Today, 4 December 2015

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  • Article
    Lock icon Yellen says time is ripe for US rate hike
    707 1 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Economic conditions in the United States are ripe for the Federal Reserve to start raising its benchmark interest rate this month, the central bank’s head said on Wednesday (early yesterday in Singapore), in the strongest sign yet that a
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    Lock icon Grit, determination take spotlight as Para Games kick off
    1008 1  -  Dazzling opening show gives S$75 million APG inspiring start START OF MOVEMENT FOR MORE INCLUSIVE S’PORE: GRACE FU LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg call myself a Singaporean.” additional REPORTING BY ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE Air rifle gripped fiercely by her side, quadruple-amputee Aishah
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      178 2 4 i \l ENJOY from 27 December 2015 to 1 January 2016 at ALL 18 Downtown Line stations! Land Transpor tx^Authority Downtown Line 2 Open House 5 December 2015, Saturday, 10am to 6pm Hop on down to any of the 12 new stations for a fun-filled day! Bukit Cashew Hillview
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  • hot news
    • Article
      HDB resale market stabilising, analysts say
      616 4  -  While prices have remained largely unchangedfrom a year ago volumes have gone up significantly by 8.7% VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number of resale flats changing hands in the public housing market took a tumble last month while prices inched up, but such month-to-
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      Lock icon Terrorism not ruled out after rampage kills 14 in California
      693 6 A man and a woman fire upon an employee banquet and are later shot by police pursuers AGENCIES SAN BERNARDINO A heavily armed man and woman terrorised a southern Californian city early yesterday, killing at least 14 people and wounding
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      Lock icon SPOTLIGHT ON THE SHOOTERS
      285 6 REUTERS Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, dropped off their six-month-old baby with Farook’s mother, saying they were going to a doctor’s appointment.By noon, according to the police, the couple had donned assault clothing, armed themselves with rifles and stormed a holiday party attended
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      Lock icon After months of wrangling, UK joins air strikes on Syria
      532 6 THE NEW YORK TIMES LO N DO N The British Parliament authorised airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State early yesterday, in a vote that became a wider test of British willingness to play an active role in international affairs.
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      Lock icon The future of coal is in peril
      909 8 Usage is not dropping off in all parts of the world but the overall trend is downwards THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS Coal is in trouble, and that could be good news for a warming world. The representatives of nearly 200 nations who
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      Lock icon The future of coal is in peril
      909 8 (2nd Edition) Usage is not dropping off in all parts of the world but the overall trend is downwards THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS Coal is in trouble, and that could be good news for a warming world. The representatives of nearly 200 nations who
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    • Article
      Lock icon CHINA TARGETS 60% CUT TO POLLUTION FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
      128 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES China’s Cabinet announced this week that it would try to cut pollution from coal-fired power plants by 60 per cent by 2020 through upgrades to plants, according to a report by Xinhua, the state news agency.
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      Lock icon CHINA TARGETS 60% CUT TO POLLUTION FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
      128 8 (2nd Edition) THE NEW YORK TIMES China’s Cabinet announced this week that it would try to cut pollution from coal-fired power plants by 60 per cent by 2020 through upgrades to plants, according to a report by Xinhua, the state news agency.
