Today, 18 June 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • 15 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp MONDAY, 18 JUNE 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 607 1 Superb double sends Portugal into quarter-finals as Dutch reflect on poor Euro outing EURO 2012 AGENCIES PORTUGAL NETHERLANDS 1 2 KHARKIV Cristiano Ronaldo found time to change his hairstyle at halftime, going from a mini-Mohican in the first half to a swept-back look in the second,
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  • 619 1 AGENCIES DENMARK GERMANY 2 1 LVIV Germany failed to sparkle but still advanced to a quarter-final against Greece after grinding out a 2-1 victory over Denmark yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) at the European Championship. The Danes were eliminated along with the Netherlands, who
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    • 50 1 PORTUGAL 2 HOLLAND 1 EARLY EXIT FOR PITIFUL ORANJE 1 EURO2012 DENMARK 1 GERMANY 2 PERFECT START FOR LOEW AND CO 1 HOT NEWS 6 IN GREECE, ASURPRISE VOTE FOR AUSTERITY SPORTS 29 CROATIA, SPAIN DISPEL TALK OF COLLUSION AHEAD OF MATCH T 34 IS S’PORE’S E-BOOK INDUSTRY WAKING UP?
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    • 281 3 psb Academy Full-Time Honours Degree Programmes in Singapore September 2012 Intake Open for Enrolment Now Manchester Metropolitan University Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Accounting and Finance Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Business Management Bachelor of Arts (Honours) International Business tilt mv--Sit •^lfcy‘ r "iT" n. Eaiti;;*: ■‘■fit sfef vn; f f f
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  • 487 4  -  Tour guide and group back home as they recount their ordeal with Bedouin tribesmen EGYPTIAN KIDNAPPING CASE NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Sitting at the front row of the tour bus, an elderly couple who was among 20 Singaporeans visiting the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
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  • 336 4  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE Recounting his ordeal in a two-page media statement, Mr Vincent Toh recalled that among the three Bedouin tribesmen who confronted the tour group on the bus, “one of them was holding a General-Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG),
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  • 549 6 Pro-bailout coalition wins slim majority in Greek elections AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS ATHENS Parties supporting a bailout saving Greece from bankruptcy won a slim parliamentary majority yesterday, beating radical leftists who rejected austerity and bringing relief to the euro zone which was braced for fresh financial
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  • 252 6 REUTERS LOS A NG ELES Rodney King, the black man who came to symbolise racial tensions in the United States after his 1991 beating by police led to riots in Los Angeles a year later, was found dead in a swimming pool yesterday in Rialto, California,
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    • 966 7 Advertisement After* It is apparently unknown to many of us that up to 40% of women suffer noticeable hair fall before menopause. And because it's a problem that gets very little discussion and even less acceptance, it is often difficult for ladies to get the emotional support they need when
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  • comment & analysis
    • 775 8  -  PROPERTY COOLING MEASURES CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Conrad Raj is TODAY’S editor-at-large. Like many other products, our property market caters to a variety of tastes and pockets. Even the Housing and Development Board, the Government-owned body which builds homes for the masses, provides for different
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    • 958 9  -  HIGH STAKES AT RIO+20 ACHIM STEINER, PAVAN SUKHDEV Achim Steiner is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN Environment Program Executive Director. Pavan Sukhdev is a fellow at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. PROJECT SYNDICATE With just days to go before
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    • 354 8 In most countries where Johns Hopkins has partnerships, the medical culture still clings to the old model, wherein no one ever questions a doctor’s judgment. We ran into this problem in Singapore. STEVEN J THOMPSON 26 THE WOLVERHAMPTON MBA ERC Smarter, Faster Better! ERC Institute is proud to partner with
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  • voices
    • 327 12  -  FROM GILBERT TAN HEE KHIAN I read with interest the report “‘Proxy wars’ in condos” (June 11). As many Singaporeans now reside in strata title homes, including those hived off from public housing, it is timely that the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is reviewing
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    • 291 12  -  FROM SU SICHENG Mr Paul Chan, in his letter “Set minimum size for homes” (June 14), has good intentions but such a law would not help anyone. We should let individuals decide if they prefer a small private apartment to, for instance, renting or
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    • 205 13  -  FROM A L TODAY has the writer’s full particulars and is withholding his name to protect patient confidentiality. A few months ago, I consulted a doctor at the Institute of Mental Health. He wrote a letter to my superior, informing him of the illness I had. I
