Today, 3 March 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday March 3, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Chiam pulls party out of alliance
    409 1  -  CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The curveballs within the Opposition ranks are coming fast and furious now, with the biggest twists and turns revolving around the longest serving Opposition leader here, Mr Chiam See Tong. Two days after the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) relieved
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    ‘Budget gives more than required’
    563 1  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If rolling out the heftiest Government Budget to date was insufficient for sceptics, the Finance Minister went back yesterday to the principles that underpinned the Government’s system of taxes and transfers to convince them. “Efficient and equitable” was how Mr
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      41 1 GUNNERS SWAT ASIDE HAPLESS ORIENT SPORTS PAGE TECH LATEST PAGE B1 LOOK WHO’S TALKING APPLE CEO STEVE JOBS, WHO HAS BEEN OUT ON ‘INDEFINITE’ MEDICAL LEAVE, MAKES A SURPRISE APPEARANCE TO UNVEIL THE FASTER, LIGHTER IPAD 2 THE NEW YORK TIMES
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      Expenditure to go up as Govt plans more future investments
      314 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Over the next five years, the Government’s expenditure will inch upwards as it ploughs more investments in the Republic’s future. And Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam assured the House yesterday that the higher expenditure will come
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      More to be done about social mobility: Shanmugaratnam
      454 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE There is still social mobility here, even if it may not be as fast as before this was the assessment of Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam as he addressed a common concern voiced by several Members of Parliament (MP).
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      285 2 Looking for You're right The IKEA sale is now on but for a limited time only, affordable prices even lower. Hurry down to your 389 SMADAL coffee table Particleboard. L88xW57, H43cm. White. 8. 9 °/3-pk FATTBAR 3-piece knife set Polypropylene plastic, synthetic rubber, stainless steel. White/black. 12 il 9 EDIT
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  • NEWS
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      ‘All 87 seats likely to be contested’
      317 3  -  CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE It is “most likely” that all 87 seats will be contested that is what Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) acting secretary-general Mohd Nazem Suki told MediaCorp last night after chairing Round 1 of
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      Lock icon Israel revives stalled peace accord
      231 3 AFTERNOON LATEST THE NEW YORK TIMES JERUSALEM There were signs yesterday of a new effort to restart the IsraeliPalestinian peace process after months of stagnation, but chances of a resumption of talks looked slim and Israel appeared to be stepping back from the stated goal
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      Lock icon WikiLeaker 'aided the enemy'
      213 3 REUTERS WASHINGTON The United States military said yesterday it has brought 22 new charges against a soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive US government documents that were later published by the website WikiLeaks. Bradley Manning, a former intelligence analyst suspected of obtaining the
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      CNA: 'No attempt to discriminate against SDP'
      540 10 SINGAPORE The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has written to Channel NewsAsia, protesting against its exclusion from a special edition of the channel’s Talking Point programme about the recent changes to the electoral boundaries, which first aired on Sunday night. The programme brought together
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      MORE FACILITIES FOR WHAMPOA RESIDENTS
      125 10 A riverside park and an improved community club. These are among some of the new facilities that residents of Whampoa, the new single ward, can look forward to, according to the MPforJalan Besar GRC, Mr Heng Chee How. The People’s Action Party is also likely
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      188 3 great deals? on time! We're clearing room for new arrivals so we've made our nearest IKEA store before sale time's up! *9. 90 33:5 90 ZITA RAND apron 100% cotton. Black/white. NORDBY bed tray Polypropylene plastic, steel L57xW36cm. Red. PIRO wall clock Birch veneer, clear acrylic lacquer, glass. W23xD5, H23cm.
