Today, 27 June 2015

Microfilm: NL33552
Total Pages: 59
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      Lock icon China, Japan set to seal deal on unexpected military encounters
      596 2 Rules for communication to apply to meetings in high seas, international airspace AGREEMENT AIMED AT REDUCING RISK OF CONFRONTATION AGENCIES TOKYO —In an attempt to manage regional maritime tensions and reduce the risk of confrontation, Japan and China will next
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      Lock icon US names China as chief suspect in government agency hacks
      444 2 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —China was the top suspect in the massive hacking of a United States government agency that compromised the personnel records of millions of Americans, said US intelligence chief James Clapper. The comments from Mr Clapper, Director of National
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    • SOCIAL MEDIA, CELEBRITIES INFLUENCE THEM TO EXPERIMENT, YOUTH SAY
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        Lock icon Cannabis users buck profile of addicts, see drug as harmless
        834 4  -  Like many of their peers, they think drug use is fine so long as consumed in moderation AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In school, they were students who attended classes diligently and did not have any disciplinary issues. At home, they
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        Take the fight against drugs to social media, say MPs, counsellors
        483 4  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With inaccurate information about drugs widely available on the Net, any anti-drug efforts should include using social media as a key platform, and well-known personalities as ambassadors, said counsellors and Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday.
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      Lock icon Gunshots shatter beach idyll, then fear and confusion reign
      574 6 BRITISH, GERMAN AND BELGIAN NATIONALS AMONG VICTIMS AGENCIES SOUSSE (TUNISIA) Survivors of an audacious terrorist attack at a tourist resort in Tunisia yesterday described scenes of a stampede, with people fleeing the beach in fear, shock and confusion after a gunman
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      Lock icon Gunshots shatter beach idyll, then fear and confusion reign
      574 6 (2nd Edition) BRITISH, GERMAN AND BELGIAN NATIONALS AMONG VICTIMS AGENCIES SOUSSE (TUNISIA) —Survivors of an audacious terrorist attack at a tourist resort in Tunisia yesterday described scenes of a stampede, with people fleeing the beach in fear, shock and confusion after a gunman
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    • Article
      Sense of purpose drives SAF’s first woman General
      588 9 Mother of three among the seven colonels promoted to the rank ofBG or Rear Admiral SHE THANKS PARENTS-IN-LAW AND HUSBAND FOR HELPING HER JUGGLE MOTHERHOOD AND CAREER SINGAPORE —At 18, she wanted a job that would offer adventure and meaning, and thought
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      MediShield Life to account for bigger chunk of Integrated Shield payouts
      479 10  -  But life insurers cite doubledigit annual growth in IP claims resulting from larger medical bills, new procedures INSURERS PLEDGE ONE-YEAR FREEZE ON TOP-UP PORTION OF I.P. PREMIUMS NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE Claims paid out by insurers for the “top-up”
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      Lock icon This parched Earth
      169 12 As a small city state with a high population density, water has always been foremost on the minds of Singapore planners. Just yesterday, the Meteorological Service Singapore forecast that Singapore and the surrounding region can expect a drier and warmer Southwest monsoon season from June to early
      Sources: National Drought Mitigation Center, California Department of Water Resources, Water Footprint Network, GRACE Communications Foundation, JPL -NASA, US Geological Survey, WWF, The New York Times, Mother Jones; Adolfo Arranz/TODAY  -  169 words
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      84 3 'Good cfflohiu^ yefieh] OUR SCHOOLS OUR TEACHERS OUR STORIES I r If 0 w A Showcasing 50 Years of Stories and Memories Re-live what it was like in school in the 60s and make new discoveries about school today through interactive displays, mini-games and artefacts from the past! Complete our
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      940 5 ia 7 GAIN CITV SINGAPORE'S LARGEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND IT. RETAIL STORE GAIN CITY MEGASTORE ,< SUNGEI KADUT GRAND OPENIN 71 SUNGEI KADUT DRIVE SINGAPORE *****7 FREE SHUTTLE BUS OPPOSITE LOT ONE SHOPPERS' MALL (OVERHEAD WEEKEND BUS TIMINGS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 8 MINUTES. WE ARE HERE! 118 Meet Greet 27 June,
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  • voices
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      Singtel CEO increased shareholder value
      327 14  -  FROM WOON WEE MIN I refer to the report, “Singtel chairman defends CEO pay hike” (June 24). Netizens have been up in arms about Singtel chief executive Chua Sock Koong’s 19 per cent pay hike, on the basis that the increase in Singtel’s net profit
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      Smoking is bad for health: Why is it not banned?
