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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp THURSDAY, 14 JUNE 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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    Lock icon Clouds clear for property developers
    676 1  -  Research house upgrades ratings on stocks as risk of further cooling measures subsides HOUSING MARKET TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Barely a month ago, developers were still bogged down by worries that persistently strong property data could trigger more government measures to cool the housing market.
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      25 1 WHY IS LEGO SPENDING S$650MILLION ON A WIND FARM AND GOOGLE S$1.2 BILLION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY? COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 HOT NEWS 2 GROWTH, INFLATION OUTLOOK RAISED
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Better IT practices needed
      476 2  -  Financial institution heads urged to be more involved in guarding against risk IT SECURITY NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With information technology (IT) becoming a “key enabler to business”, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday called on leaders of financial institutions to be more involved
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      Lock icon Growth, inflation outlook raised in MAS survey
      266 2  -  Y VONNE CHAN AGENCIES SINGAPORE The Singapore economy is likely to grow at a faster pace this year than analysts were expecting three months ago, spurring inflationary pressures, a central bank survey of economists said. Gross domestic product may increase 3 per cent
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      Lock icon Silver lining in Europe crisis
      359 4 Temasek says crisis offers investment openings; possibilities for sizeable deals INVESTMENTS BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Temasek Holdings is prepared to make “sizeable” deals topping S$1 billion with European companies expanding in growth markets such as Asia and Latin America, Chief Investment Officer Tan Chong Lee said in
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      Lock icon 7 in 10 companies promote employees without pay rise
      290 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Nearly seven in 10, or 68 per cent, of Singapore employers promote their staff without giving them a pay rise, making Singapore among the top three countries that often adopt this practice. According to a survey of 1,800
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      Lock icon China now seen as top economic power
      485 6 Poll also shows Obama’s popularity declining globally WORLD SUPERPOWER AGENCIES BEIJING For the first time, people responding to a global survey are more likely to view China instead of the United States as the world’s leading economic power. The results of the Pew
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      Lock icon UK bus driver denies causing student’s death
      302 6 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH THE GUARDIAN LONDON A double-decker bus driver hit Singaporean student Tan Mingwei, 20, and dragged her more than 800m under his vehicle, thinking he had only run over a bottle and a fox, a court in London heard. Ms Tan,
      THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; THE GUARDIAN  -  302 words
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      Lock icon Consumers unhappy with call centres
      373 8 SERVICE QUALITYSURVEY CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Call centre representatives may not be equipped to provide adequate support to consumers, going by the findings of a study conducted by the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE). The customer satisfaction survey, done in collaboration with Ngee Ann Polytechnic students,
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      36 2 GUIDELINES TECHNOLOGY RISK MANAGEMENT Get a free Tag Reader app for your smartphone and scan the Tag, or visit tdy.sg/mastrmguide on your browser. NOTICE TECHNOLOGY RISK MANAGEMENT Scan the Tag or visit tdy.sg/mastrmnotice on your browser.