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      More projects to help ageing population
      389 4  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is ambitious and mega The City for All Ages Project, involving various key government agencies. The aim is to make the built environment “liveable” for seniors and establish Singapore as a global centre for urban solutions on ageing. Minister-in-charge
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      More initiatives could help raise fertility rate
      333 4  -  ESTHER NG SINGAPORE The Republic’s wide-ranging measures to spur procreation came under scrutiny in Parliament yesterday, as some Members of Parliament cast doubt on their effectiveness and suggested additional initiatives. The Total Fertility Rate here had slumped to 1.16 last year a record
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      8 in 10 public officers offered re-employment
      292 6  -  ESTHER NG SINGAPORE If the private sector follows the public sector’s lead in re-employing older workers as Jurong GRC MP Halimah Yacob urged yesterday these are the benchmarks to expect: Eight in 10 officers were offered re-employment in the last two years, and
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      DPM Teo on salary issue
      1043 6  -  Low supported benchmarking and variable pay for Civil Service THE issues of recruitment and talent retention in the Civil Service which includes political leaders were brought up in Parliament yesterday by East Coast GRC MP Jessica Tan during the cut for the Prime Minister’s Office.
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      Lock icon SAF to step up contributions to Afghanistan
      279 8  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will step up its contributions to Afghanistan as the country remains a key node in the global fight against terrorism, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday. To that end, another
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      Lock icon SAF boosts 'software' development to attract staff
      545 8  -  TEO XUANWEI xu anwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When he signed on as a regular during his National Service days, he had only Secondary 2 education. Today, Senior Warrant Officer (SWO) Amar Singh, 52, has become one of only two non-commissioned officers to head a unit.
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      107 8 “Research gives me the opportunity to work on challenging and important problems, immersing me in a culture of creativity.” Ngiam Jiquan National Science Scholarship (PhD) Computer Science, Stanford University BSc in Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University A*STAR Scholarship Seminar What’s life like as an A*STAR scholar? What are the various
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  • VOICES
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      No Golden Globes, now no Oscars
      272 12  -  Letter from Wee Jun Jie Aaron WITH movies such as Inception, The Social Network and The Black Swan such a hit with Singaporeans. While celebrities such as Natalie Portman, Christian Bale and Amy Adams local favourites, I find it hard to understand why MediaCorp
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      Lock icon MediaCorp responds
      190 12  -  Letter from Joy Olby-Tan Joy Olby-Tan Vice President, Network Acquisitions, Channel 5, MediaCorp WE REFER to the letter by Mr Aaron Wee. Regrettably, Channel 5 was not able to carry the “live” coverage of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards 2011 this year as it was not made available
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      Government committed to supporting parenthood
      317 14  -  Letter from Tay Choon Hong Director, Marriage and Parenthood Policy Directorate National Population and Talent Division WE thank Mr Kelvin Seah for his letter, “Do stats tell whole story?” (March 2). Many studies have attempted to establish a causal relationship between family policies and changes
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      WHAT ABOUT PREGNANT WORKERS ON CONTRACT TERMS?
      189 14  -  LETTER FROM CHRISTINA LEUNG I REFER to the letter “MOM will not hesitate to act against errant employers” (March 2). Thankfully, there is an Employment Act to safeguard workers from unfair dismissal during their pregnancy. However, only pregnant workers on permanent employment can
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      A need to re-distribute GST?
      354 14  -  Letter from Stamford Seah WITH the widening of the income gap and rising inflation, the Goods and Services (GST) tax has been the main attacking point for the opposition. After watching the parliamentary debate on the issue on television, I would like to suggest the
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      A rebate fund is the answer
      168 14  -  Letter from Tan Kok Tim I REFER to the report “Bread-and-butter issues in the spotlight” (March 1) and in particular to the debates in Parliament on the call made by a Member of Parliament to reduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate. Why
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      210 12 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices WHEN JUSTICE CALLS FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION PAGE A member of UW. psb W Ararlon Academy For people who love a challenge. At PSB Academy, we work our students hard. When our graduates head out into the world, they're
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      50 14 VOICES ON RADIO A proposed new road in Clementi that cuts through a bird sanctuary has sparked debate. Are you all for convenience for road users or preserving a nature haven? Tune in to TalkBack on 938Live from 8.15am to 8.45am tomorrow. Call us at *****938 and share your views.
