Today, 12 May 2011, Afternoon Edition

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  • 39 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Thursday May 12, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Thursday May 12, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 1243 1  -  Minister Lim Hwee Hua says PAP needs to seriously look at transforming itself TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She said that she had been caught by surprise. Surprise at how deep the resentment and unhappiness against the People’s Action
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    • 68 1 HEAVYWEIGHTS VS FEATHERWEIGHTS IN YOUR T SECTION HOT NEWS 12 WHERE IS THE ‘CROWN PRINCE OF TERROR’? EN BLOC ACTIVITY PICKS UP HOT NEWS 6 AFTERNOON LATEST BUSINESS SINGTEL Q4 NET PROFIT DOWN 2.3% 46 BANK OF ENGLAND WARNS OF INFLATION RISK 46 AIG, US TREASURY OFFER 300 MILLION SHARES
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 292 2  -  TEO XUANWEI Her defeat in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency electoral battle means that “the score (for female full Cabinet ministers) has now dropped back to zero again” but Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister in the Prime Minister’s
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    • 662 3 Voters and grassroots point to new residents, a desire for upgrading and the Sennet Estate factor SINGAPORE On Saturday, the Opposition stronghold of Potong Pasir was finally breached by the ruling party after 27 years. People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate Sitoh Yih
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    • 420 4  -  SHARON SEE sharonsee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The final tally of votes for the General Election with the inclusion of overseas votes yesterday did not alter the margin for Potong Pasir, which was wrested away from the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) by the
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    • 149 4  -  QUIYI TAN Mrs Lina Chiam, the losing Singapore People’s Party candidate in Potong Pasir, said she would only confirm tomorrow whether she would accept the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat. She spoke to the media last night following a Central Executive Committee meeting. Mrs
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    • 486 6  -  STELLA LEE stellalee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two sites were launched for collective tender yesterday with the en bloc sale market feverishly picking up activity for this year as confidence in the Singapore economy remains buoyant. Compared to last year, average transaction sizes for collective sales have increased
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    • 282 8  - Tata’s s$440m investment to connect the world from S'pore RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tata Communications has committed to a stronger focus in building its business out of Singapore, with plans to invest close to S$440 million over the next four years. The communications provider will also increase the workforce here
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    • 446 8  -  TRAVIS TEO SINGAPORE The Economic Development Board (EDB) of Singapore says it expects to generate more than 4,500 skilled electronics jobs from the investments attracted this year. Towards this end, the SEMICON Singapore conference at Suntec has dedicated an exhibition
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    • 552 10  -  Area at Kallang could include a tennis academy and various R&D facilities TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While local athletes and sports fans around the country await the completion of the S$1.33 billion Sports Hub, it turns out the area at Kallang adjacent
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    • 361 12 Fears arise that Osama’s youngest son may have escaped capture THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON A relative of Osama bin Laden disappeared during the American raid that killed the Al Qaeda leader, according to Pakistan security officials, deepening confusion over the fate of a
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    • 282 12 THE NEW YORK TIMES The adult sons of Osama bin Laden have lashed out at United States President Barack Obama in their first public reaction to their father’s death, accusing the US of violating its basic legal principles by killing an unarmed man, shooting
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    • 156 8 “This is my iimi Make my for Do you agree? Those who agree and say “Yes”, might be content with their lives and happy to have others make decisions for them. However, saying “No” is probably only right IF you had full control over everything. But, none of us has
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    • 312 11 Joshua Liaw Associate Director, Commercial Real Estate, Standard Chartered Ban Graduate, Summa Cum L Dean's List. President, Economics Society, SMU Winner, MAS essay competition. JCCI Singapore-Waseda S School of Economics Do you see opportunities in crises? i Jovine Loy Assistant Director, External Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore. Graduate, Magna Cum
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 903 14  -  The impact of the ASEAN-China FTA has caused unhappy rumbles, which states must move to better manage HANK LIM, SIMON TAY Hank Lim is senior research fellow and Simon Tay is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. The free trade agreement between
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    • 944 16  -  Four ‘what if’ scenarios depending on who comes out on top and the military’s all-pervasive hand PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN Pavin Chachavalpongpun is a fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. It is official: Thailand will hold its national elections on July 3. Parliament was
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    • 568 18  -  HARA KOUKI Hara Kouki is a researcher in Athens. This is abridged from a longer commentary. THE GUARDIAN A year after the International Monetary Fund and the European Union imposed their now infamous austerity memorandum on Greece, life here has changed radically. If you
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    • 769 19  -  CON COUGHLIN Con Coughlin, the Telegraph’s executive foreign editor, is a world-renowned expert on the Middle East and Islamic terrorism. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH When the term “Arab Spring” entered the collective vocabulary this year, it was meant to encapsulate the youthful exuberance
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  • VOICES
    • 843 20  -  I SAY Adrian Kwong Potong Pasir was regained by the People’s Action Party by 114 votes out of 17,327 cast. At the same time, 242 votes were rejected, a tiny number that could clearly have made a difference in the result. People are asking
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    • 135 23  -  LETTER BY MATTHEW YEO I am a professional working in Singapore on an Employment Pass and I come from a nearby country. My personal view is, by all accounts, the present government, although not perfect, has done very well in comparison to other countries. Singaporeans
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    • 87 23  -  LETTER FROM TAN KEONG BOON It would benefit prospective tutors if the Ministry of Education conducts certification courses. Qualified professionals could be employed to conduct such courses. Many senior citizens, retirees and young graduates looking to spend their time usefully and earn an income might
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    • Where's a student to study?
