Today, 29 August 2011

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    39 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Monday August 29, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Today MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday August 29, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    I will reach out to all, says Dr Tony Tan
    918 1  -  DPMTharman backs President-elect’s plan and will engage him for his views on economy ESTHER NG, NG JING YNG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Fresh from a hard fought victory, President-elect Tony Tan, 71, said yesterday that reaching out to all Singaporeans was a
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      88 1 ntuc income 1 K%Te FESTIVAL SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY act3 INTeRNQTiONQL KITE FLYING DAYS 3 and 4 September, 4pm to 8pm The Promontory Marina Bay Two great days with the world's best kiters displaying their unique kites. In addition, artistic performances, non-stop kite making workshops, traditional kite making showcases, free kites*
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon 'I would have done better in a straight fight'
      638 2  -  TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Had it been down to a straight fight with former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan, Dr Tan Cheng Bock felt he would have stood a “much better chance” in the Presidential Election (PE). Speaking at a press
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      Outcome suggests moderate, pragmatic electorate: Analysts
      850 3  -  Pundits weigh in on Presidential election and how Dr Tony Tan can rally LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the dust settles on what was the hardest-fought Presidential Election in the Republic’s history, what appeared to be a divided electorate at first glance was in
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      Unused material to be considered for disclosure
      487 4  -  Prosecution will consider if the material should be disclosed to defence NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The prosecution will now consider unused material during a court trial to decide if the material should be disclosed to the defence counsel, the AttorneyGeneral’s Chambers (AGC)
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      Lock icon Kaieda ahead in Japan PM race but run-off likely
      344 4 AGENCIES TOKYO Trade Minister Banri Kaieda has the lead in a ruling party race to pick Japan’s latest prime minister but a bruising run-off looks likely as chances look dim for winning a majority in a first round vote, media surveys
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      Lock icon Irene downgraded but still furious
      361 6 AGENCIES NEW YORK Seawater surged into the streets of Manhattan yesterday as Tropical Storm Irene slammed into New York, downgraded from a hurricane but still unleashing furious wind and rain. The flooding threatened Wall Street and the heart of the global financial network. Sections of
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      Lock icon Nanmadol leaves death, destruction in Philippines, heads for Taiwan
      330 6 AP MANILA Typhoon Nanmadol began travelling towards Taiwan yesterday after leaving at least 10 people dead in the Philippines, officials said. Taiwan issued sea and land warnings and planned to evacuate about 6,000 people in its eastern and southern regions as
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      Lock icon Death of Al Qaeda No 2 raises doubts among Pakistani officials
      245 8 AGENCIES PESHAWAR Security officials in Pakistan yesterday said that they had no information about the killing of Al Qaeda’s second-in-command Atiyah Abd Al Rahman in a United States drone attack, reported DPA news agency. Two Pakistani intelligence officials, speaking
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      Lock icon Rebels reject Gaddafi's offer to negotiate
      393 8 AGENCIES TRIPOLI Libyan rebels yesterday rejected an offer by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to enter negotiations over the formation of a transitional government as reports emerged that loyalist forces may have executed scores of prisoners and killed civilians last week. Some of Col Gaddafi’s political
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      160 4 REGISTER AT PERKS.MOCCA.COM perk up with great deals GETTHE LATEST NEWS TWITTER.COM/ TODAYONLINE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA MBA in 1 Year MBA Information Session Tonight at 7pm by Professor Pauline Stanton Head, Victoria Graduate School of Business Victoria University Please call for reservation. Founded in 1916, Victoria University has over
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      396 8 MASTER of t m NUS National University of Singapore ISS INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY Software Engineering/Knowledge Engineering This Masters programme is offered jointly by the Institute of Systems Science, the Department of Electrical Computer Engineering and the School of Computing. This course is specifically designed for IT professionals and
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      265 9 Panasonic ideas for life ENJOY MAXIMUM SAVINGS EFFORTLESSLY. NVERTER ECONAVI Jm GCONAVI dui insor Inverter I ADVANCED+PLUS I £?-ion Air Purifying System with Patrol Sensor 1 If your aircon Inverter Deluxe System-2 CU-2S1 8KKZ with minimum 2 indoor units of: CS-S9MKZW CS-S12MKZW Inverter Deluxe System-3 CU-3S27MKZ with minimum 2 indoor
