Today, 19 April 2016

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    13 1 TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp TUESDAY, 19 APRIL 2016 MCI(P) 021/06/2015 TODAY
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    Minority EP a key issue at Commission’s public hearing
    895 1  -  Vice-President role suggested; concerns raised about Elected Presidency becoming politicised NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ON FRIDAY NG JING YNG AND TOH EE MING jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The first public hearing conducted by the Constitutional Commission to review the office of the President
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    Lock icon THE HEAT IS ON
    74 1 Canoeists silhouetted by sunlight at the Sports Hub yesterday. The temperature hit 35.6°C yesterday and the Meterological Services Singapore said last week temperatures could reach a high of 36°C on a few days in the coming fortnight because of inter-monsoon conditions that have come over the
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    Lock icon Najib’s brother takes leave from CIMB role amid probe
    718 1 AGENCIES KUA L A LUM PU R —Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s brother took a voluntary leave of absence from his positions in banking giant CIMB yesterday until an independent probe in- to the transfer of US$7 million (S$9.5 million) into
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      264 1 IN MALAYSIA, ISLAMOPHOBIA IS THE BY-PRODUCT OF A STATE CONTI N UALLY DIVIDED ALONG RACIAL LINES COMMENT&ANALYSIS 12 sato STONfl COOLING GEL PDD9 STON A COOLING GELPADS S’pore’s exports fall at worst pace in more than three years HOT NEWS 4 #RoundTheWorld #BestYearEver #StartsToday^ y; Promotional interest rates from 3.8%
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon PM Lee urges resumption of direct talks for Israeli-Palestinian solution
      1026 2  -  HE NOTES ‘LONG-STANDING FRIENDSHIP’ BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND ISRAEL, IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE ALBERT WAI IN JERUSALEM albertwai@mediacorp.com.sg JERUSALEM —Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday urged Israel and the Palestinian Territories to resume direct negotiations towards a “just and lasting two-state
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      Lock icon S’pore exports fall at their worst pace in more than three years
      601 4  -  SHIPMENTS TO EIGHT OUT OF TOP 10 MARKETS SLUMP ANGELATENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) tumbled last month to their worst performance in more than three years, trailing forecasts as shipments to eight out of 10 of
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      Lock icon Botched Doha deal sends oil, stocks, ringgit tumbling
      608 4 AGENCIES SINGAPORE —Oil prices tumbled yesterday after a meeting on Sunday between major exporters in Qatar collapsed without an agreement to freeze output, leaving the credibility of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in tatters and the world awash with surplus
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      VICE-PRESIDENT ROLE, MORE FEMALE REPRESENTATION AMONG PROPOSALS
      424 6 EUGENE TAN, 46, ACADEMIC Update to eligibility criteria should be carefully calibrated to avoid shrinking the pool of eligible applicants, especially those from minority races Any revised criteria should come into effect only in the Presidential Election likely due in August 2023, not
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      LAW INTERN, WOMEN’S GROUP AMONG CONTRIBUTORS TO HEARING
      396 6  -  NG JING YNG AND TOH EE MING A law intern, researchers and representatives from a women’s group were among those who wanted to get their views on the Office of the President heard by the Constitutional Commission at the first day of
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      Lock icon SMRT partners Grab in private-hire car venture
      808 7  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the taxi industry hit by the proliferation of private-hire car services, transport operator SMRT wants a piece of the pie by joining hands with competitor-turned-part-ner GrabCar in its foray into the industry. Launched yesterday, SMRT’s pri-vate-hire car business
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      GRABCAR SLASHES FARES, INTRODUCES NEW BENEFITS FOR DRIVERS
      333 7  -  KENNETH CHENG Less than a week after Uber reduced fares for its private-hire car service, rival GrabCar yesterday announced that it was lowering its minimum and base fares. Since 11am yesterday, the minimum fare for rides on GrabCar has been halved from
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      Woman acquitted of sexual assault: Prosecution to appeal
      423 7 SINGAPORE The prosecution will be appealing the decision of a High Court judge who ruled that women cannot be charged with the offence of sexual penetration of minors a decision that resulted in a woman being acquitted of six charges brought against
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      Lock icon End of the road for architect of bank’s rise
      534 8  -  SLEW OF AWARDS UNDERSCORE THE ESTEEM, RESPECT HE ENJOYS EILEEN NG eileenng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Malaysian corporate figure Nazir Razak (picture) is a wellrespected banker in Malaysia and around the region who steered CIMB Bank into one of the region’s major banking groups.
