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Long Lines Be Gone: Thai queuing app, QueQ expands to Malaysia to Help Malaysians Save Time for More Meaningful Activities

QueQ, a Thai-based community mobile app which optimises queuing time of customers, officially expands to Malaysia with the aim of helping urban Malaysians save time by eliminating the hassle of queueing at their favourite dining outlets. Like Bangkok, famous restaurant chains and other dining outlets in Kuala Lumpur often face large crowds who are determined to wait for hours in line for their favourite meals. With no other viable alternative to reserving your seats and tables, customers would have no choice but to spend their time ineffectively in long queues. Now at the touch of a button, Malaysians no longer have to stand in line or sit around the restaurant outlet waiting in a queue, saving time for busy city dwellers in Malaysia through QueQ app. Additionally, the app currently partners with popular outlets such as K Fry Urban Korean Chain, Kurin, Yut Kee Restaurant, Ho Kow Hainanese Kopitiam, Bar-B-Q Plaza, Dotty’s Pastries and Coffee and Klinik Mediviron Seksyen 22 Shah

Sojourn to Seoul at Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Embrace the dynamic spirit of Seoul with a line-up of exclusive events at the Hotel all week long. Korean Chef’s Table, September 6, 2019   Savour a trip to Korea without having to leave town. For one night only, Chef Jaeyoung (John) Oh, Executive Sous Chef from Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, will present a signature four-course menu for discerning diners in Kuala Lumpur. “I’m very honoured to be representing my country’s cuisine in Malaysia,” says Chef John, who won the Gold Medal at the Korean Food Festival Awards a few years ago. Sample specialties such as grilled galbi (marinated wagyu beef), clear fish dumpling soup, and Korean crepe. The authentic Korean flavours of the feast can be paired beautifully with fine soju. Korean Chef’s Table will be available at Curate on September 6. The set menu is priced at MYR 208 per adult and additional MYR 80 with free flow soju, inclusive of prevailing taxes. Korean Weekend Brunch, September 7-8, 2019 Catch the city’s latest weekend brunch in

Celebrate Merdeka 2019 With Malaysia's 10 Fave-ourite Brands

Fave brings you 10 amazing F&B deals and cashback options to make this Merdeka even more memorable Selamat Hari Merdeka! To celebrate our nation’s 62nd birthday, Fave is bringing you Malaysia’s favourite brands to provide the best way for you to shop, spend and save when you use Fave. Enjoy deals and up to 10% cashback and celebrate one of the best things about being Malaysian - The wonderful gastronomical culture of food and drinks that weaves and binds us all together! MILKY WAY FOOD INDUSTRIES A manufacturer of halal festive and traditional biscuits and snacks, Milky Way has the perfect set of treats if you’re looking to host this Merdeka Day. Enjoy up to 50% value deals ranging from cookies to durian snowskin mooncakes, place your order with Fave and head down to Happy Mansion, to redeem these affordable yet tasty treats! MALAYSIA BOLEH Of course, we can! Malaysia Boleh at Four Seasons Place brings authentic Malaysian hawker food with a taste of nostalgia.  The

Sun Life Malaysia Announces Five-Party Collaboration to Combat Rising Threat of Diabetes in Malaysia

10,000 Malaysians to Benefit From Early Diabetes Detection Campaign  (L-R) Lim Jack Shen, Business Development Director of Tigas Alliance; Hiew Kai Ming, Deputy Chief Marketing & Branding Officer of AM PM Pharmacy; Alan Lee, National Sales Manager of Roche Diagnostics; Khor Xin Yun, CEO of Walnut Wellness; Raymond Lew, CEO & President/Country Head of Sun Life Malaysia and Leo Grepin, President of ASEAN, Sun Life Financial Asia, officiating the launch of Brighter Health Screening Programme that offers free diabetes screening to 10,000 Malaysians. At least 10,000 Malaysians will benefit from free diabetes screening thanks to a new initiative announced today by Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad and Sun Life Malaysia Takaful Berhad (collectively Sun Life Malaysia), a life insurance and Family Takaful provider respectively, in partnership with Walnut Wellness, Roche Diagnostics (M) Sdn Bhd, AM PM Pharmacy Sdn Bhd, and Tigas Alliance Sdn Bhd. The Brighter Health Screening

Sultan Selangor Launches Avisena New Women´s And Children´s Specialist Hospital In Shah Alam

