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SKECHERS SUNDOWN

FESTIVAL

EXPLOSIVE FORCES

OF DANCE

CULTURE – ENTERTAINMENT – TO-DO – RESTAUR ANTS – SHOPPING – E V EN T S

THE PHANTOM VISITS THE

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CONTENTFROM THE PRESIDENT

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18A SMOOTH NIGHT WITH MRAZ

Jason Mraz , the Grammy Award winning smooth jazz singer/songwriter, performes at the Star Theatre.

DINING FOR ALL SENSESOne Farrer Hotel present an interactive

dining experience at Escape Restaurant & Lounge.

MUSIC, MOVIE & MOVES Asia’s definitive music and arts festival, Skechers

Sundown Festival, is back in Singapore for its 10th edition.

26–27 OUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANTS32–33 OUR FAVOURITE SPAS

38–39 OUR FAVOURITE SHOPPING46–47 OUR FAVOURITE HAWKERS

Cover photos: Press photo (Ed Sheeran & TOKiMONSTA), Liu Chen-hsiang, Johan Persson

As it happens, Singapore and I are the same age. Both “born” in 1965 (Singapore gained independence from Malaysia) I do have a cou-ple of months advance on the Lion City. At the ripe age of 54 I do feel a certain connection with Singapore in more than one way.

Having travelled the world for decades I must say that Singapore has aged beautifully in comparison to other cities of the same age. Yes, there are the big, shiny shopping malls and steel and glass hotels and business build-ings but in some way Singapore has managed to keep the soul of its heritage alive in an amazing way.

When I arrived at Changi airport for the first time many years ago, I got a first impres-sion of a vibrant city but also a city that cares about its history and pristine nature. Hopping into a taxi and driving towards Orchard Road you can only enjoy the green and lush nature that is implemented in the city planning. Tak-ing a night walk on Orchard towards Tanglin and ending up in a beautiful park, where else in the world can you do that. Yes, New York has its Central Park and London has its Hyde Park, but still. The care and attention to detail and the cleanliness that is so obvious in Singa-pore, that is what makes it unique.

And if you want to experience the “old” Singapore you can just shoot down to Chi-natown or Little India and fill your camera´s flashcard to the brim with photos of historical buildings and amazing architecture. A small temple here and there, the small family shop on the corner, the fishmonger on the curb and every now and then the unique odor of the durian fruit. Actually you can stand with one foot in the history of Singapore on one side of the street and with the other foot in Singapore of today and the future in a high-end flashy shopping mall.

I have over the years made a lot of close friends in Singapore and without them I would probably be eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at McDonalds. But with a little guid-ance I now have my favourite hawkers and food courts. Although everything is not mar-keted as the “go-to-place” the best way to get to know the genuine Singapore is to interact with the locals. They know where to go and when. The language barrier and cultural dif-ferences are easily overcome with a smile and a laugh.

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See the toys you played with, recognise the ones you always wanted and explore a world of toys you didn´t even know exi-sted. The Mint Museum of Toys hosts a very impressive collection of 50,000 rare and antique toys from over 40 countries worldwide. From trinkets to full collections of figurines with an estimated value of over 5 million Singapore dollars.#

The Mint Museum of Toys, www.emint.com

HOOPS FOR CHARITY

TOYS, TOYS,TOYS

Learn about the Singapore Navy and how it all began. View guns and other things from the Navy´s early warships.

Also all about what makes the Singapore Navy a mod-ern fighting force, the platforms it possesses and the arse-nal that they pack. Try taking out simulated enemy targets, navigate a ship through the busy Singapore Strait or steer a submarine underwater. The “Navy Family” protects the shores and waters and contributes in overseas operations such as the disastrous Tsunami in 2004 and countering pi-racy since 2009.#

The Navy Museum, 112 Tanah Merah Coast Road,

Mon-Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 9am–3pm

The Original Harlem Globetrotters are globally known for their amazing feats on the basketball court, incredible humour, generous acts of goodwill and providing endless entertainment for their adoring fans, and this tour is no different.

This year, join the Globetrotters as they celebrate the fans during their all-new Fan Powered World Tour. They will be bringing you closer to the action, closer than ever before, with more chances during and after our game to directly interact with the Globetrotters stars.

Don’t forget to secure a spot at Magic Pass, the Globetrotters’ exclusive pre-game event. Before every game, Magic Pass gives you unprecedented access to the stars of the team, as you learn tricks, shoot hoops, and take photos on the court and after the game take part in a free autograph session too.

The Globetrotters’ one-of-a-kind show is unrivalled in the world of family entertainment. It is an event not to be missed.#

Harlem Globetrotters, April 5, Singapore Indoor Stadium. sportshub.com.sg

NAVYGOING

Slam dunking across the world and donating all the proceeds to charity, the Harlem Globetrotters will have your head spinning like a basketball trying to follow all their moves.

Singapore´s best kept secret when it comes to party time with the locals is Stickies Bar. The party is on at any of the four citywide locations and you are always guaranteed to have a fabu-lous time.

Here you can chill out with the locals and expats or engage in a fun game of pool, darts, board games or PS4 enjoying the best drinks with your new best buddies. And don´t miss out on the famous Beer O´clock where the price of drinks are set by the time you order. At 2PM a pint of beer is SGD 2 and so on.

Stickies serve the best food and the cheapest drinks in town. Not only do they have great deals at all times of the day, they also boast a myriad of games and beer pong to keep everyone entertained while enjoying their favourite drink.#

FULL PARTY AT STICKIES

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When visiting Singapore you must go and experience Gardens by the Bay. It is a fantastic park and recreational area in the center of town with an amazing array of flowers and trees in a marvelous setting. You enter the lush greenery and with interconnecting bridges and gangways to take you across the beautiful landscape.

Opening on April 14 there will be an even more thrilling experience of the magic gardens when Floral Fantasy welcomes everybody to explore the plants and wildlife of the Gardens. The 1,500 sqm Floral Fantasy will be featuring four diverse garden landscapes, each showcasing a different concept of floral artistry, as well as a 4D multimedia ride simulating the journey of the mythical dragonfly’s flight path through Gardens by the Bay.#

Floral Fantasy, opens April 14, Bayfront Plaza, Gardens by the Bay,

www.gardensbythebay.com.sg

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The festival brings to the island an exhilarating line-up of music performances and art instal-lations. Evolved into a larger-than-life 3D2N party, Skechers Sundown Festival has mu-sically united 11 countries from around the region since 2014 to generate hype amongst festivalgoers, and bridge the diversity of Asian countries. This year’s lineup is a full-blown participation from the countries across music, arts, culture and food. Catch award winning design architects, films and musicians repre-senting China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Ma-laysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.Vincent Leung, President of Skechers South-east Asia says: –It brings us great pleasure to

be the title sponsor of Sundown Festival this year. Skechers has always been supportive of the music industry and we’re excited to showcase Asia music and culture to the world through this one-of-a-kind mega festival.

A WONDERLAND LIKE NO OTHERSkechers Sundown Festival’s tagline, “Asia Music Wonderland”, aims to unite people withcurious and imaginative spirits. Designed for anyone with a love for Asian music and itsdiverse entertainment scene, the festival is programmed to celebrate all things Asian, andpromote its values and spirit during the 3 day-2 night event through music, food, art, and culture.

Kelvin Goh and Samantha Chan, co-founders of Skechers Sundown Festival shared that thefestival celebrates Asian talent and diversity with a stellar lineup of interna-tional music actsrepresenting Asian roots. The time for Asia is now and together with Skechers, they arecommitted to transforming local dreams to global footprints, something that they see as animportant value-add for the performers.

