Today, 8 January 2013, Afternoon Edition

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  • 15 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING /AbdiaCorp TUESDAY, 8 JANUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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    • 284 1 TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS WOMEN, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE RAISE OUR GIRLS AND BOYS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 HOT NEWS 6 OBAMA SHAPES AMERICA'S NEXT NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM BUSINESS 24 USHEDGE FUND PLACES S$610 MILLION BETONF&N SPORTS 29 CAN YOU SPOT THE BALLON D'OR WINNER? New Year’s Resolution
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  • 407 1  -  Any changes in policy could affect ECs, DBSS units but not private developments: Analysts PROPERTY SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —After the sales of supersized executive condominium units hit the headlines in recent weeks, the Government has moved in to review a policy which
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  • 233 2 roof top in the form of private roof terrace is also happening on the ground floor where it is referred to as ‘private enclosed space’ for the buyer.” While such a practice is “not improper under current URA rules”, Mr Khaw noted that as more developers do so, communal space
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  • hot news
    • 587 2  -  Firms also concerned about transport costs, manpower crunch: SCCCI survey BUDGET WISH-LIST NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Less than two weeks after businesses called for the national productivity target to be reviewed, companies are asking for bigger cash handouts from the Government to
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    • 646 4  -  Former MP asks if it was right and beneficial to give up ownership of software developed using public funds ACTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former long-time PAP backbencher Tan Cheng Bock has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the sale of
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    • 577 6 US President nominates next Defence Secretary and CIA chief despite Senate concerns AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS WA S H I N G T O N President Barack Obama yesterday nominated former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as his next Defence Secretary and counterterrorism adviser John
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    • 421 6 REUTERS WA SHINGTON Bank of America announced more than US$14 billion (S$17.2 billion) of legal settlements over bad mortgages it sold to investors and flaws in its foreclosure process, taking the bank a step closer to ending the home loan problems that have
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    • 385 6 REUTERS ROME —Mr Silvio Berlusconi withdrew as candidate for Italy’s premiership yesterday as the price of a pact with the devolutionist Northern League that could prevent the formation of a stable government after next month’s election. Mr Berlusconi has been striving for weeks to seal
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    • 32 2 BECOME A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL Global Science Technology Forum MR Ref Code: CfTREP/1112/MR/12-02/463 CLOUD COMPUTING BUSINESS ANALYTICS Certification from EXIN STEERING INNOVATION, SERVING SOCIETY —.w-, DATA QUALITY GOVERNANCE BIG DATA www. exin. com
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    • 719 7 BROUGHT TO YOU BY Fair employment at work Resources and recourse are available to address discrimination at work Today, discriminatory race criteria in job ads published in Singapore are almost never seen. This is a huge improvement compared to the 1990s, when one third of all job ads had a
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1186 8  -  POLITICS OF POSTPONEMENT MARTIN KETTLE Martin Kettle is an associate editor of The Guardian. THE GUARDIAN As a boy, I enjoyed kicking a can down a road. It was free. It was fun. It required only a little skill. It sometimes annoyed people I
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    • 1089 10  -  RETHINKING GENDER STEREOTYPES LALETHA NITHYANANDAN Laletha Nithyanandan is the founder of Behavioural Consulting Group. A businesswoman since 1979, she started Business Trends the Talent Solutions Company at the age of 20, expanding the business to 17 offices across Asia before selling the business
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    • 41 8 There are many kinds of abuse in this world. But a much bigger crime is what we do when we hear such things most people want to hear the gory details and then pretend they are not there. LALETHA NITHYANANDAN• 10
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  • voices
    • 354 12  -  FROM BENJAMIN WONG YONG QUAN In “Strawberry dreams forever” (Dec 28), Mr Heng Wei Xiang suggested that today’s youth hold different aspirations from those of their parents. Mr Bryan Chow argued against a reduction of society’s pace of life, and that individuals should
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    • 288 12  -  FROM MEILING WONG CHAINANI At this time every year, tempers flare outside school grounds, not among pupils but between parents in their cars and the traffic police. The conflict? Where parents are allowed to park while waiting for their children at the
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    • 404 13  -  FROM RAYMOND KOH BOCK SWI I generally agree with Mr Harry Chia’s remarks in “Plans to relax credit card rules for seniors welcomed” (Dec 28), as the silver tsunami has hit our shores. I am wary, though, of the Monetary
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    • 235 13  -  FROM TAN JIA XIN I refer to the letters, “Problem is banks can issue too many credit cards to consumers” (Dec 28) and “Banks should be alert to signs of credit stress” (Dec 26). Banks do sometimes issue many credit cards to
