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  • 45 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Friday June 25, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday June 25, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking JUNE 25, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 678 2 Rudd deposed, tough-talking Julia Gillard takes over AGENCIES SYDNEY Australia gained its first woman Prime Minister and lost a once-adored leader yesterday after a cloak-and-dagger plot hatched by shadowy backroom operators. Though appearing to head a stable, if weakened, government, Mr Kevin Rudd, 52, was
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    • 85 2 GET THE LATEST WORLD CUP NEWS FREE EVERY DAY IN BOTH OUR MORNING AFTERNOON EDITIONS WORLD CUP W3 AND W4 WORLD CHAMPIONS CRASH OUT PARAGUAY, SLOVAKIA THROUGH SLOVAKIA 3 ITALY 2 PARAGUAY 0 NEW ZEALAND 0 COMMENT&ANALYSIS MARIA SIOW A WINDOW INTO NORTH KOREA 12 CHOO CHIAU BENG CREATING LIVEABLE
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  • NEWS
    • 259 5 Serving up aces three days running AGENCIES WIMBLEDON John Isner finally brought an end to the longest match in tennis history yesterday as he broke the serve of Nicolas Mahut to secure a 70-68 victory in the deciding set of their first-round Wimbledon encounter that started on Tuesday. After 11
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    • 511 7  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Procedures concerning the questioning of suspects by the police should be spelt out clearly, argues the president of The Law Society of Singapore. Mr Michael Hwang said it is a question of morality
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    • 106 7 Work is in progress to prevent the Stamford Canal drainage system from being blocked again. ‘Z’-shaped gratings were installed in drains along Holland Road yesterday. The gratings will trap debris while allowing water to flow. PUB’s assistant director of Catchment and Waterways, Mr Choy Yai Kwong, said
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    • 103 8 AGENCIES Apple fans rushed to stores in Europe and Japan yesterday to become the first owners of the latest-generation iPhone as it made its global debut in five countries. The iPhone 4, which boasts videochat, high-definition video and sharper screen resolution, hit Britain,
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    • 110 8 Police have arrested three persons for illegal online betting on World Cup soccer matches. On June 17, CID officers arrested a 43-year-old man at a flat in Bedok who is believed to have placed bets amounting to $8,950. On June 22, a
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    • 139 8 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB It was a disappointing day for local and foreign news agencies yesterday. They were at the Subordinate Courts expecting Oliver Fricker (picture), the alleged MRT vandal, to plead guilty. But he did not, and is expected to appear in court again
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    • 114 8 The SkyPark was officially opened yesterday and because the crowds kept streaming in, the management of Marina Bay Sands (MBS) put another 1,000 tickets on sale. Before this, 500 tickets had been snapped up, with another 500 sold in advance online. Overall, visitors were pleased with
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    • 259 10 Adult mortality rate here is one-third of what it was 40 years ago: Study SINGAPORE The number of Singaporeans dying in their prime has fallen by about two thirds over the past 40 years, and Singapore has moved up the
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    • 208 10 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE Her family believed he had pushed his girlfriend off an eighth floor ledge of a Housing and Development Board block after a dispute over money. But a coroner’s inquiry heard yesterday that Low Cheng Sheng was diagnosed with acute grief reaction after
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    • 124 10 ONG DAI LIN For possession of a pistol, an unemployed man received a jail term of 12 years and six months yesterday. He was also given 17 strokes of the cane. Low Hua Choon (picture), found 41, was found with the pistol which contained five
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    • 71 10 Police are investigating the case of a 35-year-old male Thai national who was brought to hospital with head injuries on June 22 at about 3.30am. He was believed to have been assaulted earlier by an unknown person at Tuas Ave 9. The man subsequently
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    • 104 10 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB Two Mexican men and a woman were charged yesterday with attempting to steal $35,000 on June 14 this year. Anais Cobarruvias Mendola and David Dzul Navarrete Mejia, both 32, and Agustin Eduardo Fuentes Delgado, 33, are alleged to have committed the crime at
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    • 132 7 /JL r A A 5«h orch.ardcen.tral Japan Fiesta 26 27 JUNE 2010, DISCOVERY WALK new rules, new experiences. Be enthralled by all things JAPANESE this weekend at Orchard Central! World Cosplay Summit Performances 26 June, 3pm Watch the best Cosplayers from various countries performing on stage. Asia Cosplay Meet Screenings
