Today, 21 February 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • 42 1 Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday February 21, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday February 21, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 802 1  -  Government to spend S$250 million a year to enhance quality, affordability of care NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While the Government’s move to raise subsidies was primarily aimed at alleviating healthcare costs in the intermediate and long-term care sector, it was also meant to accentuate
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 582 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From improving services, facilities and equipment to offering better salaries to attract more staff, these are some of the ways that community hospitals are planning to use the charity dollars that will be freed up, as a result of
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    • 465 3  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With Hougang having no MP following the expulsion of Mr Yaw Shin Leong last week, Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang has pulled two party stalwarts back to the Hougang Constituency Committee (HGCC) to ensure there will be no
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    • 379 3 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Scoot, the budget wing of Singapore Airlines, plans to fly to at least five cities by the end of the year as the group adds low-cost long-haul services to compete with Jetstar and AirAsia X. Scoot intends to announce destinations in
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    • 416 3 SINGAPORE Workers’ Party secretarygeneral Low Thia Khiang has insisted he had “no way and no authority to inspect the private matters and personal life” of former Member of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong. In a letter published in Chinese newspaper Lianhe
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    • 512 4 REUTERS SINGAPORE The Republic is seeking to lure bullion refiners by scrapping taxes on gold, a move which could also attract trading houses to open storage facilities and transform the country into a key Asian pricing hub, industry sources said yesterday. Singapore will exempt investmentgrade
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    • 116 4 REUTERS Thailand’s economy shrank a record 10.7 per cent in the fourth quarter from the previous three months due to the devastating floods at that time, but is expected to bounce back sharply this year as the government and major exporters step up
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    • 112 4 AGENCIES Japan’s trade deficit widened to a record ¥1.48 trillion (S$23.2 billion) last month, as the yen’s strength and weaker global demand eroded manufacturers’ profits and slowed recovery from last year’s earthquake and tsunami, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. Exports
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    • 274 6 REUTERS NEW YORK Diet soda may benefit the waistline, but people who drink it every day may have a heightened risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a new study published in the Journal
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    • 408 6 AGENCIES VANCOUVER The world’s first test tube hamburger will be served up this October after scientists have perfected the art of growing beef in the lab. By generating strips of meat from stem cells, researchers believe they can create a product
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1129 8  -  CHAN SEK KEONG Current legislation provides for three types of preventive detention, viz, the Internal Security Act (the ISA), the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act (the CLTP) and the Misuse of Drugs Act (the MDA), all of which have been constitutionalised. The ISA is
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    • 988 10  -  Rational approach to preventing proliferation could avoid thousands of deaths JOHN MUELLER John Mueller is professor of political science at Ohio State University. He is the author of Atomic Obsession. THE GUARDIAN Alarmism about nuclear proliferation is fairly common coin in the foreign
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    • 872 12  -  PHAR KIM BENG PharKim Beng is director of the Center of Trans Asia, Asian Strategic and Leadership Institute in Kuala Lumpur. With the European Union in fiscal and financial difficulties, it has redounded on the rest of the world to give
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    • 809 13  -  PAUL KRUGMAN Paul Krugman is an American economist, professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIMES Last week the European Commission confirmed what everyone suspected: The economies it
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  • VOICES
    • 455 14  -  Letter from Tang Li IN THE letter “A civil servant is not a public figure” (Feb 15), Mr Danny Tan said that the private life of a civil servant is not the public’s concern, as civil servants do not derive their power from the public.
