Today, 25 May 2012, Afternoon Edition

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    42 1 Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday May 25, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday May 25, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • Article
    A choice between a new future or staying steadfast
    828 1  -  TEO XUANWEI, LIN YANQIN xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As campaigning for the Hougang by-election drew to a close yesterday, one party called on the residents in the Opposition stronghold to make a break from the past and usher in a “new future”, while
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      8 1 MARTINEZ IN TALKS WITH LIVERPOOL SPORTS PAGE 69
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon WP leaders defend Png’s character
      823 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With his integrity questioned by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean in the last few days, Workers’ Party (WP) candidate Png Eng Huat and his party comrades yesterday put up a robust defence of his character, as they criticised the People’s
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      Lock icon Seize the chance for a fresh start, PM Lee urges Hougang voters
      686 3 SINGAPORE It is the quality, and not just the quantity, of “alternate voices” in Parliament that counts, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. In a written interview with the media on the Hougang by-election, Mr Lee added
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      Lock icon ‘A chance to make a fresh start’
      799 4  -  WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Praising the Hougang residents for their spirit and courage, speakers at the People’s Action Party (PAP) rally yesterday including its candidate Desmond Choo urged the voters to draw on the same qualities to vote for change and oust
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    • Article
      Lock icon CapitaLand chief calls shoebox homes ‘inhuman’
      238 6 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE The Government should curb the rapid growth of shoebox apartments homes smaller than 50 sq m because they are “almost inhuman”, CapitaLand chief executive Liew Mun Leong said yesterday. “I am against shoebox developments. The Government should intervene. Singapore’s land is very
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      Eye infections from rugby tourney: MOH confirms two cases
      511 6 SINGAPORE The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday confirmed two cases of serious eye infection among players who took part in a rugby tournament here held last month at Turf City, with the number of affected cases reported by the clubs involved
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      Lock icon DBS deal ‘at risk with new Indonesian rules’
      309 8 According to sources, Bank Indonesia is expected to reduce the singleshareholder threshold from a current 99 per cent to below 50 per cent. REUTERS JAKARTA Indonesia’s central bank is set to limit the maximum stake a single shareholder can take in the
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      Lock icon Pay rise for NTUC FairPrice’s non-exec staff
      382 8 SINGAPORE A day after the National Wages Council (NWC) released its recommendations, supermarket co-operative NTUC FairPrice announced yesterday that it will raise the pay of its nonexecutive staff from July by as much as 15.8 per cent. According to FairPrice, with the wage
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      Lock icon NY Bill to ban anonymous online posts
      401 8 AGENCIES NEW YORK Online commenters are not exactly known for their kind words, but lawmakers in New York want to hold their constituents to a higher standard. A few New York lawmakers want to address that problem by doing away with anonymous commenting.
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      Lock icon EU summit short on answers
      622 10 Leaders end talks with no apparent concessions, urge Greece to respect commitments AGENCIES BRUSSELS European Union leaders concluded their latest summit with few concrete steps to fix the continent’s festering financial crisis even as the potential for a messy Greek exit from the euro appears
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      Lock icon Chinese outraged after couple knock down old woman, bury her alive
      221 10 REUTERS BEIJING Chinese police have arrested a young couple who buried an old woman alive believing she was dead after their car hit the 68-year-old, local newspapers said yesterday, in a case which has sparked outrage over declining public
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      12 8 >> A ROAD FRAUGHT WITH CHALLENGES COMMENT 12 >> WAGE INCREASE WILL HURTSMES HARDEST52
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon A road fraught with challenges
      944 12  -  NWC’s guidelines a start to tackling widening income gap, but it can only do so much RANDOLPH TAN, TAN KHAY BOON Associate Professor Randolph Tan is head of business programme at UniSIM’s School of Business. Dr Tan Khay Boon is senior lecturer at UniSIM’s School
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      Lock icon Five days in a learning nation
      2906 14  -  There’s a lot the world should learn from S’pore’s school system and some things the Republic can learn from the world, says OECD’s special adviser on education ANDREAS SCHLEICHER Andreas Schleicher is the deputy director for education and special adviser on education policy to
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  • VOICES
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      Penalised over maternity leave
