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Every issue of I-S Magazine, now at your fingertips. PLAY•WATCH•LISTEN•EXPLORE Now on Android Mobile! If you like this e-Book, then you’ll love our app. As well as all the content from the magazine, it features exciting interactive features, exclusive stories and stunning visuals. And it’s free! E-NEWSLETTERS Free weekly insider guides to what’s happening around town. Sign Me Up ESCAPE I-S WEEKEND THE DISH ROUTES Event Dining news Travel news Highlights Every Friday Every Tuesday Every Thursday Happy birthday to us OCTOBER 11 - 23, 2013 #638 | INSI DE SI NGAPORE | www.is-magazine.com Marina at Keppel Bay 16th – 19th October 2013 SINGAPORE’S FIRST AUTHENTIC BAVARIAN FESTIVAL Oktoberfest Asia is a new event, 2 years in the making, brought to you by 3 of Bavaria’s finest breweries. Taste, relish and revel PROST! Bavarian-style with Singapore’s largest and most authentic festival. Rare Bavarian Beers & Food Smashing Live Performances Say “Prost” to German Football Legend… Enjoy fine brews with Paulaner Bräuhaus, Drink and dine to explosive beats from Wicked Aura …Didi Hamann of Liverpool and Bayern Munich Schneider Weisse and Spaten alongside crispy and performances from world-renowned band, fame, as he makes a special appearance for the pork knuckles, goulash and bratwursts. Traditional The Original Hofbräuhaus Show. evenings as ambassador of Oktoberfest Asia. Bavarian snacks will be available all night. How much? Dinner, stein mug and welcome beer: Individual (free seating) $85*, $95*, Tables – $650*, $700*. DBS/POSB cardmembers enjoy up to 15% off and more. All beers at $12 nett for 500ml serving, $50 for 5 x 500ml. Times Wed – Fri: 5pm – 1am, Sat: 3pm – 1am Dinner service from 6pm – 9pm only. * Prices do not include SISTIC handling fee FREE JÄGERMEISTER MINIATURE BOTTLE FOR FIRST 200 GUESTS EACH DAY AND FOR GUESTS DECKED OUT IN FULL BAVARIAN COSTUME. Tickets available at SISTIC.com.sg. DBS/POSB cardmembers enjoy up to 15% off and more. [email protected] www.oktoberfestasia.com oktoberfestasiaofficial Official Beers Official Music Partner Official Credit Card Official Hotel Official Energy Drink Media Partners Official Financial Advisers Supported by: Outdoor Media Official Venue Organised by Co-organised by PAGE 3 Find Page 3 online at is.gd/page3 We Can’t #WEHEARTSG Work It Out 8 Cover Story EDITOR’S NOTE 18++ reasons this city rocks This column was supposed to be a wry reflection on the crazy, amazing evolution of Singapore in the 18 years since I-S began. However, following 13 14 recent changes to employment laws to protect CITYSCAPE TRAVEL the local labor force, the magazine will henceforth The new Brunei beckons be written not by the people most willing or Boat Quay? best qualified to do it but instead by the first Singaporean to walk through the door. This week, we welcome Edward Tan, a charming old taxi 17 uncle who simply got lost looking for a bathroom. STYLE Watch this space [insert text here] 20 25 16 EDITOR’S NOTE: ADDENDUM DRINK FITNESS ART Having kicked out all the foreigners and replaced Wines on tap Pinacotheque Hot new our merit-based recruitment process with the de Paris workouts altogether more fun game known as resume roulette, the text submitted by Mr. Tan could not be edited (our former Sub-editor was 19 31 British), proofread (our former Associate Editor DINING LAST WORD was Malaysian) or laid out (silly us, we had Asian tapas Kelley Cheng ourselves a designer from Mars). Frankly you’re lucky there’s a magazine in your hands at all. POSTSCRIPT I‑S Magazine is published Who's in charge? Where to find us! 24 times a year by Asia City Publishing Pte Ltd., 211 Our Singaporean staff say they were mildly sorry Henderson Road, #14‑03, Country Manager Marketing Manager The Asia City Media Group Singapore 159552. to see their colleagues go, but admitted it would Andrew Hiransomboon Silver Adrienna Ng Tel: 65‑6323‑2512 countrymanager@asia‑city.com.sg Marketing Executive Lia Roslan Bangkok Singapore Fax: 65‑6323‑2779. Copyright be nice to no longer be teased for abusing MC. ©2013 Asia City Publishing Pte Marketing Intern Chow Zhiting Asia City Publishing (Thailand) Ltd Asia City Publishing Pte. Ltd. Managing Editor Ric Stockfis Ltd. 