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Title Section15 2013-01-07 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp MONDAY, 7 JANUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/201215 words
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Article, Illustration1186 2013-01-07 1 EUGENE NEUBRONNER, AMIR HUSSAIN - Residents concerned whether transport infrastructure can expand quickly enough PUNGGOL NEW TOWN EUGENE NEUBRONNER, AMIR HUSSAIN eugenen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As Punggol New Town morphs into Singapore’s largest estate, the authorities are embarking on a series of transport infrastructure improvements, including increasing the capacity of busesPHOTO: DON WONG - 1,186 words
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Article, Illustration940 2013-01-07 1 WOO SIAN BOON - WOO SIAN BOON S I NG A POR E Despite the fact that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has yet to decide whether to call a by-elec-tion in Punggol East, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) was out in force yesterday for a walkabout in thePHOTO OOI BOON KEONG - 940 words
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Article, Illustration516 2013-01-07 2 ASHLEY CHIA - PARLIAMENT ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —History could be made when Parliament elects a new Speaker at its next sitting on Jan 14: For the first time, a woman could assume the office, which is behind only the Prime Minister and President. Minister of516 words
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Article, Illustration465 2013-01-07 4 IMELDA SAAD - Defence Minister Ng assures injured regular that ministry, SAF will give him full support INJURED SERVICEMAN IMELDA SAAD imeldasa@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen has encouraged recovering naval serviceman Jason Chee to “press on”, assuring him that the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) andPHOTO: SAF CYBERPIONEER FACEBOOK PAGE - 465 words
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704 2013-01-07 5 AGENCIES NEW DELHI The father of the Indian gang rape victim has revealed her name, saying he wanted it to be made public so she could be an inspiration to victims of sexual assault a call that was quickly taken up by socialAGENCIES - 704 words
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Advertisement26 2013-01-07 5 VIDEO INDIA RAPE VICTIM’S FATHER SPEAKS OUT Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/rape0107 for the video.26 words
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comment &analysis
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Article, Illustration1177 2013-01-07 6 JEREMY LIM - RELOOKING MEDICAL COSTS IN SINGAPORE JEREMY LIM Dr Jeremy Lim has held senior executive positions in both public and private healthcare sectors. He is currently writing a book on the Singapore health system. This is the first of a series on health policies inPHOTO: REUTERS - 1,177 words
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Article, Illustration830 2013-01-07 8 NICHOLAS KRISTOF - XI JINPING THE REFORMER NICHOLAS KRISTOF Nicholas Kristof is a New York Times columnist and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. THE NEW YORK TIMES Here is my prediction about China: New paramount leader Xi Jinping will spearhead a resurgence of economic reform andTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 830 words
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Advertisement26 2013-01-07 6 Themillennialsare making their inevitable way into the workforce. In order for our organisations to continue to thrive, we need to get ready now. RON ASHKENAS 2626 words
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voices
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409 2013-01-07 10 PETER HENG TECK WEE - FROM PETER HENG TECK WEE Most Singaporeans are Xth-genera-tion immigrants. My grandparents originated from China, making me a third-generation Singaporean, and I am grateful for the contribution of immigrants to our fledgling nation. However, I am not convinced that continuing immigration is a long-term solution409 words
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184 2013-01-07 10 ALEX HUANG - FROM ALEX HUANG I have had mail lost on several occasions. Another package was lost recently, again by SingPost’s Loyang Delivery Base, but with a twist in this case. I thought I was wiser this time by taking a video when I posted it.184 words
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Article, Illustration358 2013-01-07 11 VADIVU GOVIND - FROM VADIVU GOVIND I am grateful to Ms Lee Seow Ser for sharing, in “Spooked by the hook of the phone” (Dec 24), about her wake-up call on her dependence on her mobile phone. I am happy that she hasPHOTO: BLOOMBERG - 358 words
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196 2013-01-07 11 BALA S RAJARATNAM - FROM BALA S RAJARATNAM The strategies reported in “Putting the brakes on speedsters” and “Redlight camera system to go digital?” (Jan 3) would not change the behaviour of drivers who ignore the red light at junctions. Taxpayer money should be196 words
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singapore
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263 2013-01-07 12 SHARON SEE - SHARON SEE SINGAPORE —The Workers’ Party (WP) is hoping to raise S$1 million through public donations to buy its own headquarters because it finds its current rented office along Syed Alwi Road too small. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Bricks in263 words
