Today, 11 November 2011

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    42 1 Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF /VI -DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday November 11, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday November 11, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Euro zone relief lifts Western markets
    665 1 AGENCIES NEW YORK Stock markets in the United States and Europe found some footing amid volatile trading yesterday on hopes that new governments being formed in Italy and Greece, the fractious focal points of the regional debt crisis, could help fend off a euro
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    Singapore needs to review elderly institutional care
    650 1  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Government is ramping up care-giving facilities for the elderly, including those with dementia, as Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing yesterday cited the need for the country to consider new models of
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Greece, Italy move towards forming unity governments
      645 2 AGENCIES ATHENS Greece named the leader of its national unity government yesterday ending suspense over who will try to save the country from default, bankruptcy and an exit from the euro zone as Italy moved closer to its own unity government, with outgoing
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      PM Lee supports Japan’s inclusion in trade pact
      274 2 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has voiced his support for Japan to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a regional free trade pact that will be negotiated on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting later this month. In an interview
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      Lock icon OPEN CATEGORY COE HITS S$78,000
      138 3 Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums were up in three of five categories in the first bidding exercise this month. The biggest increase was in the Open category where the premium went up S$4,401 to S$78,001. The COE premium for goods vehicles and buses crossed the
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      Lock icon Smaller flats have not lowered quality of life: HDB CEO
      668 3  -  ESTHER NG, JOANNE CHAN estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The shrinking size of public flats here has not lowered Singaporeans’ quality of living, according to Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) CEO Cheong Koon Hean. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a housing
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      London cabs get nod for extra year
      373 4  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE London cabs will continue to ply the roads here, at least for another year. Transport operator SMRT, which runs a fleet of 15 London cabs, had previously said it would phase out these taxis after its licence expires next
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      Lock icon British youth caught on camera swinging cat by its tail
      233 6 AGENCIES LONDON Britons were horrified yesterday by the country’s latest incident of animal cruelty caught by CCTV cameras and published on the front page of The Daily Telegraph newspaper yesterday. An unidentified youth (picture) was caught by CCTV cameras swinging
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      Lock icon Weiwei’s wife says they will fight tax bill
      358 6 AP BEIJING Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s wife said yesterday that they will contest a tax bill that they see as government harassment and use money collected from supporters to proceed with an appeal. The Beijing Tax Bureau is demanding that the dissident
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      Lock icon A DIAMOND UNTOUCHED
      90 10 AP This Sun-Drop yellow diamond, the largest known of its kind at 110.3 carats, is expected to fetch up to US$15 million (S$19 million) at an auction in Geneva next week, Sotheby’s said. The gem was discovered it in South Africa last year. It is described as
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      Ultra high net worth population of Asia-Pacific will surpass Europe, US
      448 10 SINGAPORE Singapore has the sixth largest population of ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals in the Asia-Pacific, with a combined worth of at least US$160 billion (S$206 billion), according to a report by research and advisory firm Wealth-X. The
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      Lock icon Workplace health grant to be increased
      514 14  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At Seng Hua Hng Foodstuff, employees can take part in wellness activities, such as yoga, or attend health workshops that are held throughout the year. Their involvement in such workplace health programmes has yielded tangible benefits for the company,
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      HPB to promote mental health in local companies
