Today, 16 February 2013

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      155 1 SATURDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2013 M I C A P) 0 93/0 6/2 0 1 2 Read the full story. Fast. Free. Download the newly-relaunched TODAY apps for iOS and get your news delivered to your iPad and iPhone as soon as it breaks. You get all the reports and commentaries
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      210 2 K I.! i? BMW 316i ij OUTPERFORM YOUR EXPECTATIONS THE ALL-NEW BMW 316L Passion drives you further. Experience the highly anticipated all-new BMW 3161, which not only delivers its promise of superior drivability and handling but also gives unsurpassed joy. Combining a BMW TwinPower Turbo engine that masters the road,
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    15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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    Lock icon Meteorite hits central Russia, at least 1,000 injured
    92 1 The trail of a falling object is seen above a residential apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, in this still image taken from a video shot yesterday. A powerful blast rocked the Russian region of the Urals early yesterday with
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    Fare review committee to zoom in on affordability issue
    553 1  -  Committee will study if more concessions could be given to certain groups of commuters PUBLIC TRANSPORT HETTY MUSFIRAH hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A 13-member committee reviewing the public transport fare formula, which was due to submit its report early this year, has been
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    Private home sales rose 43% last month
    514 1  -  DAVID BOTTOMLEY Business Editor davidb@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A rush to complete transactions before the latest round of property cooling measures took effect was likely the major reason behind the sharp 43 per cent increase in sales of new private homes last month. According to
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      Take Newton fire ‘as a warning’
      603 2  -  Transport Minister says incident highlights need to take more careful look at inspection, maintenance and operations PUBLIC TRANSPORT HETTY MUSFIRAH hetty@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE The small fire that broke out near Newton MRT Station on Wednesday might be rare, with no injuries suffered, but
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      Lock icon SBS Transit work ‘will improve NEL by middle of next year’
      507 2  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH SING A PORE Corrosion of the steel bolts supporting the power line has been blamed for three major disruptions which hit the North East Line over the past year, a joint team of experts from the Land
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      Lock icon Xi vows reform, but airs another message in private
      984 4 CHINA POLITICS THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING When China’s new leader, Mr Xi Jinping, visited the country’s south to promote himself before the public as an audacious reformer following in the footsteps of late leader Deng Xiaoping, he had another message
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      Lock icon DEVELOPERS ANXIOUS AMID COOLING MEASURES: REDAS
      161 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Property developers remain anxious about the effects of the latest round of cooling measures that kicked in last month, the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS) said yesterday, despite the surge in home sales during the month. “We are naturally anxious
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      Lock icon Pistorius denies murdering girlfriend
      459 6 Paralympic icon breaks silence with a statement after court session VALENTINE’S DAY TRAGEDY REUTERS PRETORIA —Oscar Pistorius has disputed “in the strongest terms” allegations that he murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day, issuing a statement just hours after making an emotional court appearance. Part
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    • Article
      Number of dengue cases weekly hits 5-year high
      487 8 322 cases recorded last week, four new dengue clusters iden tified by NEA MOSQUITO BREEDING SINGAPORE The number of dengue cases weekly hit a five-and-a-half-year high last week with 322 cases, while four new dengue clusters have been identified. The last time
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      44 5 All-styles urban dance competition The region’s best will battle it out in Group Choreography Breakdance Free Style Be part of the MOVEMENT TAB, Orchard Hotel 2 March 2013 Admission is free Qualifying rounds: 1pm 6.30pm Finals: 6.30pm 9pm Hosted by The Muttons of 987FM
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      303 6 QQsim university Manage Your Future Continuing Education Improve Prosp Upgrade and Enhance OP L 0 (\twe*» wV General Studies Programme Where possibilities are boundless You design and chart your own learning route, uncovering a wealth of knowledge from a variety of topics from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Music Appreciation to