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    • 112 12 LUNAR NEW YEAR FEASTS OF FORTUNE 21 January 24 February 9 February (Chinese New Year Eve) Lunar New Year Set Menus from $78++ per pax Prosperity Flambe Pen Cai Set Dinner at Grand Ballroom Prosperity Pen Cai (a la carte and takeaway) $528++ (6 pax)/ $838++ (10 pax) $268++ (6
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    • 14 12 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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    • 283 13 LETTER DON’T LET COES BE A SOURCE OF BAD CREDIT Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/coebadcredit for the letter from Edward Foo. THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. ttl am a passionate traveller, and from the time I was a child, travel
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  • singapore
    • 402 14  -  Ling Kwang Home to provide com bination of centre- based and home-based services to help sen iors age in place AGEING POPULATION VIMITA MOHANDAS vimita@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE The elderly who need nursing home care but who wish to spend time at home now
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    • 216 14  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN S I N G A P O R E Dive enthusiasts can soon choose their dive operators more wisely. From April, the Singapore Underwater Federation will start the accreditation of dive operators, looking at criteria, such as their diving and
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    • 216 15  -  DESIREE TAY SINGAPORE The contents of the cartons seemed normal to the untrained eye, but an alert conservancy worker who had undergone the “Workers-on-Watch” Community Safety and Security Programme training workshop was able to identify that they contained contraband cigarettes. The
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    • 402 15  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE —The alleged flaw cited by a tycoon in his S$1.4-million Phantom limousine has not been experienced by any other customer anywhere in the world, said the car’s manufacturer Rolls-Royce yesterday. It made the statement as a hearing began
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    • 322 14 s Professional Traders Grandma gave me a piece of advice; “Youth is capital. Use it to create your first potjOfigolcT Following Grandma's advice, I turned currency trading and investing into my career. Love it everyday because it gives me more OOMMPH. I control my financial future. I possess a skill
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    • 57 15 ENJOY THE FREEDOM OF CLEAR VISION SHINAGAWA LASIK& Eye Centre ii 'V a V I mo SV5 i •w Learn more about CATARACT GLAUCOMA, at our public forum Come join us: Jan 10 (Thu) 6.30pm Shinagawa LASIK Eye Centre #05-01 Wheelock Place Venue Limited Seats! RSVP at 6738 8222 todayi
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  • education
    • 377 16  -  Ngee Ann Poly students design new seat to prevent hogging on public transport at peak hours INNOVATION LOUISA TANG louisatangqr@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Reserved seats on public transport will only be for their intended users under a proposal put forth by three Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) students. Their
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    • 230 16  -  HENG WEI XIANG SINGAPORE —A customer who does not return his tray after a meal could stand to forfeit a dollar, if three Temasek Polytechnic (TP) students have their way. They have devised a system similar to that used in supermarket trolleys under which a
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    • 208 17 75 Oriental Hair Solutions m Change your Crown of Fortune with Oriental Hair Solutions 3 sessions of Customised Herbal Scalp Treatments' Complimentary $100 Oriental Hair Solutions Service Voucher only at (Total Worth $750) If you are experiencing the following hair/scalp problems'" $30 m Thomas Ong Oriental Hair Solut‘6ri5“* Ambassador Oily
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  • china&india
    • 917 18 Dispute over censorship reveals that despite calls for change, Mr Xi has avoided taking a clear position on the media POLITICAL REFORM AGENCIES BEIJING Turmoil at one of China’s leading newspapers is posing an early challenge to the measured political programme of
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    • 640 19 Latest incident raises doubts about whether authorities acted promptly to raise alarm DOW JONES SHANGHAI —The seepage of chemicals into a river connecting two northern Chinese provinces is the latest accident to highlight the country’s serious water-pollution problem and to raise doubts about
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    • 257 18 www.herosepharma.com HerosePharma Forum on Psoriasis/Eczema/Urticaria HerosePharma is an established pharmaceutical company. It has successfully created an outstanding brand the ‘Herose’. The unique discovery of these two herbal medicinal products is probably a breakthrough in the medical science on chronic skin illness. The discovery has a great impact on medical held
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    • 221 18 REGISTRATION ACTIVELY IN PROGRESS if mm FULL-TIME PART-TIME M preparatory courses LEADING TO 2013 A MSI N GAP ORE-CAM BRIDGE GCE EXAMINATIONS ENROL EARLY TO ENJOY ATTRACTIVE DISCOUNTS* (‘Terms Conditions Apply) Foreign Students are welcome to apply (subject to ICA’s approval) We are NEAR YOUR HOMES/MRT/BUS Interchanges/Food outlets Contact us
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    • 186 19 kai Break Out Gambling is a common activity not just for older adults, but also the young. When gambling becomes a problem, negative consequences will beset gamblers of all ages. This public forum will give you an in-depth understanding of problem gambling, including the signs and dangers of youth gambling.
