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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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The Singapore store will officially open to the public on Saturday.。
UPDATE: May 25, 2017, 1:01 p.m. CEST。