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The refreshing Painkiller cocktail blends the tropical, mouth-puckering flavour of pineapple with orange, coconut and dark rum.

The Painkiller cocktail blends the tropical, mouth-puckering flavour of pineapple with orange, coconut and dark rum.

ST PHOTO: YAMINI CHINNUSWAMY

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SINGAPORE – You may be entering the weekend with too many pineapples – or perhaps struggling to get your hands on the spiky tropical fruit – after President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam stomped to victory at the Sept 1 polls.

The former senior minister’s campaign symbol was a pineapple, and he was often presented with pineapples and greeted with chants of “ong lai” and “huat ah” during the hustings.

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