Today, 8 February 2011, Afternoon Edition

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1 16 Today
  • 21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday February 8, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 674 1  -  15-year plan for NTU includes rail system, shopping, cinema, bars and outdoor classes ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is no longer content to have just a 200-hectare university campus. It wants to be a mini-city with its own light-rail system and
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  • 471 1 REUTERS LONDON The Labour government tried to make it easier for Libya to seek the Lockerbie bomber’s release, according to an official report published yesterday. Abdel Basset Al Megrahi was jailed for life for blowing up Pan Am Flight
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  • NEWS
    • 185 2  -  ZUL OTHMAN Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) new Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, which will be up by 2014, will be an example of inter-disciplinary collaboration, its presidentdesignate and provost Bertil Andersson said yesterday. Unlike its counterparts
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    • 444 3 AGENCIES PHUM SARON —Thai and Cambodian troops clashed for a fourth day yesterday over a disputed border area surrounding a 900-year-old mountain-top temple, deepening political uncertainty in Bangkok and prompting Cambodia to urge United Nations intervention. Several hours of shelling and machine gun
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    • 120 3 Singapore has expressed deep concern over the recent border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia. In response to media queries, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesman called on both countries to exercise restraint and urged them to resolve their differences through negotiations. “This is important both for
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    • 350 4  -  JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The three Build-To-Order (BTO) projects launched by the HDB last month have received a lukewarm response from home buyers so far. The three developments received, on average, about two applicants for each unit offered. In contrast, there were about seven
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    • 210 4  -  LYNDA HONG SINGAPORE Some doctors may have seen more patients with flu-like symptoms following the Chinese New Year period but healthcare providers tell MediaCorp that, in general, there was no significant increase in the number of medical certificates issued yesterday. Aspen Clinic general practitioner
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    • 223 4 SINGAPORE Consumers in Singapore are living up to their reputation of being food lovers. According to a MasterCard Survey on purchasing priorities, Singapore consumers will continue to make dining and entertainment their top spending priority for the next six months. About 400 Singapore
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    • 367 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They allege that their basement car park has 280 points of water leakage, that their swimming pool has sharp surfaces that cut swimmers and ruin their swimwear, and that a third of their condominium’s 51
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    • 289 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A former principal vehicle inspector who accepted bribes to turn a blind eye to illegal vehicle modifications was also accused of compromising public safety on the roads, through his actions. Yesterday, Md Daud Nadzim
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    • 132 6  -  WAYNE CHAN SINGAPORE A team in Singapore has developed a new, creative way to teach children music by using locally-designed software and equipment. The system is in its first month of use at Ingenio, a creative music school. Kids are taught music using technology and
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    • 131 6 The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is taking part in an annual multilateral exercise codenamed Cobra Gold in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The SAF joined armed forces from Thailand, the United States, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia in the 12-day exercise, which kicked off
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    • 102 6 After nearly a week of disruptions due to floods in Malaysia, commuters from Singapore can now travel by train to Kuala Lumpur. The Malayan Railway (KTM) said all affected services have been restored and are operating normally. While departure times have not
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  • VOICES
    • 462 8  -  Raymund Koh Joo Guan I REFER to the article “Govt reviewing Baby Bonus” (Feb 5). I feel that the second part of the Baby Bonus scheme, whereby the Government matches dollar for dollar up to $6,000 for the first and second child each, is not
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    • 365 10  - Workers who have to stand all day Seating spaces will ensure their health does not suffer Letter from Sreekanth APV INDIVIDUALS spending most of their day at work on their feet are at greater risk of health problems including varicose veins, poor circulation and swelling in the feet and legs,
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    • 157 10  -  Letter from Tan Quee Hong Director Pollution Control Department National Environment Agency WE refer to the letter, “Construction noise at 4.30am at Jellicoe Road” (Jan 31). We would like to assure the reader that the construction site at Jellicoe Road is being monitored continuously
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    • 201 10  -  Letter from David Kwok Ng Kan ACCORDING to the Health Ministry, the target of at least one million people in Singapore to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by 2020 is attainable. The Health Minister had said that the goal of having one person in each
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 795 12  -  KEVIN HASSETT Kevin Hassett, director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG For the most part, economic markets have shrugged while the turmoil in Egypt has escalated. If former
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    • 1438 13 Egyptian opposition leader calls for dissolution of Parliament, as well as a year of transition The above are excerpts from an interview featured on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, which aired on CNN International on Sunday. CNN FAREED ZAKARIA GPS Fareed Zakaria, CNN host ofFareed Zakaria
