Today, 18 October 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    40 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Tuesday October 18, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday October 18, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • Article
    President's speech sees robust debate
    743 1  -  Opposition asks if Government will ‘conspicuously focus’ on ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The first sitting of Singapore’s 12th Parliament’s was kicked off yesterday with a debate on the President’s Address. It provided a glimpse of the tone of the debate to be expected and addressing
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  • HOT NEWS
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      New home sales soar, despite global uncertainty
      427 2  -  JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE New home sales in Singapore surged last month despite global macroeconomic uncertainties and stock market volatility, driven by strong demand in mass market condominiums from HDB upgraders. Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) data released yesterday showed developers sold 1,631 private
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      LAND FOR 1,900 MORE HOMES TO GO ON SALE
      294 2 To meet persistent housing demand, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and the Housing and Development Board (HDB) will be selling four sites this month that can yield about 1,900 homes, adding to the 13,825 units that have been launched under the
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      Lock icon ERP operating hours shortened at some locations
      258 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The evening Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) operating hours along the north-bound Central Expressway (CTE) and to the city centre will be shortened from tomorrow. The gantry along the north-bound CTE will operate from 5.30 to 8pm, instead of till 10.30pm
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      Train faults along two lines
      355 3 SINGAPORE Two sections of the rail network experienced train faults yesterday morning, which led to thousands of passengers being affected by the disruptions. The first occured at 8.36am when a Circle Line train heading from Labrador Park Station to Pasir Panjang Station experienced a train
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      Lock icon Toddler, run over twice, ignored by passers-by along street in China
      358 4 AGENCIES BEIJING A Chinese toddler was run over twice along a lane in Guangdong province and ignored by nearly 20 passers-by in an incident that has provoked outrage on China’s popular social media sites and around the world. The
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      Lock icon Plane turns back as Qantas' woes mount
      360 4 AGENCIES CANBERRA Australia-based Qantas Airways faced more problems yesterday after a plane suffered engine trouble and Prime Minister Julia Gillard stepped back from possible government intervention in its union disputes. On Sunday, a Sydney-bound Qantas Airways Boeing 747 jumbo jet returned to Bangkok
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      Lock icon Germany dampens EU hopes
      220 10 AGENCIES BERLIN Germany yesterday lowered expectations of a breakthrough in the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis, saying a weekend summit of European Union leaders would not produce a definitive solution. Financial markets have risen sharply in the last week on hopes that the 27 EU leaders
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      EN BLOC SUPPLY GATHERS PACE
      336 10 More sites are being put up for collective sales, with more than S$1.5 billion worth of private property hitting the market yesterday. The site with the biggest price tag is Faber Garden, going foraround $830 million. Located along Upper Thomson Road, the 544,738 sq ft
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      Marks & Spencer to take former Borders space at Wheelock Place
      303 10 Marks Spencer to take former Borders space at Wheelock Place SINGAPORE —British retailer Marks Spencer is to take over the former premises of Borders bookstore at Wheelock Place and launch its renovated flagship store on the prime ground floor space by the middle of next year. Wheelock Properties (Singapore) said
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      On values education and boosting bilingualism
      329 6  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE With the young mind able to absorb knowledge like a sponge, Moulmein-Kallang GRC Member of Parliament Edwin Tong yesterday made a case in Parliament for inculcating core values at a young age. Noting that it has been recognised that children aged
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      Lock icon MPs urge Govt to consider housing options for lower-income group
      379 6  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Housing and Development Board (HDB) could consider restricting the resale of three-room flats to lower income earners as a way of making housing affordable for this group of Singaporeans, said Member of Parliament (MP) for
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      As population ages, 'focus on healthcare'
      471 6  -  TAN WEIZHEN, CAROLYN QUEK weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the population increases, and as it ages, Members of Parliament (MPs) feel there is an urgent need for the Government to review the infrastructure, capacity and affordability of healthcare. Dr Lam Pin Min (Sengkang West) said that
