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1 week ago | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
For most of its history, filmmaking has been a triumph of the improbable. It is a medium born of the uneasy marriage of art and industry, where imagination must contend with logistical realities: budgets, schedules, volatile weather or the uncooperative glint of late afternoon light that casts a bad shadow.
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1 month ago | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
Two roasters challenge conventional coffee customs with caffeinated tasting flights. 17 April 2025 - 5:00pm Nonagon is tucked between shop lots in Petaling Jaya’s Seksyen 22 (All photos: Kong Wai Yeng/The Edge) An omakase meal hardly needs embellishment because the tradition behind it speaks louder than any fanfare can.
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1 month ago | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
The Edge Malaysia editor emeritus Au Foong Yee moderates a panel featuring Kuala Lumpur’s first female mayor Datuk Seri Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Sime Darby Property’s head of Business Unit 6 Chung Chai Yin and Veritas Design Group vice president Lillian Tay to discuss ways of improving the city.
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2 months ago | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
Set against the sacred temples of Cambodia, the gala dinner and showcase prove that the fusion of imagination and innovation is artistry in motion. 31 March 2025 - 6:05am Guests were immersed in an evening of artistry at the gala dinner with Bayon Temple in the background (Photo: Bvlgari) Right after Christmas in 1859, French naturalist and explorer Alexandre Henri Mouhot, having immersed himself in the charms of Bangkok, ventured into the uncharted territories of Indochina.
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2 months ago | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
Bangkok’s culinary scene has once again taken centre stage, as Gaggan is crowned the Best Restaurant in Asia at the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 awards. The prestigious list, revealed at a grand ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, celebrates the finest dining establishments across the continent, recognising innovation, excellence and sustainability.
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2 months ago | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
The two Michelin-starred restaurant is leaving an imprint through the ideas it plants and the people it shapes. 17 March 2025 - 11:13am Teoh believes in a chef’s role to help diners appreciate what nature provides (Photo: SooPhye) For a while now, diners seem to think they have a firm grasp on what constitutes eating at Dewakan, where the intertwined strains of cooking — seasonality, sustainability and science — are guided by a distinctly Malaysian narrative.
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2 months ago | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
His appointment signals a strategic move to reinforce Loro Piana’s position in the growing “quiet luxury”. 13 March 2025 - 9:05am Frédéric Arnault has worked in LVMH’s watch division since 2017 (Photo: LVMH) LVMH has announced that Frédéric Arnault will take over as chief executive officer of Italian luxury house Loro Piana. The appointment, set to take effect on June 10, marks a significant leadership transition within the world’s largest luxury conglomerate.
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2 months ago | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
These ticking statements cater to every female trailblazer or trendsetter who values craftsmanship as much as beauty. Louis Vuitton Tambour ConvergenceUnlike the opulence of yellow gold or the cool austerity of silver, rose gold hints at quiet refinement. Louis Vuitton has chosen blush tones for its Tambour Convergence, paying homage to montres à guichet (French for “aperture watches”), which emerged during the Art Deco era.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
Louis Vuitton is expanding its vision of luxury with the launch of La Beauté Louis Vuitton, a new beauty line set to debut in Autumn 2025. In a move that underscores its commitment to artistry and innovation, the brand has appointed makeup artist Dame Pat McGrath, DBE, as creative director of cosmetics. McGrath, often regarded as the most influential makeup artist of her generation, brings decades of expertise in shaping the beauty landscape.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
optionstheedge.com | Kong Wai Yeng
How does the Chinese AI model aim to dethrone its US counterpart, ChatGPT? 25 February 2025 - 5:50pm DeepSeek dethroned OpenAI’s coveted position as the most downloaded free app in the US on Apple’s App Store (Photo: Reuters) The engineers behind ChatGPT — OpenAI’s marvel of machine learning — must have wished the recent crash in US tech stocks was just an illusion. But DeepSeek, a new chatbot developed by a Hangzhou-based start-up, is indeed very real.
