Today, 11 February 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    26 1 TODAY Thursday February 11, 2010 afternoon edition MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 thursday february 11, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      267 1 Your guide to Gourmet Pleasures. Delectable treats for Valentine’s Day Romance your loved one with a candlelit dinner under the stars with an expansive view of the city at Zenden Hotel. Celebrate love with the Valentine’s Day Couple Flight onboard the Singapore Flyer with fine champagne and a cosy dinner
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      401 2 Celebrate this romantic season exclusively with Citibank. Amici Italian Restaurant 1-for-1 Valentine’s Day set menu Tel: 6469 9989 Billy Bombers American Diner 15% off 4-Course Lobster Ribs Set for 2 La Braceria 10% off Valentine’s Day set menu Tel: 6465 5918 Valid at selected outlets Desté 10% off Valentine’s Day
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    Outpatient treatment is out
    653 4  -  uSE of MEdISAvE ovErSEAS but hospitalisation, day surgeries covered for now in Jb, Malacca, Kl ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Almost a year after the announcement was made to allow Medisave for overseas use, the Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed details yesterday of how this will be
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    afternoon latest
    65 4 B1 Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday began to outline the central bank’s strategy for reeling in stimulus money once economic recovery in the United States is more firmly rooted. Mr Bernanke said in prepared remarks to a House panel the Fed is likely start to tighten credit
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      52 4 6333 9886 MEDHCORP ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES Today k is taking part in the IFRA AYistaingpartinthe International Newspaper Colors Quality Club 2010-2012 for print quality. This colour patch is part orprntquatyant of the entry requirements.hispartoftheentryre International Newspaper Color Quality Club 2010-2012 for print quality and this colour patch is part of the
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      26 4 EvErton 2 CHElSEA 1 louis Saha and team-mates celebrating Everton’s upset win over Chelsea yesterday. AfP full reports of yesterday’s Premier league matches Pages 44 45
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Casino to open first
      415 8  -  resOrTs wOrLd senTOsa universal studios theme park will only open weeks later ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE With preparations underway at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) to open its casino in time for Chinese New Year, those seeking the thrill of theme park rides will have
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      Lock icon Violent clashes in Sri Lanka
      175 8 AGENCIES COLOMBO Tensions escalated in Sri Lanka yesterday over the arrest of former army chief Sarath Fonseka, with violent clashes outside the Supreme Court where his wife petitioned for his immediate release. Opposition parties who backed Mr Fonseka in his failed challenge to President Mahinda
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      FIRST CASINO WINS?
      725 9  -  POInT OF VIeW DEREK DACUNHA derek da Cunha is author of Singapore Places its Bets: Casinos, Foreign Talent and Remaking a City-state. IN MANY jurisdictions around the world, when casino gambling is initially legalised, the first casino to open its doors does not automatically have an advantage
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      WSQ a boost for employers and employees
      253 9  -  s ramesh SINGAPORE Both workers and companies are benefiting from the Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) system, according to a survey. Ninety per cent of those polled said they experienced better work performance after training. Since the WSQ system was introduced in 2005, some
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      Arts festival seeks a deeper connection
      196 10  -  LYNDA HONG SINGAPORE “Between You and Me” that is the connection this year’s Singapore Arts Festival wants to build between Singaporeans and the arts. The festival aims to bring the arts closer to the community through a year-long series of programmes at places such
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      Lock icon Honda expands recall
      333 10 FaulTy cars AP TOKYO Honda is adding 437,000 vehicles to its 15-month-old global recall for faulty air bags in the latest quality problem to hit a Japanese car maker. The company will replace the driver’s side air bag inflator because they can deploy with too much pressure,
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      Only 39 vehicles here affected by recall
      228 10  -  ZUL OTHMAN SINGAPORE The impact here of the Honda recall is minimal, according to vehicle distributors Kah Motors. The company’s product manager Vincent Ng said that only 39 vehicles here are affected by the recall to fix defective airbags that can blow up
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      Lock icon MEET THE SHOP TO WIN TODAY WINNERS
      56 12 OOI BOON KEONG From left: Ms Medy Widjaja, marketing manager of Vantage automotive Limited; Mr Patrick yong, senior vicepresident, head of sales (NrPe) MediaCorp; winner of the Ford Fiesta car in the shop to Win Today contest GohTiong Woon, Jordy and his father,
