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Title Section24 2013-10-14 1 TODAY AbdiaCorp MONDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp MONDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/201324 words
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717 2013-10-14 1 TAN WEIZHEN - Study anticipates increase in sexually-transmitted infections among seniors OLDER MEN AT HIGHER RISK OF INFECTION TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Sexual health education and disease prevention programmes should be targeted at seniors and not just at young people a team of doctors involved in717 words
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Article, Illustration52 2013-10-14 1 A man salvaging a table after Cyclone Phailin struck. India escaped the worst of its strongest storm in more than a decade, thanks to a vastly improved communication system. Ahead of the storm, officials also evacuated more than half a million people. SEE52 words
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627 2013-10-14 1 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —A still-fragile global recovery is being put at risk by Washington’s squabbling politicians, warned finance ministers including Singapore’s Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and governors of central banks as they stepped up theAGENCIES - 627 words
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hot news
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593 2013-10-14 2 No quick resolution to political crisis, but senators say meeting of lea ders represents progress AS DEADLINE LOOMS... AGENCIES WASHINGTON —United States lawmakers voiced tentative optimism yesterday that fiscal crisis talks between Senate leaders would pave the way to a dealAGENCIES - 593 words
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Article, Illustration299 2013-10-14 2 AGENCIES Iconic United States attractions The Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon have reopened to the public amid the federal government shutdown. Another key attraction, Mount Rushmore, opens today. Ferry trips from Manhattan to the Statue of Liberty resumed yesterday morning.AGENCIES; PHOTO: AP - 299 words
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Article, Illustration637 2013-10-14 4 WOO SIAN BOON - Service also to be available at major interchange stations, but not during train rides MIXED REACTIONS TO INITIATIVE WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Come the middle of next year, commuters on the North East Line (NEL) can expect toPHOTO: REUTERS - 637 words
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332 2013-10-14 6 M.O.E. WORKS ‘INTENSIVELY’ TO DEVELOP SCHOOL LEADERS SINGAPORE —The Ministry of Education (MOE) ensures the deployment of school leaders are “meaningful” ones that “challenge and develop” them, and allow them to bring new ideas and expertise to schools, said Education Minister332 words
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Article, Illustration159 2013-10-14 6 Sixteen teams from four categories took part on the final day of the National Street Soccer League 2013 yesterday in a bid to win the Lee Hsien Loong Challenge Trophy. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was at the event at thePHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 159 words
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400 2013-10-14 8 S I N G A P O R E Some customers across three telcos have yet to have their fibre broadband services restored, three days after SingTel said it had reconnected all the fibre optic cables that were damaged in400 words
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435 2013-10-14 8 HELPING SMALL COMPANIES RAISE FUNDS BLOOMBERG BEIJING China and Taiwan plan to set up a cross-strait equity exchange centre in the mainland’s south-east-ern province of Fujian as relations between the two sides improve. The centre may be funded by 10 institutionsBLOOMBERG - 435 words
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519 2013-10-14 10 GOVT TO DRAW UP REVISIONS TO ENERGY POLICY IN DECEMBER REUTERS SEOUL South Korea should reduce its reliance on nuclear power in view of public discontent with corruption in the industry and Japan’s difficulty tackling the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster,REUTERS - 519 words
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165 2013-10-14 10 REUTERS British Finance Minister George Osborne will sign a deal in China this week allowing a Chinese state-run nuclear power company to help build a new plant in Britain, The Financial Times reported on Saturday.The paper, citing unnamed sources familiar withREUTERS - 165 words
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comment &analysis
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Article, Illustration903 2013-10-14 12 TAN SHENG HUI - THE RISK OF GLOBAL IRRELEVANCE AND DOMESTIC DIVIDES TAN SHENG HUI Tan Sheng Hui was an International and Global Affairs Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He now works in financial services in Singapore.PHOTO: REUTERS - 903 words
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Article, Illustration1195 2013-10-14 14 JOSEPHINE TEO - SPENDING TO STRENGTHEN A NATION JOSEPHINE TEO Josephine Teo is Senior Minister of State (Finance and Transport). This article is based on edited excerpts of her speech at the CPA Congress on Oct 9. Singapore has been disciplined in ensuring a balanced budget and theTODAY FILE PHOTO - 1,195 words
