Today, 30 March 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • Article
    New buildings that are user-friendly for all
    591 1  -  BCA wants new buildings to be fitted with universal design features JOANNE CHAN, AMIR HUSSAIN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It started with ramps and barrier-free walkways for wheelchair users and the less mobile. Now, the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) wants new buildings in Singapore
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      43 1 BE IN THE KNOW. FACEBOOK.COM/TODAYONLINE IPROPERTY REPORT: HDB RESALE FLATS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN CONDOS HOT NEWS 6 MAKING SENSE OF THE S’PORE RESIDENTIAL PRICE INDEX PROPERTY 46 L *<'$&** vC tvot s^m Ofl A TO-* 03« 9*^ <?^,3 03 XW A Q QV\\ <3\
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    New buildings that are user-friendly for all
    591 1  -  BCA wants new buildings to be fitted with universal design features JOANNE CHAN, AMIR HUSSAIN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It started with ramps and barrier-free walkways for wheelchair users and the less mobile. Now, the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) wants new buildings in Singapore
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  • HOT NEWS
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      A peek into the SMRT train disruptions report
      196 2  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH SINGAPORE The SMRT internal investigation team tasked to look into the major train service disruptions last December received a total of 92 emails containing feedback from the public. The feedback received, said team leader and SMRT board independent director Ong
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      More paid credit card bills on time last year, says credit bureau
      443 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number of consumers who missed their credit card payments hit a record low last year, according to the Credit Bureau Singapore (CBS). Figures released by the CBS yesterday showed that 12.55 per cent
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      Lock icon NATIONAL WAGES COUNCIL SEEKS PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON WAGE GUIDELINES
      128 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The National Wages Council (NWC) is meeting over the next two months to consider wage guidelines for this year. The 36-member council, headed by National University of Singapore professor Lim Pin, is seeking feedback from the public and relevant
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      Lock icon Dead fish found in another river
      434 3  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Hundreds of dead fish, measuring 5cm long each and similar to the ones found earlier, were washed up ashore yesterday along Sungei Tampines, making it the second incident to have occurred in the Pasir Ris estate in the past 10
      PHOTOS BY WEE TECK HIAN  -  434 words
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      Lock icon Teachers get new one-stop ICT centre
      192 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Teachers now have a onestop centre to collaborate on projects using Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Called the edulab@AST, it will work with various school clusters to spread the use of innovative practices by showcasing pilot projects in schools. New technology
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      21st century skills for 21st century students
      430 4  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At two separate computer stations, one student controls the amount of sugar and cocoa needed to make a chocolate bar while the other assesses if the eventual product would suit the tastes of different customers. Armed with contrasting
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      IMAGES OF FLOOD-PRONE AREAS NOW AVAILABLE ON PUB WEBSITE
      156 6 The public will now be able to view images from 24 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in flood-prone areas and hot spots across the island, via national water agency PUB’s website. TheCCTVimageswill beupdated every five minutes and include areas such as
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      HDB resale flats ‘more affordable than condos’
      326 6  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A week after the Housing and Development Board (HDB) criticised an article published on property website PropertyGuru which said that HDB resale flats were more unaffordable than private homes another report released yesterday found that resale HDB flats are
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    • Article
      Punggol EC site gets top bid of S$136.7m
      248 6  -  YVONNE CHAN YvonneChan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An executive condominium (EC) site at Punggol Central/Edgefield Plains has attracted a top bid of S$136.7 million in a 10way contest that generated strong interest among developers. The top bid came from Qingjian Realty (South Pacific) Group Pte
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      Lock icon Elections: Yangon invites ASEAN, dialogue partners
