My perfect weekend: Kennie Ting

WHO: Kennie Ting, 42, director of the Asian Civilisations Museum, has recently published a book, Director's Choice: Asian Civilisations Museum. Part of a series by the renowned Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers, the book is the first from an Asian museum. In it, Ting highlights his favourite artefacts from the museum's collection and tells stories about trade and cultural flows through Asia.

"Weekends are moments of stillness for me these days. They are reserved for me alone, though I share this time also with my loved ones. I try very hard to reserve both work and social engagements for weekdays and weekday evenings only.