Today, 1 May 2013

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  • Article
    MAS maintains growth forecast despite brighter global outlook
    763 1  -  LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While the improving global economic environment is starting to turn in Singapore’s favour, the Republic’s road to recovery is likely to be slow and choppy, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday in its twice-yearly Macroeconomic
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    Lock icon FIRE IN JURONG
    116 1 JURONGThree warehouse units in a Jurong industrial estate were ablaze yesterday in a fire that took two hours to bring under control. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call at 10.46am about the fire on Link Road. At the height of operations, 13
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  • Article
    Companies must nurture ‘a strong Singaporean core’
    566 1 PM Lee urges businesses, workers and unions to help keep Republic’s competitive advantage as economy slows MAY DAY MESSAGE SINGAPORE —Efforts to help workers and businesses adapt to the new business environment through schemes like the Wage Credit Scheme are under way, but
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      27 1 FAMILIES WHO MAKE NS SACRIFICE WILL DEMAND TO BE VIEWED DIFFERENTLYFROM THOSE WHO DON’T: PRAVIN PRAKASH COMMENT&ANALYSIS 11 T 30 EUROPEAN DELIGHTS AT THE EU FILM FESTIVAL
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Singapore job market faces ‘good problem’
      546 2 But relying on jobs-driven growth will not be good in the long run: Chuan-Jin MANPOWER SINGAPORE —More than 20,000 jobs were created in the first three months of the year but Acting Minister for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin was not a happy man yesterday. Citing
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      MANUFACTURERS MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BUSINESS CONDITIONS
      170 2  -  LEE YEN NEE Business conditions in the manufacturing sector are expected to improve in the next six months, according to the quarterly survey by the Economic Development Board (EDB). The survey showed that a net 12 per cent of manufacturing firms expect things to
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    • Article
      WP urges Govt to assist SMEs, ease burden of workers
      242 3 SINGAPORE Noting the challenges faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as the Singapore economy undergoes restructuring, the Workers’ Party has in its May Day message urged the Government to “assist SMEs and workers through this difficult transition period”. And
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    • Article
      Review of sale to AIM extended again
      378 4  -  WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The review on the sale of software by People’s Action Party (PAP) town councils to PAP-owned company Action Information Management (AIM) has once again been extended. The Ministry of National Development (MND), which is conducting the review, had
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      Lock icon Public transport business models ‘not sustainable’
      948 4  -  SMRT warns of bleak financial outlook ahead predicts further losses in its bus business TRANSPORT SERVICES WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Transport operator SMRT yesterday warned of a bleak financial outlook ahead, as it called the current public transport business models “not sustainable” and
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    • Article
      Two on death row for murder to be resentenced
      394 5  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE Two men on death row for murder had their cases sent back to the High Court for resentencing yesterday the first since the law was amended to give judges sentencing discretion in some murder cases. Both men
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    • Article
      Gas tariff for households to go up 1.05% from May to July
      217 5 SINGAPORE After falling in the previous three quarters, the gas tariff for households will increase from May to July by 1.05 per cent. City Gas announced the increase yesterday, citing higher fuel prices. It said that fuel prices
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      Lock icon Election panel insists ink will not come off
      605 6 However, reports say that the ink can be removed with oil-based lubricant and other substances such as egg yolk MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION AGENCIES KUA L A LUMPUR Barely hours after “indelible” ink was used for the first time in Malaysian elections yesterday,
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      Lock icon The great social media divide
      1433 8  -  While Malaysia’s 13th General Election has been dubbed as the country’s first “social media election” and despite the authorities’ efforts to provide Internet access to selected villages there remains pockets of voters in some states who are seemingly oblivious to election rumours, allegations and counterallegations
