
Benson Ang
Lifestyle Correspondent at The Straits Times
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6 days ago |
straitstimes.com | Benson Ang
M2M The Better Endings Tour 2025 – SingaporeAlthough Norwegian pop duo M2M were formed in 1996, and had performed in Singapore in 1999, 2000 and 2002, they have never played a full concert here. That will change on May 12, Marit Larsen and Marion Raven take the stage at The Star Theatre. Although they spilt in 2002, they got back together in 2024 and are now on their first headlining world tour in Asia, which has stopped in cities such as Jakarta, Hong Kong and Manila.
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1 week ago |
straitstimes.com | Benson Ang
SINGAPORE – Two years after his last show here, Mandopop star Wakin Chau will return for a concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on July 19. Tickets are priced from $138 to $288 via Ticketmaster and will go on sale from May 14. The Taiwan-based singer last performed at the same venue in 2023, as part of his Shao Nian Xia Ke tour, which translates to “young knight” in English.
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straitstimes.com | Benson Ang
SINGAPORE – While stage actress Grace Roberts is British, she considers herself an honorary Singaporean. So, returning to the Lion City feels like a homecoming for the London-based performer, who plays the female lead role of Christine in the upcoming Singapore run of the popular musical The Phantom Of The Opera. Her family migrated to Singapore from Britain when she was a six-week-old baby, and she lived here until she was 18, attending local schools and eating local food.
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straitstimes.com | Hariz Baharudin |Eunice Quek |Benson Ang
SINGAPORE - The PAP has come out on top with 60.01 per cent of the vote in West Coast-Jurong West GRC against the PSP’s team, which included its chair Tan Cheng Bock, a former PAP stalwart. The PAP also emerged victorious in Pioneer SMC, where it retained the constituency with 65.42 per cent of the vote. During the 2020 General Election, the PAP secured 51.68 per cent of the vote in a tight race with the PSP in the former West Coast GRC.
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sg.news.yahoo.com | Hariz Baharudin |Eunice Quek |Benson Ang
SINGAPORE – The PAP has come out on top in West Coast-Jurong West GRC with 60.01 per cent of the vote against the PSP’s team, which included its chair Tan Cheng Bock, a former PAP stalwart. The PAP also emerged victorious in Pioneer SMC, where it retained the constituency with 65.42 per cent of the vote. During the 2020 General Election, the PAP secured 51.68 per cent of the vote in a tight race with the PSP in the former West Coast GRC.
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