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Governing Singapore after the PE
      1086 10  -  Needed: New social compact that provides unity under good leadership, yet caters to hunger for more debate, diversity SIMON TAY Simon Tay is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. He was previously a Nominated
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      Lock icon All together now
      971 12  -  Four critical ruling bargains in today’s world are coming unstuck and will need to be rebuilt THOMAS L FRIEDMAN Thomas Friedman is an American journalist, columnist for The New York Times and author. THE NEW YORK TIMES Hold onto your hats and your wallets. Since the end
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      Lock icon World economy can't get back on its feet without the American consumer
      983 14  -  STEPHEN ROACH Stephen Roach, a member of the faculty at Yale University, is non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the author of The Next Asia. PROJECT SYNDICATE One number says it all. The number is 0.2 per
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      Putting Gaddafi's plundered billions to good use – for Libyans
      806 14  - Putting Gaddafi's plundered billions to good use for Libyans PAUL GILFEATHER gilfeather@mediacorp.com.sg Paul Gilfeatheris the principal correspondent at Today. It is worth noting that the ousting of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi could not have been more different from the bringing down of Saddam Hussein in Iraq eight years ago. First, it
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      100 12 >> WORLD ECONOMY CAN’T GET BACK ON ITS FEET WITHOUT THE US CONSUMER COMMENTARY ONLINE Bernard Haykel Saudi Arabia vs the Arab Spring. Great change is coming to the Middle East, and it is far from clear that the Saudi stability-at-all-costs policy will strengthen the regime. Daniel Hammersmith Why not
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  • VOICES
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      Election reflected our maturity
      352 15  -  Even so, should the first-past-the post voting system be reconsidered? Letter from Sonny Yuen FINALLY, we have a new Elected President after nine days of hustings; weeks, if we consider the excitement about who is qualified to be one. My heartiest congratulations to Dr Tony Tan.
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      A FAIR AND ENGAGING RACE
      89 15  -  LETTER FROM CHUA SOO KIAT I am glad to have witnessed this Presidential Election campaign and its outcome. Singapore is represented by an able man in the international arena, leaders are reminded again to do more to advance the interests of Singaporeans, the Workers’ Party
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      273 15 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices All-in return fare from From ,30 th October, SilkAir flies daily to Chengdu and 5 times a week to Chongqing*. Listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chengdu’s Leshan Giant Buddha is the world’s tallest rock carved Buddha
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Tapping technology that enables
      591 16  -  Pilot study notes positive impact of assistive technology, but lack of knowledge among caregivers and teachers LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Communicating with her special needs child Sukhveer Singh used to be “frustrating”, his mother admitted. The eight-year-old could only utter monosyllabic words, and Mrs Singh
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Indian activist ends 13-day hunger strike
      326 17 AGENCIES NEW DELHI A self-styled Gandhian anticorruption reformer ended a hunger strike on its 13th day yesterday, a protest that had sparked huge rallies across the country, exposed a weak government and ushered in a new middle-class political force. After initially arresting Mr Anna
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      Lock icon CHINA TO ATTRACT OVERSEAS SCHOLARS HOME
      243 17 AGENCIES To reverse the drain of top talent over the past three decades, leaders in China are now determined to use their ample financial resources to entice scholars home. The West, and the United States in particular, have remained more attractive places for many
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      Lock icon Disney factory faces probe into labour abuse
      422 20 THE GUARDIAN SHENZHEN Disney’s best-selling Cars toys are being made in a factory in China that uses child labour and forces staff to do three times the amount of overtime allowed by law, according to an investigation. The undercover investigation came after a
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      Lock icon ARAB STATES URGE END TO SYRIA BLOODSHED
      169 20 AGENCIES Arab states told Syria yesterday to “resort to reason” and end months of bloodshed after some of the most intense protests in Damascus since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Al Assad. Arab League foreign ministers, meeting in Cairo, said
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      Lock icon LONDON CELEBRATES NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL
      55 20 Revellers being sprayed with paint during a celebration to mark the start of the Notting Hill Carnival in London yesterday. The carnival was first held in 1964, spurred in part by racial tensions that immigrants from the Caribbean faced during the ‘50s after arriving in
