Today, 16 May 2015

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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Modi urges China to rethink policies that strain relations
      721 2 Move will complement new agreements strengthen ties: India PM BEIJING ‘NEEDS TO LISTEN TO INDIA’S GRIEVANCES’ THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told China’s leaders yesterday that it was up to them to rethink the policies he
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      Lock icon Abe govt’s defence Bills go to Parliament for approval
      499 2 AGENCIES TOK YO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government yesterday submitted to Parliament a series of Bills that will ease limitations on the operations of the country’s Self-De-fence Forces (SDF) and thus allow the country to play a greater military role
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      Lock icon Trainees to be roped in to draw more to join community care
      590 3  -  Part-time job trials also aimed atfilling11,000 openings the sector will have by2020 NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the demand for eldercare workers grows, the Government is introducing a traineeship programme that will come with a bonus, as
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      Record number of projectors for SEA Games
      249 3  -  JEAN KHOO SINGAPORE It will be a show like no other, organisers of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 28th SEA Games have promised. For a start, the technical equipment involved in putting up the shows will leave you in awe. For
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      Lock icon Bilinguals respond better to evolving environments: Study
      478 4  -  Their ability to switch between two languages makes them more responsive to changing demands: Researcher NEW STUDY TESTS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON LANGUAGE SKILLS AND ADAPTABILITY NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Due to their frequent use of two languages in everyday life, bilingual individuals
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      Lock icon How trains speed across the tracks
      124 5 The government announced this week that the Singapore terminus for the High-Speed Rail (HSR) linking Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (KL) will be at the site currently occupied by Jurong Country Club.Japanese and Chinese companies are keen to build the HSR, with Japan’s Shinkansen E5
      Sources: High Speed Rail Systems, The Diplomat, Nextcity.org; Adolfo Arranz / TODAY  -  124 words
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      More than 600 interested to join S’pore team: Tower Transit
      679 7  -  ALFRED CHUA AND JOY FANG alfredchuamf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —More than 600 people have expressed interest in joining United Kingdom-based Tower Transit via the company’s website, within a week of the foreign operator clinching the inaugural tender for the Government’s new bus
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      Buddhist community has ‘set the tone for tolerance, acceptance’
      514 8  -  PM THANKS COMMUNITY FOR ALL IT HAS DONE FOR S’POREANS YVONNE LIM yvonnelimsy@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Buddhist community, the largest religious group in Singapore, has “set the tone of tolerance and acceptance of other faiths”, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, while
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      Lock icon Najib to take action over Rohingya crisis
      700 9 GOVERNMENT ‘WILL HOLD TO ACCOUNT’ HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Responding to intense domestic and international pressure, Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday said “necessary action” will be taken over Rohingya refugees stranded off Malaysia’s waters. Mr Najib pointed out that both the Foreign
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      Lock icon M’sians gather supplies for stranded migrants
      542 9 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR A few groups of Malaysians have begun gathering supplies to help the thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees adrift at sea, despite the lack of action by the government to address the humanitarian crisis. The groups have already mobilised collection of food
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      Lock icon BB King, bluesman to generations, dies
      1174 10 He won 16 Grammys ranked No 3 on Rolling Stone’s list of greatest guitarists in 2003 THE THRILL IS GONE AS THE LEGEND DIES IN LAS VEGAS AGED 89 THE NEW YORK TIMES L A S VEGA S BB King, whose worldweary voice and
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      312 8 Deux Tours Canal Spa, Japan, Tokyo by Sumitomo Realty Development FREE ADMISSION till Mltl V s. S>>NSS <4 •*4 *K •u. ym an 9 iProperty.com International Property Investment Expo Suntec Singapore Convention Exhibition Centre Hall 403 116 -17 May 2015 110:00am 8:00pm COMPLIMENTARY SEMINARS 16 May, Saturday 1:00pm 1:45pm: BALI:
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      85 10 WE ARE HIRING! Retail Assistant Cashier Retail Supervisor Retail Executive WE OFFER 5-day Work Week, Competitive Salary, Bonuses and Incentives Flexible Working Hours Island-wide Location WALK-IN INTERVIEW Date Time: 20 May 2015 (Wednesday), 2pm to 5pm Venue: Causeway Point Popular Bookstore Causeway Point #03-29/30 (Nearest MRT: Woodlands) Date Time: 21
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  • voices
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      Lock icon NUS medical school values integrity, compassion in doctors
      477 11  -  FROM YEOH KHAY GUAN Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) We refer to Dr Patrick Kee’s letter “Doctors, society need injection of compassion” (May 11) and Dr Daniel Ng’s letter “Why is NUS medical school slipping
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      Race, religion transcend sexuality
      223 11  -  FROM EDISON LOY HWA WEI I agree with the writer of “Efforts of Pink Dot ambassadors should be lauded, not condemned” (May 13) that any name-calling and character assassinations are deplorable and deserve no space in civil discourse, regardless of our dispositions or beliefs. However, we
