Today, 15 January 2013, Afternoon Edition

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  • 16 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 15 JANUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 61 1 History was made yesterday when Mdm Halimah Yacob took her chair as Singapore’s first woman Speaker of Parliament. Presiding over her first Parliamentary session, the former Minister of State (Social and Family Development) urged members of the House to speak freely, but also reminded them
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    • 249 1 INDIA’S RISING MIDDLE CLASS HAS BEEN POLITICALLY AWAKENED BUT ITS ELECTORAL CLOUT MAYNOT BE FELT AT THE 2014 ELECTIONS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 12 Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013 r. v Citizeni Consultative Committee 6th International Lion Dance Competition Date: 26 January 2013 Time: 6.00pm 11.00pm Venue: Open field at Banda Street
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  • 304 1  -  Analysts say latest round of measures will lead to drop in prices demand for housing HOUSING MARKET DAVID BOTTOMLEY Business Editor davidb@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE Property stocks tumbled yesterday, as the impact of the Government’s latest round of cooling measures which
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  • 208 1  -  NEO CHAI CHIN, TAN WEIZHEN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A few days after Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said Punggol East residents are most concerned about municipal issues such as transport and childcare facilities, the Workers’ Party Chairman Sylvia Lim yesterday tried to
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  • Article, Illustration
    542 2 press conference today. Dr Chee told reporters that the party “knew all along” that it will have to enter the fray on its own. “We knew that all along, we are going to just have to do it, do whatever we have decided,” he said. At the WP press conference,
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  • hot news
    • 460 2  -  PUNGGOL EAST BY-ELECTION NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As someone who is thinking about starting a family, Workers’ Party candidate Lee Li Lian said she can “empathise with the considerations and concerns that young couples and young families are facing”, such as raising children
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    • 357 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE —After going public with its correspondence with the Workers’ Party (WP) which showed the WP continually ignoring its overtures to come to the negotiating table Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan said yesterday that the party “knew
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    • 572 4  -  Election of former Minister of Sta te Halimah Yacob hailed as an ‘inspired choice’ PARLIAMENT NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A “national asset” and “nothing less than an inspired choice” these were the accolades Members of Parliament (MPs) lavished on Madam Halimah Yacob
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    • 604 6  -  PARLIAMENT SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The National Development Ministry will stay vigilant to any abuse of the Executive Condominium (EC) scheme and will move to further address the issue if the abuse persists, said its minister, Mr Khaw Boon Wan, in
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    • 189 8 AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG BEIJING China shut dozens of factories and pulled government cars off the road to limit pollution that hit hazardous levels for a third day. The northern city of Shijiazhuang ordered 30 per cent of official cars off its roads to
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    • 233 8 REUTERS NEW YORK Dell is in talks with private equity firms on a potential buyout, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, confirming a Bloomberg report that sent its shares soaring 13 per cent to near an eight-month high. The world’s No
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    • 252 8 REUTERS LONDON Music and DVD retailer HMV said it was calling in the administrators after a last-ditch attempt to secure funding failed, bringing the curtain down on one of Britain’s bestknown high street retail stores. The accounting firm Deloitte has been named
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    • 499 10 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS ANN ARBOR (MICHIGAN) Federal Re­serve Chairman Ben Bernanke yes­terday urged United States lawma­kers to lift the country’s borrowing limit to avoid a potentially disastrous debt default, warning that the econo­my was still at risk from political grid­lock over the
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    • 239 10 AP DETROIT Toyota has once again de­throned General Motors (GM) as the world’s top­selling carmaker, ha ving sold 9.7 million cars and trucks worldwide last year, although it is still counting. GM sold 9.29 million. Both companies saw higher sales but Toyota’s growth
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  • 289 6 totality might, in our opinion, finally set a prolonged chill in the market.” The wide-ranging measures include higher stamp duty for certain home buyers, tighter loan-to-value limits and higher downpayment requirements for existing homeowners seeking to buy additional properties. Barclays Research said it expects “developer volumes to correct 30 to
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1174 12  -  INDIAN POLITICS PANKAJ MISHRA Pankaj Mishra is the author of From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia. He is based in London and Mashobra, India. BLOOMBERG Elections make for responsive and accountable governments, or so