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      6 6 SPORTS PISTORIUS INSPIRES AND DIVIDES 21
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      108 7 Because you’re someone who has given us a space in your heart, we’re reserving a space for you. A few months ago, we asked you to share with us that moment when MediaCorp had been there for you. We were truly overwhelmed by your response and we’d like to show
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      93 9 Come and meet your favourite celebrities at the Toggle roadshow! N r i m. Join us this weekend at NEX Date: 15 to 17 Feb Venue: NEX Event Plaza Time: 11 am to 9pm Meet and greet MediaCorp artistes! 15 Feb 6pm 16 Feb 2pm 17 Feb 12pm Subscribe to
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  • saturday people
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      Lock icon DAYS OF DIAMOND AND STONE
      1953 10  -  An iron will and energy made her a successful businesswoman, but illness taught Laletha Nithiyanandan something humbling about life LIN YANQIN Assistant News Editor yanqinl@mediacorp.com.sg Armed with a strong will and no shortage of chutzpah, she set up her own business at age 20 with
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      26 10 For all Brendan Rodgers’ qualities there is still a growing sense that he might be talking a better game than he is actually delivering. ADRIAN CLARKE•22
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  • voices
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      Lock icon Keep an eye on the present even as we chart new horizons
      342 12  -  FROM SANJAY PERERA The population projections detailed in the recent White Paper on population have become a bugbear, even though the Government was right to raise the issue to the public, for it allows the matter to be
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    • Article
      Don’t forget the fuel for our future
      156 12  -  FROM RAYMOND LO WAN MOU Lately there have been many views shared in Our Singapore Conversation and over the White Paper on Population concerning Singapore’s future. What surprises me is the lack of discussion on the energy needed to fuel Singapore’s future. This
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      Lock icon Rethink the concept of NS to strengthen bonds
      395 13  -  FROM ADRIAN CHAN PENGEE The proposal to levy a “defence tax” on permanent residents (PRs) and foreigners in lieu of doing National Service (NS) appears to overlook the adverse impact this will have on efforts to integrate these PRs and foreigners into
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      Rent IT equipment to lower business costs
      132 13  -  FROM TAN CHI WEI Companies and government organisations could look at renting IT equipment, such as computers, to lower operating costs. The decreasing cost of computers means that the calculations for leasing do not necessarily appear convincing at first. Also, there is a
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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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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Those serving NS ‘should feel appreciated’
      431 14  -  NATIONAL SERVICE SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL, MELISSA CHONG SINGAPORE Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen has said the Government is reviewing policies to help Singaporeans serving National Service (NS) feel more appreciated. Speaking to reporters during the Total Defence Day commemoration yesterday, Dr Ng said it is
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    • Article
      Fears over social mobility with population growth
      363 14  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The issues in social mobility that the Malay-Muslim community here currently faces could get even “more stark” if immigration rises to the maximum projection as laid out in the White Paper on Population, said a panellist at a forum
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      Lock icon LKY ‘not feeling well’, misses CNY dinner
      193 15  -  ASHLEY CHIA SINGAPORE Former Minister Mentor and Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency Lee Kuan Yew did not attend the ward’s annual Chinese New Year Dinner last night. In her speech, Senior Minister of State (Law and Education) Indranee Rajah
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      Court overturns conviction of SilkAir pilot
      340 15  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A SilkAir pilot who was fined S$1,000 for voluntarily causing hurt to his neighbour last year had his conviction overturned by the High Court yesterday. Setting aside the conviction, Justice Tay Yong Kwang said “in light of the evidence”, he
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      234 15 Graduate I Studies 'll SIM UNIVERSITY AS I AM Learning that adapts to me Not the other way round SIM University offers graduate studies in a diverse range of disciplines. Our programmes cater to professionals seeking greater career mobility. If you are looking for a career change or simply to
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  • world
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      Lock icon Najib to make historic visit to Chinese school association