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    • 924 14  - Warming world not such a warm place PAUL KRUGMAN Paul Krugman is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008. THE NEW YORK TIMES We’re in the midst of a global food crisis the second in three years. World
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    • 826 15  -  TOBY HARNDEN Toby Harnden is the Daily Telegraph’s US Editor, based in Washington. THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH For many Americans, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library is a place of solemn pilgrimage. Last weekend, it was also the site of lavish celebrations
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  • WORLD
    • 382 16 REUTERS CAIRO United States President Barack Obama yesterday said talks to resolve Egypt’s crisis were making progress, but the main Islamist opposition in Cairo said it could quit the process if protesters’ demands were not met. Mr Obama’s
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    • 137 17 REUTERS MOSCOW Islamist rebel leader Doku Umarov said yesterday he had ordered a suicide bombing that killed 36 people at Russia’s busiest airport last month. Umarov, 46, speaking in a video carried on an Islamist website, said there would be further such attacks in pursuit
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    • 130 18 AP Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered an investigation yesterday into an attack on members of a minority Muslim sect after a gruesome video emerged of a mob beating several victims to death with machetes, sticks and rocks. He also called on
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    • 136 18 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met the Johor branch of ruling party UMNO overthe weekend in an attempt to revive the idea of a crooked bridge to Singapore to replace the Causeway. He asked the party grassroots
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    • 122 18 Malaysia has extended the seven-day remand of seven Somali pirates by six more days, reported Bernama news agency. The seven pirates were captured by Royal Malaysian Navy commandos in the Gulf of Aden on Jan 20, after they boarded the Singapore-bound MT
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    • 317 18 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian prosecutors charged an opposition lawmaker with sedition yesterday after he allegedly insulted a royal figure amid a struggle for political control of Selangor, the country’s wealthiest state. The prosecution increases tensions between Prime Minister Najib Razak’s
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    • 413 19 PERTH Western Australia’s State Premier, Mr Colin Barnett, yesterday declared an area near the state capital of Perth a natural disaster zone after a bush fire raging out of control on the fringes of the city destroyed at least 41 homes and damaged another
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    • 272 19 REUTERS TOKYO Candidates backed by Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s ruling party lost two local elections at the weekend in a blow to the Premier, who is struggling to unite the party and break deadlock in a divided Parliament. Independents won both a
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    • 185 19 AP Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan (picture), led a large rally yesterday demanding the return of several islands held by Russia since the end of World War II and calling the recent visit there by Russia's president an outrage. The dispute over
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    • 195 19 REUTERS DHAKA Police used water cannons and batons to disperse hundreds of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party who went on strike yesterday to demand early parliamentary elections to force the ruling party from power. Witnesses said scores of protesters were wounded in
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    • 247 20 AGENCIES LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may be unfairly tried in secret in Sweden if extradited from Britain to face questioning over sexual-assault allegations, his lawyer told a United Kingdom judge. Mr Assange’s right to “open justice” will be breached if
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    • 160 20 AP REUTERS ROME The Italian government’s website came under attack from computer hackers on Sunday, police said, after opponents of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said they would target the site to protest against curbs to media freedom. Access to www.governo.it appeared to be blocked briefly
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    • 165 20 Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. The citation said the award was conferred on Mr Fernandes who is the Team Lotus team principal, AirAsia Group
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    • 78 20 The Singapore-based engineering firm, Central Asia Development Group (CADG), said two of its Afghan employees were killed last week by “friendly fire” from NATO-led security forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. A third Afghan employee was seriously injured in the incident
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    • 365 21 Indian young professionals prefer to live independently instead of joint households THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW DELHI India’s tradition of one giant extended family living under the same roof is breaking down, with 90 per cent of people in the capital now living in Westernstyle nuclear
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    • 200 21 The Sun in all its 3D glory comes to Earth THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A NASA-led mission to map the Sun’s surface has produced the world’s first three-dimensional image of the star. Two satellites orbiting the Sun perfectly aligned on opposite sides for the first time taking images that when
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    • 222 21 AGENCIES NEW YORK American Internet services and media company AOL is buying influential website The Huffington Post in a US$315 million ($401.5 million) deal that represents a big bet on the future of online news. The move will create a media
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    • 219 21 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Scientists at the Oxford University have successfully tested a universal flu vaccine that could work against all known strains of the illness, taking a significant step in the fight against a disease that affects billions of people each year.
