IndoChine @ Empress Place (Waterfront Restaurant, Bar Opiume, Siem Reap II)
Offering one of the finest views of the Singapore River, this world-class fine-dining restaurant offers authentic Indochinese cuisine amidst a grand backdrop of lotus flower-shaped Czechoslovakian crystal chandeliers towering Sukothai Buddha statues,
rare Shan antiques and custom-made stainless steel and leather Ming Dynasty-style chairs.
Singapore's War On Opium
Recent bans on e-cigarettes & shisha, along with efforts to make Orchard Road smoke-free hint at tougher laws on smoking in Singapore.
Will Singapore eventually crack down on cigarettes the way it did on opium in 1946?
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OPIUM (the Opium Border)
Reportage: Emiliano Pinnizzotto
Location: Nagaland, (Border between Myanmar and India)
February 2017
The scourge of opium in the border villages between India and Burma where in this remote area forgotten by both governments, without any checks and prevention by the authorities, the consumption of opium has spread so rapidly as to make one-third of men slave of opium, creating a hard vacuum in the fabric of the society. While women go to the fields to work, barefoot, in all weather conditions, men gather in a hut to smoke opium all day long.
The children are left in the same house and play while adults are smoking, the acrid smell and fumes spread all over in the hut.
The situation is now dramatic and critical, but is not well known.
But what will happen In a few years?
Without any intervention, entire villages will be inhabited by men and boys who are completely addicted to opium.
Images and Video: Emiliano Pinnizzotto
Voice-over: Lauren Mastroviti
Editing and Original Sound Track: Emiliano Pinnizzotto
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Kewei performances @ Bar opiume - 230508 - 2
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Tourists see the red light disctrict of Singapore
SHOTLIST
Singapore - May 10th, 11th, 15th, 2007
1. Tourists walking through red light district
2. Tilt up from ground to brothel
3. Girl outside hostess bar (not brothels but where female hostesses are paid to get the men to drink. Some may agree to be paid for sex.)
4. Girl beckoning from hostess bar
5. Hotel that books rooms by the hour
6. Tour guide leading group across road
7. Kum in Yoga sign pan to women in brothel
8. UPSOUND: Helena Poon, tour guide
Two years ago some of our legislators were not quite sure either. Do you believe this? They actually in parliament asked so is prostitution legal or what? And the answer from the minister of state for law was yes it is legal in Singapore
9. Set up shot of Jeyathurai A
10. Close up of typing
11. Close up of face
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeyathurai A, managing director of Journeys, which runs the Original Singapore Walks
Singapore has always we've been told to be a very sanitised boring place where there is a lot of control and so forth and we wanted to show the rest of the world that Singapore is like any other country, it had the same factors that drove it that the people were no different, they are as red blooded as the next bloke in the other countries, so we wanted to do a tour that showed the other side of Singapore and showed its more surprising side, one where you got a perspective of prostitution.
13. Pan across tourists listening to tour guide
14. Various of shophouses where brothels used to be
15. UPSOUND: (English) Helena Poon, tour guide
Inside there, harbour, are concealed in there are many stories of abuse and violence. And often for these girls it is a dead end job, and the only way to get out was death.
16. Close up Keong Saik Road sign (one of the designated red light districts)
17. Tourists walking
18. Woman looking out of brothel
19. Women going into brothel
20. Girl walking, man and women going into brothel, man walking into one
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeyathurai A, managing director of Journeys which runs the Original Singapore Walks
So it exists but it is never something but it is never something that will be seen as a tourist attraction and I suppose that is what surprised people when we actually started these tours that we saw it as an opportunity to understand and appreciate, not in a sleazy way, but in a way where you can understand the society.
22. Tourists on tour
23. SOUNDBITE : (English) Vox Pop (no name available)
I think the biggest surprise is that it is actually legal in Singapore. Whenever you hear stories about Singapore, it's all it is perfectly clean it is illegal to chew gum or spit on the floor so when you come on this tour and it opens it all up and you realise, you think it's all about the shopping and the high rise but really there is a whole other side, the dark side of Singapore.