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      Judge rules misadventure
      459 12  -  rOJaK deaThs but it remains unsure whether hawker can resume his business TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE This much is clear: The food poisoning outbreak last April which killed two women and caused 152 others to fall ill was caused by bacteria-contaminated food from Mr Sheik Allaudin
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      Girl wont be jailed
      329 14  -  loan shark runner TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Her actions, such as splashing paint on debtors’ doors and setting their properties on fire, were exactly the kind that were cited in Parliament last month to support the new, harsher punishments in store for loan sharks and
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      Chinese New Year health hazards
      299 14  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE She had gone to the emergency department after falling and hitting her head. A few days later, the elderly woman was back this time, for a fractured wrist after she fell from a stool while doing her Chinese New Year
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      Woman suing paraplegic man convicted
      267 14  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE A former charity manager who is suing well-known neuroscientist William Tan over the repayment of $400,000 in alleged loans was yesterday convicted of 10 charges of cheating. Stephanie Chee Jok Heng, 50, was found guilty of deceiving Parkway Healthcare Foundation
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        GETTING CONNECTED FOR FREE JUST GOT EASIER
        122 14  -  SATISH CHENEY Free wireless Internet access at hotspots around Singapore will now be easier with a new Wireless@SG automatic login feature. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said the new feature, called Seamless and Secure Access (SSA), enables an “always on” experience
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        RETURN YOUR SHOPPING TROLLEYS AFTER USE
        102 14  -  EVELYN CHOO Sheer laziness and inconvenience. A survey by supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice found these were the two reasons why customers do not return shopping trolleys after using them. The result: Some 200 trolleys go missing each month, with 2,403 lost last year. This
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      Lock icon More getting in on the act
      556 16  -  Mixed Marriages NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE After everyone had finished tossing the vegetables and fish in the traditional yusheng dish, Deepak Shrestha found himself the only one without any raw fish between his chopsticks. Recalling his first Chinese New Year celebration two years
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      179 8 SIC IVin0 L' Students from ts&ssgar M°e*!nyiste fed lUPJEGEE RMIT UNIVERSITY Ranked in the Top 100 Universities Worldwide by Times Higher Education Supplement2005 ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) (AEROSPACE ENGINEERING) Accredited by Engineers Australia Applied and industry-focused with relevance to international industries 2 residential visits to the RMIT University for laboratory workshop.
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      129 9 PREMIUM l_Asik SuRqERy Clii\ic IS iLASIK FOR YOU? k Forum by Associate Professor Leonard Ang Medical Director Cornea Refractive Surgery Fellowship, Singapore Harvard Medical School, USA Cornea Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, USA Cornea, Refractive Surgery Stem Cell Treatment Fellowship, Kyoto, Japan Dates: 19 Feb 2010 (Fri) 7pm 4 Mar 2010
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      181 11 MNANYANG n technological < h 0 VtiT UNIVERSITY \r TAN WEI KEONG, NTU ALUMNUS AND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD RECIPIENT WEI KEONG GOT CREATIVE HiH IS Ws BF/ 7 i mif NTU H- w/ /j Jmr'A VM A \1 ■yll WHY DON'T YOU? From alumnus Wei Keong's highly inspirational
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      269 14 Study Accountancy Analytics with the National Accountancy Body Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANCY ACADEMY Degrees awarded by I I I I B.Sc (Hons) Accounting Finance ICPAS accredited route to CPA Singapore designation B.Sc (Hons) Banking Finance B.Sc (Hons) Business B.Sc (Hons) Economics Management Diploma for Graduates
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Bombing suspect goes on trial
      301 18 inDOn hOTeL bLasTs AGENCIES JAKARTA A suspected member of late terror leader Noordin Mohammad Top’s network went on trial in Indonesia yesterday charged over twin suicide attacks on luxury hotels in Jakarta last year. Noordin’s alleged driver, Amir Abdillah (picture), was also accused of taking
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      Lock icon Judge in Anwar trial to decide his own fate
      221 18 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial was suspended for a week yesterday, pending a decision whether the judge should step down because of defence claims that he is biased. The ruling will be decided and announced by
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      Lock icon Malaysia veering towards instability, says Perc
      459 18 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Events since New Year’s Day have given the Hong Kongbased Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) the impression that “pressures are building and the entire situation is becoming much more unstable” in Malaysia. In a report released last month,
