Today, 5 April 2014

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      Lock icon ASEAN, CHINA WANT TO SETTLE SEA SPAT
      251 2 AGENCIES ASEAN member states are progressing with China on a code of conduct for the contested South China Sea, with overcoming issues of sovereignty the “holy grail” of such a charter, Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday. “I think there can
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      Lock icon S’pore offers Changi facility as ASEAN disaster response centre
      515 2 Crisis coordination centre would allow militaries to respond quickly to calamities REGIONAL MINISTERS AGREE SUCH A CENTRE IS NECESSARY AGENCIES HONOLULU —The Republic has offered its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) partners the use of its command and control centre
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      Lock icon Solid US job growth likely to allow continued Fed tapering
      583 4 End of cold weather in country gives employers greater confidence to hire workers PRIVATE PAYROLLS ACCOUNT FOR ALL GAINS IN MARCH THE MOST IN FOUR MONTHS AGENCIES washington— Employers in the United States maintained a solid pace of hiring last
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      Lock icon Customers fume as MyRepublic falls short of promise
      721 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE MyRepublic’s promise of a high-speed 1Gbps fibre broadband plan at only S$49.99 a month, several times cheaper than similar plans from other retail service providers, wowed Internet users when it was launched in January. Now, customers are launching
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      Lock icon US to skip China fleet review after Beijing snubs Tokyo
      615 6 Move underscores tricky balancing act Hagel willface next week during trip to Japan and China WASHINGTON WILL STILL TAKE PART IN NAVAL SYMPOSIUM REUTERS H O N O LU LU —The United States is scrapping plans for a navy ship
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      Lock icon S Korea, China condemn Japan’s claim to disputed islands in textbooks
      394 6 REUTERS SEOUL/BEIJING —South Korea and China yesterday condemned new Japanese textbooks that say islands at the centre of a separate territorial row belong to Japan the latest in a series of disputes between Tokyo and its neighbours Seoul and
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      Lock icon British, Australian naval ships begin underwater search
      564 7 AGENCIES PERTH A crucial stage in the fourweek search for the missing Flight MH370 began yesterday as two military ships one from Australia, the other from Britain directed their sensor technology beneath the surface and began the underwater phase of the hunt, hoping
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      Still a high chance of finding MH370 debris on ocean surface, says official
      565 7  -  ASHLEY CHIA IN PERTH ashley@mediacorp.com.sg PERTH —Scanning the surface of vast stretches of ocean for debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane remains important despite yielding nothing so far, said the head of the agency leading the
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      Lock icon Sabah kidnappers were involved in two other abduction cases
      503 8 Victims held on island in southern Philippines and have not been harmed by Abu Sayyaf gunmen AGENCIES SEMPORNA —The kidnappers of the two women from a beach resort on an island off the coast of Sabah were also involved in the
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      Lock icon Chinese tourist sent SMS to mother before being kidnapped
      636 8 AGENCIES SHANGHAI —Minutes before she was abducted by armed men from a resort off Semporna in Sabah on Wednesday night, Chinese tourist Gao Huayun had sent an SMS to her mother saying she had just finished taking her bath, said media
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      Lock icon Opinion split on Mozilla CEO’s exit for opposing gay marriage
      709 9 Departure raises questions about how far corporate leaders are allowed to go in expressing personal beliefs RIGHTS ADVOCATES DENY THEY SOUGHT CO-FOUNDER’S RESIGNATION AGENCIES SA N F R A NCI SCO —In Silicon Valley, where personal quirks and even antisocial
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      Lock icon M’sia bans Noah, saying movie could cause distress
      447 9 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysia has banned a Hollywood blockbuster movie based on the life of a prophet as it was deemed “un-Islamic”, the country’s Home Ministry confirmed yesterday. The film, Noah, is loosely based on the prophet venerated by Muslims and Christians.