      212 8 AGENCIES YANGON Myanmar has sent out a broad guest list to foreign obser­vers for the elections this Sunday, hoping to showcase its democratic credentials to the world. The 48 by­elections are likely to mark a symbolic turning point by bringing opposition leader and Nobel
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      Lock icon US jobless claims fall to lowest level in four years
      247 8 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Claims for unem­ployment benefits in the United States fell to the lowest level in al­most four years, adding to evidence that the labour market is strength­ening, figures from the US Labor Department showed yesterday. Meanwhile, figures from the
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      Lock icon Myanmar meets ‘under half of domestic gas demand’
      318 8 AP YANGON Myanmar meets less than half of its natural gas demand because most of its output is exported to Thailand, leaving the country struggling with regular black­outs and a heavy dependence on imports, government officials said. The country produces around 1.47
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      Lock icon Friends testify against 17-year-old killer who bragged about shooting UK tourists
      517 8 AGENCIES TAMPA (Florida) A Florida teen­ager was sentenced to life in jail on Wednesday after a jury convicted him of first­degree murder for kill­ing two young British tourists last April, a case that generated blar­ing tabloid headlines in the
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      192 2 asian civilisations museum W. 3f P ATT E RNS F TRADE WEEKEND FESTIVAL Saturday, 3 I March 2012 Sunday, I April 2012 Asian Civilisations Museum Activities from I pm to 6pm .6 i a. Rhythm and Magic Watch exciting dance performances and award-winning magician Kyle Ravin Creative Crafts for Kids
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      94 6 libraries forlife Kirishnan P I is III! Presented in English and Tamil Till 22 April 2012 10am 9pm daily (exhibition is closed on public holidays) Promenade, Level 9, National Library Building He has written over 500 short stories, poems and plays, and translated Macbeth into Tamil. P. Krishnan, one of
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      136 7 “A holistic and interactive education built my confidence. It also gave me courage to take the plunge in life.” Singapore Management University pioneered a holistic, broad-based and cross-disciplinary form of education in Singapore. Our unique approach emphasises interactive teaching and active participation in small class sizes. GCAs and community involvement
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Breakthrough leadership for the World Bank
      1095 10  -  Dr Jim Yong Kim is a visionary, seeing the possibility of providing care where none is yet available. He is bold, ready to take on great challenges. And he is utterly systematic in his thinking, designing new protocols and delivery systems for low-income communities.
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      Lock icon Hong Kong is bringing democracy to China
      908 12  -  Hong Kong could do with a leader who worries more about the social problems lurking between the shiny skyscrapers. More government action on tackling choking smog would also be welcome. Mr Leung’s challenge will be to address such problems without killing the free-market
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      Lock icon Time for Japan’s women to demand their due
      919 14  -  More enlightened policies to empower women and help them manage work and family would serve the third-largest economy well. It wouldn’t just conjure up more growth but babies, too. Instead, all too many university graduates remain relegated to the role of ‘office
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  • VOICES
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      Govt committed to ensuring good air quality
      474 16  -  Letter from Philip Ong Director, Environmental Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources Selwyn Sean Scharnhorst Director, Land Transport Division, Ministry of Transport IN HIS letter “CEVS not the solution to clean air” (March 21), Mr Henrick Tsjeng expressed concerns about
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      Appreciation for healthcare workers is long overdue
      231 16  -  Letter from Arthur Lim IT IS important to go through the kind of real-life experience the reporter had when she stepped into the shoes of an assistant nurse for the story “Grappling with great expectations” (Today on Sunday, March 25). I hope the
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      Lock icon Make Little India a better place
      397 18  -  Letter from Lee Kok Leong THE overcrowding of Little India (picture) has been a perennial problem for residents, road users, businesses, transient workers and the image of our tourism, with tourists often advised to avoid Little India at all costs on weekends. I applaud
      TODAY FILE PHOTO  -  397 words
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      Unique insights from HR can shape an organisation’s business strategy
      286 18  -  HR makes its greatest contribution when it goes beyond functioning as the people expert and delivers HR as an applied business discipline. Letter from Sarah Miles Managing Director, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Asia MR FELIX Heng, in his