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    • 248 9 Standard Chartered fi r w k/ •V *1 T 'v > v k gifts, anteed. Unlimited gifts with Standard Chartered Cards. So start shopping now. This Great Singapore Sale, get an amazing gift for simply using your Standard Chartered Card to shop, wine, dine and play. Spend $6,000 and above
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    • 275 10 gffj, NANYANG T ,1 TECHNOLOGICAL VA.T I JNIVERSITY Centre for Continuing Education v Engineering Rapid Prototyping for Rapid Product Development 30 Jul-3 Aug Statistical Process Control (SPC) 5-6 Aug Effective Production Planning and Scheduling for 19-20 Aug Semiconductor Manufacturing Industrial Noise Control 25-27 Aug Lean Tools for Six Sigma Practitioners
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  • VOICES
    • 430 12  -  Regulation need not stand in the way of the ideal of free speech Letter from Ronald Wong THE recent Position Paper presented by ArtsEngage, a group of artists and arts practitioners, has comprehensively pointed out the “problems of censorship”, the “benefits of regulation” and recommendations as to
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    • 205 14  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON OMS SYNDROME There’s a new disease that’s quickly spreading through the work place. Its symptoms are stress, mental lapses and lack of focus. The name of this disease is OMS Overnight Mail Syndrome. Modern technology and free enterprise have brought us many
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    • 210 14  -  Letter from KokWah Hing LAST Saturday, I responded to the call from the Singapore Red Cross to donate blood and help raise the national blood stock level. I visited Bloodbank@HSA to give blood, and as I was pulling out my
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    • 370 14  -  Letter from Hannah Chee I AM disturbed by the new advertisement spearheaded by the National Family Council to promote filial piety. While some people may find it touching, the message of filial piety seems distorted to the point of emphasising the wrong values. The advert
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 886 16  -  North Korea’s World Cup jaunt offers hints that behind the hackneyed stereotypes lie very normal people MARIA SIOW mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the East Asia bureau chief at Channel NewsAsia. There is something strangely intoxicating about the ongoing World Cup that has compelled even a
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    • 525 18  -  A clean and green megapolis benefits everyone, but creating one requires a collective effort CHOO CHIAU BENG The writer is CEO ofKeppel Corporation. This commentary is contributed in collaboration with the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, of which Keppel is a member. In recent years, there has
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    • 581 18  -  WONG LUP WAI The writer is chairman and CEO of Philips Electronics Singapore. This commentary is contributed in collaboration with the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, of which Philips is a member. The notion of what makes a
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    • 500 19  -  ALAN HJ CHAN The writer was the founder and owner of Petroships and is an active supporter and benefactor of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, which collaborated on this commentary. Cities are often assessed on economic indicators, environmental conditions, transport facilities and
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    • 285 16 How ONE WOMAN Overcame All Odds To Rise To The TOP < WOMEN EXTRAORDINAIRE TIIL HFC YOU DESERVE I f Merry Riana Millionaire Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, Multiple Awards Winner Master Trainer of 'Women Extraordinaire' programme During My Darkest Hours... I was physically weak, 10-kg overweight and had very low self-esteem.
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  • WORLD
    • 331 20 Taiwan, China finalise details of controversial trade agreement AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan and China concluded a day of talks in Taipei yesterday to finalise the details of a controversial trade agreement that the two sides expect to sign next week. Senior officials from Beijing and Taipei agreed on
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    • 163 20 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia’s most wanted terror suspect Abdullah Sunata, who was captured alive on Wednesday, planned to attack the Police Anniversary Day celebration on July 1, police said. The bomb-making member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network was also planning to bomb the Danish embassy
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    • 80 20 Senior Minister and Coordinating Ministerfor National Security, Professor S Jayakumar, has met senior officials from Indonesia during his working visit to Jakarta. Among those he met were his Indonesian counterpart, Mr Djoko Suyanto, and Vice-President Boediono. A statement from Singapore’s National Security Coordination Secretariat said Prof
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    • 506 22 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday placed the flagging Afghan war effort in the hands of Iraq war hero General David Petraeus, after firing US commander Stanley McChrystal for disparaging remarks about his administration. Mr Obama signalled his decision marked a