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218 2013-10-14 14 Singapore’s reported public debt level is high relative to our GDP, but the nature of public debt in Singapore is fundamentally different from that in the United States and most other countries. The Government does not borrow to spend, nor do we have any218 words
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Article, Illustration910 2013-10-14 16 SIMON TAY - THE THICKENING OF ‘ASIA ALONE’ REGIONALISM SIMON TAY Simon Tay is Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and author of Asia Alone: The Dangerous Post Crisis Divide from America. More attention was given to United States President Barack Obama’s late decision to cancelPHOTO: REUTERS - 910 words
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Advertisement151 2013-10-14 17 READ MORE COMMENTARIES ONLINE IS YOUR NEXT CAR A 3-CYLINDER ONE? Dennis Posadas writes: “A recent trend has come to the auto world, namely the move from normal four-cylinder engines to souped-up and improved three-cylinder engines. From a carbon emissions standpoint, it’s not zero emissions, but neither is it in151 words
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voices
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508 2013-10-14 18 JOHN CHIA WHAY KUANG - FROM JOHN CHIA WHAY KUANG The Formula 1 race and Changi Airport’s strategic overhaul to reposition itself amid intense competition are timely and welcomed efforts to boost the Republic’s aspirations to become a choice hub and destination. However, Singapore has a lot508 words
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Article58 2013-10-14 18 In the report “NUS to get facelift with sports centre, residential college” (Oct 12), we reported that the National University of Singapore will put in place a programme next year that will allow its Ridge View Residential College to house 700 students by 2015. The 700 students will only58 words
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216 2013-10-14 18 SREEDHARAN SURESH - FROM SREEDHARAN SURESH I find it very odd that the President of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is concerned that there are not enough players of other races playing football in Singapore. Why do we need to ensure racial representation in sports?216 words
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565 2013-10-14 20 ARESHA GOPALA KRISHNAN - FROM ARESHA GOPALA KRISHNAN It is tough explaining what it means to be Singaporean. We are not really Chinese, Malay or Indian; most of us left the “motherland” a long time ago. So what does that make us? The earliest classification of race565 words
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209 2013-10-14 20 TAN CHEK WEE - FROM TAN CHEK WEE I am a doctor involved in the care of people who are reaching the end of their lives at home. I have observed that, often, looking after them involves a domestic helper. Usually, the209 words
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Article, Illustration621 2013-10-14 21 Start planning early to ensure a smooth financial journey over your lifetime Many people fail to adequately plan their finances so that they will have enough money to meet the major financial obligations and commitments that they will encounter over the course of theirPHOTO: THINKSTOCK - 621 words
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Article, Illustration713 2013-10-14 21 BRANDON LAM - EVERYONE CAN BE FINANCIALLY SAVVY FROM POSB EXPERT BRANDON LAM Head of Consumer Investment and Insurance Products WHY AND WHEN SHOULD I CONSIDER REGULAR SAVINGS? Financial planning is important for everyone, whatever your age. Whether you’ve just started your career, are713 words
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singapore
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544 2013-10-14 22 SIAU MING EN - WDA to triple training places for both sectors to over 11,400 FIRMS STREAMLINING OPERATIONS TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON MANPOWER SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —As the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) ramps up training capacity to meet the demand544 words
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596 2013-10-14 23 WONG WEI HAN - IT-based solutions help operators ensure service quality despite manpower shortage WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Instead of having to wait for front-desk staff to check them into their rooms, guests at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport could soon be able to check in596 words
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Article, Illustration102 2013-10-14 24 Some 2,800 sheep and lambs have arrived in Singapore, ahead of Hari Raya Haji tomorrow. Five hundred lambs from Canada have been transported to five mosques, after meeting the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore’s animal welfare requirements. Minister-in-charge of Muslim AffairsPHOTO: SINGAPORE MOSQUES KORBAN COMMITTEE - 102 words
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272 2013-10-14 24 DOMESTIC EYES ON ALERT PILOTS IN LENTOR CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —The police are looking at roping in maids to help fight crime in private housing estates with the launch of an outreach programme aimed at creating more awareness about crimeCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 272 words
