Paddington Bear Celebrates its Memorable 50th Anniversary with Guardian

Created by Michael Bond in 1958, Paddington Bear is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. To mark its presence at local scene, Guardian has organized a special appearance in an afternoon tea party held at the Apartment Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre recently. Present at the momentous occasion were, Miss Loi Liang Tok, Chief Operating Officer, Miss Soon Ai Lan, General Manager, Merchandising Department, Mr. Leonard Ariff Abdul Shatar, Chief Executive Officer, Duopharma, Mr. Jackie Toh, Managing Director, Ginvera Marketing, Mr. Mike Voon, Senior Channel Manager of Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Kua Theng Hong, Deputy General Manager of Loreal Malaysia, Mr. Ng Hock Guan, Group Brand Manager of Nivea, Mr. Goh Tian Huat, National Customer Development Manager of Unilever and local artistes- the 3R Girls.

The lovable Paddington Bear was given a grand ceremonious welcome to celebrate its 50th Anniversary with 50 children from Rumah Kesayangan, Rumah Nur Hikmah, and also with 200 invited guests who brought along their children. Meanwhile, in the spirit of Hari Raya, the orphans from orphanage homes were given Raya packets and a number of Paddington souvenirs. Honorable guests and members from the press were also treated to Paddington’s favorite food; marmalade, sandwiches and cocoa.

In spicing up the celebration of Paddington’s 50th Anniversary, Guardian has also made a contribution in decorating some of the buses and trains around town with Paddington banners to ensure that the festivities atmosphere felt by people from all walks of life.

Paddington Bear enthusiasts are encourage to purchase the exclusive set of Paddington memorabilia’s at Guardian stores nationwide from now until 25 February 2009. For example, an original 17-inch Paddington Bear “Plush + Backpack” can be obtained free with 50 stamps or redeem with RM49.90 plus 20 stamps.

For more information, please visit Guardian store nationwide or log on to www.guardian.com.my

LG Introduces its new LG80 Full HD LCD TV and PG70 Full HD Plasma TV

LG’s technology has won the Best of Innovations 2008 Award in Las Vegas, therefore, in spearheading its TV brand name as a market leader as well as to reconfirm its unrival quality and reputation in Malaysia, LG Electronics has unveiled the LG LG80 Full HD LCD TV and the LG PG70 Full HD Plasma TV at Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur recently.

Powered by LG’s patented Dual XD engine that offers natural lifelike pictures that are not available in other TVs, LG80 Full HD LCD TV comes with a built-in 3.1 channel surround sound system packed with 500watt woofer, designed by audio GURU- Mark Lewinson (nicknamed “Golden Ear”), the 42-inch LG80 is incorporated with a “Auto Sliding Speakers” that will magically appear whenever the TV is in operating mode.

Themed “Awesome Sound. Awesome Pictures” to reflect its perfect pitch “hidden sound” and super-high resolution of 6M (1920×1080x3RGB) Pixels that is 2 times than the previous HD, LG80 Full HD LCD TV comes with a 50,000 : 1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, response time of 2.7 mili-seconds on movie mode, Anti Dazzling System (for eye care), AV Mode which optimize picture and sound settings based on “cinema”,”sports” and “game” contents, SRS TruSurround XT & Clear Voice technology, HDMI (V.1.3 with Deep Color) that provides a wider bandwidth (340MHz, 10.2Gbps) delivering broader range of colors and speedier data-transmission, SIMPLINK and USB 2.0 (JPEG/MP3/DivX) connectivity.

The LG PG70 Full Plasma TV is also powered by Dual XD Engine with Full HD Resolution, 600Hz Sub Field Driving, response time of 0.001ms, Time Machine technology that has 160GB Built-in hard disk drive, and a respectable 1,000,000 : 1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio. Themed “TAKE IT TO THE EDGE”, PG70 Full Plasma TV is also packed with Invisible Speaker, SRS TruSurround XT and Clear Voice technology tuned by Mark Lewinson, 3X HDMI (version 1.3), USB 2.0, AV Mode, E-Con and SIMPLINK.

Speaking at the launch, Mr. T. Y. Ko, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of LG Electroniucs (M) Sendirian Berhad, ” LG will continue to raise the standards until we achieve our vision to make LG the no.1 brand by 2010″. Also present at the event were, Mr. Chin Min Foong and Mr. Parameswaran of LG Electronics Malaysia Sendirian Berhad.

For more information on this new product, please log on to www.lge.com