      • 132 23  -  Letter from Daphne Ho Shu Xuan THERE are not enough public places for students to study. Very often, we see students hogging seats at fast-food restaurants, cafés and Changi airport for hours and this has inconvenienced those who want to find a place to dine. I have
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      • 196 23  -  Letter from Francesco Ferri MORE than once, my girlfriend and I have gone into Starbucks and bought a coffee, only to realise there was no empty seat and that a good portion of the tables had been taken up by girls and boys studying. This situation is
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    • 142 23  -  LETTER FROM DEREK HO DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL ENVIROMENT AGENCY We refer to the letters “A smokefree plea Ban smoking while walking, at traffic junctions too” (April 13), “Is there a right place to light-up?” (April 14) and “Smokers and
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    • 24 20 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices WHERE’S A STUDENT TO STUDY? ‘Make parks student-friendly’ ‘Seat-hoggers affect others’ PAGE
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 86 20 Your aunt just called. She's at the airport. Can you pick her up? Aunty! How did you get here so quickly? "S It's easy. I took the train at the airport to the bus interchange and then, took a bus here. w Wc -J Next time, there'll be new lines,
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 44 23 VOICES ON RADIO This exam period, how do we get students out of cafes and fastfood outlets into more appropriate places for revising their work? 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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  • SINGAPORE
    • 462 25 SINGAPORE MediaCorp’s “live” coverage of the General Election results on television on Saturday reached more than 2.42 million viewers, attracting 20 per cent more viewers than in 2006. The six-and-a-half hour programme, Vote 2011 Singapore, was produced in four languages and shown over five
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    • 372 25  -  TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In his maiden Meet-the-Peo-ple session (MPS) at Hougang Single Member Constituency, residents came not only from Hougang but from the neighbouring Aljunied Group Representation Constituency as well to meet Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong. There could
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    • 294 27  -  VIMITA MOHANDAS vimita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s strong tripartite cooperation between the Government, employers and unions has benefitted all in recent years, including helping Singapore survive the recent global financial crisis relatively unscathed, said Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong (picture). The tripartite partners
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    • 209 27  -  LYNDA HONG SINGAPORE Customer satisfaction has reached an all-time high in the retail sector, according to the latest Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore released by the Institute of Service Excellence (ISES). The customer satisfaction score for the sector rose 3.5 per
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    • 284 30  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A former secretary in a ship design company was sentenced yesterday to five years jail after committing forgery and criminal breach of trust involving nearly S$720,000. Teo Puay Ee (picture), 48, who worked at Shiptech, committed the offences
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    • 266 30  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A construction worker who stole more than S$19,000 worth of cables from a storage room at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) with three other accomplices has been sentenced to seven months’jail. Kakkayan Govindarasan (picture), a 27-year-old Indian national, pleaded guilty
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    • 113 30 Police have arrested a 32-year-old man who is believed to be responsible for at least six cases of snatch theft committed in Yishun. The suspect would approach victims from behind and snatch their purses and handphones. In the latest case on Monday, a 56-year-old
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    • 385 25 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW I Earthworms have five hearts. 2. The percentage of people dreaming in black and white decreased after the introduction of color television. 3.One million “$1 bills” weigh one tonne. 4. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. f Aberdeen Asia manages over US$6.5 billion 1
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    • 373 27 DID KNOW 6. A cockroach can survive more than a week without its head. 7. It would take a car travelling at lOOmph, more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star. 8. A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds. 9. It is impossible to sneeze with
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  • WORLD
    • 283 32 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER GEORGETOWN The Penang government has filed a formal complaint to the Home Ministry demanding stern action against Malay language daily Utusan Malaysia for its report last week alleging a Christian conspiracy involving the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP). Penang Chief
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    • Article, Illustration