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    • 108 21 AP The police on Easter Island raided the grounds of a luxury hotel on Sunday to evict the last of dozens of indigenous protesters battling for ancestral lands and a larger share of profits from the tourists who come to see the Pacific
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    • 115 21 AP The Vietnamese police said nine friends died during a Lunar New Year party after they started a car parked inside a house to play music following an electricity outage. The police in Hai Phong said yesterday that seven men
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  • SPORTS
    • 205 22 AP BERLIN Former England coach Steve McClaren was sacked by Wolfsburg yesterday, with the club battling against relegation from the Bundesliga. “We were no longer convinced that we could finish the season with stability by working together with Steve McClaren,” Wolfsburg general manager Dieter Hoeness said
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    • 691 22 Renault defend decision to allow star to compete in dangerous sport THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST PARIS With doctors predicting it will be six days before we know for certain whether Robert Kubica will regain the use of his right hand, following his
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    • 150 22 AGENCIES BIRMINGHAM West Bromwich Albion have installed Roy Hodgson as their No1 choice to take over from the sacked Roberto Di Matteo, although they would appear to have plenty of work to do before he could be persuaded to take the job as the manager. It is
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    • 240 22 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON Nicola Cortese, the Southampton chairman, yesterday criticised the conduct of some Premier League clubs during the transfer window and told Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain that he should not leave until at least the end of next season. Oxlade-Chamberlain, the highly-rated
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    • 596 23 Quarterback Rodgers leads his storied franchise to the top, outshining Roethlisberger AP SUPER BOWL XLV Green Bay 31 Pittsburgh 25 ARLINGTON Capping one of the greatest post-seasons for any quarterback, Aaron Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers to their first Super Bowl triumph in 14
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    • 185 23 AGENCIES DALLAS —The American anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, can be notoriously difficult to sing, with its broad range and piercing high notes. But usually, the lyrics work out just fine. But at the opening of Super Bowl XLV, less than a minute into the
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    • 154 23 AGENCIES Imagine paying up to US$10,000 ($12,745) to experience the Super Bowl between the Steelers and Packers, but not even getting a view of the field. That is what happened to around 400 fans who were forced to the field-level club to watch
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    • 300 23 REUTERS LONDON The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played in the summer as originally planned and will not be co-hosted with neighbouring countries, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said. Blatter claimed there were no plans to stage a
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    • 403 24  -  IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE They lost key players before the big kick-off to the 2010 Great-Eastern-Yeo’s S-League and it thwarted their plans for a title bid. Ahead of the opening bell this season, Gombak have retained 65 per cent of the squad from last
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    • 586 24  -  Nominee for Today’s annual individual award for 2010 crowned STTA’s Player of the Year LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She readily admits that it will be a challenge to better her 2010 season but winning the Today Athlete of the Year 2010 award might
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    • 193 24 AGENCIES ROME European authorities have seized millions of dollars worth of performance-enhancing drugs and nabbed dozens of suspects, while the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has banned an entire family for doping. The ANSA news agency said CONI’s anti-doping tribunal handed down a five-year
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    • 550 25  -  Singapore’s Commonwealth Games shooting ace determined to achieve Olympic dream Today’s ATHLETE OFTHEYEAR 2010 TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Doing battle at the Olympic Games has been Gai Bin’s lifelong ambition. It became his goal the moment he started shooting competitively as a 14-year-old in Anhui,
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    • 467 25  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She may be 21, but in the world of gymnastics, Lim Heem Wei (picture) could well be in her sunset years. Lim, a nominee for Today’s Athlete of the Year 2010, is currently working towards November’s SEA Games in
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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  • IMPACT
    • 268 5  -  PETER YEO COZY Care, a student-run company from Turkmenistan, has emerged as the winner at the first Junior Achievement (JA) Asia Pacific Company of the Year Competition. The regional contest is jointly organised by FedEx Express and American-based JA Worldwide, an organisation dedicated to help youth achieve economic
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    • Article, Illustration
