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chairman

LIM Geok Khoon

REFLECTIONS

24 EU vs ASEAN

REvEaLEd

26 Ideals and Identities

BY YD BAR-NESS, LINDA LEE

aRT

28 An Epic Experience

BY JENNIE PEARSON, DAVID OLSEN

SCIENCE

30 Arenas of Valour

BY WONG YI WEI

NaTuRE

32 The Mustapha Model

BY BEN BLACKLEDGE

GEOGRaphy

36 Cities of Champions

CuLTuRE

38 A Snip Outdoors

BY CLAUDIO SIEBER

hERITaGE

40 The Harvest Games

LITERaTuRE

42 Mr Raffles Comes to Malacca

BY ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL KADIR

LaNGuaGE

44 A Universal Second Language

MEMORIES

96 Healthy High

TIMELESS

11 2 Paradise

BY BOEY KIM CHENG

E D I T O R I A L
PubliSher/editorial director
John THET • [email protected]
aSSociate editorS
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Ian BONGSO-SELDRUP • [email protected]
editorial SuPPort
Tina JACOB • [email protected]
Linda LEE • [email protected]
MinLi KONG • [email protected]

D E S I G N

graPhic deSigner

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contributing deSigner

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ADVERTISING & M AR K ETING

accountS managerS

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eventS & marketing executive

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CIRCULATION

Senior traffic/Production manager

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CONTR IBUTORS

ABDULLAH bin Abdul Kadir

Yoav Daniel BAR-NESS

Hannah BAILEY

George Dian BALAN

Ben BLACKLEDGE

BOEY Kim Cheng

Jonathan CHANG

Charlotte HODGES

Lester V LEDESMA

LEE Jian Wei

Thomas Inhye LEE

Robert LIE

LIM Yong Teck

Hidetoshi NISHIMURA

David OLSEN

ONG Keng Yong

Jennie PEARSON

Claudio SIEBER

Gareth TAN

Moe THUZAR

WONG Yi Wei

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pICTuRESquE

Mornings in Malacca

In this ex-trading port crown jewel

situated along its namesake Straits,

laid-back living is the order of the day

BY ROBERT LIE

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WILdLIFE

The Last Great Tuskers

These majestic specimens and their

ground-sweeping tusks are rapidly

fading from the species – and

perhaps even human memory

BY GEORGE DIAN BALAN

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paSSpORT

Adventure ASEAN

Southeast Asia is blessed with prime

terrain for heart-pumping adventure

travel. We take you on a circuit of the

best outdoor exploits

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