchange vows. The resort’s ‘Boutique Wedding’ package offers unique themes, such as Natural Garden Topiary, where fresh white lilies decorate the Pagoda Observatory venue, and The Dazzling Tree, which will have couples surrounded by hundreds of trees and blossoming flowers.

The package includes personalised catering and floral services, complimentary photoshoot, professional make-up and styling and dress rental. Honeymooners will be spoilt for choice with award-winning restaurants, pampering spa treatments, a fitness centre and a game zone. shilla.net

Alila Anji, a luxury hillside resort overlooking the Tian Fu Lake in Zhejiang province, celebrates the spring season with its Vitality Spring Package, available until 30 June. The two-night stay comes with daily breakfast, gift, a spa treatment, daily yoga or tai chi class and a choice of cycling or bamboo forest hiking. Guests can opt to stroll through an orchard surrounded by beautiful plum blossoms and enjoy a scenic picnic lunch. Return to relax in luxurious rooms and settings, designed to resemble a traditional Chinese village with white exteriors and sweeping dark-tiled roofs that blend seamlessly with its serene hillside setting. alilahotels.com/anji

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UK A photographic series entitled Panorama from artist Mónica de Miranda will be on display at the Tyburn Gallery in London in the month of June. Panorama is her first solo exhibition at the venue and it explores the architecture of buildings in Angola, Africa that were originally constructed for human pleasure, such as pools and entertainment spaces, and have since been abandoned. Her images of derelict hotels, pools and cinemas, which are being silently reclaimed by nature, are representative of Angola’s troubled past. tyburngallery.com

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2. Art About Town The annual Art Basel event returns to its original location of Basel, Switzerland on 15-18 June. Since its inception in 1970, Art Basel has grown from an exhibition of 90 galleries and 30 publishers to a whopping 291 galleries, displaying works from over 4,000 artists. Film, conversation and solo projects created especially for the event are also now incorporated, along with two other Art Basel shows taking place annually in Miami and Hong Kong. The flagship show promises to deliver a comprehensive programme that stretches the length and breadth of the world’s contemporary arts scene, with many site-specific displays going beyond the confines of the Messe Basel exhibition space into the city, creating a city-wide art week. artbasel.com

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3. Portraits Of Lives Past From 10 June, the IKON Gallery in Birmingham presents two series of spray-painted portraits from late Australian artist, Sidney Nolan. The 1982 collection sees Nolan produce portraits of those who were significant in his life, including his brother who was tragically killed in the Second World War. The second, from 1987, was created during investigations into the frequent deaths of aboriginals while they were being held in Australian prisons, and it features several aboriginal subjects whose haunting portraits have a phantom-like quality. ikon-gallery.org

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The Shifting Landscapes exhibition at the Sophia Contemporary Gallery in London sees Americanbased artists, Afruz Amighi, Iva Gueorguieva, Herman Mejia, Amir Nikravan, Holton Rower and Hannah Whitaker, explore the theme of abstraction in the USA. Through a variety of different techniques and mediums, the subjects of materialism, historical legacy and the post-modern nature of contemporary American society are all explored under the broad umbrella theme of abstraction.

The result is an exciting collaborative project that displays the diversity of American culture as well as dissects its more acrimonious current issues.

Visitors can browse the varied show until 23 June. sophiacontemporary.com

If you’re visiting Berlin early this month, be sure to drop in at the annual Karneval der Kulturen on 2-5 June. The fourday event is a free-for-all street party that celebrates the city’s multicultural population with music, performances and a huge, colourful parade on 4 June. This year, the Karneval der Kulturen celebrates its 21st birthday and more than a million visitors are expected to turn up. So don’t miss out! karneval-berlin.de Italy

LIANG YUANWEI: BEHIND THE CURTAIN, AN EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY THE K11 ART FOUNDATION, PALAZZO PISANI, VENICE, 12 MAY –18 JUNE 2017

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6. Curtain Call After Liang Yuanwei represented China in the 54th Biennale di Venezia in 2011, the artist returns to Venice during the 57th Biennale courtesy of the K11 Art Foundation. Liang’s Behind The Curtain exhibition at the Palazzo Pisani – Conservatorio di Musica is largely inspired by operatic traditions in both Europe and China where the stage curtain is a piece of art in itself while also serving to conceal and reveal another art form behind it. Liang uses oil painting to interpret this theme and the collection will be on display at the Palazzo Pisani in Venice until 18 June. k11artfoundation.org

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HANNAH WHITAKER, BLACK FORM ON WHITE, 2017, SHIFTING LANDSCAPES AT SOPHIA CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

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Richard Quest Sydney, Australia

New Delhi, India

What do you love most about this city?

I like Sydney for a variety of reasons. I like that it’s a long way away from my home in New York and I like that it’s an extremely relaxing environment.

I have many happy memories of going down to Australia, particularly to Sydney and just spending time there.

One thing about the locals.

Everybody’s got a tale to tell you, something to sell, a deal to do, or just a conversation to have. I think the thing I love about India is that the world’s largest democracy is thriving.

It’s a reminder of how great the country is.

Where would you take a first-timer to in this city?

The Opera House. There’s something about that building. Not just its beauty, but the bravery and the courageousness to put that on the harbour.

They could not have known it was going to be such a success. Everything about that building is magical. To sit there at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair and look at the Opera House and see the Sydney Harbour Bridge behind it, is just magical.

What do you find most refreshing about this city?

It’s both exciting and vibrant. As soon as you get off the plane and you walk out the door, you are assaulted by the smells, the noise, the dust, and the colour.

What is the one thing that the first-timer must do in this city?

You must do the cliff-top coastal walk from Bondi Beach to Coogee. Over the course of a couple of hours, you’ll stroll through some of the most stunning beaches including Tamarama and Bronte. It is absolutely spectacular.

The best place to have dinner with: a. family – Doyles in Watsons Bay for amazing views over Sydney Harbour and fresh seafood. The restaurant has been around for over 100 years – it’s iconic. b. friends – You must head to Bondi Beach. For a fancy meal, Icebergs Dining Room and Bar is pretty hard to beat. For something more casual, try the bistro at the Bondi Icebergs Club. Both venues share the same incredible view over the ocean and Bondi Beach.

The best thing about the locals.

Friendliness plus willingness to enjoy themselves, not to take themselves too seriously, and to recognise that we’re on this planet for a few short years.

Name one souvenir to bring home.

A cheap stuffed toy kangaroo or koala. You can’t go all the way to Australia and not bring back one of those. And a boomerang. I was once in the Australian Outback and someone cut a boomerang from a piece of wood for me, and in front of me, he demonstrated that it would, properly thrown, come back. Forty years later, I have still not managed to make it come back.

Five words that sum up this city.

Exhilarating. Friendly. Lively. Energising. Invigorating.

The one place that everyone must visit.

A trip to Delhi isn’t complete without a visit to the historic Red Fort and the market next to it. Oh, and just a warning, watch out for the monkeys – they are everywhere in Delhi.

The one local dish everyone must try.

You can’t go past a curry. But the thing I learned when dealing with Indian food is to eat carefully and choose your spices and your curries in the order in which you eat. There’s no point in destroying your taste buds right at the beginning.

You won’t enjoy the chutneys and the sophisticated tastes that come if you just go straight for a Madras curry.

The best thing you can do here for free.

People watch. Go to the market or the railway station and just watch. You’re in a different country with a different culture, a different mentality and a different outlook. The sights, the sounds, the smells – soak it all up.

A lesson learnt from this city: You will see things that will shock you. You will hear things that will distress you. You will experience things that you don’t particularly agree with. The lesson learnt is to be open-minded.

What was the best souvenir you took home from here?

Some beautiful pashminas. But here’s the problem. When you get home, everybody thinks because you bought it in India you must have paid $1.50. So you spend a fortune on real pashminas from a real store but nobody believes you!

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The CNN Anchor and Correspondent shares his intimate knowledge of Sydney in Australia and New Delhi in India.

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WHAT DO YOU DO when you send an email that you shouldn’t have sent? I made that ultimate digital age mistake recently. Even as I was writing it I thought to myself, I shouldn’t send this email. And as I was pressing the send button I said to myself, I really must not press the send button. As soon as I did send it, I realised I had no choice but to go to the Internet HQ and burn it to the ground because that’s how the Internet works. I had made the ultimate digital age mistake and now my life was in ruins. But then, the digital elves gave me a second chance (the Internet is operated by elves, everybody knows that). I had sent the email to a wrong and non-existent address. I was saved by a mistake on top of a mistake. It turns out that two wrongs do make a right. As soon as the email bounced back I promised to give more to charity, learn another language and take more naps. I had been given a second chance, which is a rare thing in the unforgiving digital age.

I am lucky that I did not grow up in the digital age where every adolescent mistake is posted online where it can continue to live forever. I made a lot of embarrassing mistakes when I was growing up but nobody will ever know about any of them apart from me and my old friends, and I’ve already dealt with them (they were just slowing me down). I have complete control over my history, which is not the case for today’s young. Even the most digitally backward prospective employer or father/mother in-law knows how to use Google and can easily find a catalogue of horrors. A young and ambitious friend of mine recently posted a picture of himself doing something stupid. He must have thought that

it was harmless fun but I thought, don’t you know you’re going to grow up and grow old and this is the image that people will use to describe who they think you are? The digital age is like a police state where everybody is watching and judging.

tap into the mood of youth rebellion in the age of Trump but the commercial was so tame and lame that it was met with derision and Pepsi immediately took it off air.

Speaking of police states, even a big company like Pepsi can make a mistake. Pepsi recently made a truly awful TV commercial that featured Reality TV star Kendall Jenner and the prettiest imaginable public demonstration in the face of a police state. It’s not clear in which country the demonstration was happening but it’s obviously a very benign police state because Kendall Jenner was able to defuse the tension with a can of fizzy sugar water. I don’t think Malaysia Airlines flies there yet but it must be that wonderful land called Kardashia.

At the beginning of the commercial, Kendall Jenner is modelling for a fashion shoot but is tempted to join a demonstration by a pretty young man carrying a cello case, because, you know, people carry cellos to demonstrations.

I don’t know what they were demonstrating about but somebody was carrying a placard that said, “Join the conversation”, which I think is a tagline for the BBC. Pepsi wanted to

Pepsi will survive its minor mistake, and fortunately I will survive the mistake I didn’t make with my email message. Because I did not send that stupid email, I have been given a second chance and now I want to atone for past mistakes. So if you are travelling to Australia, I’d like to ask you to do me a favour. I did something very embarrassing in a cheese shop in Melbourne and I’m sure you already know where this is heading. The two women who were selling the cheese were very friendly but I corrected their pronunciation of a French cheese (I was being very atas).

It was only much later when I realised that their pronunciation was correct and mine was completely wrong, and I’ve been feeling very bad ever since. So if you’re travelling to Melbourne, could you please go to every cheese shop and apologise for me? I’d really appreciate it. If you do this for me, then I can take a nap with a clear conscience.

am lucky that I did not grow up in ‘‘theI digital age where every adolescent mistake is posted online where it can continue to live forever.‚‚

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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Located just 10 minutes from Kuching International Airport and 15 minutes from the city centre, the university is a short walk to world-class amenities such as hospitals, malls and commercial centres. Students can choose from on or off campus accommodation options in addition to a wide range of culinary delights, and enjoy access to sports facilities, student clubs and activities all year round.

100 Percent Employability* Based on the last graduate tracer study conducted by the university’s career office, graduates reported up to a 100 percent employment rate for numerous business and engineering courses whilst the overall employment rate came in at 93 percent. An emphasis on high-quality, engaged teaching and learning has resulted in professionallyoriented graduates with the skills to match industry needs.

Students are able to develop their communication, analytical thinking, problemsolving and other soft-skills through Swinburne Sarawak, which encourages graduates to apply for internships, work on industry-led projects and participate in course-related field trips.

At Swinburne Sarawak, students choose pathways to suit their interests and career aspirations. Its foundation studies, for example, lead to a host of degree programmes in business, computing, design, engineering and science which are accredited by professional bodies and are identical to those at its home campus in Melbourne. This means that when a Swinburne Sarawak undergraduate completes his studies, he is awarded the same Australian degree as his peers in Melbourne.

Strong International Rankings In 2016, Swinburne was ranked for the fourth consecutive year among the world’s top 400 universities by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. This year, Swinburne advanced to number 61 in the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings.

In the 2016 QS World University Rankings, Swinburne was among the top 450 universities, and was recognised in the QS Top 100 Under 50. The prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranked Swinburne as one of the world's top 500 universities in 2016, with a top 75 ranking in the field of civil engineering and top 200 ranking in the world in science.

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Swinburne has also been recognised as having one of the best design schools in the world by the 2016 QS World Rankings of Universities by Subject, being one of only three institutions in Melbourne to be listed in the top 50 for the Art and Design subject area.

A Higher Return On Investment With the cost of living in Kuching lower compared to other major cities in Malaysia, Swinburne Sarawak is an attractive option for many students. Although an entire course may be completed at Swinburne Sarawak, degree students may also transfer to the Melbourne campus to complete them.

With more than 4,000 students from over 60 countries, the campus is vibrant, diverse and colourful. With experienced teaching staff from many parts of the world, the campus offers a rich learning experience with an international flavour that creates a broader outlook among students and staff alike.

Holistic University Experience Swinburne Sarawak students have lots to do besides academic pursuits. They are encouraged to join any of the 40 extra-curricular sports and recreational clubs. These offer a holistic university experience and provides fun activities to help mould students into wellrounded individuals.

As a university of technology, it has advanced facilities which include high-speed internet access, a 24/7 library that seats more than 750, world-class engineering, research and science labs as well as tutorial rooms and computer labs with cutting edge equipment.

For more information about the university and its courses, visit: www.swinburne.edu.my *for selected Business and Engineering programmes

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Words Cain Nunns Illustration Nur Shazana Rosli Art Direction Euric Liew

From fancy eateries, back alley bars and cafĂŠs to verdant mountain peaks, Taipei has a lot going for it.

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CRUISE CONTROL Taipei used to be one of Asia’s most congested and smog-ridden cities. But those days are long gone thanks to the city’s Swiss-watch precision and ever-expanding metro system.

While taxis are relatively inexpensive, the fastest, greenest and still cheapest way to get around the city is what the locals call the MRT. The 48-hour Taipei Metro Pass costs about USD9 (RM39) and is good for unlimited use throughout its coded technicoloured spaghetti string route map.

THE BIG RIDE For a more leisurely street view look at Taipei’s byzantine food and shopping back alleys, ditch the MRT for YouBike. The public bicycle sharing service is one of Asia’s best. It costs only about USD0.15 per half hour and has hundreds of bike stations littered throughout the city to drop off and pick up bikes.

WALK ABOUT Taiwan’s capital is lodged in a valley ringed by surprisingly pretty mountains. Walking and hiking treks are ubiquitous, but some of the best and most readily accessible spots are in Yangmingshan National Park in the north of the city. Get your primal on by heading into the jungle and conquering day hikes with names such as Seven Stars Peak, Elephant Mountain and The Four Beasts.

What To Do FOR ART’S SAKE The National Palace Museum is the lesserknown museum of the ‘Big Four’, with the others residing in New York, London and Paris.

