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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Sevens
2014
March 28-30
Every March,
28 teams from the
world’s top rugby-
playing nations fly
in to Hong Kong to
compete in action-
packed 15-minute
matches at Hong
Kong Stadium. Catch
all the action.
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Ho Chi Minh City
Laguna Lăng Cô Triathlon
March 29
The organizers of the second
Laguna Lăng Cô Triathlon, which
consists of a 1.8km swim, 62km bike
ride and 12km run, couldn’t have
picked a better site. As the first
and largest fully integrated world-
class hospitality development
in Vietnam, Laguna Lăng Cô is
a world unto itself. Here you’ll
find Banyan Tree- and Angsana-
branded hotels and resorts, award-
winning spas, resort residences,
convention facilities and myriad
recreational activities.
Singapore
Bruno Mars’ Moonshine
Jungle Tour
March 26
For one-night only, Grammy-
winner Bruno Mars serves up
his unique brand of R&B-
inflected pop at the Singapore
Indoor Stadium. Look forward
to hits like “Just The Way
You Are”, “Marry You” and
“Grenade”
.
com.sg/indoor-stadium
.
Manila
Noises Off
March 28-April 27
Veteran actor Miguel
Faustmann directs
Repertory Philippines’
production of
Noises Off
,
Michael Frayn’s Laurence
Olivier Award-winning
masterpiece. The classic
farce starts in the middle of
a dress/tech rehearsal by a
theater company tackling a
saucy English comedy
featuring two couples
whose paths cross at
a country chateau.
But that’s just the beginning
— stops in the action that
are used to tackle the
romantic lives of the actors
in the farce add a layer of
complexity.
Beijing
The Bookworm
Literary Festival
March 7-21
Made up of 200
events, the festival
brings together near-
ly 100 Chinese and
international speakers
from 24 countries to
inspire, challenge and
entertain bibliophiles.
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Osaka
The 9th Osaka Asian
Film Festival 2014
March 7-16
Fans of Asian movies won’t
want to miss this 10-day
extravaganza featuring the
region’s top cinematic talents.
The OAFF kicks off on March
7 with
Kano
, a period film
about baseball set in Taiwan
during the Japanese colonial
period. The much-anticipated
movie is by Taiwanese director
Wei Te-Sheng, whose previous
film
Warriors of the Rainbow:
Seediq Bale
won the OAFF
2012 Audience Award. Slated
to close the fest on March 16 is
The Light Shines Only There
,
a film based on the novel by
Sato Yasushi.
