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Title Section14 2016-08-23 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp TUESDAY, 23 AUGUST 2016 MCI (P) 026/06/201614 words
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Article, Illustration1919 2016-08-23 1 LAURA PHILOMIN - Well-loved former president suffered a stroke three weeks ago MR S R NATHAN 1924 2016 LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Sellapan Ramanathan, or S R, Nathan, the protagonist in an unlikely but quintessential Singapore story of advancement who went from schoolTODAY FILE PHOTO; PHOTO: MR NATHAN’S PERSONAL COLLECTION - 1,919 words
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Advertisement41 2016-08-23 1 EMBRACING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COMPLEXITIES IN WATER POLICY IS CRUCIAL TO MANAGING CONSUMPTION COMMENT&ANALYSIS 20 PM Lee gets the all-clear after National Day Rally health scare HOT NEWS 9 Humble beginnings •5 The negotiator •6 The diplomat •7 Mr Fix-it •741 words
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S R Nathan 1924 — 2016
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Article, Illustration1178 2016-08-23 2 TOHEEMING - DIGNITARIES PAY TRIBUTE ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TOHEEMING SINGAPORE —A “true son of Singapore”, the late S R Nathan led a life that is an “inspiration to us all”, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. “His was a story of how a young boy strovePHOTOS: JASON QUAH, NURIA LING - 1,178 words
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Article, Illustration562 2016-08-23 3 ‘INSPIRING MENTOR’, ‘ADVOCATE FOR VOLUNTEERISM’ SINGAPORE —Private sector and community groups paid tribute to former President S R Nathan and sent condolences to his family within an hour or so after the news broke that he had died on Monday at around 9.50pm,PHOTO: NURIA LING - 562 words
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Article, Illustration706 2016-08-23 3 SIAU MING EN - SIAU MING EN 1924: Mr S R Nathan was born on July 3 in Singapore. His family later moved to Muar, Johor ,where his father held a clerical job at a legal firm servicing rubber plantations. His father, who was an alcoholic, lost his job when706 words
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Article, Illustration786 2016-08-23 5 Expelled from school, SR Nathan spent youth in poverty, worked odd jobs to survive HUMBLE BEGINNINGS SINGAPORE —At 16, he had been expelled from school a second time, and, too ashamed to face his mother, began leading the life of aPHOTOS: MR NATHAN’S PERSONAL COLLECTION - 786 words
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Article, Illustration769 2016-08-23 6 THE NEGOTIATOR SINGAPORE —On the basis of a university thesis he wrote while studying for his social studies diploma at the University of Malaya, Mr S R Nathan was picked by then-Chief Minister David Marshall to serve as a seamen’s adviserPHOTOS: MR NATHAN’S PERSONAL COLLECTION - 769 words
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Article, Illustration665 2016-08-23 7 The envoy in the hot seat twice Mr Nathan navigated diplomatic minefields in a firm yet polite manner THE DIPLOMAT SINGAPORE —They are among the most significant postings on Singapore’s diplomatic roster, and Mr S R Nathan was entrusted with helming both a testimony to his leading role in cultivatingPHOTO: MR NATHAN’S PERSONAL COLLECTION - 665 words
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Article, Illustration573 2016-08-23 7 MR FIX-IT SINGAPORE —A “stable, steady person who can accomplish things” was how Mr Lee Kuan Yew once described Mr S R Nathan. No surprise, then, that throughout his accomplished career, Mr Nathan was often sent in where Mr Lee needed results; akinPHOTO: MR NATHAN’S PERSONAL COLLECTION - 573 words
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Article, Illustration778 2016-08-23 8 Mr Nathan’s appointment as President was an unexpected calling yet one well fulfilled THE HEAD OF STATE SINGAPORE It was 1996. Mr S R Nathan and his wife had just got home from a holiday in France and Switzerland. Having completed aTODAY FILE PHOTOS - 778 words
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hot news
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Article, Illustration790 2016-08-23 9 AMANDA LEE - Doctors confirm no cardiac abnormalities and no stroke; he will be on medical leave until Aug 29 ‘HEARTFELT THANKS’ FOR S’POREANS’ CONCERN AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A series of medical checks on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday nightPHOTO: JASON QUAH - 790 words
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335 2016-08-23 9 SIAU MING EN - SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Originally scheduled to take place this Thursday, the annual meeting between Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo has been postponed because Mr Lee is on medical leave for a week. The Ministry of Foreign335 words
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863 2016-08-23 10 KELLY NG - KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Having presidential candidates contest in mixed-race teams appears the most plausible approach to ensuring that minorities in the Republic get elected as President, political watchers and constitutional law experts said yesterday. One advantage of this approach is863 words
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Article, Illustration526 2016-08-23 12 SIAU MING EN - DPM Tharman relinquishes appointment as Covering Minister for Finance ADVISED TO AVOID CROWDED PLACES FOR NOW SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —More than three months after he suffered a stroke during a Cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday resumedTODAY FILE PHOTO - 526 words