      341 15  -  Counselling helpline successful among employees of SMEs, will be open to all firms NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Since the Health Promotion Board (HPB) began its pilot phone counselling helpline six months ago, it has received about 200 calls from workers, with
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE WORKERS HAPPIER THAN THEY WERE TWO YEARS AGO
      191 15 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Workers here are happier than they were compared to previous years. The overall average Work Happiness Indicator score was 57.4 out of 100, the highest since the survey was started two years ago. Singapore workers scored 55.5 in the
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      A ‘chance of a lifetime’
      878 16 Tan and Goh get to document athletes’ exploits at the SEA Games, thanks to Canon Singapore Great SEA Games moments. Made possible by Canon. Cation Delighting You Always ONE is an IT professional, the other a communications undergraduate at the Singapore Institute of Management. But
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      Lock icon Protests erupt after Turkey quake
      461 18 AGENCIES VAN (Turkey) Riot police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse protesters angry at relief efforts after an earthquake the second in eastern Turkey within three weeks killed at least eight people in the city of Van. The clash broke out as rescue
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      Lock icon Now you can explore parts of the Amazon on your computer
      246 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SAN FRANCISCO In a few weeks, Google users around the world will be able to explore a small slice of the Amazon rain forest after intrepid photographers travelled to Brazil to map parts of the vast
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      Lock icon Fake Paris built to fool German bombers in WWI
      358 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PARIS A second Paris, complete with a Champs-Elysees and Arc de Triomphe, was built towards the end of the World War I in order to fool German bombers, it has emerged. Details of the incredible recreation emerged as
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      97 12 SOME FIRSTS BROUGHT TO YOU BY SINGTEL /hh 3 V Singapore s Singapore's First Pager First Mobile Phones Singapore's First Internet Connection Singapore’s First Commercial Satellite Singapore's First 3G Network Experience Singapore's First Telco Cloud Services For Businesses Singapore's First FI Race Singapore's First Interactive Pay-TV On Fibre Speed Singapore’s
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      147 20 NATIONAL ENGINEERS DAY (NED) FINALE 2011 ENERGY RESILIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH EXHIBITION AND TALKS 11 NOV(FRI) 12PM -5PM 12 NOV (SAT) 2011 10AM 5PM NATIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING (OPEN TO PUBLIC) GUEST-OF-HONOUR: DR YAACOB IBRAHIM, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts IPAD2 Lr TO BE GIVEN AWAY! Public will stand
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Why Iran wants the bomb
      821 22  -  What does hardship caused by economic sanctions matter, when Iranians see the survival of their country at stake? CON COUGHLIN Con Coughlin, The Telegraph’s executive foreign editor, is a world-renowned expert on the Middle East and Islamic terrorism. This is excerpted from a longer commentary.
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      Lock icon To stop Iran, turn screws on those it does business with
      741 22 BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL BLOOMBERG The International Atomic Energy Agency’s report, combined with the alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi Ambassador in Washington and Iran’s continued sponsorship of terrorism, demands a reaction from the United States and its allies. There
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      Lock icon China needs more than a 5-year charm offensive
      883 24  -  It’s now seeking to build ‘soft power’, but there are limits to its likely success DAVID PILLING David Pilling is the FT’s Asia editor. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED In the past 30 years, China has created an economic machine that has lifted
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      Lock icon The Olympus scandal and Japan’s dangerous crossroads
      846 27  -  WILLIAM PESEK Tokyo-based William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG The contrast couldn’t be bigger between the downfalls of Mr Jon Corzine and Mr Tsuyoshi Kikukawa. As Mr Corzine left MF Global Holdings, all anyone could talk about was US$633 million (S$820
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      Lock icon It’s adapt, or lose their place in the skies
      1046 28  -  From SIA’s new budget airline to AirAsia’s premium regional service, the landscape is changing dramatically DAVID LEO David Leo is an author, consultant and aviation veteran. The real question is not whether airlines would survive another recession so soon after the
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      Thailand faces security and political test