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Digital Product Manager Communications Sdn Bhd the Publisher’s terms of business, Editorial Assistant Khairul Amri Editor of Nancy Ide Lot 2.44‑2.45, 2nd Floor, the Year copies of which are available Wisma Cosway, upon request. Printed by KHL Art Director Intan Agustina Printing Co. Pte. Ltd., 57 Loyang Deputy Art Director Tetuko Group Directors Jalan Raja Chulan, Drive, Singapore 508968. ISSN Hanggoro Prasetyowibowo Chief Executive Officer 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 0218‑8872 MCI (P) 136/12/2012 POST-POSTSCRIPT Gretchen Worth Tel: 60‑3‑2144‑4886 Designers Carmen Louise Ho, gworth@asia‑city.co.th Fishy Toh Fax: 60‑3‑2141‑1911 Group Digital Director Not all of the above statements are Multimedia Designer ‑ Greg Duncan I-S MAGAZINE IS AUDITED BY Photographer Mossy Chew gduncan@asia‑city.com.sg Distributed by true. For one thing, Mr. Tan was looking Wenzhi Contributing Photographer Cover by Intan Agustina for a kopitiam not a bathroom. François Hervy Design Intern Celeste Chooi Finance Manager Sally Kang Accountant Mark Anthony Habel Admin Executive Goh Ting Yu GET IN THE LOOP contests, updates, stories latest news and trends is-magazine.com facebook.com/ismagazine @is_magazine FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013 I-S MAGAZINE 3 UP FRONT Giveaways The Fight Is On Us This week, we’re giving away 2 pairs of Cat 2 tickets (worth $296 per set) to ONE FC: TOTAL DOMINATION on Fri, Oct 18 at Singapore Indoor Stadium. To enter, go to is-magazine. com/giveaways, register and tell us why you deserve to win. To mark our 18th anniversary we turned this issue’s cover story (see page 8) over to a host of artists, entrepreneurs and other friends of the magazine, and asked them to tell us what they think makes Singapore so special. But we don’t want to stop there. It’s easy to be cynical about what’s wrong with Singapore, and easy to overlook all the awesome things about living here. So next time you tell Facebook how great your day was, Instagram your way through another epic meal, or tweet about how crazy things got at Zouk last night, tag it #weheartsg to share it with the rest of us. Hopefully we can get some momentum behind it. Maybe there’s a book in it. In any event, over the coming year we’ll run as many posts as we can in the magazine, and be sure to share with you all the reasons that here at I-S #weheartsg. OB Index XKCD www.xkcd.com Charting the ups and downs of Singapore's Shadowfacts openness, tolerance and freedom of expression. SEPTEMBER 30 The Government is mulling over plans to provide more support for the mentally ill in their efforts for inclusivity. Senior Minister of State for Health Amy Khor and Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yaacob have highlighted the need to combat social stigma from the public and strengthen the manpower resource for caregivers. One suggestion was extending the Special Employment Credit scheme, in which the government pays up to 16% of a disabled worker’s monthly wage, to the mentally ill. Be Good Got Moustache? Still one of the most popular initiatives to raise awareness and funds for men’s health, the annual Movember initiative kicks off on November 1. Although aimed mainly at guys (its trademark movement is to grow a moustache, after all), members of the opposite sex can also sign up individually or as a collective at www. sg.movember.com and make a donation. All proceeds will be going towards the funding of global prostate and testicular cancer research programs. Sources: Asia One, MICA, The New Paper, Publichouse.sg, The Straits Times, Today. 4 I-S MAGAZINE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013 BL-IS SG 2.pdf 1 1/10/13 8:49 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K CALENDAR Essential Events October 11 - October 24 DON’T Miss CALENDAR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 britishtheatreplayhouse. 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