With more than 50 Asian artists at the NC-16 festival, and fronted by veteran music art-ists, the stages are set to be lit. Look forward to the heavy metal prowess of Crossfaith (Japan) and DJ Laidback Luke (Philippines), hip-hop tunes from MFBTY (South Korea) and High-

Asia’s definitive music and arts festival, Skechers Sundown Festival, is back in Singapore for its 10th edition and the event’s biggest to date. Bigger better and more bold.

MUSIC, MOVIES & MOVES

FROM THE LEFT: SHOGUN, TOKiMONSTA, HENRY FONG, MFBTY WILL ALL PERFORM AT

SKECHERS SUNDOWN FESTIVAL.

er Brothers (China), and the melodic crooning from Charlie Lim (Singapore). Other performers include DJ KoFlow (Sin-gapore), DJ Shogun (Taiwan), Henry Fong (China), and many more artists.

GOING BEYOND MUSICIn addition to music, Skechers Sundown Festival takes pride in its curated collaboration of Asian content creators from the art and film industries. Expect larger than life art installationsof the wonderland theme that drives home the message of our

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environmental crisis in Asia curated by Borneo Laboratory, led by Wendy Teo. Inspired by its pristine nature, the spirit of Borneo is all about being conscientious and holistic in action. It is the same spirit has established har-mony, conversation and symbiosis between man and nature. Borneo Labo-ratory is interested in infusing this spirit into cross-regional collaborations that manifest empathetic, universal values.

On the Saturday of Skechers Sundown Festival, film buffs can also enjoy two award-winning films by Anticipate Pictures — Japanese drama-comedy which won 2nd prize in the Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival, “Oh Lucy!”, featuring Josh Hartnett, and Chinese animated dark comedy film which won the Best Animation at the Golden Horse Award, Have A Nice Day.#

Sundown Festival, April 19–21 at Siloso Beach, Sentosa,

www.sundownfestival.sg.

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RAFFLES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: REVISITING THE SCHOLAR AND THE STATESMAN

until April 28, Asian Civilisations Museum, acm.org.sg

To better understand and enjoy the rich culture of South East Asia a visit to the Asian Civilisations Museum is highly recommended.

Sir Stamford Raffles was a British official with the East India Company and was stationed in Southeast Asia between 1805 and 1824. He is known for establishing modern Singapore as a British port, as the author of “The History of Java”, and as a collector of natural history and cultural materials. Opinions of Raffles have changed over time and he has been viewed as a scholarly expert on the region, a progressive reformer, a committed imperialist, and even a

plagiariser. In keeping with the Asian Civili-sations Museum’s mission to explore encoun-ters and connections, this exhibition presents a complex, multi-layered picture of Raffles while showcasing the rich artistic and cultur-al heritage of Java and the Malay world. The presentation of this exhibition is an unique collaboration between the British Museum in London and the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore.#

A TRUE STATESMAN AND SCHOLAR

COGAN (RITUAL “FAN”) Photo: Collection of Museum

Nasional Indonesia

A WHITE MONKEY, PROBABLY HANUMAN, IDENTIFIED AS MONYET FUGGANGA

Image courtesy of The Trustees of the British Museum.

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Lin Hwai-min is a dance giant who pioneered a sig-nature movement philosophy that draws from tradi-tional Asian culture and aesthetics to create exquisite and explosive forces of dance, influencing generations of artists and firmly establishing Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre as one of the strongest dance compa-nies in the world.

Poetic, powerful and replete with philosophical beauty, the works of writer-turned-choreographer Lin Hwai-min have cemented their place in the collective consciousness of the international dance community.

After nearly five glorious decades of paving the way for contemporary dance in Asia and making Cloud Gate one of the finest dance companies in the world, the esteemed choreographer is stepping down as its Artistic Director at the end of 2019. This 45th anniversary celebration is a retrospective of Lin’s works, featuring excerpts from nine of his most classic pieces. Don’t miss this rare chance to witness Cloud Gate’s legendary power and beauty.#

Cloud Gate 45th Anniversary Gala Programme —

Lin Hwai-min: A Retrospective, May 3-4, Esplanade

Theatre. www.esplande.com

EXPLOSIVE FORCES OF DANCE

Photo: Liu Chen-hsiang

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The Flyer consists of 28 capsules, about the size of a normal city bus, and every capsule carries up to 28 passengers at a time. The total capacity of the Flyer is 784 passengers per revolution. A full rotation takes about 30 minutes which gives you good time to take in all the beauty of Singapore. On a good day you can see up to 45 kilometers away which is actually more than the city island itself. Apart from see-ing Changi Airport and Sentosa Island you can even see parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. Especially at Christmas time it offers an amazing view as Singapore lights up for the holidays. You can easily spot the Orchard Road fantas-tic Christmas Lights.

Singapore Flyer is the brainchild of world renowned architect Dr. Kisho Kurokawa (Japan) and architectur-

al firm DP Architects (Singapore). The design is notably “avant-garde” – experimental and innovative while em-phasizing simplicity and harmony. It took five years to complete and in 2008 it opened to the public and already that same year it crossed the one million mark in ticket sales. Singapore Flyer is one of the world’s largest Giant Observation Wheel and also one of Asia’s biggest tourist attractions.#

Singapore Flyer, 30 Raffles Avenue,

www.singaporeflyer.com

Down by the beautiful harbour of Singapore stands the iconic land-mark of Singapore Flyer. With a height of 165 meters, about the same as a 42-storey building, it takes you to the top of the city and provides a majestic view over the Marina Bay area with the Marina Bay Sands in the backdrop and many other landmarks of Singapore to be seen from above. An experience not to be missed.

ON TOP OF SINGAPORE

Photos: Straco Leisure and Singapore Tourism Board

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Jason Mraz is a Grammy Award winning smooth jazz singer/songwriter originally from Virginia, USA who rose to fame on the San Diego coffee house circuit.

This singer-songwriter from Suffolk, England, captures his audien-ce with his hybrid pop and R&B sound, his mellow voice and soulful lyrics. Ed Sheeran has found extensive fame across all corners of the globe and is ready to mesmerize Singapore.

Originally from Mechanicsville in Virginia, Mraz described his childhood as idyllically American. He moved around a lot after his education, he en-rolled at the American Musican & Dramatic society in New York before returning home and attended Longwood University, but instead of going to classes he went road tripping west and eventually ended up settling in San Francisco.

He threw himself into the musical scene of the city, becoming a roadie for Elgin Park and released a rough demo album of tracks including ‘1000 Things’ and ‘Halfway Home’. Elektra Records released his first full length in 2002 which spawned his first ap-pearance on the US billboard charts with his single ‘The Remedy’ and earned him an opening slot for Tracy Chapman at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

His next major success came in 2008 when he re-leased his third album ‘We Sing. We Dance. We Steal

Things’ which charted at number three in the US and within the top ten in the UK, building on Mraz’s already growing reputation, the album has gone on to sell almost two million copies in the States. It fea-tures Jason’s most successful single to date, the ten-der ‘I’m Yours’ which has sold 9.5 million copies to date. The other two songs released from the album did not fare as well commercially but scored Mraz two Grammy awards.

A huge foundation to build on, ‘Love Is A Four Letter Word’ charted highest on the US and UK al-bum charts and featured his second most successful ‘I Won’t Give Up’. He released his fifth album ‘Yes!’ this summer and it saw more success in the US.#

Jason Mraz, May 11, The Star Theatre,

Singapore, www.thestar.sg/the-star-theatre

At the tender age of 14, Ed Sheeran began recording music and independently released his first collection of songs “The Orange Room EP”. It was after his move to London in 2008, though, that his music career really began to take off due to the release of his “Loose Change EP”, which featured future megahit single “The A Team”.

Prepared to graft from the very start, Ed Sheeran played 312 gigs in 2009 in addition to constantly releasing new ma-terial on his YouTube channel. These gigs and his widespread social media following caught the attention of Jamie Foxx, Elton John and Example. Further to this, his hard work won thousands of fans, who would show up at any small gigs he was playing. Knowing they were on to a good thing, Asylum/Atlantic Records quickly signed Ed Sheeran to their label after the release of his popular “No. 5 Collaborations Project” EP.

