Today, 20 June 2015

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      Lock icon Beijing slams lawmakers in HK for vetoing poll plan
      668 2 Measure supported by majority of city, backed by Constitution, says Chinese Foreign Ministry OPPOSITION ‘WILL BEAR HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS’ AGENCIES HONG KONG —China lashed out at Hong Kong’s opposition pro-democracy lawmakers yesterday after the legislature in the financial hub vetoed
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      Lock icon Travellers from Thailand won’t be screened, for now
      491 4  -  SOLE CASE IN COUNTRY WAS CONTAINED, SAYS GAN KIM YONG JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KELLY NG SINGAPORE The Ministry of Health is monitoring developments regarding the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) closely and for now, travellers arriving
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      Lock icon 1 new case in S Korea as outbreak seems to level off
      291 4 AGENCIES SEOUL —The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in South Korea appears to have levelled off, a health official said yesterday, as the country reported only one new patient. “Given the current developments, we have judged that
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      Lock icon Singapore to sing anthem, recite pledge together on National Day
      631 6  -  Golden Jubilee weekend to feature 80 islandwide community activities daily ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN SG FUNPACKS THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO HOUSEHOLDS LYNETTE TAN lynettetan2@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The three-day Golden Jubilee weekend will be peppered with more than 80
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      CTE crash: Driver gets 5 years’ jail, 20-year driving ban
      412 7  -  HE HAD COMMITTED THE ULTIMATE TRAFFIC OFFENCE: JUDGE NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The driver who caused a horrific crash on the Central Expressway (CTE) on National Day two years ago, killing a Singaporean and three South Koreans, was yesterday
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      Lock icon M’sian Minister lashes out at Dr M for ‘personal vendetta’
      632 7 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Foreign Minister Anifah Aman has fired back at former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for lashing out at Prime Minister Najib Razak, accusing the senior statesman of “lies” and wrecking his own country in a bid to
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      Lock icon DAP leader asks Najib to accept debate challenge
      483 7 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Najib Razak should take up former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s challenge for a televised debate and put an end to the hostile exchange that has spilled onto the world stage, a veteran opposition leader said yesterday.
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      After the medals, the legacy — a sporting culture to build on
      586 9  - After the medals, the legacy a sporting culture to build on IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In the three weeks of competition at the 28th SEA Games here, half-a-million people made their way to the 31 venues to watch competitors from 11 countries fight for medals in the region’s biggest
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      Lock icon S’pore’s giant leap up the SEA Games ranks
      126 10 Singapore achieved its best-ever performance in terms of gold medals 84 and total medals won 259 at a single South-east Asian (SEA) Peninsular and SEA Games at the 2015 SEA Games, which concluded on Tuesday. TODAY takes a look at how the
      Source: SEA Games; TODAY  -  126 words
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      61 6 W MMISS,0N sambaash STAR Digital Partner Organized By SINGAPORE International Day of YOGA JUNE 21 Sam to 8pm ION Orchard The Star Vista DCube JL el. 9 I F xDBS FREE Holistic Yoga workshops 5 minute practices for Health, ]oy, Peace More Receive a free DVD and goodie bag (while
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      57 8 SEA GAMES VIDEOS SILAT: WHAT IT TAKES FOR THE GOLD Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/silatgold for the video. THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND AGONY OF DEFEAT Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you
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      99 9 Hansaplast 18,335* DENGUE CASES WERE REPORTED IN 2014! pMSjSeocASES s I ?250CASES^^ ■^SSOCASES Highest No. of Dengue Cases from May Jul every year JAN MAR JUN SEP DEC MAR JUN SEP DEC MAR APR 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 Approximation of cases by months
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  • voices
    • Article
      Medals galore, but S’pore spirit is the real SEA Games winner
      384 12  -  FROM KOH KANG LIANG For the past month, I have been greeted each day by a banner that reads “Singapore wishes our sporting heroes all the best at the 28th SEA Games”. Even though Singaporeans are not an expressive
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      SEA Games Venue Managers deserve recognition
      241 12  -  FROM EUNICE AMANDA WILBERTINE NAH It was my great privilege to be able to volunteer at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010, and at the recently concluded SEA Games. Some discounted the benefits of holding the YOG back in 2010, but I
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      Premature to cut back on parking lots to discourage car ownership
      467 13  -  FROM MICHAEL KWAN I refer to the letter “To wean people off cars, cut back on parking spots” (June 18). The writer suggested the Government discourage car ownership by reducing the number of car park lots and increasing car
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      Fair to charge termination fee at end of contract?
