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Video: Behold the underwater dragon dance
Lion and dragon dances, held during auspicious events for good luck, took over Instagram during the Chinese New Year weekend, sharing the space only with VSCO shots of festive food. Standing out from...
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A collaboration between two young local artists, Botanical Orchestra is an exploration of a possible imaginary landscape created using data collected from natural environments in Singapore. This...
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Coconuts Weekly Planner: Feb. 23 — March 1
Agogo dancers, rooftop music and paktor-ing over fish. MONDAY FEB. 23 Great World Cabaret Lovers of retro Singapore will enjoy this stand-up comedy theatre series written by Alfian Sa'at and Benjamin...
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Pasir Ris fish deaths prompt AVA investigation
Off Pasir Ris, fish farmers have been finding that their fish are dying off in the past few days, and the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) are investigating into the matter. TODAY reports that...
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World record attempt ends in tragedy for Singaporean wife, Chilean husband...
A cycling trip around the world ended in tears last Saturday for a Singaporean woman, her Chilean husband and their two-year-old son when an accident in Thailand left the man dead. According to The...
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Increased sales of BDSM sex toys in Singapore due to Fifty Shades Of Grey
Ever since the release of E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy — which has since become a worldwide phenomenon and got itself a movie adaptation — some kinky impact has made itself known in...
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Woodlands Road snatch thief shut down by members of the public
A 45-year-old snatch thief thought he could get away with it but he didn't expect to be chased down and detained by two public-spirited members of public. Occuring on Feb 22 close to midnight, the...
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Fire breaks out at NUS Kent Ridge Campus, research building closed for...
Just a little over a year when a blaze took place at the Kent Ridge Hall at the National University of Singapore (NUS), firefighters had to be called in again to the Kent Ridge campus when fire broke...
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Train services disrupted for over 4 hours between Yew Tee and Kranji MRT...
The inconvenience couldn't have happened at a worse time — Marinay Bay-bound train services in the North-South line were disrupted for a couple of hours due to a track fault between Yew Tee and Kranji...
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HDB rejects full refund request for residents cancelling Fernvale Lea flat...
Following the announcement of plans for a columbarium in the backyard of Built-To-Order flats in Fernvale, it really should come to no surprise that some future house owners are refusing to live in an...
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Video: SMRT staff blows up at supremely infuriating commuter
Probably sick and tired of all the verbal abuse endured by his fellow colleagues everyday, an SMRT staff blew up and bellowed at a particularly exasperating commuter. (function(d, s, id) { var js,...
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Celebrity chef concept Adrift by David Myers now open at Marina Bay Sands hotel
American celebrity chef and restaurateur David Myers has crossed the pacific and launched his new brand in Singapore in the form of a new restaurant at Marina Bay Sands hotel, Adrift. Now open daily...
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Following MRT breakdown yesterday, Bukit Panjang LRT line follows suit
Barely a day since a major service disruption along the North-South Line between Yew Tee and Kranji MRT stations, train troubles manifested again earlier today at the Bukit Panjang LRT line. At...
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Man confronts hawker with 25cm-long cleaver over renovation noise
Noisy renovation works can drive you bonkers, but 41-year-old Goh Buck Song takes it to the next level by threatening the noisemakers with a knife. Irritated by the drilling noise blaring from a...
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Ben & Jerry's and The Thought Collective to hold trails at Little India, Toa...
Massively popular ice cream purveyors Ben & Jerry's and social enterprise group The Thought Collective have come together for a collaborative initiative in conjunction with the SG50 celebrations in...
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Marked decrease in loan-shark cases over 2014
Singaporeans now can breathe a little easifer, knowing that the threat of loan-shark activity is slowly but surely swimming away from our shores. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean mentioned in a...
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49 cases of alleged sex trafficking cases investigated by police last year
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean revealed yesterday that the police have investigated 49 cases of alleged sex trafficking in 2014. 25 of the 49 cases were substantiated — two of which led to the...
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Acclaimed jazz pianist Tan Wei Xiang to play Esplanade Recital Studio next month
New York based Singaporean pianist Wei Xiang will take the stage at the Esplanade Recital Studio next month as part of Late Nite @ Esplanade. The trained lawyer started his foray into jazz at the age...
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Singapore Budget 2015 — a tl;dr highlight reel
The theme of this year's Budget takes on a more long-term goal in the efforts to build a better future for Singapore while also strengthening social security. It'll take major steps towards investing...
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Music streaming app Tidal launched in Singapore, offers only pay-to-listen...
Just when we thought the music streaming industry in Singapore would remain dominated by Deezer and Spotify, we stumbled across another new music streaming site, Tidal. Has anyone heard of them? A new...
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