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      111 3 HAZE HEAITHADVISORY rearesom^uidelines MINISTRY OF HEALTH SINGAPORE I I I 0-50 Good 51-100 Moderate Normal activities Normal activities Normal activities 101 200 Unhealthy Reduce prolonged or strenuous outdoor physical exertion 201 300 Very Unhealthy Avoid prolonged or strenuous outdoor physical exertion Minimise prolonged or strenuous outdoor physical exertion Minimise outdoor
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  • saturday people
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      Lock icon THE MODEL PROSTHETIST SPORTSMAN
      1404 10  -  Desmond Tong urges people with disabilities to start life anew with sports BIGGEST DREAM TO COMPETE AGAINST ABLE-BODIED ATHLETES JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg At the age of 22, Mr Desmond Tong had the world at his feet. He was about to start an undergraduate course in business
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      Lock icon Vladimir Putin, the Russian strongman who gambled on Western weakness
      1122 11 THE FINANCIAL TIMES As Western leaders struggled to respond to Russia’s stranglehold on Crimea, it began to dawn on them that for Mr Vladimir Putin, this fight started a long time ago. Within days, Russia’s President had his men bring
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      26 10 Judging by his defeatist body language and towel-throwing comments last weekend, Jose Mourinho appears ready to write off the campaign and launch himself overboard. ADRIAN CLARKE•25
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  • voices
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      Do organisers know about other countries’ sports safety guidelines?
      139 14  -  FROM LEONARD LOW ENG WEI In the report, “Safety at mass events under scrutiny after cyclist’s death” (April 3), a local sporting events organiser said he did not know of any country that has standard safety guidelines. A simple search, though,
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    • Article
      When conserving landmarks, consider what heartlanders want
      451 14  -  FROM LIEW KAI KHIUN Compared to the colonial shophouses along the Singapore River or the iconic Raffles Hotel, the former McDonald’s outlet at King Albert Park holds little value, if one gauges heritage value strictly according to historical and architectural merits. So, too,
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      Incidents show need to work on our civic-mindedness
      239 14  -  FROM JOANNE TAN I am prompted, by the letter “Pair enforcement with education to produce a civic-minded people” (April 4), to share what I saw on Thursday. First, I noticed three boys kick a paper cup into the air and into a
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      Town council cleaners can help to pick out recyclables
      146 14  -  FROM KELLY LEK All town councils should work together with recycling companies to make recycling more of a success. Many residents are throwing recyclables outside their units, at lift landings or around the dustbins downstairs instead of placing them in recycling
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      Unnecessary to link equality to S&CC
      71 14  -  FROM LIM MEI YUN To argue that service and conservancy charges should not be based on flat size, the writer of “Varied hike in S&CC not justified” (April 2) mentioned that one of the stars on our National Flag represents equality. If we are
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      SingPost promised to do better, but did not deliver
      241 15  -  FROM TAN KIM HOCK I welcome the report, “SingPost fined S$30,000 for losing bag of mail” (April 3). For too long, I have been a victim of SingPost’s lacklustre, complacent and even irresponsible service. A few years ago, after receiving too
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      MH370 crisis reinforces strong Sino-Vietnam ties
      314 15  -  FROM SUN XI Although the first week of the search for Flight MH370 in the South China Sea was in vain, as a Chinese, I will never forget the efforts Vietnam invested in searching for the missing crew and passengers, 153 of whom were
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      Correction
      34 15 In “Singapore operators see fewer Chinese booking Malaysia tours” (April 4), we reported wrongly that there were 227 Chinese passengers on Flight MH370. There were 153 Chinese passengers. We apologise for the error.