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon It’s only just begun
      972 16  -  What Obama, Google Earth and the Beijing Olympics have to do with the Arab uprisings THOMAS FRIEDMAN Thomas Friedman has won three Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2002for commentary. THE NEW YORK TIMES Future historians will long puzzle over how the self-immolation of a Tunisian
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      Lock icon When justice calls for military intervention
      897 18  -  Libya was a test of how serious the world takes its responsibility to protect its people and the UN disappointed PETER SINGER Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His most recent book is
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      Lock icon Galliano and the taste for transgression
      907 20  -  Fashion’s endless appetite for taboo-busting played its own part in his anti-Semitic rant in a bar LINDA GRANT THE GUARDIAN The first fashion show I ever went to was John Galliano for Dior in 2002. The spectacle was so extreme, so ridiculous, and the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US SOLDIERS KILLED IN FRANKFURT AIRPORT SHOOTING
      124 24 AGENCIES An attack on a bus carrying US soldiers at Frankfurt airport left two people dead and two seriously injured, dpa-AFX reported. The victims were probably US soldiers, the report said, adding that a 21-year-old man from Kosovo had been arrested. An airport
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      Lock icon Libya exposes China’s Africa risks
      225 24 AP BEIJING Tens of thousands of Chinese workers are scrambling to escape the chaos in Libya, highlighting the risks taken by Chinese businesses piling into unstable African countries in search of oil, gas and other resources. Beijing is taking unprecedented steps to aid with the
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      Lock icon Gaddafi fights back
      371 24 Rebels, Gaddafi forces battle over Libyan oil port AP BREGA (Libya) Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi battled government opponents for control of a key oil installation and airstrip on the Mediterranean coast in a counter-offensive yesterday against the rebel-held eastern half of the country. At
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      Lock icon IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
      227 24 AGENCIES •Egypt: A state-owned Egyptian newspaper yesterday said former President Hosni Mubarak was being treated in hospital in Saudi Arabia, the latest media report about the ex-President’s health that comes after the army denied earlier speculation. The army could not immediately be reached
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      Lock icon Gunmen kill Christian Pakistani minister
      320 26 AP ISLAMABAD Assailants purportedly sent by Al Qaeda and the Taliban killed the only Christian member of Pakistan’s federal Cabinet yesterday, spraying his car with bullets outside his parents’ driveway in Islamabad. It was the second assassination in two months of a high-profile opponent of
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      Lock icon M’sian opposition resigned to twin by-election losses
      304 26 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR With their hearts and minds already focussed on crucial Sarawak polls, possibly a month away, a lethargic Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is counting the cost of campaigning for twin by-elections in West Malaysia. The opposition coalition of the People’s
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      Lock icon CHRISTCHURCH MAY MOVE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WITHIN TWO MONTHS
      164 28 BLOOMBERG New Zealand's government may relocate Christchurch’s central business district to the edges of the city after last week’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake destroyed almost a quarter of the centre’s office buildings. The government is in talks with the Chamber of Commerce about
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      Lock icon US considers resuming food aid to North Korea
      262 28 AP WASHINGTON The United States is considering resumption of food aid to North Korea, following warnings by aid groups that many face starvation after a harsh winter. Special envoy Stephen Bosworth told the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Tuesday that the
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      Lock icon 11 charged after recent protests in Malaysia
      198 28 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian prosecutors have charged 11 ethnic Indian activists with being members of an outlawed group linked to recent protests against racial discrimination, a lawyer said yesterday. The charges are an apparent attempt to thwart what the authorities consider a threat
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      Lock icon Europe missile shield unfolds
      355 30 US deploys radar ship as part of defence against Iranian threat AP WASHINGTON The United States is sending a special radarequipped warship to the Mediterranean Sea next week, the first step in the development of a broad anti-ballistic missile system to protect Europe against a potential
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      Lock icon HIGH WATERS
      47 30 Floodwater covers part of Main Street in the American city of Findlay in Ohio on Tuesday. Storms that swept through the country’s mid-west and south spawned tornadoes, heavy rains and floods, killing at least five people, including four in the state of Tennessee. AP AP
