Today, 20 August 2012, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp MONDAY, 20 AUGUST 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Tensions rise as 10 Japanese land on isle
    696 1 Protests in several Chinese cities and Japan gets a diplomatic rebuke from Beijing EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE AGENCIES EAST CHINA SEA Ten Japanese nationalists landed yesterday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row
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      59 1 YOU’LL NEVER BE CHINESE: WHY, AFTER 16 YEARS, I HAVE FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH CHINA AND I AM LEAVING COMMENT&ANALYSIS 6 T 27 NO, ASIAN COMICBOOK ARTISTS AREN’T POORLY PAID, SAYS LEINIL YU Recharge on a holiday with ZUJI. We give you the power to decide what goes on
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  • hot news
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      Helping at-risk youths with employment
      546 2  -  MCYS outlines plans to help 9,000youths with job matching, career coaching YOUTH NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE About 9,000 youths could benefit over the next three years from job matching and career coaching to help them secure employment, as the Ministry of Community Development, Youth
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      Lock icon Assange to Obama: Stop the witch-hunt
      371 2 REUTERS LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange used the balcony of the Ecuador Embassy yesterday to berate the United States for threatening freedom of expression and called on US President Barack Obama to end what he called a witch-hunt against his whistle-blowing website. Speaking from
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      Lock icon Singapore ministers, Sultan of Johor affirm good ties at Hari Raya open house
      263 4  -  VIMITA MOHANDAS SINGAPORE It has become a regular affair for Singapore ministers to go across the Causeway for the Hari Raya open house hosted by the Sultan of Johor. This year, three made the trip. Foreign Affairs
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      Lock icon Najib pledges to enhance security
      361 4 PM gives assurance that all agencies responsible would be more effective against crime MALAYSIA AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Amid concerns over high-profile crime in recent months, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has pledged to enhance security in the country and given the assurance that all
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      Lock icon Celebrating Hari Raya with the President
      89 4  -  KAREN NG Thousands of people enjoyed the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday with a visit to the Istana yesterday. A Malay dance kicked off the celebrations, followed by an Indian performance. Musicians from PA Talents featured songs by Elvis Presley on their ukuleles, while bands
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      30 2 VIDEO WORLD JAPAN NATIONALISTS RAISE FLAGS ON ISLAND IN CHINA ROW Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/cnajpnaug20 for the video.
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon You’ll never be Chinese
      2235 6  -  CHINA THEN AND NOW MARK KITTO Mark Kitto currently lives in Moganshan, a mountain resort near Shanghai. This article is an adaptation of a piece that originally appeared in Prospect magazine. THE NEW YORK TIMES Death and taxes. You know how the saying goes. I would
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      Lock icon President Mukherjee: More than a figurehead?
      1268 8  -  INDIAN POLITICS ROBIN JEFFREY Robin Jeffrey is Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies, an autonomous research institute at the National University of Singapore, and Visiting Research Professor at the Asia Research Institute in Singapore. In May 1969, the President of
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      39 6 CEOs need to connect not only with their most senior managers, but their Critical 100 the people across the company who are especially attuned to emerging challenges and capable of driving positive change. RAM CHARAN AND DANIEL CASSE 20
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      168 7 Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been. Albert Einstein Albert Einstein MDIS School of Engineering Placed within the world’s top 100 best young universities in the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 league table 2012 Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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  • voices
    • Article
      Pri 1 registration: Not perfect, but fair
      256 10  -  FROM SIDNEY PECK I refer to Mr Ricky Goh’s letter “Focus on the child” (Aug 2). I agree that a school’s environment influences young minds and that the focus is always on the child. However, fairness and social mobility should be the focus
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    • Article
      Foreign or local, please signal your turn
      192 10  -  FROM PAUL ARMSTRONG I refer to the Singapore Police Force’s letter “Foreign drivers, like all motorists, must follow traffic laws” (Aug 7). Another aspect is that lots of road users do not follow many of the Highway Code rules, one of which is
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    • Article
      Clubs must do their part to boost football
      229 10  -  FROM MELVIN TAN HENG CHOON Many are jumping on the bandwagon to criticise the state of local football, so it was refreshing to read Mr Greg Lee’s constructive views in “What Singapore football can do to raise its game” (Aug 3). Like
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    • Article
      Felled trees were a threat to safety
      252 10  -  FROM YAP CHUNG LEE Director, Land Operations (Public), Singapore Land Authority We refer to Ms Ong Ruici’s letter “Save the Braddell Road forest” (Aug 11). Albizia trees are of a species vulnerable to storms and prone to falling down because of their brittle
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      29 10 LETTER SGH APOLOGISES FORWRONG CALLS Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/sghaug20 for the letter from the Singapore General Hospital.