      541 16 Prime Minister looks for endorsement by education group to attract Chinese voters MALAYSIA POLITICS THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will call on Chinese education group Dong Zong’s Chinese New Year open house in Kajang, a town
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      Lock icon Indian troops kill Pakistani soldier in Kashmir
      220 16 AP ISL AMABAD Indian troops shot and killed a Pakistani soldier who crossed the makeshift border separating Indian and Pakistani-held Kashmir, officials said yesterday. The incident in the Kashmir region, which is claimed by both Pakistan and India, evoked similar incidents last month
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      Lock icon Gunmen refuse to leave village in Sabah stand-off
      309 16 REUTERS KUAL A LUMPUR About 100 armed men holed up in a village in the Malaysian state of Sabah are refusing to leave, saying they have links with the Sultanate of Sulu in the Philippines, which has a historic claim over the
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      Lock icon In Vietnam, some women choose to be single mothers
      986 17 Having sacrificed their marriageable years to the Vietnam war, these women had children with strangers THE NEW YORK TIMES LOI VIETNAM) —They had no plan to break barriers or cause trouble. But 30 years ago in this bucolic village in northern
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      Lock icon N Korea tells China of preparations for more nuclear tests
      415 17 AGENCIES BEIJING —North Korea has told its key ally, China, that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests this year in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks with Pyongyang, said a
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      Lock icon ‘Meteorite fragments’ rain down on Siberia
      827 18 At least 1,000 people injured; force powerful enough to shatter dishes, TVs in homes NATURAL PHENOMENON THE NEW YORK TIMES MOSCOW —Bright objects, tentatively identified as fragments of a meteorite, streaked through the sky in western Siberia early yesterday, accompanied by a boom that
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      Lock icon Britain finds horsemeat in school meals, hospitals
      268 18 AGENCIES LONDON —Tests have found horsemeat in school meals, hospital food and restaurant dishes in Britain, spreading the scandal over adulterated meat beyond frozen supermarket products. Results were coming yesterday after food safety officials ordered supermarkets and suppliers to test all processed meals
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      Lock icon ASTEROID 2012 DA14
      82 18 AGENCIES Size of an Olympic swimming pool First spotted in February 2012 at the La Sagra Sky Survey in Spain Will pass from the Southern to Northern Hemisphere Will set the record for the closest pass of any known asteroid about28,000km Will make a crater up to
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      28 18 VIDEO METEOR SHOWER CAUSES DAMAGE IN URALS: RUSSIAN AGENCIES Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/meteor16feb for the video.
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  • business
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      Lock icon Mapletree to raise S$1.68b in largest REIT IPO here
      484 19 China-focused trust to yield up to 6per cent in 2013-2014 and 6.5per cent in 2014-2015 according to draft prospectus NEW LISTINGS AGENCIES SINGAPORE —Mapletree Investments plans to raise up to S$1.68 billion by listing a China-focused real-estate investment trust (REIT), the
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      Lock icon Wealth business, insurance boost OCBC’s Q4 profit
      467 19 AGENCIES SINGAPORE —Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), Singapore’s secondbiggest lender, yesterday reported a 12 per cent gain in fourth-quarter profit as higher income from wealth management and insurance offset tighter lending margins. Net income in the three months ended Dec 31 rose to S$663
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      Global Yellow Pages writes off S$122m on trademarks
      389 19  -  CONRAD RAJ S ING A PORE —Once worth tens of millions of dollars, the fingers that did the walking now no longer have the same cachet, and so Global Yellow Pages has decided to write off a whopping S$122.3 million in goodwill
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      Lock icon Retail sales fall 1.5% in December
      175 20 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —The Republic’s retail sales dipped 1.5 per cent in December compared to the previous year dragged by lower sales of telecommunication and computer items. The Department of Statistics said retail sales fell 0.4 per cent on-year if motor vehicle sales are
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      China unlikely to see a country-wide crash: Analyst
      416 20  -  CHINA ECONOMY CONRAD RAJ Editor-at-Large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While some Chinese cities might face economic or property bubbles, there is unlikely to be a country-wide crash as its numerous urban centres have different levels of economic development with many still producing doubledigit growth,
