Today, 14 March 2012

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    62 1 Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday March 14, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday March 14, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS
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    Lock icon Singapore, the most competitive city in Asia
    712 1  -  Global City Competitiveness Index ranks Republic third in the world ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic has emerged as Asia’s most competitive city and third globally after New York and London, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) inaugural Global City Competitiveness Index.
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    Lock icon More austerity needed in Athens: Report
    339 1 REUTERS BRUSSELS Greece will have to slash a further 5.5 per cent of GDP in government spending in 2013 and 2014 to meet agreed fiscal targets underpinning the second international bailout for Athens, a European Commission report said. The Compliance Report by the European
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    Lock icon Most US banks ace stress test
    782 1 Fed announces 15 of 19 can fend off financial shock; surprisingly, Citigroup fails LIVERPOOL 3 EVERTON 0 STEVIE G, HAT-TRICK HERO 57 REUTERS NEW YORK Most of the largest United States banks passed their annual stress test, the Federal Reserve revealed in an earlier-than-expected
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Climate change authority responds to WWF’s ‘largest carbon footprint’ charge
      428 2 SINGAPORE The National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS) has responded to environmental group World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) findings that the Republic has the largest carbon footprint per capita in the Asia-Pacific. The NCCS issued its response to “provide a better understanding
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      Lock icon S’pore, Indonesia to further ties
      465 2  -  Both countries note progress made, strive to work together for economic development IMELDA SAAD, S RAMESH imeldas@mediacorp.com.sg BOGOR Singapore and Indonesia have reaffirmed their commitment to deepen cooperation during a Leaders’ Retreat. A statement by Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said Prime Minister Lee
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      Infocomm sector gets S$46 million to boost productivity in 5-year plan
      440 3  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE With a lean team of eight full- and part-timers, gaming development company Touch Dimensions finds it a challenge to increase its productivity, including sending its staff away for relevant courses which are usually offered overseas. The
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      Supreme Court to hear Hougang by-election application
      349 4  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Since the Workers’ Party expelled Hougang Member of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong from the party leaving the seat vacant questions have been rife as to whether, according to the Constitution, the Prime Minister has to call for a by-election
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      NUS to decide on disciplinary action against MOE scholar
      254 4 SINGAPORE National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate Sun Xu a China national who is studying here on a Ministry of Education scholarship yesterday appeared before the university’s disciplinary board for posting an offensive remark on his blog. The board, which comprised
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      Lock icon SINGTEL WARNS CUSTOMERS ABOUT PHISHING SCAM
      102 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SingTel has warned its customers not to respond to emails asking for their personal information and passwords, as these are part of a phishing scam. On its Facebook page yesterday, it said some SingNet users have been receiving emails from “SINGNET” requesting
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      Govt rebuts letter by Reform Party chief
      343 4 SINGAPORE The Government has written to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) to rebut a letter from Reform Party secretarygeneral Kenneth Jeyaretnam that misrepresented “basic facts”. The WSJ had published a letter last Wednesday from Mr Jeyaretnam which claimed, among other things, that defamation
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      EU leaders sign off Greek bailout package, turn attention to Spain
      257 6 BRUSSELS Euro-zone finance ministers have signed off on a second Greek bailout package, worth €130 billion (S$214 billion), and turned their attention to Spain. Greece slashed its debts by more than €100 billion in the last few days by
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      Lock icon Najib says govt pay scheme went off-target
      473 6 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s controversial Public Service Remuneration Scheme (SBPA) was scrapped because it failed to meet the government’s commitment of a 7 to 13-per-cent raise across the entire civil service, Prime Minister Najib Razak (picture) said yesterday. His administration was
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      Lock icon Najib says govt pay scheme went off-target
      473 6 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s controversial Public Service Remuneration Scheme (SBPA) was scrapped because it failed to meet the government’s commitment of a 7 to 13-per-cent raise across the entire civil service, Prime Minister Najib Razak (picture) said yesterday. His administration was
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      Lock icon Red meat blamed for 1 in 10 early deaths
      278 8 Taking small quantities of processed meat such as bacon, sausages and salami can increase the likelihood of dying by a fifth, researchers found. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Britain’s Department of Health has been urged to review its guidance on red meat
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      NUS study finds cognitive effects of chemotherapy for breast cancer
      479 8  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After an eight-month break from work due to Stage 3 breast cancer, Mary returned to the workplace in late 2010, only to find herself more forgetful and unable to make decisions quickly. The manager in
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      Lock icon Most Japanese ‘against restarting nuclear plants’
      219 10 REUTERS TOKYO The majority of Japanese oppose a restart of nuclear power plants currently shut for maintenance, a poll by the Asahi newspaper showed yesterday, reflecting high public distrust towards atomic power after last year’s nuclear crisis. The government wants to restart some of
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      Lock icon Soldier’s shooting rampage will not affect withdrawal from Afghanistan: NATO