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      Lock icon Taiwan gets set for the real deal
      258 20 war games AFP TAIPEI Taiwan plans to conduct its biggest war games in over a year, the Defence Ministry said yesterday, amid simmering tensions over United States arms sales to the island which China claims as its own. The military exercises, codenamed “Han
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      Lock icon Mercury-laced Chinese cosmetics banned
      123 20 AFP MANILA Philippine health regulators said yesterday they have banned three apparently Chinese-made cosmetic products because they were found to contain dangerous levels of mercury. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tests of the creams, all bearing the Jiaoli brand (picture), found excessive mercury levels. The health
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      Lock icon China calls for ‘mercy’ on death penalty
      191 20 AGENCIES BEIJING The top court in China has called for the death penalty to be limited to “extremely serious” crimes. The Supreme People’s Court issued guidelines saying that capital punishment should be reserved for cases where there is “valid and ample evidence”, according
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      Wear pink for Chinese New Year in Bangkok
      166 22 BANGKOK The chairman of the Chinese Thais Association, Mr Amorn Apithanakul, has urged people in the heart of Bangkok’s Chinatown to wear pink instead of the traditionally auspicious red to celebrate Chinese New Year, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. The campaign was
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      Lock icon Cambodia at the end of its tether
      318 22 Preah VIhear TeNsIoN Cambodia wants World Court to rule on Thai border AGENCIES O SVAY (Cambodia) Cambodia’s Prime Minister says his country will complain to the International Court of Justice that Thailand is occupying its land. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on
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      Lock icon Myanmar court jails US man
      148 22 AGENCIES YANGON A Myanmar court yesterday sentenced a United States citizen to three years in prison for fraud and forgery, his lawyer said, despite calls by 50 US lawmakers for his release. Rights activist Kyaw Zaw Lwin, also known as Nyi Nyi Aung, was sentenced
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      Lock icon The disarmed guards?
      432 24 IraN-us TeNsION us eyes sanctions on revolutionary Guards to curb nuclear plans THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The Obama administration is working on a series of sanctions that would take aim at the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran, publicly singling out the organisation’s vast array of
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      Lock icon Palm-reading Robert Gibbs mocks Sarah Palin’s list
      208 24 AFP WASHINGTON White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Tuesday read out a shopping list scribbled on his palm, lampooning conservative darling Sarah Palin, who used a similar trick to remember her political script. Ms Palin has been widely mocked for apparently writing a
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      Lock icon ‘Anonymous’ fights back
      220 25 PorN FIlTers hackers disrupt australian govt websites AGENCIES SYDNEY Hackers shut down several Australian government Web sites yesterday in a coordinated attack against a proposed Internet filter that targets pornography and criminal sites. The Australian Parliament House website went down for almost an hour and the Department
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      Lock icon Japan murder exposes marriage wreckers for hire
      279 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO A murder case in Tokyo has lifted the lid on a murky industry of marriage wreckers for hire after a man who was paid to seduce a married woman fell in love with, and ultimately, killed her. Prosecutors in
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      Lock icon India arrests 1,000 ahead of film launch
      188 25 AFP MUMBAI —Police have arrested more than 1,000 right-wing Hindu activists in Mumbai as part of increased security to stop violence over the release of a new Bollywood film. “Right now, 1,000 plus people have been arrested. Most of (the arrests) are preventive,”
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      Lock icon ‘Rent’ a partner during Chinese New Year
      281 27 AFP BEIJING Single people in China have come up with an innovative way of pleasing their pushy parents during the annual Chinese New Year holiday they are renting fake dates. Advertisements posted by people seeking to pay young men or women to come
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      Lock icon Historic Chinese spots demolished
      372 27 shanghai WORLD exPO 2010 AFP AFP SHANGHAI Every day at Yang’s Fry-Dumpling, a Shanghai institution, customers defiantly queue up despite the choking clouds of dust as workers break up the restaurants on either side with jackhammers. With less than three months before the Shanghai World Expo
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      Lock icon souTh Korean roboT TaKes cenTresTage in Plays