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      Lock icon Situation critical in parts of Malaysia as drought bites
      567 9 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government needs to come up with an action plan within the next 30 days to deal with the current drought before the dams and rivers supplying water to four northern states of Malaysia dry up, said
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      179 8 Bull or Bear? Who Cares?! t ,if i v Have you been struggling to find success when it comes to investments? Many investors lose hundreds even thousands of dollars as they use trial and error in an attempt to develop an effective, winning strategy. The right investment strategies can make
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon The threat to UMNO posed by M’sia’s rising Islamophobia
      1101 10  -  MINORITIES PUSH AGAINST THE STATE’S RACE POLICIES AND POLITICS RASHAAD ALI Rashaad Ali is a research analyst at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Related topics addressed in this analysis will be discussed at the upcoming RSIS
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      Lock icon My broken arm method for getting more work done
      1069 11  -  CUMBERSOME TECHNOLOGY MAY FORCE US TO LIMIT MULTITASKING AND PLAN OUR WORK CAREFULLY LUCY KELLAWAY Lucy Kellaway is associate editor and management columnist at the Financial Times. FINANCIAL TIMES Two weeks ago I was cycling home after visiting my 90-year-old father
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      Lock icon Reading the tea leaves of Taiwan’s political Mona Lisa
      1527 12  -  FIVE INDICATORS FOR VIEWING PRESIDENT-ELECT TSAI ING-WEN’S STATUS QUO PLEDGE CHUNJUAN NANCY WEI Dr Chunjuan Nancy Wei teaches courses in the Master of Arts in East Asian Pacific Rim Studies at the University of Bridgeport. She has published on the South
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      38 10 But unlike da Vinci’s painting, a politician in a democracy cannot maintain the Mona Lisa style for long. Dr Tsai’s inauguration next month will reveal most, if not all, of her initial policies. CHUN JUAN NANCY WEI 12
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      257 13 'll SIM UNIVERSITY Manage Your Future STUDY MISSION HO CHI MINH With S$5,000 SkillsFuture Study Award 1 REGISTER BY May 31 for the July 2016 semester at www.unisim.edu.sg/cetregistration V MORE THAN JUST A TOUR V LEARN FROM INSIDERS ABOUT BUSINESS IN VIETNAM V EARN ACADEMIC CREDITS BE PART OF SINGAPORE’S
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  • voices
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      Retrenchment insurance idea populist, unsustainable
      339 14  -  F ROM PATRICK TAN SIONG KUAN I refer to the report “SDP’s Chee says he will push for retrenchment insurance if elected” (April 18). Retrenchment insurance sounds like a great idea that benefits the working class. Dr Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party
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      Unwise to compromise privacy to gain a little security
      312 14  -  FROM MATTHEW YIM YEW FEI I find that the writer of the commentary “Breaking unbreakable encryption apps” (April 6) is confused about how encryption works for messaging. First, in end-to-end secure applications such as Apple’s iMessage, each user has a pair
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      ‘Luggage-gate’ shows why Singapore is different
      203 14  -  FROM DESMOND WAI CHUN TAO The allegation that Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying pressured employees at the city’s international airport to help his daughter retrieve her luggage, which she had left outside the restricted area, has trig- gered a public uproar. The Hong
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      China should act like a grown-up in sea dispute
      123 14  -  F ROM SHIGERUICHIGE China cannot demand unreasonably that the Group of Seven (G7) nations not interfere in the South China Sea territorial issue (“China warns G7 to stop ‘hyping up’ maritime disputes”; April 13). It is an international issue the G7
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      Lock icon Win-win plan for private-hire car drivers, cabbies needed
      360 15  -  FROM TEOKUEH LIANG I read with concern the report “Taxi groups seek tougher rules to ensure a level playing field for cabbies” (April 13). Undoubtedly, private-hire car operators have supplemented the taxi supply during the morning and evening peak hours, and have
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      S’pore national football team needs a local coach
      165 15  -  F ROM M LUKSHUMAYEH With Bernd Stange vacating the job of national football coach, I ask that the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) steer clear of appointing another foreigner to Singapore football’s top post. After all, we have foreigners in the coaching
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      33 14 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices LETTER TELL MRT COMMUTERS WHICH SIDE THE DOORS WILL OPEN Visit bit.ly/ltrmrt0419 for the letter from Tan Kin Lian.