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      Lock icon SUMMIT SIDELIGHTS
      459 8 AGENCIES NEGOTIATORS STRUGGLE TO FIND COMMON GROUND Frustration is simmering in the Paris climate talks as negotiators worked overtime, paring down the 54-page draft agreement for a post-2020 global climate change regime into a 50-page document yesterday. But a lot more needs to be done, with multiple options
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    • Article
      Lock icon SUMMIT SIDELIGHTS
      457 8 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES NEGOTIATORS STRUGGLE TO FIND COMMON GROUND Frustration is simmering in the Paris climate talks as negotiators worked overtime, paring down the 54-page draft agreement for a post-2020 global climate change regime into a 50-page document yesterday. But a lot more needs to be done, with multiple options
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      Pharmacies poised to offer prescription refills online
      764 10  -  GUARDIAN HOPES TO OFFER SERVICE IN A FEW MONTHS RUMI HARDASMALANI SINGAPORE Patients here may soon be allowed to order repeat prescription medicines online from retail pharmacies such as Guardian and Watsons and have them delivered to their homes. The move is expected
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      Lock icon ECB cuts deposit rate, widens QE but investors are unimpressed
      656 12 London’s FTSE Index fell 0.8 per cent, while Germany’s DAXslumped2.2per cent STOCK MARKETS SLUMP IN A KNEE-JERK REACTION AGENCIES FRANKFURT Even while the United States Federal Reserve signalled its intention to raise its benchmark interest rate later this month, the
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  • comment & analysis
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Abe’s agenda behind his ‘Fourth Arrow’: Remilitarising Japan
      1260 14  -  A NEW CONSTITUTION, NOT ECONOMIC REFORM, IS REAL FOCUS OF JAPANESE LEADER NAOKO KUMADA Naoko Kumada is a research fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University. This piece first appeared in RSIS Commentaries. Prime Minister
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      Lock icon China comes to the party on climate change
      1364 19  -  THE COUNTRY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MAIN HOPES FOR COP21 ISABEL HILTON Isabel Hilton is a London-based international journalist and broadcaster. She is the author and co-author of several books and is founder and editor of chinadialogue. net, a non-profit, bilingual
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      21 14 China has begun a radical transition from its fossil-fuel-dependent and polluting model of growth towards a low-carbon economy. ISABEL HILTON 19
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  • voices
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      Charities Act should be enhanced in wake of CHC saga
      348 22  -  FROM PAUL CHAN POH HOI I refer to the letter “CHC donors need a way to recover donations” (Nov 24). The provisions of the Charities Act did not stop the perpetrators of the City Harvest Church (CHC) saga, until it
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      MINDEF should consider annual reviews of NS rank allowance
      240 22  -  FROM RICHMOND LEE The move by the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) to raise full-time national servicemen and NSmen rank allowances is positive and encouraging (“NS rank allowance to increase by S$80 for all servicemen”; Dec 1). This is a step in
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Singapore football needs a serious, radical overhaul
      396 24  -  FROM BASIL YEO I refer to the letter “2017 Asean Super League a leap forward for Singapore football” (Dec 3). We have not benefited from form­ing an “elite” team to participate in Malaysian competitions, and taking part in the proposed ASEAN Super League
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    • Article
      Sports Hub’s prohibitive costs a hammer to local athletics development
      119 24  -  FROM ERROL GOODENOUGH I read with dismay about the pre­dicament faced by Singapore Ath­letics in hosting the Asia Masters Athletics Championships at the Sin­gapore Sport Hub’s National Stadi­um (“Athletics event hits hurdle over S$600,000 Sports Hub costs”, Dec 1). It
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon MediaCorp named Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year again
      353 26  -  MEDIA COMPANY CLINCHES AWARD FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR HON JING YI SINGAPORE —It was a night of celebration and revelry for MediaCorp at the 20th Asian Television Awards (ATA), held yesterday at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre. MediaCorp clinched the
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    • Article
      Work starts on cycling path network in Ang Mo Kio
      519 26  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE Work to transform Ang Mo Kio into the model town for being cyclist- and pedestrian-friendly has begun, with a 4km cycling path expected to be completed by the first half of next year, the authorities said yesterday.