      424 10 AGENCIES BERLIN The alleged slaying of 16 civilians by a United States soldier in southern Afghanistan will not affect plans to turn over security operations to local troops, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and member countries said as they called
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      Lock icon DEATH PENALTY POSSIBLE FOR US SHOOTER
      130 10 REUTERS United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said the death penalty could be a consideration as the military moves to investigate and possibly put on trial a US soldier accused of killing 16 villagers in Afghanistan. Mr Panetta, answering questions for the first time
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      270 3 Singapore MediaCorp Artiste, Joanne Peh m -C5 S X A* NS V Experience Auckland Sale! Fly from Singapore direct to: Auckland Sale ends 16 March 2012 (6pm), unless sold out prior. Sale may be extended. For travel in selected periods in 2012. One way, all-inclusive Economy Starter fare-carry on baggage
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      237 4 r Enjoy stansfield’s unique 24/8 Learning System I ensures that there are only 24 students r (Sir LA (£*1 per lecture and 8 per tutorial with over W W t« 25 hours per week of contact time in r Enjoy the critical first year of full-time study. k a t
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      160 6 Experience MacBook Air at Infinite. It’s everything a notebook should be. And all it should weigh. I I MacBook An MacBook Air features the latest Intel Core processors, all-flash storage, ICIoud* and OS Lion, the world’s most advance desktop operating system. All in a thin, durable unibody enclosure that weighs
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      159 6 Experience MacBook Air at Infinite. It’s everything a notebook should be. And all it should weigh. J NacBook/Mi MacBook Air features the latest Intel Core processors, all-flash storage, ICIoud* and OS Lion, the world’s most advance desktop operating system. All in a thin, durable unibody enclosure that weighs less than
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      700 7 Advertising Feature Your Guide to a Week of Culinary Adventure The start of any journey entails proper planning and a high level of excitement. With a plethora of so many different types of food available and ways to prepare it, how does one whittle the selection down to just a
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      399 8 A A rune Aedes mosquito can breed in stagnant water no larger than the size of a 20-cent coin. Continue to do the 5-step Mozzie Wipeout everyday. Protect your loved ones from the pain and suffering of dengue. IT’S YOUR LIFE. IT’S YOUR FIGHT. k A T) A cf 0
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      191 9 ROBINSONS www.robinsons.com.sg Is i EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF PREVAGE Exclusive Launch at The Centrepoint Atrium 14 th to 20 th March, 2012 ii ElizabethArden NEW YORK Beautiful doesn't hide in the shadows. i v>i.i n) t v a g e mu GIFT WITH $300 NETT PURCHASE OF ELIZABETH ARDEN PRODUCTS
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      154 10 The Aedes mosquito can breed in stagnant water no larger than the size of a 20-cent coin. Continue to do the 5-step Mozzie Wipeout everyday. Protect your loved ones from the pain and suffering of dengue. IT’S YOUR LIFE. IT’S YOUR FIGHT. WALK WITH US Sunday, 18 March 2012, Sam
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      7 10 >> SOLDIERS WITHOUT A SAFETY CATCH COMMENT 14
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Weigh more, pay more
      918 12  -  Obesity is not only about health, it’s also an ethical issue Many of us are rightly concerned about whether our planet can support a human population that has surpassed seven billion. But we should think of the size of the human population not just in terms
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      Lock icon Soldiers without a safety catch
      691 14  -  GILES FRASER Giles Fraser teaches ethics and leadership at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham, in United Kingdom. THE GUARDIAN In 1947, the official United States historian of World War II, Brigadier-General SLA Marshall, published his groundbreaking book Men Against Fire. BG Marshall’s astonishing contention, debated vigorously
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      Lock icon A reality check on the US economy
      857 15  -  DEAN BAKER Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington. THE GUARDIAN Economists and economic reporters are about as quick to change their assessments of the economy as teenagers are to shift allegiances to the latest pop
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      Lock icon The perils of piecemeal intervention
      779 16  -  JONATHAN TEPPERMAN Jonathan Tepperman is managing editor of Foreign Affairs magazine. THE NEW YORK TIMES Syria’s rebels are in retreat, President Bashar Assad’s loyalist forces are laying waste to their former strongholds and the death toll is mounting: The latest United Nations reports put it
      THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  779 words
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      42 12 The Aedes mosquito can breed in stagnant water no larger than the size of a 20-cent coin. Continue to do the 5-step Mozzie Wipeout everyday. Protect your loved ones from the pain and suffering of dengue. IT’S YOUR LIFE. IT’S YOUR FIGHT.
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      178 17 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY □IRLOGUE NTU. One of the fastest-rising universities in the global Top 100. A champion of interdisciplinary pursuits, NTU President Professor Bertil Andersson believes the next big thing can come about when people get talking. Get your ideas bubbling in a vibrant cosmopolitan campus and you may discover
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  • VOICES
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      Education system alone does not explain skills imbalance
      372 18  -  Letter from Chen Junyi MR GERRARD Ball’s letter “Skills imbalance due to education system” (March 3) claimed that the lack of local supply for senior man­agement positions in multinational compa­nies is due to the local education system. He cited the high percentage
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      Lock icon LEANING TREES ALONG BEDOK SOUTH ROAD
      71 20  -  LETTER FROM RONALD KOH The trees, mostly rain trees, along Bedok South Road (picture) are the usual transported, “instant” trees whose roots lack a main trunk and are easily seen at the grass level. Several of these trees near the Lions Home for the
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      Lock icon Hundred-year-old tree cut down
      191 20  -  Letter from Patricia Chee IT WAS a black day for many residents in Kheam Hock Road when a newcomer to the neighbourhood recently cut down a 100-year-old tree. It stood along the road outside the plot of land bought by this newcomer, who built three houses
      PHOTOS COURTESY PATRICIA CHEE  -  191 words
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      Is the Home Improvement Programme really necessary?