      267 14  -  FROM ADELINE GOH YEE HUA I refer to the report, “Public views sought on stricter tobacco control measures” (June 26). Just as we do not see chewing gum in shops here but still buy it when we go overseas, smokers
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      Status quo a fair method of subsidy allocation
      303 15  -  FROM LIM BEE KHIM Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Health We thank Mr Alex Looi for his feedback (“MediShield Life subsidies: Home value can mislead”; June 19). Eligibility for MediShield Life premium subsidies is based on the household monthly income per person
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    • Article
      How does MediShield Life work for nursing home residents?
      117 15  -  FROM SUSAN GOH I recently visited a nursing home and saw residents who were bed-bound and uncommunicative, stricken by strokes and other diseases, and in a vegetative state. While talking to visitors, I found that many wanted to know how MediShield
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    • Article
      Why Modi’s yoga push is agenda-driven
      152 15  -  FROM HAJ MOHAMED The report “Modi accused of ‘Hindu agenda’ in yoga celebrations” (June 22) stated that many Muslims objected to the Indian government’s exhortations to joining yoga. The Bhagavad Gita details yoga as a path to achieving moksha, or oneness with God, the
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      135 14 LETTER LGBT DISCOURSE IN S’PORE SHOULD BE DESEXUALISED Scan the QR code or you can visit tdy.sg/ltrlgbt0627 for the letter from Jae Andrew Lim. /urn Shape Up Your Life UP TO THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE Venue: Plaza Singapura (Level 1 Atrium) Date: 22-28 June 2015 off r adidas AlBl fUBl
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      14 14 •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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      31 15 LETTER COST FACTOR MUST DETER MOTORISTS FROM DRIVING Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ltrdriving for the letter from Tan Kok Tim.
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      153 15 jyteadjohnsor? Celebrating Milestones Encouraging Exceptional Learning ABC x l 5 Irsl i /i r ■4 s 2 K <?.?-- X* Z~5 Presents A iCa^i S3 > t fX PLORERS EXCEPTIONAL learning and Celebrate SG50 with Enfagrow A+! Venue: Compass Point Atrium I Date: 3 rd to 5 th July 2015
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Tertiary programme outcomes should be assessed, says panel
      601 16  -  EVALUATION SHOULD GO BEYOND SALARIES: THARMAN NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the education landscape expands with more continual education and undergraduate course offerings, universities must also evaluate the effectiveness of their programmes. This was among the points raised by the Ministry
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    • Article
      SCDF to punish 23 officers over ‘wrecked dorm’ video
      335 16 SINGAPORE Nine regulars and 14 National Service full-time (NSF) officers will face varying punishments for being involved in an incident where Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel were captured in two video clips thrashing a dormitory. In a media release yesterday,
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      Lock icon Former NSP secretary-general steps back into old role in interim
      507 17  -  Opposition party’s leadership has been stable as its leader is its president, says Hazel Poa NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Former National Solidarity Party (NSP) secretary-general Hazel Poa Koon Koon will step in temporarily to fill the leadership void left
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      ‘Credits for sex’ accused faces tougher charges
      522 18  -  MAN NOW FACES 8 COUNTS OF KNOWINGLY FACILITATING CRIMINAL CONDUCT KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Criminal charges against the first man to be charged here for his part in a “credits for sex” scam have been amended to fall under a more se- vere
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      Lock icon Man faces 660 charges for changing info on SIM cards
      300 18  -  ALFRED CHUA SINGAPORE A 42-year-old man was charged yesterday with illegally changing the subscriber information of pre-paid SIM card registrations hundreds of times over three years. Tan Kong Chieh, a Singaporean, faces 660 counts of the offence, which falls under
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      Tuas checkpoint incident: Man charged with rash act
      216 18  -  ALFRED CHUA SINGAPORE The Singaporean man who drove off from Tuas Checkpoint on Tuesday, ignoring instructions to stop his car for further Customs checks, was charged yesterday with committing a rash act that may endanger the personal safety of others. Mohamed Sukkur
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      Cancer drug in S’pore clinical trial shows promising results
