Today, 24 May 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    25 2 AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Monday May 24, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking MAY 24,2010 A PUBLICATION
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    Lock icon A nation says goodbye
    618 2  -  ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He was, as Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew put it, “a slow developer” at college. Yet he rose to be Mr Lee’s “troubleshooter” during Singapore’s crucial formative years, taking on the toughest of jobs in Government and making the greatest impact, of
    WEE TECK HIAN  -  618 words
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    REMEMBERING DRGOH KENGSWEE
    190 2 (Dr Goh was one of those men) who have turned the tide for Singapore, and created a successful nation against the odds. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Page 4 When he held a contrary view, he would challenge my decisions and make me re-examine the premises on
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  • GOH KENG SWEE: 1918-2010
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      Lock icon ‘To me, he was simply a great grandfather’
      476 3  -  ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg 2 Dr Goh cared for the people around him and how he encour­aged her to develop her creativ­ity: “Even when I was just a wide­eyed and curious pre­schooler, he never believed that I was too small for him. In
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  476 words
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      Lock icon As my troubleshooter, I gave him toughest jobs in Govt: MM
      581 4 SINGAPORE In the tumultuous years following Singapore’s independence, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew considered it his “good fortune to have strong men” around him. And the late Dr Goh Keng Swee his close friend and troubleshooter was one of
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  581 words
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      Lock icon ‘He turned the tide for Singapore’
      665 5 PM Lee recounts Dr Goh’s contributions and compassion SINGAPORE As a soldier who was in the first batch of Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) scholars, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong remembers the late Dr Goh Keng Swee not only as a hard task-master but also
      PHOTOS BY KOH MUI FONG, WEETECK HIAN  -  665 words
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      Lock icon Dhanabalan: How DrGoh changed my life
      347 5 SINGAPORE Without Dr Goh Keng Swee’s intervention, Sentosa today would be home to a large petroleum refinery instead of a popular resort island. And if Dr Goh had not exercised his influence, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and former Cabinet Minister S Dhanabalan (picture)
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  347 words
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  • NEWS
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      PHASE ONE OF WOODLANDS WATERFRONT OPENS
      155 7 Woodlands Waterfront, a new leisure destination in the north, attracted some 2,500 people when it opened its first phase yesterday. One of the attractions there is a playground with a two-storey Skywalk for children and youth. The park, which will open in three phases,
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      Lock icon RACING IN STROLLERS
      57 7 Parents and their toddlers took part in the first “GAIN Stroller Chase” yesterday, an 800-metre fun run for children between six months and 23 months old. The new category was introduced as part of this year’s Cold Storage Kids Run. PHOTO COURTESY OF ABBOTT NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL (SINGAPORE)
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      Lock icon Doing all they can to help patients get back on their feet
      536 7  -  Healthcare awards handed out to 61 winners who have shown courage and compassion NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She was so conscientious about donning her N95 mask properly, that the skin on the bridge of her nose became
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      Lock icon $12,600 for his kids’ school fees gone
      424 9  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Bank officer P M Basu Rao was just a five-minute train ride away from remitting $12,600 to his family in India, when he discovered that the money was gone. The 41 -year-old had placed the money which was meant
      WEETECK HIAN  -  424 words
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      Lock icon Najib and team here for retreat with PM Lee
      116 9 SINGAPORE Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is in Singapore for a retreat with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Mr Najib was hosted to a welcome dinner by Mr Lee at Sentosa yesterday evening. During the retreat, the leaders and ministers from
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  • VOICES
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      200 11  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON PRICELESS MEMORIES I’ve always thought that kids were funny. I’m reminded, of Ann Ortland’s 11-year-old son, Nels, whom she described in her book, Disciplines of a Beautiful Woman. She had taken this rambunctious boy to their paediatrician for a routine physical examination.
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      It’s not an elusive goal
      290 11  -  Letter from Lim Soon Hock Chairman of the National Family Council and Chairman of the Centre for Fathering I REFER to the letter by Murali Sharma “Family Day should be more often” (May 19). I agree with Murali that eating with the family should not
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      Let’s not forget history’s lessons
      433 11  -  Challenge students to think, in National Education Letter from Kwan JinYao MR EUGENE K B Tan, in his comment “Remembering our founding fathers” (May 22-23), makes the excellent point that there is a culture of collective historical amnesia amongst Singaporeans. Beyond the memories of our
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      Why can’t I terminate credit card Giro payments?