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      493 3 CELEBRATION PROMOTION! Additional 2% discount on various residential developments/ Now extended till 24 th June 2012 due to overwhelming demand! Far East Organization has achieved a new sales record of over 2,200 residential units* sold within 5 months. Enjoy an additional 2% off on various residential developments* with Far East
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      180 4 'I I J> mj M Children's Season 2012 IT’S CHILD’S PLAY! Children's Season Weekend Festival Peranakan Museum Saturday Sunday 1 16 17 June 2012 Free Admission from 9am Be one of the first to explore the new special exhibition based on Emily of Emerald Hill, a local Peranakan play by
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      284 5 (f* i cr 1 <y SA5 Bag the hottest deals this Great Singapore Sale with Maybank Cards. vPOST vPOST S$30 off first shipment for new customers 10% off A shipments from USA, Japan and Europe www.vpost.com.sg/maybank Promotion is valid till 31 December 2012. *Limited to the first 150 new customers
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon All hail the capitalist conservationists
      1740 10  -  ROAD TO RIO+20 PILITA CLARK THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED At first glance, a windswept plain in northern Oregon might not seem the most obvious spot for Google to be spending US$100 million (S$128 million). But this is where one of the world’s biggest wind farms
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      Lock icon Piecemeal approach to bailouts is a fool’s errand
      963 14  -  EUROPE’S CRISIS ANDREW ROSS SORKIN THE NEW YORK TIMES It was not enough. And it may never be enough. The euro zone’s offer of US$125 billion (S$160 billion) to bail out Spanish banks over the weekend was hailed by finance ministers and
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      166 10 Public Forum Aches and painTr^vc Give Pain a Crack nen: Date 14 July 2012 (Saturday) Time 2.00pm to 4.00pm (Registration starts at 1.30pm) Fee S$5 per participant Venue KKH Auditorium, Level 1, Women's Tower. Commonest pain problems in Singapore Dr Sandeep Kulkarni, Consultant Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, KKH Tried managing
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      17 10 Bailing out the banks in each European country individually is a fool’s errand. ANDREW ROSS SORKIN 14
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      62 12 AN EYE FOR DETAIL SHINAGAWA lasik centre L Come join us: June 15 29 (Fri) 7.00pm June 21 (Thu) 7.30pm Shinagawa LASIK Centre #05-01 Wheelock Place Date Time Venue Limited Seats! RSVP at 6738 8222 today! Learn more about LASIK, at our public forum Sometimes only the smallest of details
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  • voices
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      Set minimum size for homes
      296 18  -  FROM PAUL CHAN POH HOI I disagree with Mr Conrad Raj’s commentary “Not too small for comfort” (June 7) that we should leave shoebox apartments to market forces. Are we trying to rival Hong Kong? We should address this unhealthy trend for the sake of
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      Stop shoebox apartment bashing
      187 18  -  FROM LEONA LO I thank Mr Conrad Raj for speaking up, in his commentary “Not too small for comfort” (June 7), for small apartment dwellers like me, my husband and our two cats. We are renting a 43-sq-m house and will move to a similar-sized private
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      Smaller units have a role to play
      257 18  -  FROM LEOW ZI XIANG I agree with Mr Conrad Raj’s commentary “Not too small for comfort” (June 7) and would add that shoebox apartments play an important role in the real estate landscape here. Single professionals like me who graduated recently from university
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      Improve procedures for locating missing children
      351 20  -  FROM TEO CHIA HSIA I was heartened that blogger Lee Kin Mun’s daughter was “Reunited with dad after a frantic hour” (June 2), with the help of SMRT Corporation staff and the public. I had a different experience when I lost my autistic five-year-old
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    • Article
      Words of advice to a man under fire
      199 20  -  FROM CHIN WEI CHUNG I refer to the report “Man pushes woman, 76, off public bus” (June 8). I believe that most Singaporeans feel that life here is stressful and unforgivable. However, we must accept that life is not all sunshine and
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      Basic etiquette missing in our society
      170 20  -  FROM JENNIFER LEE I took the bus recently and was pleasantly surprised that the driver greeted me a cheery good morning. I returned the greetings and the smile. He greeted every passenger who boarded after me, but none did in return. During the journey,
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    • Article
      Singapore Zoo should have recycling bins
      179 23  -  FROM PATRICK PUA My family was recently at the Singapore Zoo for a New Citizen Integration activity organised by various community centres, with about 1,000 participants. Each of us was given two to three bottles of mineral water for the outing. My family carried
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    • Article
      People are making green efforts, but...
      152 23  -  FROM SARAH TAN HUIZHEN I refer to Mr Richard Hartung’s commentary “Should recycling be compulsory?” (June 5) and would say that I am heartened to see more people recycling their waste, after a lot of work done by the Government in its green push.
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      Banning of plastic bags: What now?