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    • 569 15  -  JAPAN’S STIMULUS PACKAGE PAUL KRUGMAN Nobel laureate Paul Krugman is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. THE NEW YORK TIMES For three years, economic policy throughout the advanced world has been paralysed, despite high unemployment, by a dismal orthodoxy. Every suggestion of
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    • 35 12 To end Japan’s long economic stagnation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has already taken steps orthodoxy says we must not take. And the early indications are that it is going pretty well. PAUL KRUGM AN 15
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  • voices
    • 272 16  -  FROM YEO ENG HUAT I applaud the recently-announced property market cooling measures (“Govt announces slew of new property cooling measures”, Jan 12). Astronomical property prices can be broadly attributed to foreigners being allowed to buy property without much restriction, demand exceeding supply,
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    • 116 16  -  FROM LIM YIN-FERN Vice-President, Corporate Communications, NETS We refer to the letter “Rethink scrapping of online CashCard services” (Jan 12) by Mr James Poh Ching Ping. In July last year, we informed NETS CashCard users that we would be discontinuing the NETS CashCard
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    • 262 16  -  FROM HIAP KAI XIANG I would like to express my displeasure with the time frame allocated to students who took the O-Level exams last year to participate in this year’s Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) to gain admission into tertiary
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    • 350 17  -  FROM KWAN JIN YAO The call by then-Minister of State for Social and Family Development Halimah Yacob for businesses to provide more employment opportunities for those with mental illnesses (“More jobs for those with mental illness: Halimah”; Jan 12) may be well-intentioned, but
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    • 148 17  -  FROM ALVIN HANG Director, Corporate Communications and Relations, Singapore Sports Council We refer to the letter “New gates no help for SwimFIT members” (Jan 9) by Mr David Kwok. In July last year, the Singapore Sports Council introduced a new admission
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  • singapore
    • 332 18  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE The Ministry of Defence’s (MINDEF) financial compensation for injured servicemen both regulars and conscripts is “much more generous” than what is awarded under laws protecting those who suffer ordinary work-related injuries and in the civil courts, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen
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    • 357 19  -  Information handed over will be of a technical, not personal, nature: Iswaran COMPUTER MISUSE ACT TEO XUANWEI S ING A PORE —Any information that the Government can now compel to be handed over with the aim of snuffing out cyber threats will “generally
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    • 329 19  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE —The Ministry of Education (MOE) said that almost all primary schools here had top Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) students. Citing a PSLE T-score of at least 250 traditionally achieved by the top 10 per cent of
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  • education
    • 363 20  -  THEN AI PING SINGAPORE —In a discovery that could have a large environmental impact, four Singapore Polytechnic (SP) students have found a way to recycle sludge produced from sewage water treatment processes by using it as a cheaper alternative to treat waste water. Apart
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    • 514 20 HIGHER EDUCATION THE GUARDIAN LONDON —The number of postgraduate students travelling from nonEuropean Union countries to study at United Kingdom universities has fallen for the first time in 16 years, fuelling fears that the government’s immigration crackdown is deterring thousands of the brightest students
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  • china&india
    • 470 22 Army chief accuses Pakistan of planning last week’s attack in disputed Kashmir region BILATERAL RELATIONS AP NEW DELHI —India’s army chief yesterday accused Pakistan of planning an attack in which two Indian soldiers were killed in the disputed Kashmir region last week, and warned of
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    • 207 22 AP NEW DELHI One of the five men charged with gang-raping and killing a 23-year-old student on a bus in India’s capital is a minor, his lawyer said yesterday, in what could be a tactic to delay the case from
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    • 569 23 AGENCIES BEIJING —The Chinese state media said yesterday that the government had to take urgent action to tackle air pollution, which has blanketed parts of the country at dangerous levels in recent days, and one newspaper called for a rethink of a “fixation”
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    • 229 22 Jump at the prices, hop on Qantos Qantas now on sale Perth from $658* Melbourne from $908 Frankfurt from $1488 Adelaide from $908 Sydney from $908 London from $1558 $908 Brisbane Sale ends 28 January 2013, unless sold out prior. Australian destinations: Depart between 11 February 30 March 2013 Frankfurt:
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  • world
    • 456 24 PKR to capitalise on influence of ex-army personnel to help gain support of250,000 voters MALAYSIAN POLITICS THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUAL A LUMPUR —The opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has set its sights on gaining the support of some 250,000 voters living in police barracks and
