world heritage day – more: Personal legacies are as precious as monuments

Synopsis On World Heritage Day, images of a vintage wooden dressing table and desk were shared, showcasing places and edifices known and unknown. The person who inherited the furniture shared reminiscences about her late parents. While institutions and awareness campaigns focus on built heritage and Unesco provisions to preserve culture as intangible heritage, vast amounts … Read more

HERITAGE Opens San Diego Production Facility

SAN DIEGO, April 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — HERITAGE, a leading nationwide general service contractor event production leader, renowned for its reputation of providing operational excellence and innovative client solutions in the business events industry, is proud to announce the opening of its latest production facility, located in Chula Vista, CA. Located just minutes from the San … Read more

The Orchard Road busker whose traditional Chinese instrument has a 3,000-year history

However, he is less sanguine about the opportunities for those inspired to follow his footsteps. “In Singapore, you can’t earn much as a performer,” he said. “Even if I teach the students, where can they go after that? It is very difficult to make a living out of this.” For now, he finds fulfilment in … Read more

RE Super Meteor 650 Marks 1 Year Celebration With Over 2000 Riders Across India

Last Updated: February 22, 2024, 17:27 IST Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 Marks One-Year Celebration With Over 2000 Riders Across India. (Photo: Royal Enfield) With its user-friendly controls and comfortable rider ergonomics, the Super Meteor 650 ensures stability on highways and pure riding pleasure on winding roads. Royal Enfield celebrated a year of cruising with … Read more

Plum Village: Meet the 78-year-old keeping alive one of Singapore’s last Hakka restaurants

“Maybe we were too ambitious,” he said as he reflected on the restaurant’s misstep in 2021 – the year Singapore started recovering from the pandemic and Chinese New Year gatherings shrunk. Considering the restaurant received 232 orders for the festivities, they should have started the year off right. Instead, a series of unfortunate events unfolded. … Read more

IN FOCUS: Untangling Singapore-Malaysia food fights – what’s it got to do with identity and pride?

“THE GREAT STOMACH” Food rivalries, and the stream of public sentiments and “misconceptions” that accompany each episode, are part of the reason Dr Ong writes about food. “Unfortunately, most of the people who made the comments, including the politicians, don’t know much about their local food, or the origins,” he said. “We should all get … Read more

Singaporean jade specialist Choo Yilin is back in business after a three-year hiatus

Before you rush to Choo Yilin’s website to see if you can get your hands on a design, you’ll need to know that there is no e-commerce site – for the Estate Collection or otherwise. Also, Choo does not intend to open another brick-and-mortar store anytime soon. At this point, the only way to purchase … Read more

Lingnan artefacts, architecture go on display in Hong Kong, with centuries-old pieces to inspire modern-day Greater Bay Area integration

Nestled in Hong Kong’s verdant Kowloon Park is an imposing five-metre-tall, intricately carved wooden shrine on display in the city for the first time as part of an exhibition targeting improved integration within the Greater Bay Area. The century-old structure, a top-grade national treasure from Guangdong province known as the Panyu shrine, is part of … Read more

People’s Park Complex assessed to be of ‘high heritage significance’, may affect collective sale

SINGAPORE: People’s Park Complex may be considered for conservation due to its “high heritage significance” and the collective sale effort should take that into account, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Friday (Dec 22). Completed in Chinatown in 1973, People’s Park Complex was the first mixed-use commercial and residential development in Southeast Asia. At … Read more