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      Lock icon Keep status quo on liquor sales
      142 11  -  FROM ALBERT PANG TZE KAAN Every Sunday, there used to be rowdy drinkers and fights in Little India. Following the liquor restrictions, the situation is now under control. On the other hand, binge drinking among local youth has been on the rise. Also, more
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      Lock icon Errant bosses should pay arrears via Labour Court
      454 12  -  FROM JOLOVAN WHAM Executive Director, Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) HOME welcomes the news that more employers have been taken to task for salary-related offences (“645 employers taken to task for salary-related offences last year”; May 12, online). This is an
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    • Article
      Bus service quality also depends on operator’s attitude
      241 12  -  FROM WONG SOON HENG I refer to “Tender results a ‘wakeup call’ for SMRT, SBS” (May 9). It appears the jolt isn’t strong enough. On Wednesday, at about 1.10pm, I was at a West Coast Road bus stop when two Service 143
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  • singapore
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      CNB officer who made false reports blames his superior
      427 13  -  OFFICER SENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS IN PRISON KELLY NG email@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) investigator who fabricated two police reports to weasel out of a mistake he had made tried to challenge his conviction yesterday by pinning the
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      8 months’ jail for man who rioted, attacked Koreans in club
      387 13  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE His dispute with a fellow patron in a nightclub first ignited an exchange of vulgarities between his friends and the other’s. Around 45 minutes later, when unhappiness continued to brew among Eddie Tan and his friends,
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      Lock icon Golf club, SLA discuss transition, challenges of imminent acquisition
      311 13  -  VALERIE KOH SINGAPORE —Representatives from Jurong Country Club (JCC) held their first meeting yesterday with the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the Land Transport Authority and JTC Corporation to discuss plans for the impending acquisition of the 67ha
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      Lock icon 58 S’poreans from every walk of life in SG50 book
      597 14  -  Ex-CID officer, first President’s wife among profiles in book launched yesterday MATERIAL FEATURES POSSIBLE FINAL WRITTEN WORK OF FOUNDING PM LEE MATTHIAS TAY matthiastay@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE People from all walks of life, from a female bus captain who has mastered over
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      Lock icon 58 S’poreans from every walk of life in SG50 book
      597 14 (2nd Edition)  -  Ex-CID officer, first President’s wife among profiles in book launched yesterday MATERIAL FEATURES POSSIBLE FINAL WRITTEN WORK OF FOUNDING PM LEE MATTHIAS TAY matthiastay@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE People from all walks of life, from a female bus captain who has mastered over
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      Lock icon Amphitheatre, expanded gym part of S$20m SMU makeover
      327 15  -  LAURA PHILOMIN SINGAPORE With its current student population exceeding its campus capacity by a third, Singapore Management University (SMU) is spending S$20 million on a makeover. On the cards are plans to convert concourse spaces into teaching and learning facilities, add larger
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      NYP to offer structured internships to all its students
      440 15  -  It is the first polytechnic to make such a move and has signed MOUs with 50firms from industries such as IT AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) has become the first polytechnic here to offer the Structured Internship Programme (SIP)
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      Lock icon SGH STINT HELPS STUDENT ‘UNDERSTAND CONTENT TAUGHT IN SCHOOL’
      363 15  -  AMANDA LEE Packing medicine, labelling medications and interacting with patients were among tasks given to polytechnic student Pang Shi Jie (picture) during his six-month internship at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). And it was time well spent as the internship helped
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      Lock icon Rest of May to see more rain, slight morning haze
      310 16  -  Late morning, early afternoon thundery showers to continue; rainfall likely to be near normal LAURA PHILOMIN SINGAPORE Thundery showers in the late mornings and early afternoons are expected to continue in the second half of this month, with slight early
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      SDP’s blueprint suggests change in tack from intangible ideals: Analysts
      623 16  -  JOY FANG S I NG A PO R E —With research houses talking up the likelihood of the General Election being held sooner rather than later, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) is unveiling its blueprint today on how it would
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      StarHub fined for cable TV blackout
      191 16 SINGAPORE StarHub Cable Vision (SCV) has been fined S$50,000 for a cable television disruption that affected 170,000 subscribers across the island in 2013. In that incident, both its paid and free-to-air TV channels went off the air for nearly five hours, starting from around
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      400 14 mis Marketing Institute of Singapore THE AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR EVENI MANAGEMENT ’UTS EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE IN EVENT MANAGEMENT 23 26 JUN 2015 MIS is proud to partner with the Australian Centre for Event Management (ACEM), University of Technology, Sydney to bring to Singapore the world renowned Executive Certificate in Event Management.
