Today, 22 August 2015

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  • hot news
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      Lock icon China land reclamation bigger than expected, Pentagon charges
      589 2 BEIJING HAS RECLAIMED MORE THAN 1,170HA OF LAND AS OF JUNE, ADDS REPORT AGENCIES WASHINGTON China has reclaimed more land in the disputed Spratly islands of the South China Sea than previously known, according to a Pentagon report released yesterday, which says
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      Lock icon Ringgit slides to new low against Singdollar as reserves fall further
      619 4 KL says it will not impose capital controls or peg ringgit against US dollar COUNTRY’S FUNDAMENTALS REMAIN STRONG: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AGENCIES SINGAPORE The ringgit yesterday plummeted to a new all-time low of 2.9736 per Singapore dollar, flirting closer
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      Lock icon Najib dismisses calls for no-confidence vote
      705 4 AGENCIES KUA L A LU M PU R Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday dismissed calls for a vote of no confidence in Parliament, reiterating that he would not relinquish power, as his mandate is from the people and not from individual politicians. “It
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      Lock icon S’porean who died in blast lost her father less than a month ago
      506 5  -  TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was only less than a month ago that her father died. Now, the family of Melisa Liu is reeling from the second blow dealt by her death. The body of Ms
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      Lock icon Thailand raises reward for tips on blast, turns to US for help
      686 5 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand raised the reward yesterday for tips regarding the main suspect for a bomb blast in downtown Bangkok earlier in the week, and turned to the United States for help in tracking down those behind the
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      Lock icon First, more options in secondary education, then PSLE changes
      494 8  -  NOT PUBLISHING EXAM SCORES A RIGHT MOVE: MINISTER NG JING YNG jingyng@medicorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Creating a “more diversified landscape” among secondary schools to provide students with a wider range of opportunities will be the main focus before any changes to the Primary
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    • Article
      Minister warns against putting wrong people in charge of future
      435 8  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE Having celebrated its big 5-0 with a bang less than two weeks ago, the Republic is at a critical point where decisions taken will have huge repercussions for its future, said Education Minister Heng Swee Keat.
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      Past 4 years have been demanding but meaningful, fulfilling: Heng
      562 9  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE The past four years in politics have been “very demanding” but also “meaningful and fulfilling”, said Education Minister Heng Swee Keat, who entered politics in 2011 after spending almost three decades in the Civil Service. Apart
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      Lock icon Pursuit of excellence ‘need not lead to elitism’
      626 9  -  S’pore’s education system not focused on merely one or two schools: Education Minister NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The pursuit of excellence need not lead to a culture of elitism, said Education Minister Heng Swee Keat, arguing that not many school systems
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      Lock icon Integrity, honesty vital traits for MPs
      498 10  -  Town councils require more than just competent leaders: Tan Chuan-Jin FINANCIAL PRUDENCE, VISION ALSO CRUCIAL TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Besides meeting their residents’ needs and speaking up on issues, Members of Parliament (MPs) need to be able to run town councils competently, including
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      Lock icon Tin Pei Ling says helping residents helped her overcome rocky start
      497 10  -  JOY FANG S ING A PORE Four years after her political journey got off to a “rocky and painful start”, Ms Tin Pei Ling (picture) said she hopes she has done enough to garner the support of residents in
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      Lock icon Amy Khor sees GE as test, pledges greater community engagement
      812 11  -  VALERIE KOH SINGAPORE Although she will be seeking her fourth term as a Member of Parliament, Senior Minister of State (Health and Manpower) Amy Khor, who will defend her single-seat ward in Hong Kah North, said she is not taking
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      Lock icon Nation built on special partnership between PAP, people: Lawrence Wong