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      Head of HR plays important role
      258 18  -  Letter from Phan Yoke Fei I CANNOT agree more with Mr Felix Heng’s observation that “Firms should value, empower HR role” (March 27). The importance of the human resource profession has been widely recognised, with an increase in the number of specialised, professional and
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      More secure iBanking needed
      207 18  -  Letter from Yvonne Tan THE Monetary Authority of Singapore requires all banks here to have a two-factor authentication system, to enhance Internet banking security. The first factor, a Personal Identification Number (PIN) or password, does not change with each login and could be hacked easily. The
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      Better bus design could help improve travel experience
      185 19  -  Letter from Low Hong Guan I REFER to the Land Transport Authority’s latest measures to improve bus speeds the Mandatory Give Way to Buses Scheme, more bus lanes and bus hubs reported in “More measures on the way to improve bus travel
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      Keep private buses out of bus bays
      176 19  -  Letter from Chua Kim Choo I REFER to the letter “Bus stops as transit hubs” (March 15). It serves no purpose for the Land Transport Authority to confirm that private buses are not allowed to pick up or drop off passengers during bus
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      Lock icon Food centre noisier after upgrade
      82 19  -  Letter from Ronald Koh THE market and food centre at Block 58, New Upper Changi Road, has been upgraded twice. Following the second upgrade a few years ago, it has become noisier, it seems because of the air exhaust fan system, at the cooked food
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      Sick leave is a right, rewards vary
      176 19  -  Letter from Farah Abdul Rahim Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to Mr Danam Raphael’s online letter “Are these labour practices fair, asks security officer” (March 23). Under the Employment Act, an employee has the right to take sick leave. If
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon More will their assets to charity
      229 20 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE On learning that he would be dying soon, a steadfast supporter of the Community Chest, who requested to remain anonymous, decided earlier this year that he would donate S$100,000 to the organisation. Another individual, who does not have any family members,
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      All 37 POSB branches run on new model
      297 20  -  PAMELA KOH pamelakoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In a bid to grow profits and inject life into its banking services, POSB will be rolling out productivity improvements, such as, by slashing queue times for teller-assisted transactions down to under 15 minutes for at least 80
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      Lock icon Eunos hawker centre to reopen in more spacious, hygienic setting
      193 20 SINGAPORE From this Sunday, Eunos residents can enjoy their meals in a more spacious and hygienic setting with the opening of the newly-refurbished Block 4A Eunos Crescent Market Food Centre. The centre was closed for nine months, under the National
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      Teen who raped friend sentenced to reformative training
      250 22  -  CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An 18-year-old boy who raped his friend four years ago was yesterday sent for reformative training. He will spend between 18 months and three years at the reformative centre. The court heard that, in February and March 2008,
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      Man jailed for maid abuse
      128 22  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to eight weeks in jail for maid abuse. The court heard yesterday that Elly Sutra Sulaiman accused his maid of poisoning his drinking water and punched her nose and left eye on July 1 last year.
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      31 students get defence science scholarships
      232 22  -  DYLAN LOH SINGAPORE Scholarships worth S$31,000 have been given to 31 science students for their outstanding academic and co-curricular achievements. Each Young Defence Scientists Programme (YDSP) scholarship is worth S$1,000 and carries no bond. The scholarships were awarded during the recent Young Defence Scientists
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      Lock icon FAULT WITH BAGGAGE SORTING SYSTEM CAUSES FLIGHT DELAYS AT CHANGI AIRPORT
      101 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Thirty outbound flights at Changi Airport’s Terminal 2 were delayed yesterday morning after a computer system fault disrupted the baggage sorting system. The affected flights had been scheduled to take off between 6am and 8.30am. Most were
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon A new bank to aid development?
      405 24 Accusing current international institutions of failing to lift up poor nations, the BRICS group Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa asked their finance ministers to investigate setting up a development bank like the World Bank or Asian Development Bank that they would back.