      358 11  -  Letter from Charis Low I was shocked to discover recently that upon signing up for payment of recurring bills by credit card Giro, the cardmember cannot terminate the arrangement by giving instructions directly to the bank. The bank only takes instructions from
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      74 12 Real-life testimonial to be featured on Ep-4 on 22 May. Evelyn Teng Yan Hoon, 54 HR Manager Menopausal Weight Gain I used to be trim and fit, but gained weight after 50 years old. My professional consultant at London advised me it was due to menopausal changes. With her help,
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    Lock icon A giant in our midst
    2205 13  -  COMMENT ANALYSIS LEE HSIEN LOONG Prime Minister May I, on behalf of the Govern­ment and people of Singa­pore, convey our deepest condo­lences to Mrs Goh and the family of the late Dr Goh Keng Swee on his passing at the age of 91. Great leaders
    KOH MUI FONG; WEE TECK HIAN  -  2,205 words
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon FIRST THAI FILM-MAKER TO WIN CANNES PALME D’OR
      72 18 AP The 63rd Cannes Film Festival came to a close yesterday with the Palme d’Or going to Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives from Thai film-maker Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The Jury Prize went to Chad’s Mahamat-Saleh Haroun for A Screaming Man.
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      Lock icon Duchess of York says sorry for royal gaffe
      297 18 AP LONDON Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson said yesterday she was “very sorry” for her lapse of judgment after she was recording apparently offering to sell access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew in return for £500,000 ($1 million). The duchess said in
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      Lock icon ‘Get it fixed or get out’
      605 18 Obama admin talks tough with BP over worsening Gulf oil spill THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON WASHINGTON Under increasing criticism for not moving more aggressively to halt the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, United States President Barack Obama is sending three Cabinet
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      Lock icon CHINESE PREMIER TO VISIT MYANMAR AS JUNTA PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS
      103 20 AFP Premier Wen Jiabao of China, Myanmar’s closest and most powerful ally, will make an official visit to the country’s military leaders on June 2, a diplomat said yesterday. The visit will be China's first high-profile trip to Myanmar in
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      Lock icon NORTH KOREAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED ESPIONAGE: REPORT
      164 20 18 A North Korean female agent accused of eliciting sensitive information from South Korean men she had met on Internet chat rooms has been arrested, Yonhap news agency reported yesterday. The 36-year-old woman was arrested in South Korea after entering the country by
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      Lock icon TOURISTS, CREW ON CRUISE SHIP RESCUED FROM ENGINE ROOM FIRE
      119 20 AFP Rescuers evacuated around 600 tourists and crew from a German cruise ship docked in a Norwegian fjord yesterday after its engine room caught fire. There were no reports of injuries so far. The 364 passengers onboard MS Deutschland were
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      Lock icon TRAIN DERAILS IN CHINA
      80 20 A passenger train hit by landslides derailed yesterday in eastern China, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 70 others. The train, bound for the tourist destination of Guilin, derailed in a mountainous area near Fuzhou city in eastern Jiangxi province, China Central Television
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      Lock icon US implicates N Korean leader
      529 20 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON A new American intelligence analysis of a deadly torpedo attack on a South Korean warship concludes that Mr Kim Jong Il, the ailing leader of North Korea, must have authorised the torpedo assault, according to senior American officials who cautioned
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      Lock icon US names cyber-warfare general
      391 22 THE OBSERVER WASHINGTON The United States military has appointed its first senior general to direct cyber warfare despite fears that the move marks another stage in the militarisation of cyberspace. The newly-promoted four-star General Keith Alexander takes charge of the Pentagon’s ambitious and controversial new Cyber
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      Lock icon Japan PM sorry for breaking vow
      187 22 AFP AFP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama yesterday apologised for breaking his election pledge to move an unpopular United States military base off Okinawa and received a public dressing-down from local officials. During his visit to the southern island, Mr Hatoyama faced angry
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      Lock icon Casualties turn real in ‘plane crash’ drill
      155 22 AFP SYDNEY An emergency training exercise in Sydney’s Botany Bay ended with real casualties when volunteers needed medical attention after awaiting “rescue” in chilly waters. Exercise Splash on Saturday was designed to test the ability of rescuers to save lives if a plane
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      Lock icon Another insurgent attack
      179 22 AP KABUL The Taliban claimed responsibility yesterday for a night-time assault on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (Nato) biggest base in southern Afghanistan in which insurgents firing rockets, mortars and automatic weapons tried to storm Kandahar Air Field. It was the second such attack on a major
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      Lock icon WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE STAMP SOLD
      78 23 The Swedish ‘Treskilling Yellow’ retained its title as the world's most expensive stamp when it changed hands at a private sale in Geneva on Saturday. The one-of-a-kind three-skilling stamp was issued by mistake in 1855 during a print run of eight-skilling stamps, which are yellow.