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      84 10 LETTER P1 REGIS­TRATION SHOULD NOT BE A TALL ORDER Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/p1aug20 for the letter from Joyce Koo. LETTER FOREIGN VEHICLES A PROBLEM? Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can
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      42 10 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices LETTER AVASHOULD VOTE AGAINST IVORYTRADE Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ avaaug20 for the letter from Jennifer Lee.
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Bringing safe water to Cambodia
      491 12  -  Water for Life project helps install bio-sand water filters to improve lives of villagers COMMUNITY PROJECT AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg PHNOM PENH Exhausted after toiling on the farm, Madam Soth Sean, 54, still had to gather firewood to boil water collected from a nearby pond or
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      Moneylender’s Association in discussions to set up debt collecting agency
      237 13  -  S RAMESH SINGAPORE As the Law Ministry studies further tightening moneylenders’ debt collection practices, the Moneylender’s Association has started discussions with DP Info Systems on setting up an approved debt collecting agency. The association’s President, Mr David Poh, said borrowers
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      Lock icon Water pipe leak closes two lanes at Bt Timah Rd
      262 13  -  WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two of three lanes along Bukit Timah Road, between Duke’s Road and Queen’s Road, were closed and traffic diverted yesterday due to a leaking underground water pipe. The lanes were closed to facilitate repair work,
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  • youth
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Their dream’s more than just child’s play
      564 14  -  Programme seeks to help youths from low-income families pursue their passion ARTS AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Their maiden play was about the struggles Singaporeans face in getting a house and making it into a home, while their next one, an adaptation of Alice
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    • Article
      NTU to hold fund-raiser for Down Syndrome Association Singapore
      115 14 SINGAPORE Undergraduates from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are holding a two-day fundraiser for the Down Syndrome Association Singapore (DSA). The event, to be held on Saturday and Sunday at Causeway Point, seeks to raise S$18,000. Activities include performances by schools
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Policeman in Bo case up for trial
      286 15 BO XILAI SCANDAL THE NEW YORK TIMES CHONGQING An ethnic Mongolian policeman with a fondness for expensive overcoats, Mr Wang Lijun (picture) directed crackdowns on organised crime, performed autopsies and patented designs for police uniforms. His exploits inspired a television series. In February,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fleeing Assamese pushed out of moving train
      122 15 REUTERS G U WA H ATI Two Indians from the north-eastern state of Assam who were fleeing home on fears of retaliation for violence against Muslims there died and nine others were injured after being pushed out of a moving train yesterday, an
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  • world
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      Lock icon Search continues for minister, pilots
      294 16 Rescuers find wing of plane, flight plan, but three of those on board are still missing PHILIPPINES PLANE CRASH AP MANILA About 300 rescuers searched yesterday for Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo and his two pilots after their small plane crashed into the sea on
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    • Article
      Lock icon Strong earthquake strikes central Sulawesi
      198 16 AGENCIES JA K A RTA A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck 56km south-east of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday, damaging at least 48 houses, the authorities said. “We’ve received reports from the ground that three people have died, including a nine-year-old boy,” National
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon EGYPT PRESIDENT MORSI TO VISIT IRAN
        69 16 AP Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi will attend a summit in Iran later this month, a presidential official said on Saturday. It willbe the first such trip for an Egyptian leader after relations with Tehran deteriorated decades ago, especially since Egypt’s 1979 peace treaty with
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        Lock icon ASSAD AT PRAYERS TO MARK HOLIDAY
        73 16 AP Syrian President Bashar Al Assad (picture) attended prayers in a Damascus mosque yesterday to mark the start of a Muslim holiday, his first appearance in public since the bombing last month that killed four of his top security officials. Elsewhere in the country,
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      Lock icon Drones aid experts in wildlife conservation
      365 17 AP PRANBURI (THAILAND) They are better known as stealthy killing machines to take out suspected terrorists with pinpoint accuracy. But drones are also being put to more benign use in skies across several continents to track endangered wildlife, spot poachers and chart forest loss.
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      Lock icon Deloitte partner’s suicide linked to StanChart’s Iran scandal
      187 17 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The family of a senior partner at global accounting and consulting firm Deloitte has called for answers after he apparently committed suicide days after the firm was linked to the Standard Chartered Iran dollar trades scandal. Daniel Pirron,
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  • business
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      Lock icon ‘No room for concessions’
      332 18 Little chance of Germany supporting third rescue package for Greece: Merkel ally EUROZONE AP BERLIN A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted that there is no room for concessions to Greece on fulfilling the conditions of its aid programme and said in an interview
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      Lock icon India may cut interest rates only when inflation slows
      167 18 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI India can only consider cutting interest rates when inflation starts to show “very sustainable signs of moving down”, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn said yesterday. “Our position on that is very clear,” Mr Gokarn said.