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    • 246 15  -  In public transport, the additional buses are welcome, but fares for buses, trains and taxis could also be kept low if taxi rentals were lowered and the costs of the new buses and trains are not passed on to commuters. Letter from
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    • 130 15  -  Letter from Tiffany Tan MANY polytechnic students have voiced their opinion about unfairly having to pay adult fares for public transport, but nothing has been done. Even a short bus trip costs twice the student fare. If I take public transport
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    • 112 15  -  Letter from Yandhy Trilunar LAST year, my wife and I signed a 24-month contract for the mio TV home bundle, which includes family channels. But this month, the British documentary channel and other channels were removed and placed in the a-la-carte category, which
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    • 122 14 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices 1 YEAR AMERICAN MBA AWARDED BY TOP ACCREDITED US UNIVERSITIES California State University UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE ARCADIA 9 Pennsylvania, USA City University of New York California State MBA’ Info Tech Management International Management Entrepreneurial MBA Ranked 34th BusinessWeek
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    • 269 15 WILL FOREIGN LABOUR CURBS MAKE EMPLOYERS LESS CHOOSY? Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone’s app store (simply search for “QR reader”) and scan the code using the app, or you can visit http://tdy.sg/frgnlabr on your browser for the letter from Edmund Lim Chuan Yang. No better time
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 353 16  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN SINGAPORE Feeling helpless as he saw the people around him go through difficult situations, Mr Desmurn Lim decided to enter a career that would allow him to better help people in need. And after 10 years in social
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    • 301 16  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has launched a new online portal as part of its efforts to instil resilience among young Singaporeans. The “Bounce Back Stronger Youth Online Kit” seeks to provide youths aged 13 and above with
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    • 153 16  -  JOANNE CHAN Cleaners working for the People’s Action Party (PAP) town councils have seen a 30-per-cent pay rise from 2008. On average, a cleaner’s pay has gone up by about S$250 to S$1,000. The wage increase is due to skills upgrading and
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    • 154 17  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE A former senior section head at Singapore Technology Marine pleaded guilty yesterday to providing false information to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Badruddin Shaik Dawood, 44, had lodged a false report with the CPIB on Nov 30,
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    • 528 17  -  Ravindran was said to have dragged the maid to the kitchen by the hair, where he took a pair of scissors and placed them on her neck. He also wound a raffia string around her neck to strangle her. TEO XUANWEI
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  • WORLD
    • 374 18 US, analysts say 100 planes may be needed for any Israeli air strike THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Should Israel decide to launch a strike on Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,600km across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air
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    • 101 18 AP United Nations nuclear inspectors (picture) arrived in Iran yesterday in the latest push to hold key talks with Iranian officials about how far the country’s nuclear programme has come. The trip is the second in less than a month by the
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    • 89 18 THE GUARDIAN A Thai court yesterday issued a warrant for a fifth suspect involved in last Tuesday’s Bangkok blasts. The man, who has been named but not confirmed as Iranian national Javad Nikkahfard, 52, was captured on CCTV leaving the house where a
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    • 107 18 AP Alawyerforthe Indonesian militant who allegedly helped assemble bombs used in the 2002 nightclub blasts on Bali said yesterday that the charges against his client should be dropped. Trial began last week for Umar Patek, 45, a ranking militant with the Al Qaedalinked
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    • 210 19 BLOOMBERG Mr Henry Tang, embroiled in a scandal over an illegal basement built on his wife’s property, submitted a formal bid to run as the city’s top leader yesterday, ignoring sinking opinion-poll ratings and calls to drop out. The
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    • 281 19 AP SEOUL South Korea yesterday conducted live-fire military drills from five islands near its disputed sea boundary with North Korea, despite Pyongyang’s threat to attack. South Korea reported no immediate action by North Korea following the drills, which ended after about two hours.