      591 11  -  Voters should use election to strengthen bondfor S’pore’s future during ‘inflection point’ MUCH MORE THAT UNITES US THAN DIVIDES US, SAYS MINISTER LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Noting that the nation’s success over the past 50 years was founded on the
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      Lock icon Landmark laws, fiery exchanges mark second session of 12th Parliament
      1200 12  -  Focus on healthcare, retirement adequacy, while debate on AHPETC saga stands out KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It has only been 15 months, but should the Parliamentary sitting earlier this week turn out to be the last before the polls are
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      Lock icon Weeding out toxins in the Tianjin aftermath
      87 13 Soldiers from a People’s Liberation Army chemical-defence unit working on Thursday to neutralise sodium cyanide residue on charred car bodes after the fatal explosions at a port in north-eastern China’s Tianjin municipality last week. Officials have ordered nationwide checks on dangerous materials and
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      Lock icon SDA pledges cheaper flats as part of manifesto
      546 13  -  Proposals in areas such as housing, CPF scheme aimed at a ‘S’pore for S’poreans’ NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) became the first political party to announce its manifesto for the coming General Election on Thursday, pledging to
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      50 9 VISIT TODAYONLINE.COM AND WATCH EDUCATION MINISTER HENG SWEE KEAT SPEAK ABOUT.... POST GE-2011 FINDINGS Scan the QR code or visit http://tdy.sg/ vidhskfindingsfor the video. HIS CAREER TRANSITION Scan the QR code or visit http://tdy.sg/ vidhskcareer for the video. PSLE Scan the QR code or visit http://tdy.sg/ vidhskpsle for the video.
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      12 9 ELITISM Scan the QR code or visit http://tdy.sg/ vidhskelitism for the video.
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  • voices
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      Special educators, social service workers deserve pay rises too
      239 14  -  FROM PHILIP A PETER The recent announcement that the Ministry of Education (MOE) will raise salaries by up to 9 per cent for teachers is welcome, but does not address the intangibles of the profession (“Graduate, non-graduate teachers to go on
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      Govt policy against Chinese dialects may be ripe for review
      326 14  -  FROM LIEW KAI KHIUN Although I do not belong to the Pioneer Generation, I enjoyed the edutainment music videos in Hokkien, Cantonese and Teochew launched by the Government as part of its policy outreach to older Singaporean Chinese who may
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      MPs should be judged by performance in Parliament
      257 14  -  FROM QUEK SOO BENG To improve their lives of their constituents and citizens at large, a Member of Parliament (MP) must have ears on the ground, and part of this is done by walking the ground, holding Meet-the-People sessions, receiving and acting
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      Corrections
      71 14 In the article “Singapore to supply more water to Johor as drought bites” (Aug 21), we reported that the water level at Linggiu Reservoir had risen from two weeks previously. This is incorrect. The water level fell to 54.18 per cent from 54.5 per cent. In the article “NYC
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      Success stories can inspire all S’poreans, not just those in their communities
      371 15  -  FROM DARREN CHAN KENG LEONG I agree with the points made by writer Muhammad Syakir Bin Kamal in his commentary in that ethnicity and race should not be the main emphasis when it comes to social status and
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      Forwarding emails indiscriminately violates privacy and trust
      207 15  -  FROM AARON LOW CHIN YONG Recently, I had an experience which made me question whether the staff at our local tertiary institutions respect students’ privacy and confidentiality of information. I met a senior manager at a local university after communicating with her through
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      Lock icon Emphasis on paper qualifications worsens consequences of ‘parentocracy’
      296 15  -  F ROM MICHELLE CHUA Although it is impossible to eradicate parentocracy, we should try to make the effort to create a more level playing field (“Try as we might, it’s futile to battle ‘parentocracy’”, Aug 21). Currently, the playing field appears to
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      Engage public to deter illegal hawkers
      232 15  -  FROM EDWIN LIM It was recently reported that a woman was jailed for selling curry puffs illegally as part of a foreign syndicate, and these curry puffs were allegedly prepared in unhygienic conditions in public flats, and peddled by runners on social visit passes.