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      Lock icon More protests against Jakarta’s planned fuel price hike
      290 24 AGENCIES JAKARTA More protests broke out across Indonesia against a planned fuel price hike, ahead of a decision on cutting subsidies which the government says is bleeding the country’s national budget. More than 20,000 police officers, with thousands of soldiers providing back-up,
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      Lock icon Arab leaders push Syria to act on UN peace plan
      249 24 AGENCIES BAGHDAD Arab leaders pressed President Bashar Assad to act quickly on a United Nations (UN)-backed peace plan he has agreed to, as a number of explosions were heard in the Iraqi capital yesterday. “The solution for the crisis is
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      Lock icon CASTRO CALLS ON POPE
      110 26 Pope BenedictXVI ended a historic visit to Cuba with a meeting with its ailing former leader Fidel Castro on Wednesday after celebrating Mass in front of 300,000 Cubans in Havana’s Revolution Plaza. The head of the Roman Catholic Church, who has urged the communist island country
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      Lock icon Australia not probing News Corp piracy claims
      258 26 AP SYDNEY Australian officials said yesterday they are not investigating a newspaper report that Mr Rupert Murdoch’s embattled News Corporation was involved in a piracy-promoting plot aimed at crippling its competitors. News Limited, the Australian arm of News Corporation, has denied the allegations
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      Lock icon MURDOCH TAKES TO TWITTER TO BLAST ‘ENEMIES, OLD TOFFS AND RIGHT WINGERS’
      329 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Mr Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter yesterday to hit out at his “enemies” and called for “freedom of thought and markets”. Mr Murdoch, whose News Corporation is facing TV piracy allegations in Australia and a
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      Lock icon ‘Pasty-loving’ PM forced to eat humble pie
      502 30 AGENCIES LONDON Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair once attempted to portray himself as a man of the people by claiming to have seen Newcastle footballer Jackie Milburn play. The only problem was that Mr Blair was only four years old when the
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      Lock icon He hoped to join Al Qaeda but ‘not for violent stuff’
      240 30 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A British man who was arrested as he landed at Mogadishu airport said on Wednesday that he was in Somalia to join Al Qaeda but wanted none “of the violent stuff” and was looking for
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      Lock icon 200 ORANGUTANS IN SUMATRA FOREST ‘MAY DIE IN WEEKS’
      144 32 REUTERS Forest fires and land clearing by palm oil firms could kill off within weeks about 200 orangutans in a forest in the northern part of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, an environmental group said on Wednesday. The orangutans, part of a population
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      Lock icon Major Asian cities on list for big weather disasters
      306 32 AP WASHINGTON Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate scientists said in a report issued on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon AMAZON CEO PLANS TO RAISE SUNKEN APOLLO 11 ENGINES
      254 34 AP For more than four decades, the powerful engines that helped boost the Apollo 11 mission to the moon have rested in the Atlantic. Now, Internet billionaire and space enthusiast Jeff Bezos wants to raise at least one of them to
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      Lock icon Planets similar to Earth could be nearer than we thought
      277 34 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PARIS Billions of potentially habitable planets may exist within our galaxy, the Milky Way, raising new prospects that life could exist near the Earth, according to a study in the journal Astronomy Astrophysics. Researchers discovered that at
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      Lock icon Evidence of new tree-loving pre-human species uncovered
      348 34 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK It seems that “Lucy” shared eastern Africa with another pre-human species, one that may have spent more time in trees than on the ground. A 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot found in Ethiopia appears to settle the long-dis-puted question
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    392 36 AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Hong Kong anti-graft investigators arrested the billionaire co-chairmen of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the city’s biggest developer, in one of the highest-profile corruption cases in decades. Thomas and Raymond Kwok were detained by the Independent Commission Against Corruption,
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    121 36 BLOOMBERG DBS Group Holdings CEO Piyush Gupta’s annual salary increased to S$8.08 million last year as profit at South-east Asia’s biggest bank climbed to a record. Mr Gupta’s pay climbed from S$7.35 million in the previous year, the bank said. DBS’ profit
