KFC Goes Green: KFC Singapore Doubles Down On Sustainable Practices; Eradicates plastic cups and reduces paper packaging waste with reusable trays

As one of the largest fast-food brands in Singapore with a local presence of 85 restaurants, KFC Singapore has taken the responsibility and commitment to effect lasting change in environmental sustainability. In continuation of its dedication for eco-friendly packaging and waste management, from November 2019 onwards, all KFC restaurants island-wide will see the eradication of plastic cups entirely in favour of paper cups. Paper cups … Continue reading KFC Goes Green: KFC Singapore Doubles Down On Sustainable Practices; Eradicates plastic cups and reduces paper packaging waste with reusable trays

Preview: Southernmost Festival 2019 by Emergency Stairs

Now in its third year, Emergency Stairs’ Southernmost Festival is back! Questioning the role of an arts festival, over the last two editions, Southernmost has proven itself as a fascinating experiment into festival curation and artistry, deliberately going against the grain as it focuses on intercultural work as prominent and emerging traditional and contemporary artists from the region come together. Presented and produced with Zuni Icosahedron (Hong Kong), … Continue reading Preview: Southernmost Festival 2019 by Emergency Stairs

Preview: The Hawker by The Second Breakfast Company

With a sold-out, abbreviated presentation at the 2018 Asian Youth Theatre Festival, local theatre company The Second Breakfast Company (2BCo) returns this year with their fifth main season production – original work The Hawker! With the nation fast progressing and many old buildings put up for en-bloc or demolished to make way for bigger and better facilities, all amidst the National Heritage Board’s call to preserve … Continue reading Preview: The Hawker by The Second Breakfast Company

Preview: Operatic Identities by CulturedGen + Interview with Creator Summer Song

Summer Song has led a multicultured life. Born in China, she moved to Singapore when she was just 8, before moving to Toronto 11 years ago to work. Obtaining a Masters from Columbia in New York, she entered the financial services and did corporate jobs before it finally hit her along the way that something was missing in her life. And then she realised what … Continue reading Preview: Operatic Identities by CulturedGen + Interview with Creator Summer Song

Hotels & Holidays: Club Med Announces New Spy Academy for Kids, in Partnership With “Spies In Disguise”

Club Med has announced an exciting new Mini Club experience, Spy Academy, in conjunction with new animated spy comedy adventure “Spies In Disguise” (Blue Sky Studios). Suitable for kids of all ages, Club Med’s Mini Club, will be turned into a training school for “young spies”, teaching them detective skills while emulating the charismatic and lovable characters of the highly anticipated film. “At Club Med, we … Continue reading Hotels & Holidays: Club Med Announces New Spy Academy for Kids, in Partnership With “Spies In Disguise”

Hotels & Holidays: Club Med Brings A Brand New Sustainable Resort to Kota Kinabalu

Club Med, the pioneer of Premium All-Inclusive holidays, has announced plans to open its first resort near Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia’s Sabah state, in the northern part of Borneo island late 2022. Located at Kuala Penyu Beach – just 90-minutes’ drive from Kota Kinabalu International Airport – the premium all-inclusive Club Med resort with a Club Med Exclusive Collection space (5 Tridents Space) … Continue reading Hotels & Holidays: Club Med Brings A Brand New Sustainable Resort to Kota Kinabalu

Television Time: BBC Shows November 2019

This November, come marvel at planet Earth’s amazing biodiversity in BBC’s latest natural history series, Seven Worlds, One Planet, join chef Gordon Ramsay as he attempts to help more struggling restaurants in Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hrs to Hell and Back S2, and follow comedian Romesh Ranganathan as he takes us to more unusual holiday destinations in The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan S2. BBC EARTH Seven … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows November 2019

Exhibition Extravaganza: Chun Kwang Young’s Collisions – Information, Harmony and Conflict at Sundaram Tagore Singapore

This November, Sundaram Tagore Gallery presents a solo exhibition of work by Korean artist Chun Kwang Young. Best known for his Aggregations; freestanding and wall-hung sculptural works made from thousands of triangular forms wrapped in antique mulberry paper tinted with teas or pigment, this new showcomes on the heels of Chun’s recent solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, which ran for seven months. Chun Kwang … Continue reading Exhibition Extravaganza: Chun Kwang Young’s Collisions – Information, Harmony and Conflict at Sundaram Tagore Singapore

Preview: Celebrations for Prof’ Ho by NUS Centre For the Arts (Music)

This weekend, Singaporean musicians are coming together to celebrate the 80th birthday of musical leader and key advocate for the development of local school bands, Associate Prof Ho Hwee Long. Comprising performers drawn from alumni and current band members of the National Institute of Education, National Junior College and National University of Singapore, all of whom were developed under the baton of Prof Ho, will perform … Continue reading Preview: Celebrations for Prof’ Ho by NUS Centre For the Arts (Music)

Orchard Road Gears Up For Christmas On A Great Street 2019

Plenty of us grew up with memories of spending Christmas visiting Orchard Road. Regardless of the crazy crowds, it certainly was an experience to savour as we went from mall to mall, appreciating the lights and decor set up at each one. More important than the money spent on gifts is the time spent with family, and this year, Orchard Road Business Association (ORBA) is set … Continue reading Orchard Road Gears Up For Christmas On A Great Street 2019