Sultan of Selangor signs the plaque to officiate the launch of Avisena Women’s & Children’s Specialist Hospital. Witnessed by (from left) Dato’ Dr Omar Abd Hamid, President & Group Chief Executive Officer Avisena Group, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, Chairman of Avisena Group, YAB Tuan Amirudin Bin Shari, Menteri Besar Selangor, Dato’ Johari Mat, Board of Director Avisena Group.   Avisena Group has opened its women’s and children’s specialist hospital with a total of 133 beds and 52 specialist doctors making it the largest private women and children specialist hospital in Malaysia. The hospital was launched by Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj and was graced by Tengku Permaisuri Selangor Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin. Also present at the launch was YAB Tuan Amirudin Shari, Menteri Besar of Selangor. Sultan & Permaisuri of Selangor visits Afnan Puteri Nur Insyirah Binti Azazis,

Spritzer Celebrates 30 Years, Reinforces Environmental Stewardship

Spritzer Berhad (Spritzer), Malaysia’s leading producer of bottled natural mineral water, turns 30 this year and the company is celebrating its anniversary with a roadshow that aims to reinforce its commitment toward environmental stewardship. Speaking at the official launch of the roadshow titled “30 years of Natural Goodness” held at the Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall, Dr. Chuah Chaw Teo, Spritzer’s director of R&D, said that environmental preservation has been at the core of the company’s operations from its earliest history. Dr Chuah Chaw Teo, Director of R&D, Spritzer, gives the opening speech “From the very beginning of our operations, we viewed environmental pollution with great concern because we understood how it can affect the quality of water, as well as damage the already limited sources of water in the country,” said Chuah. “It is with this concern that Spritzer took the initiative to invest in a vast landbank measuring 330 acres, approximately the size of

AirAsia Foundation’s Destination: GOOD social enterprise hub opens in Kuala Lumpur

(From left) AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, AirAsia Foundation Executive Director Yap Mun Ching, Minister of Finance YB Lim Guan Eng and AirAsia Group Executive Chairman Datuk Kamarudin Meranun at the opening ceremony of AirAsia Foundation’s Destination: GOOD social enterprise hub at REXKL in Kuala Lumpur. AirAsia Foundation opened its first social enterprise hub, Destination: GOOD, here today, marking a new milestone in its social entrepreneurship advocacy. Located in REXKL, within the historic heart of the city, Destination: GOOD retails more than 400 responsibly and ethically produced goods sourced from over 30 social enterprises from around Asean. More than a shop, it aims to be an exchange that fosters collaboration between Asean social entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises. “In the last seven years, we have awarded 24 grants to innovative Asean social enterprises to help them grow. We realised that to expand our reach, we needed to create broad-based pl

Spotify Premium Now Offers The First 3 Months Free Plan For Eligible Users

Especially for those who plan to subscribe to Spotify Premium, you're lucky! Spotify Premium now offers new Premium customers* more time to enjoy all of its unique features for free for the first 3 months. This offer allows users to enjoy the Premium service for two months longer than before (previously, users only get 30 free days). For the first time, this offer is available through Spotify at Spotify.com/Premium. Spotify aimed to give music listeners and podcasts more time and ways to access the most popular audio streaming subscription service for the first 3 months at no cost. With Spotify, users can enjoy the 50 million songs available on-demand and ad-free, as well as access to 450,000 podcast titles. This first 3-month free offer has no time limit, and will launch across all Spotify Premium plans worldwide: Individuals starting today, as well as Family and Duo (not yet available in Malaysia) over the next few months. “Music and podcasts play an important role in people&

Experience the Galaxy Note10’s Premium Display

The visual language has become an essential element of today’s mobile communication. Designed to bring passion to your life, the Galaxy Note10 and Note10+’s Cinematic Infinity Display lets you work and play with more freedom than ever before.   With just a small, centered cutout for the front camera, the Galaxy Note10 ’s edge-to-edge design offers a truly immersive viewing experience. Optimized with Dynamic AMOLED with HDR10+ certification and Dynamic Tone Mapping, the screen delivers rich, vivid colors for unmatched video quality. Nowhere do these features come together better than on the Galaxy Note10+, described by DisplayMate as the most innovative and high-performance smartphone display they have ever lab tested. Whether you are watching the latest TV shows or playing your favorite game, images and graphics come alive on the Galaxy Note10’s best-in-class display. Check out the infographic below to learn more.

AirAsia presents the future of air travel to the Prime Minister of Malaysia

AirAsia presented the future of air travel to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Yang Amat Berhormat Tun Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad, in conjunction with his official visit to AirAsia’s headquarters RedQ here today. The tour kicked off at the Innovation Lab with AirAsia presenting airasia.com, its all-in-one travel platform which now features not only travel but also lifestyle offerings so guests can book all their travel needs on one site, from flights and accommodation to ground transport, tours, entertainment and more. This was followed by a demonstration of a seamless, fully digital airport experience powered by AirAsia’s FACES (Fast Airport Clearance Experience System), which would allow a guest to perform a digital check-in, self baggage drop, immigration clearance and boarding using facial recognition technology. AirAsia also demonstrated how digital engineering solutions such as blockchain technology and Skywise are able to provide more efficient, more reliable and greener end-to-en