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      207 15 THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY GROUP rag OF EIGHT AUSTRALIA Unlock your Global Nursing Credentials. The University of Sydney provides graduates with the potential for mobility in their nursing career. All while boosting their clinical repertoire with knowledge of local and global health systems, leadership skills and research capabilities. Making a
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  • singapore
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      6-year-olds in alleged molestation case being counselled: Pre-school operator
      675 16  -  Girl’s father has claimed that no teacher was present during the alleged incident GIRL HAS ACCUSED BOY OF ‘TOUCHING HER INAPPROPRIATELY’ ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY BY CLIFFORD LEE SINGAPORE Two six-year-olds, a girl and a boy, are undergoing counselling after an alleged
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      All travellers to S’pore to have thumbprints scanned at checkpoints
      272 16 SINGAPORE All travellers to Singapore will soon be required to scan their thumbprints each time they arrive and depart from Singapore, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) yesterday. The roll-out of the BioScreen system will be progressive, starting from
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    • Article
      Accidents with heavy vehicles up, but fewer fatal cases
      644 17 Half of these were not caused by the heavy vehicle drivers but by other road users SINGAPORE There were more accidents involving heavy vehicles last year, figures released yesterday by the Traffic Police showed, but fewer of these accidents were fatal
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      Former IMH nurse jailed a year for hurting patient
      832 18  -  Myanmar national kicked and punched a 56-year-old schizophrenia patient LOUISA TANG louisa@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For what a district judge called “cowardly and completely reprehensible” behaviour, a former nurse at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) who had punched and kicked a patient
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      Foul play ruled out in case of man who died in explosion
      572 19  -  34-year-old died from burn injuries while trying to light an aromatherapy diffuser LOUISA TANG louisa@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A coroner yesterday ruled out foul play in the case of a man who died while trying to light his aromatherapy diffuser,
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      211 21 NUS National University of Singapore INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE SkillsFuture Credit Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy Applicable for eligible students GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ISS f r Q v l i Gear Up for a Digital Future The experience and knowledge gained from the GDipSA programme has helped me to bridge the gap
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  • world
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      Lock icon Israel’s story ‘resonates with, inspires S’poreans’
      778 22  -  PM Lee says Singapore ‘looks to you and admires you’ as he accepts honorary doctorate BOTH COUNTRIES WERE BORN IN ADVERSITY WITH ONLY THEIR WITS TO SURVIVE ON ALBERT WAI IN JERUSALEM albertwai@mediacorp.com.sg JERUSALEM —Singapore is an admirer of Israel, which shares many similarities
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      Lock icon Jakarta finally allows talk of communist purge, but there will be no govt apology
      1398 23 THENEWYORKTIMES JAKARTA —When Mr Putu Oka Sukanta was awakened by knocking on his door late one night in October 1966, he says he knew instinctively who was there. Indonesian soldiers, police officers and plainclothes intelligence agents
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      294 22 Joint honours and a mostly assignment-based degree gives me a better shot at success. It’s my choice. I PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTE'' top i of BUSINESS SCHOOLS WORLDWIDE AWARDED AACSB MOSTLY ASSIGNMENT BASED DIRECT HONOURS I DUAL SPECIALISATIONS For all diploma Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme enquiries: Kaplan City Campus Wilkie