      841 29  -  ANTONIO L RAPPA Antonio L Rappa is Associate Professor and Head of Management and Security Studies at UniSIM Business School. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. The widespread floods in central Thailand
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      242 25 SingTel is celebrating firsts this Take part in our celebration of firsts at our Roadshow at Raffles City, level 3 till the 13 of November or visit any SingTel store to find out more m Enjoy all the latest blockbuster movies for only $1 each!1 XflEN FTRST CLASS m aaoM
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      42 25 COMMENTARY ONLINE Ronojoy Sen From cricket to FIFA, the cancer of corruption in sport is spreading Reena Devi What is S’pore doing to increase its social capital? Ilan I Berman To stop Iran, lean on China AVAILABLE AT TODAYONLINE.COM ORONOUR MOBILE APPS
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      172 27 SingTel is celebrating firsts this U|41fl=1 Take part in our celebration of firsts at our Roadshow at Raffles City, level 3 till the 13 of November or visit any SingTel store to find out more K s ins»;l Enjoy extra for every $20 or more on easy Mobile top up
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      152 29 >> BANGKOK COULD BE DRY IN 11 DAYS 44 ro Inspiring Healthy Living 2001 2011 //9 Health Promotion Board Sandesh Im. 1 t. Maintaining a healthy weight is impressive but the best thing is, my mind feels much calmer now. rCl Like Lose weight. Gain health. Like Sandesh, you’ll feel
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  • VOICES
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      More SEA Games coverage, please
      477 30  -  Letter from Dr Robin Chee I AM appalled by the proposed coverage of the upcoming SEA Games in Jakarta/Palembang by MediaCorp. According to the MediaCorp’s website, only an average of three hours of coverage would be provided by MediaCorp daily (2.5 hours of daily action
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      FULL COVERAGE OF SEA GAMES ACROSS THE VARIOUS MEDIACORP PLATFORMS
      510 30  -  CLARENCE PONG CLARENCE PONG, HEAD, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING, MEDIACORP We would like to clarify that Channel 5, as a mass entertainment channel, our coverage of the 26th SEA Games takes into consideration the different viewing expectations of our diverse audience
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      Bring in better-skilled and certified foreign workers: MWC
      382 32  -  Yeo Guat Kwang Chairman Migrant Workers’ Centre RECENTLY, there were several calls by employers and business bodies requesting more access to foreign workers. The Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC) understands employers’ need for more foreign workers so that Singapore remains an attractive destination
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      NMPs reflect desire for diversity
      594 34  -  Letter from Wilson Ang NOTWITHSTANDING the recent entrenchment of the Nominated Member of Parliament scheme in the Constitution, the debate rages on about the relevance of the scheme to parliamentary democracy in Singapore. Your report “How effective were the NMPs?” (Nov 9) has sparked off
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      Publicise part of winners names
      120 34  -  Letter from Tan Cheon Kheong I REFER to Mr Denis Distant’s letter “Respect confidentiality of contest participants” (Nov 10). In addition to concern about the collection of details of participants in a recent contest, some organisations publish the full name and part of the NRIC
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      340 34 VOICES ON RADIO Local commuters are still refusing to give uptheirseatson publictransport, despite three decades of public education. Has the time come for penalties to be imposed? Who should be made responsible if priority seats are not properly occupied? Tune in to TalkBack on 938Live from 8.15am to 8.45am tomorrow.
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Lady Luck smiles on her at last
      649 36  -  Fortune may have favoured this hawker at MBS, but the chips were down for much of her life TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She was once illiterate but, thanks to years of running her own hawker stall, Madam Choo Hong Eng (picture) can now
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      Lock icon Doctor suspended for prescribing codeine-containing cough mixtures
      201 40 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has suspended Dr Khaw Chin Choon of Ren Medical Clinic at Yishun Avenue 5 for three months for prescribing codeine-containing cough mixtures and hypnotic drugs to patients. The 46-year-old doctor was also censured for failing
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      Dr Susan Lim continues bid to block SMC probe
      484 40  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Allegations that she had overcharged a patient should be settled like a civil fee dispute, rather than through disciplinary proceedings by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC), well-known surgeon Susan Lim’s lawyers argued in the appellate court yesterday.