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    • 197 13  -  FROM DANIEL FUNG Chairman, Medical Board, Institute of Mental Health We refer to the letter from A L, with regard to his comments that our doctor had discussed his condition with his employer. We wish to clarify that our doctors do not communicate
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    • 158 13  -  FROM LIM CHIN CEO S-League, Football Association of Singapore We refer to the report “S-League sponsor mulls exit” (June 11). The Football Association of Singapore, my S-League management team and our long-term partner, Yeo’s senior marketing manager Wong Lye Yin, who was the interviewee in
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    • 131 12 LEAVE SHOEBOX UNITS TO DEMAND AND SUPPLY Get a free Tag Reader app for your smartphone and scan the Tag, or visit http://tdy.sg/ shoebox0618 on your browser for the letter from Tang Fook Meng. t N Jk Looking for a Meaningful Pursuit in Life? Helping yourself and others with Psychotherapy
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    • 14 12 •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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    • 158 13 Subsidies for medical and dental care at a CHAS clinic near you! HEALTH h >>>. Sign up for CHAS today! Pick up an application form at any Community Centre, Public Hospital or Polyclinic. With the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS). you can receive subsidies when you visit a participating medical
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  • singapore
    • 257 14 SINGAPORE Little Nur, whose story moved many Singaporeans, continued to touch the lives of others yesterday despite passing away more than a week ago. A charity event with a charity soccer match was held in memory of her yesterday at Woodlands Stadium
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    • 342 14 Smartphones will again be the highlight at this year’s CommunicAsia trade fair SMARTPHONES CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Smartphone technology will be a highlight at this year’s CommunicAsia, the region’s largest information and communications trade show which opens tomorrow at Marina Bay Sands. Smartphones make up 90 per
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    • 211 15 SINGAPORE It was a Father’s Day with a difference for about 500 needy children and their families from the Central Singapore District at an event held at the Outward Bound Singapore’s East Coast Campus yesterday. The Nurture Adventure@OBS event is aimed at strengthening bonds between
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    • 71 15 Visualising Envisioning a brighter future for Singapore and the Malay-Muslim community, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean (centre) and Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim (left) penned their aspirations at a learning festival on Saturday. Mr Teo wrote in Malay that he wanted everyone
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    • Article, Illustration
      175 15 FATHER’S DAY From thanks to gags, dads the world over were feted yesterday. Vivian Balakrishnan blog Singapore Minister of the Environment and Water Resources Remember, it’s a one-way ticket, so don’t miss this ride. It is the best part of life! tdy.sg/fathers0618b Edgar Wright @edgarwright English film director
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    • 189 14 REAL STRATEGIES Used by SUCCESSFUL Investors! YOU CAN DO THE SAME! Andy Ong, an experienced property investor who started with $10,000 now has properties amounting to $250 million in value! His foresight in identifying property economic trends in the past 2 years have made millions for many students. He is
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    • 123 15 Ihe l_Asik SuRCjERy CliNic 'W* h Do you know, 7 In 10 Singaporeans suffer from myopia? from S 999 for ONE eye, w/o GST $1,069 for ONE eye, w GST Find out more about iLASIK The Lasik Surgery Clinic 22 Jun 2012 (Fri) 7;00pm 23 Jun 2012 (Sat) @3;00pm The
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  • youth
    • 921 16  -  It’s easy to connect with your family online, but real-life communication must remain INTERNET RELATIONSHIPS AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It came as a “shock” when Singaporean Sofia Dendroff, 20, found out her father had set up a Twitter account earlier this year but as she came
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      211 17 MARTHA PAYNE KIDS THESE DAYS A nine-year-old Scottish girl has become an Internet cause celebre after her school tried to stop her food blog which showed how meagre and often unhealthy her school lunches were. On Friday, when the local council reversed its decision to stifle Martha Payne,
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    • 240 16 SHOP ON A HIGH THIS GSS AND WIN AIR TICKETS TO SIEM REAP WEEKDAY SHOPPING REWARDS AT ION ORCHARD MON-WED, 18-20 JUN 2012 Get set for an uplifting retail experience at ION Orchard and you could be jet setting to idyllic Siem Reap. A pair of air tickets will be
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    • 257 17 Phillip Futures brings you Forex Trading at Your Fingertips Built for Compatibility With POEMS Mobile, you can now manage your Forex and Bullion trades on the go. Comprehensive Order Types Including Limit, Stop on Bid, Stop on Offer, OCO Charting At Your Fingertips Daily and minute charts as your trading
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  • china & india
    • 331 18 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW DELHI For more than a century, they were the Himalayan retreats where British officers and their families escaped the summer heat and dust of the plains but, according to new figures, India’s cool colonial-era hill stations are getting hotter every year.