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    • 185 22 AFP TOMBOUCTOU Militants linked to Al Qaeda are building fortified bunkers in the Sahara desert of Algeria and Mali to shelter against air attack as their power grows, security experts believe. The members of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) are believed to
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    • Article, Illustration
      92 25 An explosion yesterday in a commercial area of Sri Lanka’s capital wounded nine people, police said, adding that Tamil Tiger rebels were not responsible. Police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said the authorities had ruled out terrorist involvement and blamed the incident on a personal vendetta. The blast in Pettah
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    • 351 25 Group blamed for Xinjiang attacks AGENCIES BEIJING Chinese police said yesterday they had broken up a “terrorist cell” accused of carrying out lethal attacks in Xinjiang as the restive region braced for the one-year anniversary of deadly ethnic unrest that left nearly 200 people dead. The
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    • 283 29 THE MALAYSIAN KUALA LUMPUR The Najib administration yesterday denied going on a “witch-hunt” to punish individuals who follow the Wahhabi school of Islam. Deputy Minister of Higher Education Saifuddin Abdullah said the government had not linked the Wahhabi followers to terrorism. His statement came in
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    • 67 29 A 5.0-magnitude earthquake shook Ottawa and Montreal on Wednesday, sending office workers scrambling onto downtown streets in Canada’s capital, and damaging buildings and roadways in Quebec province. The US Geological Survey said the epicentre was 53km north of Ottawa, but the quake was felt as far away
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    • 112 29 AP About 30 hooded attackers, believed to be Abu Sayyaf militants, shot and hacked victims running for their lives in the southern Philippines on Wednesday. Four died and six were wounded in the attack. The Al-Qaeda-linked militants were apparently trying to divert government
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    • 353 30 AFP PARIS A mass strike against the French government’s plan to raise the retirement age disrupted transport and shut down schools yesterday, with unions hoping to get millions of protesters onto the streets. Among the disruptions for commuters in cities across France, transport
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    • 170 30 AGENCIES Hong Kong legislators passed the first part of a Beijing-backed package of electoral changes yesterday that critics say will delay full democracy in the territory. The package has been billed by the government as reform because it expands the committee that selects Hong
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    • 102 30 AFP Japan’s new Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda will push to raise taxes on high earners in an effort to boost revenue and narrow the country’s income inequality, reported The Wall Street Journal. Mr Noda did not discuss specific timing or rates
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    • 87 30 AFP United States President BarackObama, twice forced to cancel a trip to Asia this year, will launch a major diplomatic push by meeting five key leaders from India, China, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia at the G20 summit in Toronto. Aides said MrObama wanted
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    • 481 30 Brought to you by The University of Warwick Master of Science in Engineering Business Management gave engineer Michael Lee the business edge Melody Tan When engineer Michael Lee signed up for the parttime The University of Warwick Master of Science in Engineering Business Management (MEBM) offered at the
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  • SPORTS
    • 609 31 British hope Murray makes short work of Nieminen AFP LONDON British fourth seed Andy Murray gave a royal command performance as he raced into the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in front of Queen Elizabeth
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    • 236 31 AGENCIES LONDON Chinese ace Zheng Zie, a semifinalist here two years ago, was bundled out in the second round of Wimbledon by little known Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 yesterday. Zheng’s serve unravelled in the final set when the 23rd seed
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    • 286 31 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Fu Mingtian and Vanessa Neo, the only Singapore representatives left in the competition yesterday, were bundled out of the US$250,000 ($348,300) Indonesia Badminton Open Super Series 2010. World No 59 Fu had started her campaign on a solid note, upsetting South
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    • 519 32  -  Match attendance hit as fans stay away SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Goh Geok Huat’s trip to the Jalan Besar Stadium on Wednesday proved to be very profitable. The 50-year-old won a pair of tickets to a Fifa World Cup quarterfinal match and $1,500. As
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    • 360 33 PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE The 200-strong audience gasped when 14-year-old Fong Kar Chun fell off his horse, Geofro. But the Secondary 2 student from Northlight School dusted himself off and got back on his equine partner to continue demonstrating what he has