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Advertisement248 2013-10-14 22 CAST TRAVELLING CONFERENCE 2013 ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS CONFERENCE This one-day conference brings together leading experts from all over Germany and Southeast Asia to shed insights and experiences on topics of energy efficient buildings. Designed for the building and construction industry, participants will be exposed to a range of topics that248 words
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youth
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Article, Illustration627 2013-10-14 26 JONATHAN PANG - Last month, 50 youths from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam and China embarked on the Singapore International Foundation ’s Friendship Express (FX) programme in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. In the la tter two countries, participants worked with villagers on social innovation projects. In the first of this two-partPHOTO: SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION - 627 words
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Article333 2013-10-14 26 LIM HUI VOON - LIM HUI VOON 24, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia KLANG SELANGOR) —After the Singapore leg, we rode the KTM train to Malaysia, my home country. My FX team was assigned to work with Mdm Noraini Saleh, who owns a small local business producing kerepek pisang tanduk (fried banana crackers), which333 words
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Article, Illustration974 2013-10-14 27 With hard work and smart strategising, MrLerHwee Tiong carved his niche in a tough industry the mechanics. P R O D U C E D BY T H E TO DAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM From selling just four tyres in a year to anthe mechanics. P R O D U C E D BY T H E TO DAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM; PHOTO: YOUNG NTUC - 974 words
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Advertisement242 2013-10-14 27 LIVE OUT YOUR DREAMS where the audience is free to ask questions. This month’s Young NTUC CROSSROADS session features Ms Chia Yong Yong, President of the Society for the Physically Disabled. Diagnosed with peroneal muscular atrophy at the age of 15, she has been wheelchair-bound since her late-20s. Her weakened242 words
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china&india
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800 2013-10-14 28 17 FATALITIES SO FAR AGENCIES NEW DELHI India’s strongest storm in more than a decade has struck the country’s eastern coastline and washed away thousands of mud homes, knocked out power and communications, and blocked many of the region’s roads. But theAGENCIES - 800 words
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319 2013-10-14 28 AGENCIES NEW DELHI —At least 91 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 injured in a stampede near a temple in central India where about half a million devotees had converged for a Hindu festival. Rumours that aAGENCIES - 319 words
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610 2013-10-14 29 Shanghai-based Greenland Holdings buys 70% stake in apartment project in Brooklyn DOW JONES NEW YORK —With its plans to take a majority stake an apartment project next to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York state-owned developer Greenland Holdings GroupDOW JONES - 610 words
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Advertisement93 2013-10-14 29 Talking can be good medicine for cancer too Slj* Psychological counselling, with Singapore’s first holistic cancer protection plan. Cancer brings financial and emotional concerns. That’s why AXA 360° Cancer Care offers more than financial coverage. It includes psychological counselling, second medical opinion, home care nursing and more. So that you'll93 words
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world
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Article, Illustration642 2013-10-14 30 Wanita chief Shahrizat also triumphs, as wins strengthen Najib’s hold on ruling party MORE GRASSROOTS MEMBERS VOTED IN POLLS AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has hailed his victory at the party’s polls as an endorsement ofAGENCIES; PHOTO: TWITTER - 642 words
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351 2013-10-14 30 AP BANGKOK —The Thai Prime Minister’s office said yesterday that productive talks with the visiting Chinese Premier had sweetened terms of trade deals for rice and rubber. An announcement on the Thai government website said that Premier Li Keqiang committed China toAP - 351 words
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704 2013-10-14 32 ‘Snowden effect’sees surge in encrypted email programs, technology that aims to confound intelligence agents CRUCIAL FOR POLICYMAKERS TO CLEARLY DEFINE LIMITS: EXPERT AP SAN JOSE —From Silicon Valley to the South Pacific, counter-attacks to revelations of widespread National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance are taking shape,AP - 704 words
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Article, Illustration637 2013-10-14 33 AGENCIES SYDNEY —Australia’s oldest political party, the Labor opposition, yesterday elected Mr Bill Shorten as its leader to help it rebuild support and end bitter divisions, after suffering its worst election defeat in a century last month. Mr Shorten, a Victorian rightwingerAGENCIES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 637 words
