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Apple's first destination in Southeast Asia? Singapore.。
The doors of the two-storey high store, which features a stunning glass facade spanning 120 feet, opened briefly on Thursday for a media preview into the store.。
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The centerpiece of the second floor is a lush space featuring trees that are specially brought in from Malaysia, which should give the store a "modern-day town square" feel.。


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The store is also home to the Today at Apple program, which sees Apple stores around the world offer workshops, events and in-store classes.。

"The goal is that we can offer different types of programming across different categories, to all age groups." 。 "The goal is that we can offer different types of programming across different categories, to all age groups." 。Credit: YVETTE TAN/MASHABLE。
"[We want] the forum [to be] a real town square, a place where we can welcome the community," Ms Middleton told。


"You can see an illustrator just sitting over there and we're air-playing her illustration on the video wall -- that's the real goal at Apple. You can come come in and be inspired or buy an iPhone, but we wanna show people what they can create with our products."。
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Credit: YVETTE TAN/MASHABLE。
The Singapore store will officially open to the public on Saturday.。
UPDATE: May 25, 2017, 1:01 p.m. CEST 。