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  • singapore
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      Human trafficking ‘a concern for every country’
      702 16  -  Singapore could do more to address issue, such as bila teral agreemen ts with source countries, says expert COMPANIES MUST ENSURE SUPPLY CHAIN FREE OF FORCED LABOUR NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE —Faced with debts and abandoned by her husband, Ms
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      More videos to explain Pioneer Generation Package in vernacular languages
      353 16  -  XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A recent video, showing a fortune teller explaining in Hokkien the Pioneer Generation Package to an elderly woman, has caught the eye of Singaporeans online, and the ministry that commissioned it said more videos would be
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      Lock icon Driver charged over crash that left 4 dead
      350 17  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE The motorist involved in the accident along the Central Expressway (CTE) on National Day last year that left four people dead was charged in court yesterday. Toh Cheng Yang, 35, was charged with dangerous driving causing death as well
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      Lock icon Admission exercise for MOE kindergartens draws keen interest
      517 17  -  WOO SIAN BOON sianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Previously cited as a turnoff, the curriculum at the Ministry of Education (MOE)-run kindergartens, which features more play and outdoor activities, has become a draw for some parents. The second admission exercise for the kindergartens began yesterday
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      Lock icon CCTV cameras to be activated at 10 locations to stop illegal parking
      275 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE More “eyes” will be on the lookout for illegally parked cars from the middle of this month. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it will be activating closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at 10 locations from
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      Lock icon Mothership.sg to register with MDA, comply with all rules
      198 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The team behind the social news and lifestyle website Mothership.sg will comply with the Media Development Authority’s (MDA) request to register under Section 9 of the Broadcasting Act. In a statement issued yesterday, the Mothership team said the
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  • world
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      Lock icon S Korea test-fires missile to counter threat from North
      505 18 Seoul making missiles that can strike Pyongyang’s weapons military installations if needed DRONES CRASH NEAR BORDER OF TWO COUNTRIES AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea has test-fired a new ballistic missile with a range of 500km and will try to extend this to
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      Lock icon PYONGYANG INSULTS S KOREAN PRESIDENT
      280 18 AGENCIES North Korea this week published comments attacking South Korean President Park Geun Hye, descending to unprecedented levels of personal insult by describing her as a “lunatic”, “idiot” and a “repulsive wench” who had failed to marry or bear children. The brutal denunciation, going far
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      Lock icon Yingluck’s supporters prepare for huge rally but rule out violence
      623 18 REUTERS BANGKOK Hundreds of thousands of Thai government supporters could descend on Bangkok this weekend in a symbolic show of force after months of sometimes violent protests aimed at bringing down Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The speed at which political
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      Lock icon As Modi rises, his grip on BJP tightens
      872 19 Growing clout of presidential candidate setting in motion a wider purge within the party THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW DELHI —On Monday, Mr Lal Krishna Advani, the doyen and one of the founders of India’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), spoke at
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      Lock icon US denies failed Cuban social media site was built to oust govt
      512 19 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON —The Obama administration acknowledged on Thursday that it had attempted, and failed, to build a Twitter-like social media site in Cuba, but insisted that it was part of the Agency for International Development’s
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  • business
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      Lock icon Stressed employees a challenge for financial industry
      1026 20  -  Local banks encouraging work-life balance in business where large pay cheques come with competitive environments 12 APPARENT SUICIDES IN THE SECTOR GLOBALLY THIS YEAR WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There are nights when 27-year-old financial consultant Nicole lies in bed, tossing and turning
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      Singapore, Uzbekistan strengthen ties with new direct flight