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      8 5 HEALTH 16 PROVIDING BREATHING SUPPORT IN THE HOME
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      107 6 HOT NEWS THE GREAT SOCIAL MEDIA DIVIDE 8 COMMENT ANALYSIS ROUGH HUSTINGS BELIE MELTING ETHNIC DIVISIONS 10 WORLD LIMKITSIANG CRITICISES BN’S ‘MONEY POLITICS’20 @N|wM»|OTAH Back by Popular Demand! Authentic Otah from Muar M Trans Fat Free M Contains Omega 3 M Made from Premium Mackerel Fillet M No Cholesterol, No
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      65 8 FOLLOW TODAY’S COVERAGE OFTHE MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS On May 5, Malaysians go to the polls in a crucial election. Keep abreast of all the key developments via TODAY’s correspondents on the ground Teo Xuanwei in Johor, Amir Hussain in Selangor, Philip Goh in Perak, and Dan Guen Chin in Sabah as
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      128 9 Remembering Huang Wen Yong From now till 30 May 2013, catch our exclusive showcase of dramas on demand featuring Huang Wen Yong. FREE ON TOGGLE! Don't Worry be Happy 2 2 (2 May onward r it* 1 A LI 38 >4 v' r r' The Awakening Holland V isr=;Tf ■A
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon Rough hustings belie melting ethnic divisions
      1187 10  -  MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION YANG RAZALI KASSIM Yang Razali Kassim is Senior Fellow with the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Expectations that Malaysia’s 13th general election (GE) on May 5 will be unusually hot, more so than 2008, have so far
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      Lock icon Three factors complicating our quest for a national identity
      1292 11  -  SINGAPOREAN IDENTITY AND CULTURE PRAVIN PRAKASH Pravin Prakash is a political science graduate of the National University of Singapore. He currently tutors at NUS and works at the Institute of South Asian Studies. Recent trends have centred on a reorientation of
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  • voices
    • Article
      Use of CPF for part-time studies will add to retirement savings over time
      403 12  -  FROM JAMES CHIA WEE TIONG I thank the Manpower and Education ministries for their reply, “CPF’s primary purpose is for retirement” (April 19), to my letter, “Time to level the playing field for part-time students” (April 9).
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    • Article
      Not short of breeding grounds
      146 12  -  FROM HUEN YEONG KONG I live in a semi-detached house, without a single tree planted to suppress mosquito breeding. There is no container collecting water on my land, yet I am pestered by mosquitoes at night because I sleep without air-conditioning. Where do they come
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    • Article
      Managing agents can be empowered to fight dengue
      99 12  -  FROM PATRICK SIO I refer to the letter, “Managing agents play a part in controlling dengue” (April 30). Indeed, the law that governs the running of condominiums provides for management councils to go after owners who breed mosquitoes. Managing agents could then
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    • Article
      Employers, MOM should also cater to PMEs’ needs
      347 12  -  FROM YAK CHIN HUA I refer to the report, “Unions must ‘cater to needs’ of the evolving workforce” (April 29). Catering to the needs of an evolving workforce is not an issue just for the unions, so it is laudable that the
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      65 12 LETTER THANKS, IRAS, FOR VALUING A TAXPAYER AS A CUSTOMER Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/voicesiras for the letter from Ivy Singh-Lim. LETTER INSTALL BARRIERS AT BUS STOPS TO CURB SPEEDING CYCLISTS Scan the QR code using the reader app
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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
    • Article
      Entrepreneurship on the rise here: Study
      535 13  -  Fear of failure not a limiting factor that will hinder Singapore residents in starting a business: NTU researchers STARTING A BUSINESS LOUISA TANG louisatangqr@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —More Singapore residents have started their own businesses or intend to do so, even though there is “a significant
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    • Article
      NTU rejects academic’s appeal against his denial of tenure
      330 13  -  EUGENE NEUBRONNER SINGAPORE —The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has reportedly rejected Associate Professor Cherian George’s appeal against the university’s denial of tenure, which provoked an outcry from students and academics protesting against the move earlier this year. Yahoo! News Singapore cited
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Safeguarding S’pore’s maritime interests