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Article, Illustration483 2013-01-07 13 ASHLEY CHIA - In the first Our Singapore Conversation with them, kids list housing as an issue they hope would improve ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE —Children as young as 11 years old have cited “affordable housing” and “ungraciousness” as concerns they hope would improve.PHOTO: OOI BOON KEONG - 483 words
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youth
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Article, Illustration738 2013-01-07 14 AMIR HUSSAIN - Six young students in terview residents, business owners as part of community initiative COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —They met a “cat aunty” who spends about S$300 a month feeding stray cats in the neighbourhood and interviewed the owner of onePHOTO: AMIR HUSSAIN; PHOTO: ZIGZAG LEARNING CENTRE - 738 words
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china&india
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Article, Illustration562 2013-01-07 16 One Pakistani soldier killed in incident that could upset the countries’ tentative rapprochement in recent months DISPUTED REGION AP ISLAMABAD Pakistan and India traded accusations yesterday of violating the ceasefire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian troops of aAP; PHOTO: AP - 562 words
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246 2013-01-07 16 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China wants its media and publishing groups to compete globally by reforming operations, promoting their products overseas and buying equity stakes in businesses, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Regulators will help the country’s leading publishers to enter theBLOOMBERG - 246 words
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Article, Illustration550 2013-01-07 17 THE GUARDIAN BEIJING An anti-corruption drive in China has netted more suspects in recent weeks, including a woman executive accused of cavorting with gigolos, a young woman who owns 11 apartments, a provincial official with 47 mistresses and a vice-mayor with ties to aTHE GUARDIAN - 550 words
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world
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Article, Illustration508 2013-01-07 18 President’s offer of a national reconciliation conference, elections and new Constitution unlikely to win acceptance SYRIA CONFLICT AGENCIES BEIRUT Syrian President Bashar Al Assad yesterday outlined his vision for a road map to end nearly 22 months of violence in Syria but alsoAGENCIES; PHOTOS: REUTERS, AP - 508 words
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329 2013-01-07 18 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUAL A LUMPUR Malaysia’s Information, Communications and Culture Minister Rais Yatim has accused Pakatan Rakyat (PR) of “arrogance” for naming Stadium Merdeka as the venue for the opposition alliance’s megarally on Jan 12 without discussing the matter with theTHE MALAYSIAN INSIDER - 329 words
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Article, Illustration534 2013-01-07 20 VIOLENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES AP MANILA —Philippine army special forces and police killed 13 suspected criminals in a fierce gun battle yesterday on the main northern island of Luzon in the latest violence to erupt in the country in the last week. President BenignoAP; PHOTO: AP - 534 words
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150 2013-01-07 20 AP JAK ARTA Indonesia’s police antiterror squad killed seven suspected militants over the weekend. The raids, however, are triggering renewed allegations that the force is failing to try and take such suspects alive. Police spokesman BrigadierGeneral Boy Rafli Amar said yesterday that noAP - 150 words
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Article, Illustration364 2013-01-07 22 Temperatures higher than 40°C recorded in parts of country, in the most wide-ranging heatwave in over a decade AGENCIES SYDNEY Australia is providing financial aid and sending extra firefighters to the island state of Tasmania after wildfires forced thousands of residents to flee fromAGENCIES; PHOTO: AP - 364 words
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Article221 2013-01-07 22 AP NEW YORK —Transit officials are reconsidering the idea of installing safety barriers on New York City subway platforms after three deaths on the tracks since early last month. Safety doors would be costly and difficult additions to the 108-year-old subway system, but some peopleAP - 221 words
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business
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STOCK CALL
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Article27 2013-01-07 23 Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. TODAY cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.27 words
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Article102 2013-01-07 23 OCBC maintains rating on the lifestyle products company and raises its fair value estimate to S$2.14 from S$1.87. The house believes OSIM will be a key beneficiary of a recovery in economic conditions in China, which is its largest market. It says OSIM is expected to continue102 words
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433 2013-01-07 23 With fiscal cliff crisis over, President says it is critical to raise debt ceiling US ECONOMY AP HONOLULU United States President Barack Obama is hailing a last-minute deal that pulled the country back from the “fiscal cliff”, but warned that he “will notAP - 433 words
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SHOP TO WIN!