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      Lock icon Afghan children mimic suicide bombers in video
      305 30 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Footage of children in Afghanistan apparently reenacting a suicide bombing has surfaced online. A video believed to feature Pashtun school children in southeast Afghanistan recreating a terrorist attack has been posted on social networking sites. The 84-second clip appears
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      Lock icon 10,000 UK TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN FACE THE SACK
      256 30 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Almost the entire contingent of Britain’s 10,000 troops in Afghanistan have been told they could be sacked within months after ministers disclosed plans to get rid of one in 10 members of the armed forces. The Ministry of Defence
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      Lock icon Regional turmoil spurs Israel to consider new peace plan
      236 30 BLOOMBERG JERUSALEM Israel may start a new peace initiative with the Palestinians as concern rises that Middle East turmoil will lead to renewed pressure on each side to resume talks. The plan envisions a phased approach to a final peace agreement,
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      Lock icon JAPAN MAY SLASH DEVELOPMENT AID TO CHINA
      109 34 REUTERS Japan may sharply reduce overseas development aid to China, Kyodo News agency reported yesterday, a decision that would come in the wake of China displacing Japan as the world's second-largest economy. Citing government sources, it said Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara had ordered
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      Lock icon DRUG CONVICT PHILIPPINE LEGISLATOR RESIGNS
      122 34 AP A Philippine legislator sentenced last week to 18 months in a Hong Kong prison after pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking has resigned from his post. House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr says he has accepted Representative Ronald Singson's resignation and that should start the process
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      Lock icon SPACE STATION GETS MUCH-NEEDED STORAGE ROOM
      131 34 AP The International Space Station received a sorely needed storage room on Tuesday, a 6.4m-long supply closet packed with goods and a humanoid robot that will remain boxed up for another two months. The space station and space shuttle crews teamed up to attach
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      Lock icon Republicans admit Obama's hard to beat
      430 34 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Republicans have abandoned the gloating rhetoric that followed their mid-term election gains in November, admitting that President Barack Obama will be difficult to beat in next year’s presidential election and expressing deep admiration for his political skills. Mr Obama’s opponents have been
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      Lock icon Qantas hit by new A-380 engine oil leak
      221 34 BLOOMBERG MELBOURNE Qantas Airways, forced to ground Airbus A-380s after a mid-air engine explosion in November, reported a second loss of oil from superjumbo turbines in less than two weeks. Pilots idled a Rolls-Royce engine on an A-380 flying from Singapore to
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      Lock icon Indian comics get a 'facelift'
      332 35 REUTERS NEW DELHI Characters from centuriesold myths and folktales have adorned the covers of children’s comic books in India for decades but a new wave of graphic novelists has emerged to shake up the art form. Their quest for ultra-Indian superheroes has created new crossover
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      Lock icon US congressman tops Jeopardy computer Watson
      296 35 AP WASHINGTON Turns out it really does take a rocket scientist to beat Watson, the Jeopardy-winning computer. United States congressman Rush Holt of New Jersey a five-time champion during the trivia show’s original run 35 years ago topped the IBM computer on Monday night
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      Lock icon Gunners through in a canter
      477 36 Bendtner’s hat-trick sets up quarter-final against Manchester United AFTERNOON LATEST AP LONDON Nicklas Bendtner’s hat-trick helped Arsenal rout Leyton Orient 5-0 in a fifth-round FA Cup replay while Manchester City eased past Aston Villa 3-0 to also make the quarterfinals last night. Marouane Chamakh and
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      154 36 AP Serena Williams is back home recuperating after two health scares she describes as “extremely hard, scary, and disappointing”. Her agents confirmed yesterday that Williams suffered from a blood clot in her lungs last week and later needed treatment for a haematoma. “I know I will
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      147 36 BLOOMBERG Lionel Messi scored the only goal as Barcelona beat Valencia last night to move 10 points clear of arch-rivals Real Madrid at the top of Spanish soccer’s La Liga. Messi, the World Player of the Year, sealed the win with 14 minutes left on
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      Lock icon Kids more important than majors
      935 37 ON BEATING NICKLAUS You are always very focused on the majors. You’ve got those 14 obviously in the bag. How much desire is still there with you when it comes to matching Jack’s total of 18 and perhaps beyond? TIGER: Well, I’m not trying to