24. SOUNDBITE : (English) Vox Pop (no name available)
No, I had no idea you just think it is brought up on the mega malls and the shopping and the fact that it is a city of industry and bringing in shipping and receiving not one of prostitution and opium.
25. Wide brothel
26. UPSOUND: (English) Helena Poon, tour guide
The girls in turn carry health cards that require them to go for regular check ups medical checks, this is more for containment and we read last year every three nights at this place there were two raids. So they raid them rather regularly to ensure that the girls are not just of consensual age, which is 16, but they are at least 18.
27. Various of prostitutes standing on the street in Geylang, a traditional red light district.
LEAD-IN
Singapore is renowned for its strict laws and controlled society.
STORYLINE
These visitors are learning about prostitution in Singapore.
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Asian Civilizations Museum at Empress Place, Singapore
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From 21 May to 30 September 2008, the Special Exhibitions Gallery of the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore is showcasing ancient exhibits of Vietnam.
The lighting inside the gallery is dim and thus it does not provide enough light for video filming.
Best to visit this place to see for yourself some really great stuff on display.
The Opium Trade: The Making of Modern China
Empress Restaurant Asian Civilisations Museum Singapore Executive Set Lunch
Had the privilege to lunch at the Empress Restaurant (by Prive Group) at the Asian Civilisations Museum. We took the standard executive set lunch which came in 3 courses. Cost was $38/pax before taxes.
The first course was a choice between a soup and a salad. I chose the salad which came with soft shell crab, baby spinach and two pieces of Dim Sum.
The second course was standard - a trio of fried rice, steamed chicken and sweet and sour pork. Overall taste was good.
Dessert was called Calamansi Brulee tart, which was ok.
Overall, nice ambience. The views were gorgeous outside. Probably even better in the evenings. (You would have to pay more for dinner!)
Disclaimer - I paid for my own meal. This is not an advertorial.
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Wedding at Empress at Asian Civilisation Museum
Palvos and Jinting Wedding at Empress at Asian Civilisation Museum
200th Anniversary of Singapore's Founding Then and Now 4K Ultra HD 新加坡开埠200周年 从前到现代市貌发展过程影像
製作這部影片要展現一百多年前，新加坡舊時代的影像和現代城市的面貌強烈對比，記錄百年前街道，建築物，人文生活，記念新加坡開埠二百年的視頻。 一八一八年三月萊佛士來到蘇門答臘擔任西岸明古魯代理總督，由於當時馬六甲海峽諸島都是在荷蘭控制範圍，因為荷蘭在這塊區域長期商業壟斷，萊佛士決定策劃向東南亞發展英國勢力。他憑籍深厚的東方知識和卓越的口才，使當時的印度總督沃倫·黑斯廷斯信任，為了保障英國貿易，必須馬上採取有力行動。一八一八年十二月奉黑斯廷斯之命，在馬六甲海峽東面建立前哨基地，開闢了向南中國海擴張的通道。計劃在馬來亞半島南端一個小島上，建立一個自由貿易港，即今日的新加坡。萊佛士於一月二十八日，乘巡洋艦抵達棋樟山（聖約翰島），二十九日登陸新加坡本島他在當日宣佈東印度公司已經從蘇丹手中獲得新加坡治理權，事實上這個治理權來得並不順利：當時的蘇丹並未同意萊佛士的要求，根據廖內蘇丹和荷蘭之間的條約，天猛公無權代表蘇丹與外國定約。當時新加坡正由柔佛廖內蘇丹阿都拉曼穆阿佔沙統治。當萊佛士得知蘇丹阿都拉曼穆阿佔沙的兄長東姑胡先本該是王位繼承人（由於其父王駕崩時，人正在彭亨訪問而不在身邊，遂被取消資格），萊佛士隨即覲見東姑胡先，並宣佈支持東姑胡先出任蘇丹，聲稱英國只承認東姑胡先為合法的廖內蘇丹，而東姑胡先則於一八一九年二月六日和英國簽署條約，才成功取得新加坡。並與之訂下友好的同盟條約，萊佛士成為新加坡總督，一八二三年一月正式宣告新加坡為自港。並對新加坡的市區建設規劃藍圖，劃分華人區（大坡），馬來人區（小坡）歐洲人和阿拉伯人區（美芝路），使各個族群和睦相處。此外，他也協助制定新加坡的法律，控制煙，豬肉，嚴禁地下賭攤。 In 1818, Sir Stamford Raffles was appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of the British colony at Bencoolen. He was determined that Great Britain should replace the Netherlands as the dominant power in the archipelago, since the trade route between China and British India, which had become vitally important with the institution of the opium trade with China, passed through the archipelago. The Dutch had been stifling British trade in the region by prohibiting the British from operating in Dutch-controlled ports or by subjecting them to a high tariff. Raffles hoped to challenge the Dutch by establishing a new port along the Straits of Malacca, the main ship passageway for the India-China trade. He needed a third port since the British only had the ports