KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): It is not often that Tengku Amir Shah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, the crown prince of Selangor, climbs mountains, but when he does, you can be certain it is for a good cause. In an exclusive interview, he talks about the why behind his recent expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Another proud Malaysian puts the nation on the map — Ng Choon Keith, CEO of Ecobuilt Holdings Bhd, became the first person in the country to complete an 81km swim along the sacred Ganges River in India. To commemorate his achievement, he donated RM3,000 to World Vision Malaysia and is currently in the process of applying for an entry into the Malaysia Book of Records.

On the other side of the world, Lucas Loo, co-founder and executive director of social enterprise SEAD Bamboo, recounts setting up the Heartburst installation at Nevada’s Burning Man festival and confirms there were no Ebola outbreaks on the ground.

“Heartburst was birthed by OfficeUntitled, a progressive architecture firm in Los Angeles. Five years ago, we collaborated on an exciting project designing bamboo gas stations that actually proved to be feasible. So, when OfficeUntitled thought of designing a bamboo pavilion for Burning Man, we got connected and the rest is history,” Ipoh-based Loo relates in an email interview.

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