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    16 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp MONDAY, 28 JANUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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      100 1 HEALTHCARE CO-PAYMENTS DRIVE EFFICIENCY, BUT CAN ALSO WORK AGAINST THE HUMANE FUNCTIONING OF THE SYSTEM COMMENT&ANALYSIS 8 I' I Organised by Kreta Ayer Kim Seng Citizeni Consultative Committee Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013 Chinatown Wishing Tree Date: 15 January 24 February 2013 Time: I 1.00am 9.00pm Venue; Chinatown Point
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    Lock icon Don’t take result as sign of future trend: Low
    348 1  -  Workers Party chief urges Singaporeans to allow time for Govt policies to take effect PUNGGOL EAST BY-ELECTION HENG WEI XIANG hengweixiang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Fresh from his party’s victory in the Punggol East by-election, Workers’ Party Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang yesterday struck a
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    PAP MPs work for residents: Dr Ng Eng Hen
    236 1  -  AMIR HUSSAIN, OLIVIA SIONG amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Noting that by-elec-tions are always susceptible to “big swings” in votes, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen yesterday disagreed with Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang’s assertion made
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  • hot news
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      Why Punggol East voters went with WP
      756 2  -  AFTERMATH OF THE BY-ELECTION ASHLEY CHIA, EUGENE NEUBRONNER ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She was happy with how the People’s Action Party (PAP) Government tackled housing concerns by aggressively ramping up the supply of new flats. She also understood the need for foreign labour, and did
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      26 2 TODAY’S 26-page Punggol East by-election special was distributed islandwide yesterday at shopping malls, MRT stations and places with high human traffic. PHOTO: ERNEST CHUA
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      Lock icon Japan to boost military headcount amid island row
      436 6 China, meanwhile, carries out test flight ofbiggest-everarmy transport aeroplane on Saturday TERRITORIAL DISPUTE AGENCIES TOK YO Japan is set to boost the number of military personnel, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said yesterday, as the new government led by the Liberal Democratic Party
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      Lock icon Chinese anti-corruption drive nets highest level official yet
      318 6 REUTERS BEIJING —A senior Chinese official is under investigation, a Hong Kong newspaper reported at the weekend, in a case that could represent the first time a national political figure has been netted in China’s anti-corruption drive. Mr Li Jianguo (picture), a
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    225 4 He also stressed the WP’s role in the Republic’s political landscape: To provide checks and balances on the PAP Government. “It’s not the time and we are not yet ready to be an alternative government,” he said. Mr Low noted that while “political vibrancy” is important, “at the same time
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    350 4 On whether the Punggol East byelection outcome is a report card on the PAP’s performance, Dr Ng reiterated that it was a contest in one constituency. Separately, at his “thank you” parade, PAP candidate Koh Poh Koon reiterated that he will continue to serve alongside PAP grassroots activists in Punggol
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      229 6 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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  • comment &analysis
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      Revisiting co-payments
      937 8  -  HEALTHCARE COSTS IN SINGAPORE JEREMY LIM Dr Jeremy Lim has held senior executive positions in both public and private healthcare sectors. He is currently writing a book on the Singapore health system. This is the third in a series on health policies in Singapore. Co-payments are sacrosanct in
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      Why fertility measures matter to all
      715 10  -  AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY TEO YOU YENN Dr Teo You Yenn is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at Nanyang Technological University. The revised and upsized Marriage and Parenthood Package will no doubt please Singaporeans who are planning to marry and have children. What effect it
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      Legal process, political mess?
      837 12  -  THE PHILIPPINES AND CHINA SIMON TAY Simon Tay is Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore. He is also Senior Consultant at WongPartnership, a leading law firm in Singapore with regional
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      27 8 When the right to family is unequal among citizens, it is hard to speak of an inclusive society wherein members are equal stakeholders. TEO YOU YENN 10
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  • voices
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      Lock icon The paradox of instant communication and tardy replies
      550 14  -  ISAY DENNIS ONG CHIN SIEW Singapore will soon be fibre-optic-capable island-wide. Almost everyone owns a mobile phone and lives in a household with at least one ethernetlinked computer. Mobile phones are not only used for voice calls; I am informed that they
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    • Article
      Wage review for security industry long overdue
      205 15  -  FROM PAUL STEVE VASUDEV I have been working in the security industry for almost 20 years, and it is disheartening that salaries, though they fluctuate according to different agencies, have not been seriously reviewed. The basic salary for a supervisor who holds a
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      Retirees encouraged to work, but not wanted?
