South Korean zombie film Train To Busan will be adapted into virtual reality. According to Variety, zombie flick Train To Busan will be turned into virtual reality through a piece of location based entertainment and a VR video game. South Korea’s Next Entertainment World’s sales team Contents Panda confirmed that it signed a contract with Singapore’s Vividthree Productions to transform the film into VR….
The world’s first Michelin starred hawker stall is coming to London. Back in 2016, Michelin awarded the first ever hawker stall one of its prestigious stars. Malaysian born Chan Hong Ming’s hawker stall was awarded the star for his signature Hong Kong style soya sauce chicken. At SGD $2, Chan Hong Ming’s soya sauce chicken rice is the cheapest Michelin starred meal in…
A study has found that couples from Mainland China are the biggest spenders on Valentine’s Day in Asia. According to SCMP, a Mastercard survey concluded that people from Mainland China were prepared to spend US$274 on average for Valentine’s Day. Taiwan took second place with an average of $245 whilst Singapore and Hong Kong were tied in fourth place with an average spending…
Singapore has overtaken China s the biggest Asian investor in US commercial property. Bloomberg reports that Singapore is now Asia’s biggest Asian investor in US commercial property after deals by Chinese investors dropped 66%. According to data from Real Capital Analytics and Cushman & Wakefield Inc, Chinese deals with the US went down $5.9 billion due to regulators cracking down on capital…
Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang has denied raping Yammie Lam. In a statement, Tsang refuted claims that he raped Lam in the 90’s, according to Vareity. The actress had made the accusations in a video first published by Hong Kong’s Next Magazine in 2013. Tsang described the video as “fake news” and said the footage was “falsely edited”. Lam had claimed that she…
A Singaporean woman has created a presentation on why people should date her, resulting in her inbox getting flooded. Stomp reports that 26-year-old Kelly Lim put together her alternative dating profile in the form of presentation slides and posted them online. In her post on Facebook, Lim shared the six-slide presentation titled “Why you should swipe right”, tagging dating apps such as Tinder, OKCupid,…
Batman’s tank-like vehicle Knightcrawler from Justice League has arrived exclusively in Singapore. Channel News Asia reports that the 14m by 3.4m replica vehicle can be found at VivoCity, Singapore’s largest shopping mall. The project took one year and was kept entirely a secret as requested by the Justice League filmmakers. Assembling the built-to-scale replica took 36 hours to assemble on-site. A time-lapse video of…
Crazy Rich Asians has been given a release date in 2018. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Crazy Rich Asians will be released on 17 August 2018. Thee most recent star to join the cast was Ken Jeong. Silicon Valley‘s Jimmy O. Yang announced he would be joining the cast back in May. Ex-Machina and La La Land actress Sonoya Mizuno was cast in April, and Michelle Yeoh was announced…
The world’s most expensive dinner, valued at $2 million, has been sold. Last year, we reported that Singapore’s Ce La Vi restaurant and Russian diamond company World of Diamonds Group teamed up offer a $2 million dinner. The experience included two pairs of $17,000 diamond-studded chopsticks and a 2.08-carat Jane Seymour blue diamond ring. Blue diamonds have fetched over $2 million at…
Singapore will ban the addition of private cars on the road in 2018. The Guardian reports that the growth cap for passenger cars and motorcycles will be cut from 0.25% a year to zero from February 2018 according to the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Currently, Singapore has a quota on the number of vehicles sold to reduce traffic. Those wanting to buy…