Primeworks Studios Announces Malaysian Release for Dendam Pontianak

Primeworks Studios announced today that Dendam Pontianak, starring Nur Fazura and Remy Ishak will be theatrically released on 12 September 2019 in Malaysia. This is the first distribution partnership between Singapore’s Tiger Tiger Pictures and Primeworks Studios. Co-written and co-directed by Glen Goei and Gavin Yap, Dendam Pontianak is about a newly married couple, who’s life is shaken by the arrival of a vengeful Pontianak, forcing them down a dark path of betrayal, witchcraft and murder. The Pontianak in Southeast Asian mythos refers to the vengeful spirit of a pregnant woman who died during childbirth. It is widely known as one of the most gruesome horror tales in Asian folklore but at its core, Dendam Pontianak is a tragic tale of love and loss. Portrayed on a unique Asian canvas, audiences will be introduced to a completely new and intelligent take on the horror genre. With Dendam Pontianak, Goei and Yap pay homage to classical horror, but with a revisionist and contemporar

NCR opens state-of-the-art Services Center of Excellence

The Asia Pacific Services Center will be critical to help banks, retailers, and restaurants in their digital transformation journey NCR launches its Regional Services Operations Center in Kuala Lumpur. (From left: Bill Bancroft , Senior Vice President, NCR Global Services Delivery;  Nick Vreugdenhil , Vice President, Services Delivery for Asia Pacific; Jaideep Agrawal , Managing Director, Managed Services for Asia Pacific; Hew Wee Choong , Vice President of Investment & Industry Development, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)   NCR Corporation this week announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art Services Center of Excellence (CoE) in Kuala Lumpur. Located at Bangsar South City, this facility, which consolidated three locations, will serve as NCR’s services hub for the Asia Pacific region serving the banking, hospitality and retail industries. Housing 400 highly trained, multi-lingual service professionals, the center enables NCR to quickly introduce next-gener

Be Completely Immersed in Home Entertainment with Samsung’s Gemilang Celebration this Merdeka

Enjoy up to RM 2,200 in savings and free Galaxy Wearables worth up to RM799!   The home entertainment scene has evolved and now you can have more beautiful viewing experiences to make your movies and games come to life. It started with Samsung, who aspired to take consumers a step further with its latest QLED 8K TV and new Q Series Premium Soundbars. Now, to commemorate the Merdeka festivities through its Gemilang Celebration, Samsung is providing consumers the chance for a completely immersive and life-changing home entertainment, along with great savings and exclusive gifts! With gorgeous eye-popping visuals and booming 3D audio that strikes listeners from around and above, the QLED 8K TV and Q Series Premium Soundbars are the new got-to-have, ultramodern systems for the absolute best experience. QLED 8K TV: The Best Thing to Happen to Your Home The world is already familiar with the ultra-high definition (UHD) 4K TV, which already produces stunning picture quality on its own. B

MMspot Experiential Expo at Mid Valley

MMspot is a Digital Rewards Platform with more than a million users across the region at the forefront of constant innovations in consumer experiences. Today, MMspot proudly introduces its brand-new reward points integrated mobile operating app in Malaysia. This app is to be brought to Malaysians and foreign visitors to experience up close the new disruptive model of the app. In order for users to experience the app, MMspot is launching their first consumer starter pack called “SATAY”. Users can choose to purchase the starter pack for only RM100 and receive e-Vouchers (eV) worth RM300. These e-Vouchers can be used on any MMspot collaborator platforms. Users can gain reward points when they spend and save with their e-Vouchers. The reward points they accumulate can also be eventually converted to e-Vouchers. By concluding all the above through the MMspot ecosystem, the value of the e-Vouchers will also be multiplied through earned e-VCP (e-Voucher Consumer Points) reward point conversi

Watsons' Get Active Fest Returns Even Stronger Than Ever

Move Your Body with Zumba is Back Rue to Popular Demand & Introducing Strong by Zumba Asia's leading health and beauty retailer, Watsons, will once again hold its annual Watsons #GetActive Fest 2019 this 19 October 2019 at Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach, from 4.00 pm right through 11.00 pm! The fitness festival is open to all, including kids, adults, families, teenagers and senior citizens. The #GetActive fest promises to get you active and healthy, with many exciting health-related events and activities. Continuing the success of the previous year's Watsons Move Your Body Zumba event, which was the largest Zumba gathering in Malaysia, this year the event hopes to garner more Zumba lovers to join in the fun! This year introduces Strong by Zumba which is revolutionary high-intensity workout using the tempo of the music to get your body into high gear. Think burpees, push-ups, and other high impact moves- that's synced to specific music. After all, Zumba is all about the musi