      266 18  -  CONSTANCE YEO SINGAPORE A new cancer drug which is undergoing a clinical trial in Singapore for the first time has shown promising results, with some patients’ conditions stabilising and a couple of them showing more than a 30 per cent shrinkage
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  • world
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s Transport Ministry guards to stop enforcing dress code
      483 20 INSTEAD, GOVT OFFICERS WILL ASSESS IF VISITORS ARE APPROPRIATELY ATTIRED AGENCIES PETALING JAYA Responding to the ongoing controversy over dress code enforcement in government buildings, Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi yesterday said security guards with the Transport Ministry would no
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      Lock icon Selangor Sultan backs under-fire gymnast
      420 20 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR In a congratulatory letter yesterday, Selangor’s Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah backed SEA Games gold-medal gymnast Farah Ann Abdul Hadi, who has come under fire for wearing a leotard during the competition. “Criticising your attire should be the last matter on the minds
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      Lock icon S Korea passes law to curb MERS spread
      593 21 Those who defy quarantine orders, lie about exposure to disease can be jailed for up to 2 years AGENCIES S EO U L —Stung by an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), South Korea has passed a law authorising prison terms
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      Lock icon With Beijing’s voting plan dead, HK ponders its political future
      823 22 CHIEF EXECUTIVE PLANS TO FOCUS ON BREAD-AND-BUTTER ISSUES TO SHOW GOVT CAN FUNCTION THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG —In a meeting with Hong Kong’s pro-democratic legislators a few weeks ago, a group of European diplomats urged them to support
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      Lock icon Municipal offices may shift from Beijing city centre to suburbs
      598 22 THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —For more than 65 years, government officials in Beijing have tried to emulate China’s imperial rulers, working and living in the city centre near the emperor’s old palace, the Forbidden City. Now, in a telling
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      Lock icon TPP agreement ‘still hanging in the balance’ despite fast-track authority
      797 22 (2nd Edition) EASY CONCESSIONS ON SENSITIVE ISSUES COULD JEOPARDISE FINAL APPROVAL: SOURCES AGENCIES WA SHINGTON/ TOK YO Sources close to the ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) warn that the initiative is still hanging in the balance, even though hopes are high that the
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      Lock icon With Beijing’s voting plan dead, HK ponders its political future
      828 22 (2nd Edition) THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG —In a meeting with Hong Kong’s pro-democratic legislators a few weeks ago, a group of European diplomats urged them to support something they had campaigned against for months: A plan, backed by Beijing, to
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      251 21 A..... Rewards For Life This GSS season CIMB puts luxury on the cards. Keep swiping with CIMB Credit Cards for more chances* to win a SS28,888 Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel Luxury Package! This GSS season, win the luxury experience of a lifetime! Simply swipe over S$30 to your CIMB
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      66 23 Chua Enlai 'SHOW Yasminne Cheng 1 f i n Laurence Richard Mathialagan 7i IWee Soon *Hui S///S///S///, Y///////////Y Z/////// "//A '/////A Changi City Point Basement Atrium I 27 June, Saturday 2pm-4pm Join our stars for an afternoon of fun and games! f Q Lawrence v Wong v T' i s
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  • business
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      Lock icon Manufacturing output shrinks yet again, prospects challenging
      603 24  -  Key electronics cluster down by 0.2% year-on-year, dragged by declines in semi-conductor, consumer electronics segments INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT DOWN 2.3% YEAR-ON-YEAR IN MAY ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Manufacturing output contracted for the fourth straight month in May, weighed down by declines in all clusters
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      Lock icon Chinese stocks tumble 7.4%, teetering on edge of bear market
      553 24 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI Chinese stocks yesterday plunged the most in five months, leaving the benchmark index on the cusp of a bear market as leveraged investors faced margin calls and Morgan Stanley joined the chorus of leading research houses warning that