      240 20  -  Letter from Trillis Lim THE Government has had numerous initiatives to boost the birth rate, so why does it continue to decline? One of the main contributing factors could be the lack of employers’ support. Though the third and fourth months of maternity leave are paid
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      Want more babies? Value, protect free time
      446 20  -  Letter from James Tsu THERE has been much talk lately about how to increase Singapore’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR). The main reason why it remains low is stress. Many married couples both work fulltime in order to afford a home and the cost
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      Nannies should be regulated, too
      174 23  -  Letter from Jazmine Lee RECENT news articles cite a three-month-old girl who was under the care of a nanny and was diagnosed with Shaken Baby Syndrome. I have a close friend whose daughter suffered the same fate. Many working parents are now engaging the services
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      View NS as paying back our adopted home
      164 23  -  Letter from Cynthia Ponnana I REFER to Jeffrey Law Lee Beng’s letter, “NS is the least they can do” (May 24). Having lived in Singapore for a good number of years, and with my son having gone through the local school system,
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      Permanent residents contribute in other ways
      203 23  -  Letter from Cherie Ball SECOND-generation permanent residents (PRs) who are required to serve National Service (NS) are typically children of professionals who already contribute greatly to the economic progress of Singapore through the work that they do and the taxes that they pay. Educational
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      IT’S JUST A DOLLAR AND A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME
      137 23  -  LETTER FROM R SARASVATHIY Recently, I have noticed that there are a growing number of elderly and disabled people selling tissue paper at public places such as MRT underpasses and shopping centres. It is simply heart-breaking to see so many
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      This culture of expediency must change
      186 25  -  Letter from George Wong I REFER to the commentary “Let’s ensure they are home for keeps” (May 17) on why companies need to change practices that frustrate and drive away returning Singaporeans. My own experience with local doctors is that they lack EQ (emotional
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      Have disabled-friendly taxi service like the UK’s
      349 25  -  Letter from Noel Chia Kok Hwee I AM glad to learn, in your May 23 articles, that grants will be given by our Government to taxi operators to operate wheelchair-accessible taxis. In a fast-paced society like Singapore, travelling can be very frustrating for
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon A revolutionary microchip
      319 26  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Within the next two years, it could take just a second for consumers to transfer 80 MP3 songs wirelessly between mobile devices, or 30 seconds to transfer a two-hour, eight-gigabyte DVD movie, thanks to a new microchip invented by scientists in Singapore. The
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      Lock icon S$3.5m to further develop youth sector
      269 26 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The National Youth Council (NYC) will commit S$3.5 million to further develop the youth sector. Some S$2 million will be disbursed through the Young Men’s Christian Association of Singapore (YMCA) and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) as part of NYC’s
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      An end to Hainan clan leadership tussle?
      482 28  -  Court dismisses appeal by faction against decision to reinstate clan president ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The leadership tussle at the Singapore Hainan Hwee Kuan appears to have run its course for now. The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed an appeal by the association’s
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      Lock icon Use technology to help regulate gaming: Iswaran
      328 28  -  AMIR HUSSAIN SINGAPORE With an adverse economic climate that might lead to an increase in transnational crime, and the increasing complexity of the casino and gaming environment, the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) should leverage on technology to be a better regulator, said Second
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      18 years for ‘bigger role’ in trafficking Ecstasy
      311 28  -  ASHLEY CHIA SINGAPORE For the “bigger role” she played in trafficking drugs, a Malaysian woman’s appeal for a similar sentence that was meted out to a fellow mule was dismissed. Roshamima binti Roslan, who was spared the gallows for trafficking 21.48g of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Activist’s brother seeks legal advice for son
      212 30 AGENCIES BEIJING Mr Chen Guangfu, the brother of activist Chen Guangcheng, has fled from his closely guarded village to seek legal advice yesterday in Beijing on how to protect his son from what their supporters call retaliation by local officials, a lawyer said.
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      Lock icon Technology fuels Tibet unrest
      401 30 Smartphones boost political awareness in far-flying regions THE NEW YORK TIMES TONGREN (China) The young Buddhist monk, his voice hushed and nervous, was discussing the self-immolations and protests that have swept Tibetan regions of China when the insistent rap of knuckle on wood sounded behind him.