His debut studio album “+” entered at number one in the UK charts after he secured four top ten singles in a row from the album. An opportunity to break into the US market soon came about after he was given the opportunity to tour with the band Snow Patrol.

Licensing of his music to television shows, and collabora-tions with One Direction on their song “Moments”, and with Taylor Swift on the song “Everything Has Changed”, paved the way for Ed Sheeran’s second studio album “x” (pronounced ‘multiply’) to hit the number one position in both the UK and the US charts.

Despite being so early in his career, Ed has already been nominated for three Grammy Awards and was the recipient of a 2012 Ivor Novello Award for “The A Team”. With these successes under his belt, Ed Sheeran’s star can only continue to rise.#

Ed Sheeran, April 26, Kallang National Stadium, Singapore,

sportshub.com.sg

A SMOOTH NIGHT WITH MRAZ

MUSIC FOR ALL SOULS

Photo: Justin Bettman

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One Farrer Hotel is an award winning five-star urban hotel with modern and technology enabled accommodations for a full lifestyle experience.

TOTAL LIFESTYLE EXPERIENCE

All photos: One Farrer Hotell

One Farrer Hotel is a five-star luxury hotel in the Farrer Park district, Singapore. An icon-ic beacon in Farrer Park called Connexion, the 243-guest room urban resort is designed for the discerning traveller and amalgamates innovative hospitality offerings with its dis-tinctive presence within one of Singapore’s historic neighbourhoods. Defined by an intu-itive approach towards lifestyle and hospital-ity, the urban resort embodies a ‘Hotels with-in a Hotel’ concept with three distinct hotel entities to serve the varied requirements of hotel residents.

One Farrer Hotel consists of the Urban Hotel, Loft Apartments and Skyline Hotel & Sky Villas, which features modern and tech-nology enabled contemporary chic accom-modations.

–With the opening of One Farrer Hotel, we look forward to welcoming guests to ex-perience lifestyle concepts we have thought-fully crafted, which we believe will tick all the boxes of what travellers would want in a hotel. Our ‘Total Lifestyle Environment’ phi-losophy and distinct offerings strive to meet, exceed and anticipate the expectations of our hotel residents and patrons in the sophisti-cated hospitality landscape of Singapore, says Mr. Gilbert Madhavan, General Manager, One Farrer Hotel.

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The rooms at One Farrer Hotel are all enhanced by individually controlled in-room mood lighting, amenity services and temperature controls, with all rooms featur-ing ‘sleep well’ beds, generous-sized rain showers, ‘perfect view’ mirrors and 55-inch smart televisions that are uti-lised to view in-room dining menus as well as the in-room shopping catalogue. With a selection of over 300 products, residents can indulge in retail therapy in the comfort of their room. To further extend the in-room experience, the hotel’s mini bars and high speed WiFi are complimentary.

EAT AND DRINKHotel and city guests are able to indulge in a smorgasbord of local and international cuisine from the hotel’s 24-hour restaurant and lounge, Escape Restaurant & Lounge, which presents an open format interactive kitchen. With a capacity of 170 seats indoors and outdoors, guests can per-sonally make their selections from the interactive kitch-en or order from the complete a la carte menu. At Escape Restaurant & Lounge, the entire experience is integrated, presenting its patrons with a dining experience that engag-es more than the palate. In addition, other F&B offerings include Local Fresh Seasonal (LFS), which serves freshly produced dishes for a quick meal or takeaway; Institute of Nutrition, Origins of Food, Skyline Lounge, One Farrer Confectionery, Sunset Bar, Poolside Restaurant and Owen Road Diner, a unique virtual restaurant that operates on

ONE FARRER HOTEL

1 Farrer Park Station Road, Singapore, www.onefarrer.com

MORE ABOUT ONE FARRER HOTEL

The iconic beacon in the Farrer Park district, One Farrer Hotel is located in the middle

of a rich heritage and cultural enclave, set amidst new and dynamic developments

of the future.

Nourishing both body and soul, the hotel and its surroundings resonate with notes

of serenity with 14 gardens and The Farm located over 20 levels, offering lush green-

ery, flowing waters and reflective spaces, including a 11,100 sq foot operating urban

farm.

Further extending our ‘Total Lifestyle Environment’ is the campus-wide commis-

sioned permanent art collection, featuring more than 700 pieces of original Greater

Asia 3D and contemporary art by emerging and established artists from Singapore

and around the region, located in each of its accommodations and

public areas. With Farrer Park MRT station right at its door-

step, the Central Business District, places of interest and

the city’s main shopping belt are just minutes away. A

member of Preferred Hotel & Resorts, One Farrer Hotel

lays the foundations of the modern Farrer Park.

an electronic ordering system and extends its quick delivery service within the Connexion campus.

RELAXING AND WELL-BEINGThe hotel’s Spa Retreat is a haven for rejuve-nation and relaxation. Featuring an Olym-pic-sized swimming pool, 24/7 Workout, Japanese-style onsens, reflexology water walk, relaxation gardens and comprehensive fitness facilities, the Spa Retreat offers a wide range of spa treatment experiences that will bring a harmonious balance to both body and mind.#

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HISTORY AND FOOD COMBINED

Singapore is filled with history and a haven for foodies. If you want to dig deep into Singapores history and culinary heritage, join a guided walk through tales of the past and present combined with the sweet smell and taste of what Singapore has to offer on the plate.

Visitors to Singapore can get to know more about the city, its heritage, food, people and culture – all in bite-sized information while soaking in the sights and sounds while on holiday. You will be guided and find out more about Singapore like the now buzzling Or-chard Road once was a nutmeg plantation in the 1930 and what is the secret ingredient in the much loved Ya Kun coffee. These are just some of the interesting fun facts that visitors can learn through the ION Orchard food and heritage trail.

Tapping on the five senses – sight, sound, smell, touch and most definitely taste, visitors are taken on a unique journey to learn about the history of Singapore and Orchard Road, as well as the city’s food and culture through var-ious food samplings of local cuisines. Visitors can expect to sample popular culinary treats and signature local delights such as bite-sized Kuehs from Bengawan Solo, barbequed pork Ba-Kwa from Lim Chee Guan, and the sta-ple Kaya Toast and coffee from Ya Kun Kaya Toast. As part of the tour, they will also get to sample mouthwatering local delights such as

Satay, Hainanese chicken rice, chendol and more. The trail is on-going and runs daily on weekdays from 10-11.30am (Mon – Fri) and a new Mandarin version was recently launched to cater to Chinese travellers on Thursdays.#

To register for the ION Orchard food and

heritage trail, call +65 6238 8228 or email

[email protected] (at least 3

working days in advance)

www.ionorchard.com

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Singapore is attracting more and more critically acclaimed chefs and internationally renowned restaurant names, further strengthening what is one of the most popular pastimes on the island: eating. Progressive, innovative and culturally diverse, it’s no wonder so many restaurants here find themselves on the world’s best restaurants lists.

RESTAURANTSOUR FAVOURITE...

RESTAURANT ANDRÉ 41 Bukit Pasoh Road,

Phone +65 6534 8880

Taiwanese-born chef André Chiang has one key principle: each of the eight dishes on his ever-changing menu correlates to a set of eight elements. The bold flavours in his foie gras with black truffle evoke the ‘memory’ of diners, whilst his ‘pure’ dishes are prepared without seasoning or the use of electricity. It sounds like borderline pretentious, but with Restaurant André consistently ranking in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, the culinary world seems to think it works on a world-beating level.