      168 13  -  FROM YEO SHUAN CHEE I have just terminated my broadband subscription with a local service provider, as my contract with them had matured. However, there was a termination fee levied by the service provider. This got me wondering why such a
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  • singapore
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      Couples seeking to buy resale units near parents ‘may get more help’
      387 14 ROBUST DEMAND FOR PRO-FAMILY HOUSING SCHEMES, SAYS KHAW S ING A PORE —The Government will study whether it can give more help to couples who want to buy resale flats near their parents’ home, with statistics showing robust
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      Singapore methods help UK pupils improve maths skills
      573 14 SINGAPORE —By learning mathematics under the same approach used in Singapore, pupils in England fared better in the subject, a study has found. Assessing the performance of more than 10,000 pupils in England who, for a year, were taught the subject using
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      Ex-Mobile Air staff to hire lawyers, not plead guilty
      416 15  -  Change of heart comes as they want lawyers to reduce charges NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Four former employees of the defunct Mobile Air shop at Sim Lim Square did not plead guilty to cheating offences yesterday despite earlier indicating they
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      Lock icon Compass Point’s Metro to close as lease expires in Aug
      220 15 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Metro will shut its Sengkang department store at Compass Point as the lease is expiring in August and will not be renewed, ending a 12-year association with the mall. “On the exact date of closure, Metro’s management
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      NTU top scientific research institution in S’pore
      447 16  -  NUS, NTU BEAT DUKE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON IN PRESTIGIOUS JOURNAL RANKINGS NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An increase in its highquality research output has helped Nanyang Technological University (NTU) emerge as the top scientific research institution in Singapore, according to Nature, a prestigious
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      With new centres, CDAC offers more support to less-privileged children
      396 16  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE —The Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) will be expanding its footprint in educational institutions here by launching at least two more school-based student-care centres in the year ahead. With positive experiences gained from the first two centres
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      Lock icon Remains of TKPS teacher, student arrive home at last
      600 17  -  AQIL HAZIQ MAHMUD aqilhaziqm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The remains of Tanjong Katong Primary School (TKPS) teacher Mohammad Ghazi Mohamed and student Navdeep Singh Jaryal Raj Kumar the last of the 10 from Singapore who died in the Sabah earthquake to be identified were
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  • world
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      Lock icon Weak ringgit sees S’poreans flock to Malaysia in bargain-hunting frenzy
      833 18 Plunging oil prices drag ringgit to a nine-year low against the Sing dollar CURRENCY IS ASIA’S WORST PERFORMER IN THE PAST MONTH BLOOMBERG JOHOR BAHRU Sales have doubled at Uncle Lim’s durian farm as Singaporeans flood over the border into
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      Lock icon Human rights, cybersecurity on table as US, China gird for prickly talks
      794 19 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States said it would not “paper over” differences with China when top officials of the world’s two largest economies meet to discuss financial and political strategy in Washington next week. Mr Daniel Russel, the
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      Lock icon Chinese website shows photos from disputed reef
      398 19 REUTERS BEIJING A Chinese website has published photographs from the recently reclaimed Fiery Cross Reef, one of the reefs under China’s control in the disputed South China Sea, showing lush greenhouses, plump pigs in a livestock enclosure, and even female sailors posing on
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      Lock icon Timor Leste emerges from strife, aims for growth
      1655 20  -  Rising inequality, need for economic diversification among the challenges nation faces GOVT TARGETS DOUBLE-DIGIT GDP GROWTH AND STATUS OF MIDDLE-INCOME NATION BY 2030 CELENE TAN IN DILI celenetan@mediacorp.com.sg Celene Tan was part of a regional media delegation on a familiarisation visit organised
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      191 18 TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL m Join us in celebrating the Breast Clinic’s 5 lh year anniversary as we come together to raise awareness to support survival of Breast cancer! SURVIVORSHIP We will live better! Featuring talks by a multidisciplinary team of Specialists, including Physicians, Surgeons, Anaesthetists, Medical Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists,
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  • business
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      S’pore to ‘stay as hub for global digital research’