It is home to the world’s greatest Chinese art collection and is a compulsory destination for anyone experiencing Taipei for the first time. The museum only contains about three percent of the collection, and exhibits are changed on a seasonal basis. Guided tours are available every day.

OH, WHAT A VIEW! Taipei 101, which briefly held the title of the world’s tallest building, provides dramatic views of the city and the rivers that dissect it below and the mountains that ring it in the distance. It has the usual conveniences for tourists such as an observation deck, a café, souvenir shop and others.

GOOD EAT RAW is an eatery by local boy-cum-Singapore transplant André Chiang. Chiang, whose

Andre’s eatery is often listed at the top of Asia’s Top 50, opened the 60-seat spot, which is packed throughout the week as chefs reinterpret many of Taiwan’s most recognisable mom-and-pop offerings. RAW bills itself as a champion of Taiwanese produce and serves up pretty little plates and semi-seasonal tasting menus.

GONDOLA RIDES If fine-quality locally grown tea, mountains and Crystal Cabin gondola rides are your thing, head to Taipei Zoo in Mucha and catch one of the cabins with glass bottoms being pulled up to the Maokong village. Here, stunning views, good food and sublime organic teas await.

THE BIG REEL Spot Theater in Huashan Creative Park was built from the husk of an old packaging factory and is run by Malaysian-born Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, a seminal Venice, Berlin and Cannes Film Festival favourite who has a well-deserved reputation for pushing cinematic boundaries. The theatre runs festival, art-house shorts, animation and documentaries from around the globe.

TAKE HOME Check out 22 Design, which worships steel and concrete so much its entire line is stocked with bespoke timepieces, writing tools and jewellery made from the hard stuff. Its Contour Mechanical Pencil is as rigidly beautiful as it is unbreakable.

VISIT A NIGHT MARKET The granddaddy of all Taiwanese Night

Malaysia Airlines flies seven times weekly from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Taipei (TPE), Taiwan and from Kota Kinabalu (BKI), Sabah to Taipei (TPE), Taiwan

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Markets is in Shilin. While it’s a fantastic sight to behold with all the noise, colour, food and people you would expect from a city that seems to be constantly eating, head to the smaller and better Tonghua Night Market in Da An District. Favourites include stinky tofu, handcrafted Taiwanese sausage and Tainan oyster omelettes.

STAY HERE! Aloft Taipei Beitou Hotel, the second to open in the capital, is nestled in the century-old hot spring destination of Beitou. The 292-room tech-heavy hotel is a stone’s throw from some of the city’s best hot springs and mountain trails but close enough to reach the city via the MRT within 15 minutes.

Neighbourhood Briefing DA AN DISTRICT A maze of crisscross alleys in the beating heart of Taipei that is home to French patisseries, film studios, eclectic boutiques, outdoor cafés, and 24-hour bookstores. By night, it comes alive with craft cocktail bars and Japanese whiskey spots.

XIN YI DISTRICT This steel and glass central business district literally sprang up from rice paddies. It’s now home to Taiwan’s most expensive real estate, where billionaires live side by side with tech

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moguls and pop stars. It’s also a thriving shopping district by day and flashy clubbing spot when the sun goes down.

symbolises seeing the recipient off their mortal coil and onto the next life. Sometimes a clock is more than just a clock.

Mind Your Manners

Essential Knowledge

KEEP CALM AND MOVE ON Buddhist and Taoist notions are omnipresent.

Generally speaking, the capital’s residents are a mild and unassuming lot, who are averse to confrontation or public displays of anger. If you find yourself in a disagreement, keep your cool and move on. While eating, make sure to not place chopsticks in bowls, which represents incense to the spirits, and try holding off on taking the last piece of food on shared dining plates no matter how good it is.

MAKING SENSE One New Taiwan Dollar equals about 3.3 US cents. Coins start at $1, then $5, then $50.

Notes are available in $100, $500, $1,000 and rare $2,000 denominations.

THE LONG LINE This is a city where people seem to take some public etiquette seriously and others with a large grain of indifference. For example: always queue up and wait your turn at restaurants and stores and say, “excuse me” if you bump into someone. However, drivers waiting for pedestrians on crossings or people holding doors open for you are as common as Full Moons.

GIVING TIME No matter how tardy your friends are, never, ever, ever, ever, give them a clock as a present. In Taiwan, the giving of a clock

ULTIMATE TRAVEL APP Taipei Maps and Walks offers self-guided walks featuring the best of the city, from worldfamous attractions to hidden gems. Highlights include Zhongzheng District; Taipei’s museums and art galleries; city orientation tours and shopping guides. Anyone who doesn’t speak Mandarin should download Pleco. It not only acts as a dictionary but also serves as a document reader and has a flash card system to help you learn the language throughout the process.

BEAT THE HEAT Taipei is one of the wettest and most humid cities on the planet. Summer runs from June to August, with average temperatures hovering around 30°Celsius. Always carry an umbrella because, as they say, when it rains, it pours.

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NI HAO! Key Mandarin phrases to ease your way: Hello/How are you?: Ni Hao Ma? Goodbye: Zài Jiàn Yes: Shi No: Meiyou How Much?: Duo Shao Chien

About the writer Cain Nunns has lived and worked in Asia for far too long, covering Taipei and its going-ons for publications such as New York Times, TIME, Travel + Leisure and many more.

The city is one he has fallen in and out of love with too many times to count.

About the illustrator An illustrator for children's books, Shazana is a graphics design graduate from UiTM Puncak Alam in the Malaysian state of Selangor.

A cat lover, she enjoys making arts and crafts during her free time. behance.net/shazanarosli

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Chatting after his ninth and final stint as the clawed superhero in the gritty, intense chapter, Logan, Hugh Jackman reflects on his 17-year odyssey and why the time has come for them to go their separate ways.

How did you know this was the right time to say goodbye?

What I liken it to is asking my wife to marry me.

You’re terrified of doing it, terrified of the response but as soon as you do it, you know in your heart it’s the right thing and nothing has ever felt more right.

I had the same feeling shooting the last scene with Logan.

I’m happy I’m done and I mean that in the best possible way. I’m happy that I’m done because I’ve arrived at a place where mine and Logan’s paths are meant to veer in different directions and it’s time. It’s been 17 years, it’s been nine films, it’s the right time. It never felt right before when I had considered walking away, it felt off then.

Now, in my gut, I know it’s the right move for both of us.

And I know it’s right because this movie, to me is perfect.

I wanted my last to be perfect. And it’s perfect. I’m like, it’s

a calming ‘phew’, to feel this way because there was every possibility that I would have very opposing, conflicting emotions of poignancy and bittersweet pining. None of that was there. I never knew how I was going to feel on the last day of filming, I was worried about that. Logan, I love him more than any other character I’ve ever done, he’s a part of me. I know I will, for the rest of my life, get stopped by fans to talk about Logan and Wolverine, so he’ll always be there. When they recast, which is an inevitability, I’ll get asked about that, I’ll get asked about new movies, so in a way, Logan will never leave my side. But now, I’m looking to the next chapter without him. I’m looking forward to the schedule opening up. I know there will be more challenges to sink my teeth into.

But you might come back, right?

No, never. Everyone always says, never say never.

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I actually think Logan has prolonged my life expectancy because I’ve been working out like a maniac for seventeen years. I’ve eaten pretty well, clean as they call it now, I’ve been doing that for seventeen years. My waistline should be twice the size it is now if it wasn’t for him. So I’m eternally grateful for that. And it’s sort of ingrained, so instead of going to the gym for maybe two hours, I’ll go for twenty minutes. I’ll work out like a normal person now, I’ll eat like a normal person.

What was the first thing you went for after the last scene?

Bread. And beer. At the same time, down the hatch. Heaven!

You say this story is perfect. Why? This story is about a human, not a superhero, hence why it isn’t called Wolverine’s Legacy or something like that. It’s not a comic book movie, it’s a very human story and a story about intimacy, told from the point of view of someone who is terrified of just that. It’s about someone grappling with ill health and paying the bills. That works so perfectly as the denouement for Logan because even when I read the three pages of script that I got for the first time, 18, 19 years ago when they were looking for their man, doing my research, I knew he was more than your average superhero. Here was a character who was aligned with his humanity, rather than his superabilities. He has hidden emotions and virtues that I didn’t know existed in the comic book universe. Plus I always knew, I always felt like there was a deeper story to tell with Logan, and this is it, this is why it’s perfect to me.

How was it working with Dafne (Keen, who plays Laura in the movie)?

I’m not sure if I’ve been as impressed by a young actor before as I was with Dafne. I mean, what was asked of her, she delivered. I genuinely was concerned about this storyline because as awesome as it sounded, it also seemed completely far-reaching and something we couldn’t deliver with an eleven year old actor. A revelation, a real revelation and what a rock star.

She is a pure-born rock star, more than I could ever dream of being at 48 years old. Jim (Mangold) would give her some notes, some direction and she’d take it in, but it was with this, casual ‘k, and the first time I saw her do that, I thought, this kid isn’t taking it in, she isn’t actually listening. Boy, was I wrong! She was listening and assimilating, delivered exactly what Jim was after and every time, would add another little side dimension to the character that neither of us had thought about. Truly extraordinary. We’re going to see big things from her, mark my words.

Unfortunately, it’s something that I have a genetic predisposition to. I have English fair skin and it’s my fifth time, it’s becoming routine. It’s pretty common in Australia.

And all I can do is be vigilant, look for the signs, look for any discolouration, and change in shape. That’s all any of us can do and if you feel unsure or concerned, get yourself to the doctor. That’s their job. Vigilance is key and that’s all I can do for myself, that’s all any of us can do for ourselves. With skin cancer, all it takes is one sunburn and it can form 25 years later. All it takes is one time, which is very jarring statistics.

So look after yourself, get checked regularly, it’s all you can do and it is effective.

When the cancer bouts happen, does that make you question your mortality? Are you a spiritual person?

Spiritual yes, religious not so much. I think the older that you get, it can’t help but creep into your mind, and not anything to do with the skin cancer, but you think, ‘One day, I’m not going to be here,’ and it’s a terrifying thought. I want to be there for my kids, I want to be there for my wife. And probably in the last few years, I’ve educated myself to not always be so hung up on scheduling and goals and what’s coming next. I like to walk, appreciate my surroundings and take a moment to give thanks for what I have in my life because I know I’ve been very lucky in so many ways. You just hope that continues for as long as possible. But yea, I do believe in karma, I believe in doing good things and the bad can come back to bite you. I believe in maintaining Zen. I meditate. I keep it spiritual. It connects you better to life, I believe.

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Sure you won’t miss the intense workouts?

You recently had another bout of skin cancer, which is rather unfortunate.

You’ve got PT Barnum coming up next, and your co-star Michelle Williams said it was the greatest, happiest experience of her career. Would you echo those sentiments?

I couldn’t agree with her more, there’s an overarching sense of joy on that set which comes from the amazing cast, Michelle, Zac, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, from the fact that this project, I thought would never see the light of day.

It seemed to languish in limbo for a decade so there’s the joy of seeing it all finally come together. And I guess, I really enjoyed getting to sing and dance after shooting Logan, it was so different and perfectly crafted to throw myself into.

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I’m saying never. It’s a beautiful movie, for a beautiful story. To do more would throw everything out of whack, and I don’t want to sully this journey and sully this, my love letter, my legacy to the fans. And that’s made me more excited for this film than any of the others, if I’m honest. Sounds controversial but it’s true.

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Words Maria Bakkalapulo Photography courtesy of Sarawak Tourism Board

Rainforest World Music Festival

World Music Fest Two decades of unique musical experiences in the heart of the jungle.

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IF YOU’RE READING THIS in your seat on a Malaysia Airlines flight, you may well be on your way to inspiring adventures and cultural experiences. But does your trip have a soundtrack to fit? As music festivals are a great centrepoint to build any trip around, perhaps you are searching for a world-class festival destination this summer.

Tempted by Glastonbury in Somerset, England or Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival at Naeba Ski Resort? There are so many to choose from, but one can be easily added to the calendar.

For a truly unique experience, pack your dancing shoes and hiking boots, and hop on a flight to Malaysian Borneo, where you can experience the local culture, in a single weekend, in a spectacular location surrounded by opportunities for exploration – the Rainforest World Music Festival.

The family-friendly Rainforest World Music Festival, which regularly appears on the top ten lists of ‘must-see’ events, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The venue is the Sarawak Cultural Village, a seven-hectare tourism showcase of the 28 ethnic groups that call the Malaysian state of Sarawak home. The ‘living museum’ concept serves as

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The idea of the festival emerged from the lush jungle itself when the Canadian musician and instrument collector, Randy Raine-Reusch, travelled upriver in Sarawak to record disappearing traditional music. But what better way to save music from extinction than to put it on a stage for everyone to appreciate? Raine-Reusche got together with some friends in the region and began brainstorming the idea of a music festival in Sarawak. The Sarawak Tourism Board came onboard and the Rainforest World Music Festival was born.

In the two decades since, the world has come to the Borneo jungle, in a kaleidoscope of talent and musical styles, from other-worldly hunter gatherers, the Congo Pygmies N’DIMA, with their rustic bowed instruments and traditional dances; the Lewton Women’s Water Music from the tropical islands

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Raine-Reusch, former artistic director, also highlighted this underlying vitality that creates such an enjoyable experience. “The RWMF and festivals like it provide an important environment where musicians and the audience find that all humans have things in common; our feelings, emotions, and needs are very similar. These commonalities are explored and supported by this kind of festival.”

With loads of surprises for the 20th anniversary, this year’s festival promises to deliver a musical tour de force. The globe is well covered in the line-up, including artists from China, the U.K., Belgium, Korea, Colombia, Cape Verde, Sarawak and many more. Former member of the Grammywinning Carolina Chocolate Drops, multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons, has resurrected the tradition of African-

of Vanuatu, transforming the water of the village’s lake into percussion; the thundering Huun Huur Tu, stunning the audience with their Tuvan throat singing crossed with live electronic beats and metallic guitars. This is music without boundaries, and the crowd of discerning listeners – around 8,000 fill the venue to capacity each night – are tuned in for the unexpected at the Rainforest World Music Festival.

The goal of the festival is to present the most hard-to-find and least-known musical traditions, sometimes in their purest form, and other times in their most contemporary iterations. “I try to make sure they are all very different from one another,” explains the festival’s artistic director, Jun-Lin Yeoh, a classical pianist. She searches hard to find obscure bands, making the festival certain to show concert-goers something they have never seen before.

“My original curation of the festival was to juxtapose as many different musical styles from 360 degrees as possible, encouraging a powerful link of empathy and friendship,” says Yeoh. “Isn’t that what we all need so badly in the world right now?” She also credits the support from the Sarawak Tourism Board and the team behind the production.

Side trips to take: • The Semenggoh Wildlife

Centre: Established in 1975 to care for wild animals that have been found injured in the forest, orphaned, or were previously kept as illegal pets, the centre is situated within the boundaries of the Semenggoh Nature Reserve, approximately 24 kilometres from Kuching.