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      286 20 Australia’s No. 1 Krill Oil V y /V J m *—»aa BIOGIAN I OMEGA-3 HEALTH D KRILL OIL 6x STRONGER THAN FISH y/ Joint Health y/ Heart Health y/ Healthy Cholesterol AOUAL SIZE Euphausia superba oil (Krill Oil) 500mg 30 CAPSULES Dietary Supplement 6 x stronger than fish oil for
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  • sports
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      Lock icon PISTORIUS INSPIRES AND DIVIDES
      668 21 Paralympic icon leads a contradictory, complicated life FALL OF A SPORTING ICON THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —A perp-walk photograph of Oscar Pistorius, accused of murder, his face shrouded by a hooded sweatshirt, provided a jarring contrast to a morning last August in London when
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    • Article
      TAMPINES OUTGUN WARRIORS TO CLINCH SHIELD
      249 21  -  DAN GUEN CHIN SING A PORE —Defending S-League champions Tampines Rovers picked up their first silverware of the season last night as they beat arch rivals Warriors FC 2-1 in the Great Eastern Charity Shield. With new coach Nenad Bacina at the helm, a
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      Lock icon SWANSEA HAUNT POOL’S RODGERS
      912 22  -  THE BIG MATCH LIVERPOOL VS SWANSEA CITY COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg Adrian Clarke, TODAY’s EPL analyst, is a former Arsenal midfielder, who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he writes for many publications around the world, as well
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      Lock icon A FANTASY LEAGUE WINNER, WITH SOME HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS
      446 22  -  DEBORAH ONG SINGAPORE Two’s company, three’s a crowd. But eight can help you win a monthly prize in the TODAY Fantasy League. And that is why air force engineer Ryan Koh (picture), 28, has dedicated some of his S$500 prize
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      Lock icon HAPPY TO HAVE HARISS BACK TONIGHT
      588 23  -  Influential midfielder to come off the bench as team aim to halt losing streak CHARLES ONG charlesongzc@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Since Wednesday, the LionsXII’s preparations for tonight’s home clash with Malaysian Super League leaders Pahang have not been ideal. V Sundramoorthy’s men have had to train
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      Lock icon TOO EARLY TO SAY IF PAHANG ARE TITLE CONTENDERS: DOLLAH
      416 23  -  DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Pahang may be leading the Malaysian Super League standings but Dollah Salleh, their coach, has claimed that appearances are deceiving. The former Malaysian international has declared that it is too early to say whether his
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      Lock icon NADAL ADVANCES TO BRAZIL OPEN QUARTERS
      275 24 TENNIS AP SAO PAULO —Rafael Nadal (picture) beat Joao Souza of Brazil 6-3,6-4 on Thursday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to reach the quarterfinals of the Brazil Open, his second tournament since returning from an injury to his left knee. Nadal broke Souza’s service late
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      SCORES
      124 24 NBA Heat 110 Thunder 100, Clippers 125 Lakers 101 Europa League (selected) Tottenham Hotspur 2 Lyon 1, Sparta Prague 0 Chelsea 1, Newcastle 0 Metalist Kharkiv 0, Zenit St Petersburg 2 Liverpool 0, Ajax 2 Steaua Bucuresti 0, Bayer Leverkusen 0 Benfica 1, Dynamo Kiev 1 Bordeaux 1, Napoli
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      129 24 v* SINGAPORE outh Olympic Festival 2013 7 c 9 16 to 23 MARCH INDULGE IN EXCELLENCE FRIENDSHIP RESPECT To register, log on to www.syof.sg SIGN UP NOW TO COMPETE AGAINST THE BEST YOUNG ATHLETES in celebration of the Youth Olympic Games 2010 held in Singapore, we are proud to present
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      82 24 For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw HtewWej Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 yrs and above) Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 yrs and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 yrs and above) Ip a Y(i> Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. Singapore Pools Account Service. Call
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      44 25 SATURDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2013 ALL THAT GLITTERS 31 THIS ROUND’S ON BLOC PARTY’S KELE OKEREKE 34 THE QUEEN’S BACK HELEN MIRREN RETURNS TO ROYALTY THIS TIME ON STAGE YOUNG CHEFS CREATE CULINARY GOLD WITH REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS 30 THE CROSTINI BAR. PHOTO: KOH MUI FONG
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    • cars
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        Lock icon THE SUN ALSO RISES, AGAIN
        1052 26  -  BORNEO MOTORS’ MD KOH CHING HONG IS DETERMINED TO MAKE 2013 TOYOTA’S YEAR DERRYN WONG features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Car sales figures here have been dominated by premium brands during the past few years, thanks mainly to high Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices. Mainstream brands have been