      592 5  -  McCann Erickson’s collaboration with PETA reveals real cost of fashion PETER YEO FASHIONISTAS looking for a deal from bus stop ads would have got more than they bargained for. These posters with taglines such as “Designer Belts at Amazing Prices” are followed by five leather belts tagged with
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  • 675 4  -  BY MELODY TAN Last year, real estate advisory firm Knight Frank enrolled a total of 61 employees in human resourcerelated courses conducted by Human Capital Singapore (HCS), the national centre for continuing education and training. Among the employees were two surprise names Mr Danny Yeo, Knight
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    • 102 4 V ti WHAT DRIVES THE PEOPLE DRIVING YOUR COMPANY? www.hcs.com.sg We believe that People are the single, most powerful resource that an organisation depends on to achieve its organisational goals. Human Capital Singapore (HCS) is the national GET centre offering the full suite of Human Resources Workforce Skills Qualifications (HR
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  • BUSINESS
    • 444 1 REUTERS WASHINGTON United States regulators yesterday made their most forceful attempt yet to clamp down on bank bonuses since the 2007-2009 financial crisis, but the proposals pale in comparison to harsher restrictions already set in Europe. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp proposed that executives at
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    • 56 1 MONDAY CLOSE 12,161.60 (+0.57%) Friday 12,092.20 p 0.25% Thursday 12,062.26 p 0.17% Wednesday 12.060.46 p 0.01% Tuesday 12,040.16 p 1.25% NYSETOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Citigroup 386.1m $4.90 p 1.66% Bank of America 147.0m $14.67 p 2.66% Ford 117.8m $16.11 p 2.48% Sprint Nextel 53.7m $4.40 UNCH
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    • 13 1 Ç FTSE100 6,051.03 (+0.89%) Ç Ç DAX 7,283.62 (+0.93%) CAC40 4,090.80 (+1.08%)
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    • 21 1 US$1 $1.275 US$1 £0.620 US$1 €0.736 US$1 ¥82.295 US$1 A$0.987 US$1 HK$7.784 All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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    • OVERNIGHT
      • 88 1 Buoyed by M&As Merger activity drove the Dow and S&P to two-and-a-half-year highs in the latest in a series of mileposts that point to more gains ahead. Buying accelerated after the S&P 500 broke through the 1,313 mark, taking the index further into levels that prevailed before the
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      • 93 1 Plunge on Egypt woes Oil prices fell sharply as concerns about Egypt’s political turmoil affecting oil flows in the region eased and investor focus returned to rising US inventories and a tepid employment picture. Total US crude trading volume was 640,000 lots, the lowest level since Jan 3, according
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    • 178 1 BLOOMBERG SEATTLE Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is planning a management shuffle that will put in place more senior product executives who have a strong engineering background, two people with knowledge of the decision said yesterday. Changes may be announced this month, said one
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    • 578 1 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON President Barack Obama yesterday urged American businesses to “get in the game” by letting loose trillions of dollars being held in reserves, saying that they can help create a “virtuous cycle” of more sales, higher demand and greater profits
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    • 460 3 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia’s economy grew 6.9 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2010, the strongest pace in six years, the government said yesterday, blowing past expectations and increasing the chances of further central bank tightening in coming months to head off inflationary
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    • 231 3 AGENCIES MOSCOW Russia is following China in relying on reserve ratio requirements to drain cash from the economy and avoid luring more speculative investment. “We stand ready to continue increasing mandatory requirements, if needed,” Bank Rossii chairman Sergey Ignatiev said
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    • 197 3 AGENCIES TOKYO The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has not run out of measures to support growth but sees the economy emerging from a lull, Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said yesterday, reinforcing views that an imminent monetary easing would not be likely. He was also
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    • 418 2  -  RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The global semiconductor industry is putting last year’s slump behind it. Between January last year and last month, memory prices more than halved, handing Elpida, the sole Japanese manufacturer of chips for use in personal computers, its
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    • 254 2  -  RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE The acting chief executive officer of Fullerton Fund Management, a unit of investment company Temasek Holdings, has quit. Mr Choy Peng Wah will be stepping down with effect from Friday, Fullerton said yesterday. Mr Choy, who had joined the fund
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    • 82 2 Mainboard-listed Pacific ShippingTrust has appointed Mr Lim Sim Keat as its chief executive officer with effect from March. Acting CEO Teo Choo Wee will return to the trust’s sponsor, Pacific International Lines, and continue as director of the board of trustee-manager PST Management, a position