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Article, Illustration537 2016-08-23 12 AMANDA LEE - AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE —Mr Lawrence Wong has been appointed Second Minister for Finance, while Ms Sim Ann is taking on the role of Senior Minister of State at the Ministry for Trade and Industry (MTI), the Prime Minister’s Office537 words
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Article, Illustration1334 2016-08-23 16 Presiden t may see the pact voted in, due to his alliance with Republicans in Congress BUT VOTE WILL NOT OCCUR BEFORE ELECTION THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON —His successor, whether Democrat or Republican, opposes it, as does most of hisTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 1,334 words
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746 2016-08-23 18 VALERIE KOH - VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Belgian expatriate Philippe Graffart was jailed five years yesterday for smothering his five-year-old son to death, after a High Court judge ruled that as a parent, he should746 words
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547 2016-08-23 18 AGENCIES BANG KOK Most of those behind a string of bombings in Thai tourist towns are Muslims from the kingdom’s insurgency-plagued southern provinces, the country’s police chief confirmed yesterday. It was the first clear indication that police believe a group ofAGENCIES - 547 words
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comment & analysis
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Article, Illustration1163 2016-08-23 20 EZRA HO - CRUCIAL TO MANAGING CONSUMPTION EZRA HO Ezra Ho is a research assistant at Nanyang Technological University. He graduated from the NUS Environmental Studies programme. The way we use water is shaped by social and cultural norms. And if you ask the average person whyPHOTO: JASON QUAH - 1,163 words
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608 2016-08-23 21 THAIS LOSING CONFIDENCE IN SECURITY FORCES BANGKOK POST BANGKOK POST EDITORS It has been 11 days since the Mother’s Day bombings in Hua Hin and six provinces in Thailand’s southern region, and the investigations are not going well. Many of the errors inBANGKOK POST - 608 words
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Article, Illustration939 2016-08-23 22 BROOKE MASTERS - THE RISE OF MEDICATION TAILORED TO ONE’S GENES BROOKE MASTERS Brooke Masters is The FT’s companies editor. THE FINANCIAL TIMES Long ago, as an overstretched twentysomething, I had a mild bout of depression. Prozac was much in the news then, so I went to theTHE FINANCIAL TIMES - 939 words
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Article, Illustration966 2016-08-23 22 JOSEPH NYE - FRAGMENTATION A REAL THREAT JOSEPH NYE Joseph Nye, a former United States assistant secretary of defence and chairman of the US National Intelligence Council, is a professor at Harvard and author of Is the American Century Over? PROJECT SYNDICATE Who owns the Internet? The answer is noPROJECT SYNDICATE - 966 words
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voices
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278 2016-08-23 24 LIU RIJING - FROM LIU RIJING The survey by Channel NewsAsia and the Institute of Policy Studies found that most of the populace agree that race does not influence success (“Racial ties in S’pore generally healthy, survey shows”; Aug 19). So what may influence success in278 words
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317 2016-08-23 24 PAUL CHAN POH HOI - F ROM PAUL CHAN POH HOI There are good reasons Chinese Singaporeans have combined Hanyu Pinyin and dialect forms in their names, particularly between the surname and given name (“Why mix dialect, Hanyu Pinyin forms in Chinese names?”; Aug 10). The origins of these mixed317 words
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313 2016-08-23 25 HO KONG LOON - FROM HO KONG LOON The euphoria in the aftermath of Joseph Schooling’s golden performance at the Olympics was unprecedented. It will take a while before life in Singapore resumes normality; Joseph’s departure last week for the United States will speed that up. Before313 words
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168 2016-08-23 25 SEBASTIAN TAN GEE HOW - FROM SEBASTIAN TAN GEE HOW I read with concern about the departure of Singapore swimming coach Sergio Lopez, who has clearly contributed much to the swimming fraternity, despite his short stint here (“Singaporeans should have more self-belief: Lopez”; Aug 19). Our swimmers168 words
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singapore
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Article, Illustration490 2016-08-23 26 MHA says it is considering ‘all options’ as to whether to block the station LINKED TO 2 SELF-RADICALISED DETAINEES AFP BATAM An Indonesian radio station yesterday denied airing extremist sermons after Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) linked it to the radicalisation ofAFP; PHOTO: FACEBOOK PAGE OF FERY MEI ROZA - 490 words
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408 2016-08-23 26 SINGAPORE —Travellers to the popular American cities of New York, San Francisco and San Jose will get to surf the Internet for free at public Wi-Fi hotspots for a month. Users will only need to download a configuration408 words
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545 2016-08-23 27 Test done on 30 products bought from S’pore supermarkets, provision shops S I N G A P O R E Consumers in Singapore who eat canned food face “minimal risk” of ingesting a chemical that could migrate from the inside545 words