      297 21 S I N G A P O R E —Changi Airport yesterday received its first direct flight from Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, paving the way for a higher volume of tourist traffic between the two countries and helping more local businesses
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      Lock icon Sands steps up scrutiny of Macau junket operators
      709 21 Move risks a shake-out among middlemen and alienating high-rollers BLOOMBERG MACAU —Las Vegas Sands is increasing its scrutiny of Macau junket operators in a move that may lead to a shake-out among the middlemen who account for two-thirds of the betting in
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      Lock icon Hong Kong private-home completions set to hit 10-year high
      288 21 AGENCIES HONG KONG —The number of privatehome completions in Hong Kong this year will reach its highest since 2004, said the government yesterday, further pressuring developers after a series of cooling measures forced them to cut prices. The number of flats
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  • sports
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      Lock icon DIVERS GET NOD FOR ASIAD FOR FIRST TIME
      761 22  -  Myra Lee, Fong Kay Yian and twins Timothy and Mark Lee create local sporting history HIGH HOPES FOR TEAM SINGAPORE TO REPEAT EIGHT-GOLD FEAT FROM 2006 LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE National diver Myra Lee had just boarded an MRT train at
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      SIME DARBY’S HOME RECORD ‘MAKES THEM DIFFICULT OPPONENTS’
      376 22  -  DAN GUEN CHIN S I N G A P O R E Sime Darby may be eighth in the Malaysia Super League, three rungs below the fifth-placed LionsXII. But Fandi Ahmad has called upon his players not to be lulled into a
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      Lock icon LI-NING RENEWS SPONSORSHIP OF SBA IN S$4.5 MILLION DEAL
      667 23  -  ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Li-Ning has renewed its sponsorship of the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) in a fouryear deal worth S$4.5 million. The partnership, which was announced at a press conference at the Chinese Swimming Club yesterday, sees the Chinese sports
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      Lock icon WORLD CUP STADIUM COULD BE SHUT IF PROBLEMS NOT FIXED
      294 23 AP SAO PAULO Safety problems at the stadium hosting the World Cup opener in Brazil were ignored so that work could be finished in time for the tournament, a top labour official said in an interview published on Thursday. One
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      Lock icon SCHUMI STARTING TO SHOW ‘MOMENTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS’
      336 24 AGENCIES PARIS Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is showing “moments of consciousness and awakening”, his agent said yesterday. The seven-time world champion has been in a medically-induced coma in a hospital in Grenoble since a skiing accident in the French Alps on Dec
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      Lock icon ASIA’S ROCKY LOVE AFFAIR WITH F1
      819 24  -  ONLY S’PORE, ABU DHABI BUCK TREND OF DWINDLING CROWDS COMMENTARY IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is TODAY’s senior F1 correspondent. Since rolling out the red carpet for Formula 1 in the desert in 2004, Bahrain will, for the first time, be turning on
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      Lock icon ARE CHELSEA TURNING BLUE IN THE FACE AT THIS STAGE OF THE RACE?
      713 25  -  COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY’s EPL analyst Adrian Clarke is a former Arsenal midfielder who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he writes for many publications around the world.
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      CARROLL WILL BE PUMPED UP FOR REDS CLASH; SAINTS DO NOT HAVE A PRAYER AGAINST CITY
      444 25  -  ADRIAN CLARKE West Ham v Liverpool Brendan Rodgers might be Mr Popular among Liverpool fans and the greater masses, but he should not expect a pat on the back from West Ham’s big No
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      Lock icon COLLINA URGES MORE PATIENCE FOR REFEREES
      670 26  -  Improving officials’ standards is only way to combat critics, says revered Italian PEOPLE OFTEN ‘FORGET DIFFICULTIES OF MAKING DECISIONS UNDER PRESSURE’ TAN YO-HINN Deputy Sports Editor yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —If there is one thing that gets under the skin of Pierluigi Collina, it is a
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      Lock icon BARCA PRESIDENT BLASTS FIFA FOR PUNISHING CLUB
      390 26 REUTERS BARCELONA —Josep Maria Bartomeu (picture), President of Spanish giants Barcelona, has denounced FIFA for punishing the La Liga club over a breach of rules on the transfer of foreign Under-18 players, saying they were victims of a “grave injustice”. FIFA announced on
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      35 24 Live on TV Tonight Practice Session 3 (Ch 208, 7.55pm) Qualifying (Ch 208 and Ch 210,10.50pm) Tomorrow Raceday (Ch 208 and Ch 210,10pm) Main Race (Ch 208 and Ch 210,10.45pm) Monday Chequered Flag (Ch 208,12.45am)
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      69 25 LIVE FIXTURES Tonight, Channel 7.45pm mio TV StarHub Man City v Southampton 102 227 Tonight, 9.55pm Aston Villa v Fulham 103 228 Norwich v West Brom 104 229 Cardiff v Crystal Palace 105 230 Hull v Swansea 106 231 Tonight, 10pm Newcastle v Man Utd 102 227 Tomorrow, 12.30am Chelsea