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      Lock icon With S$28t, China’s savers are set to change the world
      961 25 BLOOMBERG BEIJING —Few events will be as significant for the world in the next 15 years as China’s loosening of restrictions on international money flows, a shift that economists and regulators across the world are starting to grapple with. With
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      Lock icon Japan consumption rebounds, offers some relief to BOJ
      485 25 REUTERS TOKYO —Japan’s household spending rose last month for the first time in more than a year, as the job market stayed robust, fuelling hopes that companies in Asia’s second-largest economy will begin lifting wages needed to spark inflation towards the central
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      Lock icon ZHENG WEN KEY TO S’PORE’S RELAY HOPES
      676 26  -  Head coach Lopez hopes versatile swimmer can be granted deferment to compete at World Championships SWIMMER DUE TO ENLIST IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Singapore national swimming head coach Sergio Lopez
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      S’PORE’S FOIL FENCERS CAN BE ‘COMPETITIVE INTERNATIONALLY IN FIVE YEARS’
      470 26  -  NOAH TAN SINGAPORE —It may have been another disappointing day at the Asian Fencing Championships for hosts Singapore, but national men’s and women’s foil team coach Simon Senft, 33, believes they can become competitive internationally in five years. On the
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      Lock icon RECHARGED DJOKOVIC READY FOR WIMBLEDON
      677 27 No tennis for three weeks helped world No 1 overcome French Open hurt THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON While Novak Djokovic’s rivals have been busy collecting silverware, the man himself has spent the last couple of weeks engaged in more mundane tasks. “Laundry, garbage, cleaning. What
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      Lock icon WILLIAMS CANNOT AFFORD MORE ON-COURT DRAMA IN ‘SERENA SLAM’ QUEST
      524 27 REUTERS LONDON Twelve months on from making the most bizarre of exits from Wimbledon, Serena Williams will be back at the All England Club next week eager to complete the “Serena Slam”. As the holder of the US, Australian and
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      Lock icon ANGRY MAINZ READY TO OFFLOAD JARA
      521 28 DEFENDER COULD BE BANNED FROM REST OF COPA AMERICA AGENCIES SANTIAGO —Chile defender Gonzalo Jara could be regretting his part in Wednesday’s ill-tempered Copa America win over Uruguay, after his German club Mainz announced that they are ready to offload him. The 29-year-old is
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      Lock icon MARADONA’S FATHER DIES AGED 87 AFTER ILLNESS
      238 28 REUTERS BUENOS AIRES —The father of Argentine great Diego Maradona died on Thursday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) at the age of 87 after a battle against heart and respiratory problems, local media reported. Diego Snr stood by 1986 World Cup winner Maradona throughout
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      Lock icon URUGUAYAN OFFICIAL’S ASSETS SEIZED IN FIFA SCANDAL PROBE
      486 28 AGENCIES MONTEVIDEO —A Uruguayan judge has seized nine properties belonging to Eugenio Figueredo, a FIFA vicepresident who faces possible extradition to the United States on corruption charges, two sources inside Uruguay’s judiciary said. Figueredo is one of 14 current and former FIFA
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      Lock icon MAN UNITED TO PUSH AHEAD WITH RAMOS DEAL
      441 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Manchester United’s opening bid of £32 million (S$67.8 million) for Sergio Ramos has been rejected by Real Madrid, but Louis van Gaal is still determined to push ahead with a deal. United have received sufficient encouragement that their
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      Lock icon FARAH DELAYS SALAZAR DECISION
      769 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Mo Farah has delayed making a decision about his future with Alberto Salazar after the coach denied all doping allegations, prompting a backlash among those who had testified against him. Farah’s newly appointed public relations team had suggested the double Olympic champion
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      Lock icon THE MANIC RUSH TO THE DRAFT
      1088 30 Minnesota’s Towns as NBA Draft’s No 1 is no surprise, but little else follows the script DECISION BOOED BY FANS AT BARCLAYS CENTER THE NEW YORK TIMES GREENBURGH (NEW YORK) Minutes after Karl-Anthony Towns walked across the stage, down the steps and off toward