      80 28 a south Korean-developed robot that played to acclaim in Robot Princess and the Seven Dwarfs is set for more leading theatre roles this year. ever-3, or eve robot 3 (centre), starred in various dramas last year including the government-funded Dwarfs which attracted a
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      Lock icon No worming their way to slimness
      173 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH HONG KONG Government doctors have warned dieters in Hong Kong that they may be risking their lives by swallowing parasitic worms that can grow up to 38cm long. The city’s health department said Chi-nese-language websites have been offering products containing potentially
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      Lock icon The DNA debate in crime-busting
      500 28 bad blood us police consider checking database for near-matches to dna to identify suspects AP DENVER Police in at least two states are increasingly using a DNA crime-solv-ing technique that some legal experts say amounts to guilt by association: If your brother, father, uncle or
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      495 26 ffS m OLA m >> m A I 1^0 n Chinese New Year Open House Singapore Philatelic Museum 16 Feb, 9am 7pm FREE Unravel interesting facts about the tiger and find out what you can do to save tigers from extinction at the new Crouching Tiger, Hidden Danger exhibition. Also
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      Why I want a car
      236 30  -  PuBLIC TraNsPorT reader won’t put up with cabbies’ dangerous driving Letter from Joseph Wong FOR a good part of the last 15 years, I supported the call to take public transport and resisted the urge to buy a car. But my experience last weekend with
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      Taxi driver called police over $5.20 fare
      274 30  -  Letter from Darren Timothy ON JAN 21, I took a Mercedes taxi from TransCab from Serangoon to my office in Toa Payoh. The taxi fare amounted to $5.20 and as I had only a $50 note, I passed it to the taxi driver.
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      168 32  -  BY DR BILL MAIER SINGLE MuMS’ BuRDEN Single mums have got to have one of the toughest jobs in the world. Most single mums have to work full-time jobs outside of the home in addition to keeping up with their kids. They have to do everything
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      Change — to reduce congestion
      342 32  - Change to reduce congestion SEnTOSa’S adMISSIOn CharGES letter from Suzanne ho Deputy Director, Communications, Sentosa Leisure Group I REFER to “Really open to all?” (Feb 9) and thank Mr Marcus Lee for this opportunity to clarify the rationale for Sentosa’s new vehicle charges. Whether guests are driving to Sentosa or
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    • SHORT TAKES
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        CLEAN COUNTRY, DIRTY TOILETS?
        73 32  -  John M Govier, devon, devon, uK I refer to “Check out the toilets before you choose to have a meal” (Feb 8). A regular visitor, Singapore appears to me to be a very clean and attractive country. But there are some very dirty toilets which are
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        KUDOS TO SCHOOLS FOR INCULCATING GOOD VALUES
        77 32  -  Tan Kim Liang Yesterday, I saw two girls from AiTong Pri School offering to carry a heavy bag for an elderly lady at the bus stop just outside the school. A fortnight ago, I saw two boys from Guan Yang Sec Sch on
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      1277 36  -  ChINese rOCK are Chinese rock bands here really the lesser cousins of their pop counterparts? CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN comparing the Chinese and English local music scenes, the general impression is that the Chinese music acts are faring a lot better than those singing
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      437 38 AP THERE’S no bloody glove this time, no smoking gun, no faded music icon showing up in court wearing a wig that made it look like he plugged his finger into an electrical socket. There’s not even a celebrity for that
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        253 40  -  by CHRISTOPHER TOH The sea corinne bailey rae bit of a downward spiral when her husband Jason Rae died suddenly. Although she was already planning her follow-up album, Rae took two years off before she could go back into the studio. After the stunning success of her
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        127 40 Some classic love songs get a makeover by the likes of Maroon 5, Amy Winehouse and The Bird And The Bee. There are two new songs Jewel’s Stay Here Forever and Today Was A Fairytale by Taylor Swift. The teen queen’s tune is par for the
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        128 40 I have to say that I was rather disappointed by Angie Stone’s use of Auto-Tune on this album because it’s pretty evident she can carry a tune so why use that horrendous contraption that’s only meant for people who can’t sing in key (right, Kanye)? It’s even
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        ESSENTIAL LOVE SONGS DEAN MARTIN
        85 41 Dean Martin was known for his crooning as much as he was for playing the suave guy on the big screen, and fans will probably have all these songs in their collection already. You know, the old Dino standards like Everybody Loves Somebody, That’s Amore