• Bako National Park: The

perfect introduction to Sarawak’s forests and wildlife, the park covers the northern tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula, an area of 27 square kilometres.

Despite its seemingly small size, Bako contains a wide

range of vegetation, including mangroves, delicate cliff vegetation and more.

• The Sarawak Museum: Step

inside the oldest museum in Borneo for ethnographical artifacts of the indigenous peoples of Sarawak, taxidermy, masks from the Iban, a tribal subgroup of the Dayak people of Sarawak, and a model longhouse, a traditional home for ethnic groups of the region.

• A boat ride down the Kuching River at sunset.

• A river kayaking trip in the

wilderness of the rainforest.

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4. The Rainforest World Music Festival gathers the best of traditional and unconventional performances 5. Cimarron of Colombia are known for their fiery music 6. The RWMF has grown to include activities for kids and indigenous cookery programmes 7. Folk arts and crafts for sale during the festival 8. Welsh band Calan brings a fresh twist to traditional music

Malaysia Airlines flies 70 times weekly from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Kuching (KCH), Sarawak.

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American string bands of the 1920s and 30s, even going as far back as songs written in the late 1800s by black banjo player and songster, Gus Cannon, or ‘Banjo Joe’. Contrast this old-time American music with Taiwu Children's Ancient Ballads Troupe from southern Taiwan.

Bringing also to the stage the once-forbidden music of Cape Verde, the 78-years-young accordion player Bitori performs the music known as Funaná, a high-tempo infectious dance rhythm associated with wild parties. Leaving the warmth of Cape Verde, you’ll be taken to the steppes of Mongolia by way of Beijing with Hanggai, evoking the grasslands and nomadic life on horseback, mixing ancient music forms with a big helping of modern rock.

Taking you on toward sensory overload, there is also music from South Africa’s Kekele, the U.K.’s Spiro, Korea’s Pareaso, Hungary’s Romengo, Finland’s Okra Playground, Radio Cos from Spain, Calan and Huw Williams from Wales, Ba Cissoko from Guinea, Svara Samsara from Indonesia, Abavuki from South Africa, O Tahiti E, Lewis Pragasam’s Asia Beat Ambassadors, Taiwu Ancient Ballads Troupe, Didier Laloy & Kathy Adam from Belgium, Saing Waing Orchestra and Dance Troupe from Myanmar, and 1511 O Maliao Maliao Dance Troupe from Malacca, and, finally, catch your breath, Colombia’s Cimarron. More than 20 acts, and that doesn’t even include the chance for you to learn the musical techniques, and often the dance moves as well, in the intimate daily workshops featuring artists from all these amazing groups.

Holding true to the festival’s guiding purpose – to bring to Sarawak, and music from Sarawak to a global audience – there will be plenty of music from the region. Lan E Tuyang features vocals, a nose flute and three sapés, a traditional lute of the upriver Orang Ulu ethnic group, while At Adau take the sapé and create a more contemporary sound bringing in traditional drums, electric bass, guitar, congas and more.

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Board is adding many new experiences, from indigenous cookery, children’s workshops and wellness programmes to intriguing presentations on the jungle’s biodiversity.

With two outdoor stages and an indoor theater stage, mini sessions throughout the festival grounds, late night jams and a beach nearby to cool off in the sea, the RWMF is a real jewel of Malaysia’s cultural crown. Above all, it’s a chance to come together and share in the one thing we can all agree on, no matter our background – the love of music.

About the writer Maria Bakkalapulo is a journalist and filmmaker who has been documenting events around the globe. From trance ceremonies on the island of Bali in Indonesia to songs of freedom in East Timor to hiphop in Great Britain, her work delves into the unique and unusual. mariabakkalapulo.com

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Shops and restaurants along the Thu Bon River are lit for the night and provide a mesmering sight

Nanjing, China

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China’s fast-growing city of Nanjing offers nature, history and urbanisation.

The Qinhuai River is the birthplace of Nanjing culture; the Confucius Temple is on the left

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RIDING PAST THE LANGUID QINHUAI RIVER by bicycle, two key halves of Nanjing reveal themselves: natural and cultural.

As an estuary city deep up the Yangtze River from Shanghai, Nanjing’s haunted modern history of World War II atrocities can overwhelm and overshadow its larger legacy – a past made possible by the region’s nature. The long, flowing Chanjiang, or Yangtze River, has made this a rice farming heaven for centuries. Chinese farmers have raised rich estates with pigs, chickens, fishponds, and duck pens – all of which have added to a unique culinary tradition. Indeed, the famed Peking Duck dish was originally from Nanjing.

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During its long and storied history, Nanjing has served as a political and cultural capital – going back to 220 CE. It was one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. It served as the capital during parts of the Ming dynasty from 1368 to 1421 when it was the world’s largest city with half a million people. The famous admiral Zheng He who went on seven international voyages for the Ming court across the rim of the Indian Ocean, Middle East, and Southeast Asia from 1405 to 1433 was from Nanjing. In modern times, it was the capital from 1921 to 1937 and from 1945 to 1949.

Today, it is a city with nearly nine million people with China’s largest inland port. I discovered this fact while cycling for an hour out of downtown through the Kou district, passing endless fields of rice peppered with small factories. Here, one can sample locally farmed shrimp with duck broth and slices of ginger served at small shops. I stepped into one of these 1. Aerial view of Nanjing city in the night

Malaysia Airlines flies three times weekly from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Nanjing (NKG), China.

Fast facts Nanjing is the commercial, political and cultural centre in east China, and the capital of

Jiangsu Province

China

NANJING

It is a stop on the

five-hour

high-speed rail route between Beijing and Shanghai Roughly a third of the

Ming City Wall still stands today

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The

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shops after a long morning of cycling to catch the natural side of Nanjing outside the urban jungle encased in its Ming Dynasty walls.

I had initially set my sights on cycling up to the Purple Mountain but got distracted by many of the alluring and

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Nanjing, China

Travel Tips SHOPPING ADVICE: Near the Confucius Temple adjacent to the QInhuai River, there are oodles of folk and craft shops. Gan’s Grand Courtyard area is also teeming with traditional Nanjing shops, including furniture.

At the intersections of Zhongshan and Hangzhong streets is the Xinjiekou market with international apparel and malls. The Nanjing Brocade Museum is optimal for silk lovers with displays and shops.

BEST LOCAL DISH: Sorry, Beijing. Nanjing is where the roast duck has its origins. According to legend, Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Di brought his favourite chefs from Nanjing when he moved the capital down south to Beijing.

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FOODIE STREETS: Shiziqiao located by Hunan and Hubei roads is a long strip of food stalls with all manner of popular snacks, with the two-storey Nanjing Impressions restaurant topping off the area.

The traditional Chinese opera is staged here nightly.

Mingwalang Food Street at Xinjiekou starting at Shigu Road is brimming with noodle, wonton, and marinated duck shops. Just south of Mingwalang is Daxianglu, a more relaxed street market with local restaurants. At Confucius Temple or Fuzi Miao, seek out Wan Wing Lou and Qinhua Renjia – both serve the famed Qinhuai Eight Treasures, featuring an eight-course banquet of famed local snacks. Over at Sanpailou, the crowds give way to a more relaxed neighbourhood restaurant vibe. It has a hardcore kebab row along Hehui Road and is popular in summer evenings.

secret sites that biking around the river can offer. Running through central Nanjing, the historic Qinhuai River has nurtured the ancient city for thousands of years.

The city, as a general rule, is user-friendly for cyclists with marked lanes, though local electric bikes and motorbikes can jam into them too. Even if you’re not up for biking around the city, you can find natural oases in the city itself.

The old city ebbs out from Xuanwu Lake Park. I was lucky to be there in September when the maples bloom resilient red.

Another trip in March was also nice because Spring witnesses incredible pink cherry blossoms. These are the easiest

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TOP PLACES TO VISIT: China’s space future is rooted in the neat sci-fi, forward-looking institute of astronomy known as The Nanjing Purple Mountain Observatory. If you love nature, the mountain itself is a popular draw. You can also see where China is going – to the moon and beyond! But the atrocities of the Second World War are never far from the hearts of Nanjing residents. All who visit the hallowed and patriotic grounds of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall find it impossible to shake the images and stories 1147505_cel_gp1 2017-05-08T19:12:45+08:00 of what happened here.

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2. View of Xuanwu Lake from the city's walls built during the Ming Dynasty 3. The Confucius Temple is a popular place to visit 4. The Rooster Crowing Temple with Nanjing's tallest building Zifeng Tower in the background

seasons, weather-wise, to enjoy the many hours one can spend strolling through the park and its five islands because summer is steamy and winter biting cold. It is also ideal to bike around as the islands are connected with bridges. There are paddleboats too.

A few other nature parks in the city reveal its steeped culture.

With a wall and gate section stretching back to 1367, the Wuchaomen is also optimal for taking in nature during any season. For summer, the forest-shrouded Qingliangshan Park is delightful with its winding paths and several teahouses.

Another summer spot is Mochou Lake. Famed for its ‘Don’t Worry Moniker’, the classic courtyards and summer Duanwu or Dragon Boat festivals in June add to its charm. Next to the Grand City Wall castle, there is another charming and wellmanicured park. Ming history buffs will want to take in the Ming Dynasty Imperial Palace to fully appreciate the wall and the park there.

The same can be said of all visitors to Nanjing, which is to access it with a view towards nature – it’s a refreshing way to appreciate this city as Chinese have for centuries.

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About the writer California-native editor and photographer Christopher Cottrell has written travel features from Buenos Aires to Bali and beyond since 1999 – contributing with the CNN, Fodors, and the Los Angeles Times, among many. Based in China since 2003, he enjoys nature treks, fine dining, and traditional music across Asia.

From Fasting To Feasting Where To Go In Kuala Lumpur To Satisfy Your Ramadhan Cravings.

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During Ramadhan, two main meals are served: sahur, which is served before dawn, and iftar, which is served after sunset.

Although Muslims fast throughout the month, food is in abundance during this time. It can be found in Ramadhan bazaars that spring up in almost every neighbourhood, selling delicacies for buka puasa or the breaking of fast, some of which are not seen at any other time, attracting Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The bazaars are open from 3 pm, ensuring plenty of time for browsing before the breaking of fast at about 7.30 pm. Here are five of the most popular bazaars in and around Kuala Lumpur:

Kampung Baru Located in one of the capital’s oldest settlements, a Malay enclave that has largely remained untouched for over 100 years, it's a stone’s throw from the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. You can find stalls selling nasi lemak or rice cooked in coconut milk served with spicy chilli sambal, a variety of Malay-Thai cuisine, murtabak or pancakes stuffed with meat and eggs, and more. A must-try is the legendary bubur lambuk rice porridge cooked with beef, synonymous with the area, and available only during Ramadhan.

1. Fried spring rolls are stacked up for sale 2. Muslims and non-Muslims alike browse stalls for Ramadhan goodies 3. Vendor selling colourful packets of drinks of various flavours

HUNGRY CUSTOMERS PATIENTLY QUEUE at a popiah stall as a man folds spring roll after spicy spring roll. Another vendor grills Malay-style ayam percik – chicken cooked in spices and coconut milk – as smoke and sumptuous smells fill the air.

These are common sights in Malaysia during Ramadhan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, regarded as the most sacred by observers of Islam around the world. For the whole month, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. No food or drink is consumed.

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5 Bangsar In one of KL’s upscale suburbs popular with expatriates, this bazaar is a comparatively small one but still has a wide range of choices that will leave you wanting to eat everything you see. From smoking-hot satay or beef and chicken skewers grilled over flaming coals, to colourful jellies and kuih-muih such as the fragrant putu piring or steamed rice cakes stuffed with palm sugar.

Taman Tun Dr Ismail Ramadhan food from around the world:

• Dahi vadey: Lentil

dumplings soaked in a spicy yogurt sauce (India).

• Haleem: A slow-

cooked stew of meat, bulgur wheat, and lentils (Middle East, India, Pakistan, and Central Asia).

• Chicken 65: Spicy, bitesized pieces of chicken that are marinated and deep-fried (India).

• Ramazan Kebabi: A

dish made with lamb, onions, yogurt, and pita bread (Turkey).

• Ful medammes: Fava beans cooked with garlic and spread on bread (North Africa).

• Paomo: A bread and

mutton soup (China).

• Chapatis: Unleavened flatbread filled with vegetables and meats (India and Pakistan).

• Fattoush: A salad of vegetables and pita bread (Lebanon and Arab countries).

• Konafah: A pastry made with phyllo dough and cheese (Middle East).

• Kolak: A fruit dessert

made with palm sugar, coconut milk, and pandanus leaf. Fruits, such as jackfruit or banana, or mung beans are added (Indonesia).

Located in an affluent Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood, the mouth-watering varieties at this well-loved bazaar will tempt your appetite, from ayam percik to roti john or grilled buns filled with minced meat, egg and chilli sauce. Do try the famed spicy vegetable-filled popiah basah if you are willing to brave the fiery chilli sauce they are doused in, as well as the long queues.

4. Serunding is usually eaten with ketupat, nasi impit or bread 5. A vendor making murtabak, a type of pancake stuffed with chicken or beef 6. Lemang or glutinous rice with coconut milk wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in bamboo 7. Pineapple tarts are a perennial favourite during festivities 8. Ketupat palas goes well with rendang or dry curries and gravies

Kelana Jaya Residents of Selangor state flock to this bazaar for its grilled chicken, ikan bakar or grilled fish, and nasi ambeng (rice eaten with chicken, noodles, and salted fish). Visitors will particularly be seduced by the drinks stalls selling a multitude of juices.

During Ramadhan, two main “meals are served: sahur, which is before dawn, and iftar, which is served after sunset.„

Located near the Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman shopping district, famed for being THE place to go to for traditional Malay attire, this area in the old part of Kuala Lumpur city is thronged during Ramadhan by shoppers looking for food and textiles.

From colourful silks and satins to snacks like keropok lekor, or fish crackers, to pineapple tarts and traditional Malay dishes, they can all be found here.

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Nasi impit: Compressed cubes of rice, usually served with Malaysia’s beloved dish of satay and dipped in peanut sauce. Nasi impit is also eaten with Eid favourites rendang or lodeh. It can also be served with soto ayam, a hot chicken broth.

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After a month of fasting, Muslims celebrate Eid-alFitr, marking the end of Ramadhan. During this time, Malaysians from all walks of life visit friends and family.

A vast array of delicacies is served during the festivities, including:

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Ketupat palas: Glutinous rice cooked with coconut milk wrapped in palm leaves and then boiled, this sticky rice is served with rendang or dry curry, meat floss or other curries and gravies. Sometimes stuffed with red kidney beans, these are tasty enough to be eaten on their own.

Serunding: Dried meat floss, made with beef, chicken or fish, pan-fried with coconut, chillies and spices, this dish can take up to 90 minutes to cook. Eaten with ketupat, nasi impit, bread, or by itself.

Rendang: One of the country’s national dishes, succulent pieces of beef, mutton, or chicken are cooked for hours over a fire, prepared with coconut milk, kerisik or toasted desiccated coconut, and fresh herbs such as lemongrass and galangal. Rendang is often served at Malay weddings and festivals such as Eid. Eaten with steamed rice, nasi lemak, lemang, ketupat or nasi impit.