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    • 204 24 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The religious council of the opposition Parti Islam Se-Malay-sia (PAS) has clarified its stand in the controversy over usage of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims. The PAS Syura Council said that non-Muslims should avoid the use of
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    • 340 25 AGENCIES PYONGYANG —North Korea vowed yesterday to strengthen its defences amid reports the country may conduct a nuclear test as a follow-up to last month’s long-range rocket launch. Accusing the United States of hostility, Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said in a memorandum that North
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    • 172 25 AP YANGON Government forces in Myanmar launched artillery strikes yesterday on the town that ethnic Kachin rebels use as their headquarters, killing three civilians and wounding four more, the rebels said. The deaths, which included a 15-year-old boy, were the first reported in
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    • 304 27 MALI INSURGENCY REUTERS BA M A KO —Al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels launched a counteroffensive yesterday in central Mali after four days of air strikes by French warplanes on their strongholds in the desert north, promising to drag France into a long and brutal Afghan-istan-style
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    • 219 27 AGENCIES quetta (Pakistan) Pakistani leaders dismissed the government of southwest Baluchistan province early yesterday in response to the demands of protesters angry about the attack on minority Shia Muslims there that killed nearly 100 people. Over the past three days, thousands of Shias have
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 27 28 Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. TODAY cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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      • 58 28 BUY(S$0.53) DMG OSK keeps rating and raises the target price to S$0.75 from S$0.50. The house says: “The Chinese government plans to spend between 600 billion and 650 billion yuan in 2013 in rail investment, and as one of the dominant aluminium alloy extrusion products manufacturer for the rail
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      • 66 28 BUY (S$3.85) Maybank Kim Eng keeps rating, raises target price to S$4.31 from S$3.99. The house says it likes StarHub “for its attractive dividend yield, which has room to increase further if it raises 2013 dividend guidance beyond the current S$0.20 a share. We believe it should do so,
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      • 59 28 BUY (S$4.84) Maybank Kim Eng maintains rating and S$5.60 target price, saying “margin pressures are valid concerns but could be cushioned by higher productivity and better product mix from more conversion and repair jobs.” It adds that, “while there is competition from Chinese yards, we believe serious drillers/asset
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      • 71 28 BUY (S$0.695) Maybank Kim Eng keeps rating and S$0.82 target price, saying its “conversation with management indicates that offshore construction contracting activities remain strong”. The house notes that contracts are available from Mexico, India, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand. For Swiber, it says: “Our FY13F contract win expectation is US$1.2
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    • 226 28 SINGAPORE—Singapore Press Hold­ings (SPH) yesterday reported net profit fell 6.6 per cent to S$91.1 mil­lion in its fiscal first quarter from the corresponding period a year earlier, as its newspaper and magazine busi­ness suffered from falling advertise­ment and circulation revenues. For the three months ended
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    • 366 28 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS NEW YORK Chinese companies are deserting US stock markets in record numbers as regulatory scru­tiny mounts and the advantages of a US listing slip away. US investigations of suspect finan­cial reports and battered share pri­ces have for many Chinese companies wrecked
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    • 208 28 REUTERS AMSTERDAM United Parcel Service (UPS) is dropping its US$7 billion (S$8.6 billion) bid for TNT Express after European anti­trust regulators said they would veto it. Shares in United States­based UPS gained 1.2 per cent yesterday after the industry world leader said
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  • impact
    • 768 30 Hotel chain teams up with satirical website to diagnose and cure holiday hankering TREATING ‘VACATIONITIS’ THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Hilton Hotels and Resorts, the flagship brand of Hilton World­wide, has joined forces with The Onion, the satirical news website, to attract leisure travellers to
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  • technology
    • 245 32 Security update leaves unfixed several critical security flaws users still vulnerable to attack SOFTWARE UPDATE BOSTON —Oracle released an emergency update of its Java software for Web surfing on Sunday, but security experts said the update does not protect PCs from attack by
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    • 498 32 REUTERS SINGAPORE —Logic3 may be better known for its iPhone docks and gaming peripherals, but they have now joined the audiophile market with the release of new Ferraribranded audio products. The Cavallino range comes in classy tan or black, while the Scuderia models
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    • 141 32 REUTERS TOKYO Apple has almost halved its order of LCD panels for the iPhone 5 in the current quarter due to weak demand, the Nikkei reported yesterday. Apple has reduced its orders from suppliers Japan Display, Sharp and South Korean company LG Display
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  • sports
