Jimmy Wang-Yu of One-Armed Swordsman fame dies at 79

Taiwanese actor Jimmy Wang Yu died in Taipei on Apr 5 after a long illness. The veteran actor was most famous for his role in the 1967 movie,  One-Armed Swordsman.

Wang Yu had been ill for the last six years. His daughter, Linda Wong, said that her father will be sorely missed.

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Czech out the Octavia RS

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Its furrowed frontal frown — with many lines converging from bonnet to grille — gives the Skoda Octavia RS an air of intense concentration. It’s a mood that carries through to how the car handles. When you’re behind the wheel of the latest Skoda Octavia RS, you’ll appreciate the purposeful nature of this Czech model.

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Kourtney Kardashian marries Travis Barker in Las Vegas

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have officially tied the knot. They got married at the One Love Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas at 1.45am on Monday – just after the Grammys awards event.

Witnesses said the 30-minute ceremony had an Elvis theme and the couple danced to one of his songs afterwards.

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LABOUM’s Haein has Covid-19 on April 4

LABOUM’s vocalist Haein has tested positive for Covid-19. The singer from the South Korean girl group was diagnosed on April 4.

All her scheduled activities will be at a standstill for the time being. LABOUM’s agency Intermark Music Plus announced that recently Haein felt light cold symptoms so she used a self-test kit. It came out positive so she took a PCR test, which confirmed the diagnosis.

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Netizen says Lawrence Wong has “lost touch with people on the street”

The Government will bring forward Budget measures to help Singapore households amid the global rise in prices, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday (Apr 4).

Responding to this, quite a few netizens seem to think that Mr Wong has “lost touch with people on the street”, as one of them put it.

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