Lodeh: A speciality of southern Johor state, this comforting dish is made of vegetables including cabbage, carrots, tofu, and tempe or fermented soy, cooked in a coconut-based soup. Best eaten with nasi impit, and sometimes with sambal.

Pineapple tarts: Malaysia’s favourite cookie, these bitesized pastries are enjoyed during many festivities. Made with butter or margarine and flour, these are filled with caramelised pineapple cooked with cinnamon and cloves.

Lemang: An all-time Eid favourite, glutinous rice is cooked with coconut milk inside bamboo lined with banana leaves. It takes about five hours to cook over a fire, resulting in a distinct smoky flavour while remaining moist and creamy on the inside. Best eaten with rendang or curries.

About the writer Hazlin Hassan is a freelance writer who became a TV journalist after graduating from her studies. She has also worked for the United Nations and was previously the Malaysian correspondent for a foreign news wire and newspaper before taking a break from writing about politics to write about the more enjoyable things in life.

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Batik Now Contemporary ways with a traditional art form.

1. Frankitas uses traditional textile motifs in its collection of accessories and home décor products 2. Franki Turner Shaik is the founder and creative head of Frankitas 3. Fern Chua's batik prints are inspired by her travels and nature 4. Some of Frankitas' personal accessories

FROM INTRICATELY DESIGNED BATIK CLOTH for Javanese royalty to the dress code for official functions and the utilitarian sarongs sold for a few dollars, batik has seen its fair share of revivals. While the process of using hot wax as resist-to-dye on fabric remains essentially the same, current practitioners and proponents of the traditional craft are upping their game in the fashion and accessories world.

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One such is Frankitas, a Malaysian brand that incorporates traditional textile motifs, among them batik, into its collection of accessories and home décor products. Founder and creative head, Franki Turner Shaik, embraces ethnic chic with contemporary twists.

“The craft of batik itself is beautiful and holds so much history and heritage. I don’t think that should be touched.

However, the motifs can be more contemporary. I find the simpler the motifs, the fresher and more contemporary it becomes. Less is definitely more in the case of batik, in my view,” says Franki.

3 4 The mix of old and new appears to be working as her clutches and bags, with vivid updates of classic motifs and prints, often sell out. But trying to update an established art form can have its challenges, as Franki discovered.

“There are two main challenges for us working with batik finding the right batik makers that match our design as well as production needs. We love working with natural dyes, but it is proving to be quite challenging to find batik makers that can do it. Having said this, we are in discussion with Fern Chua who will now be using natural dyes. So this is exciting,” she says.

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6 5. Valérie Baumal of Anakijo, a children's gift and accessories brand 6 & 7. Anakijo's designs are inspired by Southeast Asia's flora and fauna 8. Duduk founders Judith Bakker (left) and Naomi Pescheux (right) 9 & 10. Duduk's batik tipi tents, pillows, duvet covers and other bedding accessories

5 The designer in question, Fern Chua, started her label Fern as an experimental ground for her batik ideas. While the design tools of this ancient art of dyeing are typically the canting, or wax pen, and later, the cap, or copper stamp, she employs unconventional tools such as paint brushes in her design process. The handcrafted batik is then turned into ready-to-wear pieces that reflect current fashion trends.

“You can see ruffles taking centre stage this season, which is a perfect match with The Wave Series,” she explains of her latest collection, which takes after the blue-green sea of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro.

Chua is well-known for her prints, inspired by her travels and nature. Before her love affair with Rio’s waters, her first collection, Kiso In Winter, was drawn from her experience of a snow blizzard in Japan and featured delicate drops and bold swathes of colour.

“For me, this is more than just fashion. I like to believe that each piece I create is an artwork in its own right, a piece of art that you can wear instead of hanging it up on the wall and to have a different perception about what batik is,” she says.

French artist, Valérie Baumal, discovered batik after moving to Malaysia with her family. “Young and old people wear this traditional fabric all over the country. During my trips around Southeast Asia, I kept buying sarongs for my friends and me.

I soon had a very large collection.” Baumal lived in Malaysia for a few years before following her husband to Laos, where she is currently based.

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She first picked up batik-making at the Kuala Lumpur Craft Complex, where she learned how to use the stamps and wax pen. Taken with the diversity, colours and beauty of the cloth, she wanted to incorporate them into her creations for Anakijo, her children’s gifts and accessories brand.

“I started Anakijo, making collages to decorate kids’ rooms.

The designs are inspired by the flora and fauna of Southeast Asia mixed with traditional batik fabric. In this way, the brand seeks to educate about endangered Asian species, and to offer a unique and beautiful product,” says Baumal.

She develops the characters for her charming artwork while travelling around the region – swimming with turtles near Perhentian Island; observing storks, mudskippers and fiddler crabs at the Santubong River in Borneo; and cooing over silvered leaf monkeys in Kuala Selangor. Baumal would create the art pieces before painstakingly working the batik cloth into the artwork. From the leftover fabric, which she sources from Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, she created a line of accessories such as pouches and hairclips.

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starting from the cap or tulip process to the hand-dyeing and boiling off the dye to finally drying the fabrics in the sun. Each step of the process brings subtle variations into the final design and colour and can never be replicated,” says Pescheux.

The brand started with tipi tents and now includes poufs, pillows, bedding and floor mats in distinctive batik motifs using the Batik Cap method and cheery colours.

In Indonesia, where batik is a highly developed art form and industry, fashion designers such as Iwan Tirta have helped to introduce batik into the world’s fashion scene. When they were living in the country, Dutch designers Judith Bakker and Naomi Pescheux started Duduk following the birth of their children. When they couldn’t find children’s tipi tents and affordable baby sleep sacks in Jakarta, they were galvanised to produce their own. Following a trip to Cirebon, they returned with bales of hand-stamped batik known as Batik Cap and a passion for the method. Cirebon is one of Indonesia’s important batik producing areas, particularly well-known for its Chinese-influenced motifs.

Besides injecting a fresh flair, the two are also looking after their carbon footprint in their production methods – this method pollutes when chemical dyes and waxes are not disposed of properly. Bakker and Pescheux have been careful to source for trusted suppliers who work in a more sustainable way with organic dyes, but their numbers are scarce.

“We love the story behind each cloth of batik. The art of batik-making has been passed down from generation to generation and is closely tied to Indonesian culture and national heritage. We like the labour intensive process

“There have been some EU-led clean batik initiatives several years ago; however, it is next to impossible to control the batik industry because so much of it is home-industry based.

There is also the understandable resistance from older generations of makers who claim they have been making batik like this for generations,” says Pescheux. “Change is always hard. However, there is hope with a younger generation of batik makers to modernise the industry while keeping its authenticity.”

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School Of Life

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Chef Ili Sulaiman of Agak Agak Initiative shares her expertise in preparing the best talents for the F&B industry.

3 BEING IN HOSPITALITY is nothing new to Ili Sulaiman, coowner of Agak Agak Initiative. Both her parents were part of Malaysia Airlines’ cabin crew, her father being an In-flight Supervisor. Every year they travelled to a new destination where her parents would not only encourage her to learn about the world but also point out all the little, often overlooked, details of the service or the food.

Recalling memories of Honolulu, Rome and other locations, Ili credits this with helping to develop her palate. Meanwhile, at home, she was no slacker in the cooking department, either. Ili says she was always “training” to cook – cooking at home, cooking at kenduris (home feasts), helping her friends’ mothers when she went to visit. “Cooking is natural to me,” says Ili, who was one of two winners of Asian Food Channel’s Food Hero Challenge 2015.

However, for her tertiary studies, her father insisted that she study business, for which Ili is forever grateful, as it helped her set up her own businesses while utilising her cooking skills. She studied at the Queen Mary University of London and never considered a career in the culinary field. However, after graduating, Ili worked at Mosimann’s, a private dining club run by visionary chef Anton Mosimann. This was where Ili understood what her father meant when he said that he loves what he does at Malaysia Airlines.

As a student in London, Ili would host 40 to 50 people in her small quarters for the celebration of Eid. She later started Dish by Ili, a delivery and catering service that provides freshly cooked meals to homes and offices. Her latest endeavour, Agak Agak Initiative, with like-minded chef Basira Yeusuff, is another extension of Ili’s tendency to be hospitable while adding another feather to her cap – that of a teacher and mentor.

Although Ili always had a 10-year plan for a sustainable business that includes youths in the running of the establishment, things came about for Agak Agak coincidentally. Dish by Ili had been growing rapidly when the owner of APW, a repurposed printing factory in the Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood of Bangsar, offered Ili a space for Agak Agak. This was her opportunity to make her plan become reality earlier than expected.

It was also perhaps not an accident that Ili met Basira, who seemed to have similar ideas. Both had already been hiring ‘non-conventional’ apprentices in their businesses before Agak Agak, enlisting college dropouts and those with borderline autism, giving these often-disenfranchised youths employment and a chance to build a career in food and service.

1. Ili has always had a love of cooking since young 2. Duck Rendang ala Chef Ili (recipe on the next page) 3. Ili with her staff and apprentices at Agak Agak

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Cook Like A Chef

STEPS:

Add a fun twist to Eid this year and serve Duck Rendang ala Ili Sulaiman to delight your dinner guests.

1. Place duck in a bowl, sprinkle turmeric powder and salt to season.

Place in an oven and grill, skin side up at 140°C for two hours until skin is slightly brown and fat is rendered off the duck (you may need to baste the duck with the fat every 30 minutes).

INGREDIENTS: 1 whole duck cut into 8 pieces 1 tsp turmeric powder 8 tbsp vegetable oil (or all the duck fat from the roasting duck and add in 2 tablespoons of oil) 1cm galangal (sliced) 1 stick lemongrass 1 star anise 1 cinnamon stick 2 kaffir lime leaves 1 large turmeric leaf goingplacesmagazine.com / 60 / June 2017

1 cup coconut milk (equivalent to one whole coconut grated) 2 cups water 2 tbsp kerisik (toasted grated coconut) Salt to taste GROUND ITEMS 6 shallots 4 clove garlic 8 dried chillies (deseeded and soaked in water)

4. Ili's Duck Rendang is an alternative to the traditional beef or chicken versions served during Eid in Malaysia

2. In a large wok, add in oil and duck fat, add in cinnamon stick and star anise and place in ground items and sauté for about 20 minutes until it becomes slightly caramelised. Add a pinch of salt.

3. Add sliced galangal, lemongrass and half a cup of water, stir and simmer for another 10 minutes until reduced by half.

4. Add in roasted duck, coconut milk, kaffir lime leaves, turmeric leaf, a teaspoon of salt and remainder of the water along with the kerisik and let the rendang simmer for another 30-40 minutes on a low heat or until the duck is tender and falls off the bones.

“I was dyslexic as a child, and that was one of the reasons my mom got me into the kitchen – to teach me science through food,” recounts Ili. “Mom started boiling vegetables and taught me about condensation by comparing the food and water to soil and rain.”

“I had also volunteered for Teach For Malaysia, where I noticed that while the organisation was doing great work in the academic field, there were students who were not academically inclined,” said Ili. This is one reason Ili founded Agak Agak – to help youths who might flourish better when taken out of a formal classroom environment.

At Agak Agak, the staff are trained in every aspect of running a restaurant. For the first six months, staff work in the kitchen and the service area, where they are taught how to prepare food, including cutting ingredients, butchery basics and getting the essentials right before moving on to other aspects in the business.

In the servicing area, staff are encouraged to speak to diners and explain the food. After that, the next six months will see staff doing administrative work, inventory, fielding telephone calls and doing basic finance. This is when Ili and Basira start assisting their staff in getting a job elsewhere, as Agak Agak had always been planned as a training facility.

“We want them to bring our values to their new jobs,” says Ili. Thus, Agak Agak trains staff as professionally as possible.

“So it’s not just the cooking, service and administrative work that we train on, but also the details including human interaction, how to make small talk, even how to put on make-up, marketing yourself, marking up prices, leadership skills – the whole picture.”

Agak Agak has actual training modules that include proper breakdowns of the syllabus, as well as targets and desirable goals. These are important not just as a guideline but also to show measureable results to investors and other relevant parties. “We will groom our apprentices as long as they want to work hard,” says Ili. Ili also has another mission via Agak Agak. “I want to change the perception of people towards the industry,” says Ili. This includes a change in policy that involves better pay, insurance plans and more security for jobs. “Speaking to colleagues in the industry, they were very excited for Agak Agak’s concept,” Ili says. “But when it comes to salaries, not many were willing to pay what we think is a fair salary. This mindset needs to change.”

Like with the food at Agak Agak, which includes Malaysian favourites with a European twist, like Chilli Pate Mee and Pulut Hitam Cheese Tart, Ili and Basira are looking to revolutionise the industry by creating more appreciation for food and service. It might be an uphill climb but Ili is confident that they will get there.

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Helping Hand Malaysian NGO Projek Iqra brings Eid cheer to underprivileged community.

SHOPPING IS SOMETHING WE ALL LOOK FORWARD to in preparation for the festive season, and Eid al-Fitr, or more widely known as Hari Raya Aidilfitri in Malaysia, is no exception. Celebrated to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadhan, the occasion sees city folk returning to their respective hometowns to visit relatives, putting up decorations in the home, buying baju raya or new festive clothes, and stocking up on cookies and delicious food for guests. It is also a time to observe forgiveness and charity.

For the last five years, local non-governmental organisation Projek Iqra has been bringing festive cheer to underprivileged children in Malaysia by taking them shopping for new clothes. Dubbed ‘Shopping Raya’, the programme is the brainchild of Projek Iqra co-founders Sharifah Sharina Syed Aswad, Muhammad Solleh Mahfoz and Suhaimi Abdul Manan. The idea was first mooted in 2012.

“Our initial plan was to do a one-off programme, since Hari Raya only comes by once a year. We approached charity homes, spoke to the principals and pitched the idea of sponsoring a child to shop for new clothes,” Sharifah elaborates.

Words Eris Choo Photography courtesy of Projek Iqra

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Their call for donations and volunteers to chaperone the children on a day out shopping was answered mostly by friends, relatives and university mates. By the third year, however, what started off as a simple project among friends had become something bigger, as they received queries from strangers on how they could provide financial aid or to volunteer.

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“We decided to register ourselves officially as an NGO so that we could be accountable to our donors and recipients,” says Sharifah. To-date, Shopping Raya has benefited close to 2,000 recipients.

Fundraising begins a few months before the fasting month of Ramadhan. Two weeks before Hari Raya, volunteers will accompany the children to a shopping mall where they will pick out their own clothing and goodies.

The campaign runs simultaneously in several states around Malaysia, including in Nilai in Negeri Sembilan, Parit Buntar in Johor and in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area.

Solleh says that the programme has been a good platform for people to connect and experience volunteerism.

“Volunteers from past events have usually been young

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working adults. It’s an encouraging sign that youths are taking part in causes they are passionate about,” he quips.

The NGO also works with corporations, which, apart from providing sponsorship, often have their staff come on board as volunteers. While they were able to reach out to 400 recipients last year, response for 2017’s campaign has been lukewarm. Sharifah attributes this to rising costs of living and uncertainty in the country’s economic outlook.