      400 20  -  Letter from Lai Wai Fun MY PRECINCT recently polled to have the Home Improvement Programme (HIP). The free package includes the repair of cracked ceilings and a change of pipes, sink, etc. The toilet floor must pass the leak test or it will
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      An incongruity in the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty regime
      255 21  -  Letter from Leow Zi Xiang I WISH to highlight a peculiarity in the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) regime, under which someone who owns a prescribed number of residential properties has to pay the ABSD to buy another one. The prescribed
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    • Article
      Tighten laws to stop bail-jumping
      183 21  -  Letter from Arthur Lim IN THE report “Inquiry into foreigners who jumped bail to be completed next month” (March 9), Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean indicated the complexity of the issue at hand. We have many foreigners here who generally respect our laws. However,
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      Job protection must start when a woman is certified pregnant
      177 21  -  Letter from Joanne Lim I REFER to the letter “Inadequate protection for childbirth” (March 2). I think our labour laws should be amended to protect women from the moment they are certified pregnant instead of the second trimester onwards. A
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      Don’t abort baby, let others adopt
      84 21  -  Letter from Frank Young WE NEED to encourage pregnant women seeking abortions to give up their babies for adoption. There were about 12,000 abortions in 2010, and every baby born can add to the scarce pool of new Singaporeans. I am sure that many
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      We should invest more to nurture our youth: StarHub
      219 23  -  Letter from Adam Reutens-Tan Manager, Corporate Communications Investor Relations, StarHub WE REFER to Mr Vincent Gabriel’s letter “Apathy for Boys’ Town?” (March 9) and agree that today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders and a vital resource in whom we should invest not
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      Thank you, SCDF
      134 23  -  Letter from Gerald Yong WATCHING the Channel 8 drama Rescue 995 has prompted me to thank the Singapore Civil Defence Force. Having been rescued twice before by the paramedics, most recently during a traffic accident last year, I would say their professionalism is exemplary. I once called
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      Size of patient debts not acceptable
      96 23  -  Letter from Colin Ong Tau Shien I READ with disappointment that Singapore’s public “Hospitals left with S$110m in unpaid bills” (Feb 29), as of the end of last year. This amount is too large and unsustainable in the long run. The Government must study
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      NS ONLINE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE MORE USER-FRIENDLY
      98 23  -  LETTER FROM WILSON CHOO My son tried unsuccessfully last year to register online for National Service deferment. A friend of mine is experien­cing this problem with her son’s registration this year. Parents have to accompa­ny their sons to register at the Central Manpower
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      CORRECTION
      48 23 In our Things To Do section (March 12), it was stated in “Junction 8: 18th Anniversary Celebrations” that two lucky shoppers will bring home the spoils from a fully paid S$1,800 shopping spree. This is incorrect. There will be 16 lucky shoppers. We apologise for the error.
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      175 18 CUTOUT NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS 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/fairpunish on your browser for the letter from Theresa Goh. Probably, one of the highest ranked UK
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      127 19 We are pleased to have you re-employed with us. Your experience and dedication will continue to make a difference. < Jv ii At i airvAiHHa Quek Choo Kuan ASSISTANT FINANCIAL CONTROLLER MARINA MANDARIN SINGAPORE Wi U Anna has been an asset to Marina Mandarin Singapore for over 25 years. She
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      48 20 CLIMATE CHANGE SURVEY FINDINGS NOT REFLECTED IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE HERE 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/ recyclesg on your browser for the letter from Gaetane Prinselaar.
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      45 23 HOW MRT LUNCHTIME TRAVEL COULD BE BETTER 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/mrtlunch on your browser for the letter from Ng Khai Seng.
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Singapore Cruise Centre wins industry ‘Oscars’
      173 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) has again been voted the most efficient and the best turnaround port, based on a poll by UK-based magazine, Cruise Insights. The SCC’s two-berth International Passenger Terminal at HarbourFront is the ninth largest cruise port in
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      Hotel rooms in S’pore the most expensive in Asia
      451 25  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even as prices for hotel rooms fell across the Asia-Pacific, the strong Singapore dollar is keeping the Republic at the top of the list as the most expensive Asian country for hotel rooms. Last year, the average
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      S’pore role model for sustainable development: Clark
      253 26  -  AMIR HUSSAIN hussainsamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To ensure development is both equitable and sustainable, countries need to have “new models of development” which should include “active, effective, honest and fair, governance”, said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark at the 32nd Singapore Lecture
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      Ayer Rajah’s ‘connect’ way to help residents
      272 26  -  WAYNE CHAN SINGAPORE First-term Member of Parliament Foo Mee Har yesterday launched a community programme in her West Coast GRC Ayer Rajah ward to tackle the needs of lower-income families, the needy elderly and youths at risk. The announcement comes ahead of a
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      Lock icon ‘Residents illegally using State land in Clementi must own up’
      353 26 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE As the authorities seek to address the illegal use of a plot of State land at Clementi Avenue 4, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Member of Parliament Sim Ann has called on those involved to come forward so that
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    • Article
      SEVEN ARRESTED IN THREE SEPARATE CASES FOR SUSPECTED LOANSHARK-RELATED ACTIVITIES
      242 27 The police have arrested seven people in three cases for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. In the first case, officers mounted an operation covering Jurong West and Yishun housing estates between March 12 and yesterday, and arrested three men and
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      Judge dismisses appeals in bank scam case
      479 27  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanweit@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Expect the courts to come down hard on offenders whose crimes threaten the Republic’s financial integrity, said High Court judge V K Rajah yesterday, as he dismissed the appeals by three perpetrators of a multi-million-dollar scam against a bank.