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    CIMB APPOINTS GROUP DEPUTY CEO
    75 36 The CIMB Group has appointed Mr Renzo Christopher Viegas as group deputy CEO and head of consumer banking of CIMB Bank, effective April 2. MrViegas, who was deputy CEO (retail international) at RHB Bank before he joined CIMB, will head the Malaysia Consumer Bank and
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    213 40 SINGAPORE Stamford Law has emerged top among Singaporean law firms in a ranking of law firms’ announced mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal volume for the first quarter of the year. It ranked 8th out of 20 firms on Bloomberg’s M&A Legal Advisory League Tables
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    110 40 REUTERS Singapore civil engineering firm Swee Hong Engineering Construction is planning an initial public offering (IPO) to raise about S$20 million, a source familiar with the plan told Reuters. The source declined to be identified as he was not authorised to speak
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    308 40  -  THOMAS CHO ThomasChoKM@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s first initial public offering (IPO) this year, Cordlife, got off to a flying start yesterday, with shares of the cord blood and tissue banking service provider rising nearly 40 per cent (37.4 per cent) on its trading debut on the
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    204 40  -  THOMAS CHO SINGAPORE United States global telecommunications company Qualcomm plans to establish a research and development (R&D) centre for new integrated circuits (ICs) in Singapore. It will be Qualcomm’s first R&D centre in Singapore and this will further cement the country’s position as an
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      150 42 Gain City celebrates its 31 st anniversary with a mega electronics show. Look out for incredible offers from major premium brands and special deals at S$31. For every S$100 spent, you’ll get a chance to participate in the weekly cash draw to win prizes worth up
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      137 42 Enjoy sumptuous international cuisine and seafood on ice at Cafe Mosaic’s Easter Weekend High Tea Buffet. There will also be roasted beef strip loin and duck, and a congee station. End the meal with Easter-themed desserts such as bunny chocolate tartlets and Easter carrot cake.
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      144 42 Enjoy comfort food at home with Prima Taste’s Curry LaMian. The Halal-certified Curry LaMian is made with a blend of herbs, spices and gourmet Prima Taste Singapore Curry Paste to give it that authentic flavour and taste. The premium steam air-dried Chinese la mian has the same
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      81 42 Whether you are looking for a bag for work or for parties, Picard offers a collection of chic and stylish leather essentials. Made with high-quality leather and featuring fine craftsmanship, the bags come in a wide range of timeless designs and colours. The classy Bouquet collection uses
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      150 44 NIIT Technologies yesterday announced the implementation of an automated content man­agement and delivery system for the Singapore Parliament. Discussions in Parliamentare usually transcribed into verbatim reports, which are recorded by Official Reports Department offi­cers and published as the official record of proceedings known as
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      406 44 Facebook’s dual-class share structure will give Mark Zuckerberg control of 56.9 per cent of the company’s post-IPO voting shares. REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO The social-net-working site, Facebook, is halting the sale of its shares on secondary markets from
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      837 46  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@mediacorp.com.sg Colin Tan is the head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. Every month, when the National University of Singapore (NUS) releases flash estimates for its Singapore Residential Price Index (SRPI), there will always be at least
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      235 46 AGENCIES HONG KONG Sun Hung Kai Properties, Asia’s biggest developer by market value, has suspended trading of its stock, pending the release of a statement that could be “price sensitive”, the company said. The announcement came as local media reported
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      349 52 REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST KEY BISCAYNE (Florida) Second seed Maria Sharapova advanced to the Sony Ericsson Open final by beating Caroline Wozniacki 4-6 6-2 6-4 yesterday in a two-and-a-half hour battle. The Russian will now play the winner of the match between Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska and
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      517 52 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The Football Association has been warned it is risking England’s chances of success at Euro 2012 by delaying the naming of Fabio Capello’s successor as manager. With just 70 days to go before the start of the