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    • 213 21 Celebrate with festive treats! Offers are valid from 8 Jan 25 Feb MUST BUYS Vfeaeh VAN HOUTEN Gift Tin Assorted Almond 300g U.P.$i^90' a: > M errors SWANSON Chicken Broth 3's x 11tr it SWANSON k c 'V 'SWANSON] 9 22 C7 s» each CAMEL Gift Box Assorted Preserved Fruits
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  • world
    • 1020 22 Less time on subjects like social studies and science if govt approves curriculum overhaul EDUCATION THE NEW YORK TIMES JAK ARTA Annisa Nurul Jannah, 11, was learning about how devices transmit heat, sound and electricity. “I like science because it teaches me a lot,”
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    • 445 23 AGENCIES LHOKSEUM AWE (INDONESIA) The authorities in Indonesia’s Aceh province are pressing ahead with a proposed Islamic law banning woman pillion riders from straddling motorcycles, despite reported opposition from the central government and many Indonesians. The authorities in northern Aceh distributed
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    • 176 23 AGENCIES SEOUL —Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt arrived in Pyongyang yesterday on a controversial private mission to secure the release of an imprisoned American. “We’ll meet with North Korean political leaders We’ll visit some universities. We don’t
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    • 157 23 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR A pro-UMNO (United Malays National Organisation) blogger apologised yesterday to Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) Member of Parliament Khalid Samad for featuring on his blog a caricature of the latter holding a crucifix. The MP had sued blogger Novandri Hasan
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 63 24 HOLD (S$1.97) OCBC keeps rating but raises fair value to S$1.93 from S$1.91 after the trust announced acquisition of Angsana Velavaru from Banyan Tree for US$72.4 million (S$88.8 million). Banyan Tree will lease back the resort for 10 years; rent payment will be gross operating profit less
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      • 46 24 BUY (S$0.79) OCBC keeps rating and S$0.99 fair value estimate after the IT firm said it secured two contracts worth S$26 million a telco project in Australia and a full turnkey UK engineering project, which form part of S$600-million new order estimate for FY13F.
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      • 27 24 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.
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    • 735 24 Davidson Kempner buys S$610m in shares to raise F&N stake to just under 5%: Sources AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS S I N G A P O R E A United States hedge fund giant has placed a bold US$500 million (S$610.4 million) bet to
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    • 375 24 Trading Strategies 2013 Going higher after 2012 rally? Lin Zhongliang Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 Partner: OCBC Securities Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 Partner: DBS Vickers Securities Zhongliang is the Head Market Strategist for ChartNexus a leading provider of stock charting software. An active stock trader himself, he frequently conducts
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    • 182 25 BESTSELLERS AND MORE AT $9.90 OR LESS! Get your e-books for less at ilovebooks.com a® 8 TIPS HOW TO 60 ALMOST EVERYTHING' The persecuted genius of wartim codobioaking and the coatpalti ro«o ALAN TURING INOREW HODGES f M JIMMY BURNS Barca A PEOPLE S PASSION O SYLVIA DAY Can you
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  • impact
    • 614 26  -  How businesses can avoid becoming obsolete and going bust COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE KHOO BEE KHIM Deputy Special Projects Editor khoobeekhim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Familiarity breeds contempt and, in the world of retail, it could well spell the end of the business. It is the very reason why companies like Daewoo and
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  • 515 27  -  AFTERNOON LATEST ALVIN CHONG IN LAS VEGAS alvinchonggl@mediacorp.com.sg LAS VEGAS LG today announced a slew of new products from Smart TVs to washing machines that aim to make the home smarter, allowing the consumer to interact with their devices “free of complicated interfaces”. Revealed
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    • 225 27 Is your P5/6 child ready for the PSLE? We Guarantee Your Child's Success in PSLE or 100% Money Back! MindCjiarjtoj. "I have always enjoyed going for MindChamps classes. Thank you MindChamps, for instilling a positive mindset and attitude in me! Tm so happy for achieving 4 A* and an aggregate
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  • sports
    • 578 28  -  Sundram’s side get a boost as they prepare to face tricky ATM in MSL opener MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SING APORE With one major worry seemingly out of the way for the LionsXII, another looks set to be over soon. Vice-captain Hariss
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    • 431 28  -  DEBORAH ONG Tanjong Pagar United will be banking on five Frenchmen and a former Singapore international this season to stop the club from recording an unwanted S-League hat-trick. After finishing second-last for the past two seasons, the Jaguars have recruited former S-League