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      Lock icon Foreign fans snub World Cup in S Africa
      410 23 Ticket prices slashed to fill seats as visitor forecasts fall by half a million THE OBSERVER CAPE TOWN This year’s World Cup is set to be a major financial disappointment for host South Africa, after it became clear that international fans have
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      Lock icon BA talks abandoned after dozens storm site
      152 23 AFP LONDON Last-ditch talks to try and halt a planned strike by British Airways cabin crew were abandoned on Saturday after dozens of protesters stormed the building where negotiations were being held. BA chief executive Willie Walsh was harangued by protesters, television pictures
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Bittersweet victory
      788 25 Inter crowned European champs as Mourinho heads for the door AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL Bayern Munich 0 Inter Milan 2 MADRID Jose Mourinho, fresh from guiding Inter Milan to Champions League glory, will sign a four-year deal with Real Madrid worth €10 million ($17.7 million) a year, Spanish
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      Lock icon Ribery commits to Bayern
      171 25 AFP MUNICH Franck Ribery yesterday ended speculation about his future by signing a five-year deal which commits him to the Bundesliga winners Bayern until June 2015. The French international had been linked with moves to Manchester United, Chelsea and Real Madrid. “We are very pleased that
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      DIEGO GOESTOTHE LOO IN STYLE
      97 25 Argentina coach Diego Maradona is to get luxury toilets at next month’s World Cup following a special request from the Argentine Football Association, according to reports. Maradona’s toilets will include new wash basins, toilet bowls, cisterns, taps and E-Bidet luxury toilet seats, according to South
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      Lock icon EVERTON MAN IN NEAR-DEATH INJURY
      104 25 AGENCIES Everton’s Shane Duffy is recovering from lifesaving surgery after suffering an injury to his liver, the Premier League club has said. The 18-year-old defender was playing in a practice match for Ireland when he suffered the freak injury. He was treated on the pitch
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      Lock icon Leaving Liverpool behind
      803 26  -  Out of sight, out of mind, Gerrard says he’ll only ponder his club future after World Cup INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY England v Mexico THE DAILY TELEGRAPH IRDNING (Austria) Steven Gerrard looks relieved to have left Liverpool behind. This season has been hard on Gerrard, he has appeared muted
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      Lock icon WEMBLEY PITCH WOES FUEL FEARS FOR RECOVERING ROONEY
      351 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH There is serious concern within the England management set-up that the state of the Wembley pitch for their friendly with Mexico tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) could jeopardise the careful rehabilitation work that Fabio Capello and his team have
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      Lock icon Ready for lift-off
      630 27  -  S’pore’s first weightlifting event in years comes off without a hitch ahead of Youth Olympics TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There are still a few kinks that have to be ironed out, but otherwise Singapore is all set to host her biggest weightlifting competition in years. Yesterday, International Weightlifting
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      Lock icon Easy does it for Kuznetsova
      327 27 AFP PARIS Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova (picture) reeled off 11 of the last 12 games to move into the French Open second round with a 6-3,6-1 win against Romania’s Sorana Cirstea yesterday. Kuznetsova, 24, arrived in Paris having won just one claycourt match this season
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      Lock icon Mixed fortunes
      170 27 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Team Singapore’s paddlers are off to a good start at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, Russia, after the women’s team of Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Li Jiawei cruised to a 3-0 victory over Group B opponents Spain yesterday evening. World
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      Lock icon Meet Jirapong, Asia’s prince of speed
      569 28  -  Thai youngster wins 100m and sets sights on Youth Olympics LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE His hero is Usain Bolt. The Jamaican superstar’s magical performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when he won golds in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay, is seared in
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      Lock icon MORE WORK TO BE DONE FOR SINGAPORE YOUNGSTERS
      177 28 LOW LIN FHOONG After two days of competition at the Asian Area qualification forthe Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at Bishan Stadium, the youngsters of Team Singapore’s 16-member contingent have a better idea of where they stand. And the consensus is that more
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      Lock icon Spruced up Bishan Stadium passes test
      420 28 EWAN MAH SINGAPORE The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (Syogoc) have declared Bishan Stadium ready, after the successful staging of track and field’s Asian Area Qualification Championship over the weekend. The inaugural Youth Olympic Games will be held here from Aug 14 to
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    Innovation leadership
    966 34  -  SUCCEED Use innovation to lead effectively, work collaboratively and drive results DAVID MAGELLAN HORTH AND DAN BUCHNER succeed@mediacorp.com.sg Not long ago, strategy was king. Forecasting, planning and placing smart bets created the power sources within organisations. The future of a business (or a career) could fit into an
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  • BUSINESS
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      Regional stock markets in for more volatility
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      464 30 Asia-Pacific set to benefit as investment bank fees drop to 6-year low in Europe BLOOMBERG LONDON Investment banking fees in western Europe are falling victim to the Greek debt crisis, as companies from London to Dusseldorf pull stock and bond offerings and put takeovers on
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      201 31 SINGAPORE The hunt is on once again for Singapore’s most outstanding entrepreneurs. Nominations for The Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Asme) and Rotary Club of Singapore’s 22nd annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award (EYA) are now open and will close on July 6.