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business
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700 2013-10-14 34 Finance chiefs urge IMF to help emerging economies which will be hurt most if advanced nations scale back stimulus DEVELOPING COUNTRIES URGED TO REFORM ECONOMIES REUTERS WASHINGTON Global finance chiefs have told the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to stand ready to aid emergingREUTERS - 700 words
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286 2013-10-14 35 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Malaysia’s central bank Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said the economy is on track for 4.5 per cent to 5 per cent expansion this year as domestic demand holds up and exports recover, predicting higher growth next year. “The latest numbers forBLOOMBERG - 286 words
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356 2013-10-14 35 BLOOMBERG LONDON The Beijing Construction Engineering Group has formed a venture with Manchester Airports Group and other partners to build an international business district in the United Kingdom’s second-biggest city. The buildings on the 61-hectare site in the north ofBLOOMBERG - 356 words
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Article, Illustration970 2013-10-14 36 JOSH BARON, ROB LACHENAUER - RELATIVES AS EMPLOYEES COMMENTARY BY JOSH BARON, ROB LACHENAUER Josh Baron is a partner and a co-founder of Banyan Family Business Advisors and author of the forthcoming Great Power Peace and American Primacy: The Origins and Future of a New International Order. Rob2013 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORP - 970 words
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Article, Illustration611 2013-10-14 38 ALVIN CHONG - Canon’s newPowerShot G16 brings Wi-Fi functionality to the well-loved G series SIMPLE, COMPACT CAMERA ALVIN CHONG alvinchonggl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE DSLRs may promise the best image quality but, when one is travelling, something less bulky may be ideal. Mirrorless cameras are an option, but the temptation to have more lensPHOTO: CANON - 611 words
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409 2013-10-14 38 TIFFANY YAP - TIFFANY YAP SING A PORE The Aftershock XG13 notebook, the latest offering from the Singapore-based brand, may not look great, but its graphics and all-round performance more than make up for its appearance and justify its price. In contrast to the sleek and slim409 words
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Article, Illustration682 2013-10-14 40 Superior race tactics hand Japan victory to German, who can seal title in India AP SUZUK A —Sebastian Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix yesterday but will have to wait to seal a fourthstraight Formula1 title as nearest rival Fernando Alonso finished fourth. Vettel surged inAP; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 682 words
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Article, Illustration312 2013-10-14 40 REUTERS SEPANG —Spain’s Dani Pedrosa won the Malaysian Grand Prix for the second year in a row yesterday but his compatriot Marc Marquez finished second to move to the brink of clinching the MotoGP title in his rookie season. Pedrosa, nursing a badlyREUTERS; PHOTO: AP - 312 words
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Article, Illustration605 2013-10-14 41 TAN YO-HINN - Frenchman believes new manager in for the long haul with Ferguson’s backing TAN YO-HINN Deputy Sports Editor yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A POR E —Former Manchester United star Louis Saha believes the continued presence of Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford will ensure his successor DavidPHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 605 words
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Article, Illustration595 2013-10-14 41 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Roy Hodgson, emboldened by the success of his young strikeforce against Montenegro, has brought Raheem Sterling into his squad for England’s crucial game against Poland tomorrow night (Wednesday 3am, Singapore time). The Liverpool player seems unlikely to start given theTHE GUARDIAN; PHOTO: AP - 595 words
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Article, Illustration556 2013-10-14 42 LOW LIN FHOONG - Miss Singapore Intercontinental 2012 Daphne Lakhiani and family members to take part in Run for Hope A CAUSE CLOSE TO HER HEART LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Putting on make-up, a ball gown and high heels may not be the conventional way toPHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 556 words
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Article, Illustration304 2013-10-14 42 ADELENE WONG - ADELENE WONG While Daphne Lakhiani and her family will be participating in the Run For Hope 2013, 27 doctors and researchers from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) are running a combined 550km over a two-week period (Oct 2-16) in theirPHOTO: LAWRENCE LOH - 304 words
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393 2013-10-14 42 FELICIA QUICK - FELICIA QUICK SINGAPORE —After seeing his team limp to a 1-0 win over the Laos Un-der-23 side last Thursday, national football head coach Bernd Stange is left with no doubt of the size of the task before him tomorrow when the Lions take393 words