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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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      Lock icon Drug arrests, new abusers increase in first half of 2015
      450 16 27% more first-time abusers and 8% more arrests compared with same period last year 7 IN 10 NEW ABUSERS APPREHENDED WERE BELOW 30 SINGAPORE Narcotics cops sniffed out 27 per cent more first-time abusers in the first six months of
      Source: Central Narcotics Bureau; TODAY  -  450 words
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      Lock icon Wanted: More female bus captains on board
      579 16  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To beef up the starved ranks of public bus drivers here, the Land Transport Authority and public bus operators are looking to get more women to join the traditionally maledominated industry. More will be done to raise awareness among
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      Lock icon Maritime and Port Authority holds annual emergency preparedness exercise
      139 17 The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) held its annual emergency preparedness exercise yesterday to test agencies’ readiness to respond to ferry mishaps in Singapore waters. More than 350 personnel from 10 agencies and companies took part in the half-day
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      New operator hopes to bring buzz back to Haw Par Villa
      635 17  -  Singapore Tourism Board appoints travelfirm Journeys on three-year contract MARISSA YEO marissayeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Haw Par Villa, the iconic Chinese-mythology theme park and heritage site that has seen better days, may get a new lease of life with the appointment
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      Lock icon New folders to correct misspelling in SG50 commemorative pack
      539 18 Those holding onto folders with botched spelling will be able to exchange them for new ones ENOUGH NOTES FOR ALL SINGAPOREANS, SAYS MAS SINGAPORE One day after it said stickers will be issued to patch over the misspelled name of former
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      Lock icon TODAY Shop to Win draw
      127 18 It was a truly lucky win for Mr Haresh Bhagchand Chandiramani, seen here receiving the S$10,000 cheque from Ms Christina Lim, NTUC FairPrice brand and marketing director. Mr Haresh, who has been taking partin the TO DAY Shop to Win draw since last year, spent
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      Lock icon Healthcare professionals honoured for teaching, work with children
      1140 19  -  RECOGNISED FOR INSPIRING JUNIOR DOCTORS, HELPING KIDS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS MARISSA YEO marissayeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —On top of caring for patients, Professor Lim Shih Hui is also a firm believer in lifelong learning, a trait that has led him to take on the
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      186 18 Melbourne Perth Brisbane An Australian Affair that builds upon solid foundations Free Information Sessions 1 k°0/y Buy where the locals are buying. Ways to finance the purchase. Mr Alan Song, CM CHI, platform speaker at IProperty exhibition Talks: 12:30pm, 3:30pm 22Aug 2015. 11 am 7 pm Mandarin Orchard, Singapore. Level
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  • world
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      Lock icon Speakers raise the volume of tension between Koreas
      730 20 The South’s propaganda messages at the border have angered North Korea’s leader KIM JONG-UN ORDERS FRONT-LINE INTO ‘SEMI-WAR STATE’ AGENCIES SEOUL —After years of relative calm on the heavily militarised border between North and South Korea, both sides were back on alert
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka’s biggest parties agree to cooperate
      452 20 AGENCIES CO LOM BO —Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was sworn in yesterday as the nation’s two major political parties, formerly rivals, signed an agreement to work together in the new Parliament. Their cooperation is a hopeful sign in tackling the
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      Lock icon Owner of Tianjin Port warehouses linked to company probing blasts
      562 21 Connection showcases the complexity of China’s political system AGENCIES SHANGHAI —The principal owner of the warehouses at the centre of the deadly blasts in Tianjin Port is also on the board of a state-owned company controlled by the State Council,
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      Lock icon More than 10 nations to attend China’s military parade on Sept 3
      672 21 AGENCIES BEIJING More than 10 countries, including Russia, will join China for a massive military parade through central Beijing next month to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory over Japan in World War II, Chinese officials said yesterday.
