SIA now has a limited edition batik mahjong set you can flaunt during Chinese New Year

With Chinese New Year on the way, gambling and mahjong is something most of us are looking forward to and with four people only required to play, it's well within the safe distancing guidelines, even before Phase 3 kicks in.

You can now make your mahjong sessions a bit more special with a limited edition Singapore Airline's (SIA) mahjong set. It's yet another way to support the national carrier after the slew of initiatives including Restaurant A380 and a behind-the-scenes tour of SIA's training facility. And it'll cost you $388 or 42,250 miles.

Presented in a beautiful dark blue leather case, it features tiles decorated with the brand's signature batik print on its backs.

The front of the tiles have also been designed to feature elements unique to the airline. For instance, the White Board tiles are represented by aircraft windows instead of the usual plain rectangles.

The Bamboo suit tiles are made up of little airplane seat maps, while the Circle suit tiles are inspired by aircraft engines.

Given that batik is a huge part of the SIA's identity, it features prominently. Aside from the backs of the tiles, the flower and season tiles are gorgeously decorated with batik motifs that are inspired by local flowers as are the chips, which come clad in beautiful batik motifs in blue, red, green and purple, the same colours as the air stewardess uniform.

You'll have to act fast as though it's on pre-order, there are only a limited number of sets available.

melissateo@asiaone.com