The Business Times
business-time-50
THE WINDING ROAD

Old is still gold

google-preferred-sourceAdd BT as a preferred source
Vivien Ang

Vivien Ang

Published Sat, Jul 16, 2022 · 05:50 AM
    • “We might be living in a digital world now where listening to music is so accessible and convenient, but we are surely missing the thrill and excitment of exploring music through a physical medium like vinyl.," says vinyl collector Teo Chee Keong (left), with his son.
    • “We might be living in a digital world now where listening to music is so accessible and convenient, but we are surely missing the thrill and excitment of exploring music through a physical medium like vinyl.," says vinyl collector Teo Chee Keong (left), with his son. PHOTO: TEO CHEE KEONG

    I WAS perusing my stamp collection, trying to recall how I came into possession of some of them, when the husband rudely interrupted and said that it was an “obsolete hobby”.

    Needless to say, I was affronted.

    “How is it obsolete?” I demanded.

    Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.

    MusicThe Winding Road

    Copyright SPH Media. All rights reserved.

    Reuse this contentFeedback

    TRENDING NOW

    Despite numerous crackdowns, South-east Asia’s multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry has proven remarkably resilient. 

    Rooting out the scam scourge in South-east Asia

    Mapletree Logistics Trust has been cited as offering “valuation appeal” as it trades at a “below-average” price-to-book value multiple.

    Hunting for yield? DBS analysts bet on S-Reits over bank dividends

    Why is Apac poised to become such a significant market for aviation?

    Asia-Pacific aviation: is up really the only way?

    “I consider myself lucky. I don’t consider myself successful,” says Ng Yih Pyng, the second-generation leader of Tomei Consolidated.

    What’s luck got to do with it? Everything, says Malaysian jewellery king Tomei’s chief

    Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
    Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
    View More