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      212 14 CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY NORTH JOB FAIR Explore over 350 vacancies (full/part-time) in the Healthcare Social Service sectors! ■OTuesday, 19 May 2015 10:00am 4:00pm Hard court in front of Nee Soon Central Community Centre (beside Yishun MRT) 749 Yishun St 72, S'pore *****9 Participating Employers: All Saints Home Alphajoy Student
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      400 14 (2nd Edition) mis Marketing Institute of Singapore THE AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR EVENI MANAGEMENT ’UTS EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE IN EVENT MANAGEMENT 23 26 JUN 2015 MIS is proud to partner with the Australian Centre for Event Management (ACEM), University of Technology, Sydney to bring to Singapore the world renowned Executive Certificate in Event Management.
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      212 14 (2nd Edition) CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY NORTH JOB FAIR Explore over 350 vacancies (full/part-time) in the Healthcare Social Service sectors! ■OTuesday, 19 May 2015 10:00am 4:00pm Hard court in front of Nee Soon Central Community Centre (beside Yishun MRT) 749 Yishun St 72, S'pore *****9 Participating Employers: All Saints Home Alphajoy Student
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      Lock icon 1MDB rebuts criticism over audit
      627 17 Company breaks silence, requests that no one should pre-judge matter without thorough facts FIRM ‘RESERVES RIGHT TO UNDERTAKE LEGAL ACTION’ AGAINST THOSE MAKING MALICIOUS STATEMENTS AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s debt-laden 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) yesterday insisted its accounts were audited by an international firm, saying
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      Lock icon Najib’s leadership ‘valued by world leaders’
      428 17 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Defending Prime Minister Najib Razak amid calls for his resignation, a Malaysian minister yesterday highlighted that the Premier’s leadership was held in high regard by many world leaders, including United States President Barack Obama. Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Hasan
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      Lock icon China, S Korea skip Japan’s first defence show
      845 18 SOUTH CHINA SEA LAND RECLAMATIONS A CONCERN: EVENT CHAIRMAN BLOOMBERG TO K YO Japan showed off homegrown military equipment at its first international defence trade show this week. The event featured presentations from countries as far away as Norway and Poland, yet
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      Lock icon Philippines, US inflating China threat, says Beijing
      371 18 REUTERS BEIJING China’s Foreign Ministry accused the Philippines yesterday of working with the United States to “exaggerate the China threat” over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. Beijing stepped up its criticism of Manila a day before US Secretary of State
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      Lock icon Ski lifts in a tropical city? A solution to gridlock
      785 19 BLOOMBERG B A N D U N G Gridlocked and cashstrapped cities in tropical Indonesia may find a solution in ski resorts. In the former Dutch hill station of Bandung, city planners have approved Indonesia’s first urban aerial gondola system,
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      Lock icon World-first: E-tailer shuts website, goes app-only
      727 19 THE FINANCIAL TIMES N E W D E LH I Indian online fashion group Myntra has been a pioneer in selling apparel and accessories to young, tech-savvy consumers over the Internet, as part of India’s e-com-merce revolution. Now the online retailer, bought last year
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  • business
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      Lock icon SIA warns of challenging skies, steps up integration with group airlines
      559 20  -  CARRIER LOOKING FOR PARTNERS TO ENHANCE ITS POSITION IN U.S. AND EUROPE RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite an improved scorecard in the latest financial year, flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) continues to warn of challenging market conditions, amid global
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      Retail sales for March up 2.1%, boosted by cars
      340 20  -  ANGELA TENG SINGAPORE Boosted by car purchases, retail sales rose modestly in March, even as overall sentiment remained sluggish as consumers tightened their purse strings amid an uncertain economic outlook. The Department of Statistics yesterday said retail sales increased 2.1 per