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        CLASSIC LOVE SONGS GEORGE BENSON
        76 41 The man with one of the smoothest voices around and just as smooth guitar licks to boot offers a selection of his tunes for your Valentine’s Day delectation. So you get Give Me The Night, This Masquerade and, of course, that biggie The Greatest Love
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        109 41 The subtitle for this album reads “anti love songs for the anti valentine” (sic), but it’s really a compilation of hard rock and alternative rock songs from the likes of Paramore, Panic At The Disco, Billy Talent, Simple Plan, Nickelback well, 19 acts that like
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        107 41 Don’t look now, but singer Kelly Jones and co have once again come up with an album that just packs a punch, whether it’s the percussive She’s All Right, the pseudoOasis Live ‘N’ Love, or the wrenching ballad Show Me How. You could say
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      508 42  -  Brought to you by Golden Chef Abalone Gift Set, exclusive to FairPrice, makes for a great Chinese New Year gift ANNETTE TAN food@mediacorp.com.sg For many of us, it’s the season of giving once again except this time, the gifts are a little more specific and symbolic. Red
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      656 44  -  a Cook’s Tour Get under the skin of the spanish culinary capital; learn to whip up a dish or two NELLIE HUANG traveller@mediacorp. com.sg BARCELONA’S cuisine, like its avant garde architecture, modern artwork and chic beach culture, is infused with energy and verve explosive colours, nouveau styles
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      195 44 1. Cook and Taste: Cooking lessons cost €60/person, including wine, ingredients and recipes. A visit to La Boqueria market costs €12 extra. Special dietary requests can be made. Bookings must be made in advance. www.cookandtaste.net 2. Travel bar: Fun cooking classes for young travellers.
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      38 46 looking like a character from the movie The Fall is a costumed reveller in venice’s annual carnival. The event is on for 10 days, from Feb 6 to 16, in the italian city. aFp AFP
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        107 46 After the Chinese New Year, the sound of firecrackers continue in Valencia, Spain. On March 17, the city celebrates Las Fallas, a festival that sees intricate floats, some of which measure a few storeys high, paraded then burnt to great fanfare. There are over 700 floats in
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        CLUB MED FOR BABIES
        92 46 New parents don’t have sacrifice their holiday time when they have dedicated resort staff to look after their newborn. In December last year, Club Med Phuket launched the first Baby Club Med in Asia. A special programme has been designed for babies aged 4 to 23
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        100 46 Keep your radio tuned to Class 95FM and you may just win a vacation for two to any of 20 SilkAir destinations including Siem Reap, Penang, Shenzhen and Cebu.The campaign kickstarts Class 95’s 20th anniversary celebrations and will run till June 21. So keep
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      430 46 hoTels Tripadvisor lists world’s dirtiest hotels, but not without controversy THE NEW YORK TIMES The reviews of the world’s dirtiest hotels are in. “Cradle of filth: The worst, worst, worst hotel in the world!” Kimo-Sabe, Dubai. “Made me think of my own grave.” PersonBrighton, UK. Those are
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      1106 47 ON MedIaCOrp uNexpeCTed aCCeSS II Channel 5,10pm Thap Lan National Park is Thailand’s second largest National Park. More than three times the size of Singapore and home to many highly endangered species, Thap Lan is only protected by a core group of rangers. The group is only 30-strong but has
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      763 48  -  singapore sporT Table tennis star misses her son desperately, as she pursues medal dream LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At her peak, Li Jiawei used to tip the scales at 60kg. Today she weighs in at 64kg. Li, Singapore’s Olympic silver medallist, is currently hard
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      319 48 OW LIN FHÒNG SINGAPORE There were joy and tears at the National University Hospital’s (NUH) intensive care unit (ICU) on Tuesday, when basketball player Lim Wai Sian (picture) came out of an induced coma three days after a training accident with
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      659 49  -  singapore sporT saa lose big without their own marathon as ssC work with iaaf consultants for new race TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE As the event rights holder of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) stood to earn close
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      245 49 TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE— One of canoeing’s most prestigious events is coming to Asia for the first time. The Republic will host the 2011 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Marathon World Championships. “With its strong position in Southeast Asia as a centre for sports, we believe that