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    • 159 19 REUTERS The ruling party of North Korea will hold a key conference in mid-April, the first since 2010, in which it is likely to make official the succession of power to its third generation of leadership, state media reported yesterday. The Workers’ Party
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    • 132 20 AP An inmate riot at a Mexican prison, which may have been staged to cover a breakout, resulted in the deaths of 44 prisoners on Sunday. The jail’s director and all guards on duty at the time have been detained as they
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    • 394 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The Lloyds Banking Group is to strip five former and current directors of more than £1 million (S$1.9 million) in bonuses as a penalty for a financial scandal that cost the taxpayer-backed bank £3.2 billion last year. It will be the first time
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    • 256 20 AGENCIES BERLIN Germany’s government and the two major opposition parties said they would jointly nominate former East German human rights activist Joachim Gauck (picture) to be the country’s next President. Mr Gauck, 72, is a former Lutheran priest who opposed East Germany’s
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    • 223 21 AGENCIES NEW YORK Australian and United States physicists have taken the first step towards escaping the limits of a technological principle called Moore’s Law by creating a working transistor using a single phosphorus atom. The atom was etched into a silicon bed with “gates”
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    • 62 21 A dancer from the Mocidade Samba School lighting up the street during the Rio Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. The carnival has been attracting top celebrities for much of its 80 years, with Madonna, Beyonce and Jude Law in attendance at
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    • 129 21 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH An interactive street advertising signboard that uses facial recognition technology to tell men from women will be unveiled at a bus stop in London’s Oxford Street tomorrow. Women will be able to view a full 40-second message commissioned by children’s charity
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    • 89 21 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A Dutch collector is selling some 5,000 unopened bottles of spirits, including the world’s most expensive cognac: A 1795 bottle made in Brugerolle that accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte on his conquests of Europe. The hand-blown six-litre Jeroboam bottle is worth £114,500
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    • 168 21 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON A simple test which identifies toddlers struggling with speech could prevent them falling behind their peers later in life, researchers say. By comparing their child’s speaking ability against a checklist of 310 basic words, parents could determine whether they are
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  • BUSINESS
    • 605 22 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST BRUSSELS Eurozone governments worked into the night yesterday, hoping to agree on a long-await-ed rescue package for Greece that would save it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, but several key points of division remained, senior officials said. Finance
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    • 101 22 AP Tehran is considering extending an oil embargo on France and Britain to other European countries, a semiofficial Iranian news agency reported yesterday. The head of Iran’s state oil company Ahmad Qalehbani was quoted by Mehr as saying that the country would stop selling
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    • OVERNIGHT
      • 93 22 All eyes on Greek deal Shares gained and the euro hit a one-week high as China’s move to beef up banking activity supported optimism for global growth and as Greece edged closer to securing a bailout, though rising oil prices weighed on the recovery hopes. Trading was subdued
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      • 83 22 Oil hits 8-month high Brent crude rose, briefly hitting an eight-month high above US$121 a barrel, as Iran halted exports to British and French companies ahead of a EU embargo. Policy easing by China and hopes for a Greek bailout also buoyed prices. Brent crude closed at US$120.44, up
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    • 23 22 US$1 s$1.253 US$1 £0.632 US$1 €0.757 US$1 CHF0.914 US$1 ¥79.596 US$1 A$0.932 US$1 HK$7.755 All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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    • 141 24 SINGAPORE Raffles Medical Group said yesterday its full-year net profit rose 11.3 per cent to S$50.4 million, partly helped by improved operating efficiency, higher patient load, the recruitment of more specialist consultants and a wider range of medical specialties. Revenue for the year