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      310 54 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MANCHESTER Mario Balotelli’s strained relationship with Roberto Mancini suffered another blow on Wednesday with the forward on the receiving end of an angry training ground blast from the Manchester City manager. Balotelli, who was fined one week’s wages by Mancini earlier this month for
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      521 54 Former Arsenal star claims United are given preferential treatment, Ferguson hits back AGENCIES MANCHESTER Patrick Vieira has admitted he did not watch the game between Manchester United and Fulham which led to what he claimed was a “serious and cynical misrepresentation” of a TV
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      575 56  -  Republic’s women paddlers keeping fingers crossed they will face North Korea instead of host nation LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The road to the finals at the 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund, Germany, continues for the Republic’s female paddlers,
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      370 56 REUTERS LONDON Stuart Lancaster (picture) was named England’s full-time rugby coach yesterday after restoring the team’s shattered morale and reputation, and winning over the previously disillusioned fans in his short but impressive role as caretaker. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) said Lancaster, 42, who led
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      514 57 Former coach says Woods’ putting style switch could boost his chances at Augusta AGENCIES THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK Tiger Woods’ former swing coach thinks the 14-time Major winner’s chances at the Masters next week depend on his putter. “I don’t think you
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      746 60 HSBC Credit Card. The One Card for Home and Away. HSBCO i i HSBC^ Gastronomic Experiences with HSBC Cards For the discerning diner, Singapore offers a multitude of restaurants to choose from, whether your consideration is the type of cuisine or price range. HSBC Cards offers you even more reasons
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      61 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS SAY IT WITH GRAVY ESTABLISHMENTS ARE MAKING A STATEMENT AND NOT JUST WITH THEIR FOOD T2 MARCH 30, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF AEROSMITH TO DISH OUT NEW ALBUM WITH A BLAST FROM THE PAST T12 CARS: AUDI SERVES
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      1381 2  -  From hot dogs to hidden secrets and famous mugs, trendy developments in local gastronomy continue to take centre stage DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg DINING out in Singapore has never been more in fashion; more haute, hip and, well, hellishly capricious. And the people love it well,“can’t
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      496 6  - This round’s on Dom Perignon’s Vincent Chaperon Boozy conversations about what makes people smile DON MENDOZA WITHOUT much apprehension,Vincent Chaperon, 36, admits that it was an offer he could not refuse. He was after all referring to his move from one big name in champagne to another. “It was an
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      519 6  -  Chef Ryan Shiu puts a healthy spin on an old favourite RECIPE:ASIAN APPRECIATION DON MENDOZA SOME of chef Ryan Shiu’s fondest memories growing up in Hong Kong involve good food those found in restaurants as well as street food.Today, as the chef
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      491 8  -  Balzac, the latest brasserie on the block, has arrived at the new Rendezvous Gallery FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN LIKE tapas bars, French brasseries seem to be sprouting up across the island of late.The newest of them is Balzac Brasserie at Rendezvous Hotel Gallery, a charming space filled
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      530 10  -  Four-month-old Seki aims to live up to expectations even if the chef who gave the eatery its name is no longer there FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN THE thing about naming a restaurant after its chef is that diners come to expect a certain level of quality
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      480 12 Aerosmith reunites with early producer Jack Douglas on new album REUTERS VETERAN rock band Aerosmith said on Wednesday they were bringing “a little of 1975 back” on a long-delayed album of new material to be released this summer to coincide with an American tour. The band
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      194 12 REUTERS SINGER Robin Gibb, who spoke last month of making a “spectacular” recovery from cancer, has had further surgery, according to a statement released to the British media on Wednesday. The 62-year-old, a founding member of the discoera hit machine the Bee Gees, has been
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      217 12 REUTERS SUPERHERO blockbuster Marvel’s The Avengers has been chosen asTribeca Film Festival’s closing night film, festival organisers said on Wednesday. The big budget Hollywood film that is based on the Marvel comic book series, The Avengers, first published in 1963, tells the story of the