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    • 447 18 Voices within the country are speaking up, even as the state tries to limit public debate ECONOMIC CHANGE IN CHINA THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING As China heads toward a once-a-decade change of its top leadership, its vaunted embrace a generation ago of markets and
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    • 65 18 PUBLIC APOLOGY We, Keith Koh Tze Peng and Teo Huey Chin of 3Sixty Learning Solutions Pte Ltd, hereby unreservedly and sincerely apologise to eLC Pte Ltd for misusing the confidential information of eLC Pte Ltd and for diverting business from eLC Pte Ltd. We acknowledge the losses and damages suffered
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    • 453 19 serves Whom Have you ever wondered? Is your ad agency serving you or is it sadly the other way around? PEDIGREED VS CROSSBRED Defined by an ancestry that’s distinguished, excellent and pure, SPECIALIST agencies are akin to pedigrees strutting their stuff on the red carpet, looking all glamorous, and rarely
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  • world
    • 577 20 Ruling generals set to influence drafting of new constitution and redefine President’s powers EGYPTIAN ELECTION AP CAIRO Egyptians voted for a second day yesterday in a presidential runoff pitting Hosni Mubarak’s last Prime Minister against a conservative Islamist, with a sense of gloom hanging over many
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    • 294 20 AGENCIES MELBOURNE The Australian government will relax immigration rules next year to allow all foreign students who graduate from Australian universities to be eligible for work visas lasting two to four years. The changes, resisted by labour unions, have fuelled a furore over foreigners filling
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 65 21 AP Israeli politicians are floating an idea to expand their seaside country by creating artificial islands. The Cabinet voted yesterday to consider having infrastructure like water treatment plants, power plants and an airport. Most of Israel’s eight million people live in a narrow strip along
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      • 72 21 AP Police said two Canadian sisters found dead inside their hotel room on Phi Phi Island in southern Thailand on Friday did not appear to have been murdered and their belongings had not been taken. Police said the amount of vomit in the
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      • 71 21 AGENCIES A concert by British rock band Radiohead scheduled for Saturday in Toronto, Canada, was cancelled after the roof of an outdoor stage collapsed during sound checks and rehearsals, killing one stage worker and injuring three others. No member of the group was hurt in
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      • 62 21 BLOOMBERG South Korean opposition lawmaker Moon Jae In said he will run in December’s presidential election, with polls showing him trailing the ruling party’s probable nominee and a possible independent candidate. Mr Moon, a former presidential chief of staff, hopes to win the Democratic
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    • 347 21 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Facebook has agreed to pay US$10 million (S$12.7 million) to charity to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users’ rights to control the use of their own names, photographs and likenesses, according to court documents made
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 135 21 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY QCi INSTITUTE ON Asian Consumer Insight Introducing the first Master's programme in Asian consumer insights The NTU-ACI MSc (Marketing) Programme The NTU-ACI Master of Science (Marketing) programme, the first-of-its-kind Master's programme in the world, is designed to help companies tap into the burgeoning Asian market. With a
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 27 22 Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. TODAY cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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      • 53 22 ABN Amro upgrades from Hold and sets S$2.93 target price, saying CapitaLand’s China exposure may be in its favour. “With latest local policy loosening in China and rate cuts, the company’s ‘China discount’ may start to lighten over the coming quarters.” Notes investors have been concerned about
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      • 48 22 CIMB keeps call and S$1.21 target. Says Ezra’s risk-reward is attractive with its shareprice retreat, since fiscal second-quarter 2012 earnings disappointed, pricing-in negatives. “We believe its stock could rebound on quarter-on-quarter earnings improvements and contract wins, potentially trading up to its 52-week average of S$1.20.”