      113 23  -  FROM M LUKSHUMAYEH I refer to the report “Etiquette ‘not on pace with progress’” (May 30). Mr Daniel Wang, former National Environment Agency Director-Ge-neral for Public Health, had said: “Any proposal to ban plastic bags irks me. In Singapore, we burn our rubbish, so
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      Ez-link card not like a credit card, takes 48 hours to deactivate
      158 23  -  FROM JOHANNA TOH Vice-President, EZ-Link Pte Ltd JASMINE KWOK Director, Membership and Partnership Division, People’s Association We thank Ms Lee Shu Yee for her feedback “Better ez-link card protection?” (June 6), pertaining to the PAssion ezlink card. We
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      14 18 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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      247 21 HJciub i20 Apr-30 Sep 2012 (Wgtobas M a L/wera > 7 A A oak, r Celebrate with us and win attractive prizes! With min. 15 A spending: NTUC nEbO Plus! Cardholders: 5x chances Plus! Card holders: 3x chances Public: 1 chance New membership sign-up (with no purchase required) NTUC nEbO
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  • singapore
    • Article
      Kite-flying rules may be tweaked
      216 24 Review of regulations, includingfor aeromodelling, near airport or airbase AERIAL ACTIVITIES SINGAPORE With activities like kiteflying and aeromodelling becoming more popular, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has embarked on a review of the regulations governing such activities. In a statement yesterday, the CAAS
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      Lock icon NDP to get up close with audiences
      283 24  -  ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE The parade and ceremony for this year’s National Day Parade will take a step closer to its audiences. Marching out from the spectator gallery will be 140 servicemen from the Singapore Armed Forces and the Home Team, who
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      Plastic surgeon Woffles Wu fined
      174 26  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE Prominent plastic surgeon Woffles Wu Tze Liang has been ordered to pay the maximum fine of S$1,000 for getting an elderly employee to take the rap for him for a speeding offence. The 52-year-old had abetted Mr Kuan Kit Wah, then 76,
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      Former DJ buys iconic radio station
      248 26 Rediffusion’s fate to be revealed at press conference tomorrow after going silent in April REDIFFUSION SINGAPORE Former radio DJ-turned-Chinese-language school principal, Madam Chang Mei Hsiang, has purchased the Rediffusion brand, its archives and equipment in an effort to bring the iconic radio service back
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      CapitaLand goes green to benefit 5,000 needy children
      275 26  -  OLIVIA SIONG SINGAPORE Property developer CapitaLand and the five community development councils (CDCs) aim to help 5,000 underprivileged children this year as part of an outreach effort. Under the Green for Hope CapitaLand initiative, the CapitaLand Hope Foundation (CHF) will donate S$2
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      178 24 Come join us at The Learning Festival 2012! Lots of exciting activities lined up for the whole family. Free Admission Journey with us through the past 30 years at the irememberMENDAKI gallery. Explore the different pavilions dedicated to youths, family, children, education, employability as well as one that peeks into
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      Lock icon A trustworthy asset
      716 28  -  After 40 years of handling cash for her company, Mdm Lim was re-employed with no pay cut RE-EMPLOYMENT CHEOW XIN YI SINGAPORE Trust is not an asset that can be cultivated overnight, especially for a role as sensitive as handling large wads of cash on a daily
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    • Article
      Lock icon More US women supporting parents
      162 30 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The number of American women who say they provide financial support to their baby-boomer parents born between 1946 and 1964 is increasing as a result of more women taking on more of the household financial burden, according to research
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      76 28 Over 3000 job vacancies and over 500 courses available! join us tor Training Job Opportunities at Airport Services -Languages -Sales and Marketing There will be a free ‘Back-to-Work Women’ seminar on Friday, 15th June 2012. Please call 6478 3145 for registration. For pre-registration to The Learning Festival 2012, please log
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      209 30 <. READ Ol FOR V B ®C3 CexT R Lorna Whiston Pre-School requires The Cook should be a Singaporean or PR be able to cook for both children and adults have basic food handling knowledge be able to work well as a team be able to start work immediately Working
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon China’s dirty secret