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      Bill on CPF scheme for family members with special needs
      338 8 SINGAPORE A new Bill was tabled in Parliament yesterday to provide for the establishment of a Special Needs Savings Scheme, which will allow a Central Provident Fund (CPF) member to better provide for the long-term needs of family members with
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      'Have more clarity on criteria' before next Presidential Election
      380 8  -  CAROLYN QUEK carolynquek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Certain aspects of the Presidential Election had caused some confusion and unhappiness and the Government should look into these areas before Singapore heads to the polls again in 2017, Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency Member of
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      The flip side of a boom
      961 12  -  Australia’s commodities boom is structurally changing the economy in ways that are not all positive SARABJIT SINGH Sarabjit Singh is an entrepreneur and business writer in IN a cartoon earlier this summer in The Australian (one of Australia’s biggest newspapers), a concerned father is
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      Major steps in Myanmar's transformation
      859 14  -  President Thein Sein’s amnesty for prisoners, shelving of a dam’s construction are momentous markers of change THAUNG TUN Thaung Tun a visiting senior research fellow at ISEAS, is a former Ambassador of Myanmar to Belgium, the Netherlands and the European Union. Myanmar today is in
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      Lock icon Wall Street loses its immunity
      875 16  -  PAUL KRUGMAN Paul Krugman is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008. THE NEW YORK TIMES AS the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow, the response from the movement’s targets has gradually changed:
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  • VOICES
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      IS SMRT WALKING THE TALK?
      107 18  -  PHYLLIS WONG Our public transport, particularly the train services, certainly require improvements in efficiency and effectiveness. The cost of transport has increased overthe years, but how much better are the waiting times getting, particularly during peak hours? I recall that it is supposed to be
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      No-smoking path is Utopian
      423 18  -  Letter from Muhammad Haziq Jani I REFER to Ms Coral Ang’s letter “The nosmoking path” (Oct 17), is Utopian. A total ban on tobacco is overly aggressive; a line must be drawn such that the extent of government intervention is in the interest of the entire
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      Solve the peak-hour train breakdowns
      285 18  -  Letter from Karen Koh Zhen Yu THE opening of the Circle Line should be welcomed by many commuters, who would now look forward to visiting places that were previously less accessible. However, frequent train delays during peak hours have inconvenienced many commuters. To commute from
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      4 mins of Liverpool, Man U match is not acceptable
      323 19  -  Letter from Nur Azzahar Buhari SUBSCRIBING to SingTel’s Barclays Premier League mobile service means that BPL followers will be able to watch matches on the go and that we should expect acceptable streaming of the live coverage. On Saturday, two
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      Prolonged work without rest should not be industry norm
      204 19  -  Letter from Nur Hidayah Zulkifli BASED on Manpower Ministry statistics, the construction industry has one of the highest fatality rates in Singapore. And two weeks ago, we read about the death of a 21 -year-old safety officer while discharging his duties.
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      POINT OF VIEW
      65 19 The Land Transport Authority’s letter “Regular action against illegal car modifications” (Oct 13) encourages the public to report illegal modifications. But how can we do so if we do not know what is illegal? The LTA should specify what we should report. For instance, are huge exhaust
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      De-registration not a solution to congestion problems
      163 20  -  Letter from Pang Meng Yam I REFER to the report “Slower vehicle growth to match road capacity” (Oct 15). Motor Traders Association president Cheah Kim Teck suggested that the Government accelerates the de-registration of older vehicles by making it more expensive and difficult
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      We should support RWS’ Marine Life Park
      286 20  -  Letter from Neil Wilkinson THERE has been some negative reaction to the coming Marine Life Park at Resorts World Sentosa, specifically regarding its dolphins. But this is coming only from activist groups who are in the minority. Perhaps it is time for the
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Liposuction 'not performed safely'
      425 22  -  CEO who died after procedure had wound caused by ‘extremely poor technique’ SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The liposuction procedure conducted on Mr Franklin Heng (picture), who headed property firm YTL Pacific Star, was not performed in a manner that was acceptable in ensuring patient safety, an