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      • 61 22 CIMB keeps call and raises target price to S$2.09 from S$2.02 after the company secured a NOK1.4 billion contract for an offshore subsea construction vessel and a letter-of-intent for a PSV, which it estimates at NOK360 million. “We continue to see opportunities in the second half,
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      • 84 22 Credit Suisse upgrades from Underperform and raises its target to S$0.75 from S$0.55. Says, “Management has delivered in its promises to expand its ASEAN base and repair its Australian domestic operations. After a tumultuous 12-month period, Tiger is now on a firmer footing.” It expects Tiger
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    • 98 22 REUTERS SEATTLE Microsoft is close to buying business software company Yammer for more than S$1 billion (S$1.27 billion), according to a source familiar with the details. Microsoft’s interest in Yammer, known for its social networking functions, could allow the software giant to beef up its offerings
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    • 460 22 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS PARIS France wants the European Union to agree before the end of the year on growth-boosting measures worth €120 billion (S$192.6 billion), the weekly Journal du Dimanche said yesterday, citing a proposal circulated by France ahead of an end-June
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  • management
    • 927 26  -  THE JOHNS HOPKINS EXPERIENCE COMMENTARY BY STEVEN J THOMPSON Steven J Thompson is the CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine International. Ten years ago Johns Hopkins Medicine International, where I am the CEO, joined forces with Anadolu, a Turkish charitable foundation, to build and
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    • 376 27 Lending the Hopkins name to a hospital that delivers unimpressive care could significantly damage our 135-year-old brand. How do we know when a project will be worth the risk? Choosing the right partner and learning how to read signs from the up-front negotiations are critical. Partners who are
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    • 145 26 SAA GLOBAL The Education Arm of ICPAS BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB) DIPLOMA IN THE COMMON LAW awarded by the University of London Date: 20th June 2012, Wednesday Time: 7.00pm to 8.00pm BSc (HONS) DEGREES DIPLOMA IN ECONOMICS awarded by the University of London Date: 21st June 2012, Thursday Time: 7.00pm
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  • technology
    • 748 28  -  COMMENTARY C K LEE CK Lee is Country Manager of Kroll Ontrack Singapore, which provides technology-driven services and software to help legal, corporate and government entities as well as consumers manage, recover, search, analyse, produce and present data efficiently and cost-effectively. According to research company IDC’s
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
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  • euro 2012
    • Article, Illustration
      505 29 Croatia, Spain dispel talk of collusion ahead of final match GROUP C: CROATIA VS SPAIN AGENCIES GDANSK It is called a “biscotto” in Italian (“biscuit” in English) when two sides agree on a deal at the expense of a third, and in the lead-up to the final
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    • 461 29 AP KRAKOW There will be no room for sentiment when Italy meet former coach Giovanni Trapattoni and his Ireland team with a place in the quarter-finals at stake. Needing no less than a win in Poznan, the Azzurri will have to play without mercy, and also
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    • 498 30 Wayne Rooney’s ready for decisive Ukraine match GROUP D: FRANCE VS ENGLAND THE DAILY TELEGRAPH KR AKOW (POL AND) England striker Wayne Rooney sat out his team’s opening two Group D matches of Euro 2012 through suspension but is now cleared to play and head coach Roy
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    • 441 30 AP DONETSK (UKR AINE) France are on the verge of qualifying for the Euro 2012 quarter-finals but, so far, their main striker Karim Benzema has failed to shine. Although he helped set up Yohan Cabaye’s goal in the 2-0 win over Ukraine with an exquisite turn
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 91 30 AP The English Football Association is set for a fine after UEFA opened a disciplinary case for an attempted pitch invasion by English fans during the team’s 3-2 victory over Sweden last Friday in Kiev. Fans ran from the stands on to the running track before
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      • 97 30 AP Czech Republic captain Tomas Rosicky remains a doubt for the Euro 2012 quarter-finals after an injury forced him to miss his team’s 1-0 victory over Poland. Rosicky injured his Achilles tendon during Tuesday’s 2-1 win against Greece and has not trained with the team since.