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        Lock icon The next small thing
        571 27  -  At BMW, engineering ingenuity means making big things out of something relatively tiny ENGINE TECH DAVID KHOO features@mediacorp.com.sg MUNICH —At BMW’s recent Innovation Day held to showcase its latest technology the object of our focus wasn’t the next “big” thing. BMW has identified a few key
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      • NEWS TRACKS
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          Mercedes-Benz enters hot hatch market
          83 28 The Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG is the brand’s first foray into the hot hatch market. How hot will it be? Extremely. The car will feature a four -cylinder, 2.0l turbocharged engine that produces 360 hp and 450Nm of torque, which AMG says makes it the
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          Audi S3 grows up
          83 28 Audi has announced its new S3 Sportback, which adds two more doors and a longer wheelbase to the three-door S3 compact hatch. The Sportback will feature a new four -cylinder, 2.0l turbocharged, direct-injection engine that produces 295HP at 5,500rpm and 380Nm of torque between 1,800 and
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          Jaguar F-TYPE takes a bow in Lana Del Rey video
          93 28 Jaguar’s latest two-seater convertible, the F-TYPE appears in Lana Del Rey’s new video for her song Burning Desire. The song was written by the award-winning singer and is the title track to a film created by Jaguar and Ridley Scott
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          Iconic Peugeot turns 30
          88 28 Peugeot’s iconic 205 celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday. The car’s production run ended in 1999 after about 5.3 million were produced. This included the 205 GTi variant, which was one of the most popular hot hatches of the ’80s. Its successor, the 206, has hit the
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        Lock icon Sign of the times
        554 28 Lexus, Porsche top rankings as study finds higher overall levels of reliability RELIABILITY SURVEY AP DETROIT —Vehicles are more dependable than ever for Americans, a new study reveals. J D Power and Associates’ latest study, which measures problems experienced in the last year by owners of
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    • food
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        Lock icon Food for the movies
        685 29 Chefs pick scenes for best screen cuisine TASTY TREATS AP SAN FR ANCISCO What happens when you ask a group of food world luminaries to come up with their picks for Best Food Scene in a movie? You get some unexpected responses. Who knew Pulp Fiction
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        Lock icon elBulli to reopen for lucky few
        388 29 AP MADRID Spain’s famous elBulli restaurant will temporarily reopen later this year as renowned chef-owner Ferran Adria trains actors for a movie based on his iconic eatery that closed in 2011. The location is still being determined, Adria said on Thursday. It could reopen
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        Lock icon Like never before
        506 30  -  Young chefs turn up the glitz in unexpected ways REVIEW: THE CROSTINI BAR ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE —True to its name, The Crostini Bar has been serving some of the city’s best things on toast since it opened last December. But what many people don’t know is that
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        Plus points
        477 30  -  New joint serves up mammoth plates for communal eating REVIEW: SPATHE PUBLIC HOUSE ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE After a year of eating small plate after small plate of tapas and its ilk, it’s a refreshing change to dine out on large communal plates of food. Diners at the new
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        BEST THINGS I’VE HAD FOR UNDER S$10
        290 31  -  Cynthia Koh is crossing herfingers forawin FARAH DALEY SINGAPORE —Actress Cynthia Koh was over the moon when she received news of her nomination for Best Actress for this year’s Star Awards, but is keeping grounded. “A nomination is good enough recognition for my
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        Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke
        360 31 Boozy conversations about what makes people smile THIS ROUND’S ON... SINGAPORE —Members of indie-rock outfit Bloc Party have done D J sets but next month’s gig at Fort Canning Park will be their first as a full band here. Frontman Kele Okereke promises it will be
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    • culture&lifestyle
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        Lock icon Subject matters
        544 32  -  It’s more than just about crime and punishment ART REVIEW: INSIDE THE SUBJECT BRUCE QUEK features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It would seem that community policing never seemed quite so apocalyptically hands-on. The installation Inside The Subject, a collaboration between artists Bani Haykal, Angie Seah and Mohamad Riduan, currently on at
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