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    • 508 33  -  FIA introduce changes to pump up the adrenaline IAN DE COTTA Senior F1 correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Formula 1 drivers who are much slower than the leading car in qualifying will find themselves barred from the starting grid come next season. Motorsport’s governing body FIA reintroduced the
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 41 31 YOUR SPORTING FIX TENNIS 7pm Wimbledon 3rd Round (StarHub Ch273) FOOTBALL 7.25pm S-League Young Lions vs Albirex Niigata (StarHub Ch201) GOLF 9.45pm EPGA BMW Int’l Open: Day 2 (StarHub Ch213) SPORTSZONE MINUTES Sports updates live hourly on 938Live (6.35am to 11.35pm)
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    • 45 32 BRANDED sportswear and footwear MID YEAR BIGCLEAR-OUT Mi Fantastic discount not to be miss Everything must go Singapore Expo Foyer 2, Level 2 (Above Subway Restaurant) M Date: 25th to 27th june 2010 Tme: 10am to 10 pm by: Save on Shopping Sports Outlet m
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    • 126 40 ENTTY m i 26 6 10 27 y, v. v: -f Cz IV./ < i.V Institutes of Raffles College of Higher Education 9 Raffles Raffles Raffles Cbffige(/Higher Education Design Institute Merchandising/n.v//7if/c SCAPE: Street Art Market 2 Orchard Link, Singapore *****8 Opening hours 10.00-22.30 Show your support for the graduates of
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  • 770 40  -  ANALYSIS PROPERTY Given the current market conditions, how can analysts be so sure? COLIN TAN Analysts this week from a renowned rating agency assured us that local banks’ real estate exposure while hefty is not posing any risks as prices are rising in
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  • MARKETBUZZ
    • 167 39 For the first time in Singapore, there will be a large-scale Asahi promotion. You’ll want to join the craze because it might win you one of three fully-paid trips to Osaka, Japan, on the Discover Asahi campaign! This event, which will be officially launched on July
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    • 179 39 Standard Chartered Bank is giving away freebies with its GSS promotion! Charge your purchases to your StanChart credit or debit cards today, and you can receive a guaranteed free gift, and not just any freebie, too. Up for grabs are Apple products such as a
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    • 149 39 Central is presenting Singapore’s inaugural “human fountain” performance at this year’s Singapore River Festival held from today to July 4! Fountain of Fantasy celebrates the magic and poetry of water through an original water spectacle created exclusively for Central. The dance will be staged
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    • 108 39 Free up your weekend on July 1 to 3 to attend La Dolce Vita, the main highlight of the Singapore River Festival, 2010. Inspire your inner fashionista when you catch the Fashion Rocks show or just enjoy dining privileges with Clarke Quay’s LIVE IT card.
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      115 39 For quality footwear that is also value-for-money, look to the latest Bata Premium Collection, which features shoes made of genuine leather. The selection of wedges, strappy heels and sandals, peep-toe pumps, slingback heels and classic court shoes under the women’s collection will definitely leave you spoilt for choice.
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    • 159 39 Supporters of England’s goal-machine, Wayne Rooney, can look forward to the experience of a lifetime as Tiger will be sending one very lucky fan, with two friends, to Manchester to meet up with the man himself and even have a kickabout with the football star. This
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      88 39 Burger King has launched the new BK a4dables a selection of four alltime favourite meals at an affordable $4.95 every day! It’s so affordable, you’d think BK is putting money back into your pocket. Choose from the BK Singles Mushroom Swiss, BK Singles BBQ Turkey Bacon,
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    • 262 35 MOK FEI FEI SINGAPORE The pace of growth in home prices has slowed in the second quarter of 2010 with the exception of the mass market segment, said DTZ Research. According to DTZ, the resale prices of leasehold homes in the suburban
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    • 52 35 THURSDAY CLOSE 2,847.61 (-0.82%) Wednesday 2,871.05 q 0.04% Tuesday 2,872.30 q 0.46% Monday 2,885.64 p 1.84% Friday 2,833.40 q 0.37% TOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 96,270 1.140 q 0.87% GMG 83,605 0.220 unch BanJoo 79,004 0.045 p 12.50% UPP 46,632 0.185 unch Armstrong 46,603 0.445
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      • 56 35 Buy $1.19 BNP Paribas starts coverage with a $1.50 target price, based on 8X FY11 P/E. The house forecasts gross margin of nearly 70 per cent in FY10 and net profit CAGR of 30 per cent over FY10-12, saying “we expect China to continue the double-digit processed vegetable
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      • 55 35 Outperform $1.50 CIMB upgrades from Underperform on the view valuations are now more attractive, with concerns over FX risks associated with firm’s non-Singapore operations already priced in. It trims the target price to $1.64 from $1.73 after lowering FY10-12 earnings estimates by 3 to 6 per cent to reflect