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      181 37 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MERSEYSIDE Everton manager David Moyes has admitted his side deserved to get knocked out of the FA Cup by Championship side Reading. After stunning Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the previous round, Everton were expected to progress safely to the quarter-finals against
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      Lock icon Fandi gives back to football
      672 38  -  All set to launch his academy, he hopes to send three youngsters to Genoa for trials next month IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He has been home a fortnight and already has got into the swing of things, setting up an academy, scouting talent for
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      290 38 AP ORLANDO One of the biggest criticisms about the Orlando Magic this season has been that they are a finesse team that could not win tough, grind it out games. On Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time), they showed that there may be more layers
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      Protectors run riot at Hougang
      129 38 SINGAPORE Home United zoomed to the top of the Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League table on the back of their 5-0 away rout of Hougang United last night. Goals from Firdaus Kasman (18th), Firdaus Idros (78th), international Qui Li (86th), Asraf Rashid (90th) and an own goal
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      658 39  -  MOE have increased pool of qualified PE teachers to build a broad base of young athletes LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More than 1,300 youngsters, aged 9 to 19, will swim, cycle and run at Sentosa’s Siloso beach on Saturday, when the Milo MOE
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      235 39 Physical education Lower primary children learn basic movement and psychomotor skills like gymnastics before progressing to basic games concepts. In secondary school, activities like swimming, track and field and team games help in character-building and develops leadership skills. Focus here will be on game skills. Tertiary
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      407 39 AP MADRID Jose Mourinho ridiculed Manuel Pellegrini’s decision to coach at Malaga after being fired by Real Madrid at the end of last season. Mourinho stoked today’s Spanish league matchup between the clubs during a hostile news conference yesterday, when he also lashed
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      27 37 S.LEAGUE "LIVE" TELECAST Fri, 4 Mar, 7.30pm On Starhub Ch 201 Sports Arena or Preview Channel No Starhub set-top box? Go to Singapore Pools website for details.
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      769 5 COMMENTARY LIM SAY BOON Lim Say Boon is the chief investment officer of DBS Bank. Investors usually greet with scepticism bankers who come bearing messages of long-term investment. “So you mean I won’t make money in the short term?” And
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      389 5 SYDNEY Australia’s securities market regulator will outline steps to open the country’s equity market to foreign competitors for the first time in its 150-year history today, two people familiar with the matter said. A timetable for licensing new competitors such as
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      56 1 WEDNESDAY CLOSE 12,066.80 (+0.07%) Tuesday 12,058.00 q 1.38% Monday 12,226.30 p 0.79% Friday 12,130.50 p 0.51% Thursday 12,068.50 q 0.31% NYSETOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Citigroup 351.7m $4.60 p 0.66% Bank of America 114.8m $13.83 q 0.65% Weatherford Int’l 105.1m $21.14 q 10.12% Alcatel-Lucent 92.3m $5.25
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      13 1 È FTSE100 5,914.89 (-0.35%) È È DAX 7,181.12 (-0.58%) CAC40 4,034.32 (-0.81%)
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      9 1 Ç OIL US$102.23 (+US$2.60) Ç GOLD US$1,437.700 (+US$6.50)
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      23 1 US$1 S$1.270 US$1 £0.613 US$1 €0.721 US$1 CHF0.924 US$1 ¥81.813 US$1 A$0.984 US$1 HK$7.792 All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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        81 1 Eke out minor gains US stocks eked out gains despite another rise in oil prices as investors bet the latest data signalled the economy could absorb expected higher energy costs. “The initial shock waves from a spike in oil prices are gone and we are realising that the
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        111 1 Highest since August 2008 Oil rose to settle at its highest level since August 2008 after an airstrike near Libya’s oil infrastructure raised more fears the OPEC nation’s oil sector could become a target in embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi’s efforts to hold power. Said trader Andy Lebow: “It’s hard
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      497 1 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO A thin but energetic Steve Jobs made a surprise return to the spotlight yesterday, taking the stage to unveil Apple’s new iPad and drawing a standing ovation. The Silicon Valley legend has been out on medical leave since January and his reappearance, in
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      380 3 REUTERS HONG KONG Amid mounting public pressure for greater relief measures as inflation mounts, Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary yesterday made a rare U-turn on his annual budget by announcing fresh tax relief and cash handouts. Hong Kong last week announced a bumper surplus of