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      SingPost to offer basic DBS, POSB banking services
      306 41 SINGAPORE From Jan 3 next year, basic banking services for DBS Bank and POSB customers will be offered at all SingPost branches, following a new partnership between DBS Bank and SingPost. The first-of-its-kind tie-up here will enable customers to conduct banking transactions
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      Lock icon Maritime Security Task Force ‘vital in handling maritime threats’
      237 41 SINGAPORE The Maritime Security Task Force (MSTF) plays a critical role in dealing with the evolving maritime security threats facing Singapore, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen yesterday, after visiting the task force at Changi Naval Base. “The Republic of Singapore
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      86 NABBED IN LOAN-SHARK CRACKDOWN
      144 42 Eighty-six people have been arrested for suspected involvement in loansharking activities after an islandwide crackdown over 24 hours. In the first phase of the operation, which began at about 10pm on Wednesday, eight people between the ages of 28 and 54 years were arrested. Loan-shark-related
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      Need to define cyber crime before it can be policed
      350 42  -  LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even as the need for greater cyber security grows, one problem the policing of cyber crime faces is defining it. According to Mr Mark McLaughlin, president and CEO of Palo Alto Networks and member of the
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      Lock icon CHINESE POLICE KILL 3 SOLDIERS WHO WENT AWOL
      112 44 AP Chinese police have shot and killed three soldiers who fled their barracks with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, according to reports. A fourth soldier who also fled from their barracks in Jilin province early on Wednesday morning
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      266 44 AGENCIES BANGKOK The Thai capital could be drained of water in 11 days, said the Irrigation Department, in some good news as the country held muted celebrations for the Loy Krathong festival. The floodwater had receded by one to four centimetres in several
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      Lock icon CHINA EXECUTES ‘LAND GRANNY’ FOR CORRUPTION SPREE
      138 44 REUTERS A Chinese official dubbed the “land granny” was executed after amassing 145 million yuan (S$29.6 million) in bribes and illicit wealth, offering a glimpse into the country’s underground economy in land deals, local media reported. Luo Yaping’s position as head of a
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      279 45 REUTERS ADDU (Maldives) India and Pakistan yesterday hailed progress in diplomatic ties, promising to open a “new chapter” in their fraught relationship at a next round of formal peace talks. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani held
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      188 45 Olympus warned it could be delisted if REUTERS TOKYO The Tokyo Stock Exchange warned scandal-hit Olympus Corp yesterday it will be delisted after 62 years as a publicly traded company if it fails to report earnings by Dec 14. Olympus said it was unlikely to issue its earnings by Nov
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      117 45 AP New Zealand’s Labour Department filed 25 criminal charges yesterday over safety and health violations at a coal mine, where an explosion last year killed 29 miners. Each of the charges in the Pike River coal mine disaster carries a maximum fine of
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      116 45 AP Hundreds of rescuers were working yesterday to save two dozen Chinese coal miners trapped underground by a gas leak that killed 19 others. It comes less than a week after dozens of miners were pulled safely from a cave-in
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      362 46 AP STATE COLLEGE (Pennsylvania) Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and the school’s president Graham Spanier were fired on Wednesday night by the board of trustees amid a growing furore over how the school handled child sex abuse allegations against an
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      246 46 AP GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE A Saudi considered among the most senior figures in Al Qaeda emerged on Wednesday from nine years of secret confinement to face charges of orchestrating the deadly attack on the USS Cole in the start
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      141 48 AGENCIES A Chinese-American has become the first Asian-American to be elected Mayor of San Francisco, which has one of the oldest Chinatowns in the United States. Mr Edwin Lee (picture), 59, who has served as interim since Mr Gavin Newsom exited a year
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      304 48 THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON Democrats in the United States celebrated on Wednesday a string of election victories that saw the conservative Republican agenda being rolled back across the country, and that offered a glimmer of hope that President Barack Obama might be re-elected to the
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      316 48 AGENCIES ROCHESTER (Michigan) United States presidential hopeful Rick Perry yesterday tried to stem any fallout from a major misstep he made during Wednesday’s debate between candidates seeking the Republican nomination to challenge President Barack Obama next year. Texas governor Perry