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      58 27 CLASSICAL WAVE VIOLINIST ANDRE RIEU WANTS TO ROCK AUDIENCES AT HIS CONCERTS 30 ON THE FRINGE NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR THE FRINGE FEST 31 LETTERMAN TO RETIRE TALK-SHOW VETERAN DAVID LETTERMAN CALLS IT A NIGHT SATURDAY, 5 APRIL 2014 35 28 LARGER THAN LIFE HAW PAR VILLA AS AN ART
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    • arts
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        Lock icon WELCOME TO MY STUDIO
        1209 28  -  WHAT’S INSIDE AN ARTIST’S STUDIO? WE PAY A ‘HOUSE VISIT’ TO THREE OF THESE JOLEEN LOH features@mediacorp.com.sg Throughout the history of art, the artist’s studio has not only been a place of creation, but also a source of inspiration. Often, it is a private place where
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        STATE OF THE ARTS
        247 29  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE More developments in the art scene continued to roll out this week, led by the latest updates on the National Gallery Singapore. Set to open in the latter part of 2015, it unveiled its official name (from the working name National Art Gallery,
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    • culture&lifestyle
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        Rocking the classics
        687 30  -  Renowned violinist Andre Rieu says classical music can never be boring FROM THE HEART CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There are classical music concerts and then there are classical music concerts by Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra (JSO). While the former tend to be seen as
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        Lock icon New Artistic Director for Singapore Fringe Fest
        532 31  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival (M1SFF) moves past its 10-year mark with a new face on board. Organisers The Necessary Stage (TNS) announced yesterday a new three-year rotating format for the festival’s Artistic Director position. Theatre director and educator Sean
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        Swede success
        356 31  -  SERENE LIM SING APORE When Ikea decided to hold its first Young Designer Award in January with the theme Make Space Better, it was with the intention of engaging the local community and the designers here. “Design is the backbone of Ikea and we want to encourage good
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        Lock icon Captain America aims for big bucks
        395 31 REUTERS LOS ANGELES It’s a given that Captain America: The Winter Soldier will conquer the box office, but there are still questions surrounding its success, including: How high will box office takings go? Can it top the US$85 million (S$108 million) opening of Thor:
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        Lock icon New young things
        590 32  -  Aspiring rockers The Cave on their unique musical taste MAKING MUSIC KEVIN MATHEWS features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Singapore-based band The Cave are made up of four teenagers who have gone from strength to strength in the local music scene since 2012. Despite their newbie status, the band have already
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        Miffy headed to Singapore
        254 32  -  SERENE LIM SINGAPORE Miffy fans, rejoice! You’ll be able to pose for a photo with your beloved rabbit when she arrives in Singapore on Monday as part of this month’s Tulipmania celebrations at Gardens By The Bay. Miffy, who has already made stops in China, Hong
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        What’s on
        912 33 Performances and exhibitions to check out this week TODAY'S PICK (MUSIC) MONSTER CAT: THE VIOLET HOUR LAUNCH SHOW In celebration oftheir new record The Violet Hour, local rockers Monster Catwill perform all of its 1 3 tracks atthis one-night-only set. This first-time performance of Monster Cat’s debut full—length
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    • family
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        Weekend planner
        533 34 KIDS 12 AND BELOW TODAY’S PICK MORE THAN A GARDEN The spacious Botanic Gardens is a great place for children to run around in. But beyond the lush greenery and beautiful landscaped grounds, the public park is one of the best-preserved British botanic gardens in the region and
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    • television
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        Lock icon David Letterman to step down
        807 35 Celebrated talk-show host will retire next year TWILIGHT TIME THE NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES —Comedian David Letterman, one of the most recognised talk-show hosts in the world who brought a sardonic, offbeat wit to latenight television, along with bits such as Stupid Pet Tricks
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        Lock icon Springsteen on a high
        333 35 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK “It’s quite non-intellec-tual and non-verbal; it’s just feeling.” That’s how Bruce Springsteen described his songwriting process at the beginning of Bruce Springsteen’s High Hopes, a new series on HBO that revolves around the veteran rocker. So then, of course, he
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