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      Lock icon Chongqing blood sample never arrived: US expert
      219 30 AP BEIJING A prominent American forensic scientist said on Wednesday that Chinese police asked him to analyse an unidentified blood sample, in a possible link to a spiralling political scandal in which senior official Bo Xilai was sacked amid allegations that his wife
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      Lock icon HK TYCOON CHARGED WITH BRIBERY
      178 30 AGENCIES Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau, who heads developer Chinese Estates Holdings, will face prosecution over bribery and money laundering in a land deal in Macau. A court in Macau on Wednesday denied a request by Lau that the case be thrown out for lack
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      Lock icon RUPEE HITS RECORD LOW; INDIA MAY LIFT DIESEL PRICE
      159 32 AGENCIES The Indian rupee hit a fresh low of 56.38 to the US dollar yesterday before recovering as a sharp increase in petrol prices failed to lift sentiment. But expectations grew that New Delhi could take the more politically fraught step
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      Lock icon One woman dies in India every hour in a dowry-related case
      362 32 In 2010,8,391 dowry deaths were reported New Delhi alone records a few hundred dowry deaths each year. THE GUARDIAN NEW DELHI Behind the happy images of Indian weddings, which are getting progressively bigger and fatter, lurks the unpalatable truth
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      Lock icon NAJIB GOVT TO UNVEIL AID FOR POOR INDIANS
      156 34 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Officials in Putrajaya will huddle with a team of professionals over the next few months to formulate a comprehensive plan aimed at “rescuing” the country’s Indian poor, in an apparent effort by the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) to cement
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      Lock icon Bersih starts fund to fight govt lawsuit
      261 34 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Bersih, the Malaysian coalition of non-gov-ernment organisations pushing for electoral reform, said yesterday that it is well prepared to defend itself against a lawsuit filed by the federal government and is starting a special fund to finance the
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      Lock icon TECH START-UPS TO GET S$81 MILLION INFUSION
      81 34 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER The Malaysian government will be launching a RM200 million (S$81 million) fund to support the creative content industry, Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said yesterday. Other incentives being proposed includetax relief forangel investors in high potential start- ups and
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      Lock icon SUU KYI TO VISIT THAILAND IN FIRST OVERSEAS TRIP FOR 24 YEARS
      130 36 AP A party official said yesterday Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (picture) will speak at an economic conference next week in Bangkok, in her first trip abroad in 24 years. The senior member of her National
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      Lock icon MYANMAR POLICE BREAK UP PROTEST AGAINST POWER CUTS
      124 36 REUTERS The police in Myanmar broke up a protest against power cuts by several hundred people in the town of Pyi yesterday, while five members of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party were taken in for questioning in Mandalay, National League
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      Lock icon Gaga angers Thai fans with fake Rolex comment
      358 36 AP BANGKOK Lady Gaga wants to go shopping in Bangkok for a fake Rolex. The singer made the comment to her 24 million Twitter followers, sparking an online uproar yesterday in Thailand where some fans called it offensive, insulting and bad for
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      Lock icon Smoke-free ambitions in N Zealand
      235 40 Govt raises tobacco tax by 40% to wean smokers off habit AP WELLINGTON There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country? The New Zealand government yesterday squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40-per-cent hike in tobacco taxes
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      Lock icon SCOTLAND YARD DEPLOYS MOBILE FINGERPRINT DEVICES
      118 40 AP Britain’s largest force said it is equipping its police officers with hand-held fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds. ScotlandYard said it has distributed 350 of the mobile phone-sized devices to officers across various parts
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      Lock icon IRAN REJECTS PROPOSALS FROM WORLD POWERS TO CURB ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAMME
      167 44 AP Iranian negotiators yesterday rejected proposals by six world powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear programme and demanded answers to their own counter-offer meant to alleviate concerns about the Islamic Republic’s ability to build atomic weapons. The stance underscored the
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      Lock icon Amnesty blasts UN for ‘failed leadership’
      230 44 AGENCIES LONDON Rights group Amnesty International lambasted the United Nations (UN) Security Council yesterday as “tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose”. In its annual report, Amnesty said the failure of world powers to take stronger action on Syria was evidence that
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      Lock icon EGYPTIANS VOTE FOR A SECOND DAY TO PICK PRESIDENT
      168 44 REUTERS Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in history, voted for a second day yesterday in an election that is a fruit of last year’s popular revolt against Hosni Mubarak. After six decades under authoritarian military-backed rule, Egypt’s
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      210 48 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO The emotional stress of Japan’s tsunami and earthquake disaster resulted in some survivors suffering a shrinkage of the brain, according to a new study. Scientists compared the before-and-after brain scans of healthy adolescents affected by last year’s March
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      235 48 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Men who cheat on their wives are more likely to suffer a heart attack than those who stay faith­ful, new research has suggested. A study has shown “sudden coital death” to be more com­mon when a man was meeting
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      328 52  -  YVONNE CHAN yvonnechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The National Wages Council’s (NWC) recent recommendation for a built-in wage increase of S$50 for lowwage workers this year is expected to place additional pressure on smaller companies, who say that consumers may ultimately be the ones to have to
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      226 52  -  KRISTIE NEO AGENCIES SINGAPORE Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world’s largest maker of personal computers, said yesterday its plans to cut 27,000 employees or about 8 per cent of its global workforce over the next couple of years will affect its businesses
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      211 54 AP AFTERNOON LATEST NEW YORK Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook’s troubled initial public offering (IPO), will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook’s stock in Friday’s IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter. The person said
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      380 58 THE GOOD LIFE GREAT DEALS EVERY DAY Life is good with the Standard Chartered Bank The Good Life iPhone app. With this app, Standard Chartered Bank credit and debit cardholders can get updates on the latest offers while on the go and enjoy more than 1,000 deals ranging from dining
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      206 58 Shop at Marina Square during the Great Singapore Sale and enjoy a slew of exciting perks and activities. Here are the highlights: Escape to Europe Lucky Draw —Every S$50* spent gives you a chance to win a 10-day Trafalgar holiday package to Europe worth S$12,700.