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      267 13 AP SINGER Bobby Brown was charged on Wednesday with three misdemeanour offences, including drunken driving, two days after being arrested in suburban Los Angeles. Brown faces two related counts of driving under the influence (DUI) and another charge that he was driving on a suspended
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      415 13 AP IT IS impossible to overstate the importance of Earl Scruggs to American music.A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognisable and as intrinsically wrapped in the tapestry of the genre as Johnny Cash’s baritone or Hank
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      415 14  -  Audi’s performance coupe, the S5, has less power and drama than before so why is it so much better? CAR REVIEW DERRYN WONG Explain the S5 please… Audi’s “S” range of cars sit between its regular models and the “RS” range, so they’re fast but not eye-wateringly so.Think
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      460 16  -  The fourth-generation CR-V looks set to conquer once again CAR REVIEW BEN CHIA HONDA’S third-generation CR-V crossover was a sales success in Singapore, with dealer Kah Motor claiming sales of about 2,400 units of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) during its reign from 2007 to 2011. The new
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      568 16  -  Not all motorcycle boots are created equal DERRYN WONG MOTORCYCLISTS might not strike you as being brand-conscious, but don’t let the external trappings fool you. A biker who’s spent lots of time and money on his ride isn’t usually going to let the whole
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      803 18 It’s only the first quarter of 2012, but already a swarm of competent, tantalising machines have hit the streets CONTINENTAL CONTENDERS Sedans from Europe and the UK heat things up here at home BMW 328i S$234,800 with COE Engine: 1,997cc turbo i4, 245bhp, 350Nm Performance: 250kmh,
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      614 22  -  What do the new environmental tax revisions for cars mean for car buyers? BY DERRYN WONG Come January 2013, the face of car buying in Singapore will change significantly with the introduction of the new Carbon EmissionsBased Vehicle Scheme (CEVS) and a revised diesel passenger car tax. Carbon
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      377 22 Check out these vehicles to make the most of the CEVS and GVR rebates Infiniti M35h From S$ 170,000 with COE Engine: 3,498ccV6,302bhp with 67bhp electric motor Performance: 250kmh, 0-100kmh 5.5 seconds, 7.0L/100km CO2 emissions: 162g/km, Neutral Infiniti’s first shot at a hybrid just narrowly misses out on
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      BMW premium selection, certified pre-owned
      155 24 BMW doesn’t compromise on quality, and you won’t have to either when you buy a pre-owned BMW from Performance Premium Selection Limited (PPSL). You’ll have the peace of mind that comes from buying a preowned BMW that complies with this renowned German manufacturer’s exacting standards
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      79 26 Set in a bordertown in northeastern Malaysia of the same name, Bunohan tells the story of three estranged brothers Adil, Bakar and Ilham and their ailing father, as the brothers’ fates are tragically intertwined in a web of
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      119 26 The Kitakyushu Biennial is a visual and musical multimedia art project featuring different collaborations with international artists such as Charles Lim (Singapore), Takuji Kogo (Japan), Mike Bode (Sweden), Marc Voge (USA), John Miller (USA), Federico Baronello (Italy) and Young Hae Chang (South Korea).
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      129 26 Savour Come Celebrate the Delicious This three-day gastronomic showcase allows you to create your own unique culinary adventure from three areas. At the Gourmet Village, sample signature creations by 16 leading chefs and restaurants from around the world. Visit the Gourmet Market for quality produce from artisan and specialty exhibitors.
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      84 26 Merdeka!: Darah Dan Doa The Long March Part of a showcase of works honouring filmmakers who have shaped modern Indonesian cinema, Darah dan Doa was directed by Usmar Ismail and released atthe dawn of Indonesia’s independence. Revolving around a historical event deeply rooted in the war of Independence from the
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        66 26 In support of Earth Hour 2012, 313@Somerset is encouraging theirshoppers to exchange their pre-loved wardrobe items in a fashionable bid to save the environment. You can drop off all your clothing and accessories today from 8.30am to 5.30pm at 313 Management Office, #05-04.
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        84 26 Pledge your supportforthe environment and count down to Earth Hour at City Square Mall. Catch a free movie screening of The End of the Line, a documentary about the effects of overfishing. There will also be fun eco activities and a talk by
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