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      Lock icon SMU, SUTD to collaborate
      145 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Singapore Management University (SMU) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) will collaborate in education, research as well as student and faculty exchanges. A Memorandum of Understanding formalising the collaboration was signed yesterday. The agreement will facilitate the codevelopment of five
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      Aesthetics doctor ordered to pay make-up artist s$250,000 for botched nose job
      383 24  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An aesthetics doctor has conceded that he was negligent and breached his duty of care to a former patient over a nose job gone wrong in 2008, even before a scheduled five-day civil suit
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      Lock icon Manufacturers 'could work as a cluster to resolve manpower issues'
      208 24 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Companies in the manufacturing sector could look at banding together as a cluster to resolve manpower issues. This was suggested by Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation president George Huang at a dialogue last Thursday with Minister of State (Manpower),
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      Lock icon Better kidney disease detection kit in the works
      225 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A new spin-off company from the National University of Singapore (NUS) plans to develop a more accurate diagnostic kit for the earlier detection of diabetic chronic kidney disease. Current tests can only diagnose diabetic chronic kidney disease when albumin
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      Lock icon Genetic variants behind severe dengue identified
      201 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Researchers in South-east Asia have identified two genetic variants that provide a clue as to why some people are more susceptible to severe forms of dengue than others. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Agency for Science, Technology
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE AND INDONESIAN NAVIES CONDUCT JOINT SOCIO-CIVIC PROGRAMME
      170 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA About 200 officers from the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) have completed a sevenday humanitarian assistance programme with members of the Indonesian navy (TNI AL) on Pulau Belitung, an island off the east coast of Sumatra. The programme, codenamed Surya
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon IT’S ONE MONTH SINCE THE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT STARTED
      182 26 AGENCIES The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its first month yesterday, with nearly US$300,000 (S$380.000) in the bank and the satisfaction of drawing attention to what it calls the financial elite’s overly dominant influence on society. From a few dozen
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      Lock icon Taiwan's President wants pact with China if...
      250 26 AP TAIPEI Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday he wants to sign a peace accord with China if the island’s people agree. Mr Ma faces a tough reelection bid in January against Ms Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party and the question
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      Lock icon Bangkok spared fury as flood barriers hold firm
      317 27 AGENCIES BANGKOK The Thai capital breathed easier yesterday as barriers protecting Bangkok from the country’s worst flooding in half a century held firm (picture) but the authorities ordered an evacuation north of the city where floodwaters entered an industrial park. The Flood
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono picks new ministers
      242 27 AGENCIES JAKARTA —Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday appointed a new Trade Minister and State Enterprises Minister, in what analysts said was an attempt to shore up the government’s popularity. Mr Yudhoyono will officially announce his new Cabinet lineup tonight. The country’s investment chief Gita Wirjawan,
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      Lock icon DEFENCE ENDS CASE IN ANWAR SODOMY TRIAL
      115 29 AP Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s defence lawyers wrapped up their case in his long-running sodomy trial yesterday, raising expectations that hearings will conclude this week. Anwar was first charged in 2008 with sodomising a former aide, a 26-year-old male, at a Kuala
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      Lock icon 'Mr Normal' to challenge Sarkozy for President
      243 29 AGENCIES PARIS Mr Francois Hollande, an affable and self-dep-recating politician nicknamed “Mr Normal”, could be France’s next President. The 57-year-old won the Socialist Party’s presidential nomination on Sunday, defeating party leader Martine Aubry and setting up a likely clash with conservative President Nicolas
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      Lock icon Another sex scandal hits Strauss-Kahn
      186 29 AGENCIES PARIS He was finally acquitted of two unproven attempted rape allegations but former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn now faces another sex scandal linking him to a vice ring. Mr Strauss-Kahn, a Socialist who was once a runaway favourite to become the
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      S$5 COMPENSATION FOR KOREAN WAR KILLING?