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    • 48 24 BLOOMBERG Optus Mobile, a unit of Singapore Telecommunications, has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Vividwireless Group from Seven Group Holdings, for A$230 million (S$310.3 million). The acquisition will enable Optus to gain Australian wireless spectrum for faster mobile services. BLOOMBERG
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    • 95 24 DOW JONES Commodities supplier Olam International said yesterday it expects to launch its proposed issue of Singapore dollardenominated perpetual capital securities in the “near future”, and has appointed banks to handle the offering. Olam named DBS Bank, JP Morgan and UBS as joint
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    • 143 24  -  SIM PING KHUAN Singapore’s direct investment outflows rose 9.7 per cent to S$31.7 billion last year as domestic companies continued to expand overseas despite volatile economic conditions, according to data from the International Enterprise (IE) Singapore. More than 34,400 companies, including many small-
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  • DIGITAL
    • 437 25 World’s largest maker of flat screens will focus on making thinner, brighter TVs BLOOMBERG SEOUL Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of flat panels will spin off its unprofitable liquid crystal display (LCD) division as the company focuses on making thinner, brighter TVs. The new
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    • 263 25 AGENCIES Walmart said it will raise its stake in Chinese e-commerce firm Yihaodian to boost its presence in China’s fast-growing consumer market. Walmart said the investment into Yihaodian will take its stake to 51 per cent and will be subject to government regulatory approval. Yihaodian, a website selling
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  • SPORTS
    • 763 26 THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST NAPOLI A defiant Andre Villas-Boas has dismissed suggestions his future as Chelsea manager will be defined by tonight’s Champions League tie against Napoli with the Portuguese already “excited” and “confident” about the team’s prospects for next season. Chelsea confront Napoli conquerors
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    • 273 26 AP LONDON Dereck Chisora apologised “wholeheartedly” yesterday for the brawl with David Haye that followed his loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Haye blamed Chisora for the clash that followed his fellow Londoner’s defeat in Munich and the beaten challenger has acknowledged that the violence
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    • 642 27 Fergie won’t set a date he just wants to go on a winning note AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson has lauded David Moyes’ work at Everton and claimed Manchester United will need an experienced head to replace him as manager when
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    • 100 27 AP Real Betis compounded Real Zaragoza’s relegation fears in the Spanish league by winning 2-0 away yesterday thanks to a goal in each half by Ruben Castro. Castro beat the offside trap before chipping goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez for the 41stminute opener. He scored
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    • 246 27 THE GUARDIAN LIVERPOOL Liverpool Football Club has been accused of critically undermining “efforts to combat racism in football and the wider society in general” with their handling of the Luis Suarez controversy and asked to issue an unreserved apology to Patrice Evra by a prominent group
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    • 617 28  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE V Sundramoorthy’s LionsXII have been blighted by National Service (NS) issues in their first month in Malaysian domestic football competitions, with some players unable to train regularly and others unable to travel for away games. Now, even the Singapore national
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    • 327 28  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE Last year was her most successful so far but despite 12 wins, including seven on the LPGA Tour, Yani Tseng remains hungry for more silverware. The Taiwanese world No 1 is the headlining act for this week’s US$1.4 million (S$1.8
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    • 31 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS Duran Duran and OMD are ready to rock this little red dot T2 FEBRUARY 21, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF
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      • 888 2  -  Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon talks about how their future is shaping their past GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IN 1981, a 21 -year-old Simon Le Bon was introduced by an ex-girlfriend to John Taylor and Nick Rhodes in a Birmingham nightclub.Thankfully, he became the frontman
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      • 660 3 The Brit synthpop outfit on being in vogue again IFYOU’RE a musician from Liverpool, the city that gave the world The Beatles, then you’ve some big musical shoes to fill.The Liverpudlian duo of Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, who called themselves Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD),