      95 13 Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam disembarking from the RSS Swordsman at Changi Naval Base yesterday, after he officiated at a ceremony to mark the commissioning of the Republic of Singapore Navy’s second Archer-class submarine. Mr Tharman felt the Navy has reached a new milestone in its
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    • Article
      Lock icon ERP rates revised for some gantries, roads
      223 13 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —From Monday, Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at certain expressways and roads will be raised by up to S$1. The new rates will apply to five gantries along the Central Expressway (CTE) and the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE), said the
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    • Article
      Swiss national guilty of paid sex with minor
      376 14  -  ONLINE VICE RING CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE —The Swiss national accused of commercial sex with a minor and who was the first to claim trial in the online vice ring has been found guilty. Juerg Buergin, 41, is one of 51 men charged
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      Online cartoonist to know outcome of probe on May 11
      268 14  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE —Cartoonist Leslie Chew, who is behind the online comic strip Demon-cratic Singapore, is expected to know if he will be charged for sedition and/or contempt of court on May 11, the date when he is next due
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    • Article
      Ex-AMP man Nizam pulls out as speaker at May Day protest
      286 15 SINGAPORE —The former board director of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) Nizam Ismail, who resigned from the group last week, has pulled out as a speaker at today’s May Day protest at Hong Lim Park. In a Facebook
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    • Article
      S$1.9m boost for youth community projects
      351 15  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Youths at Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) who want to do more for the community will be able to tap into a S$1.9-million fund by the National Youth Council (NYC), said Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong
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      163 14 StyiB: MAY 2013 <•? ASIA rising HEDI SLIMANE: CRITICS’ SCAPEGOAT OR THE NEV PIED PIPER? VST VS lll-SI #yo DOES BETTER? III! V\ K(l\ ItNSOItX f, i LOCUS ON XII'I’OXESE STVIJXC K(X)KV LEWIES ft TOLCIII SOI !1 IE W ILD WEST No designer in recent limes can lav claim to
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  • health
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      Lock icon Providing breathing support in the home
      606 16  -  The Home Ventilation Service enables patients dependen t on ventilators to return home and not stay in hospital indefinitely LONG-TERM ASSISTIVE VENTILATION EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Even with his hectic work schedule as a senior consultant anaesthesiologist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Dr
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Xinjiang clash suspects owned extremist literature
      472 18 VIOLENCE IN WESTERN CHINA AP BEIJING The perpetrators of deadly violence last week in China’s Xinjiang region held secret Quran study sessions and possessed extremist religious literature, the authorities said yesterday, accusations likely to be used by Beijing as justification for its strict rules
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    • Article
      Lock icon 4-year-old Indian rape victim dies from cardiac arrest
      417 18 AGENCIES NEW DELHI —A four-year-old girl who was raped and dumped near a crematorium in central India died on Monday evening from cardiac arrest, an official said yesterday. The girl, the daughter of poor construction workers, was lured from her home in
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      Lock icon Hong Kong ferry crash report blasts official failures
      430 19 DOW JONES HONG KONG —The dozens of deaths in Hong Kong’s deadliest maritime tragedy in a generation were caused by a “litany of errors”, including numerous government failures to keep passengers safe, an independent report released yesterday said. Two ferries collided one
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      54 18 iPad Toggle Movies Movies All Day. Only $2.14* per month on Toggle To subscribe, log on to www.toggle.sg or call Toggle Customer Care Hotline: 6388 3888 (9am-9pm daily, including Sundays and Public Holidays). Toggle Movies brings you movies from all over the world right to your doorstep and at your
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      80 19 i-WeeMy i Cookbook VoLZ^ s -9Qr i The i-Weekly bilingual cookbook is back with its second edition, featuring 90 healthy and tasty dishes created by celeb chefs and your fave MediaCorp artistes! Glow with radiance with 10 juicing recipes concocted just for you! A, Understand the benefits of TCM herbs,
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  • world