      133 29 A South Korean woman has been offered 5,000 won (S$5.52) in government compensation for the death of her brother during the 1950-53 Korean War, embarrassing officials who say they were bound by an outdated law in effect during the war. The woman was two
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda 'aid propaganda' in drought-hit Somalia
      247 30 THE NEW YORK TIMES NAIROBI Al Qaeda is not known for its philanthropic activities, but at the weekend in Somalia the terrorist group appeared to have branched into a new business: Distributing humanitarian aid. In a surreal scene, a man with a scarf
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      Lock icon AUSTRALIA URGED TO PROBE ENVOY'S 'WAR CRIMES'
      155 30 REUTERS The Australian government came under pressure yesterday from rights groups and lawmakers to investigate Sri Lanka’s top envoy to the country forwarcrimes, risking a diplomatic row ahead of a summit of Commonwealth leaders from 54 nations next week. The Australian Section of
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      Lock icon Indy 500 champ dies after 15-car pile-up
      212 31 AGENCIES LAS VEGAS British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon has died after a horrific 15-car crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday which left the motor sports world in shock. The 33-year-old, a two-time winner of the Indy 500, was involved in
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      Lock icon Plants, animals shrinking because of climate change: S'pore study
      343 31 AGENCIES HONG KONG Plants and animals are shrinking because of warmer temperatures and lack of water, researchers said yesterday, warning it could have profound implications for food production in years ahead. “The worst-case scenarios are that food crops and animals will
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      180 32 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Trading in the London Metal Exchange’s “mini” futures in copper, aluminium and zinc on the Singapore Exchange has dropped 97 per cent since the March peak. The total for all three metals was 1,186 futures in September, compared with 15,822 in
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      232 32 DOW JONES SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange yesterday posted an 18-per-cent rise in first-quarter net profit, partly due to stronger derivatives earnings, but the company noted that it faces challenging conditions in the near term due to increasing volatility in global financial markets. Net profit
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      61 34 TUESDAY CLOSE 11,397.00 (-2.13%) Friday 11,644.50 p 1.45% Thursday 11,478.10 q 0.35% Wednesday 11,518.80 p 0.90% Tuesday 11,416.30 q 0.15% NYSE TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 171.3m $6.03 q 2.58% El Paso Corp 91.4m $24.45 p 24.81% Citigroup 80.4m $27.93 q 1.65% Sprint
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      11 34 US$1 s$1.272 US$1 £0.635 US$1 €0.728 US$1 ¥76.869 US$1 A$0.983
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        82 34 No German panacea Stocks suffered their worst loss in two weeks after comments from Germany caused investors to fear Europe’s solution to its debt crisis may not come fast enough. “The German Finance Minister basically came out and sort of ruined the expectation that a grand plan
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        59 34 Brent takes the bigger hit Brent crude prices fell nearly 2 per cent, or US$2.07, to US$110.16 a barrel in light trading volume after Germany’s finance minister said an upcoming EU summit would not produce a definitive resolution to the euro zone debt crisis. US front-month November crude fell
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      Lock icon Citi feels the tremors
      529 34 Bank’s quarterly gains tempered by global economic uncertainty REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST NEW YORK Citigroup reported higher quarterly earnings, helped by an accounting gain, but warned that developed markets could face weak growth for years, and the bank’s shares fell. The results were better than expected, but
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      150 34 REUTERS PARIS Barely four months after appointing him to a new four-year term, the board of Air France-KLM voted yesterday to dismiss group chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, who had grown deeply unpopular with investors as he struggled to cope with high operating costs and increasing
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      Lock icon Traders unimpressed by IBM
      171 34 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO IBM’s quarterly revenue and services signings barely met Wall Street forecasts, underscoring investors’ fears about slower information technology spending and depressing its stock more than 3 per cent. IBM’s total services signings seen as an indicator of future growth—climbed to US$12.3 billion (S$15.6
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      Lock icon GE buys back Buffett stock
      87 34 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK General Electric paid US$3.3 billion (S$4.2 billion) yesterday to repurchase preferred stock sold to Mr Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway as financial markets froze in October 2008. Mr Buffett’s purchase of the shares, callable after three years at a 10 per cent premium,
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      329 33 Carrefour Carrefour <!► First hypermarket in Singapore... T f4ov) S(ur yJIcjCM V ...always with you FORTUNE SILKEN TOFU Assorted 30g U.P. j $4tS0 for 2 inaiaHsi 55 for 2 MOGUMOGU DESSERT DRINK Lychee/Mango/Grape U I U.P. ,$2r95each oov Mo& MARIGOLD UHTMILK Assorted 1L U.P: £4 for 2 BAHLSEN DELOBA RED
