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His pictures won him Insta-nt fame

April 15, 2012 - 1:19am

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Jonathan Roberts

Photo: AFP

His pictures have been exhibited internationally.

But Mr Chia Aik Beng, 44, is a graphic artist, not a professional photographer.

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Local musicians unaware of government grants

April 15, 2012 - 12:31am

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Zul Othman

TNP PHOTO: Ariffin Jamar

Playing music overseas on a government grant impossible?

Not so, says Martin Kong, 25, the drummer of Singapore rock quintet Caracal.

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Fresh grad prefers to be a hawker's wife

April 15, 2012 - 12:29am

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Benita Aw Yeong

TNP PHOTO: Jonathan Choo

She is a 22-year-old fresh graduate whose parents own a successful business.

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Hour of terror as armed robbers loot their JB home

April 14, 2012 - 12:47am

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Rennie Whang

TNP PHOTO: Kelvin Chng

Singapore Permanent Resident Kevin Lee, 28, had just arrived at work yesterday morning when his mother called with bad news.

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Solar willpower

April 14, 2012 - 12:44am

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Joyce Lim

TNP PHOTO: Benjamin Seetor

A retired couple from China dreamed of seeing 100 countries in five years.

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Bedok's corridor of filth

April 14, 2012 - 12:36am

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Chai Hung Yin

TNP PHOTO: Kelvin Chng

His bed is a discarded plastic sheet that he spreads out on the common corridor. It is also where he relieves himself.

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Going flat out to own a boat

April 14, 2012 - 12:14am

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Daryl Yam

TNP PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO

More HDB flat owners in Singapore are looking to own a boat, challenging the notion that such boat owners are typically loaded and live in landed property.

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Saved by safety net

April 14, 2012 - 12:11am

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Daryl Yam

PHOTO: SERENE SEAH

A man was involved in a two-hour argument with Singapore Civil Defence Force officers who were trying to persuade him not to jump out of a window in his ninth-floor Woodlands flat.

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He never got to see wedding photos

April 13, 2012 - 1:26am

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Joyce Lim

TNP PHOTO: Jonathan Choo

They had dated for seven years. Their wedding day had been fixed for March 30 next year.

Last month, Mr Keith Kok Chee Wah spent $10,000 to fly to Taiwan with his fiancee, Miss Geraldine Lim, for a wedding photo shoot.

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Pimp's sister-in-law also gets jail

April 13, 2012 - 1:22am

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Shaffiq Alkhatib

PHOTO: POLICE

Just two days ago, her brother-in-law, Seng Swee Meng, 42, was jailed for five years for prostitution-related offences, including abetting commercial sex with minors.

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