      459 22  -  Sector is a strong pillar of the Republic’s economy, says Lim HngKiang at the launch of Seagate’s S$100m R&D centre ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING MADE UP 5% OF COUNTRY’S GDP LAST YEAR ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government is committed to working with
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      Lock icon Short-sellers descend on S’pore stock market
      344 22 REUTERS SINGAPORE Singapore’s stock market has unexpectedly turned into a playground for short-sellers looking to profit from weakness in shares of companies with heavy exposure to a slowing Chinese economy or the energy sector. The average short interest for stocks traded on the Singapore
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      Lock icon Chinese shares fall as bull run seems to be losing steam
      455 23 Unclear if latest sell-off marks start of longer correction REUTERS S H A NG H A I —China’s stocks tumbled yesterday, rounding off a brutal week that was the worst for equities since the global financial crisis, as the
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      Lock icon BOJ backpedals on yen alert, says weakness not as harmful
      299 23 REUTERS T O K YO Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda yesterday said the yen’s weakness was not inflicting too much pain on the economy, toning down an earlier warning against pushing the currency too far down. He also shrugged
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      327 22 National Environment Agency Safeguard Nurture Cherish 1 r Join us, in creating a Sustainable Future At the National Environment Agency, the work we do touches the daily lives of all Singaporeans. By protecting Singapore’s resources from pollution, maintaining a high level of public health and providing timely meteorological information, we
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  • sports
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      Lock icon BUILDING ON S’PORE’S SUCCESS
      701 24  -  S’pore Sports Institute looking to extend its services to more sports after SEA Games BUT REPUBLIC IS UNLIKELY TO HOST BIGGER MULTI-SPORT EVENTS: MINISTER LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Home to the Republic’s elite athletes, the Singapore Sports Institute (SSI) has been credited for playing a
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      Lock icon FOOTBALL NEEDS ‘A LOT OF WORK’
      469 24 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE —It has been a roller coaster ride for Singapore football in the past month, first with the LionsXII celebrating a historic victory in the Malaysian FA Cup, before enduring brickbats from fans at the 28th SEA Games, where the national
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      Lock icon PLAYERS WANT FANDI, SUNDRAM TO STAY ON
      609 25  -  Their role critical in shock draw with Japan, say goalkeeper Izwan, defender Madhu SHANJAYAN MUNIAPPAN shanjayanm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore national goalkeeper Izwan Mahbud and defender Madhu Mohana believe Fandi Ahmad and V Sundramoorthy should be retained as assistants to national coach Bernd Stange on
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      Lock icon KEANE ESCAPES JAIL TERM OVER ROAD-RAGE ROW
      543 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has been cleared of aggressively confronting a taxi driver in an alleged road rage row. Keane, 43, denied the public order offence after cabbie Fateh Kerar, 44, had told him to “cheer up”
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      Lock icon ARGENTINIANS IN FIFA SCANDAL SURRENDER
      323 26 UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY WILL FACE EXTRADITION TO THE U.S. REUTERS BUENOS AIRES —Argentinian businessmen Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, who are wanted by United States prosecutors as part of the FIFA bribery investigation, turned themselves in to authorities in Buenos Aires on Thursday (yesterday morning, Singapore
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      Lock icon LIBERIAN EYES TOP JOB, PROMISING UNITY
      894 26 AP LONDON Liberia’s football chief launched a bid on Thursday to succeed Sepp Blatter, pledging to eradicate corruption and ensure fans trust FIFA again by being a unifying leader who stops power being concentrated at the top. Liberia Football Association President Musa Bility is
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      Lock icon IT GOES FROM BAD TO EMBARRASSING FOR TIGER WOODS
      889 27 Shocking 10-over 80 opening round leaves him third from last, and 15 strokes behind leader, at US Open AP U N I V E R S I T Y P L AC E WA S H I N G T O
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      Lock icon MISSED DRUGS TESTS WERE ‘SIMPLE MISTAKES’: FARAH
      1087 28 British Olympic champion hits out at suspicions, insists he’s clean COACH ASSURED HIM HE HAS NOT USED PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Mo Farah has strenuously denied ever having taken banned drugs and claimed his controversial coach Alberto Salazar has assured him
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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      83 29 32 GOING BIG SOME SMALL F&B OUTLETS ARE EXPANDING DESPITE THE CHALLENGES 34 HOME GIRL A NEW BOOK UNCOVERS WHAT ’50S ICON AUDREY HEPBURN WAS REALLY LIKE AWAY FROM THE CAMERAS 35 MAKING A HIT THE FASCINATING BACKSTORY TO THE BEATLES’ YESTERDAY 30 BOOM OR BUST? THE JURY IS OUT
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  • T TODAY
    • culture&lifestyle
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        Lock icon TRICKLE-DOWN ART AND CULTURE