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      Lock icon Lim Kit Siang criticises BN’s ‘money politics’
      669 20  -  Opposition veteran also lashes out at ruling coalition for accusing him of being behind the May 13,1969 race riots MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION AMIR HUSSAIN INKUALALUMPUR amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Veteran opposition figure Lim Kit Siang yesterday cried foul over the Barisan Nasional’s (BN)
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    • Article
      PKR urges Sabah voters to follow in Selangor’s footsteps
      316 20  -  DAN GUEN CHIN IN KOTA KINABALU danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg KOTA KINABALU —Holding up Selangor as an example, caretaker Mentri Besar of Selangor Abdul Khalid Ibrahim urged Sabahans to look at how the opposition-held state has been run in the last five years. Speaking
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      Lock icon Advance voting under way
      207 20 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Police and navy personnel nationwide became the inaugural batch of voters who used indelible ink when advance voting got under way yesterday. The Star reported that Inspec-tor-General of Police Ismail Omar was among the first to cast his vote. The IGP said afterwards
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      Lock icon Mosques, Muslim shops attacked in central Myanmar
      563 21 REUTERS MEIKTILA Anti-Muslim violence flared anew in central Myanmar yesterday as angry mobs destroyed two mosques and set fire to hundreds of homes and shops in unrest that injured at least 10 people in the predominantly Buddhist nation. Gangs armed with bricks smashed
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      Lock icon The Netherlands welcomes King Willem-Alexander
      77 22 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (centre), her son Willem-Alexander and his wife Maxima waving to the crowd from the balcony of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam yesterday. Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch King in over a century after the Queen abdicated to end a 33-year
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    • Article
      Lock icon FBI spotlight on dead Boston blast suspect’s wife
      407 22 US authorities scrutinising her activities before and after attacks in effort to find out who else may have aided bombers THE NEW YORK TIMES BOSTON United States federal authorities are closely scrutinising the activities of the wife of the dead Boston Marathon
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  • business
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      Lock icon OCBC Q1 profit falls on thinner margins
      657 23  -  Despite a 16% earnings decline, South-east Asia’s secondlargest lender reports solid growth in key overseas markets CORPORATE EARNINGS WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation saw its earnings decline in the first quarter as net interest margin tightened amid a low interest
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    • Article
      Lock icon Faltering export demand hits East Asian economies
      381 23 AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese and South Korean industrial output were weaker than expected in March, while Taiwan’s first-quarter growth was well below forecast, data showed yesterday, as faltering global demand continued to limit recoveries in Asian economies. In Japan, production climbed 0.2 per cent
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    • Article
      Hutchison Port Holdings Trust’s first quarter profit down 15.5%
      275 23 SINGAPORE —Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPHT) yesterday reported first-quarter profit fell 15.5 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier, mainly due to costs related to the acquisition of Asia Container Terminals (ACT). Net profit for the three months ended
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  • technology
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      Lock icon S’pore joins smartphone fray
      447 24  -  Local MNC unveils the first designed-in-Singapore smartphone, the Synrgic Uno SMARTPHONES PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Local multinational company Synrgic, which has offices in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and soon Korea, yesterday unveiled the first de-signed-in-Singapore, made-in-Korea
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    • Article
      Google Now hits iOS
      316 24  -  ALVIN CHONG alvinchonggl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Google Now, the personal assistant previously limited to Android devices, was made available on iOS yesterday. Apple device users will be able to select cards which display information relevant to the user each time the Google Now app is launched. The app
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  • sports