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      Lock icon ‘Jakarta, S’pore need each other for advancement of each country, region’
      2396 22  -  As Singapore celebrates its founding 50 years ago, TODAY is running a monthly series of interviews with the ambassadors of several countries that play a key role in Singapore’s foreign relations. This month, TODAY speaks to Indonesian Ambassador to
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  • business
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      Lock icon Sharp China factory slowdown raises global growth fears
      731 24 Slump in the world’s second largest economy could hurt trade-reliant Asian neighbours INVESTORS DUMP STOCKS, YUAN SLIDES 3% SINCE AUG 11 AGENCIES BEIJING —Worries that a deepening economic slowdown in China will hurt global growth intensified yesterday after a closely-watched private survey
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      Lock icon Shares in Pacific Andes, units post record slump amid probes
      410 24 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Shares in Pacific Andes International Holdings and its units posted record declines yesterday after the frozen seafood and deep-sea fishing companies said they were being investigated by police and regulators in Singapore and Hong Kong. “It’s quite serious
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      Helping hand for Singapore startups in China
      571 25  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Hangzhou, the hometown of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, eight million residents and hundreds of technology-linked companies, is fast becoming the Silicon Valley of China. Startups from all over the world are flocking there, attracted by an easy entry point
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      242 25 Enhance your child’s study skills! Does your child have what it takes to excel in school? Ask the brain-fitness expert! r What strategies can I use to boost my child’s criticalthinking skills? How can I super-charge his ability to retain what he learns? Why does my child struggle to pay
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  • sports
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      Lock icon ASEAN PARA GAMES TO END GOLDEN JUBILEE WITH A BANG
      692 26  -  Singapore athletes aiming for record haul on home ground in Dec CHEF-DE-MISSION CONFIDENT TEAM WILL MAKE HISTORY ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Following the successful hosting of the 28th SEA Games in June, the Republic will now be looking to end
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      S’PORE GETS ON BOARD WORLD NETBALL
      441 26  -  IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE —Former national captain Gaby Hochbaum, 40, will give Singapore a voice in how netball is governed globally with her appointment to the board of the International Netball Federation (INF) on Tuesday on a four-year term. The Netball Singapore honorary secretary
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      Lock icon BOLT SET TO DEFEND TITLE AT THE NEST
      514 27 Jamaican star ready to take on Gatlin, Gay and Powell in fiery showdown at Worlds 100m AP BEIJING Usain Bolt’s coach believes he looks good. So if Glen Mills is happy, Bolt is happy. And everyone else should be very worried. The
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      Lock icon WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DAY 1 OF THE WORLD C’SHIPS
      260 27 Keeping pace The weather is supposed to be a comfortable 23°C when the men hit the streets for the marathon in the morning. A more important number to watch will be the air-quality index. Yesterday, the reading by
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      Lock icon SAILOR BERNIE CLAIMS U-17 WORLD C’SHIP
      306 27  -  ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE SEA Games sailing champion Bernie Chin has added another trophy to his collection, finishing top in the Boys’ under-17 category at the 2015 Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Canada. The 16-year-old, who won the Byte CII title at last year’s
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      Lock icon A TALE OF TWO TEAMS IN THE CITY
      1068 28  -  The two Manchester clubs have got off to perfect starts in the English Premier League. However, the way they have been playing and the manner in which they have achieved victory could not be more contrasting. TODAY ’sEPL analyst Adrian Clarke (sports@
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      OTHER PLAYERS TO CHECK OUT
      336 28  -  ADRIAN CLARKE Bafetimbi Gomis (Swansea City) vSunderland What do you get when you mix a bunch of lazy, hapless defenders with a muscular front man in the form of his life? Usually carnage and that is the worrying fate Sunderland can expect tonight if their
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      Lock icon WHY PEDRO IS PERFECT FOR CHELSEA
      1014 29  -  AN EXCELLENT GOALSCORER WHO CAN PERFO M MANYROLES GUILLEM BALAGUE Guillem Balague is a Spanish football journalist and pundit who works regularly with Sky Sports. He also penned Pep Guardiola biography, Another Way of Winning. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH It would be heresy to say