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      188 27 SINGAPORE mantime^eek 2 0 12 ARE YOU UP TO THE CHALLENGE? The Amazing MaritimeChallenge pits teams in a series of fun maritime-themed games. Held in and around the Maritime Experiential Museum Aquarium, teams will need to strategise and compete in the various stations in order to rack up as many
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      171 28 AP The British police made six arrests yesterday in the British media’s phone hacking scandal, including Rebekah Brooks, the former top executive of Mr Rupert Murdoch’s News International. The police did not identify those arrested, but a person who had been briefed
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      359 28 AP MANILA The Asian Development Bank is warning countries to prepare for influxes of people fleeing natural disasters as climate change exacerbates rising sea levels, soil degradation and seasonal flooding. Natural disasters drove 42 million people from their homes in the Asia-Pacific in 2010
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      Lock icon Ferry capsizes in Bangladesh after colliding with cargo boat
      167 29 AP DHAKA A ferry packed with about 200 people capsized in a river in southern Bangladesh yesterday, killing 31 people and leaving dozens more missing. Local police chief Mohammad Shahabuddin Khan said the Dhaka-bound ferry sank on the Meghna River after
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      63 29 Mr Nan Weiping, 41, playing a musical instrument made of carrots and scallions in Beijing earlier this month. He and his brother Nan Weidong, 43, are musicians who specialise in performing with instruments made of vegetables and other groceries. They became famous after participating in many
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      Lock icon Chinese leaders promise to help entrepreneurs
      322 29 AP BEIJING As China faces growing calls for major reforms to prevent its slowing economy from derailing and maintain rising living standards, the response from Chinese leaders appears to be: “Not yet”. In speeches, news conferences and meetings in the past 11 days during
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      519 31 How Vietnamese women who settle overseas are reshaping the countryside THE NEW YORK TIMES QUANG YEN (Vietnam) Three months before he died, Mr Bui Van Vui got his dream home, a two-storey house with a red-tiled roof that can be seen from afar
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      165 31 AP Internet users have received a sneak preview of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s first campaign speech for state television. A video posted on several sites, including Facebook and YouTube, shows the Nobel laureate proclaiming her National League for
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      Lock icon Thais extend State of Emergency in south
      130 32 AP BANGKOK The Thai government yesterday extended a long-estab-lished State of Emergency in its three insurgency-plagued southernmost provinces. The emergency decree, extended for three months, gives security forces special powers of arrest and detention in the Muslim-dominat- ed provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and
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      Lock icon Arroyo’s husband posts bail hours after arrest order
      276 32 AP MANILA Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo’s husband posted bail yesterday, hours after a court ordered his arrest on charges that he received millions of dollars in bribes during his wife’s time in office. Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, who was seen as
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      Lock icon Syrian army ‘laying landmines along borders’
      364 36 AGENCIES BEIRUT An international rights group here said that the Syrian army is mining the border with Turkey and Lebanon even as thousands of refugees flee a widening crackdown by President Bashar Assad’s military. The claim came as a pro-government newspaper reported yesterday that
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      221 36 Several peacekeepers from other countries have also been accused of rape, in cases that have fuelled public protests and demands that members of the UN force be stripped of their immunity and face trial in Haitian courts. REUTERS PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti) Two United Nations
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      Lock icon Koreas scuffle at UN human rights meeting
      125 36 AP SEOUL —South Korean lawmakers scuffled with North Korean delegates in Switzerland at a United Nations meeting on the North’s human rights abuses. Footage from the Yonhap News Agency on Monday showed several South Korean lawmakers trying to grab a North Korean diplomat
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      Lock icon Obama, Cameron reaffirm their ‘special’ relationship
      386 38 AGENCIES WASHINGTON British Prime Minister David Cameron and United States President Barack Obama have said that there is “hardly anything we cannot do” together and that the relationship between Britain and America is “special” and a “unique asset” for the world, as Mr Cameron
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      188 38 REUTERS Several leaders of Russia’s fragmented opposition, in a rare display of unity, urged the United States on Monday to remove a largely symbolic Cold War trade provision. They included anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny and other organisers of demonstrations against
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      Lock icon Poll sees Sarkozy taking first round lead
      183 40 REUTERS PARIS President Nicolas Sarkozy led his Socialist challenger Francois Hollande for the first time in an opinion poll yesterday for Round One of France’s presidential election, but was still shown losing in the second round. The Ifop/Fiducial poll put support for Mr
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      169 40 AP BRUSSELS A mosque near Brussels was the target of an arson attack on Monday night which left the imam dead and one other person slightly injured, the Belgian authorities said. A Muslim man was arrested for the attack on the mosque in Anderlecht, a suburb
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      Lock icon VARSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR CAMPUS RAMPAGE THREAT
      132 41 AP A University of Maryland honour student, who warned on websites that he was going to “kill enough people to make it to national news”, was arrested on Sunday morning after several people reported the online messages to police. While the threat was
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      177 41 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH When Michael Bell Jr came home with three Fs on his report card, his father literally sent him out on to the streets. Mr Michael Bell Sr forced his son, who has been described by teachers as the “class