1. The children get to pick out their own clothing and goodie bags 2. A recipient trying on a pair of new shoes 3. Volunteers take the children shopping two weeks before Hari Raya

Despite the difficulty in raising funds, the founders are adamant to bring cheer. Hence, the change in this year’s Shopping Raya concept. “Instead of clothing, we will provide beneficiaries with food packs,” says Sharifah. “We piloted a few projects last year to help households get essentials for the festive season such as food items. We’ll continue improvising our campaign to give aid based on a family’s needs,” she adds.

Currently, they are hoping to raise about RM35,000 (USD8,000) for 140 families, or an allocated budget of RM250 (USD58) per family. This will go towards buying

How You Can Help:

Sponsor a family for RM250 (USD58).

The amount can be shared among friends, family or colleagues.

Cover the cost of individual food items such as a pack of rice or a bottle of cooking oil through the website.

Sign up as a volunteer to help distribute food packs to recipients.

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4. Projek Iqra co-founders (from left) Suhaimi, Sharifah and Solleh 5. The project is a good platform for youths to experience volunteerism

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basic necessities, including rice, sugar, cooking oil, flour and meat. Donors can also opt to cover the cost of individual items, such as a pack of rice, if they are unable to donate the full budgeted amount.

The beneficiaries are mostly family members of students from their Kelas Rakyat project – another initiative by the NGO which provides free weekly classes for children aged between nine and 16 years old from urban poor communities living in People’s Housing Project (PPR) flats.

The children are taught basic English, Mathematics, reading and writing.

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PPR flats were built by the Malaysian government as a way to solve the problem of housing among low income earners. However, many flats are often plagued by badly managed facilities and poor living conditions. The children in these communities have a higher chance of dropping out of school and getting trapped in the cycle of poverty, Suhaimi points out.

“In the early days, we only gave aid to charity homes and orphanages. While that’s not a bad thing, these bodies have a centralised system, with a principal overseeing the place, so it is easier for the public or corporations to reach out to them,” Suhaimi explains.

“It is harder to penetrate urban poor communities in PPR flats. It takes time to meet the head of the flat as well as the different families and understand their needs. Our Kelas Rakyat programme, for example, took us three years to implement in one particular area as we had to build trust and relationship with the community,” he says.

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From simply giving aid to randomly selected homes, Shopping Raya has become an incentive for the students of Kelas Rakyat. Suhaimi says that it encourages the children to be well-behaved. “They know that if they are disciplined and responsible, we will select them to go shopping. Their parents also understand that they have to keep their kids in class, knowing that they will receive aid,” he adds.

Not put out by the lack of response this year, the three hope to be able to continue their Shopping Raya initiative.

“Over the years, Shopping Raya has become an important platform for us to reach out to underserved communities.

It is more than just a one-off programme to give aid to beneficiaries. It gives our volunteers a platform to get to know the children from our Kelas Rakyat programme and it provides an incentive for the children themselves to do well in their classes,” Solleh summarises.

“Our end goal is to open an education centre for underprivileged children. Knowledge is empowerment. Our hope is that when these kids grow up, they’ll be able to break the cycle of poverty for others too,” he adds. projekiqra.com

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Meriam Raya Sejak diperkenalkan lebih 140 tahun lalu, bedilan meriam buluh masih kedengaran semasa sambutan Aidilfitri.

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DENGAN BERAKHIRNYA BULAN RAMADHAN bulan yang mulia, perayaan Aidilfitri disambut dengan penuh meriah dalam kalendar Malaysia. Pada waktu ini, umat Islam akan mengadakan rumah terbuka untuk berkongsi rezeki dan juadah bersama kenalan dan jiran tetangga. Dahulu, sambutan ambang malam raya tidak semudah hari ini.

Suatu ketika dahulu, binatang liar seperti harimau dan gajah banyak berkeliaran di pinggir kampung. Situasi ini membahayakan penduduk kampung yang ingin keluar pada waktu malam. Dari situ, lahirlah tradisi penggunaan meriam buluh dalam situasi genting sebegini.

Di Kampung Talang Masjid di Perak, penduduknya masih mengekalkan tradisi sambutan Aidilfitri menerusi tembakan meriam buluh sejak lebih 140 tahun lalu. Perkampungan tersebut pada asalnya dikenali sebagai Ber Talang, iaitu gelaran yang digunakan untuk proses penerokaan hutan dara bagi tujuan perladangan. Pada ketika itu, penduduk

kampung terdedah kepada ancaman haiwan liar.

Justeru, salah satu kaedah penyelesaian terbaik adalah menggunakan busut anai-anai yang banyak ditemui di kawasan tersebut.

Seorang penduduk kampung, Ahmad Basni bin Baharom, atau dikenali sebagai Dek Ar, yang telah lama mendiami Kampung Talang Masjid berkata, peneroka-peneroka awal Melayu mendapati busut anai-anai boleh dikorek dan dimasukkan ke dalamnya tempurung kelapa keras yang berisi minyak tanah panas. Bukaan busut anai-anai ini kemudiannya ditutup sementara agar gas yang meruap daripada minyak tanah akan terkumpul sebelum api dinyalakan di dalam busut. Letupan yang terhasil amat kuat sehingga mampu menghalau apa jua haiwan pemangsa.

Melalui cara ini, penduduk kampung juga boleh berulang alik dari rumah dengan selamat. Meriam-meriam terawal ini dikenali sebagai meriam tanah.

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Para pengunjung menyaksikan meriam buluh dinyalakan di tengah-tengah kegelapan sawah padi Spectators watch as the cannons fire across the dark rice fields

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1. Farhan menyalakan salah satu meriam buluh Farhan lights one of the bamboo cannons 2. Penembak meriam buluh menyimpan semula meriam pada waktu subuh Gunners packing away their cannons as the sun rises on a new day 3. Kanak-kanak bermain dengan meriam buluh yang kecil Children play with smaller versions of the cannon

Namun, bilangan busut anai-anai mulai berkurangan apabila kawasan perladangan diperluaskan di sekitar Kampung Talang Masjid. Ancaman daripada haiwan-haiwan liar yang memberi ilham kepada penggunaan meriam tanah juga kian berkurangan. Lama-kelamaan, penggunaan buluh yang lebih panjang dan mudah diperolehi telah diubah suai sebagai meriam. Buluh menjadi pengganti popular berikutan bekalan busut anai-anai yang semakin merosot.

Maka, lahirlah gelaran popular hari ini – meriam buluh.

Acara bermain meriam buluh akhirnya bukan lagi menjadi satu keperluan namun sebagai tradisi wajib di ambang Hari Raya. Acara ini masih dipraktikkan sehingga ke hari ini.

Kini, permainan meriam buluh yang diperbuat daripada paippaip besi menjadi kewajiban dalam acara tradisional dan budaya masyarakat Melayu, tidak kira peringkat umur dan latar belakang. Sejak kecil, Azmawi Farhan Azhari, seorang anak jati Kampung Talang Masjid telah menyaksikan orangorang tuanya bermain meriam buluh setiap tahun. “Saya selalu berangan mahu ikut jadi krew meriam. Sama seperti budak-budak lain di sini,” kongsinya.

Hari ini, Farhan adalah ahli salah sebuah krew yang merupakan sebahagian daripada enam krew meriam buluh yang meneruskan tradisi tersebut di tengahtengah kegelapan sawah padi. Bunyi tembakan meriam buluh yang membingitkan telinga itu bergema nyaring dan jelas kedengaran melantun dari kawasan bukit berdekatan. Setiap tahun, acara tersebut menjadi tarikan ratusan pengunjung yang membanjiri dan menyuntik

3 kemeriahan perayaan pada suasana petang di kampung itu. Pengunjung berasak-asak melalui jalan kampung yang sempit ingin melawat setiap kumpulan meriam yang mengambil bahagian.

Menjelang pukul 3 pagi, bilangan pengunjung kian berkurangan tetapi keriangan daripada tembakan 72 buah meriam itu masih kedengaran. Sebaik sahaja fajar menyingsing, hanya krew meriam buluh yang masih kelihatan bersantai di sawah padi sambil ditemani air kopi, rokok dan minuman pemberi tenaga. Saat azan subuh bergema, kemeriahan dentuman meriam buluh terhenti seketika. Bunyi ayam berkokok mula kedengaran sebelum kebingitan bunyi tembakan meriam sekali lagi memenuhi ruang udara.

Ketika matahari mula terbenam di ufuk langit, satu persatu bunyi tembakan meriam semakin lenyap. Suasana kembali sepi. Farhan merupakan generasi ke-enam pengendali meriam sejak pertama kali das ledakan meriam tanah kedengaran di kawasan tersebut. Farhan dan krewnya mula mengemas meriam-meriam besi moden milik mereka yang akan disimpan untuk kegunaan tahun hadapan. Biarpun kepenatan, rasa bangga jelas terpancar di wajah anakanak muda ini kerana dapat meneruskan tradisi lama yang diperkenalkan oleh moyang mereka dan masih diwarisi sehingga ke hari ini.

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violent solution was found in the form of termite mounds, which dotted the landscape.

Ceremonious Cannons With a past once shrouded in mystery, Malaysia’s bamboo cannons still take centre stage during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations.

4. Meriam yang baru dicat menunggu ketibaan senja pada malam sebelum Aidilfitri Freshly painted cannons await the setting of the sun on the eve of Eid al-Fitr 5. Salah satu pasukan meriam buluh melepaskan tembakan meriam di tempat terbuka One of the teams fires their cannons in the distance

THE MUSLIM FESTIVAL OF EID AL-FITR, celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadhan, is a festive time in the Malaysian calendar. It’s traditionally a time for Malaysians to open their houses to neighbours and strangers alike to share goodwill, and even better food. But the Eid al-Fitr celebration wasn’t as easy as it is today. There was a time when tigers and herds of territorial elephants roamed the outskirts of villages, making the night-time trek between houses fraught with danger. It was under these conditions that the tradition now known as meriam buluh (bamboo cannon) was born.

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For over 140 years, the village of Kampung Talang Masjid in the Malaysian state of Perak has maintained the annual tradition of meriam buluh. Back when the region was known only as Ber Talang, a term used for the process of clearing virgin jungle in preparation for farming, dangerous wild animals could be a problem for the local people. A non-

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As more farmland opened up around Kampung Talang Masjid, the termite mounds became scarcer, as did the wild animals that first inspired the use of the meriam tanah.

Gradually, lengths of bamboo, easier to source and modify for use as cannons, became a popular replacement for the dwindling supply of termite mounds and inspired the more popular name of meriam buluh. Eventually the cannons were no longer a necessity, but the practice of firing the meriam buluh on the eve of Eid al-Fitr continues to this day.

Now constructed from steel pipes, the meriam buluh has become a night-long celebration of Malay culture and religion, open to people of all ages and backgrounds. Azmawi Farhan Azhari, a young local who grew up in Kampung Talang Masjid watching his elders fire the meriam buluh every year, says he “always wanted to be part of one of the cannon teams. Every young boy from here does.”

Farhan is now part of one of six teams that fill the dark rice fields with flashes of orange flame and ear-ringing explosions that echo off the nearby hills. Hundreds of visitors are drawn to the event every year, bringing a festive atmosphere to the evening as families shuffle along the narrow village laneways, visiting each of the six teams of gunners.

By 3 am the crowd thins significantly, but the 72 cannons don’t miss a beat. As the sky begins to brighten, only the cannon crews are left in the rice fields, fuelled by a mix of coffee, cigarettes and energy drinks. The only break in cannon fire comes with the dawn prayers, which the village roosters take full advantage of to be heard crowing before the drum of the cannons drowns them out again.

Finally, with the sun sitting just above the tops of the broad leaf tropical trees on the eastern horizon, one by one the cannons fall silent. Farhan and his team, the sixth generation of gunners since the original meriam tanah were first heard in these same fields, pack away their modern steel cannons for another year before trudging home. Despite the exhaustion, the faces of all the young men involved shine with an inner pride at being part of a tradition, started by their ancestors and to be carried on by their children.

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According to Ahmad Basni Baharom, one of Kampung Talang Masjid’s older residents, early Malay settlers found the termite mounds could be hollowed out to accommodate half of a hardened coconut shell filled with hot kerosene.

The termite mounds would be lightly sealed for a short time, allowing volatile gases from the kerosene to build up before a flame was introduced to the inside of the mound.

The resulting explosion was loud enough to frighten off any nearby predators and allow the locals to travel between houses in safety. These original cannons were known as meriam tanah or 'earth cannons'.

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Words Sivakumar Sithraputhran Photography courtesy of The Star, Malaysia

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Supermokh More than the sum total of his goals, Malaysian footballing great Dato' Mokhtar Dahari remains a household name till this day.

ARGUABLY THE BEST FOOTBALLER TO DON MALAYSIA'S COLOURS, Mokhtar Dahari (fondly

dubbed ‘Supermokh’) was a determined man who trained hard – so hard that one of his shots during practice was said to have broken three fingers of the goalkeeper attempting to stop the ball.

Rigorous training underpinned Mokhtar's form and brought him a sparkling career spanning two decades. Mokhtar helped lift Malaysia's national team from minnows to among Asia's best, playing a crucial role in milestone victories over the likes of South Korea and Japan. He had an instinctive ability to link up with his teammates, who together ushered in a golden era in Malaysian football from the mid-70s through the mid-80s.

Robustly built and comfortable shooting with either foot, Mokhtar's style of play was aggressive. He was also speedy and powerful, making him capable of lethal long-range shots and marauding runs that opened up opposition defences.

Mokhtar was a prolific goal scorer with a fearsome record: 125 goals in 167 international appearances for Malaysia. Some were particularly memorable. In one outing, cheered by capacity crowd of 30,000, the legend scored twice to earn Malaysia a 2-0 victory over a visiting Arsenal side in 1975. His first goal came from a solo run after connecting with a lob and the second from a deft link-up with teammate Isa Bakar.

If these feats weren't enough to propel Mokhtar into the national consciousness, there were more to come. Playing against a visiting England B side in 1978, he slotted the ball past Manchester City great, Joe Corrigan, for a full-time score of 1-1. Writing years later in

the Malaysian daily, New Straits Times, in 1986, Mokhtar rated the goal as one of his most unforgettable.

The son of a lorry driver, the footballer was a precocious talent. By the time he was 14, he had made the senior team at school, besting older boys at Victoria Institution. The year he turned 19, Mokhtar got the call up to represent Selangor state in the domestic football league and Malaysia's national squad. Captainship of both the state and national teams followed, along with the number 10 jersey.

Mokhtar had become part of a formidable team by that time, flanked by other Malaysian greats such as Soh Chin Aun, Santokh Singh and R. Arumugam. Together, they made up the multiracial face of Malaysian football, as talented as it was diverse.

The depth of the team showed with a yet-tobe-equalled bronze at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran, beating South and North Korea en route. “No one gave us a ghost of a chance, we didn't much fancy our chances either. Yet against all the odds, we won the Asian Games bronze medal,” Mokhtar wrote in another New Straits Times article.

Back-to-back Southeast Asian Games Gold medals followed in 1977 and 1979 with

Mokhtar scoring in each. He was the first footballer to win Malaysia's Sportsman of the Year award in 1976.

