19 Dec 2015: Singapore & The Silk Road of The Sea December 21, 2015 – Posted in: Newsletters

Replace the camel with the ship, change the dusty dry deserts to an immensity of water; instead of the caravanserai, imagine a chain of seaports on the edge of the great Asian landmass; instead of nomadic bandits, think of pirates and you will begin to understand why the Silk Road of the Sea deserves more attention than it has received. The famed ‘Silk Road’ is a network of trade routes that traversed across Asia to the Mediterranean Sea. Celebrated in…

Old Trees, the Living Heritage in Penang December 9, 2015 – Posted in: In The News

会呼吸的古迹老树世纪遮荫 Old Trees, the Living Heritage in Penang 一座美丽的城市，通常种满绿树。槟城树多，泰半过百岁。英殖民政府1802年开始种树，将多种热带树木引进移植，成就今日绿叶成荫。两百年过去，老树继续茁壮参天。它们比一些战前老房子还老，它们是会呼吸的古迹。只不过，尽管天天见面，人们不知树有树名，忽略了槟城老树是东南亚区域里长得特多特好的。 Penang is a beautiful city full of trees. Since British colonial government started to plant trees in 1802, and introduced a variety of tropical trees in Penang, today these century-old trees that are older than some prewar old buildings turn out to be a living heritage. Despite living in…