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    • Article
      Reformative training for teen who sexually abused sister
      411 28  -  VICTIM WAS BELOW 16 AT TIME OF OFFENCE SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE In part resentful of how his parents had left him in the care of his grandparents while they went abroad to study, a teenager took it out on his younger
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Ex-US navy employee, ex-policeman charged with corruption, obstructing justice
      448 28  -  SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE An ex-employee of the United States Navy and a former police officer, both Singaporeans, were separately charged in the district court yesterday with various offences, including corruption, money-laundering and obstructing the course of justice. Gursharan Kaur Sharon
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    • Article
      Youth centre opens on Chai Chee Street
      206 28  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE Youths living or studying in the eastern part of Singapore will have another place to socialise, with the opening of the Singapore Children’s Society’s third communitybased youth drop-in centre. Called VOX Singapore Children’s Society, the 273sqm youth centre, located within
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    • Article
      Motorists behave dangerously on the road despite knowing the risks: Survey
      569 30  -  51% of526respondents thought that driving in Singapore had become unsafe over the years AXA INSURANCE PUBLISHES RESULTS OF ROAD USER BEHAVIOUR SURVEY 2015 STACEY LIM staceylim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While many motorists know that certain actions, such as drink-driving and speeding,
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  • science
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Protein gene may protect from ‘chemobrain’: Study
      751 34 COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY LINKED TO BDNF GENE SINGAPORE Researchers are a step closer to understanding why some breast cancer patients develop cognitive impairment after chemotherapy and whether some high-risk patients could benefit from early intervention. A local study has found that ear-ly-stage
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    • Article
      Lock icon Too early to use gene editing in embryos: Biologist
      589 34 REUTERS WASHINGTON One of the scientists who discovered powerful tools for altering genes is not convinced the case has been made for using the technology on human sperm, eggs and embryos. “The tools are not ready,” biologist Emmanuelle Charpentier of the
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  • china&india
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Why China’s millennials are happy to own nothing
      917 36 YOUNG PEOPLE EMBRACE NEW APPROACH TO CO-SHARING COMMUNITIES BLOOMBERG BEIJING Two decades ago, Mr Tyler Xiong and his parents had to live in a commune guided by the strict socialist teachings of Mao Zedong. Today Mr Xiong, a 28-year-old tech entrepreneur, voluntarily
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      Lock icon Modi blames climate change for India floods as toll hits 269
      447 38 AGENCIES CHENNAI (INDIA) The Indian military struggled to evacuate thousands of people stranded in the southern state of Tamil Nadu yesterday as the death toll from weeks of flooding rose to 269 after the heaviest cloudburst in over a
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      571 40 Cybersecurity agreement will also include steps to establish hotline between countries’Presidents MOVE FOLLOWS AGREEMENT NOT TO CONDUCT ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States and China have reached an agreement on guidelines for assistance on cybercrime or other malicious cyber activities, the
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      581 42 PM says confidentiality is required while the official investigation continues BUT ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION HAS IDENTIFIED SOURCE AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The identity of the donor behind the RM2.6 billion (S$865 million) deposited into Prime Minister Najib Razak’s private bank accounts cannot be revealed as
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      661 42 THE NEW YORK TIMES JOHANNESBURG South Africa’s top appeals court ruled yesterday that Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic star known as the Blade Runner, was guilty of murder in the 2013 killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, overturning a lower court’s
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      623 44 MOVE MAY ANTAGONISE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan is closing in on becoming the fourth nation to test-fly its own stealth jet, a move that could further antagonise neighbouring Asian countries that have opposed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bid
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      580 46 Closures to last as long as state of emergency does; may have anti-terrorism political motivations THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS The French government has shut down three mosques and four informal Muslim prayer rooms out of concern that they were contributing to
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      633 48 BILL WILL AFFECT 360,000 EARNING ‘RELIGIOUS INCOME’ FROM 2018 AFP SEOUL After a debate stretching back more than 40 years, South Korea’s Parliament has approved a Bill that will finally compel the country’s influential clergy to pay taxes. The Bill was passed shortly