As he came to be known as Asia's best, talk of foreign offers began to circulate. In his 1995 book, Giving The Game Away, Stephen Wagg asserted that Mokhtar declined an offer from Spanish side, Real Madrid.

Mokhtar himself said little on the matter but in an interview with National Geographic in 2010, his wife painted a picture of a patriotic and modest man with little interest in the trappings of fame. Mokhtar retired in 1987 and had a stint as coach but his health began to fail. He succumbed to motor neuron disease in July 1991 after a three-year battle.

He was only 37.

He remains a household name in Malaysia till this day. Mokhtar's humble beginnings, dedication as a player and tragic death have been retold in different ways, among them in a sold-out musical titled Supermokh.

Robustly built and comfortable shooting “with either foot, Mokhtar's style of play was

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Inside Malaysia Airlines

PROUDLY MALAYSIAN MALAYSIA AIRLINES Chief Executive Officer Peter Bellew hands over a miniature Malaysia Airlines aircraft sporting a special livery incorporating the Negaraku emblem to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, as a pledge of support for the government’s Negaraku initiative. Negaraku, a Bahasa Malaysia word meaning My Nation, is a nationwide movement driven by Malaysians, for Malaysians, to foster unity and patriotism.

“As the national carrier, Malaysia Airlines is well-positioned to trigger Malaysians to remember and embrace the spirit of nationalism, as well as depict the essence of our unique Malaysian values to foreign travellers,” said the Prime Minister.

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Malaysia Airlines will be incorporating the spirit of Negaraku across its collaterals and various touch points, such as painting the Negaraku emblem on a few aircraft, featuring Malaysian heroes who have brought pride to the country in its in-flight magazine, as well as presenting special content in its in-flight entertainment.

“We are proud and excited that Malaysia Airlines is able to play its role in spurring patriotism. Negaraku is a simple Bahasa Malaysia word but it speaks volumes for the pride and love Malaysians have for each other and their wonderful nation. We, the national airline, are proud to be part of that as we bear the Negaraku logo on behalf of each and every Malaysian whose flag we represent worldwide,” said Bellew.

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SYSTEM UPGRADE

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MALAYSIA AIRLINES will change over to a new passenger reservations system on the weekend of 10 June 2017. This new technology will enable Malaysia Airlines to meet passengers’ changing travel needs. Ticket purchases, any changes to existing tickets and online checkins will be unavailable for 48 hours until 12 June.

Flight schedules will not be affected by the transition.

Do note the important information below: TICKETING

• Passengers travelling from

10-12 June 2017 are advised to purchase or make ticket changes before 10 June 2017. Passengers are also advised to bring a copy of their electronic tickets and arrive three hours ahead of their flight departure to the airport.

6-DIGIT PASSENGER NAME RECORD (PNR)

• Passengers travelling from

13 June 2017 onwards are advised that the Booking Reference Number (also known as Passenger Name Record (PNR)) is revised from five digits to six digits. This does not alter your ticket itinerary. Should you wish to perform selfservice check-in via web or kiosk, kindly refer to the 6-digit PNR. For more information, please call 1 300 88 3000 (within Malaysia) or +603 7843 3000 (long distance call charges may apply).

15 MINUTES WITH …

RHYS WILLIAM, blogger of Mat Salleh Cari Makan.

You speak Bahasa Malaysia fluently. Why learn Bahasa Malaysia or even choose Malaysia to stay, in the first place?

I first came to Malaysia on holiday in 2012 and immediately fell in love with the country and decided I wanted to stay longer and even try living here. So in 2013, I came back and stayed for two months, two months quickly turned into four months, and now almost four years later, I’m still here! Shortly after moving here, I started to want to pick up the language in order for me to better understand and explore the country and the culture deeper.

How long did it take you to learn the language?

What was the hardest part about learning the language?

I would say it was about one year of learning to learn the theory of the language, and another year of speaking it every day to really pick it up and become fluent enough to hold conversations with multiple people. The hardest part was picking up the local slang (as there is a big difference between “textbook” language and the “day-to-day” language). The other hard part was actually getting the courage to go out and speak the language to locals, as I’m naturally quite a shy person.

You got to travel on Business Class recently with Malaysia Airlines. Could you describe the experience?

I really enjoyed the experience as it was my first time flying in Business Class. It was very comfortable and definitely felt like a luxury experience. The thing I probably most enjoyed was the satay and Business Class food, as well as being able to recline the chair back into a bed.

What were your first thoughts when you tried out the satay?

I was first amazed at how the satay onboard tastes the same as the satay you can find locally throughout Malaysia, and that it tasted fresh.

After learning the process to make the satay, and how it still used traditional methods and ingredients, I was impressed with how much effort is made to make the satay onboard authentic.

Where are some of your favourite places to visit in Malaysia?

I’m a guy who loves to eat, so some of my favourite places in Malaysia are out of the city where you can find authentic and traditional delicacies. For example, I love Penang due to the amount of great food you can find there. I also really like Kuching in Sarawak, again because of the food!

What has been your most memorable experience in Malaysia?

It’s hard to pick one, as I have had so many memorable experiences throughout Malaysia. If I had to pick one, it would probably be climbing to the summit of Mount Tahan (translated literally as “Endurance Mountain”) which is the tallest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia. Ever since I first arrived in Malaysia I had always wanted to climb it, and after months of training I finally made it in October 2016. It was a wonderful feeling of accomplishment arriving at the peak, and I would love to do it again sometime!

Join Rhys on facebook.com/pg/malaysiaairlines/videos as he discovers the secret behind our satay dish.

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Kilimanjaro Dar Es Salaam

Zanzibar

Luanda

Kuching

Johor Bahru Johor Bahru

Livingstone

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Victoria Falls

Harare

Windhoek Maputo Johannesburg Durban

LEGEND Cape Town

Punta Del Este

Port Elizabeth

Neuquén Bahía Blanca

San Carlos Bariloche

MASwings flights operated by Royal Brunei

Scotia Sea

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Rosario

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Limbang

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Porto Seguro

Santa Cruz

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Lawas

Kigali

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Salvador

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Maceió Aracaju

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Teresina

Miri

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Labuan Khartoum

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Taif

Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu

Penang

Tobago

Caracas

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Moscow

Vilnius

Warsaw

Berlin Leipzig

Kota Bharu Kota Bharu

Alor Setar Alor Setar

San Juan

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St Petersburg

Tallinn Tartu

Jeddah

Santiago

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Visby

Gothenburg

Helsinki

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Turku

Black Sea

Halifax

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Aalborg

Aberdeen

Mariehamn

Oslo

Rotterdam Kiev Dusseldorf Prague Frankfurt Luxembourg Vienna Quimper Paris Basel Budapest Zurich Ljubljana Chisinau Astrakhan Geneva Simferopol Zagreb Bordeaux Milan Venice Pula Chambery Belgrade Bucharest Genoa Varna Toulouse Sochi Dubrovnik Marseille Leon Sofia Pisa Rimini Burgas Calvi Batumi Tivat Valladolid Tbilisi Barcelona Porto Bari Tirana Kavala Rome Olbia Yerevan Ankara Brindisi Baku Madrid Volos Mytilini Cagliari Palma De Lisbon Preveza Mallorca Palermo Athens Catania Erbil Almeria Antalya Thira Kalamata Oran Algiers Tunis Malta Tangier Larnaca Karpathos Chania Sulaymaniyah Tehran Melilla Paphos Beirut Baghdad Casablanca Tel Aviv Amman Marrakech Al Najaf Alexandria Agadir Shiraz Cairo Shárm el-Sheikh Gassim Hurghada Dammam Kudat Kudat Luxor Madinah Riyadh Marsa Alam Abu Dhabi

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Krasnoyarsk

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Abakan Pavlodar

Samara

Irkutsk

Gorno-Altaysk Semey

Blagoveschensk

Petropavlovsk

Khabarovsk

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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

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Taraz

Bishkek

Urumqi

Almaty

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Tashkent

Tianjin

Kulob

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Kathmandu

Karachi Abu Dhabi

Mumbai

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Guangzhou

Kolkata

Nagpur

Chiang Mai

Sanya

Yangon

Bay of Goa Bengal Bangalore Chennai Kozhikode Andaman Tiruchchirappalli Kochi Sea Trincomalee Thiruvananthapuram Phuket

Hambantota

Aomori Akita Niigata

Komatsu

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Busan

Male

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Da Nang Siem Reap Bangkok Phnom Penh

Misawa Hanamaki Yamagata Tokyo

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Okinawa

Kaohsiung

Angeles Manila

Philippine Sea

Guam

Cebu

Ho Chi Minh City Krabi

Kota Kinabalu

Banda Aceh Medan

East China Taipei Sea

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Hanoi

Hyderabad

Colombo

Fuzhou Xiamen

Guilin

Kunming

Dhaka

Ahmedabad

Seoul

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Geraldton Perth

Coral Sea

Cairns

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Exmouth Paraburdoo

Port Moresby

Horn Island

Darwin

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Kalgoorlie Whyalla Port Lincoln

Mildura Adelaide

Coffs Harbour

Armidale Tamworth Dubbo Wagga Wagga

Albury

Port Macquarie Newcastle

Lord Howe Island

Sydney

Canberra

Melbourne Devonport

New Caledonia

Launceston

Tasman Sea

Auckland

Wellington

Hobart Queenstown

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Gulf of Alaska

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Québec

Marquette

Portland

Traverse City

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Las Vegas Monterey Ontario Santa Barbara Palm Springs Los Angeles

Ottawa

Milwaukee

Toronto Grand Rapids

Chicago

Watertown Portland

Buffalo

Pittsburgh Washington Winston-Salem

St Louis

Montreal

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Nantucket Philadelphia Salisbury-Ocean City

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Raleigh-Durham Charlotte New Bern Myrtle Beach Atlanta

Nashville Phoenix

Dallas

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Savannah

Houston

San Antonio Brownsville Mazatlán San José del Cabo

Ixtapa

Tallahassee

Corpus Christi

Tampa Sarasota

Gulf of Mexico

Ponta Delgada (Azores)

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Charleston Jacksonville

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Mexico City

Gulf of Alaska

New Orleans

Halifax

Martha's Vineyard

Puebla

Belize City

Montego Bay

Managua

Santa Marta

San Andrés Island

Liberia

San Juan

Caribbean Sea

San Pedro Sula

Guatemala City San Salvador

Port-au- Santo Prince Domingo

Kingston

San Jose

Dakar Tobago

Caracas

Port of Spain

Panama City Yopal

PACIFIC OCEAN Lihue Honolulu

Bogotá

Cali

San Cristóbal Island

Kahului

Sargasso Sea

Boa Vista

Baltra Island

Talara

Tumbes

Chiclayo

Macapá

Gulf of Mexico

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EQUATOR

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Fortaleza Natal João Pessoa

Teresina

Cajamarca

Trujillo

Kailua Kona

Maceió Aracaju

Puerto Maldonado

Caribbean Sea

Salvador Porto Seguro

Santa Cruz

Tacna

Calama

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Asuncion

Antofagasta

São Paulo

Copiapó Easter Island

Chilean Sea

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

Comodoro Rivadavia

La Serena Santiago

San Juan Mendoza

Porto Alegre Rio Grande

Rosario Buenos Aires

Concepción Valdivia Puerto Montt

Punta Del Este

Neuquén Osorno

Bahía Blanca

San Carlos Bariloche

Castro

LEGEND

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Balmaceda El Calafate

oneworld destinations

Río Gallegos

MH flights operated by Emirates

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GMT -7

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GMT -6

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GMT -5

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Mount Pleasant

GMT -4

GMT -3

GMT -2

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Reykjavik Jyvaskyla

Inverness Glasgow Belfast Shannon

North Sea Aalborg

Aberdeen Newcastle

Leeds

Mariehamn

Oslo

Billund Westerland Amsterdam

Turku

Visby

Gothenburg

Nizhnevartovsk

Helsinki Tallinn Tartu

St Petersburg

Riga

Aarhus Gdansk

Kazan

Moscow

Vilnius

Kaliningrad

Krasnoyarsk Abakan

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Hamburg

Novosibirsk

Omsk

Nizhny Novgorod

Pavlodar

Samara

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Warsaw Berlin Semey Rotterdam Leipzig Kiev London Brussels Dusseldorf Ust-Kamenogorsk Prague Guernsey Frankfurt Ivalo Jersey Luxembourg Vienna Quimper Paris Basel Budapest Kittila Zurich Chisinau Ljubljana Astrakhan Geneva Simferopol Zagreb Bordeaux Milan Urumqi Kemi Kuusamo Venice Pula Chambery Belgrade Bucharest Almaty Taraz Genoa Varna Toulouse Bishkek Sochi Rimini Dubrovnik Marseille Kajaani Leon Sofia Pisa Burgas Calvi Batumi Tivat Tashkent Reykjavik Valladolid Tbilisi Barcelona Porto Bari Tirana Kavala Rome Olbia Jyvaskyla Yerevan Osh Ankara Brindisi Baku Madrid Volos Mytilini Cagliari Dushanbe Palma De Lisbon Preveza Helsinki Mallorca Oslo Palermo Athens Mariehamn Catania St Petersburg Turku Erbil Almeria Antalya Thira Stockholm Tallinn Kalamata Kulob Oran Algiers Tunis Malta Yekaterinburg Tangier Larnaca Karpathos Chania Sulaymaniyah Gothenburg Visby Tartu Tehran Inverness Melilla Paphos Aalborg Beirut Aberdeen RigaBaghdad Islamabad Casablanca Nizhny Novgorod Peshawar Aarhus Glasgow Billund Tel Aviv Kazan Gdansk Amman Marrakech Al Najaf Newcastle Alexandria Moscow Vilnius Faisalabad Copenhagen Amritsar Belfast Agadir Westerland Kaliningrad Leeds Samara Shiraz HamburgCairo Amsterdam Shannon Multan Shárm el-Sheikh New Delhi Warsaw Kathmandu Berlin Birmingham Gassim Hurghada Rotterdam Leipzig Cork Dammam Kiev London Brussels Dusseldorf Luxor Karachi Madinah Prague Guernsey Luxembourg Frankfurt Riyadh Dhaka Marsa Alam Jersey Ahmedabad Abu Dhabi Vienna Munich Quimper Kolkata Paris Basel Nagpur Budapest Jeddah Chisinau Zurich Ljubljana Taif Astrakhan Geneva Simferopol Zagreb Bordeaux Lyon Milan Ch Abha Bucharest Venice Pula Mumbai Belgrade Chambery Hyderabad Varna Sochi Genoa Yangon Toulouse Dubrovnik Rimini Sofia Leon Pisa SalalahBatumi Marseille Nice Burgas Urgench Tivat Asmara Valladolid Calvi Khartoum Goa Tbilisi Porto Barcelona Kavala Tirana Rome Bari Bangalore Yerevan Ankara Olbia Brindisi Chennai Baku Madrid Volos Mytilini Ashgabat Palma De Lisbon Preveza Cagliari Palermo Djibouti Kozhikode Mallorca Athens Almeria Tiruchchirappalli Erbil Catania Antalya Kochi Thira Ponta Delgada (Azores) Kalamata Oran Tunis Malta Algiers Larnaca Tangier Trincomalee Abuja Karpathos Chania Mashhad Sulaymaniyah Tehran Thiruvananthapuram Phuket Addis Ababa Melilla Colombo Beirut Paphos Baghdad Hambantota Casablanca Banda Aceh Lagos Accra Tel Aviv Amman Al Najaf Malabo Marrakech Medan Alexandria Agadir Shiraz Male Cairo Kuwait Entebbe Shárm el-Sheikh Gassim Dammam Hurghada Nairobi Luxor Dubai Madinah Bahrain Kigali Riyadh Kilimanjaro Marsa Alam Muscat Abu Dhabi

Celtic Sea

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Birmingham

Norwegian Sea

Caspian Sea

Black Sea

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Ponta Delgada (Azores)

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Mediterranean Sea

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Zanzibar

Jeddah

Taif

Luanda

Abha Asmara

Khartoum

Dakar

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Livingstone Abuja

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Lagos Windhoek Accra

Victoria Falls

Addis Ababa

Malabo

Maputo

Entebbe

Johannesburg

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Gulf of Cape Town Guinea

Arabian Sea

Harare

Nairobi Kigali

Durban

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Port Elizabeth Luanda

Zanzibar

Lusaka

GMT -2

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Mauritius

Maputo Johannesburg Durban Cape Town

GMT -1

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Windhoek

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Livingstone

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Convenience in a Cup The Robust Flavours of Indocafé Coffeemix 3-in-1

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NOTHING BEATS THE AROMA AND TASTE OF GOURMET COFFEE to kick-start the day.