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      124 29 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Timing Venue Sun, 28/06/15 CORA 2015 Brazil Paraguay 5.30am LW* US Soccer League San Jose Quakes LA Galaxy 10.30am LW A LW* Telecast available only at Livewire(Marina Bay Sands) LW A Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) For the latest live' telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg lw Bnvj
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      56 31 UP IN THE AIR WHAT IT TAKES TO GET NYONYA FOOD READY FOR TAKEOFF 34 CUTE BUNNY THE STORY BEHIND THE CHILDREN’S BOOK CHARACTER MIFFY SATURDAY, 27 JUNE 2015 37 32 A ROLE TO PLAY INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST PUSHPAMALA N LIKES TO DRESS THE PART AT THE OPEN PUSHPAMALA N’S
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        Lock icon INSIDE A PAINTING
        986 32  -  INDIAN ARTIST PUSHPAMALA N STEPS INTO THE SHOES OF EXPLORER VASCO DA GAMA MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg The harsh images of environmental destruction in Chinese photographer Lu Guang’s exhibition The Price Of Neglect admittedly made for a rather grim start to The Singapore International Festival of Arts’ (SIFA)
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        Lock icon Enduring spirit
        719 33  -  Toy Factory’s docudrama pays a heartfelt tribute to 50 years of Mandarin theatre THEATRE REVIEW: UPSTAGE MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In between the restagings of two landmark Mandarin theatre musicals (Titoudao and December Rains) for its 25th anniversary season, Toy Factory has quietly sneaked in an unassuming little
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        STATE of the ARTS
        139 33  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE —The Singapore International Festival of Arts’ pre-festival The OPEN continues as another festival, Esplanade’s indie music event Baybeats, rolled in. Meanwhile, W!ld Rice’s Singapore-Malaysia production Another Country opened after a successful run in Kuala Lumpur and Toy Factory presented its tribute to Singapore
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        Lock icon High-flying food
        829 34  -  Do you know the amount of effort involved in taking Singapore Airlines’ heritage cuisine to 35,000 feet? PERANAKAN CUISINE SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) announcement that it will offer local heritage cuisine from next month to September has brought great cheer to many Singaporean travellers. As
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        Lock icon Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies
        747 35 British-born actor was best known for the 1960s TV series OBITUARY AP LOS ANGELES Patrick Macnee, the Brit-ish-born actor best known as dapper secret agent John Steed in the longrunning 1960s TV series The Avengers, has died. He was 93. Macnee died on Thursday of
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        Lock icon MediaCorp and ABC Australia sign partnership agreement
        238 35  -  HON JINGYI SINGAPORE MediaCorp and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have signed a partnership agreement between their international platforms. The agreement will see both companies exploring opportunities for future programme and content exchange, as well as co-production between their various platforms on tel-
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        Lock icon Peacock dressing boom
        679 36 Forget the fashion shows for men, the real catwalk is the pavement GO GUYS THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Alongside the roar of Vespas and the crisp click of brogues picking their way on cobbled streets, another soundtrack seemed to accompany the Milan men’s spring/summer 2016 shows that
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        Lock icon Mata Mata star Cheryl Wee to work for mom Jean Yip after series ends
        467 36  -  HON JING YI PENANG They play will-they-or-won’t-they lovers throughout the Channel 5 drama series Mata Mata. And now, actors Cheryl Wee and Daren Tan will pursue their interests outside of entertainment, after filming the show’s third
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        Lock icon Many hoppy returns
        963 37  -  Miffy creator Dick Bruna’s son talks about what inspired the children’s book series POP ICON LUCY DAVIES features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Sierk Bruna was a year old when his parents took him on holiday to Egmond aan Zee, a windswept town on Holland’s North Sea coast.
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        Lock icon Versace is the new face of … Givenchy?
        223 37 Versace is the new face of Givenchy? THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON This might just be a fashion first: One major designer appearing in another major designer’s campaign. Donatella Versace, the 60-year-old creative director of Versace, is now the star of fellow Italian fashion house Givenchy’s autumn/winter 2015 campaign. The first
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