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Poll news round-up; activists under threat, again; Orchard Towers now home to a church; youngsters spurning nightlife; love and passion in Chinese opera; obituary of Lim Tze Peng, hitherto Singapore’s oldest living artist; efforts to turn Punggol into Singapore’s Silicon Valley; and more.
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