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      MEDIACORP’S MEON3 TO BRING 3-ON-3 FUN TO ORCHARD ROAD
      357 25  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE —The challenge of shooting hoops 3-on-3 style in the heart of Orchard Road has proven to be an irresistible draw for basketball enthusiasts in Singapore. They have responded so strongly to MediaCorp’s inaugural MEon3 The Ultimate Streetball
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      Lock icon DRIVE YOUR DESTINY, SAYS FORMER NBA STAR
      733 25  -  Shortest player in history of US game calls on Singapore youths to be resilient in chasing sporting dreams NBA 3X SINGAPORE IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —When he was five and living in one of Baltimore’s inner cities, a nosy Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues
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      Lock icon WHY BALE IS SUCH A GALE FORCE
      892 26  -  Mention the phrase ‘Welsh Wizard” and the name “Ryan Giggs” used to come to mind. Not any more. The new heir to the title is Tottenham’s wonder winger Gareth Bale. Adrian Clarke (sports@mediacorp.com.sg), our EPL analyst, tells you why the 23-year-old winner of
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      Lock icon HAVELANGE QUITS AS HONORARY FIFA PRESIDENT FOLLOWING BRIBERY SCANDAL
      306 26 AP GENE VA Former FIFA President Joao Havelange (picture) resigned as Honorary President of football’s governing body in a World Cup bribery case that has tarnished the organisation for more than a decade. FIFA ethics court judge Joachim Eckert said in
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      Lock icon BARCELONA NEED A MIRACLE FROM MESSI
      674 27 Catalans desperate for Argentinian wizard to hit top form and overturn Bayern’s 4-0 lead CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AGENCIES BARCELONA —More than ever before, Barcelona need Lionel Messi at the height of his powers if they are to pull off a rare feat. The Catalans face
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    • Article
      ACJC KEGLERS STORM TO NATIONAL ‘A’ DIV CROWN
      323 27  -  FELICIA QUICK S ING A PORE —It has been 13 years since Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) won the boys’ and girls’ titles at the National Schools “A” Division Tenpin Bowling Championship. But they ended that wait in style, by bagging five of
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      Lock icon SUPPORT POURS IN FOR COLLINS AFTER GAY REVELATION
      332 28 BASKETBALL AGENCIES NE W YORK —Washington Wizards centre Jason Collins, 34, on Monday became the first current player in a major American sports league to declare that he is gay. The 12-year veteran who has played for six teams in the National
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    • Article
      Lock icon CELTICS NEED ‘FOUR QUARTERS’ OF GREAT PLAY
      268 28 AGENCIES BOS TON —The Boston Celtics may have beaten the New York Knicks 9790 on Sunday to prevent a 4-0 sweep, but they will have a tough time at Madison Square Garden tomorrow, and may have to force a sixth game at the
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      369 28 Caregiving Conference 2013 “Care for the Elderly: Leveraging the Power of the Community” 15-17 May 2013, Rendezvous Hotel Enhance your knowledge and skills in providing caregiving to elders as well as support to family caregivers in their role, capacity and self care by joining us at the Caregiving Conference 2013.
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      48 29 WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013 GIRLS ON FILM LAURA LINNEY AND SOFIA COPPOLA RECOGNISED FOR FILM ACHIEVEMENTS 31 CLASS ACT BEN KINGSLEY ON PLAYING VILLAINS AND LEARNING MANDARIN 32 EUROPEAN DELIGHTS WE ZOOM IN ON OUR FAVOURITE OFFERINGS FOR THIS YEAR’S EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL 30 ART: CRYS LEE
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        1369 30  -  THIS YEAR’S EUFF SERVES UP A SUMPTUOUS BUFFET OF FILMIC PROPORTIONS CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg REPORTING BY VINCENT LEE Question: What does our favourite MediaCorp artiste Zoe Tay have to do with the European Union Film Festival (EUFF)? Answer: Well, Ah Jie stars opposite Aidan Gillen (Game Of Thrones)
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        603 32  -  Ben Kingsley on playing The Mandarin CHARACTER WITNESS GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE If interviewing the actor who won the much deserved Best Actor Oscar for playing one of history’s most iconic heroes Mahatma Gandhi was one massively nervewrecking task, Ben Kingsley was
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      278 31 CONTEST May will from www.shaw.sg. Win a pair of Finnair tickets to Europe In partnership with the 23rd European Union Film Festival, we are giving away a pair of Finnair tickets worth S$6,000 to any destination in Europe*! You could also win yourself one of three pairs of exclusive invites
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