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      571 62  -  COMMENTARY JOHN LINDEMAN property@mediacorp.com.sg John Lindeman is chief property consultant at Australian housing market consultancy, Property Power Partners. He is keynote speaker at the Australian Property Symposium 2012 to be held on June 23. For details, visit www.propertysymposium.com. Perth, the capital of Western Australia, is benefiting
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      261 62  -  DOW JONES BEIJING Many Chinese property developers face a test of their survival this year as they contend with slowing sales, falling prices, high borrowing costs and refinancing risks, Standard Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) warned yesterday. “Many China property developers are caught between a rock
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      FARRER DRIVE HOUSING SITE UP FOR TENDER
      159 62  -  KRISTIE NEO The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday put up a residential site at Farrer Drive for sale by tender after a developer committed to bid at least S$88.88 million for the land parcel. The 99-year leasehold site was made available for sale
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      Lock icon An old Lion returns to the pride
      395 66  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Yesterday was first time the national team re-grouped after their Fifa World Cup qualifying campaign in February. While there were several new faces in the 27-man squad, it was the presence of an old, familiar face in former Lions captain
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      Lock icon Sizzling action, fizzling figures
      513 66  -  Despite engaging contest and off-field efforts, S-League attendances hit new low SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Football administrators have embraced the virtual world, launched a campaign, even brought in female cheerleaders and hit local malls to spice things up, but football fans here just are not biting.
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      293 66  -  DAN GUEN CHIN SINGAPORE He was relieved of his duties at the eleventh-hour as referee of Tuesday’s 2012 Malaysian Super League (MSL) clash between the LionsXII and Sarawak. Now, Malaysian referee Shokri bin Nor, who has been charged by Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
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      Lock icon Why the last minute change?
      687 68  -  Eleventh-hour switch in race route, start times irk Sundown Marathon participants LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The first and only night marathon in Singapore has, unfortunately, drawn flak again. More than 28,000 people have signed up for tomorrow’s 2012 Sundown Marathon, and many have taken
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      Lock icon Still Asia’s best despite drop in global rankings
      409 68  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two years after being named the world’s No 2 sports city, Singapore has slipped to sixth, but remains top in Asia. At the Sport Accord International Convention in Quebec, Canada yesterday, where the “SportBusiness Ultimate Sports City”
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      Lock icon Martinez in Miami for talks on Liverpool position
      174 69 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Wigan Athletic’s Roberto Martinez (picture) has flown to Miami to talk to the American owners of Liverpool about the vacant manager’s job at Anfield, Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said yesterday. “Roberto is in Miami today and you can
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      328 69 AP VIRGINIA WATER Rory McIlroy’s first round on European soil in seven months proved to be an explosive one and could yet land him in trouble with golf’s authorities. In a fit of anger during his bogey-filled opening round of 2-over 74 at
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      25 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS MAY 25, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF Photo: Tiong Bahru Bakery by Gontran Cherrier
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        595 6  -  Bonta’s Chef Pezzera celebrates the catch of the season RECIPE: SUMMER LOVE DON MENDOZA FEW things better epitomise dining by the seasons like a crafty menu of linecaught rainbow trout, much like the one chef Luca Pezzera (picture) has been serving at Bonta
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        490 8  -  New bistro and wine bar Platters makes things interesting with a rotating roster of guest chefs FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN FEW Singaporeans ever dine at a hawker centre with friends and order only one dish.The quintessential Singaporean dining experience, after all, is about variety in one sitting. Now
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        292 10  -  Dora The Explorer isn’t just a great Spanish teacher she’s a great‘role model’ GENEVIEVE LOH SHE’S the feisty little doe-eyed cartoon character with the bowl haircut and the reason younglings from Singapore to Sweden can speak that sprinkling of Spanish. And she’s the reason your child has been
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        143 10  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH IT WAS a night of laughter when cast members of The Noose —AlaricTay, Chua Enlai, Judee Tan and Suhaimi Yusof got together with MediaCorp Radio 987FM DJsThe Muttons —Vernon A and Justin Ang for the third and final day of their