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  • business
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      OSIM shareholders to be compensated after trading fiasco
      615 24  -  CEO TO PAY BACK SHAREHOLDERS WHO SOLD BELOW S$1.39 ON APRIL 5 RUMIHARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E —OSIM International shareholders who sold their shares on April 5 below the final offer price of S$1.39 a share
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      Lock icon SIA, Airbus set up S’pore academy as Asia faces pilot shortage
      414 24 Korea.AGENCIES SINGAPORE —Flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) and European aerospace giant Airbus Group have joined hands to set up an academy to train pilots in Asia, where a rash of start-up airlines and new aircraft orders are causing a
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    • Article
      Keppel’s Q1 profit down 42% on oil slump
      334 24  -  RUMIHARDASMALANI SINGAPORE —Keppel Corp reported yesterday a 41.5 per cent slump in net profit in the first quarter, bruised by its offshore and marine business as persistently low oil prices resulted in project deferments and delivery delays. For the three months ended
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      Lock icon Funds betting gold’s gravity-defying rally will continue
      630 25 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK When it comes to gold, hedge funds are betting that what goes up will continue to go up. Even after bullion’s best start to a year since at least 1975, investors are positioning themselves for more gains. Money managers increased
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Amazon takes fight to Netflix with new monthly Prime deals
      664 26 MOVE SHOWS GROWING CONFIDENCE IN STREAMING QUALITY THENEWYORK TIMES SEATTLE Amazon is introducing new options to subscribe to its Prime membership service on a monthly basis, a change that could make the company’s video service a tougher competitor to Netflix.
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      Lock icon Tech companies face greater scrutiny for paying workers with stock
      649 26 THENEWYORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO For the past few years, LinkedIn, the professional social networking company, has doled out increasingly large amounts of stock to pay its workers. In 2014, LinkedIn paid employees US$319 million (S$432 million) in stock, or 14
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  • sports
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      Lock icon THIRD TIME THE CHARM FOR NG
      607 27  -  Windsurfer turned sailor finds second wind, wins Rio spot, after switch to 470 WILL COMPETE IN OLYMPICS WITH JOVINA CHOO LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Four years ago, national windsurfer Amanda Ng’s Olympic dream lay in tatters after she missed out on qualifying for
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      Lock icon CEREBRAL PALSY FOOTBALL TEAM GET OWN HOME GROUND AT QUEENSTOWN
      462 27  -  AMANPREETSINGH SINGAPORE After earning the admiration of Singaporeans with gutsy displays at last year’s ASEAN Para Games (APG), Singapore’s national Cerebral Palsy (CP) football team has now earned a big boost from Sport Singapore (SportSG). For the first time, the
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      Lock icon FUTURE FOR RUGBY 7S IN S’PORE, AT OLYMPICS LOOKS BRIGHT
      838 28  -  ABBREVIATED GAME’S SIMPLICITY MAKES FOR A WINNING SPECTACLE COMMENTARY BY SHAHIRON SAHARI shahirons@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE —Recent reports have claimed that Asia will see a boom in rugby, helped enormously by the worldwide growth of rugby Sevens last weekend’s Singapore
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      Lock icon SUPER RUGBY EXPANSION QUESTIONED AS NEW TEAMS FLOUNDER
      370 28 REUTERS Super Rugby’s expansion into Asian and Latin American markets was hailed as a watershed for the sport’s globalisation butthe struggles of the three new teams have become an awkward sideshow for the sprawling competition.At the mid-point of the season, the expansion
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      Lock icon THE NUMBERS DO NOT LIE