      56 32 Petrol bombs explode next to riot policemen during clashes with protesters in Athens yesterday. Police fired teargas at dozens of youths hurling stones in central Athens yesterday as a strike against an EU/IMF prescribed austerity brought much of Greece to a halt during talks on the next slice
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    • 160 32 REUTERS China’s state media yesterday sought to play down disagreements with the United States over human rights during their latest talks in Washington, signalling a more mature approach to tackling the thorny topic. The official Xinhua news agency praised the frank
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    • 287 34 REUTERS BANGKOK Thailand’s army filed a complaint against a historian yesterday for alleged insults against the monarchy, the latest in a series of moves by the military to reassert itself as a defender of the country’s revered royal family. Mr Somsak
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    • 105 36 BLOOMBERG Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) will be monitored by the government as a condition for state financial aid to ensure full compensation will be paid to those affected by the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. The government outlined
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    • 263 36 AP BEIJING Officials scrambled yesterday to figure out how thieves broke into China’s famed Forbidden City, the heavily guarded former home of the country’s emperors, and stole seven art pieces made of gold and encrusted with jewels from a visiting exhibit. It was
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    • 146 36 AP AThai opposition lawmakerwas wounded in a drive-by shooting near Bangkok, an attack denounced yesterday as the first election-related violence as the country gears up for tense national polls. TheTuesday evening attack came a day after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolved the lower
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    • 139 40 REUTERS Libyan rebels took control of Misrata airport yesterday after heavy fighting with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, Al Jazeera television reported. A correspondent for the Qatarbased satellite channel, speaking from Benghazi, quoted a rebel spokesman as saying that “the
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    • 286 40 AP BEIRUT The Syrian army shelled residential areas in central Syria yesterday, an escalation in the government’s attempts to crush a popular revolt against President Bashar Assad’s rule. Heavy gunfire was heard as at least three residential neighbourhoods were hit by tank fire in the
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    • 300 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ROME Italians fled Rome yesterday over fears a giant earthquake is coming following a seismologist’s 1915 prediction that “the big one” would strike on May 11 this year. Businesses have reported requests from one in five people to have time off from
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    • 68 42 College students wearing traditional Korean costumes dance during the grand Confucian ceremony of Seokjeon at a shrine at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul yesterday. Seokjeon is a bi-annual ritual to consecrate Chinese philosopher Confucius and his disciples as supreme teachers at civil temples, honour their virtues and follow their teachings.
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    • 109 42 AP WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation’s gold medal, an Australian human rights award. The Sydney Peace Foundation has been awarding prizes for 14 years and some of its highest-profile honorees include anti-apart-heid icon Nelson Mandela and the Dalai
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    • 105 42 AP Residents in the tropical paradise where Prince William and Kate are reportedly honeymooning said they are proud to host the royal couple. British media said the pair jetted off to the Seychelles on Tuesday. The archipelago in the Indian Ocean is home
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    • 234 44 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SAN FRANCISCO Not content with dominating the Internet, Google is to set its sights on integrating with users’ whole homes, too. A new range of devices, to launch by the end of the year, will include light bulbs, dishwashers, thermostats
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    • 108 44 A Japanese lingerie maker yesterday unveiled a bra that carries messages of encouragement from overseas as the country struggles to recover from a devastating quake and tsunami two months ago. The white, bustier-style garment and matching skirt by Triumph are covered with messages from
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    • 154 44 REUTERS LONDON A study of more than 400,000 IVF cycles has found that doctors should aim to retrieve around 15 eggs from a woman’s ovaries in a single cycle for the best chance of achieving a live birth. The study, published in the
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    • 222 46 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE The Bank of England warned yesterday that inflation in Britain could hit 5 per cent this year, raising the likelihood that the central bank would lift its main interest rate from the record low level at which
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    • 509 46 Slide due to steep fall in contribution from Bharti REUTERS SINGAPORE SingTel, South-east Asia’s biggest telecom firm, posted a 2.3-per-cent fall in its quarterly profit, in line with market forecasts, due to a steep fall in contribution from its Indian unit, Bharti Airtel. Bharti