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        1024 14  -  We take a look at three compact hatches surely the ultimate urban machines that have caught our eye Derryn Wong features@mediacorp.com.sg THE popular opinion is that compact hatches aren’t quite the lean, mean road machines that we all fantasise about.When you’re talking about a place like Singapore, where
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        472 16  -  A smaller, greener engine aimed at new customers, even British upper-crust marque Bentley sees the wisdom of downsizing with its new Continental GTV8 DAVID KHOO Is the Bentley Continental GTV8 a new car? Externally it’s the same as the regular Continental GT coupe, but it packs a
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        66 18 Established in 1907, the Petits Chanteurs a la Croix de Bois (Little Singers of the Wooden Cross) is said to be among the best a capella boys choir in the world. Letthe angelic voices of this 24-member strong ensemble serenade you. Tonight, 8pm, SCO Concert Hall,
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        81 18 Yuri Bashmet the Moscow Soloists Hailed by The New York Times as “the greatest viola player of the modern times” and described by The British Times as “the world’s best living musician”, legendary violist Yuri Bashmet returns to the Esplanade Theatre for a one-night only performance. Accompanied by the renowned
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        64 18 Party the night away and groove to the deep beats of drum ‘n’ bass as Velvet residents Ming and Jeremy Boon are joined by stalwart of the scene, Kiat for Bassic’s fifth instalment which returns to bring clubberstheirfave dance music all night long. Tonight, 9pm, Velvet
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        75 18 Think Smash but for the stage. It’s your last chance to catch this musical revolving around the lives of 17 dancers vying for a place in the limelight. This musical swept up nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical and this version is directed by Baayork Lee, one
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        70 18 Fans of Chinese pop and live music, don’t miss this fun outdoor concert on Sunday hosted by YES 93.3FM DJs Lin Peifen and Jiafa and watch performances by artistes from the region including Freya Lim, Ming Bridges, Olivia Ong and Xiao Gui. May 27, 7pm,
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        88 18 Be the lucky winner of a trip to London to catch Madonna’s MDNA tour at Hyde Park on July 17, courtesy of Levi’s and MediaCorp Radio 987FM. You’ve got till May 27 to spend S 250 nett at any Levi’s store to win invites
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      558 9 Brought to you by Jurong Lake Run 2011 RUNNING FOR A CAUSE Join the Jurong Lake Run 2012 and play your part for the community More than 6,500 participants ran through the picturesque Jurong Lake Park, Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden last year, in the inaugural Jurong Lake Run (JLR).
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      71 10 WHAT YOU MISSED AT AFF Models, designers and frocks oh, my! TODAY was at the recent Audi Fashion Festival and took in the sights at the Mugler, Zac Posen and Roland Mouret shows backstage and on the catwalk. Download the free Tag Reader app for your smartphone from http://gettag.mobi and
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      93 16 @>L€PTOn The Perfect Gift for" FATHER’S DAY Promotion period from 25 May 2012-1 June 2012 FREE DELIVERY TO YOUR DOOR STEP* Lepton is a local Singapore brand Manufactured and Distributed by Greenit Pte Ltd Buy your Lepton @$ltOi JY! W mon Terms and conditions: S$l.00 promotion valid for Lepton L2
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      108 17 As North Korea readied itself for the centenary birthday celebrations of its Founding President and a controversial satellite rocket launch, it invited a record number of foreign journalists to watch the spectacle. Journalist Ken Teh, takes us on a rare 10-day tour of the hermit kingdom, where he peels back
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      138 18 Gr8 FATHER’S DAY ©myVillage Celebrate Father’s Day with us at myVillage this Sunday! Join us for an exciting day with activities planned for the entire family to have fun together and catch celebrities such as Irene Ang and Benjamin Heng! DATE: May 27, 2012 (Sun) TIME: 11am 5pm VENUE: myVillage
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      106 19 o Our Finalists: I Young Talento Project A classical talent search for children 6 to 12 years old 0 COME SEE A STAR IN THE MAKING! Support these musical prodigies at their finale concert Sunday, 3 June 2012, 5pm Singapore Botanic Gardens Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage FREE ADMISSION xinmsn.com/symphony924 r
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      291 20 ON MEDIACORP THE VOICE II Channel 5, 10pm The television audience will vote for one contestant from each team to be safe. Each coach will then have to decide which member of their team has to go. Which coach will lose a team member first? PLANET 51 okto, 6.30pm Planet
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