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  • sports
    • 471 31  -  DAN GUEN CHIN S I N G A P O R E Shinta Mulia Sari and Yao Lei have shown the way, and now it is up to the rest of the Singapore cast in the Li-Ning Singapore Open 2012 to follow
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    • 564 31  -  SBA willing to meet badminton body’s new minimum prize money of S$317,500 BADMINTON SUPER SERIES DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s marquee badminton event, the Li-Ning Singapore Open, is not in immediate danger of losing its place in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super
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    • 191 32  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg U B O N R AT C H AT H A N I T H A I L A N D Singapore Sports School student Ricky Lim, 13, is reaping the rewards from the patience he picked up from regular family fishing
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    • 231 32  -  LOW LIN FHOONG UBON R ATCHATHANI THAIL AND) Elementary errors cost Fion Pan the gold medal in the Girls Under-1410m air pistol competition after the jury ruled that she had missed a shot in the third series. The Secondary 1 Singapore Sports School student had forgotten to
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    • 27 32 NOW on iPAD Sample past issues of 8 DAYS, i-WEEKLY and Manja. Available for free download. Watch out for current issues coming your way soon! yVI ed/aCorp
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 79 32 For detailed match fixtures, please visit Singapore Pools website www.singaporepools.com.sg SB SportsBuzz@Kranji SportsBuzz@PoMo (For 18 yrs and above) LW Livewire MBS Livewire RWS (For 21 yrs and above) Ip yi) Always play with care. [responsibiyy Do not bet illegally. tr Telephone Account Service. Call 6786 6688 for more details No
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • 39 33 MONDAY, 18 JUNE 2012 PRINT TO SCREEN 35 ARTS JUDI, DANIEL, JUDE! BRIT THESPIANS INVADE THE STAGE THE E-BOOKS REVOLUTION TURNS A NEW CHAPTER FOR SINGAPORE’S PUBLISHING SCENE 34 DESIGN THE VITRA PANTON CHAIR REIMAGINED 36 ARTWORK YEN YOK
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  • T TODAY
    • arts & design
      • 1208 34  -  IS SINGAPORE’S E-BOOKINDUSTRY WAKING UP? WE GETTHELOWDOWN MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg If you were looking for a Singapore equivalent of J K Rowling, Adeline Foo would probably come closest to fitting the bill. The 41-year-old mother and full-time author is one of the country’s most successful writers. Her
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      • Article, Illustration
        78 34 The growing diversity of e-bookstitles out there. Best-selling author Adeline Foo’s Thomas Titans: Men Among Boys. Malcolm Scott’s Bali Raw. Tom Plate’s Conversations With Lee Kuan Yew. Foo Yin Tung’s The Right Mistakes: My Life As A Singapore Gangster. The crime fiction anthology Crime Scene: Singapore. David McMillan’s Escape:
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      • 189 35 CENTRESTAGE REUTERS LONDON Jude Law, Judi Dench and Daniel Radcliffe will star in the upcoming theatrical season led by former Donmar Warehouse artistic director Michael Grandage. The Michael Grandage Company’s stated aim is to reach out to new audiences through lower ticket prices. The
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      • Article, Illustration
        844 36  -  The winners of Space Asia’s first student competition are headed to Switzerland’s iconic Vitra DESIGNER FURNITURE SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE It was a design competition for students with a prize that would turn some professionals green with envy: A week-long stint in Switzerland at Vitra, one of
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    • Article, Illustration
      414 38  -  An e-book review from ilovebooks.com Lynette Koh Were your kids one of the many children who grew up reading The Diary of Amos Lee? If so, they may just find themselves fans of Thomas Titans: Men Among Boys, the first book of a new series by local
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    • things to do
      • 64 38 An engaging visitor experience that explores the relationship between the rhythms of music and the body. As part of Science Fest 2012, the Biorhythm Exhibition allows you to learn, feel and experience how music moves the body and why it is the central part of the human experience
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      • 95 38 Follow Dr Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenbach on an adventure as they journey to the ends of the world and explore unusual caves, such as the ice caves in Greenland and the underwater cavesin the lush jungles of Mexico, in search of important clues about the Earth’s past
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      • 71 38 Enjoy an Asian buffet spread in the company of Jurong Bird Park’s set of parrots andbe delightedby the cheeky antics of some of the smartest members of the avian world. From a sulphur-crested cockatoo that paints to a scarlet macaw that displays back
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