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          141 4  - FALLIN KEWEI KEVIN MATHEWS SINGAPORE thrush Kewei returns with her sophomore effort Fallin. In light of UK singer Adele’s recent Grammy successes, Kewei’s rendition of Rolling In The Deep seems appropriate. In a similar vein is the delivery of that Pretenders power ballad, I’ll Stand By You. All of which
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        • 161 4  - REMEMBRANCES THE LUCY SHOW KEVIN MATHEWS CONSIDERING the fact that the post-punk/ new wave music of the 1980s is now the hip and cool sonic accessories for hipster tweens and young adults worldwide, it might be a good idea even for decidedly second-tier bands of that era to be revisited
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        • 150 4  - PRISONER THE JEZABLS KEVIN MATHEWS SYDNEY-based quartet, The Jezabels, has already thrilled Singaporeans twice in as many years: At Music Matters 2011 and at the recent The People’s Party.The band’s musical approach is to blend disparate ’80s and ’90s arty alternative rock styles into a highly potent sonic brew.Thus, on
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        • 66 4 >> www.todayonline.com/blogs Our Gig Guide will be held over until next week, but for the full concert listings, visit Poparazzi (blogs.todayonline.com/ poparazzi/). Also, check out what our reporter had to say about what went down at Super Junior’s Super Show 4 (picture) over on Sunday, and
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          244 4  -  Relooking a classic record CHRISTOPHER TOH SLIPPERY WHEN WET Bon Jovi (1986) WHILE many remember the music of the 1980s as being namby-pamby NewWave and synthpop, they forget that the 1980s was also a time when bands also rocked as hard, with metal outfits like Metallica and
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      • 740 5  -  Could your character flaw be a psychiatric disorder? Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg IN GREEK mythology, Narcissus was so transfixed by his own reflection in a pool of water that he starved himself to death. Most of us would have encountered people similar to Narcissus in
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      • 243 6 Me, myself and I why are some people so self-obsessed? He was brilliant. Samuel (not his real name) knew it in his bones even though no one told him that. After all, all those people he worked with were a bunch of hypocrites. After losing his job, Samuel embarked on
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      • 248 6 Babies who are too young to speak can still forge friendships with each other and even make jokes, researchers have found THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TINY cameras strapped to a baby’s head have revealed the world from an infant’s point of view and offered scientists a unique
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      • 314 7 HEALTH BITE THE NEW YORK TIMES The facts FLYING in economy class may be easier on your wallet. But could it put a greater strain on your legs, raising risks of blood clots? For half a century, travelling in economy class
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      • 62 8 Adapted from Anna Galvada’s bestseller and starring Audrey Tautou and Guillaume Canet, Ensemble, C’est Tout is a story about howfour people living under one roof learn to love and live with each other’s idiosyncrasies and unique perspectives about life. In French with English subtitles.
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      • 104 8 Get ready for a night of fun, dance and laughter at Girl Talk, which features the original cast from its sold-out off-Broadway shows in New York. Set in the final broadcast of a radio show helmed by three DJs with distinctively different personalities, follow
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      • 76 8 Dashboard Confessional (Solo Acoustic) Live! Join Chris Carrabba, lead singer and guitarist of American rock band Dashboard Confessional in his one-night-only concert here. Since the release of Swiss Army Romance in 2000, Carrabba has cultivated and inspired a fierce loyalty in his fans with his honest music and sing-along anthems.
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      • 99 8 Imam Hussein is a rhapsody of violence and cultural heritage. Presenting the intimate laments of a young group of Mexicans who are tired of living among violence, watch the story between two fictional characters unfold as Zeinab seeks to
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      • 30 8 My Musical Diary Amanda Tee Local singer-songwriter Amanda Tee performs her own works and covers at this Esplanade Presents programme. Today, 7.15pm and 8.15pm, The Esplanade Concourse. Free admission. esplanade.com
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      • 105 8 Brick by Brick features a series of houses built from LEGO bricks. These LEGO houses symbolise the dormitories and facilities of Boys’ Town Singapore, which are in serious need of repair. As the beneficiary of this campaign organised by final-year public relations and advertising students from NTU’s