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management
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Article, Illustration775 2013-01-07 26 RON ASHKENAS - THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION RON ASHKENAS Ron Ashkenas is a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting and is serving as an executive-in-residence at the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORP I recently came across a stunning statistic fromHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORP - 775 words
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Advertisement44 2013-01-07 27 executive education special MONDAY, 7 JANUARY 2013 GET SMART HOW TO PICK A REPUTABLE SCHOOL WHERE TO GO THE LATEST OFFERINGS FROM MAJOR INSTITUTES 31 33 INVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE CAN’T DECIDE WHAT COURSE TO TAKE? LET THE JOB MARKET SHOW THE WAY 2844 words
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executive education special
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Article, Illustration987 2013-01-07 28 HE PEIWEN - Take the job market into consideration but it should not dictate what you study HE PEIWEN hepeiwen@mediacorp.com.sg The considerations for what course to study at mid-career is slightly different from when you were embarking on tertiary education. Back then, you might have weighed your interests against jobILLUSTRATION LEE YEN YOK; IMAGE THINKSTOCK - 987 words
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Article, Illustration969 2013-01-07 31 HE PEIWEN - Investing in your future? Start by picking a repu table school HE PEIWEN hepeiwen@mediacorp.com.sg So you’ve finally decided to take the academic plunge. Investing in education and bettering your qualifications are indeed good ways to boost your career prospects. But at the same time, with so many privatePHOTO THINKSTOCK - 969 words
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Article, Illustration621 2013-01-07 33 The latest options in furthering your studies EAST ASIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (EASB) www.easb.edu.sg EASB’s latest postgraduate offerings include a Chinese variant of the school’s popular Master of Business Administration, a broad-based programme targeted at individuals who wish to develop themselves as effective managers, awarded by the EdinburghPHOTO THINKSTOCK - 621 words
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Advertisement424 2013-01-07 34 STEP CERTIFICATE FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES Singapore (Trusts and Estate Planning) Completing this qualification will: This Certificate has been developed to help financial intermediaries understand the legal issues concerned in financial and estate planning in Singapore. It is the only trust and estate planning qualification that addresses the common ground between424 words
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technology
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Article386 2013-01-07 35 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN - HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Deputy Digital Media Editor hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg Android-based smartphones have long piqued my interest, with their gargantuan screens and seemingly fast quad-core processors. I bet I am not the only iPhone user considering a switch. My iPhone 5 is indispensable but it is not perfect. It scuffs easily386 words
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Article, Illustration1085 2013-01-07 35 HIRANAND SUNNY - Thinking of making thejump from iPhone to an Android ora Windows Phone? Or even the other way round? We did, and we survived to tell the tale. MOBILE DEVICES HIRANAND SUNNY Reporter could last for up to two days without recharging. Impressive. The phone was hardyREUTERS; PHOTO: APPLE - 1,085 words
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Article, Illustration756 2013-01-07 36 JUNE YANG - JUNE YANG Senior Reporter juneyang@mediacorp.com.sg I am, among the Android-phone-tot-ing crowd I hang out with, known as “the Apple person”. I have owned at least five Apple devices in the last few years, and people imagine that I never will switch. But here’s the storyPHOTO: NOKIA - 756 words
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Article, Illustration511 2013-01-07 37 LOW LIN FHOONG - FAS chief lays out targets for the new-look LionsXII LOCAL SPORTS LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite missing internationals such as striker Khairul Amri, midfielder Shahdan Sulaiman and left-back Shaiful Esah this year, the new-look LionsXII team are still gunning for a top-five spotPHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 511 words
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Article182 2013-01-07 37 LOW LIN FHOONG - LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Rising teen talent Shanti Pereira has booked her ticket for the IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine, in July after setting a new national 100m junior record at the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) Track and Field Series 1 on Saturday.182 words
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Article, Illustration305 2013-01-07 38 AGENCIES BRISBANE An emotional Andy Murray fought back tears and dedicated his victory to “a sick friend” after defeating Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (7-0) 6-4 in a gripping Brisbane International final yesterday. The US Open champion played a flawless tie-breaker to win it 7-0. A clinical secondAGENCIES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 305 words
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Article, Illustration322 2013-01-07 39 FA CUP REUTERS SWANSEA ARSENAL 2 2 LONDON Swansea City and Arsenal kept their FA Cup hopes alive after a dramatic 2-2 draw at the Liberty Stadium yesterday, with a three-goal flurry in the final 10 minutes following a lightning strike from Michu. The bigREUTERS; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 322 words