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Article, Illustration598 2016-08-23 28 VALERIE KOH - VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Hoping to turn a quick profit over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a 48-year-old man decided to import cakes, pastries and patties for Ramly burgers from across the Causeway. But when he was stopped at Tuas CheckpointPHOTO: KOHM UI FONG - 598 words
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Article, Illustration390 2016-08-23 28 SINGAPORE The disamenities caused by Pokemon Go players surging to Block 401 Hougang Avenue 10 in recent weeks have led to stepped up cleaning of common areas there. In addition, to deal with players who have been parking indiscriminately, parking wardens werePHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 390 words
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Article, Illustration555 2016-08-23 29 ILIYAS JUANDA - Move part of transport operator’s effort to promote career progression among staff ILIYAS JUANDA iliyasj@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Having driven heavy vehicles and buses for more than 10 years, Mr Shanmugam Ramasamy, 32, thought he would be working as a driver untilPHOTO: NURIA LING - 555 words
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china & india
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680 2016-08-23 30 TERRITORIAL DISPUTES, U.S. MISSILE ON AGENDA AGENCIES TOKYO The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea will meet today and tomorrow in Tokyo, with their countries at odds over territorial disputes and the deployment of an American missile defence system onAGENCIES - 680 words
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386 2016-08-23 30 AP BEIJING China’s coast guard launched live-firing exercises in the Tonkin Gulf yesterday, the latest in a series of military drills that come amid renewed tensions among disputants to territory in the South China Sea. The Maritime Safety Administration said ships andAP - 386 words
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682 2016-08-23 31 Weibo postings mock PM Lee’s brief fainting spell when delivering National Day Rally speech AGENCIES SINGAPORE Chinese social media users have ramped up their criticisms against Singapore, amid the belief that the city state has not beenAGENCIES - 682 words
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Article, Illustration658 2016-08-23 31 FINANCIAL TIMES B E IJ ING China is to tie education spending to children’s place of residence for the first time, in an attempt to end a system detrimental to migrants that threaten to leave the country with an ill-educated urban underclass.FINANCIAL TIMES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 658 words
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world
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Article, Illustration663 2016-08-23 32 BN COALITION PLEDGES INCLUSIVENESS MALAY MAIL ONLINE KUALA LUMPUR —Senior political leaders in Malaysia’s ruling coalition yesterday hit out at upstart opposition party Parti Pribumi Bersatu (Bersatu), saying that ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties collectively represent an inclusive coalitionMALAY MAIL ONLINE; PHOTO: MALAY MAIL ONLINE - 663 words
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473 2016-08-23 32 THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Britain’s most dangerous extremists will be locked up in isolated high-security prisons within prisons to prevent them from radicalising other inmates, the government has announced. The overhaul of the British prison system came just days after it was revealed thatTHE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 473 words
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599 2016-08-23 33 AFP SEOUL South Korea and the United States kicked off large-scale military exercises yesterday, triggering condemnation and threats of a pre-emp-tive nuclear strike from North Korea. The two-week annual Ulchi Freedom drill, which plays out a full-scale invasion scenario by the nucleararmed North,AFP - 599 words
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business
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608 2016-08-23 34 LEE YEN NEE - VITAL TO KEEP ECONOMIES OPEN LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg S ING A PORE Economic integration has become even more important in the digital era and the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) must embrace connectivity in order608 words
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Article, Illustration580 2016-08-23 34 REUTERS SINGAPORE —SaladStop owner Adrien Desbaillets has eased off on expansion plans for his organic food chain in Singapore because high wages are pressuring profit margins at a time when the affluent city-state is grappling with low growth and slack global demand. Instead,REUTERS; TODAY FILE PHOTO - 580 words
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technology
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362 2016-08-23 35 MOVE AN EFFORT TO BOOST MARGINS REUTERS SEOUL Samsung Electronics plans to launch a programme to sell refurbished versions of its premium smartphones as early as next year, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said yesterday. The South Korean tech giant isREUTERS - 362 words
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Advertisement136 2016-08-23 35 Register with a friend and both will enjoy 10% discount "It takes a great effort, much study, the development of habits and a technique to bring to the stage the life of every human being. That is why we actors are obliged to engage in unflagging, systematic exercises and training.136 words