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      205 34 Are You Struggling To Earn $8,000 A Month? Do You Want To Start A Profitable Business in Singapore and 16 Countries Worldwide? President, Northwest Invention Center, USA Booming Business "Started In United States Expanded to Australia, Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, India. Dr Sobey launched Camp Invention, which now has more than
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      1082 36 THE NEW YORK TIMES SEATTLE —Amazon.com has taught readers that they do not need bookstores. Now it is encouraging writers to cast aside their publishers. Amazon will publish 122 books this fall in an array of genres, in both physical and e-book form. It is
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      Lock icon Local scientists spice up data storage
      258 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SINGAPORE Scientists in Singapore have developed a surprising use for ordinary salt that they say could help with the increasingly quantities of data that companies and individuals are creating and storing. Their new manufacturing process, involving simple sodium chloride, can boost
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      280 37 Apple yesterday announced it has sold 4 million units of its iPhone 4S, just three days after it was launched on Oct 14. The iPhone went on sale in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom last
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      294 36 Experience The World Best Cruise with Queen Mary2 Dep. from Singapore to Phuket, Thailand I Cochin, India Dubai, United Arab Emirates Only Dep. Date: 2012 Apr 02 Biggest Ocean Liners 151,400 Tonnage! Elegant, Britannia Grand Life Style Experience! 14D Cruise Tour with One Way Flight Return! Inclusive of Free Dubai
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      166 37 THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. Think Psychology with Counselling "iora NEW cateer perspective. H UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD MAKING KNOWLEDGE WORK You are invited! Exclusive Preview [Preview Code; IT] Topic The "FIVE" Umbrellas of Psychology Speaker; Mr Amir Singh Head of School, School of Psychology Date 19 Oct 2011 (Wed) Time ;7pm
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      681 38  -  Young footballers prepare to return home, as GISS give SSA till next Thursday to pay monies owed IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg VICENZA They have been in the news of late back home, unwittingly caught in the middle in a tussle between their benefactors, the Singapore Soccer
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      240 38  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE There will be a record 65,000 participants at this year’s Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore and they can expect a better race experience when the marquee event flags off on Dec 4. Those running the full marathon distance of 42.195km
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      163 38 REUTERS Some foreign owners of English Premier League clubs would stop the system of promotion and relegation if they could, League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan said in London yesterday. “There are a number of overseas-owned clubs already talking about bringing
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      529 39 French full-back ‘adamant’ about addressing claimed racist abuse THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST MANCHESTER Patrice Evra is set to meet the Football Association later this week to give a full account of his claims of racist abuse from Liverpool forward Luis Suarez after telling Sir
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      Lock icon Loose-lipped Barton skewers Giggs, Terry
      351 39 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Joey Barton yesterday continued his transformation into football’s man of letters or more accurately 140 characters taking to a public platform to praise the delights of Twitter and lambast the moral failings of some of his highest-profile colleagues. In an appearance
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      168 39 AGENCIES LIVERPOOL Everton manager David Moyes admits he is already fighting to keep teenage sensation Ross Barkley from the clutches of Manchester United and Chelsea. Barkley, who turns 18 in December, will be given a lucrative new deal to fend off any major bids from the
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      578 40  -  Footballers for the 2012 MSL season have been left in the dark SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They have been selected to be in the first Singapore team to play in Malaysian domestic football competitions since the famous 1994 side led by Fandi Ahmad returned home
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      50 39 IpLAYrf) Always play with care. [responsibly] Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE m POOLS RCB Reg No; *****0202G
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      74 40 o s awar^ PLATINUM SPONSORS MONTIGO RESORTS CONGRATULATES THE WINNERS OF OUR INAUGURAL AWARE AWARDS FOR THEIR STERLING CONTRIBUTION TO PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY Mdm Halimah Yacob AWARE HEROINE AWARD 2011 Mr Benny Bong AWARE HERO AWARD 2011 Ms Jolene Tan Ms Wong Pei Chi AWARE YOUNG WONDER AWARD 2011 GOLD
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      51 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL OCTOBER 18, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF BUT NOEL GALLAGHER IS KEEPING HIS FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND T2 CROONER k.d. lang PROMISES A ROCK AND ROLL SHOW HERE T3 HEALTH ARE UNMARRIED MEN MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM CANCER?