      1296 29 Why football clubs are increasingly placing importance on analytics THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON In a quiet corner of West Ham United’s Chadwell Heath training ground, long after the players have left for the day, Rory Campbell is staring intently at a computer screen. The residential
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      Lock icon VARDY FACES EXTENDED BAN AFTER REF ROW
      526 30 time). AGENCIES LONDON Jamie Vardy could face action from the Football Association (FA) after appearing to swear in the face of referee Jonathan Moss. Vardy is alleged to have shouted an expletive at Moss and jabbed his finger at the Yorkshire match official
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      Lock icon VARDY CHARGED WITH IMPROPER CONDUCT
      544 30 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES LO N DO N —Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has been charged with improper conduct following his sending off against West Ham United in their 2-2 Premier League draw at the weekend, the Football Association (FA) said yesterday. Leicester, who have only four games
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      75 28 MIDAS VENTURES CONTINENTAL INC. (In Voluntary Liquidation) Company No. *****69 NOTICE OF LIQUIDATOR'S APPOINTMENT NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 204, subsection (1) (b) of the BVI Business Company Act, 2004 that the company is in voluntary liquidation. The voluntary liquidation commenced on 19 th April 2016. The liquidator
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
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      99 29 Event Venue SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Home Away Timing 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) Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and
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      78 31 TUESDAY, 19 APRIL 2016 CLOSING ANOTHER CHAPTER WHAT T E REV MP OF THE STAMFORD ARTS CENT E MEANS TO ARTS GROUPS THAT HAVE CALLED IT HOME 32 FUNNY GUY? CAN QI YUWU REALLY HAVE A CAREER IN COMEDY? 34 BIRD IN FLIGHT FILM-MAKER K RAJAGOPAL’S A YELLOW BIRD IS
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  • culture & lifestyle
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      Lock icon SO LONG STAMFORD
      1217 32  -  ARTISTS BID FAREWELL TO THE STAMFORD ARTS CENTRE AS IT HEADS FOR A REVAMP JO TAN features@mediacorp.com.sg In its near 100 years of existence, the weather-beaten edifice sitting austerely on Waterloo Street opposite the clamourous Sri Krishnan and Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temples —has been many
      PHOTO: DAMIEN TEO; revamp.PHOTOS: DANCE HORIZON; THE THEATRE PRACTICE  -  1,217 words
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      Qi Yuwu, a comedy actor?
      430 34  -  Could the man who described his initial acting chops as ‘wooden’ be a Mark Lee? JUST FOR LAUGHS HONJINGYI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Actor Qi Yuwu may have received his All-Time Favourite Artiste Award on Sunday night, but he believes he still has more to offer specifically,
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      Lock icon The evergreen and the rocket stars
      541 34 Chen Shu Cheng and Julie Tan are relishing their Star Awards wins TOGGLE.SG SINGAPORE One is officially a “Super Senior” now, and the other’s star is slowly rising. Chen Shu Cheng and Julie Tan may come from different ends of the celebrity spectrum, but
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      Lock icon Another S’pore film at Cannes Film Fest
      452 35  -  K Rajagopal’s A Yellow Bird joins Boo Junfeng’s Apprentice at the prestigious festival next month MOVIE MAGIC MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Don’t look now, but there will be two feature films from Singapore at next
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      20 37 ONLINE Eating on a bus? Oh yes Get on board for a moveable feast with the new Singapore Gourmetbus http://bit.ly/SGourmetbus
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      255 38 6.00AM Morning Agenda With Bharati Jagdish And Keith De Souza NOON The Soundtrack Of Our Lives 2.00PM The Afternoon News With Eugene Loh and Michelle Martin 6.00 Evening Digest With Daniel Martin and Daphne Lim 9.00 LateNite Lineup With Howie Lim 6.00AM The Bright Side With Sonia Chew 10.00 9
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