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      83 19 We’re taking you to all your favourite places! This August 24-27, great deals and fantastic discounts await all seniors on selected travel destinations at NATAS Holidays 2012 when you sign up with MEclub today! Enjoy tailored tour packages from participating travel agents. Revisit old favourites, or experience new locations! Explore
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  • management
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      The ‘Critical 100’ in your company
      887 20  -  HUMAN RESOURCE COMMENTARY BY RAM CHARAN, DANIEL CASSE Ram Charan is a business author and adviser who works with senior executives to solve their toughest business problems. Daniel Casse is President of G100 and a managing partner at High Lantern Group. For any business
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      107 20 NYU Language School offers the following language courses to foreign students and Singaporeans: Certifi cate in International English Elementary, Intermediate Advanced Preparatory Course for Admission to Government Schools (Primary Secondary) Preparatory Course for: > Cambridge First Certifi cate in English (FCE) > International English Language Testing System (IELTS) > Test
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Twitter clips developers’ wings
      308 21 Microblogging service tightens stranglehold on third-party apps with new limitations MICROBLOGGING REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO In a move to regulate how users access its microblogging service, Twitter announced yesterday new restrictions that sternly discourage independent software developers from creating Twitter apps. While the move is not expected
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      Lock icon Sweet sights, sweeter sounds
      380 21  -  ALVIN CHONG SINGAPORE Denon has announced the Cocoon Home and the Cocoon Portable, which marks its first attempt at the speaker dock. The sleek devices allow for iPod, iPad and iPhone docking as well as airplay for audio streaming plus wireless audio streaming for Android devices.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon CITY SCRAPE PAST SPIRITED SAINTS
    463 22 Newly promoted Southampton give defending champions a scare THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MANCHESTER CITY SOUTHAMPTON 3 2 LONDON New season, same old Manchester City. Having won the English Premier League with a dramatic 3-2 victory against Queens Park Rangers on the final day of last season,
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    AN UNIMPRESSIVE START FOR CHELSEA
    508 22  -  ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE COMMENTARY BY TERRY PATHMANATHAN Roberto Di Matteo must be pleased that Chelsea got off to a winning start in his first full season in charge. But despite the 2-0 scoreline, their performance against Wigan, in truth, left much to be desired. The
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    Lock icon LIONSXII, KELANTAN ON GUARD AGAINST COMPLACENCY
    469 23  -  DAN GUEN CHIN DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They may have emerged as the top two sides at the end of the Malaysian Super League (MSL) campaign but Kelantan and the LionsXII are well aware that reputation and past achievement will count for nought
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  • Article
    EAGLES KEEN TO TAKE FLIGHT
    460 23  -  DAN GUEN CHIN SINGAPORE Expect the Geylang United Eagles to fly away from the bottom of the table when the final leg of this season’s S-League campaign restarts this week. That is the confident prediction of head coach V Kanan of the twotime league champions
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    Lock icon ‘Twister’ with a twist
    115 23 Three hundred people turned upon Saturday for the H-TWO-O Ultimate Challenge, with their eyes on the top prize a Volkswagen Polo 1.2 TSI car. Former Singapore footballer Fandi Ahmad (inset), a H-TWO-O ambassador, was spotted trying outthe challenge, which was a modified version of the popular
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  • Article
    Lock icon WALLABIES CAPTAIN IN DOUBT FOR REMATCH
    169 24 AP SYDNEY Wallabies captain David Pocock is in doubt for Australia’s Bledisloe Cup rematch with the All Blacks after sustaining a knee injury in their 27-19 loss to New Zealand in the Rugby Championship opener on Saturday. The news is a huge blow to
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    Lock icon BIN HAMMAM SUSPENSION EXTENDED
    261 24 ALLEGED FOOTBALL BRIBERY REUTERS QATAR The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have extended the provisional suspension of their former president Mohamed bin Hammam (picture) by 20 days, the governing body said yesterday, as investigations into allegations of financial wrongdoing continue. The Qatari had been initially suspended for
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      61 24 IN 1963 ALCATRAZ WAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED ALL 256 PRISONERS WERE SUPPOSEDLY TRANSFERRED OFF THE ISLAND BUT THEY HAD ACTUALLY VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE NOW THEY ARE RETURNING, ONE BY ON THE PR I I sk'. V -V. A s ID SERIES LOS ANGELES TIMES IK -■•a :jZ GREAT ESCAPIST ENTERTAINMENT”
