Kusu Island
Island of holy sites Kusu Island is home to a number of important holy sites and is the place of the annual Kusu Pilgrimage. Every year, from September to November, thousands of people visit the island to pay homage for peace, good luck, health, happiness and prosperity. Also known as Peak Island or “Tortoise Island” in Chinese, the famous Chinese temple Da Bo Gong which was built in 1923 is located here. On its hill top also stands three shrines to Malay sites, where people climb up 152 steps just to pray. In addition to its wealth of heritage sites, Kusu Island is also a visitors’...
Read MoreAir France: Flying chic for 70 years
The French pride themselves on a number of things, style being a key badge of pride. For Air France, they’ve taken this aspect rather seriously, calling upon a list of illustrious designers such as Carven, Nina Ricci, Balenciaga, Louis Feraud, Christian Dior, Gres and Christian Lacroix, to help create its chic cabin crew look for the past 70 years. This evolution of the Air France uniform is now on show at “Elegance in the Skies,” staged through to November 11 at the Alliance Française de Singapour. The exhibition provides a glimpse into the development of...
Read MoreWorld’s busiest airports announced
Global aviation organization Airports Council International (ACI) has released its World Airport Traffic Report for 2010, with London, Paris and Hong Kong taking out the first three places in terms of international passenger traffic. According to the report, worldwide airport passenger numbers increased by 6.6 percent in 2010 to 5.04 billion. Worldwide domestic traffic increased by 5.8 percent while international traffic jumped by 7.7 percent. London’s Heathrow airport remained the busiest in the world, handling over 60 million international passengers. The big mover was South...
Read MoreC’mon Singapore, show us your bums!
Amanda Heng wants photos of naked bums, lots of them. Heng, one of Singapore’s most respected contemporary artists, wants women to lift their skirts, and expose their bare bottoms. It’s all in the name of art and as part of her “Speak To Me, Walk With Me” solo retrospective at contemporary art space SAM at 8Q (8 Queen Street, +65 6332 3222; www.singaporeartmuseum.sg). There’s nothing smutty or porn-like about it — it’s more about preserving your posteriors for, well, posterity. Heng plans to use the pictures in a large-scale artwork...
Read MoreHay Dairies
Going for Goat With more than 40 years of farming history starting from pig to chicken farming, and now goat farming, Hay Dairies is a stalwart of the Singaporean farming industry. The Hay family moved into goat farming in 1988 and has about 1,000 goats of mixed breeds on its property – most of which are Alpine goats from Minnesota in the US. At the farm, the goats are kept off the ground to prevent them from catching diseases or being infected with parasites. As milking sessions occur from 9am to 11am, the best time to visit Hay Dairies is in the morning, to watch the goats...
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