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    • 361 35  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Securities Investors Association Singapore (Sias) has raised concerns about the alleged lapses in corporate governance that have surfaced amid the ongoing “tussle” for the driver’s seat of healthcare provider Parkway Holdings. It comes as three of Parkway’s independent directors came out
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    • 258 37  -  JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite Singapore’s media regulator coming out to clarify its controversial cross-carriage policy yesterday, analysts told MediaCorp there are still some outstanding issues that remain unresolved. The Media Development Authority (MDA) was quoted in a Business Times article yesterday as saying that
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    • 244 37 JO-ANN HUANG SINGAPORE Food lovers will be able to feast in food and beverage (F&B) areas spanning 9,400 square metres (picture) when the first phase of the $1 billion Gardens by the Bay project opens in November next year. Gardens by the Bay is a
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    • 137 37 SINGAPORE A mixed-use white site at Jurong Gateway Road garnered aggressive bidding from developers as its tender closed yesterday. Australian property firm Lend Lease has put in the top bid of nearly $749 million more than twice the $350-million trigger price for site. This
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    • 150 38 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States Federal Reserve signalled on Wednesday that slowing inflation and Europe’s debt crisis will push an interest rate increase further into next year. Wrapping up a two-day meeting, the policy-making Federal Open Market Committee voted 9-1 to retain
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    • 111 38 L’Oreal Singapore yesterday presented a cheque for $30,000 to the company’s Touching Colours partners, the Singapore Association for the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) and Lighthouse School. The money was raised from sales of fun fair coupons and lucky bags matched dollar-for-dollar by L’Oreal at the cosmetics conglomerate’s L’Oreal
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    • 297 38 AGENCIES TORONTO G20 leaders will warn that the global economic recovery remains “uneven and fragile,” according to a leaked draft communique, as German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble yesterday warned euro zone peers and the United States not to get hooked on debt,
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    • 848 42  -  Slovakia rock the competition by sending the world champions home LEONARDTHOMAS in Johannesburg, South Africa leonard@mediacorp.com.sg 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP F Slovakia 3 Italy 2 JOHANNESBURG In Serie A’s pomp of the 1980s and ’90s, the names used to roll off the tongue of
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    • 103 44 A large crowd gathered at Choa Chu Kang CC to watch the Slovenia v England match, which kicked off at 10pm on Wednesday. PHOTOS OOI BOON KEONG, SIM YI JIN At Woodlands CC, where fans got to watch the Ghana-Germany clash in plush seats.
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    • 616 46 AGENCIES 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP F Paraguay 0 New Zealand 0 POLOKWANE Paraguay moved into the last 16 of the World Cup for the fourth time in their history yesterday after being held to an uneventful 0-0 draw by New Zealand. The polished South
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    • 382 47 AFP ERASMIA The Germans don’t believe their Kaiser. While Franz Beckenbauer thinks England has gone backward under coach Fabio Capello, Germany’s coaching staff has a high opinion of its traditional rival. Assistant coach Hansi Flick said England play “modern football” under Capello and have
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    • 818 47  -  Rooney’s all-round fitness a bother for the English, as Germans vow to shackle him LEONARDTHOMAS in Johannesburg, South Africa leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. There is no striker who has displayed the prodigious gifts of Jimmy Greaves here at the
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    • 324 48 AP PARIS France’s World Cup squad has arrived home to a cold welcome after a humiliating early exit that has been condemned by domestic media as a scandal. The team’s chartered plane landed yesterday in the small Le Bourget airport near Paris, where
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    • 231 48 AGENCIES JOHANNESBURG Argentina coach Diego Maradona has revealed his admiration for the unlikeliest of managers: Jose Mourinho (picture). Maradona has won over many fans at the World Cup with Argentina playing adventurous football and winning all three of their Group B ties, in a style that Mourinho
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    • 158 48 AGENCIES A female journalist has accused Algeria striker Rafik Saifi (picture) of slapping her in the face after his side were eliminated from the World Cup. The incident, following Algeria’s 1-0 loss to the United States on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), happened in an area
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    • 124 48 AP Former President Bill Clinton liked what he saw from the United States team so much that he’s staying for the next World Cup game. Clinton says he changed his itinerary in South Africa so he can attend Saturday’s round-of-16 game against Ghana in Rustenburg.