JAAN 70th Floor, 2 Stamford Road, Swissôtel the

Stamford, Phone: +65 6837 3322

Boasting panoramic views of the Singapore skyline, restaurant Jaan’s wow-factor starts before you’ve even taken your first bite. It’s no surprise that this intimate 40-seat venue has been a permanent fixture on critically-ac-claimed lists of best restaurants in Asia, with its French menu delighting even the most discerning of food critiques. Jaan’s five or sev-en-course set menu brings the finest seasonal ingredients to centre stage to enhance delica-cies such as fresh oysters, langoustine, caviar, foie gras and pigeon.

IGGY’S 581 Orchard Road, Hilton Singapore Hotel

Phone: +65 6732 2234

Ask any Singaporean what the best restaurant in the country is and the name ‘Iggy’s’ will more than likely pop up. The award-winning restaurant is synonymous with creative, del-icate flavours inspired by all corners of the culinary world. Diners can enjoy some par-ticularly flamboyant sounding dishes such as cappellini with sakura ebi, and tuna belly with pinot noir, all in the cool surroundings of the Hilton Singapore Hotel on Orchard Road.

THE TIPPLING CLUB CHINATOWN 38 Tanjong Pagar Road,

Phone: +65 6475 2217

After enjoying half a decade of success on Dempsey Hill, this critically acclaimed restau-rant is enjoying a new lease of life after mov-ing to the more central Chinatown area. Eng-lish-born head chef Ryan Clift takes the word innovative to a whole new level, with his min-

iature cheesecakes bottled up in prescription bottles. Other odd combos include the ome-lette with smoked eel and caviar, which can be washed down with some beetroot, horserad-ish and sorrel juice. Weird? Yes! Wonderful? Absolutely!

RAFFLES GRILL CIVIC DISTRICTRaffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road,

Phone: +65 6412 1816

The classic setting and long history behind the Raffles Hotel render this dining experience a must. Don’t be misled by the elegant coloni-al British inspired interiors; the menu leans towards contemporary French, where classic dishes evolve into extraordinary works of art. The multi-course, Raffles’ favourites such as caviar, duck liver, lobster and fillet steak going hand-in-hand with the pianist playing in the background and the most impeccable service in Singapore.

WAKU GHIN MARINA BAY SANDS Marina Bay Sands, Phone: +65 6688 8507

Waku Ghin is acclaimed celebrity chef Tet-suya Wakuda’s fine-dining restaurant. The intimate restaurant´s dining concept is based upon a multi-faceted use of space, where din-ers can move from room to room. The 8,000 sqft restaurant features a 3,000-label wine list as well as an intimate lounge at the entrance for aperitifs with four unique dining rooms featuring private enclosures for small parties. Following this, diners then move into the main dining room, coffee and digestifs, while taking in the floor-to-ceiling views of the Sin-gapore skyline.

CUT BY WOLFGANG PUCK The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands,

Phone +65 6688 8517

The second Marina Bay Sands restaurant not to be missed is CUT by Wolfgang Puck, simply this is the best steakhouse in Singapo-re. Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck imports in only the finest, freshest cuts of beef such as American sirloin, ribeye and filet, alongside more exclusive varieties such as Australian Angus and Japanese Wagyu and Kobe. Don’t expect your usual steakhouse settings either; the decor and ambiance oozes class and sop-histication, making this not only Singapore’s best steakhouse, but also its poshest. Meat in style.#

Photo: visitSingapore.com

Photo: Singapore Tourism Board

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OLD AND NEW MUSIC WITH SSO

AN EVENING WITH JOHN MAYER

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra presents a multi-music platter of delight. If you are into the classics or video game music doesn´t matter, it´s all here showing that symphony orchestras master a wide variety of genres.

Seven-time GRAMMY award winner, John Mayer, is known for numerous massive hits such as “New Light,” “Gravity,” “Love on the Weekend,” “Heartbreak Warfare,” “Daugh-ters,” “Waiting on the World to Change,” “Your Body Is a Wonderland,” and many more. This will be Mayer’s debut arena show in Singapore! “An Evening with John Mayer” concert will feature songs spanning Mayer’s entire recording career and mark his first tour down under since 2014.

In addition to his solo world tour, John May-er is again touring North America in 2019, for the fourth consecutive year, with Dead & Company, featuring Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, along with Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti - and Mayer himself.

Mayer’s last album, The Search For Everything (2017 through Sony Music Aus-tralia), is his seventh studio album and sixth ARIA top five, preceded by debut album Room for Squares in 2002, twice-Platinum

Heavier Things (2003), Battle Studies (2009), and ARIA #1s Born and Raised (2012) and 2013’s Paradise Valley.

Singer/songwriter/artist John Mayer has won seven GRAMMY awards and has earned a record seven U.S. No. 1s on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart and 25 entries on the Hot Rock Songs chart, the most for any solo art-ist. In 2018, he released the Gold-certified “New Light,” while working on his eighth solo album, the follow-up to 2017’s critical-ly acclaimed The Search for Everything. For

the third consecutive year, Mayer toured with Dead & Company, which played to more than 500,000 people this year on its third and larg-est tour.

Additionally, he launched ‘Current Mood,’ his highly regarded Instagram Live show on Sundays, which some have dubbed, “the best way to start the week on a high note, maybe even the only way.”#

John Mayer, April 1, Singapore Indoor

Stadium, sportshub.com.sg

THE IRISH QUEEN OF GAMES MUSICBehold! The SSO presents the Irish Queen of Games Music, Eímear Noone, in a grand musical party of “Video Games Classics”. The award-winning composer and conductor, re-sponsible for such fan favourites as “Malach” from World of Warcraft, will be joined by the Singapore Symphony Youth Choir & Friends in a journey of fantastic tunes from the rich worlds of World of Warcraft, Skyrim, Final Fantasy and Tetris. When past and present collide, the fate of all worlds hangs in the bal-ance.

April 5, Esplanade Concert Hall

RED BALLOON SERIES: RHYTHMS, RITES AND RENEWALS“Threshold” for percussion and orchestra was written by LA Philharmonic Principal tim-panist Joseph Pereira, requiring six timpani and a vast array of percussion instruments ordinary and extraordinary. Don’t miss this heart-pounding, eye-opening Asian pre-miere featuring our own Principal Timpanist Christian Schiøler and guest percussion duo

Maraca2. Contemporary music champion Pascal Rophé leads the SSO in his compatri-ot Jean-Frederic Neuburger’s dawn-inspired reverie, Aube, closing with Stravinsky’s revo-lutionary Rite of Spring.

May 3, Esplanade Concert Hall

DARK MAJESTY, WILD ELEGANCEThe Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2: dark majesty, breathtaking Romanticism. The Luto-slawski Concerto for Orchestra, “an episodic symbiosis with folk music”. Ravel’s bewitching La Valse, a spine-tingling tribute to the waltz, hypnotic and exhilarating, intoxicating and el-egant, ending in astonishment. This SSO Gala teams up two up-and-coming young artistes, French conductor Lionel Bringuier and Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov.

April 12, Esplanade Concert Hall

NOSTALGIC MELODIES OF YESTERYEAR WITH JOE & THE SOUL EXPRESSEspecially for fans of legendary rockers and crooners Cliff Richard, Paul Anka and Tom

Jones. This exciting hit-filled performance will feature veteran musicians Joe & The Soul Express who are making their debut at the Es-planade. Put on your dancing shoes and get ready for an unforgettable show.

May 6, Esplanade Recital Studio

MISSA SOLEMNIS – MASAAKI SUZUKI: FROM THE HEART - MAY IT RETURN TO THE HEART1819. The year Singapore was founded, the year Beethoven wrote the first notes of his splendid “Missa Solemnis”, one of his greatest achievements. He wrote on the opening page: “From the heart - may it return to the heart” - this grand choral statement of conviction stars the Singapore Symphony Chorus directed by famed Japanese maestro Masaaki Suzuki. Also performing are Rachel Nicholls, sopra-no, Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano, James Gilchrist, tenor and Christian Immler, baritone.#

May 10, Esplanade Concert Hall

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100 YEARS OF DANCE IN 2 HOURS

Singapore is a big melting pot of cultures from all over the world. Mostly Chinese but also the Indian culture is present everywhere in and around town. To celebrate the centennial of Indian Classic Dance, arts and dance the SIFAS festival kicks off a marvel of colours and rythm.