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      294 3 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Sands China fell the most in more than three months in Hong Kong trading after its majority shareholder, billionaire Sheldon Adelson's casino company, said it faced investigations from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Justice Department. Sands
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      344 3  -  STELLA LEE stellalee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Asia-based asset management companies need to grow and meet the investment demands that have come with increasing wealth and capital in Asia. Many of these companies are small, sometimes having assets under management (AUM) under US$200 million (S$254
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      414 3  -  RYAN HUANG SINGAPORE The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has downgraded its global industry forecast for this year due to the soaring costs of fuel. It now estimates that this year the industry will make US$8.6 billion (S$10.9
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      264 2 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China Forestry Holdings, which lists its bonds in the Singapore Exchange, said Li Han Chun, its former chief executive officer, was detained by police in China for the alleged embezzlement of 30 million yuan (S$5.8 million). Li, replaced by Mr Li Jian
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      213 2 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Temasek Holdings, the biggest shareholder of NIB Bank, bought more shares in the Pakistani lender as Singapore’s state-owned investment company increases holdings in Asia. Temasek bought Rs6.35 billion (S$180 million) of NIB Bank’s shares, representing its portion of the lender’s rights
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      155 2 CDL Hospitality Trusts has agreed to buy the Studio M Hotel for S$154 million, an acquisition that would raise the income available for distribution to unit holders this year. The deal, which works out to about S$428,000 per room, is expected to
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      149 2 Prices for Singapore’s luxury prime homes have remained stable for the second consecutive quarter. In its latest report on residential homes, property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle said prices in the fourth quarter of last year were unchanged from the third quarter as buyers
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      1416 2  -  Life’s still complicated for Avril Lavigne but ‘it’s not, like, a bad thing’ MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg I KNOW fans of Avril Lavigne adore her spunky-punky, goth-goes-cute-as-a-button image. Not being one of those people, I’d always imagined that if I ever met the little rocker chick in person,
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    740 3 Brought to you Mdm Goh tells Chan Seet Fun why private medical insurance is an integral part of her health insurance coverage BUYING private medical insurance out of a sense of obligation turned out to be a blessing in disguise for housewife Mdm
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      GIGGUIDE
      344 6 Jose James This dude has “consistently dazzled critics and audiences alike” and not with his clothes either. Check out his set of soul, hip-hop and jazz. Today, 8pm, TAB. Pre-sale tickets at S$38 (S$48 at the door). Details at www.tab.com.sg/2011/01/jose-james/ Hard Rock Battle OfThe Bands Come and see which
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        97 7  -  THE 2ND HOME KEVIN MATHEWS THERE’S no denying the fact that Chinese pop albums come in the most elaborate packages: Lavish sleeves with numerous glamour shots are usually the industry norm, and one might say Chinese pop fans definitely get value for money.This album from Hong Kong Cantopop
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        195 7  -  Relooking a classic record CHRISTOPHER TOH TIME’S UP BY LIVING COLOR (1990) LORE has it that when Vernon Reid, guitarist for rock band Living Color, was asked if he thought black people could play rock music, he quipped: “Four words: Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix.” And indeed, the
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        102 7  -  JAZZ MOODS KEVIN MATHEWS THIS jazz pop songstress from Philadelphia is given the comprehensive treatment on this twodisc showcase.The first CD has intepretations of pop and jazz standards like The Beatles’ The Long And Winding Road, Fever, Cry Me A River, Autumn Leaves and more. On the second
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      220 8 ON MEDIACORP POINT OF ENTRY Channel 5, 8pm The autopsy of a mysterious death of a traveller at Changi Airport turns out to be a severe drug overdose when her heroin levels are 400 times higher than regular overdose cases. But when this turns out to be a new Angel
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      189 8 ON MEDIACORP HELLOVASANTHAM Vasantham, 9pm With great music and a charming host in Vishnu, you’ll be bound to end your Thursday evening on a pleasant note.Tune in to catch your favourite Tamil music videos plus look out for quirky quizzes tonight! OKTORIGINAL: FESTIVE FACES: KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL okto, 10pm Personified in
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      361 9 1 The Lion King Based on the popular Walt Disney animated film, the award-winning Broadway musical debuts at Marina Bay Sands today. Elaborate performances come together with lavish costumes and sets in this production directed by Julie Taymor. Date: Until May 31 Time: Tue to Fri, 8pm;
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