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      196 41 AGENCIES BEIJING Lawmakers in China are beginning to question the effectiveness of the highly-dis-ciplined approach to education that is associated with Chinese parents around the world. Secondary school students in China spend up to 12 hours in school on a typical day, and then
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      Lock icon US PROSECUTOR SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR ABUSIVE GRANDMOTHER
      126 41 AP Prosecutors in Alabama said that they will seek the death penalty for a woman whose granddaughter died after being forced to run three hours as a punishment. The Gadsden Times reported that Etowah County District Attorney Jimmie Harp made the announcement
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      Lock icon USE OF HOMELESS PEOPLE AS WI-FI HOTSPOTS BACKFIRES ON MARKETER
      166 42 THE NEW YORK TIMES A marketing agency touched off a wave of criticism when it hired members of the local homeless population to serve as wireless transmitters at the South by Southwest technology conference in Austin, Texas. BBH Labs, the
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      Lock icon Kony 2012 video creator defends tactics
      252 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SAN DIEGO The chief executive of the group behind a wild-ly-popular video about African warlord Joseph Kony answered critics on Monday, defending its tactics and spending practices. After only six days, the 29-minute Kony 2012 film about the leader of the
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      241 43 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK Ardent love letters written by the future United States President Richard Nixon to the “Irish Gypsy” who would become his wife will go on public display this week. Six of the dozens of romantic missives Nixon sent to
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      125 43 AP A male prisoner in the maxi-mum-security section of a Maine jail managed to go through four doors to access the cell of a 25-year-old female inmate in the women’s cell block to have sex with her. The sheriff’s office says the 23-year-old man
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      298 43 AP FLORENCE (Italy) Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence’s most famous buildings. The latest findings on Monday
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      Lock icon Chasing the MICE market
      390 44  -  YVONNE CHAN yvonnechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government is pumping more cash into the tourism sector to further position Singapore as a lifestyle and business events hub. While industry players welcome the move, they also see challenges from rising regional competition and a lack of talent. Singapore’s tourism
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      192 44 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Sembcorp Marine said yesterday its subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$385.5 million (S$486 million) order from Helix Energy Solutions Group to build a semisubmersible well intervention rig. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in January 2015 and will be
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      56 46 TUESDAY CLOSE 2,989.07 (+0.91%) Monday 2,962.18 q 0.03% Friday 2,963.15 q 0.24% Thursday 2,970.38 p 1.96% Wednesday 2,913.16 q 0.64% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE THBEV 65,199 s$0.340 p 7.93% Chemoil US$ 60,253 s$0.420 p 5.00% GblYellowPgs 59,330 s$0.121 p 14.2% GoldenAgr 51,850 s$0.725 q 2.03%
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      17 46 US$1 s$1.260 £1 s$1.973 €1 s$1.653 ¥100 s$1.524 RM1 s$0.415 Rp1,000 s$0.137 HK$100 s$16.23 RMB100 s$19.92
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      26 46 HANG SENG Ç 21,339.70 (+0.97%) Ç NIKKEI 9,899.08 (+0.09%) SHANGHAI 2,455.79 (+0.86%) Ç AUSTRALIA 4,247.60 (+1.21%) Ç Ç MUMBAI 17,813.62 (+1.28%) MALAYSIA 1,564.02 (-0.05%) È
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      48 46 STOCK CALLS Buy s$0.395 DBS Vickers upgrades from hold, raises target to S$0.50 from S$0.43. Expects stronger offshore activity to drive offshore-support-vessel demand. Tips fiscal 2012 earnings to bottom out at US$28 million, with fiscal 2013 earnings to rise 22 per cent on-year to US$35 million.
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      Lock icon Berlian buys time, halts seizures
      190 46 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Financially beleaguered Berlian Laju Tanker said yesterday that it had obtained an order in the High Court of Singapore that would prevent its ships from being impounded. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange, the Indonesia-based tanker operator said the move “provides
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      Lock icon MAS PROPOSES TO ALLOW BANKS TO SELL COVERED BONDS
      174 46 DOW JONES The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is proposing to allow banks here to sell covered bonds in limited amounts as an additional source of longer-term funding that could potentially be Basel III-compliant. A consultation paper posted on the MAS
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      195 46 DOW JONES HSBC Holdings yesterday said it would not be exiting any markets in Asia but would continue to review operations in several Asian countries as part of a wider drive to slim its global operations and maximise profitability. A spokesman for HSBC
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      363 46 AFTERNOON LATEST AP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama yesterday warned China it would not be allowed to gain a competitive advantage in world trade by “skirting the rules”. Making an election-year pitch to American workers and businesses, Mr Obama announced Washington has brought
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      53 46 TUESDAY CLOSE 13,177.70 (+1.68%) Monday 12,959.70 p 0.29% Friday 12,922.00 p 0.11% Thursday 12,907.90 p 0.55% Wednesday 12,837.30 p 0.61% NYSETOP5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 375.8m $8.49 p~6.26% Citigroup 82.2m $36.45 p~6.30% JPMorgan Chase 75.6m $43.39 p~7.03% Sprint Nextel 64.9m $2.79 p~2.57% General Electric
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      13 46 Ç FTSE100 5,955.91 (+1.07%) Ç Ç DAX 6,995.91 (+1.37%) CAC40 3,550.16 (+1.72%)
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      15 46 US$1 s$1.261 US$1 £0.637 US$1 €0.765 US$1 CHF0.924 US$1 ¥82.990 US$1 A$0.949 US$1 HK$7.760
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        124 46 S&P500 hits 3.5-year high The stock market posted its best day this year, with the day’s late spark coming from JPMorgan Chase after the bank announced it will raise its dividend. JP Morgan’s news preceded the Federal Reserve’s release of results from its latest stress tests of banks.