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    • 225 48 AP AFTERNOON NEW YORK Bailed-out global insurance company American International Group and the United States government are offering to sell a total of 300 million AIG shares to the public. The stock sale would be a big step by the
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    • 473 50  -  JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The chips were down for the local gaming sector last week but its fortunes are set to change. Analysts say they expect stocks of gaming companies such as Genting Singapore to stage a strong rebound in coming weeks. This
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      479 52  -  Poly students to represent Singapore at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup PETER YEO SINGAPORE A team from Temasek Polytechnic has been chosen out of 232 entries as the winner of the Singapore leg of Microsoft’s 9th annual Imagine Cup Championship. Team ElderGuardian comprises four students, Satrughan Kumar Singh, Ho Chee
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    • 236 52 REUTERS Facebook users’ personal information could have been accidentally leaked to third parties, in particular advertisers, over the past few years, Symantec said on its official blog. Third parties would have had access to personal information such as profiles and chats, and
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    • 587 54 SPRING SINGAPORE “DO COMPANIES see themselves as merely a business or one that has a unique business model?” This is the question Mr Mike Tiong, Group CEO of McCoy Holdings (McCoy), poses to fellow entrepreneurs. The difference is that companies that see themselves as
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    • 479 56  -  Ex-Spain star calls S’pore the ‘ideal gateway’ as talks to open tennis academy continues TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former Spain tennis star Emilio Sanchez reached as high as world No 7 in 1990. With five Grand Slams in the doubles events and 15
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    • 404 56 SINGAPORE Rugby chief Low Teo Ping has denied an international media report that Singapore has withdrawn its interest in hosting some matches of the 2019 Rugby World Cup (RWC 2019). Quoting the Kyodo news agency, AFP reported yesterday that Japan Rugby
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    • 566 57  -  Yang Zi, Wang face moment of truth today as they bid for semi-final prize LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg ROTTERDAM Honing a doubles game in table tennis is a little like magic. Players try to find the right mix of skill, speed and chemistry to form a perfect
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    • 160 58 REUTERS Novak Djokovic stretched his unbeaten run for the year to 33 matches after crushing Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 6-0 6-3 with an imperious display in the second round of the Rome Masters yesterday. The world No 2, who beat Rafa Nadal to win the Madrid Masters
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    • 437 58 AGENCIES GENEVA Facing a deepening corruption scandal, FIFA yesterday asked the English Football Association to provide evidence to back up claims that six executive committee members were involved in bribery during the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding
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    • 137 58 AP Derrick Rose scored 33 points and Luol Deng added 23 as the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 95-83 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals yesterday morning (Singapore time) to take a 3-2 lead. Taj Gibson had 11 points all in the
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    • 495 59 AP AFTERNOON LATEST LA LIGA Levante 1 Barcelona 1 VALENCIA Barcelona celebrated its third straight Spanish league title yesterday evening (early this morning Singapore time) on the very same pitch where the Catalan club began its current run of unparallelled successes seven seasons ago. Barcelona’s 1-1
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    • 966 9  -  The city of sails is as pretty as you’d imagine and more exciting than you Gasthoori Manickam gasthoori@mediacorp.com.sg ASA destination, New Zealand has successfully shed its retiree image. And its largest city is more than just an idyllic getaway to the natural wonders and stunning landscapes
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    • 315 8 Hong Kong Disneyland is celebrating for its anniversary and we’re taking the magic to a whole new level of excitement, beginning January 21, 2011. Get ready for Celebration in the Air as Sorcerer Mickey and Tinker Bell transform the park into an enchanted wonderland. Be amazed at the new, interactive
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 403 7 REUTERS NINE years after Woody Allen’s Hollywood Ending raised the curtain on the Cannes Film Festival, the director returned to the French resort for yesterday’s openingnight festivities with Midnight In Paris, which also had French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in a small
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    • 408 3  -  Tyson is far from the first athlete to cash in on TV opportunities. Here are a few more MAY SEAH DENNIS RODMAN YOU know it’s not going to be pretty when the list ofTV shows he’s starred in includes a reality programme called Celebrity Rehab With
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