      492 32 Arsenic found to be the main cause of pollution; one-tenth of country’s farmland affected ENVIRONMENT THE GUARDIAN BEIJING Nowhere is the global push to restore degraded land likely to be more important, complex and expensive than in China, where swaths of the soil are contaminated by arsenic
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    • Article
      Lock icon China Q2 GDP growth may dip below 7%
      324 33 REUTERS BEIJING China’s annual economic growth could fall below 7 per cent in the second quarter if weak activity persists this month, an influential government adviser was quoted yesterday as saying. The forecast by Mr Zheng Xinli, a former Deputy Director of
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      Lock icon India worst place for women among top 19 economies
      411 33 REUTERS NEW DELHI India’s women are discriminated against, abused and even killed on a scale unparalleled in the top 19 economies of the world, according to a new poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The survey, polling 370 gender specialists, found
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  • world
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      Lock icon BN supporters take battle online
      386 34 Increase in spam emails and tweets that criticise the opposition alliance: Website MALAYSIAN POLITICS THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER kuala lumpur— Unsolicited email messages, some alleging that the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) alliance is not paying sufficient attention to the plight of minority Indians, have increasingly surfaced
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    • Article
      Lock icon M’sia may raise private sector retirement age
      202 34 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Human Resources Minister S Subramaniam yesterday tabled a Bill to raise the retirement age for the private sector from 55 to 60, in another concession to workers following the introduction of a minimum wage. If passed into law, the
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      Lock icon Uneasy calm in riot-hit town
      395 36 Residents of troubled Sittwe are too afraid to sleep andface food shortages MYANMAR AGENCIES SITTWE (MYANMAR) Heavy rain yesterday brought an uneasy calm to western Myanmar after five days of deadly sectarian strife, although residents said they were too afraid to sleep at night and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Suu Kyi on first Europe trip in 24 years
      189 36 AP YANGON Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi set out yesterday on her first European trip since 1988, her second overseas trip after a recent five-day tour in Thailand. At her first stop in Geneva today, she will address the annual
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      SEA WATCH
      128 38 An anti-whaling Japanese civic group claims that 75percentof the more than 1,200tonnes of whale meat caught by Japan in the Pacific north-west last year has gone unsold, even though the Institute of Cetacean Research has organised 13 rounds of public auctions since last October. The ICR had put
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      Lock icon Diesel fumes ‘can cause lung cancer’
      249 38 World Health Organization experts cite ‘compelling proof linking diesel to can cer REUTERS LONDON Diesel engine exhaust fumes can cause cancer in humans and belong in the same potentially deadly category as asbestos, arsenic and mustard gas, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO)
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon GREEKS RUSH TO ATMS AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
        79 42 REUTERS Greeks are withdrawing up to €800 million (S$1.3 billion) out of banks daily ahead of a cliff-hanger election on Sunday, bankers said, with retailers reporting that some of the money being used to stock up on pasta and canned goods. Rumours that
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      • Article
        Lock icon BROOKS TO FACE JURY OVER HACKING CLAIMS
        74 42 AGENCIES Former News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks made a preliminary appearance in a British court yesterday, speaking only to confirm her address and date of birthbeforebeing granted bail. Brooks has been charged with concealing material from police carrying out investigations into phone
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        79 42 REUTERS Mr Ronald Poppo, the victim of a gruesome face-eating attack in Miami about a month ago, is temporarily blind but recovering well, doctors said on Tuesday. The 65-year-old homeless man’s left eye was destroyed and needed to be removed and doctors are unsure if he
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        72 42 AP Democrat Ron Barber won a special United States Congressional election on Tuesday to replace former representative Gabrielle Giffords, who resigned after being wounded in a mass shooting last year. Republicans had sought to wrest the seat by turning the elections into a referendum
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        51 42 REUTERS Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad yesterday. A wave of bombings across the country killed more than 80 people and injured nearly 300 in the deadliest day in Iraq since American troops withdrew last year.