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    • 47 1 FEBRUARY 8, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF GOOGLE GETS YOU UP CLOSE TO YOUR FAVOURITE ARTWORK. T2 WHERE IS THE LOVE? BREAKOUT LEADS THE PACK OF STAR AWARDS NOMINEES. T6 NATALIE PORTMAN: ‘I’VE RECONCILED WITH MY CAREER.’ T8 CRITICS ROAST THE BLACK EYED PEAS’ SUPER BOWL SHOW. T10
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    • 1431 2  -  The Google Art Project offers access to art treasures but still needs more tweaking Roberta Smith features@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES ONLINE ART? Why not? Google unveiled last week its Art Project www.googleartproject.com a Web endeavour that offers easy, if not yet seamless, access to
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 432 6 Award nominations favour dramatic fare such as Breakout, The Family Court IT’S nearly time once again for the Star Awards, the annual ceremony held in recognition of the brightest talents in the local Mandarin television industry.The nominees were announced yesterday, with the awards show to
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    • 724 8  -  Natalie Portman finally ‘reconciled’ with career Jenelle Riley Jenelle Riley features@mediacorp.com.sg REUTERS THOUGH she has been an actor for much of her 29 years, Natalie Portman admitted there was a time when she wondered about other career choices. “There were moments when I questioned it,
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    • 92 9  -  MAYO MARTIN Like everyone else, the arts scene took a break over the Chinese New Year holidays as everyone spent time with their families or watched movies whether it was the lauded It’s A Great, Great World in mainstream cinemas or the one-off screening of Chinese
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      • 52 9 Huayi Festival The annual festival celebrating Chinese arts continues this week with performances including dance production As If To Nothing by Sang Jijia, Toy Factory’s DecipheringThe Peach Garden Oat h and The National Theatre Of China’s Red Rose White Rose. Until Feb 13, various times and venues, The Esplanade.Tickets
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        144 9 A View of Total Theatre: Remembering William Teo A look at the legacy of Singapore’s theatre pioneer William Teo through screenings of his past productions and a public forum with theatre stalwarts T Sasitharan, Elizabeth de Roza, Jeremiah Choy and Sonny Lim. Feb 11 and 12, various times, at
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      • 104 9 Angels Young artist Ruben Pang’s ongoing first solo exhibition features paintings described as “projections of his psyche”, exploring colour, shape and transparency. Until Feb 18, 10am to 6pm on weekdays and 11am to 4pm on weekends, Chan Hampe Galleries Tanjong Pagar, #04-02,21 Tanjong Pagar Road. Closed on Wednesday.
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      458 10 Not quite the night for music stars at Super Bowl REUTERS WHILE it was a boon for American football fans on Super Bowl Sunday, the night didn’t have the same zing for the pop stars who performed. First, Christina Aguilera fumbled a line of the American national
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    • 289 11 REUTERS GARY Moore, former guitarist with the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, has died in Spain.The Belfast-born guitarist was 58. “It is with deep sorrow and regret that we have to announce that Gary Moore passed away while on holiday in Spain last night,” a
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    • 272 11 REUTERS FILMING will begin on the long-awaited Hobbit movies next month, ending extended delays due to a series of woes including funding problems and a labour dispute which nearly saw the project shifted out of New Zealand. The two films are being directed by
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    • 234 12 ON MEDIACORP FEAST FIGHT (Premiere) Channel 5, 9pm In this new celebrity game show, famous TV characters are pitted against each other to transform well-known local delicacies into healthier but still tasty versions. In tonight’s episode, Phua Chu Kang (Gurmit Singh) and Barbarella (Michelle Chong) will be whipping up their
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    • 829 14  -  Buses bring health screening to the community Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg USUALLY, when you board a bus, you whip out your EZ-Link card to pay the fare and jostle with fellow commuters for a seat. On board health screening buses offered by several local healthcare groups, however,
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      • 66 15 FIND out how severely obese individuals can lose weight in the most appropriate way. Learn more about supervised meal supplements, surgery and the various alternative medicine in the market. Date: Feb 25 Time: 1pm to 2pm Venue: 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Health Education
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      187 15 HEALTH BITE CHOCOLATE lovers will be happy to know that new research has found that chocolate is a rich source of antioxidants and contains more polyphenols and flavanols than fruit juice.The research findings are published in the open access journal Chemistry Central Journal. It is widely known
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    • 210 15 Parkway East Hospital Meet The Specialists A Community Health Education Symposium 19 February 2011, Saturday 1.00 pm 3.30 pm Parkway East Hospital, Level 3 Conference Room, Hospital Main Building 321 Joo Chiat Place, Singapore *****0 Programme 1.00 pm 1.30 pm 1.45 pm 2.15 pm 2.45 pm 3.00 pm 3.30 pm
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