In commemoration of its 70th anniversary, the 17th edition of SIFAS Festival of Classical Indian Dance, Music and Arts 2019 celebrates the history, heritage and arts of Singapore with a platform to showcase in-ternational and local artists.. As part of the festival, SIFAS is proud to present an original production, Natya Yatra, which pays tribute to a century of classical Indian dance in Singapore. This theatrical dance production brings together four major Indian dance schools and an es-tablished ensemble, each with its own rich and unique history. Present-ed from the spectator’s perspective, the show illustrates the beginnings, evolution and future prospects of classical Indian dance through five acts that showcase the various Indian dance genres, using anecdotal

narratives; lighting design and animation; archival images of histor-ic moments, places and people and a live orchestra performing iconic music combined with original compositions.

“Natya Yatra” also creates an opportunity to recognise and pay homage to the pioneers and legends. An accompanying photo and video installation in collaboration with the Indian Heritage Centre of National Heritage Board will also be featured at SIFAS and Esplanade, showcasing archival footages of captivating moments in history.#

Natya Yatra, April 12, Esplanade Theatre, www.esplanade.com

Photo: Saksham Gangwar/Unsplash

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Parenting is a 24/7 job. You can’t apply for leave. But for your sanity’s sake, you’re allowed to sneak out for a little break once in a while!How about a spa treat on your precious time out? For once, you get to do nothing while someone else – the massage therapist – does all the work. Doesn’t that sound awesome?

To help you save on time, we’ve done the research for you. Here are our picks of some of the most pampering and interesting spas in Singapore to visit, in the north, south, east, west, central and not forgetting Sentosa, the mother of all spa locations.

SPASOUR FAVOURITE...

AURIGA – A CELESTIAL EXPERIENCECapella Singapore, Sentosa Island

Phone: +65 6591 5023

The signature treatments are designed around the lunar cycle. Titled New Moon, Waxing Moon, Full Moon and Waning Moon, each treatment is offered only when it corresponds to the particular stage the moon is in. The idea is to take advantage of the varying energies of the lunar phases to align you with the rhythms of nature for optimum wellbeing.

This spa also offers various other treat-ments and packages that will have you over the moon too.

ESPA – LUXURIOUS INDULGENCE8 Sentosa Gateway, Sentosa Island

Phone: +65 6577 8880

ESPA boasts a host of pampering facilities including Singapore’s first authentic Turkish Hammam, forest onsen-style pools and a spa café. If you’re wondering if this place is worth all the hype, even Joel Robuchon, the most Michelin-starred chef in the world, has giv-en his endorsement on the spa’s website. So all you need now is to find a good excuse to indulge!

ESPA has won multiple awards including Luxury Resort Spa, Best in Singapore and Most Pampering Treatment.

IKEDA SPA PRESTIGE – JAPANESE BLISS6 Eu Tong Sen Street, Clarke Quay Central

Phone: +65 6388 8080,2

Their mission is to deliver a Japanese wow experience through Omotenashi - the heart of Japanese hospitality. Designed around the concept of ryokans from the Edo period, the spa offers the first Hinoki Onsen Bath expe-rience. Its Zen Candle Therapy Massage uses Ikeda’s own customised massage zen candles to create a nourishing salve for the skin.A special mention of the Geisha Organic Facial treatment uses UV-sanitised nightin-gale droppings, a traditional beauty secret kept by geishas in Japan.

NIMBLE/KNEAD – YOUR MIND WILL TRAVEL66 Eng Watt Street #01-28, Tiong Bahru

Estate, Phone: +65 6438 3933

With its industrial chic design and shipping container treatment rooms, Nimble/Knead

fits in perfectly with its hip Tiong Bahru neighbours – the indie bookstores, quirky fashion boutiques, and Instagram-friendly cafés. Housed in a conserved shophouse the concept stems from a desire to “transport” guests to wherever their minds take them, as their bodies are kneaded to total relaxation.How about a “trip” to Bali, made possible by Nimble/Knead’s signature Destination Bali massage.

MASEGO – THE SAFARI SPA333 Boon Lay Way, Level 3, Leisure Wing

Phone: +65 6790 1661

With a safari-themed spa in this part of Singa-pore, it’s indeed the “Wild Wild West”. You get to enjoy your treatment in one of 14 canopied tents, lulled to total relaxation by the hum-ming of tropical birds. The spa has interest-ing treatments such as Cleopatra’s Sandbath Detox Therapy, an ancient Egyptian remedy that will have you immersed in a tub of heated sand that has been treated with aromatic salts and herbs! A plus is its late closing hours.

SPA APERIAL BEAUTY HAIR NAILVibes @ East Coast, 308 Telok Kurau Road

Phone: +65 6348 8343

All treatments are performed in rooms with beautiful sea view wall murals by professionals who will pamper you and use the latest tech-nology to get the best results for long lasting beauty. Although it’s known more for its facial therapies, the spa has received good reviews for its Body Hot Stone Therapy and has been recognised by World Luxury Spa Awards, Eu-ropean Health & Spa Award, and the like.

ARAMSA SPA - CARE AND COMFORT1384 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, Bishan Park 2

Phone: +65 6456 6556

Located within the Bishan Park, Aramsa Spa pioneered the garden spa concept and infuses natural remedies with botanical extracts. Im-mersed within the lush greenery of a nation-al park, it has uniquely designed treatment rooms with designs in harmony with the gar-den.This spa offers treatments for kids as well. The little one can get a Mini Swedish Recharge while you pamper yourself with the Aramsa Touch, the signature fusion massage. Relax and bond with each other at the same time.#

Photo: Pixabay

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ONE FARRER HOTEL

1 Farrer Park Station Road, Singapore, www.onefarrer.com

One Farrer Hotel present an interactive dining experience at Escape Restaurant & Lounge in surroundings most carefully designed for a time of elegant indulgence and savoury pleasure.

DINING FOR ALL SENSES

Savour a feast for the senses at Escape Restaurant & Lounge, a 24-hour destination where master chefs present a smorgasbord of local and international cuisine from an open format interactive kitchen. With a seating capacity of 170 persons, patrons can personally make their selections from the interactive kitchen or order from a comprehen-sive a la carte menu. For greater variety, both restaurant and lounge patrons can enjoy 16 different wines by the glass with their meals. At Escape Restaurant & Lounge, the entire experience is engaging, presenting its patrons with a dining experience that involves more than the palate. A multi-sensory experience awaits, as diners can take in the sights and activity of the open kitchen, where chefs are readily available behind the food stations to recommend the day’s highlights, providing a glimpse into their roles behind the counter or customize dishes to diners’ prefer-ences, for patrons to enjoy a complete culinary escapade.

Featuring nine interactive stations that offer a sump-tuous spread across Chinese, North Indian, Japanese,

Western, local cuisine and more, Escape has something to satisfy every palate. As the name suggests, a trip to Escape is akin to a gastronomic journey as diners can make their way through the delicious spread, from cold cuts and sal-ads to hearty mains hot off the grill, and tasty Tandoori items that are made fresh upon request in a Tandoori oven that was customized for the restaurant. Signature items that are bound to whet the appetite in-clude freshly tossed Classic Singapore Hainanese Chicken Rice, and Crispy Lobster Noodle. An array of delectable sweets including tarts, cakes, petit fours and a chocolate fondue fountain also round up the restaurant’s spread on a sweet note.