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      402 49  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPOREnbE S-~eague new boys Etoile FC want to “bring the sexy back” to local football. Thinking big, they are currently negotiating terms with former Newcastle United and France midfielder David Ginola to become their ambassador. It
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      831 51 aFTeRNOON LaTeST AFP eNGLISh PReMIeRShIP Everton 2 Chelsea 1 LIVERPOOL Louis Saha scored two and missed a penalty as Chelsea, and John Terry in particular, were forced to endure a night to forget as Everton came from behind to win 2-1 at Goodison Park yesterday (this
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      584 51 AFP eNGLISh PReMIeRShIP Arsenal 1 Liverpool 0 LONDON Abou Diaby revived Arsenal’s hopes of playing a major role in this season’s title race with the 72nd minute header that secured a 1 -0 victory over Liverpool at the
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      516 53 aFTeRNOON LaTeST AFP eNGLISh PReMIeRShIP Aston Villa 1 Manchester United 1 BIRMINGHAM Sir Alex Ferguson has defended Nani vigorously this season but even his patience will have been tested by the Portuguese’s red card in Manchester United’s 1-1 draw against Aston Villa. Nani’s
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      261 53 AFP eNGLISh PReMIeRShIP West Ham 2 Birmingham 0 LONDON West Ham eased the pressure on manager Gianfranco Zola after moving out of the relegation zone with a crucial 2-0 win over Birmingham at Upton Park on Wednesday. New Hammers’ owners David Sullivan and
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      242 53 AFP eNGLISh PReMIeRShIP Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 WOLVERHAMPTON Wolverhampton Wanderers shocked Tottenham for the second time this season as the Premier League strugglers claimed a 10 win over Harry Redknapp’s team at Molineux. Mick McCarthy’s men had defeated the north Londoners at White Hart
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      73 48 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7.45am Football Sao Paulo v Monterrey, Ch 27 5.15pm Golf Avantha Masters, Ch 25 6pm Tennis ABN Amro, Ch 22 8pm Cycling Tour of Qatar, Ch 113 9pm Tennis WTA Tour: Paris, Ch 113 TOMORROW 2.20am Tennis WTA Tour: Paris, Ch 113 2.30am Tennis ABN Amro,
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      94 55 Olympus Corp yesterday said it returned to the black in the nine months to December, thanks to cost-cutting and a special profit from selling off a diagnostic system business, Dow Jones reported. It said its net profit came to ¥43.69 billion ($690 million), compared with
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        75 55 stocks lower Wall Street stocks lost ground as the market digested comments from Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke on an exit strategy from a massive stimulus and weighed prospects for a bailout of Greece. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20.86 points to 10,037.78 in a session that
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      537 55 AFTernOOn lATesT central bank likely to start by tightening credit AP WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday began to outline the central bank’s strategy for reeling in stimulus money once economic recovery in the United States is more firmly rooted. Mr Bernanke said the
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      273 55 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Temasek Holdings has set up a wholly owned global investment company run by its chief strategist Charles Ong that will employ a variety of strategies investing in assets ranging from stocks to bonds. Seatown Holdings, which may manage billions of dollars, will target absolute
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      185 56 SINGAPORE Transport operator ComfortDelGro reported full year net profit which rose 9.7 per cent on year to $219.5 million. This is despite group revenue for the year ended Dec 31 falling 2.2 per cent to $3.05 billion. The company attributed the revenue decline mainly
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      274 56  -  JONATHAN PEERIS SINGAPORE Mainboardlisted Sino-Environment, which was involved in a boardroom controversy recently, has appointed veteran corporate turnaround specialist, Mr Sam Chong Keen, as an executive director and chief executive officer, for a two-year term. Mr Sam joined the Sino-Environment board as a non-executive director
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      229 56 SINGAPORE Insurer Great Eastern Holdings reported a 90 per cent jump in its full year net profit to $516.7 million from the previous year, with the boost coming from the second half. However, gross premiums for the year ended Dec 31 fell 17
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      371 57  -  EPHRAIM SEOW SINGAPORE Senior bankers in Asia are most concerned about excessive regulation in the region’s banks. This is according to a survey by the Centre of the Study of Financial Innovation and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The survey polled 443 bankers, regulators and observers from 49 countries on
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      238 58 China Trade BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s exports jumped 21 per cent in January from a year earlier, providing more ammunition to trading partners calling for a stronger yuan. Imports climbed a record 85.5 per cent and the trade surplus slipped to US$14.17 billion ($20.08 billion), according to data
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