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A new year, and my birthday a few days away, does tend to make my thoughts go back over the past as well as worry…

We are now in the New Year according to the Western calendar and will soon be concentrating the Chinese New Year. This is the Year of the Water Dragon. According some Chinese astrologers the water will…

According to the Mayan calendar 21st December 2012 will mark the end of the world. Will the world be flooded as in the time of Noah or will there be undersea eruptions and our cities will disappear like Atlantis? Hopefully our future…

I’d like to take this moment to wish all AdAsia subscribers a very pleasant Christmas, shared with family and friends. Of course, as we are an Asia-wide publication, probably the Christian readers…

In my last contribution, I spoke of the lengths that the Singapore has gone to promote design in Singapore with the President’s Design Awards and the financial support for the training and upgrading…

Singapore may be the only nation that has an award under the auspice of the Head of State.
The President’s Design Award is presented each year in this island state (and yes, the President does turn up). Never mind that it seem…

“It’s not offensive.” That was the overwhelming response to our poll on the large poster for Abercrombie and Fitch which was recently displayed on a building in Orchard Road, Singapore’s main shopping thoroughfare. It showed a tasteful shot of a man naked to his lower torso, the rest hidden…

I’m writing this within an hour of the announcement on CNN of the death of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. He was just 56. He’d battled cancer for eight years and his resignation a month or two back suggested…

Part of my job is to attend and report on conferences related to the advertising and related industries. It often takes me around the region from to Japan to Bangladesh and I even get invites to shows in the Middle East, France, UK and USA…

It was sad to hear the news that Steve Jobs was to resign his position as CEO of Apple. Of course, we all knew of his health problems but hoped he would fully recover. I suspect as a man he wasn’t that easy to work with. One got glimpses of arrogance and certainly he didn’t mind stepping on toes when an Apple development did not meet…