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        82 46 Brent at 11-month peak Brent crude prices settled at an 11-month high as improving German economic sentiment, rising US retail sales and the US Federal Reserve’s reiteration that it plans to keep interest rates low fuelled optimism about growth. Brent April crude rose 88 US cents to settle at
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      Lock icon Japan’s S$12.9b stamp of approval for yuan
      391 47 REUTERS TOKYO Japan will buy 65 billion yuan (S$12.9 billion) worth of Chinese government debt in the coming months, Finance Minister Jun Azumi said yesterday, giving China a mark of approval in the credibility of the yuan as an international currency. Other countries
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      Lock icon Bank of Japan rejects new asset buys, boosts lending
      240 47 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan’s central bank yesterday rejected lawmakers’ calls to expand asset purchases for a second straight month, spurring stocks to surrender gains and prompting a rise in the yen. Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and all but one of his colleagues on
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      181 47 AP The United States government on Monday filed a US$25 billion (S$31.5 billion) court settlement with the five largest mortgage lenders in the country, putting an official stamp on the landmark agreement announced last month over alleged foreclosure abuses. The deal between
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      324 48 AGENCIES BRUSSELS The European Union, United States and Japan formally asked the World Trade Organization yesterday to settle a dispute with China over its restriction on exports of raw materials, including rare earth elements critical to major
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      270 48 AGENCIES GENEVA The World Trade Organization’s appellate body upheld on Monday that Boeing received at least US$5 billion (S$6.3 billion) in improper subsidies from the United States government to develop its 787 Dreamliner and other jet models, giving it an unfair advantage over
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      622 50 Lawsuit follows social networking site’s plans for IPO that could value it at US$100 billion AGENCIES SAN JOSE Yahoo! stepped up its new feud with Facebook on Monday, suing the socialnetworking giant and accusing it of infringing on 10 patents tied to an array
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      166 51 Foursquare aims to gain popularity with the non-techie crowd by being more useful, said co-founder Dennis Crowley at the SXSW conference, reported Bloomberg. Mr Crowley intends to take Foursquare from a mobile check-in app to a tool for getting recommendations and discounts at restaurants and museums. Full story
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      323 51 AGENCIES BEIJING Apple has a second partner in China to sell the iPhone in the world’s biggest mobile-phone market. Even as analysts say the deal may be too late to catch Samsung Electronics, with a market share that is three times
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      208 51 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Mobile phone maker Nokia is likely to launch a Windows 8 tablet before Christmas, according to sources. The 10-inch device would be among the first to use Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system, and would follow from Nokia’s pioneering
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      288 54 Liverpool manager urges FA action over rival’s remarks AGENCIES LONDON Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has suggested the English FA could charge his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger for accusing Luis Suarez of diving. Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield earlier this month when striker Robin van Persie scored
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      567 54 Walcott bullish as Arsenal close in on third spot THE GUARDIAN LONDON Theo Walcott warned Premiership rivals Tottenham Hotspur that Arsenal were primed to overtake them in third place and snatch the final automatic Champions League qualification spot, after helping his team to a dramatic injury-time
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      451 54 Super Mario Gomez helps himself to four goals AP MUNICH Mario Gomez scored four goals as Bayern Munich destroyed Champions League upstarts Basel 7-0 to reach the quarter-finals last night (this morning, Singapore time). The rampant Bavarians, who scored seven for the second match
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      487 54 Marseille wins on away goals after injury-time drama AFTERNOON LATEST AGENCIES MILAN Marseille served up more late drama when they reached the Champions League last eight for the first time since winning the trophy in 1993 after an actionpacked last 20 minutes haunted Inter
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      701 55  -  Singapore Sports Council announce they will review tenure limit of NSA office-bearers LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TANYO-HINN AND IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE In March 2003, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) released a Code of Governance for the national sports associations (NSA) here.