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        78 42 AGENCIES United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concerns over reports that attack helicopters are making their way from Russia to Syria, saying the conflict will escalate dramatically with their presence. United Nations under-secretary-general for peacekeeping Herve Ladsous yesterday said that
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        77 42 THE NEW YORK TIMES Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai issued an impassioned call for the end of international airstrikes in his country on Tuesday, branding them as an “illegitimate use of force” and saying that the need to protect civilian life demanded a complete
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      135 44 Singapore is the most expensive city in Asia and the 10th in the world to visit, according to an index by travel website Trip Advisor. The website based its rankings on the cost of a room for two at a four-star hotel, a round-trip taxi ride of about
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      151 44 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON People who get up earlier in the morning are the happiest, according to a study published in the journal Emotion, which appears to prove the old saying that the “early bird catches the worm”. Researchers from the University
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      211 44 AGENCIES OTTAWA (ONTARIO) The Canadian police have arrested and charged two 15-year-old girls for allegedly running a prostitution ring in Ottawa that offered girls aged 13 to 17 to adult clients. A spokesman for the Ottawa police said on Tuesday that a third
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        55 46 SELL(S$1.80) Maybank-Kim Eng keeps call and S$1.43 target. Says Olam’s share buyback plan will not necessarily enhance shareholder value. The case for buybacks is stronger for companies with idle cash piles, but Olam is considered highly-leveraged. The buyback also belies Olam’s dependence on the equity market for fund-raising for
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        52 46 OUTPERFORM (S$1.635) CIMB keeps rating and raises target price to S$1.78 from S$1.75, citing interest cost savings due to refinancing. FCT on Monday issued two new multi-currency medium-term notes. House expects part of the proceeds to be channelled towards refinancing the firm’s S$75-million multi-term note due in
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        54 46 SELL (S$10.16) Daiwa keeps call with S$8.60 target, saying its high bid for the Buangkok Drive/ Sengkang Central government land sale site may be a hollow victory with “razorthin pretax profit margin”. Also says that it believes CityDev should keep its operating risk low as suburban home prices
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        78 46 BUY (S$1.14) Citigroup keeps call and trims target to S$1.54 from S$1.64. Says Yanlord’s valuation is inexpensive for a premium developer in China: “Yanlord’s premium brand name and high-quality investment properties portfolio should help differentiate the company from other China developers.” It expects Yanlord to continue to see growth
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      434 46 Share price rises to highest level in almost 5 years during intra-day trading REIT IPO AGENCIES SINGAPORE Orchard Parade Holdings a unit of Far East Organization, Singapore’s largest privately held developer by assets plans to seek shareholders’ approval to divest three properties via listing a real
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      157 46 REUTERS LON DON Manchester United has ditched its plans for an Asian listing and is preparing to list in the United States, the International Financing Review reported, citing sources. After first eyeing a Hong Kong IPO, it had planned to float shares in
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      734 50  -  Having itself started out as a small and medium enterprise, Hong Leong Finance believes it is well placed to support SMEs FINANCING LINETTE LIM SING A PORE Fifty years ago, when Hong Leong Finance came to be, it was a small loans provider, the financial services
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      469 60 Poland skipper Kuba eyes quarters with a game to go AGENCIES WAR SAW Talent often arrives in clusters. It is a belief supported by the success achieved by Spain over the past five years and by the famous French triumphs of 1998 and 2000. Although
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      521 61 REUTERS GDYNIA (POL AND) Spain’s sizeable Barcelona contingent maybe forgiven for feeling a sense of deja vu when they face Ireland tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) in their second Group B match at Euro 2012. Just as Barcelona did in the Champions League
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      285 61 AP KR AKOW (POL AND) Italy coach Cesare Prandelli admits that his team’s toughest match of the European Championship is the one against Croatia. Firstly, because Croatia are an unpredictable opponent that have always created trouble for Italy. Secondly, because the Azzurri always
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      139 61 REUTERS KIE V Sweden officials played down a controversy yesterday around a training ground game in which players shot footballs at the bare bottoms of their teammates. Video footage showed reserve goalkeeper Johan Wiland losing a game of “pig”, in which the object is to keep the ball
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      66 61 IN BRIEF AP Zlatan Ibrahimovic should be fit enough to play against England on Friday despite missing some of Sweden’s open training yesterday because of a sore thigh. The 30-year-old AC Milan striker had his left thigh bandaged as he took part in light exercises,
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    813 62 Brought to you by Be part of the Canon Lion City Cup 2012 Held from June 23 to July 1 at the Jalan Besar Stadium, the 24th Canon Lion City Cup (CLCC) promises more excitement for football fans, with a global line-up that includes teams like Manchester
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      713 64  -  Brothers Shahir and Shakir share Lion City Cup legacy with dad and uncle 2012 CANON LION CITY CUP LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE Flanked by nephews Shahir and Shakir Hamzah who play for the LionsXII in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) Amir Harun’s smile turns
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      287 66  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Myanmar, who will host the South-east Asian (SEA) Games for the first time in 2013, have proposed having 28 swimming events, 10 fewer than the 38 featured at last year’s SEA Games in Indonesia. Among those proposed to be
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      460 66  -  ASIAN FOOTBALL SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Fresh from seeing their eight-year unbeaten run against Malaysia ended with a 2-0 defeat at the Shah Alam Stadium on Tuesday, Singapore has a two in three chance of being grouped with their neighbours at this year’s AFF Suzuki
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      45 67 71 73 74 TRAVEL 101 SPEND A DAY IN WILD KAUAI INSIDER HOW YOUR KIDS CAN SCORE A FREE STAY IN DUBAI DESTINATION A QUAINT AUSTRIAN VILLAGE IN GUANGDONG HOLE-IN-ONE HOLIDAY THURSDAY, 14 JUNE 2012 A TRANSCENDENT GOLF VACATION IN BALI 68 PHOTO GETTY IMAGES
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        1164 68  -  THE PAN PACIFIC NIRWANABALI ISAMAGICALGOLFER’S DELIGHT SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg Fear and doubt are sensations all too familiar to anyone who has held a golf club in hand. Standing on a lush fairway of the Nirwana Bali Golf course, poised to strike, my mind was filled with nothing but.