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      • 98 8 UPCOMING Be spoilt for choice atthe NATAS Travel fair happening this weekend, with more than 1,000 booths exhibiting different destinations and itineraries. Don’t miss the many cultural performances, food tastings, lucky draws and free travel seminars, which will cover destination packages, travel and health tips. Enjoy S$1
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    • 111 2 DIPLOMA IN COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY V CPE Registered V Endorsed by Psychotherapy Associaton of Singapore V Endorsed by the Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy (AGIP) V Flexible Installment Schemes V Fast Track to a Degree V Career Opportunities Available Degree Pathway Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology Diploma in Counselling Psychology
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    • 146 3 NOW SHOWING! PLAYING FOR 2 WEEKS ONLY! GET READY TO BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE BIGGEST, BOLDEST AND MOST SPECTACULAR MAGIC SHOW EVER TO BE STAGED IN SINGAPORE! ’•V* r 'p. FAMILY OFFER: 50% OFF CHILD TICKETS For groups of 2 adults and 2 children (3 -16 years old). For
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    • 655 4 EXPEJ=1JEN SpsUNDERWO AWAKENING in I MAX 3D Is 31 VlOijMMl Watch your favourite BLOCKBUSTERS M in a whole new immersive experience! wf* r For a limited period only I avatar 1 f .An■ I; IRC facebook.com/shaw.sg Get your LIDO IMAX tickets now! g www.shaw.sg/imax THE IRON LADY (PG13) DIGITAL 10:30am,
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    • 1011 7 HEALTH LISTINGS Mental Capacity Act A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) empowers an individual to make considered choices about his personal welfare and finances in the event he loses mental capacity. Learn its benefits and how you can make an LPA at this workshop. Date: Friday Time: 2pm to 3pm
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    • 33 8 SUDOKUplus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOWTO 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. COPYRIGHT UCLICK YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
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    • 45 9 ON MEDIACORP THE NOOSEV(PG) Channel~5, ~8.30pm The~Noose~team~reports~on~finding~a~clean~coffeeshop~ toilet~in~Singapore~and~a~growing~number~of~youths~ here~considering~queuing~as~a~profession~after~they~ graduate~from~school. HOME MAKEOVER II (Last Episode) Channel~8, ~8pm Join~Mark~Lee, ~Dasmond~Koh~and~Vivian~Lai~as~they~help~ families~with~their~home~renovations. ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV MOSES JONES (HD) British~Entertainment~On~Demand~~ (mio~TV~Ch~318), ~Anytime~On~Demand The~discovery~of~a~bizarrely~mutilated~body~who~ seems~to~have~been~the~victim~of~a~ritualistic~ witchcraft~killing~sparks~a~wave~of~violence~among~ London’s~Ugandan~exile~community. ~Moses~Jones~ is~seconded~to~the~case~from~Scotland~Yard~due~to~ his~supposed~cultural~links~with~the~local~African~ community. ~He~is~assisted~by~the~young, ~hopeful~ Dan~Twentyman. UTT PATAANG Eros~Bollywood~(mio~TV~Ch~313), Anytime~On~Demand A~man~and~his~private~detective~friend~attempt~to~ deal~with~a~bitter~ex-girlfriend~and~a~missing~bag~ full~of~cash.
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    • 388 9 ~6.00AM~ Ninja~Warrior ~6.30~ AM~Live! ~9.00~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~~ Show~IX~ ~10.00~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~11.00~ Mind~Your~Money ~11.30~ Great~Ideas~From~JML~ ~12.30PM~ First~Mums ~1.00~ Fighting~Spiders~II ~2.00~ Knight~Rider~ ~3.00~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~4.00~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~~ CHANNEL ~6.00AM~ Focus~ ~6.30~ The~Mission~ ~7.00~ Good~Morning~Singapore~ ~10.00~ The~Unforgettable~Memory ~NOON~ Behind~Every~Job~2~ ~1.00PM~ News~8~At~One~ ~1.30~ Frontline~ ~2.00~ Think~BIG~ ~2.30~ A~Mobile~Love~Story ~11.00AM~ Home~Shopping~ ~3.00PM~ GIFTS~ ~3.30~ Guess~ ~5.00~ 100%~Entertainment~
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    • 79 9 ON MEDIACORP ONLY IN BOLLYWOOD Channel~NewsAsia, ~6.32pm Years~before~ Superman Of Malegaon, ~a~village~in~India~has~ been~churning~out~remakes~of~popular~Bollywood~films~ —~such~as~Malegaon Ke Sholay, Malegaon Ki Lagaan and~ other~hits. ~Meet~Shaikh~Nasir, ~owner~of~SN~Films~and~ director~of~these~remakes. ~Catch~him~in~action~as~he~ trains~his~camera~and~passion~for~films~on~Spider-Man. DESTINATION TRUTH (PG) okto, ~9pm Josh~and~his~team~travel~to~Thailand~in~search~of~a~ half-plant, ~half-animal~being. They~also~go~to~the~island~ of~Cyprus~in~the~Mediterranean~Sea~to~investigate~the~ 1,000-year-old~legend~of~a~sea~monster. ON~STARHUB~CABLE~TV 21 Fox~Movies~Premium~~ (StarHub~TV~Ch~622), ~9pm~ Looking~for~a~way~to~pay~for~tuition, ~Ben~Campbell~ finds~himself~quietly~recruited~by~MIT’s~most~gifted~ students~in~a~daring~plot~to~break~Vegas. With~the~ help~of~a~brilliant~statistics~professor, ~and~armed~ with~fake~IDs,
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