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sports
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Article, Illustration1084 2016-08-23 36 BRAZILIANS FEAR RETURN TO CRIME ‘HELL’ THE NEW YORK TIMES RIO DE JANEIRO —The skies opened on Sunday night over Maracana, the stadium where Brazil bade farewell to the Rio Olympics with a spectacle celebrating everything from the giants ofTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 1,084 words
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HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE OLYMPICS
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Article, Illustration212 2016-08-23 37 Big names, big performances Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt (picture) did not put a foot wrong in Rio, unlike other members of the swimming and athletics fraternity. Phelps took his gold medal haul to 23, Bolt to nine with a “triple triple” of 100m, 200m and 4x100m titles for212 words
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Article, Illustration341 2016-08-23 37 AFP Safe and sound? There was little escape from the daily, grim tally of shootings and robberies in the crime-plagued city. On the night of the opening ceremony, two people were fatally shot near the Maracana Stadium. An Australian photographer lost tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipmentAFP; PHOTOS: AFP, GETTY IMAGES, REUTERS, AP - 341 words
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Article, Illustration979 2016-08-23 38 As the world’s best athletes spent the past three weeks doing battle at the 2016 Games, TODAY’S Romaine Soh (romainesoh@mediacorp.com.sg) looks back at some of the most-talked about moments of the Rio Olympics... SMASHED RECORDS, TRACK SPILLS AND ‘MYSTIC ENERGY’ PHELPS THE MOST BEMEDALLED OLYMPIANPHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES - 979 words
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Article, Illustration762 2016-08-23 40 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —After competing in trampoline at the 2000 Olympics, Lee Brearley of Britain went on to performing double flips on stage in a zoot suit, and tumbles in full zombie attire. He staggered around like aTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES - 762 words
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506 2016-08-23 40 AP RIO DE JANEIRO The path to the Olympic podium for British athletes begins with the selection of six numbers. Every time a Briton fills in a lottery slip and hands over £2 (S$3.50), the country moves closer to anotherAP - 506 words
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Miscellaneous82 2016-08-23 39 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 above during ‘Live’ telecast) SB: SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Singapore Pools Account Service. Call82 words
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culture & lifestyle
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Article, Illustration815 2016-08-23 41 MAY SEAH - WE GET SCHOOLED ON A DANCE DATE WITH BALLET’S LATEST DEVOTEE, PIERRE PNG MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg Pierre Png’s palms pushed my hips off into a swivel. For about a quarter of a second, I executed a faultless pirouette. Then I whacked him in the face. “That’s allPHOTO: CHUA HONG YIN; PHOTOS: CHUA HONG YIN - 815 words
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Article, Illustration414 2016-08-23 41 MAY SEAH - Shane Pow puts out his first song but can he sing? DIVERSIFYING MAY SEAH SINGAPORE Today, Shane Pow graduates from being a karaoke singer to someone who has an official song playing on the airwaves. Not content with acting in television and films, he is nowPHOTO: CHUA HONG YIN - 414 words
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Article, Illustration624 2016-08-23 42 KEVIN MATHEWS - The singer-songwriter is undeterred by challenges in the local music scene BOLD ENDEAVOURS KEVIN MATHEWS features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Singaporean singer-song-writer KisH (real name Prem Kishan) was only an 18-year-old polytechnic student when he was inspired by a performance from The Eagles. “After watching the live acousticPHOTO: ELIAS LO FROM IMPROVISUALS SINGAPORE - 624 words
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Article, Illustration216 2016-08-23 43 MAY SEAH - MAY SEAH SINGAPORE —It was a star-studded affair for homegrown singer Sezairi Sezali and his wife Syaza Qistina Tan, who held a wedding reception for 200 guests on Sunday evening at the SAF Yacht Club. They had previously held a more private solemnisation ceremony in January, but Sunday’sPHOTO: CHUA HONG YIN - 216 words
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Article, Illustration1042 2016-08-23 44 There are lessons to be learnt from the carnage BOX OFFICE BOMB VARIETY/REUTERS LOS ANGELES —Like The Lone Ranger or Battleship, Ben-Hur is one of those massive box office wipe-outs that defies easy comprehension. How could something go this disastrously wrong?VARIETY/REUTERS; PHOTO: PAR AMOUNT PICTURES AND METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURES - 1,042 words
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Article, Illustration622 2016-08-23 45 THE NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES As a child actor-turned-Hollywood star, Kirsten Dunst has done her share of soul-searching. So, to play Peggy Blumquist, a beautician on the road to self-actualisa-tion who veers off course after committing a hit-and-run in FX’s black comedy-crime drama Fargo, she turnedTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: FX - 622 words
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