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TATLER HONG KONG As she prepares to sign off a storming year in showbiz with a new album, singer Janice Vidal opens up on a range of frank topics, including succeeding in a male-driven industry, finding someone to be with long-term, and a new song that will explore challenging and sensitive issues that have affected the women in her life. TATLER INDONESIA Farwiza Farhan is an environmental activist from Aceh and one of Tatler Indonesia’s Gen.T honourees, whose life mission is to save the Leuser Ecosystem, an area of forest in northern Sumatra. After being included on Time magazine’s Time100 Next 2022 list, she shares her journey to changing her country for the better. TATLER MALAYSIA Asia’s Most Influential honouree Khailee Ng, managing partner at venture capital firm 500 Global,…
I listen to a lot of podcasts and have been a fan of the medium before it was hip to say so. From entertainment and business to culinary and true crime series, I will listen to almost anything, more so if it’s hosted by journalist Guy Raz (of How I Built This fame). And yes, I have been there. I have sat in a stationary car parked in my driveway, deep in fear of missing the last 15 minutes of a riveting episode. Mostly though, I love listening to sage advice from smart and influential people. What a gift with this month’s issue, a wellspring of motivational stories. It is Tatler’s second annual list of Asia’s Most Influential which recognises the people who have been creating meaningful impact throughout the…
DANIEL NADEL Photographer Daniel Nadel has worked in both Sydney and London shooting for clients such as L’Officiel, Net-A-Porter and Wonderland Magazine. His personal work focuses on film photography due to his love of the variation and imperfections in how images turn out. Nadel shot this month’s fashion shoot (p.86). AZZA ARIF Azza Arif has styled, conceptualised and brought to life creative visions for various brands and magazines. Her work includes styling Hollywood celebrities like Liv Tyler, Naomi Scott and Lucy Hale to name a few. For Tatler, she styled this month’s cover shoot (p.126). KY CHAN KY Chan has worked as a professional illustrator and visual artist for over 30 years, and his pieces have been displayed in both solo and group exhibitions. In this issue, he turns his…
It was an eye-opener when Izzana Salleh heard her female peers admit their struggles with self-doubt and limiting beliefs. For Izzana, who is CEO of Rise Human Capital, hearing other highly-educated and qualified women talk about feeling incompetent or inadequate in their workplaces was paradoxically empowering—it was proof that she was not alone in her own feelings. “There is power in the collective voice,” muses the Harvard Kennedy School alum. “There’s power in realising you’re not the only one going through that.” The next logical step was to question where these feelings were coming from. What made these women feel that way? What were the underlying issues affecting female leadership in their lives and societies? These were questions that Izzana and her Harvard classmates, all of whom were from the…
Euan Smith officially joined Astro Malaysia in April 2020, and is set to assume the role of group CEO in February next year. He shares how he’s settling in his role, his goals for the media house and more. “I’ve been in the TV industry for 20 years, and have been in five different markets,” shares the mechanical engineering graduate, who prior to joining the industry, was involved in establishing Solero ice cream by Wall’s, during his time at Unilever. He first got into television with Sky UK. “I learnt a lot at Sky,” shares the 53-year-old, “and then my boss moved to the German branch, and I tagged along to help him run the operations there. My next job was in the US, which was building a completely new…
1 CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES POWERED BY TECHNOLOGY Did you know that Sime Darby Motors City is the first automotive facility in Malaysia to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in daily operations? Demonstrating Sime Darby Motors’ commitment to accelerate efficiency and deliver world-class customer service, this RM567 million automotive hub in Ara Damansara boasts a vehicle tracking management system that allows for quicker collection of vehicles upon completion of service. It has a camera-based parking guide and customisable signages to ensure greater security and convenience for customers. Sime Darby Motors City has also installed IoT-powered automated number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras which will enable customers’ appointment data to be accessed upon arrival as part of a contactless self-check-in system. A service advisor will then be alerted and automatically assigned to the…