of Penang and Bencoolen. The port had to be strategically located along the main trade route between India and China and in the middle of the Malay Archipelago. He convinced Lord Hastings, the Governor-General of India and his superior at the British East India Company, to fund an expedition to seek a new British base in the region. Raffles arrived in Singapore on 28 January 1819 and soon recognised the island as a natural choice for the new port. It lay at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula, near the Straits of Malacca, and possessed a natural deep harbor, fresh water supplies, and timber for repairing ships. It was also located along the main trade route between India and China. Raffles found a small Malay settlement at the mouth of the Singapore River, with an estimated population of about 150 that consisted of around 120 Malays and 30 Chinese. headed by the Temenggong and Tengku Abdu'r Rahman. Around 100 of these Malays had originally moved to Singapore from Johor in 1811 led by the Temenggong. The entire island may have a population of 1,000 including the various tribes and Orang Laut (sea gypsies). The island was nominally ruled by the Sultan of Johor, who was controlled by the Dutch and the Bugis. However, the Sultanate was weakened by factional division and Tengku Abdu'r Rahman and his officials were loyal to Tengku Rahman's elder brother Tengku Long who was living in exile in Riau. With the Temenggong's help, Raffles managed to smuggle Tengku Long back into Singapore. He offered to recognize Tengku Long as the rightful Sultan of Johor, given the title of Sultan Hussein and provide him with a yearly payment of $5000 and $3000 to the Temenggong; in return, Sultan Hussein would grant the British the right to establish a trading post on Singapore. A formal treaty was signed on 6 February 1819 and modern Singapore was born. When Raffles arrived, it was estimated that there were around 1,000 people living in the whole of the island of Singapore, mostly local groups that would become assimilated into Malays and a few dozen Chinese. The population increased rapidly soon after Raffles' arrival; the first census of 1824 shows that 6,505 out of the 10,683 total were Malays and Bugis. Large number of Chinese migrants also started to enter Singapore just months after it became a British settlement, by the census of 1826, there were already more Chinese than Malays excluding Bugis and Javanese. Due to continual migration from Malaya, China, India and other parts of Asia, Singapore's population had reached nearly 100,000 by 1871, with over half of them Chinese.]Many early Chinese and Indian immigrants came to Singapore to work in various plantations and tin mines and they were predominantly male, and large number of them would return to their home countries after they had earned enough money. However, an increasingly significant number would choose to stay permanently by the early to mid twentieth century and their descendants would form the bulk of Singapore's population.
【Singapore Walking Tour】Tanjong Pagar • Chinatown • Clarke Quay シンガポール ウォーキングツアー
Evening sunset walk from Tanjong Pagar to Chinatown, passing through Robertson Quay and finally to Clarke Quay.
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[Tanjong Pagar]
Tanjong Pagar (alternatively spelled Tanjung Pagar) is a historic district located within the Central Business District in Singapore, straddling the Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's urban planning zones.
Since 1600s, Tanjong Pagar, located between the docks and the town, was an enclave for the thousands of Chinese and Indian dock workers who had migrated to Singapore from the mid-19th century. With all the traffic between the docks and the town, Tanjong Pagar was also lucrative ground for rickshaw pullers awaiting clients. So prevalent was their presence that in 1904, the government established a Jinricksha Station at the junction of Tanjong Pagar Road and Neil Road.