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      287 55 AP UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16, SECOND LEG Chelsea vs Napoli LONDON England will be without a team in the final eight of the UEFA Champions League if Chelsea fail to overturn a two-goal deficit against buoyant Napoli on Wednesday (tomorrow morning, Singapore
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      440 56  -  IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More than 1,400 hopefuls turned up last month for two days of trials at Bishan Stadium for MediaCorp’s inaugural reality football series, First XI. The long-awaited 10-part series kicks off tonight on Channel
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      569 56  -  Kanan named new coach but Wong not ready to accept Prime League role SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE These are troubled times for S-League club Geylang United. Once they ruled local football, boasting some of the biggest stars in their ranks who helped them win six
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      276 57  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Former Asian No 1 Jeev Milkha Singh of India will join compatriot and defending champion Himmat Rai as well as local hero Mardan Mamat to headline the US$400,000 (S$504,000) ISPS Handa Singapore Classic which returns for its third
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      407 57 Woods says injury not serious, so he’s up for the Masters AGENCIES MIAMI (Florida) Tiger Woods is hopeful of returning to practice later this week after being diagnosed with a mild strain to his left Achilles tendon. The former world No 1 had
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      596 57 Liverpool humiliate local rivals Everton, thanks to a hat-trick from their captain AFTERNOON LATEST LIVERPOOL Steven Gerrard blew out the candles on David Moyes’ 10th anniversary cake in emphatic fashion at a raucous Anfield. The Liverpool midfielder marked his 400th Premier League appearance with a hat-trick last
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      361 57 THE GUARDIAN LONDON The next 10 weeks will define Chelsea’s future, not just their campaign, said John Terry last night, as the club captain urged his Chelsea team-mates to transform a campaign apparently teetering on the brink into “one of our best
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      187 55 m SI 0 @TDYSPORTS ON TWITTER SPORTS SCORES ANALYSIS NEWS DON’T JUST READ ABOUT IT. WATCH IT. YOUTUBE.COM/ TODAYDIGITAL Singapore’s biggest Thai Show is back! 22 26 March 2012 Ngee Ann City, Civic Plaza, Orchard Road Trade: 22, 23 March 2012: 10:00am 3:00pm Public: 22, 23 March 2012: 3:00pm 9:00pm
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      86 57 SPORTS FIXTURES For fixtures of all other Olym Football, S.League, UE Champions and UE Europe, please visit Singapore Pools website. MOTOR RACING FOR FULL LIVE TELECAST SCHEDULE AND VENUE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT SINGAPORE POOLS WEBSITE. Ip yX Always play with care. |responsibiy| Do not bet illegally. No person under the
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      86 57 SPORTS FIXTURES For fixtures of all other Olym Football, S.League, UE Champions and UE Europe, please visit Singapore Pools website. MOTOR RACING FOR FULL LIVE TELECAST SCHEDULE AND VENUE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT SINGAPORE POOLS WEBSITE. Ip yX Always play with care. |responsibiy| Do not bet illegally. No person under the
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      33 58 Singapore’s FIRST football reality show. Watch the action unfold only on Channel 5. Muhsin Johari Admin Assistant Singapore Sherman Prescott Shotam Flight Attendant Singapore Samuel Lim Director Singapore xinmsn.com/firstxi #firstxi Official Radio Station
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      54 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS MARCH 14, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF BIG LESSONS FROM DANNY DEVITO T4 JOHNNY DEPP IS NOT THE LONE RANGER T4 TECH: SCAN 3D OBJECTS IN A SNAP T8 HERE COMES TROUBLE DAI YANG TIAN RECALLS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN
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      1227 2  -  Dai Yang Tian on the movie that kept him up at night, being a sleeping partner in the entertainment biz and dreaming big MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com. sg PERHAPS he knows the value of beauty sleep. Or perhaps the price of fame is so high these days that
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      260 3 average Mr 2012 15th- 18th March 2012' Suntec Singapore Level 4 Halls 403 404 11 am -10 pm Daily FREE ADMISSION Singapore’s MEGA FOOD BEVERAGE FAIR SUNTEC SINGAPORE And WIN The 1st Prize Of and other CASH PRIZES cno purchases required to enter the draw) Simply cut this coupon, fill
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      682 4  -  What’s not to like about Danny DeVito? TODAY EXCLUSIVE Genevieve Loh genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg HE’S the legend that will keep you, your jaded best friend, your hard-of-hearing grandpa and your eight-year-old niece entertained to no end. Because actor-comedian-director Danny DeVito is simply that guy who’s been in the business
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      SCENE STEALER
      222 4  -  GENEVIEVE LOH THE LONE RANGER: After that first look of Johnny Depp asTonto in full make-up (that’s sure to give Captain Jack Sparrow a run for his money), we’re wondering exactly where director Gore Verbinski will be going with his remake of the 1950s classic TV show. After
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      405 5 AP A ROWDY band of bloodsuckers, gunslingers, wily wise guys, jaded private eyes, hard-boiled reporters and good girls gone bad, stuck in an attic together for 80 years, is going its separate ways. Nearly three dozen movie theatre posters from the Golden Age
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      431 6 MOVIE REVIEW: JOYFUL NOISE PG, 118MIN THE NEW YORK TIMES THE saving graces of Joyful Noise, a flimsy movie musical whose parts are pasted together with chewing gum and Scotch tape, are its ornate gospel renditions of familiar pop tunes. When you put
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      Lock icon Radcliffe’s grown-up in this freshly terrifying adaptation
      343 7 MOVIE REVIEW: THE WOMAN IN BLACK PG13, 96 MIN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SUSAN Hill’s sepulchral, haarshrouded tale of strange goings-on at Eel Marsh House has been adapted for the screen once before, and very capably too. Broadcast on Christmas Eve 1989 and repeated
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      Lock icon Olympics to boost London theatres
      185 7 REUTERS MUSICAL impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber predicted a “bloodbath” for West End stages during this summer’s Olympic Games in London, but a survey published on Monday suggested the opposite may be true. Website Whatsonstage.com surveyed more than 32,000 theatre-goers and found that two-thirds of respondents
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      109 7 CATHAY LIKE US ON facebook.com/cathaycineplexes FOLLOW US ON twitter.com/cathay_cinemas cathay.com.sg The Cathay -11.05am, 1.35pm, 1.50,4.15,4.30, 7.00, 7.10, 9.45, 9.55pm, 12.15am Platinum Movie Suites -1.45pm, 4.20, 7.00, 9.50pm Cineleisure Orchard 10.35am, 11.00,11.05am, 1.10pm, 1.40, 1.45, 3.30,4.20, 4.25, 6.10, 7.05, 7.10, 8.50, 9.45, 9.55,11.25pm, 2.00am Causeway Point 10.35am, 11.15am, 1.00pm, 1.15,1.55, 3.40,
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      Impatience has its perks
      278 8  -  Transfer photos from Sony’s XQD Memory Cards in a snap RYHAN YAZID IN TODAY’S fast-paced world, we want everything now (if not yesterday). Sony has a solution for impatient photographers who want to download their latest photographic excursion fast and get back out on the trail.