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Article, Illustration614 2013-10-14 44 Fortunes continue to flag for Swiss as dominant days now a distant memory PARTNERSHIP WITH COACH OF 31/2 YEARS COMES TO AN END AP SWITZERLAND —Towards the end of a tough year with zero Grand Slam final appearances, Roger Federer is splitting withAP; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 614 words
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Article, Illustration515 2013-10-14 44 REUTERS SHANGHAI —World No 2 Novak Djokovic produced a magical display to overcome the ferocious hitting of Argentine Juan Martin del Potro and successfully defend the Shanghai Masters title yesterday. The Serb triumphed 6-13-6 7-6 (73) to complete a brilliant fortnight onREUTERS; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 515 words
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Article, Illustration1428 2013-10-14 46 MAYO MARTIN - BETWEEN FUKUSHIMA AND THE OLYMPICS, CONTEMPORARY ART IS IN FLUX IN JAPAN’S CAPITAL MAYO MARTIN IN TOKYO mayo@mediacorp.com.sg Going by much of what I’ve heard, read and seen, this self-confessed Nipponophile was all set to encounter some crazy Japanese art at some point during my recent trip toPHOTO: HIDETO MAEZAWA - 1,428 words
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Article, Illustration113 2013-10-14 48 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE —Chinese-language author Yeng Pway Ngon was named Singapore’s winner for the South-east Asian writers Awards (SEA Write Award), the annual literary awards in Thai- land. Singapore film-makers and folks of the literary scene also headed overseas, taking part in the Busan International Film113 words
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Article, Illustration79 2013-10-14 48 Singaporean artist Jason Lim’s latest exhibition features a wide range of sculptures ranging from terracotta to porcelain, comprising three series: Glazed works from his studio, works assembled at his home space and unglazed works from his ad hoc open studio space. Curated by Daniela Beltrani. Oct 19 to NovPHOTO: JASON LIM - 79 words
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61 2013-10-14 48 Young home-grown artist Ruben Pang presents his second solo show in Singapore, featuring his latest canvases and sculptures, that takes off from the Futurists’ vision of a new world. The paintings are not self-portraits per se but “a compilation of combined memories Oct 18 to61 words
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Article64 2013-10-14 48 This year’s edition heats up this week with a slew of shows that include: Hiroaki Umeda’s Temporal Pattern/Holistic Strata; Amrita Performing Arts’ Khmeropedies III: Source Primate; Fabulous Beast’s Rian; Lisbeth Gruwez’s It’s Going To Get Worse And Worse And Worse, My Friend, among others. Until Oct 20,64 words
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52 2013-10-14 48 Sebastian Tan’s beloved alter-ego continues with a show where he shares all with his fellow heartlanders (that’s you). Until Oct 27, 8pm, Drama Centre Theatre. With various timings on Friday and weekends. Tickets from S$19 to S$77 from Sistic. For the complete listing,52 words
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Article, Illustration619 2013-10-14 48 HON JING YI - Death Note star Tatsuya Fujiwara returns as one of Japan’s most famous samurais, Miyamoto Musashi MAKING THE CUT HON JING YI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —You may know Tatsuya Fujiwara as Light Yagami from 2006’s Death Note, and Kaiji Ito from the Kaiji movie series. But come Nov 8 andPHOTO: TAK AHIRO WATANABE - 619 words
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Article, Illustration471 2013-10-14 49 HON JING YI - HON JING YI SINGAPORE —If anyone should know the secret to everlasting youth, it is probably Vivian Chow. Even now, she looks as doe-eyed as she did when she first entered showbiz after winning second place in a radio deejay competition, back in 1986. “UV rays are thePHOTO: SHAUN PHANG/TODAY - 471 words
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Article, Illustration290 2013-10-14 49 KIMBERLY FONG - CONCERT REVIEW: GIRLS’ GENERATION WORLD TOUR GIRLS AND PEACE IN SINGAPORE KIMBERLY FONG SINGAPORE —The first thing a friend said to me when he heard I was going to see a Girls’ Generation concert was, “Have fun looking at those long legs!” True enough, the wildly popularPHOTO: SHAUN PHANG/TODAY - 290 words
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Article, Illustration171 2013-10-14 49 SINGAPORE —What better way to kick off our coverage of this year’s da:ns Fest than with a hard look at its pre-show well, show. At least that’s the set-up for Ming Poon and Scarlet Yu’s collaboration The Infinitesimal Distance Between Two171 words
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Article, Illustration407 2013-10-14 50 British actor remains galvanised about playing Assange on film PLAYING IT RIGHT REUTERS LOS A NG E LE S British actor Benedict Cumberbatch says a letter from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asking him not to do a movie about the emergence of the anti-secrecy website affected hisREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 407 words
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