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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      33 25 DESIGN A BRIT HOME FOR YOU SIR? 26 CELEBS SHINY, HAPPY TVB STARS ON PARADE 29 MONDAY, 20 AUGUST 2012 POW! BAM! WHAM! ASIAN COMIC BOOK ARTIST LEINIL YU CAUSES A STIR 27
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  • T TODAY
    • arts&design
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        YOUR OWN LITTLE BRITAIN
        715 26  -  YOU CAN ACHIEVE AMODERN BRIT HOME THAT EVEN QUEEN ELIZABETH WILLAPPROVE OF SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg If last Sunday’s closing ceremony for the London Olympics left you with an overwhelming sense of loss, cheer up. You can still fill your rooms with a dose of Brit in
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        Lock icon Fast draw
        620 27  -  COMIC SUPERMAN MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE There’s an elephant in the room. Comicbook artist Leinil Yu wants to address the assumption Asian comicbook artistes are poorly paid. “No, they don’t hire us because we are cheap. Marvel and DC have a standard that they pay out
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        Student body (of work)
        269 27  -  SCHOOL SCENE SERENE LIM S I N G A P O R E Anyone walking past the Lim Hak Tai Gallery at the Nanyang Academy Of Fine Arts last week might have done a double take. Because it was practically a furniture showroom as students from
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    • culture&lifestyle
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        Lock icon Major fail
        537 28  -  Isabelle Desjeux’s latest show on embracing failure ARTISTIC EXPERIMENT BRUCE QUEK features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Failure an embarrassing frustration or the mother of invention? Whatever it is, it’s not well-re-garded in Singapore, if our booming tuition industry is any indication. But French scientist-artist Isabelle Desjeux, in her new exhibition at
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        TVB stars light up Marina Bay Sands
        256 29 STAR POWER SINGAPORE Myolie Wu, Kevin Cheng, Moses Chan, Kenneth Ma, Linda Chung these were just some of the biggest names in Hong Kong entertainment who made their way to Singapore for the third StarHub TVB Awards Gala on Saturday. And in an
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        Lock icon Miss China wins Miss World
        153 29 POMP AND PAGEANTRY REUTERS CHINA Miss China, a 23-year-old music lover who wants to work with the poor, was crowned Miss World 2012 at a ceremony in Inner Mongolia, pageant organisers said on Saturday. Wearing a sparkling blue gown, Yu Wenxia waved to the audience
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        STATE OF THE ARTS
        166 29 SINGAPORE A week of launches and announcements galore. The National Heritage Board laid out its latest wares the Great Singapore Souvenirs museum merchandise, the children’s book about national monuments, The Fearless Twins And The Magic Kaleido: A Narrow Escape as well as announced its new walking
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      • ARTS GUIDE
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          NIGHT FESTIVAL 2012
          55 29 The annual event that brings the Bras Basah-Bugis precinct to life at night returns. And on this first of two weekends, expect some nocturnal spectacles around the area and inside the museums and arts spaces. Aug 24 and 25, 7pm to 2am, various places at the Bras
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          CAUSEWAY EXCHANGE
          68 29 This year’s joint arts initiative between Singapore and Malaysia will feature, among others, theatre shows At A Plank Bridge, Indian Lawyers—Master Tongue-Twisters? You Decide, and stand-up comedy 1 Malaysia. There’s also a Yasmin Ahmad tribute that centres around the book launch of Yasmin How You Know? Aug 23
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          URBAN BODY
          71 29 In this group show, the Singapore Contemporary Young Artists tackle the relationship of the body and its urban surroundings in this ongoing show. Curated by Melanie Chua, it features works by Billy Soh, Clifford Loh, Dan Wong, Daryl Goh, Benedict Chen, Rachel Elffin, Debra Raymond, Safrie Effendi and
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      On the Shelf
      417 30  -  An e-book review from ilovebooks.com Seah Nida Have you ever read the back of labels and wondered why sodium chloride is in your shampoo or why antifreeze is in your toothpaste? Ever wondered what the oft-maligned sodium lauryl sulfate and corn syrup are really made of? This
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    • things to do
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        ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL… I COULD HAVE STAYED IN BED
        112 30 French artist Isabelle Desjeux, winner of France Singapore New Generation Artists 2011 award, is also a PhD holder in molecular biology. This work is her attempt at appropriating the scientific process observed in laboratories. Focusing on the repetitive practices
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        CONCERT BY LIU XIAO HONG
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