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Vancouver booted off 'most liveable' top spot
Star Alliance launches FareFinder iPhone app
Malaysia's delicious dishes, terrible Bollywood movies, playground nostalgia
Hong Kong Eye proposed
專訪「少女時代」：我們要成為「九個碧昂絲」
Sydney's best burgers
20 delicious ways to break fast after Ramadan
4 worst Bollywood movies of August

Vancouver booted off 'most liveable' top spot

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:54 PM PDT

Melbourne is now the world's most liveable city, ending Vancouver's nine-year reign on the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) bi-annual Global Liveability Survey.

Vienna was rated the second best place to live, and Vancouver the third. Toronto and Calgary rounded out the top five. In another coup for Australia, Sydney jumped ahead of Helsinki to sixth spot.

Longtime runner-up Melbourne -- Sydney's arch rival, and some would say attention-seeking little sister -- edged in front for its low crime rates, political stability, and comprehensive health care and infrastructure.

Star Alliance launches FareFinder iPhone app

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:41 PM PDT

Following its recent launch of the Navigator iPhone app, Star Alliance network has introduced an iPhone app allowing customers to search one-way or return fares between any two airports on its network.

The app also allows customized requests with additional search criteria like number of passengers, arrival and departure times, class of service, number of stops, transfer airports and point of sale.

After making a selection, the ITA Software-powered app will then display available fares across member airlines, with links to the relevant websites and call centers so that the purchase can be made.

Malaysia's delicious dishes, terrible Bollywood movies, playground nostalgia

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:21 PM PDT

Newsletter Date:

31 August 2011

Newsletter Contents

By City:

7 reasons to check out Bangkok's 13th International Festival of Dance and Music

How to ride -- and hopefully survive -- Bangkok's 'motocy' taxis

Thailand goes from amazing to miraculous

Hong Kong Eye proposed

Hong Kongers eat 66,000 tons of siu mei a year

Yardbird: Hong Kong's 'it' restaurant

'Angry Anna' gains a virtual victory

Liverpool Football Club opens Indian academies

Quick guide to Ramzan in Mumbai

World's first Jackie Chan Museum to open in Shanghai

'Shoes off, please': China tightens airport security

The man bringing Kunqu opera to the world

A walking guide to Singapore's Little India

Transformers: The Ride to open in December

The woman teaching Singaporeans how to have sex

Japan's sake makers unite for Tohoku

Tossed in space: Domino's Pizza hits the Moon

Tokyo fall sports guide

Aviation entrepreneur aims to take on the world

Antonio Ruggerino: Sydney's vintage poster king

Social media art brings virtual audiences into cyber galleries

Reward yourself with a Chuseok getaway

6 best Gyeongridan Road eats

Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel to open in southwest Seoul next month

Hong Kong Eye proposed

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:02 PM PDT

A proposal to build a "Hong Kong Eye" will be submitted today to the Harbourfront Commission by The Hall Organization and Great City Attractions Global, the people behind the Singapore Flyer.

Great City is hoping that Hong Kong will follow in Singapore's footsteps and set up a 60-meter-high observation wheel on reclaimed land near the Star Ferry pier in Central.

"The wheel will definitely become a focal point of the harbor, offering postcard photo opportunities," the prospective operators claim.

專訪「少女時代」：我們要成為「九個碧昂絲」

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT

日本最大型音樂節 Summer Sonic 向來星光熠熠：Jay-Z、碧昂絲、Coldplay 和 My Chemical Romance 等巨星，樂迷一點也不陌生。

可是今年有「特別嘉賓」作壓軸。

少女時代是首個為此音樂節壓軸的韓國組合 — 前一晚的晚場嘉賓為 Lady Gaga。

「感覺我們像搖滾巨星一樣！」少女時代成員 Tiffany 上台前說。「能參加搖滾音樂節實在太令人興奮了，特別是我們並不是搖滾組合。我們希望可以為今年的音樂節注入不一樣的元素。」

然而，日本歌迷對少女時代的「初」登台倒是不太驚奇。今年六月，少女時代的同名專輯於日本首度發行，便攻佔日本排行榜，為歷代在日發行出道專輯的海外歌手之冠。專輯銷售量更突破 50 萬大關，成為今年於日本吸金取多的海外歌手。

閃閃發光的黑色短裙、名師設計的小西裝背心、及膝長皮靴，這身光鮮亮麗的造型背後藏著成員多年來所下的苦功。

這班女生終於在舞台上發光發亮。只消跟這幾位爽朗的韓流小天后聊聊天，你就會感到她們進軍國際樂壇的大計才剛起步。

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在後台，加州出生的 Tiffany 急不及待要上台向觀眾展示勁歌熱舞，對於有幸參加 Summer Sonic 這盛典顯得特別興奮。

Sydney's best burgers

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:06 PM PDT

In the last few years, Sydney's burgers have turned from staple fast-food to an artisan's masterpiece.

I vowed to investigate: I would dine at the city's boutique burger bars and gourmet grills, challenging them to put their patty where their mouth is.

Acknowledging Sydney's many outstanding pub burgers, I restricted my search to burger eateries.

The burger battle was on. I would find Sydney's best burger bar. Or perish in the attempt.

Grill'd

Coming to a suburb near you, Grill'd offers a hip combination of tunes, decor and beer.

The "Almighty" sounded promising: an informal salute to Australia's take-away "works" burger with bacon, egg and beetroot.

20 delicious ways to break fast after Ramadan

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT

With Ramadan coming to a close and Muslims around the world celebrating Eid al-Fitr, there's no better time to revel in the things that have been off limits during daylight hours for the last month.

Across Asia, where millions follow Islam, food is a central theme to nearly all social occasions.

Here are 20 of the most delicious dishes from Malaysia, though they can also be found elsewhere, that can now fill stomachs around the clock, not just after sun down.

4 worst Bollywood movies of August

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:58 PM PDT

Bollywood covered a whole spectrum of genres covered this past month -- an historical drama, a campy comedy, a real-life story and a socially relevant film.

You name it, they made it.

However, as varied as the genres were, the four films covered here did have a common thread. They were all pretty disastrous to sit through.