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      885 2  -  Well, what do you know ex-Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher is nervous about fronting his own band CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Oasis finally broke up in 2009, few were caught off guard.The love-hate relationship between brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher had been documented to death, so
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      840 3  -  Canadian crooner k.d. lang shows off her rock ’n’ roll punk side CHRISTOPHER TOH ASK anybody to name a k.d. lang song, and chances are people will reel off any number of her ballads such as Constant Craving or You’re OK. But
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        239 4  -  KEVIN MATHEWS COME AS YOU ARE: A 20TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO NIRVANA’S NEVERMIND VARIOUS ARTISTS ROCK music has had its zeitgeist-defining albums littered throughout its history, from The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Eleven and The Album Leaf make fairly expected renditions of Breed,
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        NEIGHBORHOODS BLINK-182
        157 4  -  KEVIN MATHEWS HERE’S proof that the risible genre “punk-pop’ is now well and truly passe: Blink-182’s reunion album, Neighborhoods. A change of direction was already noticeable on the band’s eponymous fifth album and certainly, the members’ time away has only reinforced Blink-182’s proper transformation from punk-pop into pop-rock.
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        155 5  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH JONATHAN Leong, best known as the lead in the musical, Voyage De La Vie, has finally released his debut album. For fans, it’s a long time coming, since he actually started it way back in 2007. But now, it’s out, and it’s quite a
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        THE TEMPLE IS DIRTY 7TH STOREY
        143 5  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH 7th Storey is really Daniel Rucerito, a selftaught multiinstrumentalist. And the album, despite the throwback to the metal or classic rock genre in the title, isn’t all like those genres.Well, mostly. Sure, there’s a distorted guitar in almost every track, but, The
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        ANUAR ZAIN ANUAR ZAIN
        129 5  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH MALAYSIAN balladeer Anuar Zain’s new album begins with a lush track, Ku Berjanji Karna Cinta, that soars and ebbs in the right places. As fans ofAnuar know, the singer’s strength is in the emotional quality of his vocals, and there are eight tracks here
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      The boom box
      206 5  -  Relooking a classic record CHRISTOPHER TOH PAIN-STAINED MORNING BY HUMPBACK OAK (1994) WHEN Humpback Oak released PainStained Morning, their debut album, the band members had already been around the proverbial musical block leader and bassist Daniel Wee, drummer Stanley Teo, guitarist Vincent Chin and particularly their lead
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      147 5 Randolf Arriola The album launch of Singapore’s foremost loop guitarists. Oct 28, 9.30pm, Esplanade Recital Studio.Tickets at S$25. Yanni The Greek musician best known for his ethereal music (like Aria), moustache and long locks (he’s since had a trim) returns to our shores. Oct 21, 7.30pm, Grand Theater, Marina
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      146 2 P free Easy Kuching pr$198 Langkawi f$228 Penang p r $238 Kuala Lumpur p r $248 Kota Kinabalu Pr$318 tr Celebrating JO Years of Nationhood Malaysia 4 Days 3 Nig fits "Package Tours LANGKAWI EXPRESS Island Hopping Tour(Pulau Bayang Bunting, Lake of the Pregnant Lady, Pulau Betas Basah), Kota Mahsuri,
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      142 5 y CATHAY LIKE US ON facebook.com/cathaycineplexes SEE IT FOR THE EVER IN 3© Buy tickets on iCATHAY CATHAY Available free on the —-juj, 4 App Store cathay.com.sg FOLLOW US ON twitter.com/cathay_cinemas rr r a. Student Special S$9 per ticket Family Package S$59 (usual: $70) (4 tickets 2 Medium Popcorn Combo