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Discover the pleasures of good coffee, minus the hassle with Indocafé, a leading instant coffee brand in Indonesia. Founded in 1985, the company is no stranger to bringing high quality

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Mandheling coffee beans – long considered to be one of the best beans from Sumatra – are often described as ‘earthy’. The coffee has a smooth texture to complement its richness and

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Hidden Figures

Joy

A Cure For Wellness

Live By Night

Mad Max: Fury Road

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He Named Me Malala

The Martian

Fist Fight

Black Mass

Eddie The Eagle

The Lego Batman Movie

Pan

X-Men: Apocalypse

• Me Before You

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• The Conjuring 2

ANNA KENDRICK, LISA KUDROW, CRAIG ROBINSON PG-13 / 87 mins / Comedy, Drama / E, F, I, J, C+

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Logan In 2029, the X-Men have disbanded and the world’s mutant population is on the brink of extinction. A weary Logan, whose self-healing powers are degenerating, now looks after an ailing Professor X at a remote outpost on the Mexican border.

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A Cure For Wellness Lockhart, an ambitious young executive, is sent by the company’s board members to a “wellness centre” in the Swiss Alps to coax their CEO, who has been seeking treatment at the spa for an extended period, to return to New York. He soon discovers that the spa’s treatments are not what they seem. When Lockhart begins to unravel its secrets, his sanity is tested as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the spa guests from leaving in a continuous search for a cure.

DANE DEHAAN, JASON ISAACS, MIA GOTH R / / 146 mins / Drama, Fantasy, Horror / E, J, Es, G, C+

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• Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children • The Peanuts Movie • Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

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LAMBERT WILSON, PIERRE NINEY, AUDREY TAUTOU NR / / 122 mins / Adventure, Biography / E+

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FLAVIO PARENTI, MAEVE DERMODY, LINO GUANCIALE NR / / 100 mins / Drama / E+

REDZA MINHAT, HARUN SALIM BACHIK, JULIANA EVANS, CRISTINA SUZANNE NR / 90 mins / Drama, Mystery / E+

Angin Cinta

ZIZAN RAZAK, UMMI NAZEERA, SHAHRUL NIZAM PG-13 / 100 mins / Comedy / E+

• The Campaign • Live Free Or Die Hard • Wrath Of The Titans

CHINESE

• The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies • Invictus • Speed • Little Manhattan • The Matrix • Superman Returns

• Never Let Me Go

• Unknown • The Descendants • The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

• The Fault In Our Stars • Rocknrolla • Walk The Line • Unstoppable • Frequency • The Shawshank Redemption • The Departed

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/ Samurai Hustle Returns KURANOSUKE SASAKI, KYOKO FUKADA, TSUYOSHI IHARA, YASUFUMI TERAWAKI, YUSUKE KAMIJI, YURI CHINEN, TOKIO EMOTO, SEIJI ROKKAKU NR / 119 mins / Comedy / E+

KOREAN

Swalef Tafashjazeerat Al Halamaya / Halamaya Island

ALI ALGHURAIR, KHALIL ALROMAITHI, ABDULLA WALEED, AHMED ISA, SALWA BUKHAIT G / 111 mins / Comedy, Adventure, Family / E+

TAGALOG

Vince & Kath & James JOSHUA GARCIA, JULIA BARRETTO, RONNIE ALONTE NR / 116 mins / Romance / E+

The Super Parental Guardians

VICE GANDA, COCO MARTIN, ONYOK PINEDA NR / 105 mins / Comedy / E+

माद ्र ी / Madaari

IRRFAN KHAN, JIMMY SHERGILL NR / 120 mins / Adventure, Crime, Drama / E+

पि क ं / Pink

TAPSEE PANNU, KIRTI KULHARI NR / 136 mins / Drama, Thriller / E+

बज ै ं ो / Banjo

POORNIMA AHIRE, RITEISH DESHMUKH, NARGIS FAKHRI NR / 137 mins / Action, Drama / E+

SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT, DISHA PATANI, KIARA ADVANI PG / 132 mins / Drama, Sports / E+

心灵时钟 / Packages From

위험한 상견례 2 / Enemies

FANN WONG, LEE LEE ZEN, SIEH FEI, YU JO-CHING PG / 98 mins / Family, Drama / E+, C+

JIN SE-YEON, HONG JONG-HYUN, SHIN JUNG-GEUN, JEON SOOKYUNG, KIM EUNG-SOO PG -13 / 119 mins / Action, Comedy / E+, C+

Daddy (above)

PAW HEE-CHING, WONG HO-YIN, IVANA WONG, MICHELLE WAI PG / 98 mins / Drama / E+, C+

• Ramona And Beezus • The Drop

超高速！参勤交代リターンズ

KRRISH CHHABRIA, HETAL GADA NR / 114 mins / Drama / E+

एम.एस. धोन ीः द अनटोलड् सट् ोर ी / M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

Your Love

• Music And Lyrics • A Good Year

धनक / Dhanak

In-Law (above)

大手牽小手 / Show Me

• Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows • Crazy, Stupid, Love.

YESUNG, NOZOMI SASAKI, MASAHIRO SATO NR / 98 mins / Romance, Comedy / E+

ULRICH THOMSEN, MIKKEL BOE FØLSGAARD, CYRON MELVILLE NR / / 93 mins / Biography, Comedy, Drama / E+

• The Grand Budapest Hotel

अज़हर / Azhar

EMRAAN HASHMI, NARGIS FAKHRI, PRACHI DESAI NR / 120 mins / Biography, Drama, Sport / E+

DANISH

ARABIC

JIMMY SHERGILL, MANOJ BAJPAYEE, DIVYA DUTTA NR / 104 mins / Adventure, Drama, Thriller / E+

いきなり先生になったボ クが彼女に恋をした / My

Sommeren '92 / Summer Of '92

• Man Of Steel • 42

HARUNA KAWAGUCHI, KENTO YAMAZAKI, SEIKA FURUHATA, TAKASHI MATSUO G / 120 mins / Drama, Romance / E+, C+

Korean Teacher

• Harry Potter And The Dealthy Hallows: Part 1 & Part 2 • Thunderstruck

Week Friends (above)

游戏规则 / The Game Changer ZITAO HUANG, XUEQI WANG, PETER HO NR /

/ 140 mins / Action / E+, C+

스플릿 / Split

YOO JI-TAE, LEE JUNG-HYUN, DAVID LEE, JUNG SUNG-HWA, KWON HAEHYO, MOON YOUNG-SOO PG-13 / 121 mins / Drama / E+, C+

INDONESIAN

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• Minority Report

ब ढु ़ि आ सि हं / Budhia Singh MANOJ BAJPAYEE, MAYUR PATOLE NR / 112 mins / Drama / E+

HINDI CLASSICS जान े भ ी दो यारो ं / Just Let It Go, Friends NASEERUDDIN SHAH, RAVI BASWANI, BHAKTI BARVE NR / 132 mins / Comedy, Drama / E+

TAMIL

湄公河行動 / Operation

Mekong

ZHANG HANYU, EDDIE PENG PG-13 / 123 mins / Action / E+, C+

所以, 我和黑粉结婚了 /

So, I Married My Anti-fan

PARK CHAN-YEOL, SEOHYUN NR / 99 mins / Comedy, Drama / E+, C+

CHINESE CLASSICS 让子弹飞 / Let The Bullets Fly YUN-FAT CHOW, WEN JIANG NR / 132 mins / Action, Comedy, Western / E+, C+

Terjebak Nostalgia (above)

RAISA ANDRIANA, CHICCO JERIKHO, KHIVA ISKAK, MARULI TAMPUBOLON PG-13 / 95 mins / Drama, Romance / E+

Bangkit

VINO G. BASTIAN, ACHA SEPTRIASA, DEVA MAHENRA, PUTRI AYUDYA PG-13 / 122 mins / Drama, Action / E+

ஐகாட் / Jagat (above)

JIBRAIL RAJHULA, HARVIND RAJ, KUBEN MAHADEVAN, NR / 120 mins / Drama, Family / E+

வேலைனு வந்துட்ட வெள்ளைக்காரன்

/ Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran

SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT, DISHA PATANI, KIARA ADVANI G / 138 mins / Comedy / E+

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TV

TV HIGHLIGHTS

COMEDY

DRAMA

SPORTS

Baskets S1

11.22.63 S1

The Best Of Asia Pacific Sports: Ep1 TRI-LIFE Multipart Festival (above)

ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, MARTHA KELLY, LOUIE ANDERSON 4 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

JAMES FRANCO, SARAH GADON, GEORGE MACKAY 6 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

Steven Gerrard: Liverpool Against The Ropes Ep1

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Satay With Rhys William Rhys William is a British food and travel blogger based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is, however, no ordinary blogger as he conducts his reviews and programmes in the local Bahasa Malaysia language, earning him thousands of fan followings on social media. Join Rhys as he discovers the secrets behind the preparation of the awardwinning satay dish served on Malaysia Airlines’ First and Business Class. Rhys impressively hosts and conducts interviews for the entire segment in Bahasa Malaysia.

1 Episode / 5 mins / Travel / M, E+, M+

Toyota Racing Series 2016 Ep5

The Originals S3

A To Z S1

BEN FELDMAN, CRISTIN MILIOTI, HENRY ZEBROWSKI 6 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

JOSEPH MORGAN, DANIEL GILLIES, CLAIRE HOLT 6 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

Fresh Off The Boat S2 4 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

New Girl S5

Planet Earth II: Grassland

4 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

2 Broke Girls S5

6 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

The Middle S7

6 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

1 Episode / 30 mins / Lifestyle / ML

Westworld S1

30 mins each / E

Family Guy S14 4 Episodes /

/ 30 mins each / E

Modern Family S7

4 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

Mom S3

5 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

/ 30 mins each / E

EVAN RACHEL WOOD, JEFFREY WRIGHT, ED HARRIS 9 Episodes / / 60 mins each / E

TOM MISON, NICOLE BEHARIE, LYNDIE GREENWOOD 5 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

Blindspot S1

Longmire S5

/ 30 mins each / E

Last Man Standing S4 5 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

ROBERT TAYLOR, KATEE SACKHOFF, LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS 7 Episodes / 60 mins each / E TOM ELLIS, LAUREN GERMAN, KEVIN ALEJANDRO 5 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

Cooper Barrett's Guide To Surviving Life S1

White Collar S6

4 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

The Big Bang Theory S10 11 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

Undateable S3

13 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

Eco Trekking: The Pacific Islands

BUSINESS

Managing Asia: Lim Kok Thay, Genting Group (above)

Eight Days A Week Ep1

SCIENCE & TECH

Lucifer S1

5 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

Life In Pieces S1

Planet Earth II: Deserts

Sleepy Hollow S2

Glee S6

4 Episodes /

Planet Earth II: Jungle

JUSTIN THEROUX, AMY BRENNEMAN, CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON 9 Episodes / / 60 mins each / E

SULLIVAN STAPLETON, JAIMIE ALEXANDER, ROB BROWN 23 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

/ 30 mins each / E

Planet Earth II: Cities

The Leftovers S1

Futurama S7 4 Episodes /

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Lethal Weapon S1

Mike and Molly S6 (4 Episodes) / S4 (5 Episodes)

4 Episodes /

1 Episode / 30 mins / Sports / E

RUTINA WESLEY, DAWN-LYEN GARDNER, KOFI SIRIBOE 11 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

Better With You S1

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia S11

Steven Gerrard - Liverpool Premier League Heroes recounts the rise to prominence of players who have become icons of the club at different times in the past quarter of a century. The series opener spotlights Steven Gerrard, one of the most naturally gifted footballers of his generation.

(above)

Queen Sugar S1 (above)

DAMON WAYANS, CLAYNE CRAWFORD, KEESHA SHARP 9 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

5 Episodes / 30 mins each / E

Gaya Raya A fashion styling show in time for Eid or more popularly known as Hari Raya in Malaysia, a leading designer helps popular celebrities and their fans choose the best outfits and accessories for the festive occasion.