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      187 50 AP LONDON Mr James Murdoch (picture), the executive chairman of News International, insisted yesterday that he had told the truth when he said he was kept in the dark about the culture of criminality at the now-defunct News of the World
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      325 50 THE GUARDIAN PARIS The world is likely to build so many fossil-fuelled power stations, energy-guz-zling factories and inefficient buildings in the next five years that it will become impossible to hold global warming to safe levels, and the last
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      241 52 REUTERS LOS ANGELES “Arab Spring” and “Royal Wedding” were deemed the top phrases of 2011, while late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs is the year’s top name, according to a global survey of the English language. “Occupy” be it Iraq or
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      227 52 REUTERS CANBERRA Tough anti-smoking laws banning brand labels passed their last major legislative hurdle in Australia yesterday and immediately faced the threat of court action from tobacco companies worried the move could spread and hurt sales elsewhere. The upper house of parliament agreed
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      317 52 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK It was a subtle swap: A cheesy advertisement for a vacation timeshare atop the home page of ESPN.com, in a spot that might have been claimed by a wellknown brand like Dr Pepper. Those who
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      242 46 PLAYCHINESE MARATHON RESULTS Tiger Book Draw Tue, 8 November 2011 Results of draw: Winning Combination Green Green Blue Brown Chick J VOragony V Mouse Dog There was no winner for this draw. The prize money will be rolled over to next Rabbit Book Draw closing on 5 December 2011 for
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      394 54  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE SingTel, Southeast Asia’s largest telco, yesterday reported its sixth straight drop in year-on-year quarterly profit as the rising Singapore dollar resulted in lower contributions from its overseas associates. For its third quarter ended Sept 30, net profit fell 1.2 per cent
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      High rollers boost Genting S’pore’s profit
      316 54  -  DOW JONES SINGAPORE Genting Singapore yesterday reported its third-quarter net profit rose 12 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier, boosted by a favourable win percentage in its casino’s premium-player business but the results missed expectations and indicated the gaming group had
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      270 56 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Property developer and hotel owner City Developments (CDL) yesterday said its third-quarter net profit fell 32.4 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier, mainly due to a drop in contribution from rental properties and losses resulting from global market turmoil.
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      54 56 THURSDAY CLOSE 2,786.90 (-2.51%) Wednesday 2,858.66 q 0.27% Tuesday 2,866.52 p 0.64% Monday CLOSED Friday 2,848.24 p 1.36% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Noble Grp 436,739 s$1.180 q 26.5% Genting SP 65,837 s$1.685 q 1.17% GoldenAgr 65,477 s$0.660 q 1.49% LippoMalls R 31,667 s$0.060 UNCH MIDAS
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      24 56 HANG SENG 18,963.89 (-5.25%) È È È NIKKEI 8,500.80 (-1.80%) È SHANGHAI 2,479.54 (CLOSED) È AUSTRALIA 4,244.10 (-2.35%) MUMBAI (CLOSED) MALAYSIA 1,472.65 (-1.14%)
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      MIDAS
      113 56 STOCK CALL Sell 38 Singapore cents OCBC downgrades from Buy, cuts its fair value to S$0.33 from S$0.435, after Midas expects a significant sequential drop in revenue and net profit for 3Q11, and that net profit is expected to decline significantly on a yearly basis. House says “this guidance
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      44 COMPANIES BAG SINGAPORE PRESTIGE BRAND AWARD
      147 58  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ Forty-fourcompanies haveemerged as winners in this year’s Singapore Prestige Brand Award (SPBA). Co-organised by theAssociation of Small and Medium Enterprises, the awards honour home-grown brands for their extensive planning and execution of branding strategies. Now in its 10th year, the SPBA
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      244 58 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Global Logistic Properties yesterday said its second-quarter net profit more than doubled from the corresponding period a year earlier due to higher contributions from its China operations and currency conversion gains. Net profit was US$200.7 million (S$258.9 million) in
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      244 58 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Shares of Noble Group plummeted yesterday after the commodities trader surprised the market late Wednesday with a third-quar-ter loss and announced that its chief executive Ricardo Leiman quit due to personal reasons. Noble fell 42.5 cents, or 26.5 per cent,
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      CANON’S POWER IN YOUR HANDS SEMINAR
      289 60 If you want tips on improving your photography skills, this seminar is perfect for you! Back by popular demand, Canon’s Power In Your Hands compact camera seminar shows you how to get the best out of your compact camera. This is the fifth year
