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Vanessa Mae at the Sochi Winter Olympics
OMEGA
brand ambassador and famed violinist Vanessa-Mae paid a visit to The OMEGA Pavilion,
a two-storey building will serve as the brand’s pop-up home for the duration of the Olympic and
Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. Mae will be participating in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter
Games for the slalomand giant slalomevents. OMEGA has long been associatedwith the Olympics
as the first company to be entrusted with the Official Timekeeping of all the events included in the
Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games, that has led tomore than 80 years of pioneering developments
in the field of sports timekeeping and in Sochi, OMEGA will assume the responsibilities of
Official Timekeeper for the 26th time.
Vanessa Mae spoke with OMEGA President Stephen Urquhart about her relationship
with time and her goals for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. “This is the greatest
show on earth and to be here with OMEGA is a dream come true and I have to pinch myself
sometimes to realise that I’m not only dreaming, I’m living this,” Vanessa-Mae said. “I have to
say that the greats are here; I’m not here to compete against the best – I’m here to participate
with the best, and that’s the real Olympic Spirit and the message of this movement,” she added
when discussing her goals for the Olympics.
Following a question-and-answer session with journalists and audience members, the
star received a special treat from OMEGA: a live performance by a young musical prodigy
that she herself had inspired. Eleven-year-old Elizaveta Stakhurskaya, winner of a number
of major regional musical competitions in Russia, performed “Fantasy #7” by Georg
Telemann for Vanessa-Mae. After her performance she asked her role model for advice
and wished her good luck on the slopes.
The Royal Selangor
Visitor Centre’s 10th
Anniversary
The
Royal Selangor Visitor
Centre celebrated its 10th
birthday with a makeover
of its gallery and the fac-
tory’s demo area. Since
its inauguration in March
2004, it has won the Ma-
laysia Tourism Best Tourist
Attraction Award in the
category of attraction with
national identity or heritage,
as well as the ASEAN Tour-
ism Association Awards for
Excellence as Best ASEAN
New Tourist Attraction.
Until today, it aims to be an
educational source for the
history of tin mining in Ma-
laysia, receiving hundreds of
domestic and international
visitors daily.
To mark the 10th anni-
versary, a tour was given of
the newly renovated Pewter
Museumat the factory, as well as hands on experience on the process of pewter-making
through the pewtersmithing workshop– the School of Hard Knocks and The Foundry.
The fresh exhibits are set to transform the visitor’s experience, not only by providing
more displays to enjoy but also supplementing it with informative and interesting
highlights.
To further add to the Anniversary Celebration, Royal Selangor has launched the
Limited Edition ColouredMelon Teapots, inspired by its founder’s lucky Melon Teapot,
to celebrate the heritage, craftsmanship and continuous growth of a 129-year old
Malaysian brand name.