https://www.scmp.com/rss/325242/feed Kate is a small journalist with big dreams and a penchant for the unusual. She previously wrote for The Independent and Tech Wire Asia, and now co-edits a lifestyle site for young Asian women called Wait A Minute Now. When she's not busy eating, she can be found writing about lifestyle and women's issues. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In almost every Malaysian home there is bound to be a Dutch Lady product in the cupboard or refrigerator. Whether it’s pasteurised whole milk, baby milk formula or yogurt, the brand has become a household name in the country and is known for its initiatives to promote public health. “We would get a tin of their condensed milk as a treat to have with Milo,” says housewife Lee Sook Ling, 61, from the capital, Kuala Lumpur. “It’s probably why I’m still fond of condensed milk even though they don’t... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3010479/dutch-lady-story-malaysian-milk-brand-roots-half-world-away?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3010479/dutch-lady-story-malaysian-milk-brand-roots-half-world-away?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 May 2019 05:00:15 +0000 Tourists in Malaysia spent more on shopping than they did on accommodation for the first time in 2015, thanks partly to a proliferation of high-quality shopping malls that have turned the country into a key Southeast Asian shopping destination. But while more people are flocking to Malaysia’s popular retail palaces, the country is full of hidden delights that await those tenacious enough to find them. Some are nestled deep within the jungles; others are found in the sapphire-blue waters that... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2141012/five-hidden-malaysia-travel-gems-if-youre-brave-enough-find?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2141012/five-hidden-malaysia-travel-gems-if-youre-brave-enough-find?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:31:12 +0000 Anyone who’s had to find a new place to live understands how daunting it can be. Searching for a convenient location, setting up viewings, sifting through paperwork and considering your budget take time and effort. It gets even more complicated when landlords don’t want tenants of your ethnicity – and you can’t even get a viewing. In Malaysia, people of African and Indian descent suffer most when it comes to racism in the property market. In June 2016, residents at a condominium complex in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2127261/racism-malaysia-and-struggle-africans-and-south-asians-rent-kuala-lumpur?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2127261/racism-malaysia-and-struggle-africans-and-south-asians-rent-kuala-lumpur?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:17:12 +0000 Uncertainty gripped tenants and regular customers at Ming Tien Food Court and Asia Cafe – two popular cooked-food centres in Kuala Lumpur – after it was confirmed they were going to be shut down. The two-storey Asia Cafe housed about 60 hawker stalls and could seat up to 2,800 people at a time. Patrons didn’t mind that it was dim and dingy. They would go to drink beer and play table football, snooker, and darts on the upper floor. Before its closure, there were only a few stragglers to be seen.... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2123972/kuala-lumpur-food-court-closures-leave-diners-wondering-where?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2123972/kuala-lumpur-food-court-closures-leave-diners-wondering-where?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:30:00 +0000 Schools teaching in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil exist side-by-side in multicultural Malaysia, but their coexistence is not always harmonious. There have long been suggestions that a single national school system should be put in place, but the idea is opposed by the communities that would be affected the most by such a move – and so a long-running debate over whether so-called vernacular schools, those teaching in Mandarin and Tamil, have a place in Malaysia shows no sign of abating. Belt... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2113399/why-chinese-schools-malaysia-have-future-despite-opposition-some?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2113399/why-chinese-schools-malaysia-have-future-despite-opposition-some?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Oct 2017 23:45:30 +0000 Many teenagers are creative in the way they decorate their mobile phones and electronic gadgets, but four Hong Kong students used their phones and their imaginations to win the Discover and Innovate You 'Dream Life 28' Video and Image Competition. City University, which is celebrating its 28th anniversary this year, asked Hong Kong students in Form Four to Form Seven to produce imaginative photo or video entries featuring the number 28. Female students celebrated a clean sweep of the top two... https://www.scmp.com/article/1006679/four-shooting-stars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1006679/four-shooting-stars?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000 More than 500 students and parents gathered at the hall of Diocesan Boys' School last Saturday for the semi-finals of this year's Supernova singing contest. The event's 25 acts - individual singers as well as groups - had been selected from 370 initial contestants through six preliminary heats held in April and May. Only 10 of them would make it to the final. In front of a loudly cheering audience, some contestants played their musical instruments, while others performed a cappella. One... https://www.scmp.com/article/1006484/step-towards-stardom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1006484/step-towards-stardom?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000