      342 15  -  FROM CHEN SOW LIN I am a 61-year-old who falls into the PMEB (professionals, managers, executives and businessmen) category, and who had worked in operations for 19 years. Encouraged by the Government’s call for able and fit retirees to stay in or join
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      14 14 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • singapore
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      KTM train services remain cancelled
      240 16  -  Train operator expects works to be completed by Thursday DERAILED TRAIN EVELYN LAM evelynlamlt@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Train services between Singapore and Malaysia remain cancelled, after a Singapore-bound train carrying 117 passengers derailed and overturned near the Kempas train station on Saturday. The train operator, Malayan Railway
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      Lock icon More than 350 hold vigil for Delhi rape victim
      154 16  -  EUGENE NEUBRONNER SINGAPORE More than 350 people held a candlelight vigil yesterday at Hong Lim Park for the woman who died after being gang-raped on a bus in Delhi last month. The 23-year-old paramedical student died in a hospital here on
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      Lock icon Needy residents get hong bao from PM
      72 16 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong presented red packets to 100 needy residents at a community event held at Yio Chu Kang Community Club yesterday. He also met the ‘Yio-lympics’ club members a group that takes monthly 50-minute brisk walks around Yio Chu Kang
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      Lock icon Running for a green cause
      225 17 SINGAPORE The former Malayan Railway tracks became a race track for the first time yesterday as runners from over 70 countries took part in the inaugural Green Corridor Run. Some 6,000 runners, including Acting Minister for Manpower and Senior Minister of State for National Development
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      215 17 MASTER THE ART OF BUSINESS WITH A MBA Danielle Lee Business Development Director, Asia Solid lance Asia Pacific Re Ltd Barry Wong Security Manager Micron Semiconductor Asia Re Ltd Alan Chin Head, Business Development Certis CISCO Security Technology Pte Ltd A member of Certis Group Breeze through an MBA amidst
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  • youth
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      Lock icon The (not so) secret diary of a teenager
      705 18 Teens are lifting the veil on adolescence on line; some are carving careers out of them SOCIAL MEDIA THE NEW YORK TIMES NE W YORK They describe it as an art project; a global anthropological study; a Kickstarter campaign; an ad-vertiser-friendly start-up;
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      FAMILY FIRST
      978 19 Embracing pro-family values at work creates a win-win situation for all What’s one of the best ways to retain talent in a tight labour market and boost a company’s bottomline? Invest in their families. That was the key message at the CEO Breakfast Roundtable held at The Stamford
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      198 18 A subsidiary of: hohh TMiS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRAVEL AGENTS SINGAPORE Tourism Management Institute of Singapore LIVE YOUR DREAMS BE A TOURISM PROFESSIONAL NATIONAL GET INSTITUTE BE GUIDED BY REAL-LIFE ROLE MODELS A\ x'SC-- to Mr Daniel Pang Trainer at TMIS More than 10 years experience in the travel industry
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon China could be ultimate winner in Kabul
      591 20 Signed strategic partnership with war-torn Afghanistan, eyeing S$1.2 trillion worth of unexploited mineral resources FOREIGN RELATIONS AP KABUL —China, long a bystander to the conflict in Afghanistan, is stepping up its involvement as United States-led forces prepare to withdraw, attracted by the country’s
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      Lock icon Xi’s visit to village exposes China’s woes
      615 21 THE NEW YORK TIMES LUOTUOWAN (CHINA) Never before has grinding poverty had such a shiny silver lining. At least that is how the 600 corn farmers who inhabit a remote mountain hamlet in north China are feeling in the weeks since Mr Xi
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  • world
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      Lock icon Malay rights group abandons call to burn bibles
      510 22 Perkasa says it never planned to organise fest to burn bibles that contain the word ‘Allah’ RELIGION AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —After triggering a firestorm of protests against its threat to burn copies of Malay-language bibles last week, Malay rights group Perkasa yesterday
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    • Article
      Lock icon BUDDHIST GROUP URGES END TO ‘ALLAH’ ROW
      207 22 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER A Buddhist group yesterday urged the federal government to resolve the drawnout dispute over the usage of‘Allah’, which has caused division and anxiety between Muslims and Christians in Malaysia. In a press statement, the Malaysian Network of Engaged Buddhists (MNEB)
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      Lock icon Blaze at Brazil club
      108 23 People helping a man injured in a fire at the Kiss Club in Santa Ma­ria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, yesterday. The police said the death toll from the fire, which swept through the crowded night­club, was 245. Officials said the fire broke out