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Article, Illustration429 2013-01-07 40 DOPING SCANDAL THE NEW YORK TIMES newyork— In the end, no matter how much Travis Tygart and Lance Armstrong had fought each other, they still need each other. During his battle with the United States Anti-Doping Agency last year, Armstrong went to extreme lengths toTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 429 words
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Article143 2013-01-07 40 NBA Celtics 89 Hawks 81, Knicks 114 Magic 106, Bucks 80 Pacers 95, Kings 93 Nets 113, Rockets 112 Cavaliers 104, Trail Blazers 102 Timberwolves 97, Hornets 99 Mavericks 96, 76ers 86 Spurs 109, Jazz 91 Nuggets 110, Warriors 89 Clippers 115 FA Cup (selected) Brighton Hove 2 Newcastle143 words
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Article, Illustration785 2013-01-07 42 SERENE LIM - SIX ARCHITECTURAL WONDERS THAT ARE SET TO CHANGE THE GLOBAL SKYLINE SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg It would seem that nothing can stop the world’s building spree not even Mother Nature. It was recently reported that the construction of the world’s tallest Ferris wheel at Staten Island is pushingPHOTO: SILVERSTEIN PROPERTIES; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES; PHOTO: ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS; PHOTO: SHIGERU BAN ARCHITECTS - 785 words
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Article100 2013-01-07 44 Cultural Medallion recipient Joanna Wong Quee Heng leads a cast of 40 in this full-length historical piece to celebrate her 60 years in the Chinese opera world. Specially written for the 73-year-old Cantonese opera doyenne by Norman Cheung, it’s a dramatic narrative of Wu Ze Tian,100 words
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Article75 2013-01-07 44 Around 50 artists, leaders from the creative industry, and students offer their respective takes on Singapore’s many campaigns and mascots from Sharity Elephant and Singa Lion to “Two Is Enough” and “Clean Green” accompanied by highlights from the library’s campaign poster collection. Organised by the75 words
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Article84 2013-01-07 44 After making waves in Kuala Lumpur, Taiwan and China, this Malaysian production arrives in Singapore. A Mandarin musical about the titular Tang Dynasty princess who left home to marry the Tibetan king as part of a treaty. Led by producer/playwright/director Ho Lin Huay, the musical84 words
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Article54 2013-01-07 44 This performance by the Agnes Christina Project tells of three generations of Chinese women in Java who moved to Singapore and converted to Islam, from 1927 and well through the political and economic turmoil of the times. Told in a musicalised monologue. Jan 13, 7.30pm, The Substation54 words
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Article74 2013-01-07 44 A group show by the Nanyang Academy Of Fine Arts’ Department of 3D Design. Around 30 artists and designers including Baet Yeok Kuan, Hunn Wai, Jason Ong, Karen Chan, Sabrina Koh, Veronica Yew and Jack Liew working in the department are showcasing pieces in environmental, exhibition, interior, furniture,74 words
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Article67 2013-01-07 44 An experimental project by Singaporebased German artist Andreas Schlegel. Through a series of experiments in a lab-oratory-like studio environment, physical data will be transformed by digital processes where the resulting outcomes are re-productions expressed in various physical formats. Jan 11 to Feb 3,10am to 6pm, ICA Gallery 1,67 words
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Article, Illustration587 2013-01-07 44 MAYO MARTIN - There’s art in this concrete jungle if you know where to look REVIEW: OH! OPEN HOUSE MARINA BAY MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Don’t look now, but artists have managed to plant bombs inside a bank office. Not real “boom, you’re dead” ones, of course. For the latest editionPHOTO: SION TOUHIG - 587 words
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Article, Illustration420 2013-01-07 45 Al Pacino, Michael Douglas play larger-than-life entertainers in new biopics TV TREAT REUTERS PASADENA (CALIFORNIA) Al Pacino as Phil Spector, Michael Douglas as Liberace—it can’t get any better than this. The two actors are respectively at the helm of two HBO films about these larger-than-life personalities in theREUTERS; PHOTOS: REUTERS - 420 words
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Article59 2013-01-07 46 A group of spontaneous, multi-disciplin-ary artist-designers have come together to form art collective Group Of 8, presenting works that reflect their passion and interest in the arts, and look at the role of the arts in today’s culture and society. Until~ Jan~ 12,~ noon~ to~ 9pm,~ The~59 words
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Article57 2013-01-07 46 Flautist Jasper Goh and pianist Tommy Peh present a varied programme of light and dark music that ranges from baroque to contemporary. Join them in their virtuosic show and discover the beauty of flute and piano music. Jan~ 7,~ 8pm,~ The~ Arts~ House,~ Living~ Room.~57 words
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Article92 2013-01-07 46 The latest darlings of the Australian music scene make their Singaporean debut at Home Club. Featuring brothers Zaac, Elliot and Sam Margin,together with their childhood friend Scott Baldwin, this band won the Triple J Unearthed Artist Of The Year award last year and have been92 words
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86 2013-01-07 46 The letters and remittance records on display at this exhibition offer a glimpse into the private lives of Singapore’s immigrant workers from the late 1800s to the 1970s. These testimonies offer insight into Singapore life during that period. With86 words
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