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      StarHub’s Q1 profit down 12.4% on handset subsidies
      368 20  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE Hit by higher handset subsidies and lower broadband revenue, StarHub yesterday reported firstquarter profit plummeted 12.4 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier, even as revenue jumped. For the three months ended March 31, net profit totalled
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      Lock icon Malaysian economy grows 5.6% in Q1 despite weak energy prices
      498 22 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s economic growth slowed slightly to 5.6 per cent in the first quarter, but beat analysts’ forecasts as it showed resilience in the face of weak global prices for the country’s energy and commodity exports. After releasing
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      Lock icon China tells banks to keep funding local govt projects
      436 22 REUTERS SHANGHAI Chinese policymakers have ordered banks to keep lending to local government projects under construction, amid concerns that a crackdown on shadow financing has reduced municipalities’ spending and is hurting growth in Asia’s largest economy. Financial institutions that signed contracts
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      Olam’s Q1 net profit slumps but underlying performance strong
      361 22 SINGAPORE Commodities giant Olam International yesterday said its firstquarter net profit tumbled 92.1 per cent owing to one-time items, but that operating profit jumped during the period as almost all its segments showed underlying growth. Net profit for the three months
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  • sports
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      Lock icon AIDE EYEING WIN TO BOOST MORALE
      697 23  -  S’pore coach also wants team to step up, as former players back them ‘COACH SHOULD ALREADY KNOW WHO WILL BE IN HIS STARTING 11’ NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Singapore national football under-23 head coach Aide Iskandar has admitted that his team could do with
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      NATIONAL WOMEN’S 4X100M RECORD SET AT TAIWAN OPEN
      295 23  -  IAN DE COTTA SING APORE In what is a boost to their preparations for next month’s SEA Games, Singapore’s national women’s 4x100m relay quartet of Wendy Enn, Shanti Pereira, Dipna Lim-Prasad and Smriti Menon set a national record of 46.44secs in the
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      Lock icon ADAM CAN’T WAIT FOR SEA GAMES
      948 24  -  Midfielder, one of S’pore’s brightest talents, wants chance to shine NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Three years ago, Adam Swandi was sitting at the back of the bus with his headphones on, happily crooning American band Fun’s hit song We Are Young before a training
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      TICKETS FOR FENCING, WUSHU AMONG THOSE SOLD OUT: SINGSOC
      240 24 SINGAPORE Tickets for certain events at several sports at next month’s SEA Games have been sold out, said the Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee (SINGSOC). In an announcement yesterday, SINGSOC revealed that tickets for the water polo matches on June 16,
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      Lock icon ARSENAL NEED TO BE MORE RUTHLESS IN TRANSFER MARKET DEALS
      1252 25  -  FORTHCOMING TRANSFER WINDOW COULD BE MOST SIGNIFICANT IN CLUB’S ENTIRE HISTORY COMMENTARY BY JASON BURT sports@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH What if Arsenal offered Liverpool £20 million (S$52 million) plus Theo alcott for Raheem Sterling? What if they offered £25 million
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      Lock icon SOUTHAMPTON BOSS THE BEST-PERFORMING MANAGER THIS SEASON
      766 26 With the 2014-15 English Premier League season almost ending, TODAY’S London-based football analyst Adrian Clarke argues why Southampton’s Ronald Koeman should pick up the Manager of the Season award. The Saints started the season as bookmakers’ favourites to be relegated but, with a
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      WHY KOEMAN’S MIDAS TOUCH SHINES BRIGHTEST
      796 26  -  SAINTS MANAGER REBUILT LAST SEASON’S LAUGHING STOCKS INTO COHESIVE UNIT COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg Adrian Clarke, TODAY’s EPL analyst, is a former Arsenal midfielder who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he writes for many publications