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      467 31  -  JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Catalist-listed SBI Offshore has gone back to the stock market once again to raise more capital, just six months after launching its initial public offering (IPO) in November last year. The company announced over the weekend that it placed out
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      323 32 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Orders for factory goods, sales of new and existing homes and consumer spending probably climbed last month, indicating the United States recovery was strengthening before the European debt crisis rattled global financial markets, economists said reports this week may show.
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      157 32 AFP SEOUL South Korea, China and Japan’s trade ministers have agreed to work towards creating a freetrade region grouping their three countries, according to a joint statement issued yesterday. The three ministers confirmed they would complete within two years a feasibility
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      325 32 AGENCIES BEIJING Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will tell his Chinese counterparts that Europe’s battle with a Greecetriggered debt crisis should have only a small effect on the broader global recovery, a United States official told reporters in Beijing yesterday. Mr Geithner and Secretary
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      275 33 AFP SYDNEY The Australian government signalled yesterday it was open to compromise on a new tax on resources profits which has enraged the mining industry, but insisted the 40 per cent headline rate will not change. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said
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      334 33 AFP LONDON Britain’s new coalition government will outline today how it plans to slash government spending by £6 billion ($12.2 billion) to reduce the nation’s record deficit. A sharp deterioration in the euro zone economy has forced Britain to slash its huge public
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      105 33 AFP HSBC chairman Stephen Green will step down from his role later thisyearand issetto be replaced by a former senior executive of United States banking giant Goldman Sachs, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. Investors have been briefed that Mr John Thornton, a nonexecutive
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      586 38  -  Che reign of Che Cam (fiueens is ouer. Soanne |3eh atibfbin |N g the heirs to the Caliecott throne? MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg The ballad of The Two Queens Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Caldecott, there arose two jointly-reigning queens.They were known as Her Majesty
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      304 40 OUR pretty prince started this conversation acting coy we couldn’t tell if it was modesty, false or otherwise but he ended it saying he wanted to be King someday. We think we’ve seen this show before, only animated, with lions in the leading roles. MAY SEAH
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      413 42 IT IS the dawn of a new era for the ex-princesses or a new “chapter”, as Joanne would prefer to call it, because “era” sounds a bit fussy. We think Joanne is quite right to leave her “Princess” tag behind even if she should become
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      113 41 PAIRED FOR \4£A GROWING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH OURTOP MEDIA PARTNERS CBgij Congratulations to the winning media agencies that demonstrated the highest growth and contribution to advertising revenue at MediaCorp over the past financial year Here are our award winners in the MediaCorp Agency Reward Recognition program: Left: Peter Diermayr
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      53 42 3LNJAMIN LRIC CHRISIA DANILL DAL VIOLA RICKY ANDRE BRATT McCORMACK MILLER KIM DAVIS W, H SCHRODER AND BRAUGHER RIDLEY SCOTT AND TONY SCOTT PRESENT THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN BASED ON THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BEST-SELLING NOVEL BY MICHAEL CRICHTON It's a bad day to be human. it as V?. ~!S 4 v
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      259 44 LuxuryTours Travel 1 V Life has its interesting way of bringing soulmates together. Introduction by a friend, relative or family member is but one of its many ways. If yours is a match made by a thoughtful friend or relative, or if you are the connection channel of two single
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      146 46 AP DOROTHY Kamenshek, a former star of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who helped inspire the movie A League OfTheir Own, has died. She was 84. Kamenshek died of natural causes on Monday at her home in California, said the coroner’s office.
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      301 46 Irish band U2 cancels US leg of world tour THE DAILY TELEGRAPH U2 WERE forced to postpone the next leg of their world tour after singer Bono injured his back, the band said Friday. The singer underwent emergency surgery in Germany after suffering an injury while
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      314 47  -  llOO yS 6-uiJ.C Keep the young ones entertained with a series of fun activities MELODY TAN The June holidays are beckoning, and so are loads of exciting activities for the kids. From soccer to stamps, there’s no end to the fun. Soccer fanatics will want to
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