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    • Article
      Lock icon Japan launches satellites amid N Korean tensions
      164 23 AP TOKYO Japan launched two intelligence satellites into orbit yesterday amid growing concerns that North Korea is planning to test more rockets of its own and possibly conduct a nuclear test. Officials said the launch of the domestically produced HII-A rocket went smoothly
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      Lock icon N Korean leader vows action over UN sanctions
      379 23 THE NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to take “substantial and high-profile important state measures” and told his top military and party officials what to do to retaliate against United States-led United Nations sanctions on the
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  • business
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        DISCLAIMER
        27 24 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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        TIGER AIRWAYS
        57 24 NEUTRAL (S$0.76) CIMB keeps rating but cuts target price to S$0.74 from S$0.83 after slashing its 2014-2015 earnings estimates. While T iger’s Q3 results beat expectations thanks to strong showing from its Singapore operations, CIMB says “the beat would have been stronger if not for associate losses, which
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        KEPPEL CORP
        55 24 BUY (S$11.45) Maybank Kim Eng maintains rating and target price of S$12.80, saying conglomerate’s results were within expectations. Keppel’s offshore and marine outlook remains positive, with the net order book currently standing at S$12.8 billion, the house says, adding that the property segment’s exceptional performance is not expected
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        YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING
        63 24 NEUTRAL (S$1.00) OSK maintains rating, target price of S$0.95, after repeat customer Seaspan exercised options to build four 10,000 TEU containerships. House notes unit price for the latest orders is 10 per cent lower than that of the first seven ships Seaspan secured in June 2011, says aggressive
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        ASCOTT RESIDENCE TRUST
        87 24 NEUTRAL (S$1.415) CIMB keeps rating but trims target price to S$1.37 from S$1.38, after the trust’s Q4 results met house’s expectations, consensus forecast. House says it sees more headwinds this year, with the trust’s Asian operations facing margin pressure and currency fluctuations. But it says acquisitions and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Thai tycoon’s new F&N offer is fair: JPMorgan
      299 24 ACQUISITIONS REUTERS SINGAPORE Fraser and Neave’s independent financial adviser, JPMorgan, said yesterday that Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s new offer of S$9.55 per share for the Singapore property and drinks conglomerate is “fair”. Directors who hold F&N shares, including Chairman Lee Hsien Yang,
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  • SHOP TO WIN!
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      Fortune and prosperity
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  • management
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      Lock icon Making star teams out of star players
      1059 28  -  MANAGING TALENT COMMENTARY BY MICHAEL MANKINS, ALAN BIRD, JAMES ROOT 2013 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORP When it comes to an organisation’s scarcest resource talent the difference between the best and the rest is enormous. In fields involving repetitive, transactional tasks, top performers
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Luddites rage against the machines
      652 29 Behind every obstacle to technological advancement lies a company of men who are afraid to lose their jobs TECHNOPHOBES AP NEW YORK —For every clever man who invents a labour-saving machine, it seems a crowd of angry men rises up to destroy it. The most
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      Lock icon Vine iPhone app brings video to Twitter
      189 29 THE GUARDIAN LONDON —Twitter has launched a standalone video-sharing app for iPhone called Vine, which enables users to share clips up to six seconds in length, which play on a loop within tweets. Available on Apple’s App Store as a free download, the
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon THREE IN A ROW FOR DJOKOVIC
    644 30 Serb makes history as birds, toe and hamstring bother rival Murray AUSTRALIAN OPEN REUTERS MELBOURNE —Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three successive Australian Open titles in the professional era when he beat third seed Andy Murray 6-7,7-6,6-3,6-2 in a battle of
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    Lock icon OLDHAM STUN LIVERPOOL TO CAP FA CUP SHOCKS
    363 30 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS LONDON Third-tier Oldham Athletic rekindled memories of happier days by slaying seven-time winners Liverpool 3-2 at home yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), capping a weekend of FA Cup fourth-round shocks that gave the Premier League a bloody nose. The
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon A LITTLE OLDER, A LITTLE WISER
    514 31  -  After a mixed 2012, Joseph switches his focus back to racing, not results TAN YO-HINN Deputy Sports Editor yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —After a breakthrough 2011, it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Joseph Schooling last year. In the lead-up to the London Olympics last year, the