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      Lock icon GERRARD MAY YET RETURN TO ANFIELD
      790 28 PLANS FOR HIM TO REJOIN REDS AS PART OF COACHING STAFF ALREADY IN PLACE THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL Steven Gerrard will say his farewell to Anfield this weekend, but plans for him to rejoin Liverpool as part of Brendan Rodgers’ coaching staff are already
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      Lock icon NBA WATCH
      377 28 AP CHICAGO 73 CLEVELAND 94 No dominant performance by LeBron James. Not much from Kyrie Irving, either. Somehow, the Cleveland Cavaliers still found a way to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. James struggled to score 15 points, Irving limped off the court and the Cavaliers still beat
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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      65 27 OTHER FIXTURES Tonight, 7.45pm Channel Singtel StarHub Southampton v Villa 102 227 Tonight, 9.55pm West Ham v Everton 103 228 QPR v Newscastle 104 229 Tottenham v Hull City 105 230 Burnley v Stoke 106 231 Sunderland v Leicester 102 227 Tomorrow, 12.30am Liverpool v C. Palace 102 227 Tomorrow,
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      97 27 Sat, 16/05/15 Sun, 17/05/15 LW* Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw l*BS'unc{ L i vew i re (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) IWLivewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzzOKranji (18 years and above) Ip
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      84 29 30 JOURNEY MAN ARTIST NOOR ISKANDAR RECOUNTS HIS TRIP TO IRAN AND TURKEY 32 A VE SPA INTERE ST A SINGAPORE GIRL AND ITALIAN MAN ARE GOING AROUND THE WORLD ON THEIR VESPAS 33 MENU REVAMP FURNITURE GIANT IKEA NOW WANTS TO FOCUS ON FOOD 34 COMIC BOOK HERO SONNY
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        Lock icon IN SEARCH OF RUMI
        549 30  -  ARTIST NOOR ISKANDAR’S MAGICAL MYSTICAL TOUR TO IRAN AND TURKEY MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg Early this year, young artist NoorIskandar went in search of Mevlana Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. It was a journey that took him to Iran and Turkey, important pitstops in
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        Lock icon Having a common language
        615 31  -  NAFA’s ongoing SG50-themed group show is a marketplace of ideas ART REVIEW: VERNACULA_ BRUCE QUEK SINGAPORE The 50th anniversary of the Republic continues to serve as a lightning rod for artists, curators and institutions alike to reflect, meditate and speculate about our past, present and future.
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        Lock icon Travel picks
        414 31 Fancy a trip to Iran or Turkey? Here are Noor Iskandar’s choices WHEN IN IRAN 1 GO BACK IN TIME IN ABYANEH “This is one of the historical villages in Iran, with remnants from the Sassanid period (the last Iranian empire before the rise of Islam). The unique
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        STATE of the ARTS
        133 31  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The visual arts scene continued to shift. Following news of the closure of six galleries at Gillman Barracks at the end of the month, art gallery Art Plural also announced the closure of its space at Armenian Street while organisers of the Singapore
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        Scooting around the world
        1690 32  -  Meet a S’porean girl and an Italian man who are on a journey of a lifetime GLOBAL CITIZENS SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Juvena Huang is much like your regular Singapore girl the colleague you go to yoga lessons with, or your best friend’s earnest kid sister
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        Ikea announces new dining options
        632 33  -  SERENE LIM ALMHULT —At the Ikea’s Democratic Design Day celebrations in Almhult, Sweden, earlier this week, the brand gave a sneak preview of its upcoming plans and projects for the next few years. Interestingly, the emphasis wasn’t on a new range of shelves, instead, Ikea,
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        Lock icon Hey, Charlie
        1059 34  -  Artist Sonny Liew talks about his epic graphic novel about a Singaporean comic-book artist HISTORY OFF THE PAGE MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Step aside, Avengers, Batman and Astro Boy. It’s time Singaporeans get to know the likes of Force 136, Roachman and Ah Huat’s Giant Robot not to
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