Guests who have their minds set on the restaurant’s sig-natures can opt for the a la carte menu, which offers a se-lection of salads, soups, mains and desserts. The Cream of Champignon is a slurp worthy concoction that is smooth and creamy, packed with the robust flavours of wild for-est mushrooms with a drizzle of white truffle oil. Closer

to home, the restaurant’s One Farrer Signature Lobster Laksa and Fried Hokkien Mee give a taste of local favourites but with a unique twist. Sweet plates such as the Durian Fudge topped with Vanilla Sponge, and the Mango Crumble also highlights the restaurant’s em-phasis on flavours of the region.

With floor-to-ceiling glass windows and thoughtfully-selected contemporary fur-nishing, the restaurant presents a warm and comfortable setting that caters to leisurely meals or business gatherings. A mix of culi-nary-themed decorations lines the walls of the interactive kitchen, enticing both the visual and gastronomic senses.

Escape also serves the daily breakfast, where in-hotel residents and patrons can in-dulge in a power-packed spread from a live egg station and dig into fluffy waffles and pan-cakes cooked a la minute. Those looking for

familiar continental fare will enjoy the freshly baked breads, cheeses, cold cuts and cereals available.

With direct interaction between our chefs and diners, Escape is able to provide an add-ed touch of personal attention to their time at Escape. While offering a good variety over the interactive counters, the extensive a la carte menus ensure that the restaurant is able to meet and exceed the needs of guests all round the clock.#

All photos: One Farrer Hotell

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The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) takes con-temporary art out of the galleries and into the libraries with the SAM Mini Mobile Museum. A travelling art exhibition held in partnership with the National Library Board, the SAM Mini Mobile Museum brings contemporary art out to the Regional Libraries of Tampines, Woodlands and Jurong, as the museum build-ings undergo renovations. Through this initi-ative, SAM aims to introduce the multifaceted nature of contemporary art through a selec-tion of SAM’s National Collection artworks, adapted for non-museum spaces and created by Southeast Asian artists.

The first installment of the SAM Mini Mo-bile Museum will take place at the Tampines Regional Library on 4 April. Opening with May tainga ang lupa (The Land has Ears), an artwork by award-winning Filipino artist Rodel Tapaya, the commissioned arwork on display is an adaptation of the suite of diora-mas created by Tapaya in 2009 that are cur-rently part of the National Collection. Tapaya’s works have long drawn from the rich mythol-ogy of the Philippines, harnessing the fables,

folklore and legends of the many indigenous groups that once existed across the archipela-go. May tainga ang lupa (The Land has Ears) comprises 62 modular hexagonal lightboxes grouped around themes of Land, Water, Fire, Plants, Animals, Human and Spirit World. Each lightbox depicts an individual story or scene.

–The SAM Mini Mobile Museum exhibi-tion is a great opportunity for SAM to con-nect with communities in Tampines, Jurong and Woodlands, with commissioned artworks specially developed for the library environ-ment, and that encourage close study and experience. We expect that the fables and narratives that have inspired Rodel Tapaya’s artwork May tainga ang lupa (The Land has Ears) will resonate with viewers at Tampines Regional Library, allowing them to draw con-nections on cultures and storytelling between Singapore and the region, says June Yap, Di-rector of Curatorial, Programmes and Publi-cations, Singapore Art Museum.

–It is wonderful to partner SAM to host the specially curated art exhibition. It is a tie

up which will give patrons a varied learn-ing experience when they visit our libraries. They can learn more about Southeast Asian contemporary art not only through the exhi-bition, but also the programmes and our col-lection. We believe that this will inspire more people to read and learn, says Valerie Cheng, Director, Content & Services, Public Library Services, National Library Board.

Every exhibition will be accompanied by self-guided and interactive activities for fam-ilies, and a special selection of library books that relate to the artwork themes will be on display. At the Tampines Regional Library, Rodel Tapaya will be leading on-site work-shops based on his work for various groups.#

Tampines Regional Library, April 3–May 12,

Woodlands Regional Library, May 15–

June 23, Jurong Regional Library, June 26–

August 4

www.singaporeartmuseum.sg

RODEL TAPAYA

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is a contemporary art museum which focuses on art-making and art thinking in Singapore, Southeast Asia and Asia, encompassing a worldwide perspective on contemporary art practice. Since it opened in January 1996, SAM has built up one of the most important collections of contemporary art from the region. It seeks to seed and nourish a stimulating and creative space in Singapore through exhibitions and public programmes, and to deepen every visi-tor’s experience. However, the museum buildings are currently closed for a major building revamp, with museum programming continuing at partner venues until the buildings re-open.

SAM GOES MOBILE

RODEL TAPAYA’S COMMISSION FOR THE SAM MINI MOBILE MUSEUM, RESPONDS TO A SUITE OF FOUR DIORAMAS CREATED BY TAPAYA IN 2009, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN SAM’S NATIONAL COLLECTION. IMAGE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: THE WISE MONKEY AND THE FOOLISH GIANT. ORIGIN OF GRAIN. PEDRO AND THE WITCH. THE HUNTER OF PINAMALOY. Image courtesy of the Artist

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The range of Singapore shopping malls is so vast that some visitors to this tiny island state book their plane tickets purely for one reason: to shop til they drop! The shopping hub of the country, Orchard Road, features heavily on our Top 10 list, with mega malls such as ION Orchard and Ngee Ann City Mall both firm favourites. Singapore shopping malls are diverse too; a trip to Little India’a 24-hour Mustafa Centre certainly makes for a memorable experience, and VivoCity, near Sentosa, is so big you could spend a whole week shopping, dining and exploring its various entertainment facilities. All of these - and more - feature in our list of the Top 10 Shopping Malls in Singapore!

SHOPPINGOUR FAVOURITE...

FAR EAST PLAZA 14 Scotts Road

www.fareastplaza.com.sg

Far East Plaza on Orchard Road is one of Sin-gapore’s older shopping complexes attracting a young cool crowd looking for one-off bar-gain buys from unknown designers. Around 800 retail outlets occupy the six level mall catering to a mix of young students and tour-ists looking for something different. Fashion shops are on the casual and often outrageous side, tourists tend to visit more for the dis-counts available on items such as cameras and CD’s.

NGEE ANN CITY391 Orchard Road

www.ngeeanncity.com.sg

Ngee Ann City is something of a shopping centre landmark on Orchard Road, having de-livered brand names, book stores, beauty par-lours and restaurants to well-heeled shoppers since the last century. The mall also boasts an art and creativity section and the Takashima-ya department store over seven levels. Design-er labels are aplenty including Cartier, Hugo Boss, Dior and Gucci.

BUGIS JUNCTION BUGIS 3 New Bugis Street

www.bugisstreet.com.sg

This is one of the more vibrant shopping malls; part indoor department store, part open-air shopping street, this modern retail space feels like a combination of the Bugis Street Market and Bugis+ mall that both sit across the road. The mall also benefits from Bugis Street MRT Station, just a few stops away from the cen-tre of Singapore. The standout feature here is the huge glass roof that provides a handsome shelter, as well as the cute colonial shop hous-es and hawker-style carts that line the main shopping avenue.

ION ORCHARD 2 Orchard Turn

www.ionorchard.com

A stylish architectural wonder, ION Orchard glows like a futuristic beacon at the end of Or-chard Road enticing fashionistas and luxury shoppers inside. Welcome to Singapore’s most glamorous shopping complex a glass, marble and steel work of art where there are even ex-tra special toilets for high spending custom-ers and celebrities. Superior services include

butler style concierge and a celebrity chef fine dining establishment.

MUSTAFA CENTRE LITTLE INDIA 145 Syed Alwi Road

www.mustafa.com.sg

Open 24 hours, the Mustafa Centre offers a unique market style shopping experience. De-signer products are in abundance at low prices with everything from textiles to watches and electronics on sale. The mall is actually two department stores joined together with goods sold under the Mustafa name and streamlined by type.