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      DELISH GIANT BURGERS
      101 60 Satisfy your burger cravings with Empire State restaurant’s signature Giant 8-inch Empire State Burger. Sandwiched between two fluffy oatmeal buns is a thick juicy 500g grade “A” beef patty that has been grilled until tender. What’s more, the burger is filled with mushrooms, bacon, caramelised onions and
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      SINGAPORE’S LITTLE CREATIVE GENIUS
      138 60 Sign your child up for the Creative Genius Contest by Kidabion. The children’s supplement brand is well-known for its delicious fruit-flavoured (orange and blackcurrant) chewy capsules. Formulated with Omega-3 fatty acids and essential vitamins, the supplement helps maintain your child’s overall health and immune system. Kidabion
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      NATIONAL ENGINEERS DAY 2011
      165 60 Visit the National Engineers Day (NED) Finale 2011 exhibition organised by The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES). This year, the NED theme is energy resilience for sustainable growth. Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts Dr Yaacob Ibrahim will attend the NED finale, and eight engineers
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      AIA HEALTHY LIVING AMAZING RACE
      127 60 Last month, AIA held a Healthy Living Amazing Race to celebrate AIA Group’s corporate social responsibility theme Healthy Living and the first anniversary of its Initial Public Offering. About 350 staff and financial service consultants raced around the island collecting healthy food items for 80
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      392 62  -  JUNE YANG SINGAPORE The enthusiasm surrounding the Creative Video Awards seminar was palpable. As the 540-strong crowd swarmed into the Mandarin Orchard Grand Ballroom 15 minutes before it was slated to begin at 2pm, many rushed to take up the best seats at the
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      119 62 REUTERS Adobe Systems halted development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers, surrendering to Apple in a war over Web standards as the company surprised investors with a restructuring plan. Adobe’s decision means Web developers who currently use Flash tools to produce Web
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      640 64  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@ mediacorp.com.sg Colin Tan is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. Two important questions have emerged following the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s (URA) decision last week to reject the sole bid for a Paya Lebar commercial site.
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      133 64 City Developments (CDL) and its joint venture partners, Hong Leong Holdings and Hong Realty have unveiled plans for their latest residential development, The Palette. The 99-year leasehold condominium, located at Pasir Ris Grove Pasir Ris Drive 1, has an area of about
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      585 74  -  But team manager Lee is not making any predictions in the face of competition from Vietnam, Thailand TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG The last time gymnastics featured at the SEA Games was in 2007. Singapore’s gymnasts returned home from Korat, Thailand with four gold and
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      262 74 SINGAPORE The expansion of the Jalan Besar Stadium from the current 6,000 to 8,000 seats will be completed in January, just in time for the kick-off of the 2012 Malaysian Super League. The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) announced yesterday that the contract
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      365 75 PARIS Novak Djokovic (picture) rallied from a set down to beat fellow Serb Viktor Troicki 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters. Andy Murray of Britain, Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic and David Ferrer of Spain also
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        1415 2  -  Britain’s original bad boy of gastronomy has nary a bad thing to say about the nation’s current culinary big wigs well, almost nothing TODAY EXCLUSIVE DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com. sg YOU can’t tell just by looking at images of this restaurateur who is 50 this year,
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        309 4 BITE SIZED TWO hotels are bringing in familiar flavours, but with an extra touch. Over at Orchard hotel, they’re offering a Korean food promotion. And while we might be frequent visitors to that Korean stall at the food court, it definitely doesn’t showcase
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        554 6  -  The new Mikuni restaurant at the Fairmont Singapore holds delightful surprises for the diner FOOD REVIEW ANNETTETAN SOUS vide, dehydration, siphons, spherification these are terms oft used in food today. Once considered revolutionary and newfangled, these cooking techniques and equipment have been embraced by chefs over the last
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        555 7  -  Hinoki brings affordable yet robust-quality omakase meals to the masses FOOD REVIEW EVELYN CHEN I LOVE an omakase meal, which is pretty much what the chef chooses to feed you, for its inherent element of surprise be it a simmered dish in a dashiscented bath; petite pillows of