    • 441 34  -  But national swim coach is responding well to treatment, remains optimistic TODAY EXCLUSIVE TAN YO-HINN Deputy Sports Editor yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) Technical Director Ian Turner has been diagnosed with stage two of tonsillitis cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. The veteran British
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    • 531 34  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE —A new policy will be introduced by the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) in a bid to improve the standards of Singapore swimmers. Starting from this year’s Singapore National Age-Group Championships in March, swimmers aged eight to 12 years from
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    • 425 35  -  DAN GUEN CHIN SINGAPORE PKNS were one of the few Malaysian teams to achieve the “double” over the LionsXII last season. But LionsXII head coach V Sundramoorthy insists revenge is not on their minds ahead of their 2013 Malaysian Super League (MSL) clash
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    • 694 35  -  Former national coach pens letter to thank fans, supporters before returning to Serbia GERARD WONG Sports Editor gerard@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Radojko Avramovic has penned a farewell letter to local football fans on the eve of his departure
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    • 207 36 AP LONDON FIFA President Sepp Blatter (picture) has raised fresh doubts about the safety of playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar during summer. There have been growing calls to move the tournament to the winter to avoid the sweltering desert heat that
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    • 372 36 AFTERNOON LATEST THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ABU DHABI Rory McIlroy will become one of the biggest earners in sporting history after confirmation of a multi-year sponsorship deal with Nike. Although the length of the deal was not revealed, it has been widely reported to
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    • 203 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PARIS Newcastle United’s increasingly troubled season suffered another blows after Queens Park Rangers dramatically won the race to sign striker Loic Remy. Newcastle thought they had finalised a £10 million (S$20 million) deal for Marseille forward Remy, only to
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        1329 38 CURRENT EVENTS SPIN THE GOLDEN GLOBES THE NEW YORK TIMES “When it comes to torture, I trust a lady who spent three years married to James Cameron,” Amy Poehler said. And with that, the 70th annual Golden Globes were off and running. Poehler, who hosted the ceremony on
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        211 40 Fashion winners and losers on the red carpet FASHION POLICE BEST DRESSED Naomi Watts is flawless in Zac Posen, proving one doesn’t have to put everything out there to get all the boys to the yard. Silly Jessica Chastain tucked her dress into her spanx. Speaking of putting
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        231 41 Here’s who the big winners at yesterday’s Golden Globe Awards were AP MOTION PICTURE Best Picture, Drama: Argo Best Picture, Musical or Comedy: Les Miserables Best Actor, Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis (for Lincoln) Best Actress, Drama: Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) Best Director: Ben Affleck (Argo) Best Actor,
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        660 42  -  Necessary Roughness star Callie Thorne extols the virtues of therapy WHAT’S UP, DOC? MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E —It can be tough when you’re too good at what you do. Just ask actress Callie Thorne. Thorne is apparently so convincing as
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      • 64 44 OUR PICK This is your last chance to catch this Swedish electronic dance music trio as they perform on their last tour together before they officially break up. They will perform their greatest hits as well as latest releases Greyhound and Don’t You Worry
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      • 63 44 This hip-hop dance idol and former Korean group 2PM member returns to Singapore yet again but this time, for his very own solo concert. Prepare to be entertained as Jay showcases his singing, rapping and dancing talents. Jan 18, 8pm, The Star Theatre, The Star
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      • 84 44 So the holidays have ended and school has begun. No reason to feel blue though, the NLB has organised a fun programme for kids to get back into the swing of things. They can learn how to create a schoolhouse photo frame to display photos of themselves
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      • 60 44 Young violinist Loh Jun Hong joins Lan Shui and the SSO in Bruch’s celebrated Concerto No 1. This concert of familiar favourites also include Mozart’s Symphony No 34 and the passionate, yearning and ultimately tragic work Romeo And Juliet Fantasy Overture by Tchaikovsky Jan 18, 7.30pm,
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      • 87 44 The Arts House presents But Is The Book Better, a look at films heavy on fantasy and high on imagination for the dreamer in all of us. This week, Tim Burton shapes a fantastical version of the novel by Lewis Caroll. We follow Alice as
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      • 76 44 The Singapore Art Museum’s permanent exhibition is dedicated to presenting artworks selected from the museum’s collection to promote engagement and discussion of broader issues through contemporary art. The gallery also aims to nurture an appreciation for art and develop creative and analytical thinking among its visitors, including the
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