KNIGHTSBRIDGE MALL270 Orchard Road

www.knightsbridge.com.sg

Knightsbridge Mall forms part of the trend-setting Grand Park Orchard Hotel. The mall is very cutting edge in design allowing retail outlets to completely customise their space via double façade frontages and direct street access. Flagship stores dominate this four level shopping centre which focuses sole-ly on fashion and jewellers. Dining is offered at the five-star hotel next door which, like the mall, is a dazzling creation of glass chic.

PARAGON SHOPPING CENTRE 290 Orchard Road

www.paragon.com.sg

Multi award-winning Paragon is a high-end mall housing luxury consumer goods and sought after in-trend brands from across the world. Spread across six levels are fashion stores, eateries, designer department outlets and sports boutiques including Jimmy Choo, Canale Patisserie Chocolatier, Muji and Nike. Parents will find plenty of choice in brand name kids clothing such as Armani Kids, Petit Bateau and Guess Kids.

MANDARIN GALLERY 333A Orchard Road

www.mandaringallery.com.sg

Formerly known as the Meritus Mandarin Shopping Arcade, the sparkling Mandarin Gallery brings the very best international de-signers and personalised tailored shopping to Orchard road. Situated adjoined to the pres-tigious Mandarin Orchard hotel, the mall is compact but very couture with brands such as Marc Jacobs and Just Cavalli showcasing high-end merchandise.#

Photo: Pixabay

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RICH HISTORY ON CANVAS

To get a good impression on Singapore´s rich cultural history and heritage, the National Gallery is a good place to go. Ongoing exhibitions of different kinds show the history of the Lion City. In both fiery oil colours and sombre gouache the magic of Singapore comes to life with the help of artistic impressions.

LIM CHENG HOE: PAINTING SINGAPORELim Cheng Hoe (1912–1979) was the leading watercolour artist of his generation and co-founded the Singapore Watercolour Society. Largely self-taught, he studied painting under the then-art inspector of schools, Richard Walker, and honed his skills in the 1950s and 1970s by practicing and interacting with fellow artists during outdoor painting sessions. Beginning with the early days of his practice in the 1930s, this exhibition features over 60 artworks, sketches and archival materials that highlight Lim’s mastery of outdoor watercolour landscape paint-ing.

Until June 9, City Hall Wing, Level 4 Gallery

BETWEEN DECLARATIONS AND DREAMS: ART OF SOUTHEAST ASIA SINCE THE 19TH CENTURYHoused in the former Supreme Court building, the UOB South-east Asia Gallery presents an exhibition on the art of Southeast Asia through shared artistic impulses across the region.

Starting in the 19th century, the history of Southeast Asian art is characterised by a continuous encounter with the new, inseparably linked to the region’s tumultuous social and political history. The meaning and expression of art was constantly negotiated as artists of Southeast Asia sought to incorporate and reinvent local expressions and aesthetic traditions as they grappled with modernity.

The curatorial narrative explores four main themes places in a broadly chronolog-ical sequence, each one critically examining the shared artistic impulse of the region for each period: Authority and Anxiety, Imagin-ing Country and Self, Manifesting the Nation, and Re:Defining Art.

This exhibition contains some artworks with potentially sensitive imagery. Visitor dis-cretion is advised.

Ongoing, UOB Southeast Asia Gallery,

Supreme Court Wing, Level 3–5

SIAPA NAMA KAMU?”Siapa Nama Kamu?” means ”What is your name?” The inaugural exhibition of the DBS Singapore Gallery poses this question, invit-ing visitors to consider how art may relate to issues of self and community, and what it means to look at Singapore through its art.

Siapa Nama Kamu? weaves together a rich and captivating narrative of artworks in a broadly chronological sequence, covering Singapore’s art history from the 19th century to the present day. Drawing on close to 400 works, it explores the influences and practices that have shaped and transformed Singapore art. Each artwork provides insights into why and how an artist responded to his surround-ings and circumstances. Taken as a whole, the wide range of artworks reflects the complexi-ties involved in telling this extensive story.

Ongoing, All Day, City Hall Wing, Level 2

WU GUANZHONG: EXPRESSIONS OF PEN & PALETTENational Gallery Singapore presents Wu Guanzhong Expressions of Pen & Palette to commemorate the centennial year of the artist’s birth in 2019. An innovator in fusing Chinese ink with Western modernism, and a significant painter of the 20th century, Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010) is also known as a

prolific writer on art criticism and creativity. The exhibition explores the relationship be-tween his artistic creations and literary writ-ing by bringing together major works from Singapore’s National Collection and a key Southeast Asian private collection.

The third in a series of exhibitions at the Wu Guanzhong Gallery, this exhibition pro-vides a new perspective and facilitate a deeper understanding towards appreciating Wu’s art that epitomises mastery and innovation with-in the wider context of ink aesthetics.

Until September 29, City Hall Wing, Level 4,

Wu Guanzhong Gallery

UNDER THE FIVE TREESFive trees, five songs and five stories, waiting to be discovered in the Esplanade Park. Draw-ing from the area’s rich history as a place for lovers and loners to hide, Under the Five Trees is a site-specific audio and environmental in-stallation that combines sound, music, poetry, narrative and landscape design.

Bring your headphones and visit the Un-der the Five Trees sites at the Esplanade Park,

scan the QR codes there using the Gallery Ex-plorer App or your QR code scanner.

This installation was created by Kaylene Tan and Ben Slater in collaboration with Boey Kim Cheng, Amanda Lee Koe and Aswani As-wath (text); Evan Tan and Victor Low (sound/music); Ling Hao and Faiz Bin Zohri (design/landscape); Rebecca Lee (production).

Until April 30, Esplanade Park

LIU KANG GALLERYThe Liu Kang Gallery, located within the DBS Singapore Gallery, commemorates pioneer artist Liu Kang’s role in the development of modern art in Singapore. In May 2003, Liu Kang (1911–2004) and his wife Chen Jen Pin (1913–2009) shared his oeuvre by donating more than 1,000 works to the National Collec-tion, forming the largest donation of an artist’s work ever made to the Collection.#

Ongoing, City Hall Wing, Level 2,

DBS Singapore Gallery

NATIONAL GALLERY

1 St. Andrew’s Rd, Singapore

www.nationalgallery.sg

SIAPA NAMA KAMU Photo: National Gallery Singapore

BETWEEN DECLARATIONS AND DREAMS Photo: National Gallery Singapore

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The Vintage Camera’s Museum itself is set in the form of a camera, and the entry is shaped like a lens. There are around 1000 cameras on display right from replicas of the world’s biggest camera - the mammoth camera till the lat-est technological gadget, a 11 gram camera. Some of the other unique cameras which can be viewed in the museum are a walking stick camera, spy cameras, pigeon cameras, 3D cameras and pistol cameras to name a few. Besides, the museum also has on display, rare collection of pho-

tographs featuring interesting facets about photography including an authentic replica of the first ever photograph taken. Visit the museum to witness the unique experience to learn about the transformation and the untold story of cameras.#

Vintage Camera Museum, www.vintagecamerasmuseumsg.com

SNAPPING AWAY Today everybody is equipped with a high resolution camera in their smart phones and images have become an everyday commodity snapping away like never before. But this has not always been the case. Not too many years ago taking a photo involved large pieces of equipment, chemicals and knowledge on how to operate focus, aperture and exposing time. Not everything was better in the “good old days”.


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Singapore has an effective law on how and where to smoke, both in private and in public. This is not to expel smokers from enjoying their habit but to ensure everybody else´s possibility to enjoy the public are-as and to create a healthy lifestyle of those who don´t light up every now and then.

So if you have to toot away, please ensure that you can do so in a designated area and don´t discard the cigarette just anywhere. Show respect to your fellow humans even though the best thing is to quit smoking altogether.#

Let´s agree on that smoking is a bad habit. Not only for the active smokers but for everybody that has to be exposed to people puffing away in restaurants and bars not taking into consideration that other might not enjoy it. There are a couple of things you have to take into conside-ration when visiting Singapore and public smoking is one of them.