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      Lock icon Abortion rules tightened in UK
      216 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The Department of Health in Britain is set to announce plans for a new system of independent counselling for women before they finally commit to terminating a pregnancy. The move is designed to give women more “breathing space”. Pro-life campaigners suggest
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      Lock icon BRAZIL TRAM DERAILMENT KILLS FIVE
      111 20 AP Brazilian officials said a streetcar popular with tourists derailed in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, killing at least five people. More than 30 were injured. Fire department official Ricardo Gomes told the G1 news website that three people died at the scene and two
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      Lock icon Russia unveils first space hotel
      499 21 THE GUARDIAN MOSCOW Russian engineers have announced the ultimate get-away-from-it-all holiday, revealing plans to put a hotel into orbit 320km above Earth by 2016. The four-room Hotel in the Heavens would house up to seven guests who would be able to cavort in zero-gravity while
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      Lock icon WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON CELEBRATES 115TH BIRTHDAY
      112 21 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Mrs Besse Cooper (picture), who is listed as the world’s oldest person, marked her 115th birthday on Friday. Her birthday celebrations were held at her residence in Monroe, Georgia although this year, unlike the last, there was no Elvis impersonator at
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Asian stocks ‘may rebound’
      448 22 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Asian stocks, trading near the lowest valuations since December 2008, may rebound after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the United States economy is recovering, but at a slower pace, and the central bank has additional means to shore up growth if appropriate. The
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      More firms from Greater China to invest in S'pore
      274 22  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More companies from the Greater China region, looking to go global, are turning to Singapore for financial solutions, said Citi Singapore. “We currently have US$1 billion (S$1.21 billion) of fund inflows in the pipeline,’” said Citibank head
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      Sime Darby buys 9.6% stake in E&O
      165 23 SINGAPORE Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby has bought a stake of approximately 9.6 per cent in property developer Eastern Oriental (E&O) for S$99.1 million. It bought the stake from Singapore brokerage, GK Goh Holdings. GK Goh said in a statement to the Singapore Stock
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      Micro-Mechanics cost-cutting measures raise profits by 43%
      197 23 Revenue rose 10.6 per cent to a record S$45.3 million, driven by increased sales at its semiconductor tooling business. SINGAPORE Micro-Mechanics Holdings, a Singapore-based maker of tools for computer chip-manufacturers, said cost cutting helped lift net profit by 43 per cent to S$6.8
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (AUG 22 TO 26)
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        STI
        48 23 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,748.18 (-0.63%) THEWEEKAHEAD Asian stocks may climb on Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sounded a more upbeat note on the US economy than some analysts had expected. Thursday 2,765.74 p 1.69% Wednesday 2,719.90 q 1.64% Tuesday 2,765.15 p 1.22% Monday 2,731.81 q 0.07%
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        ASIA
        26 23 HANG SENG 19,582.88 (+0.94%) Ç NIKKEI 8,797.78 (+0.90%) Ç Ç SHANGHAI 2,612.19 (+3.07%) Ç AUSTRALIA 4,200.00 (+2.39%) È Ç MALAYSIA 1,444.81 (-2.64%) SEOUL 1,778.95 (+1.95%)
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        SEMBCORP MARINE
        91 23 STOCK CALLS (S$3.70) Buy DnB NOR upgrades SembCorp Marine to Buy from Hold and revises target price down to S$4.70 from S$5.30. House says the stock “has fallen 30 per cent since early August to an attractive risk-reward level for investors.” It says that the current offshore market
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  • DIGITAL
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      Lock icon Social networks drive libel claims
      505 24 Facebook and Twitter blamed for rising online defamation lawsuits THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Facebook and Twitter have led to a rise in online defamation claims, with research indicating that the number of “Internet libel” cases has doubled. In the last year, 16 libel claimants cited
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      Lock icon ‘GOOGLE’S CEO KNEW OF IMPROPER ADS’
      214 24 REUTERS Justice Department investigators believed that Google’s chief executive Larry Page knew about improper online pharmacy ads that Google carried and allowed the ads for years, the Wall Street Journal said. On Wednesday, Google agreed to pay US$500 million (S$603 million) to settle a
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon This City means business