NATURAL WORLD

MATT BOMER, TIM DEKAY, WILLIE GARSON 4 Episodes / 60 mins each / E

Redesign My Brain (above)

Tyrant S3

The Secret Life Of Material Ep1

ADAM RAYNER, JENNIFER FINNIGAN, ASHRAF BARHOM 3 episodes / / 60 mins each / E

Is Sugar The New Fat? Ep1

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TV

FRENCH

JAPANESE

TRAVEL

LIFESTYLE

SOUNDSTAGE

French Masters Of Wine:

Joyous Japan: Active Sightseeing (above)

Four By Four Ep2: Ao Nang to Krabi (above)

Surfing The Menu

What’s Hot In Japan: Shikoku; Hot Spring And Hotels

Satay With Rhys Williams

Kit Armstrong: Composers Of The Great War

(above)

Master Of Truffle: Tasty Nature

MALAY

KOREAN

Jet Set: Ep5 London & Bangkok Francis Brennan’s Grand Indian Tour Ep1

KIDS Dream Gardens Ep1

G-Thang: Ep5

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Masterchef Poh Five Minutes More Ep1 Raya: SIS (above) Lari: Misi Mr X Cuti Raya

HISTORY Me, Myself And Travel 2: Ep1 (above)

(above)

Unsung Places - Echoes Of Ummah

The WotWots Ep1

Running Man Ep: Latest

The Adventures of Figaro Pho Ep1

Hijab Stailista Raya Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan

TAMIL

Bollywood Express: Ep1 Siti Nurdiana & Nubhan

Hoot Hoot Go! Ep1

Prisoner Zero Ep1

A Great Endeavour (above) First Contact

Grand Designs UK: North Wales

BoBoiBoy + MAB Ep11 –18

RSVP Aku Datang Ep1

Empire’s Plant Hunter

The Looney Tunes Show

Extreme Roadtrip Ep1

Great Journeys: Road Warriors

Batman: The Brave & The Bold

Great Historic Sites: The Age Of Empires

Green Lantern

My Journey Ep1 (above)

ARABIC Ethiopia On Foot: Ep9 Ethiopia ..On Steps – Harar Region – Adis Ababa Old Cafe

Bhairavapuram Ep1

Titanic’s Tragic Twin Ep1

Top Gear Ep3

Ejen Ali Ep1 –Ep5 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Ep2

HINDI

The Tom & Jerry Show

SHOWBIZ

The Flintstones

CHINESE

Michelle Obama: First Lady Of Style (above)

零距离 / Chat With VVIP 老字號 / Made In Malaysia 寻花採草 S2 / Garden Of

Treasure S2

换乐西游 / Spain 360

Hum Paanch....Tadka Maar Ke Ep1 (above) Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai

Jamie Oliver: 30min Meal - Tapas Feast Celebrity Style Story: Jennifer Lawrence (above)

Gaya Raya

VAV Choice

Yaar Mera Superstar: Kangana & Shahid

Celebrity Style Story: Amy Adams

Designer In The House: Nigel & Danielle

40 Hours TV

Vogue BFFS Ep3

Enrich Ambassador -Yuna

䥫道•人生 / Malaysian

The Kapil Sharma Show

Hollywood Rewind: Actors Working

Enrich Brand Video

好吃 / Ho Chak!

Yaar Mera Superstar: Alia Bhatt

The Role That Changed My Life: Movies' Turning Points

Railway Stories

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RELIGIOUS

Enrich Takes Over Adelaide

Jejak Rasul As-Salam Saudara Dari Timur Ep4 Kansai, Japan (above) Jejak Rasul Ramadan Di Tiga Tanah Suci Ep4 Jordan

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AUDIO ON DEMAND

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Khalid – American Teen Khalid is a young soul singer who speaks to the youth of our generation. Likened to a younger Chris Brown, Khalid has captured the hearts of those his age who have been wanting an artist to call their own. Leading with the single Location, the album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200. American Teen is an appropriate title for an album that touches on the cornerstones of the teenage experience – love, heartbreak, technology and of course, the acceptance of being young and naïve.

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THE HITS

LIGHT & EASY

CLASSICAL

JAZZ

including... Betty Who (above), Charlotte OC, Vanbot, Khalid, The Shins, Tash Sultana, Pitbull, Zara Larsson, John Mayer, Future, Tom Grennan, MUNA

including... Vancouver Sleep Clinic (above), Bob Dylan, Mild High Club, Omar Kamal, The Fray, Cliff Richard, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, The Piano Guys, Above & Beyond

including... Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor (above), Op. 18 & Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30, 2CELLOS, Amy Dickson, Francesco Grillo, Nicole Car

including... Cameron Graves (above), Gabin, Tony Bennett, Bria Skonberg, Hugh Coltman, Flabby, Julia Fordham, Dhaffer Youssef, Till Bronner, Branford Marsalis

WORLD

MEMORIES

CLUB

CANTONESE

including... Somi (above), Prince Royce, Lakuta, Alena Murang, Corciolli, Seun Kuti, Humood Alkhuder, Celtic Thunder, Magos & Limon, Aziza Brahim

including... Bob Dylan (above), Randy California, Julio Iglesias, Pink Floyd, Petula Clark, Joe Cocker, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Westlife, Bruce Springsteen, Lobo

including... Roland Tings (above), Pote, Cosmic Gate, Lisa Stansfield, Lane 8, Shapeshifter NZ, Fred V & Grafix, Boom Jinx, Mirami, ZHU, DJ Shadow Faithless, Kygo, RUFUS

including... Cass Phang (above), Leon Lai, Ekin Cheng, Phil Lam, Jason Chan, Angela Pang, Eason Chan, MR, Pong Nan, Priscilla Chan, PakHo

COMEDY

COUNTRY

TAMIL

KOREAN

including... George Carlin

including... Rodney Crowell (above), Nikki Lane, Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert, Ward Thomas, Dolly Parton, Jake Owen, Mary Duff

including... Commando 2 (above), Dora (OMPS), Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga, Bruce Lee, Tamil Beats, MS. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Thodari, Kollywood, Irudhi Suttru

including... Rhythmking (above), EXID, Jung Dongha & Oh Jun Sung, Leaves Black, Crayon Pop, FTIsland, Akdong Musician, AOA, Lee Hi, Winner, iKon, Royal Pirates, CNBLUE

(above), Bocey, Weird Al

Yankovic, Lily Tomlin, Mike Birbiglia, Jerry Seinfeld, Woody Allen, Russell Peters

Tash Sultana – Notion Having started out busking on the streets of Melbourne since her teens, Tash Sultana now regards herself as an indie one-woman band with a strong command of multiple instruments and looping pedals. In the spring of 2016, a live recording of her song Jungle went viral on Facebook.

She then released her six-track Notion EP later that year. Tash has a voice that’s big, velvety and atmospherically blue, with a lot of texture and depth. It’s the sort of music you want to settle into on a comfortable chaise lounge and a smooth drink in hand.

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R&B

including... Charlie Wilson, Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Tuxedo, Alicia Keys, Usher, Solange, Craig David, Fantasia, Izzy Bizzu, Maxwell, Prince Royce, Miguel, Ciara

SOUNDTRACK

including... Tulip Fever (OMPS), John Williams & Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection, Veeram - Macbeth (OMPS), A Street Cat Named Bob (OMPS), The Girl On The Train (OMPS), Trolls (OMPS), Ghostbusters, Money Monster (OMPS)

MALAY

including... The Prism, Ramlah Ram, Akim & The Majistret, Alif Satar, Ogy Ahmad Daud, Hujan, Aishah, Aliff Aziz

HINDI

including... Noor, To My Valentine (Punjabi Love Songs), 50 Glorious Musical Years (The Complete Works), Tum Bin 2, Rangoon, Kaabil

KIDS

including... The Wiggles, John Field, Bananas In Pyjamas, Lah-Lah, Jane Sheldon & Teddy, Emma

INDONESIAN

including... Melly Goeslow, Wali Band, Indah Dewi Pertiwi, Nadira Adnan, Sheila On 7, Judika

MANDARIN

including... Crispy, Kit Chan, Wei Jen Yuan, Xue Zhi Qian, Chris Wang, Butterfly Chien, Victor Wong, Evan Yo, Ocean Ou, Eric Chou

RELAX

including... Sherry Finzer, Yanni, Yiruma, Enya, Jennifer Defrayne, Carl Weingarten

JAPANESE

including... X JAPAN, Sekai No Owari, Aimer, Angela Aki, Baby Metal, Scandal, Depapepe, Flow, Kalafina, Mika Nakashima, 2PM, Eir Aoi

NASYID

including... Maher Zain, Ustaz Abdullah Fahmi, The Muhibbain, Nowseeheart, Opick, Inteam, Lah Ahmad, Harris J, Almarhum Ustaz Asri Ibrahim, Suhaimi Saad, Hafiz Hamidun The Mikraj, Destiny

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RADIO CHANNELS & E-LEARNING

CHART TOPPERS Hosted by Ben Loh

MALAY HITS

Hosted by Suraya Borhan

MANDARIN MIX

Hosted by Chong Huey Ling

JAZZ

Hosted by Brad Power

E-LEARNING

Put your time in the air to good use with our essential learning tools.

Some learning tools only available on selected routes.

ROCK ARENA

Hosted by Jay Sheldon

including... Nukilan (above), The Changcuters, Hafiz Hamidun & Cholidi Asadil Alam, Othello, Cat Farish & Eddie G, Isyana Sarasvati, Haddad Alwi, Simple Tune, Yanti, Hafiz Zainal, Pinkan Mambo Gita Gutawa, Joe Flizzow feat. SonaOne, Adibah Noor Harri Sumitro, Amy Mastura Astrid, Yovie & Nuno, Terry

MALAY CLASSICS

including... Joker Xue (above), Jocie Kok, J.Sheon, Crispy, Rainie Yang & Show Lo, Allen Su, G.E.M., Waa Wei, Chris Yu, F4, Ocean Ou, Joyce Chu, Kit Chan, Evan Yo, A-Lin, Eric Chou, BY2, Men Envy Children, Pu Shu, Night Keepers, Karen Mok feat.

Alan Kuo

KOREAN

Hosted by Ellen Han

including... Raul Midón (above), Monty Alexander, Kevin Eubanks, Christian Sands, Jimmy Greene, Karrin Allyson, Ginger Baker, Joey DeFrancesco, The Cookers, Dominick Farinacci, Mack Avenue SuperBand, Freda Payne, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Graham Dechter, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton & Tamir Hendelman

Holy Quran

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including... Amy Shark (above), NERVO, Elle King, Noah Cyrus feat. Labrinth, Stargate feat. P!nk & Sia, Alex Ross feat. Dakota & T-Pain, Isaiah, The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, Louisa Johnson, Wrabel, Freischwimmer feat.

Polina Phlake, Charming Horses & Grace Grundy, Alle Farben & Janieck

NASYID

Berlitz® Word Traveler including... White Reaper (above), AC/DC, The Molochs, The Strokes, Hanni El Khatib, IRONTOM, Depeche Mode, Incubus, The Shins, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Alice In Chains, Jimi Hendrix, Judas Priest, Midnight Oil, Kasabian, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors

GOLDEN ERA

Hosted by Richard La Faber

including... Shima (above), Datuk Ahmad Jais, Amy Search, Aishah, Ziana Zain, 4U2C, Sweet Charity, Fairuz Hussein, Spring, A To Z, Wow, Kool, BlackRose, Janji Manis Mu, Sejati, Search, M.Nasir, Ziana Zain & Awie, Sheila Majid

HINDI RHYTHMS

including... Royal Pirates (above), Postmen, EXID, Ji Young Baek, Seung Chul Lee, Si Hwan Park, Ali, Song Yu Vin feat. Huta, U Sung Eun feat. Kisum, Gu Jamyeong, Solji, Yu Jaehwan & Jung Hyungdon, Lee Min Ho, Postmen, The Nod, Crayon Pop, Yoo Se Yun feat. Nari

including... Suhaimi Saad (above), Haddad Alwi feat.

Gita Gutawa, Brothers, Hafiz Hamidun, Astrid & Dedi Irawan, Siti Nordiana, Maher Zain, Halim Ahmad, Gita Gutawa, Haddad Alwi, Inteam, Atina, Ikke Nurjanah, Awie, Unic, Bimbo, Mawi

JAPANESE

AGHANI ARABBIYAH

Hosted by Kaoru Sato

This language training tool can teach you the basics of 23 languages.

Hosted by Mona Jasman

b-wise™ (A380 only)

Learn about local business cultures and etiquette, wherever you are in the world! including... Electric Light Orchestra (above), Meat Loaf, Lou Reed, George Michael, Simon & Garfunkel, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers, Luther Vandross, The Emotions, Bill Withers, Céline Dion, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Ronettes Harry Belafonte, McFadden & Whitehead, Kenny Loggins, The Isley Brothers

including... Akhil Sachdeva & Alia Bhatt (above), Arijit Singh, Armaan Malik, Jubin Nautiyal, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shaan, Shabab Sabri, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Anusha Mani, Alisha Chinai, Zubeen Garg, Ash King,Clinton Cerejo, Falak Shabbir, Ankit Tiwari, Shahid Mallya, Lucky Ali

including... Depapepe (above), Kousuke Atari feat. Emiri Miyamoto, X JAPAN, ClariS, Jenka, DJ Krush, Boom Boom Satellites, Nana starring Mika Nakashima, Kodo, Supercar, Rika Nishihara, Puffy AmiYumi, Misia, Orange Pekoe

including... Ali Al Issawi (above), Amal Shebli, Yehya Swais, Menna Aatya, The5, Baraa Al Owaid, Murad Shareef, El Dakhlaweya, Adel Al Mukhtar, Mehad Hamad, Mohammad Al Fares, Basel Al Aziz, Talal Abo Al Ragheb, Ahmed Al Mansouri feat.

Ibrahim Al Abdouli, Isaraa Al Aseel, Samer Saeed, Talal Abo Al Ragheb, Jana Miqdad

Soundview Executive Book Summaries (A380 only)

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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A quick and easy way to distill key ideas from today’s top business books.

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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.

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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. Mode

3. 模式

3. モード

4.

Reading Light ON/OFF

4. 閱讀燈 ON/OFF

4. 読書用ライトON/OFF

5.

Channel UP/DOWN

5. 頻道 UP/DOWN

5. チャンネルUP/DOWN

6.

Volume UP/Down

6. 音量 UP/DOWN

6. 音声ボリュームUP/DOWN

7. Brightness UP/DOWN

7. 亮度 UP/DOWN

7. 明るさUP/DOWN

8.

8. 呼叫乘務員/取消

8. 乗務員呼び出し/取消

9. Select/Start*

9. 選擇/開始*

9. 選択/スタート*

10. Enter*

10. 確認*

10. 入力*

11. Game Controls*

11. 遊戲控制*

11. ゲームコントロール*

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

12.

12.

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Control Paddle*

Button Disabled

13. Back button To go to previous screen.

14. Screen ON/OFF button To switch the Interactive screen ON/OFF. 15. Home button Shortcut to go to Main Menu.

16. QWERTY keyboard - B738 / A333 17. Magnetic card reader * Not on the Inseat System

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goingplacesmagazine.com / 96 / June 2017

1. The greatest moment in my life was when I won the Best Supporting Actor award for my role in Penanggal.

It was my first major foray into film and to be acknowledged for it was momentous.

2. The greatest regret I have is … none.

3. The one virtue I try to live by is to have integrity in everything I do.

4. The person I most admire is Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

5. I deplore people who are disloyal.

6. The quality I like most in a person is kindness.

7. My guilty pleasure is coffee.

8. To keep motivated, I read and research other success stories.

9. The book I’m reading now is Aleph by Paulo Coelho.

10. My current favourite song is … there are too many to mention.

11. The last time I took a vacation was in March.

12. To relieve stress, I train at the gym.

13. The three things I cannot live without are food, music and laughter.

14. My favourite movie of all time is The Godfather.

15. The most memorable scene is when Marlon Brando appears.

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COMFORTABLE BOTH AS AN ACTION STAR AND THE ROMANTIC LEADING MAN, ZUL ARIFFIN HINTS ON HIS FAVOURITE TYPES OF PEOPLE.

16. In another life, are you James Bond or Indiana Jones? James Bond.

17. If I had superpowers, it would be to be invisible.

18. If I could turn back time, I would have done more with the time I had.

19. If I could change one thing in the world, it would be to alleviate poverty.

20. If I could invite three people, dead or alive, to dinner, they would be Warren Buffet, Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

21. And we would be eating my version of The Big Breakfast.

22. And discussing their journeys so far.

23. When flying, I never wear anything restrictive.

24. When flying, I always sleep.

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