https://www.scmp.com/rss/325884/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As part of the celebrations to mark this year’s 120th anniversary of Yeo Hiap Seng – better known as Yeo’s – around 1.2 million cans of the brand’s popular chrysanthemum tea were distributed to residents of Singapore in National Day “fun packs”. Although coronavirus restrictions put a stop to more gregarious festivities for Singapore’s 55th national day in August, citizens were still able to indulge in local treats – such as Yeo’s products – while watching televised celebrations. The company’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3105429/story-yeos-singapore-food-and-beverage-company-grew-soy-sauce?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3105429/story-yeos-singapore-food-and-beverage-company-grew-soy-sauce?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:45:11 +0000 Razer may now be one of the world’s sexiest technology companies, but it wants to be known as more than just a hardware manufacturer. Its products are ubiquitous at e-sports tournaments and gaming stations around the world, and some fans of the 22-year-old company are so devoted that they get tattoos of the Razer logo. Some hard-core devotees even have the face of its CEO, Tan Min-liang, inked on their bodies. With more and more babies being named “Razer” and fans changing their official... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3075879/cult-razer-story-tech-giant-took-pc-gaming-next-level?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3075879/cult-razer-story-tech-giant-took-pc-gaming-next-level?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Mar 2020 06:00:08 +0000 In many Asian cities, where the cost of living is high and careers often come first, it’s hard for people to find a partner. Online dating has become accepted, but new solutions to the rising number of lonely singles have emerged. In Singapore, men and even some women are choosing to rent a date instead of looking for long-term love. This isn’t prostitution, which has long been legal in Singapore. The businesses offering dates for rent go out of their way to ensure their services are squeaky... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3023878/girlfriend-experience-singapore-rent-date-services-promote?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3023878/girlfriend-experience-singapore-rent-date-services-promote?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Aug 2019 04:00:09 +0000 Singaporean DJ Tenashar once had it all. She was included on the DJ Magazine list of the world’s top 100 DJs and lived a jet-setting lifestyle as an Asian music star and model. But after being arrested in 2015 for carrying drugs into Singapore, she skipped bail. She was eventually handed an 18-month jail sentence after returning to Singapore in 2018. After she was released in May, Tenashar announced in June that she planned to become an anti-drug ambassador, but has since been arrested twice,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3023352/rise-and-fall-singapore-music-star-and-playboy-cover-girl?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3023352/rise-and-fall-singapore-music-star-and-playboy-cover-girl?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:03:35 +0000 Singaporean rapper Joshua Su has come out as gay in his new track and video, I’m OK. In the track, released last Friday, the rapper looks back at his formative years in an all-boys school where students were often bullied, before addressing issues that he has wrestled with for years: “When I grow up, will I have kids? / Cannot/ Must I be married to a woman with big t*ts?/ No / Am I sick? Is this a disease? Can I be cured?” Now based in Hong Kong, the 34-year-old Su began his career as a rapper... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3017819/singapore-rapper-comes-out-gay-new-song-tells-his-struggle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3017819/singapore-rapper-comes-out-gay-new-song-tells-his-struggle?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:00:14 +0000 Whether you call it yukgon, rougan, or bakkwa, those sweet, juicy slices of barbecued preserved pork can be found throughout southern China and Southeast Asia. Yukgon is the Cantonese name for jerky, rougan is the Mandarin pronunciation, and bakkwa is how it’s known in Hokkien, the dialect of Fujian province. The jerky is made based on an old Chinese technique for preserving and drying meat. Expensive cuts of pork (and these days also chicken and beef) are typically marinated with spices,... https://www.scmp.com/food/king-chinese-jerky-still-makes-it-old-school-way/article/3004548?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/king-chinese-jerky-still-makes-it-old-school-way/article/3004548?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:05:36 +0000 For many families throughout Asia, Chinese New Year would not be complete without a few servings of barbecued preserved pork. A snack that is particularly popular in southern China and Southeast Asia, these flat slices of sweet, barbecued meat are called yuk gon in Cantonese and rou gan in Mandarin, but they’re best known as bak kwa, which comes from the southern Chinese dialect of Hokkien. Arguably the best-known bak kwa brand is Singapore’s Bee Cheng Hiang, which traces its history back to... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3001683/how-singapores-bee-cheng-hiang-its-famous-dried-meat-grew-one?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3001683/how-singapores-bee-cheng-hiang-its-famous-dried-meat-grew-one?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Mar 2019 08:00:11 +0000 Ayam Brand products are a staple in kitchens throughout Southeast Asia, but few of the people who grew up being nourished by the contents of the company’s colourful cans bearing a proud red rooster will be aware of its connections to France. One in every two homes in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei has Ayam products in its kitchen at any given time, according to Denis Group, the family-run enterprise that took over the Singaporean company in 1954. And the home cooks who rely on the company’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2153039/story-ayam-brand-set-singapore-frenchman-and-how-it-got-its?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2153039/story-ayam-brand-set-singapore-frenchman-and-how-it-got-its?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Jun 2018 09:18:58 +0000 Female disc jockeys were once a rarity in the electronic music scene, but today, uncompromising female DJs such as Nina Kraviz regularly headline at festivals and nightclubs around the world. Kraviz and other top female DJs are credited with revitalising the scene with their wide repertoire and distinctive style. Dance music bible Mixmag crowned Siberian-born Kraviz DJ of the year in 2017. The previous year, the title also went to a woman, American DJ The Black Madonna, who’ll be one of the... https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2130986/how-female-djs-singapore-fought-sexist-stereotyping-be-judged-their?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2130986/how-female-djs-singapore-fought-sexist-stereotyping-be-judged-their?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jan 2018 01:02:19 +0000 Singapore may consistently rank among the world’s freest economies, but the city remains highly conservative – on the surface. Numerous pornographic websites are blocked by the state and homosexual acts still warrant jail terms. Digital disruption, however, has become the great enabler of Singapore residents whose sexual inclinations are frowned upon by Asian traditionalism. ‘You’re nice, just your business is bad!’ Meet the Hong Kong sex shop owner using jiu-jitsu to tackle... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2121737/changing-nature-singapores-swingers-scene?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2121737/changing-nature-singapores-swingers-scene?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:30:30 +0000