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    • 76 48 AP Officials at the Greek Football Association have confirmed that coach Otto Rehhagel has quit after the country was eliminated from the World Cup. The German coach, who turns 72 in August, was appointed in 2001 and stunned the football world when he guided the Greek team
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    • GROUP H CHILE V SPAIN, SWITZERLAND V HONDURAS
      • 507 51 AP NELSPRUIT Every day when Chile’s players walk onto the training ground used for their World Cup campaign, the torn and muddied Chilean flag flying nearby serves as a reminder of just how much their country needs something to cheer for. The
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      • 620 51 Spain hope key players rise to the occasion in must-win clash against Chile AP POTCHEFSTROOM Chile stand in the way of Spain’s lofty World Cup hopes, as the European champions head into their final Group H match tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) needing victory to
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      • 551 52 Coach Hitzfeld targets convincing win over bottom side Honduras AP BLOEMFONTEIN After toppling Spain in their World Cup opener, Switzerland wouldn’t have thought their tournament would be hanging in the balance going into their final Group H match against Honduras tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time).
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      • 248 52 GROUP H WHAT THEY'RE PLAYING FOR No one is through yet, neither has anyone been eliminated, though Honduras’ chances of progressing are as likely as your heartless boss giving you the day off to recover from a World Cup hangover. The winners will face the runners-up of Group G most
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        803 53 Portugal-Brazil showdown could be one for the ages AP DURBAN Even without one of football’s biggest stars, favourites Brazil’s clash with their former colonial masters Portugal promises a feast of skilful, attacking football as both teams seek a win to avoid a possible round of 16 clash
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      • 564 53 AP JOHANNESBURG Defender Lucio acknowledges that Brazil’s back-line has not been perfect at the World Cup so far, but he’s not too concerned. Brazil started the World Cup with a 2-1 win over North Korea and a 3-1 victory Ivory Coast, with uncharacteristic defensive mistakes
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      • 263 54 GROUP G WHATTHEY'RE PLAYING FOR The group’s all but settled with Brazil through and Portugal’s goal difference nine better than the Ivory Coast, and North Korea out. The group winners will face the runners-up of Group H most likely Chile while coming in second could mean a date with Spain.
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      • 335 54 Win by eight goals? Sure AP JOHANNESBURG Ivory Coast need one of the unlikeliest results in World Cup history if they are to prolong their stay at the 2010 tournament. The Ivorians retain just the slimmest of mathematical chances of qualifying for the last 16 stage. Sven-Goran Eriksson’s men have
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    • 879 59  -  Meet the dinos I The realism ot walking with Dinosaurs M leave you awestruck Rachel Lim in Brussels features@mediacorp.com.sg I HAVE always been fascinated by dinosaurs because the giant beasts are a combination of fantasy and terror. When I was eight and considerably nerdy, I even went as
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    • 300 63 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MUSIC legend Lou Reed is preparing to make a guest appearance with Gorillaz as they headline Glastonbury Festival.The news was confirmed on Wednesday. Damon Albarn of Gorillaz revealed the Perfect Day singer and formerVelvet Underground star would be one of a number
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    • 223 65 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A CAR transformed into an artwork by Damien Hirst is set to raise hundreds of thousands when it is auctioned off at Sir Elton John’s White Tie And Tiara Ball. Hirst is known for his spin paintings and the buyer
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    • 315 65 AP Vet says singer owes $41 k for doggie services Mariah Carey is in the doghouse with a veterinarian who says the pop superstar hasn’t paid nearly US$30,000 ($41,600) in bills for three of her prized pooches. Veterinarian Cindy Bressler sued Carey on Wednesday in a Manhattan
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      498 67  -  Eric Chan breathes colour into his first new Singapore solo show in three years Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER a self-imposed break on painting two years ago, Eric Chan is back with a solo show in Singapore. And this time around, he’s happy. The Romantics Of Betrayal, which is
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      338 69 Young artist etches out local landmarks in the mind MAYO MARTIN JUSTIN Lin finds maps fascinating as well as confusing. The 20-year-old artist who recently finished his National Service recalled: “In the army, they gave us maps to work with which basically have these small dots in a
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    • 82 71 www.todayonline.com/blogs Poparazzi “K” is for the krazy K-pop krazzies who camped out at MediaCorp for boyband Beast. Do your mothers know where you are? Rated G From Spidey’s BFF to, like, totally serious film-maker. James Franco FTW! Star Gazing Showbiz Sista’s hoping that Zoe Tay
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    • 531 71 We’re not talking about wrapping up the show early the ceremony might move up to January AP ACADEMY Awards organisers are talking about moving up the date of the show, possibly as early as January. At a Tuesday meeting, the academy’s board of governors
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    • 558 73  -  Katy Perry, Kanye West headline the three-day music festival Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER giving it a miss last year, popular music festival SingFest is set to make its return. Slated for Aug 3 to 5, organisers Midas Promotions say this year’s instalment the third will equal,
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