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Having experienced the consequences of natural disasters, cover star Dee Poon is on a mission to promote sustainability. She tells of her efforts to make her family business, Esquel, eco-friendly. Architect Kengo Kuma and artist Mona Hatoum are also profiled. Model, celebrity, humanitarian and environmental champion Nadya Hutagalung is on the cover. The multitalented Indonesian-Australian mother of three shares her story and discusses her philanthropic work. The Style Issue showcases colourful characters whose lives embody that crazy rich Asian spirit, with Calista Cuaca, Dick Lee and Peggy Jeffs dissecting what fashion means to them. There’s also a roundup of the best looks from the fall/winter runways. Cecilia Han and Liam Liu star ahead of their performance in the musical Journey Under the Midnight Sun. While Cecilia is making her debut…
FEATURES First Love The endearing relationship of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali is an endless source of fascination to Malaysians. In tribute to their six-decade-strong marriage, we chronicle the couple’s cutest moments together, with priceless photos from the archives. Party in Pink Save these dates! In honour of breast cancer awareness month, we’ve rounded up pink brunches, society get-togethers and other exciting events around town with fundraising efforts that contribute significantly towards this worthy cause. VIDEO Literary Roots Award-winning author and George Town Literary Festival director Bernice Chauly shares about her debut novel, Once We Were There and the imperative role of arts and culture in Malaysia today. DINING Local Hero Malaysia’s culinary food ambassador to the world, Chef Wan, takes us to his…
ARE WE alone in the universe? This is the question that billionaire tech investor Yuri Milner hopes to answer. Asia Tatler had the privilege of getting an exclusive with Yuri and his wife Julia in California, where our chief content officer and Hong Kong Tatler’s managing director Sean Fitzpatrick headed to the 130-year-old Lick Observatory where the photo shoot took place. It was a quick session as Yuri only had a couple of hours to spare before he had to head back for business in Silicon Valley. Yuri and Julia Milner are the founders of the Breakthrough Prize, a foundation that’s co-funded by the who’s who of Silicon Valley—Mark Zuckerberg, Pricilla Chan, Sergey Brin, and Anne Wojcicki. The foundation bestows scientists with awards and hefty cash gifts in recognition of…
MADELEINE ROSS The lifestyle journalist charts the efforts of three billionaires to make space travel more affordable in Rocket Men Would you ever travel to space? If space travel reached a point where it was as safe and ubiquitous as air travel, and if someone could guarantee there’d be no turbulence throughout the journey, I’d jump at the chance. Which planet would you visit first? Mars would be the obvious choice because it’s the most inhabitable... but those rings around Saturn sure are dreamy. I’d opt for pretty over practical any day. Branson, Bezos or Musk: which billionaire would you like to spend a day with? Without a doubt Musk—a man for whom moderation is a complete stranger. I find his extreme passion compelling. Last book you read and loved?…
IN A BID TO SHOW support to end child marriage, members of the public and students turned up for a rally that was jointly organised by The Body Shop, Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), Sisters In Islam (SIS), and the Association of Women Lawyers (AWL). The event also marked the launch of the group’s petition campaign to urge the government to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 years. Managing director of The Body Shop Malaysia, Datin Mina Cheah-Foong said, “In the long-term, beyond legal reform, we know that to end child marriage, we need to change public perception, to achieve gender sensitisation, to institute sex education and to empower our youth, both boys and girls, to speak out for their rights.” “The fact that child marriage is rampant here…
CONSPIRING COUPLES Electricity crackled when former lovers came face to face at a fancy party. While they managed to be civil with each other, their current partners were so mortified, they conspired with each other to keep them apart throughout the night. DO IT FOR THE GRAM Move aside, Facebook. The new place to bitch about your frenemy is Instagram Stories. As a socialite is reportedly dishing out dirt on her rival via the platform. BRIDE WARS Two bride-to-be cousins from a prominent family were allegedly competing to make their ceremony ‘THE Wedding of the Year’. What then commenced was a competition to book the best team in town—which descended into a full-blown price war!…