From the time the docks began operations in 1864, land values in Tanjong Pagar rose, attracting wealthy Chinese and Arab traders to buy real estate there.
The proliferation of impoverished workers led to overcrowding, pollution and social problems such as opium smoking and prostitution. Tanjong Pagar generally deteriorated into an inner city ghetto. By World War II, Tanjong Pagar was a predominantly working class Hokkien area with an Indian minority.
In the mid-1980s, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be gazetted under the government's conservation plan. When the conservation project was completed, many of the area's shophouses were restored to their original appearance. But although a few traces of the old Tanjong Pagar remain – an old swimming pool, the odd street cobbler – the face of Tanjong Pagar has changed. Today, Tanjong Pagar has become a fashionable district, filled with thriving businesses, cafés, bars and restaurants.
[Chinatown]
Chinatown (Chinese: 牛车水; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gû-chia-chúi, Malay: Kreta Ayer, Tamil: சைனா டவுன்) is a subzone and ethnic enclave located within the Outram district in the Central Area of Singapore. Featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements, Chinatown has had a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population.
Chinatown is considerably less of an enclave than it once was. However, the precinct does retain significant historical and cultural significance. Large sections of it have been declared national heritage sites officially designated for conservation by the Urban Redevelopment Authority.
[Clarke Quay]
Clarke Quay is a historical riverside quay in Singapore, located within the Singapore River Planning Area. The quay is situated upstream from the mouth of the Singapore River and Boat Quay.
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Changkat Bukit Bintang | Kuala Lumpur
Changkat Bukit Bintang - known as Kuala Lumpur's nightlife district is more than meets the eye. There are still some little gems left to be discovered in the vibrant area.
Come to the district's latest hot spot called Opium. This new Changkat hot spot, which style is inspired by the old oriental opium dens, promises a dining experience like no other. A must-try on their menu is the distinctive dessert tagged as the Cheesy Banana Fritters - caramelized banana topped with banana-vanilla ice cream and sprinkled with cheese.
In the mood for some steaks? Dine at The Steakhouse for an intimate night with family and friends. Pick the steak cut you prefer and you can even select the best wine to accompany your meal in the well-stocked cellar.
Try the different types of whiskies when you order the sampler at The Whisky Bar. German gastronomic delights await guests at the Black Forests Restaurant & Bar. Don't miss the wiener schnitzel and the famous black forest cake in a glass.
Other restaurant that must be in your itinerary are the El Cerdo Restaurant and the Dining in the Dark. These dining places will definitely excite all your senses!
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Opium Cocktail Bar & Dim Sum Parlour - World Bartender day Feb 2019
Find a little peak of our World Bartender Day event @opiumchinatown where we had bartenders from France, Austria & England. Exclusive menu in partnership with Fair drinks. Jeremy Pascal (Opium Cocktail Bar & Dim Sum Parlour - London), Yannic Bucco (Willie Carter Shape Cocktail Bar - Montpellier), Matthieu Pluta (Old Sport Club - Nice), Reinhard Pohorec (Pohorec Sensory - Vienna). 24th February 2019
MONA'MUR LIVE (GROOVE REBELS) AT OPIUM PARTY BAR
Restaurant and cafe at CHIJMES
Ever wonder what to eat or what are the best restaurants and cafe at CHIJMES?
Today we walked around and tried some of the foods, coffees and desserts at CHIJMES. Follow us and see what we have had from this video :)
The chocolate-loving couple who revived Thailand's cacao-growing industry | Remarkable Living
Founders of artisanal chocolate brand, Kad Kokoa, Nuttaya and Paniti Chunhasawatikul, traded a life in the courtroom for a career making chocolate, by first growing the beans locally.
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Aaron Lenfestey & Caroline Wee Wedding Montage At EMPRESS @ Asian Civilisations Museum
Aaron Lenfestey & Caroline Wee Wedding Montage At EMPRESS @ Asian Civilisations Museum On 20 October 2018. Wedding Montage By ForestFly Pictures.
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