Archive for February 2011
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Rising Dragons
The recent World Chinese Economic Forum was welcomed with great support from the business sector. The Peak was the official magazine of the event which was held at the Palace of The Golden Horses.
Officiated by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the conference focussed on discussions of China’s increasing importance to Asia and the global economy. Throughout the two-day event, closer business ties were developed among the worldwide Chinese diaspora and the event also became a platform for partnerships to be forged between East and West.
Eastern Gateway
An inaugural flight of Malaysia Airlines’ new Boeing 737-800 from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu introduced a privileged group to the airlines’ Eastern Hub. The event also made Malaysia Airlines the first full-service airline in the world to operate the 737-800 with the new Boeing Sky Interior – a lighting system within the cabin that sets different moods during a flight.
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| Datuk Masidi Manjun and Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Munir Abdul Majid. | Captain Niazi Saif-ud Dean and Captain Zamri Ismail. |
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| Nasir Abbasi and Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri. | Ahmad Sulaiman Omar and Dato’ Mohd Shukor Omar. |
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| Dato’ A Sani Karim, Dato’ Zainuddin Che Din and Mohd Azim Tan. | Dato’ Bernard Francis and Dato’ Ngiam Foon. |
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| Lim Meng Hong and Germal Singh Khera. | Richard Tankersley and Dato’ Mohd Salleh Ahmad Tabrani. |
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| Ong Eng Mun and Datuk Irene Benggon Charuruks. |
Trunk Calls
Think “museum” and images of climatecontrolled environs housing delicate antiques come to mind. But on 7.5ha of woodland on the banks of Upper Lake Zurich, an unexpected, hardier type of exhibition has taken root. Opened last year, the Tree Museum welcomes visitors not with the traditional musky whiff, but with a breath of fresh air.
Some 50 trees from 25 varieties are showcased in “rooms”, which are entirely open to the elements.In autumn, the red Japanese Maples become aflame with colour. Come spring, the Saucer Magnolias intoxicate with fragrant pinkish-white blossoms. The collection is the brainchild of one Enzo Enea.
The Swiss landscape architect spent 17 years building this curation and the result is a public outlet for quiet contemplation. With several examples more than a century old, each is an artwork sculpted with sophisticated techniques, influenced by the ancient art of Bonsai shaping.
In his own unorthodox way, Enea hopes that his trees will enlighten visitors with a heightened awareness of time, and thus develop respect and admiration for nature and the environment. The unconvinced should still pay a visit, for this is certainly one museum that will grow on you.
Fly Away From Here
The Charles Lindbergh Hour Angle watch from Longines is a timepiece with a story on its back. Back in 1927, the aviator’s 33-hour flight had been timed by Longines.
After achieving a world first with his solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris, Lindbergh came up with the design of the self-winding Hour Angle watch. Fast forward 83 years and the watch today is a re-issue in the original size created in that moment of triumph – by a man who flew himself into the record books.
Red Sea Rig
The recent Louis Vuitton Trophy, held in Dubai, heralded an end and two new beginnings. The latter came in the form of the latest marine-inspired timepiece collection and a new script for the Louis Vuitton and America Cups. Mark Lean reports.
With its shimmering, sleek glass towers – inspired, no doubt, by the film Bladerunner – shining amongst the white puffy clouds and roomy American-styled six-lane freeways, Dubai remains a city with a rosy view of the future.
From the local Zuma outpost, where waiting for a table might take the greater part of an hour for the less well-connected, to the clockwork sophistication of the Westin Mina Seyahi lobby, termed by in-the-know locals as the ‘mother of all Westins’, all’s well in the city of gilt-edge gloss and unabashed new world glamour.