HEY, DON´T PUFF

EVERYWHERE

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LEICA GALERIE OPENS AT THE FULLERTON

For almost 100 years the German compa-ny Leica has built some of the most ico-nic cameras enjoyed by both skilled amat-eurs and professionals alike. The small, all hand built precision camera never flaunted big and flashy models since excellence is always delivered in small packages. Many iconic and historical photos has been taken by this camera and even though everybody today has a high resolution camera in their smart phones, Leica still has a large fan-ba-se of diehard photographers that enjoy the quality of the brand.

Located in the neoclassical monument building of The Fuller-ton Hotel and adjacent to historical landmarks like Cavanagh Bridge, Clifford Pier and the Customs House, the new Leica Galerie Fullerton brings to Singapore, the platform and ideal forum to share the love and joy of photography.

Leica Camera shares a passion for and a love of creative photography of the highest standards with many people around the world, which is why making such works and their creators accessible to people with this passion has always been of utmost importance. For decades now, and for this precise reason, Leica has offered both prominent photographers and emerging new talents an opportunity to present their work to a wider audience and this is why the Leica Galleries were conceived.#

Leica Galerie Singapore, The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore

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Singaporeans take their food very seriously. If you don’t believe this, walk down to a Singapore hawker center, and taste for yourself. You’ll see tourists mingling with working stiffs, stuffing their faces with Chinese, Indian, Malay, Western, and some exotic Southeast Asia food choices.

Don’t be fooled by the variety and excellent flavors, the dishes served in Singapore hawker centers are as cheap as they are delicious. You can get a hearty, authentically Asian meal for less than SGD 3. For the Singaporean hawker center experience, do not dare miss these places when you’re in town.

HAWKERSOUR FAVOURITE...

MAXWELL FOOD CENTRE1 Kadayanallur Street

This hawker center stands in Chinatown, two rows of over a 100 stalls serving dishes that have achieved legendary status. The now leg-endary Tian Tian Chicken Rice got its start here and still serves their famously tender Hainanese chicken rice daily. Other famous favorites include Zhen Zhen Porridge, Marina South Delicious Food’s char kway teow, and Zhong Xing Fu Zhou Fish Ball and their thick, slurpy, scrumptious lor mee noodles.

OLD AIRPORT ROAD HAWKER CENTRE19 Old Airport Road

This public hawker center in the Katong neighborhood has been ladling out local fa-vorites since 1973. About 168 stalls serves leg-endary delicious char kway teow, satay, rojak and satay bee hoon among others. When the government got hawkers off the streets in the 1970s the move into hawker centers did them no harm and some of them carried their stel-lar reputations into their Old Airport Road digs. Old Airport Road offers great value for money: the island’s most delicious foods will only set you back about SGD 5-7.

BUKIT TIMAH MARKET & HAWKER CENTRE116 Upper Bukit Timah Road

With only 84 stalls on the second floor, Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre should count as one of the island’s smaller hawker centers. Its location in Clementi puts it far from Sin-gapore’s main tourist action, too - the nearest MRT station is a good fifteen-minute walk away. The famous stalls make it worth a de-tour, though: you can tell which ones are the best by long lines and press clippings stuck on their glass windows. A visit to nearby malls Bukit Timah Plaza and Bukit Timah Shopping Centre completes the trip.

TIONG BAHRU FOOD MARKET & HAWKER CENTRE83 Seng Poh Road

The Singapore government smartly decided to adapt the design of Tiong Bahru Market to the surrounding estate Art Moderne ar-chitecture when it was rebuilt in 2004. On the second-floor the hawker center houses about

83 hawker stalls and seats 1,400 diners at any given time. After dining at the Market, take a walking tour of Tiong Bahru that goes deep into the sleepy, laid-back neighborhood and its hipster-friendly shops.

SINGAPORE FOOD TRAIL, SINGAPORE FLYER30 Raffles Avenue

This period-themed al fresco ”food street” recalls the ”good old days” before the govern-ment forced itinerant street vendors into per-manent hawker centers. The design sensibility takes pains to recreate the street food dining experience, down to the 17 cart-shaped hawk-er stalls and the hallway that emulates a busy lane. The hawker stalls doing business here all hail from other, more famous public hawker centers, names revealing their hawker center of origin, with street food masters from Be-dok, Old Airport Road and Chinatown sell-ing the finest satay, char kway teow, and satay celup.

MAKANSUTRA GLUTTONS BAY8 Raffles Avenue

The hawker list has been carefully curated to represent both old hawker names and up-and-comers: all the better for diners visiting the upscale Marina Bay District and hoping for something closer to the authentic hawk-er experience. The stunning view aside, you come for the food: the 12 hawker stalls in Ma-kansutra’s open-air foodcourt serve what K.F. Seetoh calls ”an old style, open-air street food stall that we used to have in the 60s and 70s.” The court seats about 500 guests, who enjoy satay, grilled squid, and wondrously delicious banana kaya dessert.

LAU PA SAT FESTIVAL MARKET18 Raffles Quay

This premium hawker center in Singapore’s business district has enough interior space to seat over 2,000 diners feasting on the fare sold by the Market’s more than 200 food stalls. The intricate cast-iron structure dates back to 1894 and was built by the British. It has been a hawker center since 1973. After dark, Boon Tat Street beside Lau Pa Sat transforms into an al fresco satay street, with about dozen out-door stalls grilling satay, chicken wing, and barbecued seafood for a rapt crowd.#


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The Merlion is the national personification of Singapore. The name combines the words “mer”, meaning the sea, and “lion”. The fish body represents Singapore’s origin as a fishing village and the lion head rep-resents Singapore’s original name—Singapura—meaning “lion city”.

In 1972 it was originally placed at the mouth of the Singapore River. In 2002, the statue and its cub were moved 120 metres to the current place in Merlion Park where it stands in front of The Fullerton Hotel.

It measures 8.6 metres high and weighs 70 metric tons. In daily speach Singaporeans often substitute the term “Merlion”

instead of vomiting, in reference of the constant gushing of water from the Merlion’s mouth. It is now used by Singaporean medical staff as slang for a patient who suffers from vomiting.#

Standing tall close to the Marina Bay Sands, the symbol of Singapore is the mystical creature of the Merlion. It even has its own park. Not too bad for a animal with a lion´s head and the body of a fish. Here is its story.

THE STORY OF THE

MERLION


Singapore attracts yet one more international award-winning musical. The story is over 100 years old but still amazes audiences around the world.

The Phantom of the Opera tells the tale of a disfigured musical genius known only as ‘The Phantom’ who haunts the depths of the Paris Opera House. Mesmerised by the talents and beauty of a young soprano Christine, the Phantom lures her as his protégé and falls fiercely in love with her. Unaware of Christine’s love for Raoul, the Phan-tom’s obsession sets the scene for a dramatic turn of events where jealousy, madness and passions collide.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most famous musical, based on a novel by Gaston Leroux from 1910, is also one of the most successful in entertainment history, playing to over 145 million people in 150 cities across 30 countries. It is

the longest-running show on Broadway, having celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, and has won more than 70 major theatre awards, including seven Tony Awards and four Olivier Awards, including one for Best Musical.

The 37 strong international cast is joined by a full 11-piece live orchestra playing some of Lloyd Webber’s most memorable music, including “The Phantom of the Opera”, “Think of Me”, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”, “All I Ask Of You” and “Music of the Night”.#

Phantom of the Opera, April 24–May 26, Sands Theatre,

Marina Bay Sands, www.marinabaysands.com

THE PHANTOM VISITS SANDS THEATRE

Photo: Johan Persson

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EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES AND

MORE

THE MALL

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