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      422 50  -  MANUFACTURING SECTOR SLOWS DOWN LEE YEN NEE SINGAPORE The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has trimmed its 2015 and 2016 growth forecasts for the Republic while it maintained its outlook for most of the region, saying that the local manufacturing sector is dragging
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      547 52  -  ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Zhangzidao Group, a China-based seafood distributor with a marine farm three times the size of Singapore, has ambitious plans: It aims to have every household in Singapore consuming at least one can of its abalone come
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        123 54 Give your child a headstart with Superstar Teacher. This online learning platform offers online video lessons created by curriculum specialists and delivered by experienced school teachers. Superstar Teacher provides coaching that follows the MOE syllabus. The topical coverage approach ensures that your children are more
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        71 54 Eating healthy is more rewarding than you think. Win great prizes with Health Promotion Board’s Eats for Treats promotion. Simply choose healthier options at 12 participating healthier-dining outlets and get a chance to win prizes worth over S$2 million, including supermarket vouchers, free meals, drinks and side
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        96 54 Singtel has recently launched Singtel Circle the first benefits programme for customers in Singapore to offer free unlimited local mobile data. The free local mobile data can be used from midnight to 11.59pm on Sundays. Weekend movies can be assessed from midnight on Saturdays to
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        FESTIVE OFFERS WITH A HEART
        174 54 PARKROYAL on Kitchener Road is collaborating with the People’s Association and Thye Hua Kwan Student Care Centre at Bukit Panjang to help underprivileged children this Christmas. The children will be invited to hang envelopes containing their Christmas wishes on the hotel’s Christmas tree on Dec
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        CHRISTMAS FEAST WITH GIANT
        175 54 Make the holidays jollier with the Giant Christmas Party Food Order Programme, available from now until Dec 25. Choose from any of the following combo sets and other ala carte items from Giant stores island wide. Halal food orders are available too. UOB cardholders and PAssion
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        65 54 Guardian Health and Beauty is bringing festive cheer with little Guardian Angels. Eight santarinas from a children’s choir will fill Raffles Place Park with the sounds of melodious Christmas carols from 12.30pm to 1.30pm today. In addition, they will be handing out traditional Christmas cards
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        STANDARD CHARTERED CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS
        122 54 From now until Jan 15, 2016, you may receive attractive gifts when you charge your purchases to your Standard Chartered credit card. Spend S$5,000 to S$7,999 and get an American Tourister Portobello 79cm TSA luggage worth S$169. Limited to the first 1,000 cardholders. Spend S$8,000 to
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      120 52 V ACTORS’ TRAINING STUDIO B u 'It takes a great effort, much study, the development of habits and a technique to bring to the stage the life of every human being. That is why we actors are obliged to engage in unflagging, systematic exercises and training. We must have patience,
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      1089 58 Meanwhile residential prices in Hong Kong and Singapore forecast to fall 10% ILLS OF HOUSING MARKET RESPONSIBLE FOR HALF OF SLOWDOWN FINANCIAL TIMES BEIJING The slump in house building in China has driven half of the slowdown in the country’s economic
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      957 60 Matchmaking algorithm is set to challenge traditional people-based brokering ONLINE DEAL-MAKING FOR BUSINESS SELLERS, BUYERS AND INVESTORS BLOOMBERG NEW YORK If you are into hooking up, you have probably tried Tinder. If you are a small company, and
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      540 62  -  Cerebral palsy football team notch late win against Indonesia S’PORE DEFENDER SCORES GAME’S ONLY GOAL AMANPREET SINGH amanpreet@med iacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE With seconds left on the clock, and a deadlock to be broken, Khairul Anwar Kasmani received the ball at his feet. He looked up
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      455 62  -  ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE —Singaporeans are turning up in droves to the ASEAN Para Games (APG) carnival at the Sports Hub’s OCBC Square, a sign that there is growing interest and awareness among the public on the plight of the disabled here. Popular
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      Lock icon A CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY
      527 63 ASEAN Para Games kicks off with dazzling show MORE THAN 1,400 INVOLVED IN OPENING CEREMONY SINGAPORE More than 6,000 people from Singapore and the neighbouring ASEAN community gathered at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night to celebrate at the opening ceremony of the 8th ASEAN Para
