In place of the oval mirror in the upstairs hall, there was a framed painting of an old mill beside a brown pond with two ducks.

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The bodies of 17-year-old Hugo Wenn and Daniel Lloyd, 25, were pulled from Reed Pond, on 30 January 2012.

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His childhood was shaped by tragedy: Mr. Kim at age 5 saw a younger brother drown in a pond, and his mother died when he was 7 years old.

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"I got some old oil from a mechanic's shop and went to this stagnant pond I knew and put in a quart and threw the material on it and it bonded immediately, " says Cox, 52.

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Inside, art enlivens the dark marble lobby by Singapore's LTW Designworks: guests are greeted by Australian artist Jane Cowie's 9.9-meter-tall glass tile installation depicting a koi pond and subtly etched scenes from China Merchant Group's 141-year-old history.

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The body of a man found in a pond next to an East Sussex hospital is believed to be that of a 47-year-old man who had discharged himself days before.

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