Time and the green message

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THIS year’s A Journey Through Time III will be of everything luxurious, glistening and green.

Famed as Asia’s largest deluxe watch and jewellery showcase, the retail-focused exhibition by Starhill Gallery and Tourism Malaysia is going to be held from Dec 3 to 13 at Starhill Gallery.

It is specially themed Time & the Environment to spread the green message.

All smiles: Dr Ng (left) and Yeoh signing the plaque at the press conference for ‘A Journey Through Time 2009.’

“Time and elements of the environment are fundamentally intertwined. But the environment is showing signs of buckling under the strain of sustaining mankind because nothing but time is infinite.

“We felt it is timely that we should use this event to help generate more awareness on climate change,” YTL Corporation group managing director Tan Sri Francis Yeoh said.

There will be a special talk titled Time & the Environment Insights on Dec 9 where horological experts and champions of the environments will present a series of topics relating to the environment and the luxury acquisition industry.

Describing the luxury items as heirlooms to be passed down for generations, Yeoh highlighted the fact that the automatic watches (and bicycles) are the only machines that do not require fossil or fuels to power them.

To name a few, brands like Breguet, Bedat & Co, Romain Jerome, Richard Mille, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Mouawad will be dazzling the visitors with their finest and most innovative creations.

Adding glitz and glamour to the 11-day showcase are the world-class entertainments from Datin Seri Tiara Jacequelina, Stephen Rahman-Hughes, Maria Cordero, Dennis Lau, Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, Ning Baizura and Katherine Jenkins.

Cordero, who was present at the press conference alongside Ning and Lau, delighted the guests with her impromptu rendition of a short snippet of Paul Anka’s Times of Your Life.

She cheekily altered the lyrics to include words like Malaysia, Truly Asia and A Journey Through Time, drawing applause and smiles from the crowd.

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, in her speech, said the fair was in line with the ministry’s continuous efforts in promoting the rich flora and fauna in our 150 million year old forests.

“Our national eco-tourism policy is that no more than 50% of the country’s landscape will be developed in order to retain the nature. The duty to protect the earth is on every one of us,” she said.