Quick guide to JB’s trendy Austin Heights: Where to eat, play and stay

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The Escaper and Enigma Escape JB are two different escape rooms close to Jalan Austin Heights 8/7, but Banghistory has more than 350 reviews on Google Maps and an impressive 4.5-star aggregate. We should note, however, that one sponsor complained on TripAdvisor that Banghistory’s cancellation aspects were all in Chinese and workers could n’t speak also in English.

The hours of operation at Banghistory are 11:30 to 11 p.m., with closing time on Saturday and Sunday mornings at midnight.

For more info, visit their website.

4. NYX JB

This is a delightful addition for clubbers because JB lacks Zouk-style bars. Nyx, which originated in Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, really started operating in a solo building next to the sports heart, near the Jalan Austin 7 improvement.

For more info, visit their website.

WHERE TO Have

Dining choices abound, and more so if you widen your online to contain Mount Austin, where there’s Bloom By MokMok and Uncle Pou Wok ( renowned for its KL- type black Chinese dish ), among people. Here are a few eateries to think about as you search and are likely to discover a hidden jewel elsewhere.

1. Basilico

Basilico is consistently excellent and has a reputation as JB’s best Italian restaurant thanks to Johor foodies who first started making their money in Singapore restaurants. Fortunately, it is situated on the western edge of Austin Heights, away from the busy heart and close to the congested heart.

For more info, visit their website.

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Commentary: Big Brother concerns in Ho Chi Minh City as Vietnam launches social listening programme

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CAN VIETNAM GET THE INFORMATION IT NEEDS?

Social listening is no new in Vietnam. Companies have relied on this service for years from both domestic and international IT companies.

Despite having low scores year after year, some provinces in North Vietnam have also implemented a citizens ‘ comments app to collect data from cultural listening software. However, they failed to make use of the data collected between 2016 and 2022 in Quang Ninh to improve the performance of regional government agencies for healthcare, construction management, and education.

Is this listening initiative akin to a state job that squanders public funds like Quang Ninh’s, or is it about becoming Big Brother? What is clear now is that Vietnam will depend mainly on international platforms like Facebook, X ( formerly known as Twitter ), Instagram, and YouTube to gather the data necessary for social hearing.

Between 2018 and 2023, most of the eight” Made in Vietnam” social media apps like as Zingme, Lotus, Hahalolo, Gapo, and Vietnamta had failed to get much users globally to succeed, except Zalo- a regional software with over 60 million users in 2023.

With over 75 million Vietnamese users in Vietnam and several millions of Vietnamese living abroad, no Vietnamese-language social media platform can rival global giants like Facebook. Even Vietnamese media made it known that there will continue to be” a market dominated by Big Tech” for a long time.

First and foremost, Vietnam’s excessive reliance on foreign social media platforms requires the government to work within the Big Tech companies ‘ data protection practices in order to carry out its intended social listening program.

Vietnam’s relationship with Big Tech companies has never been plain sailing. According to Vietnam’s cybersecurity law, Facebook and Google were required to remove any online links and video content that were deemed to be threats to national security within 24 hours.

Data released by the Ministry of Information and Communications in mid- 2022 showed that in the first six months of that year, thousands of posts were removed by Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.

However, these takedowns are only a small sourdough by the global platforms to defend their business interests in Vietnam. The key question is whether Big Tech would comply with the government’s demands for access to customer data.

A government decree authorized the Ministry of Public Security, which regulates the police, to order Big Tech to” store Vietnamese users ‘ personal data in Vietnam,” with the condition that it be done “within 12 months.”

The Vietnamese press did not make any such announcements in 2023. In the upcoming years, the government will continue to fight with the Big Tech platforms over control of the internet and social media.

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Yeonnam-dong, Seoul: A hidden gem filled with interesting cafes, shops & restaurants

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Kim Hyo- Jin, a native of 15 years, embodies this attitude with her shop and keep, Milieu Haus, a comfortable haven that serves up vintage charm alongside delightful brews.

Yeonnam- dong’s professional buildings, unlike other downtown areas, are converted from residential villas and houses. Therefore, if you walk into a small club or business, you may think the atmospheric, real feeling of the road compared to the stores on the principal street”, said Kim.

One of the features of Yeonnam- chang is its thriving cooking image, which boasts an eclectic range of shops, restaurants, and bars that cater to every mouth. There are plenty of dining options, from coffee shops serving artisanal brews to restaurants serving creative cuisine.

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