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        327 71 Howto spend S$101 (you big spender, you) in a day in Hawaii TRAVEL 101 Fun fact: Elvis filmed that Blue Hawaii wedding scene on this very isle. So, yes, you get impossibly blue waters and scenery so wild and beautiful, it seems surreal. Kauai is the untouched, rugged antidote
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        449 72  -  JETSETTING WITH SERENE LIM SINGAPORE Watching television can change your life —just ask film-mak-er and producer of Untamed America Karen Bass. “It was watching a David Attenborough series called Living Planet,” she said of what got her into the field. “I always had a passion for
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        278 73 Travel deals and steals GET IT NOW Do More In Dubai promo Travelling by Emirates and stopping over in Dubai? The airline and Dubai Tourism Commerce Marketing is currently running its Do More In Dubai promotion this summer for families. Up to two children below 12 travelling with
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        692 74  -  Transplanting a whole European village to China as a tourist attraction? Okay, then! TRAVEL QUIRKS SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE You no longer have to fly all the way to Austria to experience quintessential European village life. It was reported last week that a manufactured version of
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      373 76  -  Sweet, salty and full of goodness, this breakfast is one the whole family will enjoy Brought to you by ANNETTE TAN food@mediacorp.com.sg Most people associate bacon with indulgent, unhealthy fare. But like all things, bacon in moderation isn’t bad, especially when paired with healthy oatmeal such as
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        74 77 HARRY POTTER THE EXHIBITION Expecto Patronum! Reacquaint yourself with your favourite costumes and props from the Harry Potter film series. Look out for Harry’s wand and eyeglasses, Hermione’s Yule Ball gown, the Golden Snitch all displayed in settings inspired by locations like Hogwarts, the Gryffindor common room and the majestic
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        59 77 The Philadelphia-based quartet will be presenting its top 10 hits from the early 1970s, including Grammy-nominated songs like You Make Me Feel Brand New and Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love). Today, 8pm. Grand Theatre, Marina Bay Sands. Tix: S$88–S$188
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        46 77 This exhibition features works by senior artists from Ninuku Art Centre and examines the relationship between history and ownership. Until July 21, noon to 7pm or by appointment. ReDot Fine Art Gallery, #02-06 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Road. Free admission. www.redotgallery.com
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        93 77 Check out this collection of 260 pieces of jewellery, weapons, coins and other artefacts dating back from the 8th century BCE to the 19th century, as it explores the significance of gold as used by the nomadic Scythians to the golden age of Kievan
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        56 77 EXPLORERKID: THE GREAT OUTDOORS HORT PARK The perfect field trip for aspiring horticulturists. Soak in the beauty of the flora and fauna, and enjoy an afternoon of picnicking and outdoor games. Recommended for children 6 to 12 years old June 19, eXplorerkid (Downtown East& AMK Hub), 10am to 5pm. Price:
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        76 77 Now in its third year, the Art Garden for children features interactive, fullfilled installation works by artists Justin Lee, Loh Sau Kuen and Shinji Ohmaki, among others. Look out for a series of short films and animations, including those from young Singaporean students. Until Aug 12, 10am
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