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    • 489 29 Cristiano Ronaldo finishes runner-up as Andres Iniesta takes third place AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS ZURICH —Lionel Messi, still only 25, was named the world’s best player for the fourth time in a row yesterday after a year in which finally produced his best form for
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    • 204 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ZURICH —Pep Guardiola has announced he wants to return to coaching but the former Barcelona manager did not go into specifics on his plans. Guardiola, 41, who took a sabbatical from football after four years at Barca, has been suggested as the
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    • 284 30 AFTERNOON LATEST AGENCIES CHELTENHAM EVERTON 1 5 LONDON —Everton cruised to a comfortable 5-1 victory over fourth-tier Cheltenham in the FA Cup third round yesterday. Nikica Jelavic opened the scoring with a close-range strike in the 12th minute. Leighton Baines converted a penalty in the 21st
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
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    • 46 31 FORK IT OVER HANNIBAL LECTER TAKES OVER THE SMALL SCREEN 32 TUESDAY, 8 JANUARY 2013 34 SHORE ’NUFF GOODBYE, JERSEY SHORE; HELLO, COPYCATS 36 MUSIC MADE EASY MEDIACORP’S MERADIO GETS A REVAMP 36 MUSICAL MAYHEM WHY SOME SHOWS CAN’T OPEN ON BROADWAY IN TIME PHOTO: AXN
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  • T TODAY
    • television
      • Article, Illustration
        1205 32  -  MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THIS YEAR’S NEW TV SERIES MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg Last year, we said goodbye to Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, Damages, House and Jersey Shore. If these were your television staples over the past few years, well, as Robert Frost so aptly put it: “Nothing
        PHOTOS: SINGTEL MIO TV, HBO, DISCOVERY, UNIVERSAL; PHOTOS: MTV ASIA, COMEDY CENTRAL ASIA, HISTORY; PHOTO: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL  -  1,205 words
      • 692 34  -  American subculture on reality TV? Thanks, Jersey Shore SHORE’NUFF JON CARAMANICA features@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —Jersey Shore ended in December, retiring after six seasons as one of television’s signature reality shows. And while it was a demolition derby of inebriation, spray-tanning and hard house music,
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    • culture&lifestyle
      • 453 36 For some shows, the road to Broadway is pockmarked OPENING NIGHT JITTERS AGENCIES NEW YORK —Oscar-winning film-mak-er Barry Levinson and Grammy-win-ning musician Sheryl Crow may be superstars, but their reputations don’t necessarily guarantee safe passage through the financial minefields of Broadway theatre. Producers said late on
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      • 134 36 SINGAPORE —Music lovers rejoice. Mobile app MeRadio has been re-launched as a one-stop music service portal. The new MeRadio.sg will continue to stream MediaCorp’s 13 radio stations and offer users the chance to buy and download songs and albums or to send them as gifts to friends.
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    • things to do
      • 73 38 ART AROUND SAM SNAKE BY GERALD LEOW This installation artwork parallels the famous Greek statue Laocoon And His Sons. With quotes from writers such as Chinua Achebe and Shirley Lim, Leow explores our often fraught relationship with the English language, our latent discomfort with the words we speak and write
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      • 88 38 From Sharity Elephant to Singa Lion, campaigns and their mascots are an idiosyncratic part of Singapore’s national heritage. Fifty artists, leaders from the creative industry, and students have been invited to design posters by tapping on their personal memories of campaigns. These works are accompanied
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      • 95 38 This exhibition is inspired by the late master Wu Guanzhong’s metaphor of a kite and how it expresses the connection between an artist, his life and the people around him. By bridging Chinese and Western aesthetics, Wu blazed the trail for the modernisation of
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      • 102 38 WHO IS EMILY EXPLORING SINGAPORE THEATRE OUR PICK This outreach exhibition from the Peranakan Museum explores the criti-cally-acclaimed play Emily Of Emerald Hill and highlights past performances by actors such as Ivan Heng, Pearly Chua and Margaret Chan. Written by Stella Kon in 1982, Emily Of Emerald Hill tells the
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      • 89 38 This 1969 film tells the improbable tale of a jaded American Marine who runs a nightclub on aboat moored a short hop from Clifford Pier. The bizarre plot features mobsters, prostitutes and a mysterious substance called “anti-matter”. The madcap genre-bending film is an idiosyncratic mix
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      • 101 38 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
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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    • 79 35 Come experience the intoxicating exuberance of dancing at a Viennese ball The Gold Ball is an elegant evening when dance and music come together in grand style, featuring the internationally-acclaimed Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra Complemented with fi ne Viennese cuisine created by Austrian-born renowned chef Karl Dobler of Table at 7
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