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    FENCERS OFF TO FLYING START IN BRUNEI
    422 31  -  PHILIP GOH BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN The Republic’s fencers made a clean sweep of the gold medals on offer on the opening day of the South-east Asian Fencing Federation (SEAFF) Junior and Cadet Championships 2013 yesterday. At the Brunei capital, the women sabre fencers
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    133 31 Yishun residents had some special help in keeping their estate clean and green yesterday, as national paddlers Feng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu, Gao Ning, Yang Zi and Li Hu joined 200 residents and student volunteers from Naval Base Secondary School and Peiying Primary School to
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    227 32 AFTERNOON LATEST AP BARCELONA Lionel Messi (picture) and Cristiano Ronaldo warmed up for their teams’ upcoming Copa del Rey clash with high-scoring displays yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to help Barcelona and Real Madrid cruise to comfortable wins against helpless Spanish league
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    167 32 REUTERS ROME Torino held fourth-place Inter Milan to a 2-2 draw yesterday. Christian Chivu gave Inter the lead with a free kick but then had to exit with an apparent injury in the 28th minute. Riccardo Meggiorini scored twice, in the 23rd and 52nd minutes, while
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        691 34  -  S’PORE ART MUSEUM’S TWO SHOWS REVEAL SUBTLE, SHREWD LINKS REVIEW: MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E What’s the distance between promise and success? At the ongoing President’s Young Talents (PYT) and Collectors Show exhibitions, it seems but a few steps
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        113 35  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE Without a doubt, it was the busiest week for the visual arts scene, what with the four-day Art Stage Singapore at the forefront of a whole range of arts-related events that also included, among others: An open house-cum-exhibition by visual artist tenants at
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          74 36 As a lead up to a perform- ance in 2014, Drama Box is presenting a play-read session of Jean Tay’s play, which was inspired by the prison riots in Pulau Senang in 1963 while also drawing on classical texts like John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Shi Nai An’s The
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          44 36 Zaki Razak and Shaiful Zerox will be conducting a week-long zine-making workshop to encourage independent publishing. Jan 31 to Feb 6, noon to 9pm, The Substation Gallery. Free admission.
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          59 36 In its season-long commemoration of Puccini’s 88th death anniversary, Singapore Lyric Opera presents this seminal work infused with Asian themes. Teenager Cio-Cio-san falls in love with US navy officer Pinkerton, who marries her before leaving. Feb 1 to 5, 8pm, Esplanade Theatre. Tickets from S$28 to S$130
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        476 36  -  For Saporiti Italia, originality is more important than luxury DESIGNER LIFE SERENE LIM SINGAPORE You’d think that the super penthouse of Reflections At Keppel Bay, measuring a whopping 13,300 square feet over three floors, would be a showcase of unadulterated luxury. Not true. The penthouse is a
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        190 37 Mandopop, classical and indie come together MUSIC PLEASE SINGAPORE —There was elegance, there was indie and there was some old ol rockin’ moments. Over at the ShangriLa Hotel, about 500 people turned up dressed to the nines for The Gold Ball A Viennese Affair. Presented
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        170 38 BEST SELLERS FICTION THIS LAST WEEK WEEK TITLE AUTHOR 1~ 1~ Hopeless~ Colleen~ Hoover 2~ 2~ Safe~ Haven~ Nicholas~ Sparks 3~ 3~ Gone~ Girl~ Gillian~ Flynn 4~ 4~ The~ Coincidence~ Of~ Callie~ And~ Kayden~ Jessica~ Sorensen 5~ 6~ Someone~ To~ Love~ Addison~ Moore 6~
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        57 38 Be among the first to book your all-inclu-sive holiday packages before the official NATAS fair kicks off. This year’s promotions include special family and couple packages at super discounts. You can also enjoy additional benefits such as free massages, lucky draws and gift with purchases. Jan 28 to
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        141 38 Design collective studioKALEIDO presents a series of original texts by Singaporean authors and industry professionals based on local literary work s t h at h ave i n s pi re d t he m .T he publ ic i s i nv ite d to
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        DISAPPEARING MOON
        63 38 The photographic and video works are by two artists who are similar in ages and stage in their careers Genevieve Chua (Singapore) and Emma Critchley (UK). The exhibition hopes to bridge the cultural scenes between the two countries. Until Feb 7 ,~10am~to~6pm~(except~1.30~to~2.30pm),~ closed~ on~ Mondays,~ Institute~ Of~ Contemporary~
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        85 38 The Association of Women for Action and Research are looking for donors to donate second-handbooks, CDs and DVDs to go to their upcoming Book and Bake Sale on Feb 23. Each item donated in good condition will earn you one Aware dollar which can be used at
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