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      Lock icon A CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY
      528 63 (2nd Edition) ASEAN Para Games kicks off with dazzling show MORE THAN 1,400 INVOLVED IN OPENING CEREMONY SINGAPORE More than 6,000 people from Singapore and the neighbouring ASEAN community gathered at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night to celebrate at the opening ceremony of the 8th ASEAN Para
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      244 64 AGENCIES LONDON Sebastian Coe says athletics may not regain the world’s trust while he is International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president, with Russia already suspended from the sport for systematic doping. Appearing in front of the British parliamentary sports
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      Lock icon RUSSIAN DOPING SCANDAL THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG: CRAM
      972 64  -  But former British Olympian says Sebastian Coe can stop the rot CURRENT DRUG-TESTING INFRASTRUCTURE NOT UP TO THE JOB ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Sebastian Coe sat through a three-hour grilling in the British Parliament
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      Lock icon GET READY FOR A WILD RIDE
      1197 65  -  England, South Africa the favourites for Dubai leg of World Rugby Sevens JUSTIN SAMPSON sports@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY guest columnist Justin Sampson coached the Singapore national rugby team from 1996 to 2002. He is also a former New South Wales Country and North Harbour player who
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      584 66 Duo suspected of accepting bribes worth millions ARRESTS LINKED TO COPA AMERICA AND WORLD CUP MARKETING RIGHTS AP ZURICH —Two FIFA officials were arrested at the request of United States authorities yesterday in a widening bribery case that has rocked football’s scandal-hit governing
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      747 66 AFP VALENCIA England assistant manager Gary Neville’s appointment as Valencia boss for the rest of the season was received with shock in Spain on Wednesday, as Singaporean businessman and club owner Peter Lim attempts to protect his multi-mil-lion-euro investment in the
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      75 1 ALL FOR ONE FRIDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2015 BROTHERLY LOVE AND A SHARED PASSION FOR MUSIC ARE WHAT DRIVE YOUNG INDIE POP-ROCKERS STOPGAP [8] STAYING BUSY WHY IT HAS PROVEN TO BE A BIG YEAR FOR RESOURCEFUL ACTRESS NADIAH M DIN [10] ASIA BAGUS SONGSTRESS ANGGUN MAINTAINS ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE REGION’S
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        699 2  -  LOUISE TROTTER, THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF FASHION LABEL JOSEPH, SHARES HER SECRETS TO IMPECCABLE GOOD TASTE MARIANNE WEE-SLATER features@mediacorp.com.sg What had begun as a shop attached to the hairdressing salon of Casablanca-born stylist Joseph Ettedgui has grown into one of Britain’s most beloved and influential multi-label
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        751 4  -  The latest must-haves for looking and feeling good GET IT NOW BY KENNETH CHOY Box of treats If your taste in gifts veers towards the luxurious, then the limited edition NET-A-PORTER Beauty Holiday Kit from NET-A-PORTER.COM is for you. Comprising of NET-A-PORTER’s bestsellers. This deluxe kit
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        479 6 Designers and celebs are taking the boudoir look to the street SOMETHING COMFORTABLE THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Perhaps you’ve noticed the packs of celebrities traipsing about town in their bathrobes (Rihanna, Be- yonce), slips (Amanda Seyfried, Saoirse Ronan, Lily Aldridge) and pyjamas (Cate Blanchett,
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        Lock icon Nothing short term about Stopgap
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        876 10  -  2015 proved to be a momentuous year for actress Nadiah M Din BEING KIASU HELPS CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE You could say that 2015 has been quite a year for actress Nadiah M Din. At least, if you look at her work rate. For a start, she
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        479 12  -  But the singer hopes more Asians make it abroad AN ASIAN IN PARIS SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Make no mistake, Anggun is immensely proud of her Asian heritage and her success in cracking the notoriously tough music industry in the West. It’s just that through being a
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        625 14  -  A special showcase celebrates the 65th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip and its upcoming movie TIMELESS TREAT SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Did you know that Peanuts creator Charles M Schulz hated the name Peanuts? Or that Snoopy only walked upright on his two
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        244 16  -  MediaCorp bags three awards during the first of the two-night show TV STARS HON JING YI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —MediaCorp on Wednesday clinched three awards at the Asian Television Awards (ATA). These included awards for Best Documentary Programme (One-Off/ Special) for Channel NewsAsia’s
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