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      581 5 m fit fit 3 THE IMAX EXPERIENCE Get your LIDO TAX tickets now! www.shaw.sg/imax BROWN SUGAR 2 (R21) (THAI) (CS&ES) 10:40am, 3:00pm, 7:30,2:40 THE THING (NC16KCS) f DIGITAL 1 10:40am, 12:45pm, 3:00, 5:15,7:30,9:45 WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? (M1BHCS) 10:30am, 12:45pm, 3:00, 5:15,7:30,9:45 THE SMURFS (CS) 10:30am LIDO SHAW HOUSE LEVEL 5
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      163 6 ONLY Ml REWARDS YOU WITH FREE PREVIEW TICKETS MORE. Redeem Exclusive Preview Tickets Be the first to get tickets* to watch IN TIME before its official release. PREVIEW DATE VENUE TIME RATING IN CINEMAS TO REDEEM 24 October 2011 Monday) The Cathay (Handy Road) 7pm TBA 26 October 2011 (Special
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      182 7 ■■■■■si y I 4. M ■r -i--Sponsored by: il:V \MANDA SEYFFHED ■"special I ml.com.sg Tickets are while stocks last. Seat allocation is determined by Ml. Collection details will be sent via SMS upon successful redemption. Once SunPerks points are redeemed, they cannot be refunded. Ml shall not be responsible for
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      784 8  -  A puff to ease the breathlessness Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg IMAGINE getting breathless at the slightest exertion. No matter how hard you inhale, your lungs never seem to fill up. A never-ending cough keeps you awake at night. Lying on your back becomes torture you can’t breathe so
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      421 10  -  EVELINE GAN IT IS known that the unmarried are in general more likely to die earlier than their married counterparts. Now there is some indication that the divide is in fact getting worse. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access
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      83 10 Breast cancer awareness month mammogram coupons up for grabs HEALTH LISTINGS FOR the month of October, Guardian Health Beauty will be distributing free mammogram coupons worth S$20 at all its outlets. Both Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs) qualify for subsidised mammogram screening which is being funded by participating
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    PROPER DENTAL CARE FOR YOUR CHILD
    502 9 askthedentista public education project supported by the Singapore Dental Health Foundation (www.dentalhealth.org.sg) and Lion Corporation (www.lioncorp.com.sg) Q1 Is it possible for babies to be born with yellow teeth? Do yellow teeth mean that the child did not brush his teeth regularly when he was
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    604 12 Five-foot-way Traders Check out this exhibition showcasing the trades and activities that were carried out along five-foot-ways in olden-day Singapore. Built according to Sir Stamford Raffles’ building scheme, the term five-foot way refers to covered walkways or corridors that are about five-foot wide, found on the ground
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      33 12 SUDOKUplus HOW TO PLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. DIFFICULTY RATING: COPYRIGHTUCLICK YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
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      279 13 ON MEDIACORP SMALL AND BEAUTIFUL (Premiere) Channel 5, 9pm Auntie Lucy hosts her first show on Channel 5! Follow her around Singapore to discover small and beautiful eateries and shopping haunts that you never knew existed. Accompanied by “guests” from Korea, Thailand, China and America (all played by Judee Tan
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      656 13 6.00AM Unbeatable Banzuke 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 The Martha Stewart Show VI 10.00 Forbes 15 Hot Hollywood Moms 11.00 Sports@SG: Team Singapore At The Games Special 11.30 Great Ideas From JML NOON My Sassy Neighbour 12.30PM Spin II 1.00 Point Of Entry 2.00 The Two Of Us CHANNEL 6.00AM Focus
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      254 13 ON MEDIACORP RAIL THRILL Channel 8, 8pm Hosts Pornsak and Lee Teng head to Kyushu, Japan, in search of some rail thrill. JUNIOR MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA okto, 8pm The Top 8 face a new challenge today: A three-round, knockout basic skills test. A resetting of the scoreboard prompts some worried faces
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