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        617 10  -  Terra Nova is the most expensive TV series ever made, but will it strike gold? Serene Lim serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg in Los Angeles TO SAY that new television series Terra Nova has baggage is an understatement. The sci-fi series, which starts off in AD 2149 and transports a family
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        228 11 IN A day of drama befitting Hollywood, Academy Awards organisers said on Wednesday that comedian Eddie Murphy was bowing out as host of the Oscars and producer Brian Grazer was stepping in to run the show. The dual announcements by
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        610 12  -  Citroen’s DS5 defies categorisation, along with the notion that you have to buy German for luxury transport CAR REVIEWS Julian Low features@mediacorp.com.sg in Nice, France CAN we really count on the French to build a desirable luxury car? But here comes the Citroen DS5, created to tempt
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        244 12 THERE is a version of the Citroen DS5 that can average 1,578km on a 60-litre tank of fuel. But because that fuel is diesel, you won’t get to buy it here. In France, Citroen intends to start selling the DS5 Hybrid4 next March. So-called because it has
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        319 13  -  Nissan’s newAlmera is an excellent replacement for an outgoing stalwart DERRYN WONG Hey, isn’t that the Latio sedan? In name it isn’t, but in everything else it may as well be.The Almera is a direct stand-in for Nissan’s traditionally-popular small sedan, the Latio. That car still soldiers on
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        512 14  -  BMW’s new small hatchback has the potential to be everything its predecessor wasn’t a best-seller CAR REVIEW DERRYN WONG IT’S very hard to be anything smaller than a compact hatchback in Singapore these days, what with Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices having gone through the roof. Kia’s
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        74 16 Buy a giftfor an underprivileged child this festive season. There are more than 90 items on World Vision’s Life-changing Gift Catalogue for you to choose from. These include essentials and items that could help transform a child’s life, ranging from shoes, food and blankets to
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        108 16 6th Biennial Xposition ‘O’ Contemporary Dance Fiesta Global Dance in Unison Organised by Odyssey Dance Theatre (ODT), this dance festival will kick off in Singapore before moving on to Korea. There will be performances, outreach programmes and workshops. Catch Silent Connexion, a new full-length work that is a collaborative effort
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        60 16 To find out more about engineering education and the industry, visit this exhibition —themed Energy Resilience for Sustainable Growth, which covers energy, aviation and defence. There will be talks organised for students as part of the exhibition. Today and tomorrow, 12pm to 5pm, National Library Building,
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        106 16 Don’t miss the chance to catch late Japanese anime director Satoshi Kon’s works on big screen. Two films are showing tonight: Perfect Blue and Millenium Actress. The former depicts how reality and fantasy collide when a Japanese pop idol decides to become an actress instead.
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        86 16 The latest edition of this monthly market which gathers the local design and artistic community in one venue has a range of S$11 specials and 11 per cent discounts at participating booths. Some retailers have also pledged 11 per cent of their proceeds to the aid of
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          70 16 This annual event aims to extend children’s learning and awareness about society and inspire them to make positive changes in the world they live in. There will be fun and educational activities for children to learn about social and environmental issues, special sessions on cyber
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          91 16 South-east Asia’s biggest celebration of Japanese pop culture and animation is back for the fourth year with exciting activities and concert performances by acclaimed entertainers and artistes, including several who are making their first appearance in the region. Catch up on the latest in Japanese entertainment,
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      62 18 ON MEDIACORP 26TH SEA GAMES 2011: OPENING CEREMONY (Live) Channel~5, ~8pm Support~our~local~athletes~as~they~continue~the~nation’s~ quest~for~glory~at~the~26th~SEA~Games~in~Indonesia~ from~11~Nov~to~22~Nov~2011. ~Cheer~on~our~athletes~in~ the~Opening~Ceremony~LIVE~tonight. HUMAN PLANET: DESERTS LIFE IN THE FURNACE okto, ~9pm Man’s~eternal~quest~for~water~in~deserts~brings~huge~ challenges~and~ingenious~solutions. This~episode~ features~cattle~herding~in~Mali, ~fishing~in~Antogo~Lake~ after~it~has~shrunk~by~evaporating~water, ~camel~herding~ in~the~Gobi~Desert, ~underground~aqueducts~in~Algeria~ and~moisture~farming~in~the~Atacama~desert. ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV HAWTHORNE SEASON 3 SET~(mio~TV~Ch~20), ~10.40pm The~very~pregnant~Christina~(Jada~Pinkett~Smith)~ prepares~to~walk~down~the~aisle~with~Tom~ (Michael~Vartan). ~But~their~joy~will~be~interrupted~ by~a~series~of~unfortunate~incidents~that~will~ challenge~Christina~both~physically~and~emotionally. CRIMINAL MINDS SEASON
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