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      Lock icon THERE WAS NO HIJACK: VAN GAAL
      257 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Louis van Gaal has insisted that Manchester United would have signed Pedro had they wanted the Spanish international, who this week joined Chelsea for £21.4 million (S$47.1 million) in a late swoop by Jose Mourinho. And the United manager rejected suggestions
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      Lock icon HORWILL, WHITE LEFT OUT OF WALLABIES SQUAD
      650 30 EX-CAPTAIN, SCRUM-HALF SURPRISE OMISSIONS FROM WORLD CUP AP SYDNEY —Ex-skipper James Horwill and scrum-half Nic White were the notable omissions from a forwardheavy Australia squad selected by coach Michael Cheika for next month’s Rugby World Cup. The 30-year-old Horwill, who led Australia at
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      Lock icon ROSBERG RELAXED AS FATHERHOOD LOOMS
      438 30 REUTERS SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS —Nico Rosberg made light of his recent Formula 1 title travails on Thursday by focusing instead on a happier case of car trouble. The German, 21 points adrift of Mercedes team-mate and double champion Lewis Hamilton as the season enters its second half,
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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      63 28 OTHER FIXTURES Tonight, 7.45pm Channel Singtel TV StarHub Man United v Newcastle102 227 Tonight, 9.55pm Crystal Palace v Villa 103 228 Norwich v Stoke 104 229 Sunderland v Swansea 105 230 West Ham v 106 231 Bournemouth Leicester v Tottenham 102 227 Tomorrow, 8.30pm West Brom v Chelsea 102 227
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      91 30 LW*: Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. LW: Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) Uvewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during ‘Live’ telecast) Singapore SB: SportsBuzz@Kranji (18
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      50 31 POWDER ROOM TALCUM POWDER, ICEBERGS AND ROBOTS AT THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENT’S YOUNG TALENTS EXHIBITION SATURDAY, 22 AUGUST 2015 32 SIFA 2015 #1 SINGAPORE HISTORY CRAMMED INTO W!LD RICE’S HOTEL 34 SIFA 2015 #2 EMPIRES, DINOSAURS AND MORE IN CAKE’S VERSUS 35 EZZAM RAHMAN’S ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. PHOTO: SAM
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        Lock icon BODY AND MIND
        1229 32  -  CONTEMPLATING HUMAN SKIN AND ROBOTS AT THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENT’S YOUNG TALENTS MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg Piles of talcum powder and strips of human skin. An entire library of art books. A thousand images of a CD spread on the floor. Robots playing chess. Icebergs. You’ll find all of
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        Lock icon National survey
        680 33  -  From photographs to flags, two exhibitions take on Singapore ART REVIEW: TWENTYFIFTEEN.SG SINGAPORE SURVEY 2015 BRUCE QUEK features@mediacorp,com.sg SINGAPORE Despite the conclusion of the nation’s 50th National Day, there’s still a good chunk of the Jubilee year left. This translates into one final push for SG50-related events, which
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        Lock icon Welcome to Hotel Singapura
        1027 34  -  W!ld Rice tells the story of Singapore’s history through the eyes of a hotel and its guests SIFA 2015 BALVINDER SANDHU features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Set in a hotel that opened in Singapore at the turn of the century, W!ld Rice’s latest production, Hotel, is a play that
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        STATE of THE ARTS
        101 34  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE This year’s Singapore Night Festival kicked off yesterday, the first of two weekends, with its theme Glitz And Glamour. The Singapore Art Museum also unveiled the exhibition of this year’s President’s Young Talents recipients (Loo Zihan, Ezzam Rahman, Ang Song Ming, Bani Haykal
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        Lock icon The weight of history
        701 35  -  Cake’s production Versus assaults the senses SIFA 2015 REVIEW MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Like the leader of a marching band leading the troops to war, a lone man poised at the top of the stage furiously pounds on a drum to herald the start of Versus.
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        Singapore Memory Project honours Pioneer Generation with new exhibition
        313 35 SINGAPORE —When 56-year-old Teo Khai Seng was growing up, he earned a meagre monthly salary of S$40 working in a plastics factory, with only one day off every month. To support his fish farm, he also took on two jobs as
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        Lock icon TV to print: Giant launches Neighbourhood Chef 2 cookbook
        344 35 SINGAPORE Local mass-market retailer Giant launched its first cookbook at its revamped Parkway Parade Hypermarket yesterday. To mark the nation’s Jubilee year, the cookbook celebrates Singapore’s unique palette of flavours, thanks to the heartlanders who delivered memorable recipes on the popular
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