      690 26 GUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham 1 Manchester City 5 LONDON —Their first two games had already been won and an upbeat tone established for the season ahead, but Manchester City’s true statement of intent was delivered yesterday. To beat Swansea and Bolton is one thing but
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      Fu ends the jinx
      264 26  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Shuttler Fu Mingtian ended her four-year title drought yesterday at the US$50,000 (S$60,150) Vietnam Grand Prix Open 2011 with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Japan’s Kaori Imabeppu in the women’s singles final in Ho Chi Minh City. Ranked 41st in the world,
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      Lock icon Mok's 'King of the Road'
      167 27 SINGAPORE SEA Gamesbound Mok Ying Ren (picture), who will do double duty at the biennial Games in Indonesia from Nov 11 to Nov 22, was crowned King of the Road (KOTR) in the men’s “closed” category at the inaugural adidas race yesterday. The 23-year-old medical
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      Lock icon A Blake day for Usain Bolt
      588 27 Jamaican’s reign as king of the straight goes up in smoke as world record-holder is disqualified AGENCIES WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS DAEGU Usain Bolt (picture) again did the unbelievable when it mattered most in the 100m. This time, no gold medal or world record, but
      AGENCIES; REUTERS  -  588 words
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      Lock icon FARAH OVERHAULED IN SPRINT FINISH, AS BEKELE LIMPS OUT
      313 27 AGENCIES Kenenisa Bekele, the all-conquering Ethiopian king of distance running, was reduced to a spectator midway through the men’s 10,000m Daegu, South Korea yesterday. But he was not burned off by Mo Farah, a Somalia-born who runs with the Union Jack
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      Lock icon No Hariss, no worries
      510 28  -  S’pore acclimatising well and Mustafic says partnership with Isa proving a hit IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With four days left before Singapore open their third round World Cup qualifying campaign against China in Kunming, the Singapore Football Association (FAS) are still holding out hope that
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      YEONG-NATHAN'S GOT IT PERFECT
      228 28  -  IAN DE COTTA Jasmine Yeong-Nathan registered her third career perfect game yesterday. The 23-year-old’s feat came in the sixth of eight blocks during qualifying for the masters at the Philippines PBAB annual event at Pearl Bowling Center in Manila. The masters are scheduled for Wednesday. Singapore
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      Lock icon Vettel in Seventh heaven after Belgian GP victory
      506 28 REUTERS SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (Belgium) World champion Sebastian Vettel won the Belgian Grand Prix and stretched his Formula 1 lead to 92 points in a Red Bull one-two finish with Australian Mark Webber yesterday. The victory was the 24-year-old German’s seventh in 12 races
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      213 26 BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE STANDINGS Brought to you by RESULTS Sunday Newcastle 2 Fulham 1 Tottenham 1 Man City 5 *West Brom vs Stoke *Man United vs Arsenal *Playing at press time Pld W D L F A Pts Man City 3 3 0 0 12 3 9 Man United 3
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      1396 2  -  Former Singapore Arts Fest director Goh Ching Lee makes a festival comeback MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg FOR all intents and purposes, Goh Ching Lee’s (picture) voyage was over a year-and-a-half ago. Having been at the helm of the Singapore Arts Festival (SAF) for practically all of the noughties,
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      HORSE PLAY
      46 4 Mythology, religion, sex, nudity it may not be perfect but Toy Factory’s staging of Peter Shaffer’s Tonywinning Equus has all the elements of a theatre piece that appeals to our dark side. Read the review on our arts blog For Arts Sake! (http://blogs. todayonline.com/forartssake).
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      533 4  -  Painting OfTheYear winner moves from photographs to sculptures MAYO MARTIN IF YOU’VE been behind the Battle Box ticket office at Fort Canning recently, chances are you’d have come across a young man feverishly hacking away at pieces of wood.That insignificant section along the pathway has served as
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      JACKY STILL WOWS AT 50:
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      209 9 ON MEDIACORP ON THE FRINGE 11 (Last Episode; PG-Some Violence) Channel 8, 9pm Zhiyong suspects David is involved in Ah Dong’s disappearance and secretly follows him. He is caught by David and ends up being locked up with Ah Dong and Jason. Yibang tries to rescue Zhiyong but is hit
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      447 10 m H -sc-; tm sPu? sin8«P°P>^/ CELEBRATE HARI RAYA WITH SAM! Tue, 30 Aug 2011,10am-7pm Celebrate Hari Raya with SAM! Take part in a series of hands-on activities, such as kueh-making using clay and baking tools which is presented by Malay Heritage Centre. Don't miss the exhibitions Video, An Art,
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