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      View from the top
      429 8  -  The HPTopShot LaserJet Pro M275 Multi-Function Printer is a hotshot for blogshops and auctioneers ALVIN CHONG PRINTERS do more than just print these days.All-in-one, or multi-function, printers come ready to scan, fax and photocopy out of the box. Some even skip computers altogether and print via
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      The Nexus big star
      424 9  -  Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus puts Android 4.0 in your hands HIRANAND SUNNY GOOD news for Android fans.The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has finally landed on our shores, ending the arduous wait for the first phone equipped with Google’s latest operating system, Android 4.0. Design-wise, the Nexus is a
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      Put it on the tab
      332 9  -  Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is an entertainment powerhorse in a portable package HIRANAND SUNNY WHEN Samsung first announced its 7.7-inch tablet, it looked like an attempt to plug the gap created by Amazon’s popular Kindle Fire. But, in truth, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 is a revelation.
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      156 9 Win a chance to high-five his Airness Michael Jordan BASKETBALL fans, here’s a treat for you: How would you like to meet basketball legend Michael Jordan? 2K Sports, the developer of the NBA2K12 game, will be sending six lucky people on an all-expense-paid trip to the United
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      135 8 SMOOTH OPERATOR INFINITI’S G37 CONVERTIBLE IS QUALITY DEFINED WHEN WILL COEs BECOME CHEAP AGAIN? CAR BUYING MADE EASY IN ASSOCIATION WITH ISSUE 192 SGD$3.90 ARE THE LATEST CARS IN TOWN ANY GOOD? WHICH DEALERS OFFER THE BEST DEAL? WE’RE THE FIRST TO DRIVE THE ALL-NEW MERCEDES-BENZ SL 500 Beauty or
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      172 9 Academy Every Step With You Mtmc Academv V-'T'Vr' UNIVERSITY of ABERDEEN ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN TOP 1 Rfl n wor^ \J Times Higher Education Y Founded in 1495 •/5 Nobel Prizes awarded for work carried out or begun at Aberdeen 90% of research activity is of international quality Over 150
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      71 10 In a homogenising world of globalised values and ideas, how does a city remain distinctively Asian? Through music,The Hive tells stories of how people continue to experience Asian cities and their shared challenges and aspirations while balancing tradition and
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      World Voices presents Az Samad
      86 10 Join guitarist and composer Az Samad in this edition of World Voices. A talented musician with diverse musical skills in jazz, contemporary acoustic fingerstyle guitar and classical guitar, Samad has performed in many different settings, from intimate solo guitar shows to outdoor festival stages and
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      Autostereoscopy: 4 Continents in 3D
      85 10 Photographer Stefen Chow captures the spirit of the Denis Group, a mercantile company with 150 years of history across 12 countries in four continents, using a stereoscopic style, or 3D. From Tokyo to Antananarivo, manufacturing to distribution, and from the factory worker to the CEO,
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      Esplanade presents The MIG
      61 10 Enjoy an evening being serenaded by The MIG, as they pay tribute to The Beatles by reviving 50 years of Beatlemania through an anthology of songs such as Come Together, Strawberry Fields Forever, and their first single, Love Me Do. Today, 8pm to 8.40pm, 9pm to
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      The Tabitha Foundation Silk Fair
      94 10 Expect a wide variety of quality home ware and fashion items at the Tabitha Foundation Silk Fair, supported by the Originals Furniture Store. Items on sale include bedding, cushions, handbags, scarves, jewellery and children’s items all created and made within the cottage industry programme in
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        The Return of the Mad Chinaman
        90 10 Presented by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, this is a showcase of Dick Lee’s musical journey, starting from songs such as Sukiyaki and Bengawan Solo, which were composed during his stay in Japan. Other pieces include songs from his musicals such as Fried Rice Paradise
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        A Chorus Line
        88 10 A musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line, A Chorus Line tells the tale of 17 dancers auditioning for eight stage roles in a Broadway musical. Winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for
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      148 10 u, M :sr -They inspire us, nurture us, and fill our lives with love and variety. So join us as MediaCorp celebrates all things women this March. Catch exciting programmes, informative seminars and special offers V )T as we dedicate this month to you. BECAUSE WITHOUT WOMEN, LIFE SIMPLY WOUlBIVt
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      33 10 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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