        777 30  -  A PRIVATE ART MUSEUM THAT AIMS TO BRING ‘HIGH ART’ TO THE MASSES SEEMS A BIT TONE-DEAF BRUCE QUEK features@mediacorp.com.sg The latest addition to Singapore’s art and cultural landscape, the Singapore Pinacotheque de Paris, recently took up residence at the renovated Fort Canning Arts Centre with
        PHOTOS: SINGAPORE PINACOTHEQUE DE PARIS; PINACOTHEQUE ACADEMY CONCORDI AND PALAZZO ROVERELLA, ROVIGO; THE KREMER COLLECTION/ FONDATION AETAS AUREA; FONDAZIONE TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA  -  777 words
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        Round and round
        667 31  -  Singer-songwriter Deon Toh’s new concept album is themed around circles and cycles SINGAPORE SOUNDS KEVIN MATHEWS features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singer-songwriter Deon Toh takes his art seriously. With his sophomore effort, Oceans, Toh has achieved what was formerly the domain of long-haired progressive rock bands in the 1970s a
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        STATE of the ARTS
        245 31  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The ping-pong table saga involving artist Lee Wen and the SEA Games Organising committee was resolved last weekend, with Sport Singapore agreeing to a “goodwill payment” for the artist and the vendor UnUsUal Productions agreeing to create an edition of Lee’s Ping-Pong Go
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        Against the odds
        1848 32  -  Small, indie F&B joints are growing bigger despite the challenges. What are they doing right? EXPANSION PLANS HE PEIWEN features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Joel Ong was on the verge of bankruptcy a month ago. The 27-year-old chef and owner of Rochor Thai, a down-to-earth and affordable Thai bistro, was
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        Lock icon When celebs become diet gurus
        406 33 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Gwyneth Paltrow (picture), the movie star and sometimes cookbook author, recently partnered American exercise guru Tracy Anderson to provide take-out meals at the latter’s upmarket workout studio in East Hampton in the United States. Gwyneth isn’t cooking the food herself, of
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        Lock icon The real Audrey Hepburn
        983 34 A new cookbook reveals what the star was like away from the spotlight and in the kitchen KITCHEN GODDESS AP NEW YORK Think of Audrey Hepburn and your mind will likely conjure up an extraordinarily elegant woman in a boat-necked black dress, huge sunglasses, gloves to
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        Lock icon Marvel skipping Comic-Con
        186 34 REUTERS LOS ANGELES San Diego’s lucrative fanboy convention will be missing some key players next month: Marvel Studios, home of the Avengers, won’t be dressing up for Comic-Con, while Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures have also decided to skip the presentations. “It wasn’t a knock against ComicCon,”
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        Life in the country
        577 35  -  Modern Farmer star Park Min-woo is a city boy who likes country girls FARM BOY MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Korean actor Park Minwoo has always had one of those dazzling smiles, so it’s perhaps fitting that he got his fill of Vitamin D in the bright
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        Lock icon From scrambled eggs to a smash hit
        1019 35 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Yesterday, T he Beat les’ ode to lost love that has become the most covered song in the world, was recorded and mastered during this week 50 years ago. Arguably, Pau l McC a r t ney ’s most
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        Lock icon How Jaws created the summer blockbuster
        554 36 Its success was due to timing and tenacity LOOK BACK REUTERS LOS ANGELES —Today marks the 40th anniversary of Jaws, which revolutionised the industry even though the numbers seem pretty quaint by today’s standards. In its first three days in 1975, the film earned
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        Lock icon Jeremy Clarkson turns down offer to return to Top Gear
        345 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —The BBC asked Jeremy Clarkson to return as Top Gear host but he turned it down because someone at the company had compared him to Jimmy Savile. The 55-year-old former presenter said he had been asked
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        Lock icon Glastonbury farm will outlive festival, says founder
        393 37 Britain’s popular music show comes second to winning dairy gold cup, says farmer Michael Eavis TRADITION VS WHAT’S FASHIONABLE THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis says the hugely-success-ful festival “could go in a wink” and his dairy farm, which is the
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        Lock icon Fete de la Musique in Singapore
        551 37 SINGAPORE This weekend in France, music-lovers will be treated to Fete de la Musique, the annual festival that also marks the start of the summer solstice. Through the years though, the celebrations have extended beyond France; and Singapore has its own Fete de la
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
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      1081 38 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Right Frequency III 6.30 Sizzling Woks II 7.00 The In-laws (HD) 9.00 Pleasant Goat And Big Big Wolf VI 9.30 Happy Family Family Of Joy 10.00 Tales From Journey To The West (HD) 10.30 Little Counsellor Season 1 and 2 (HD)(Debut) 11.00 Behind Every Job
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      863 8  -  By LIZ ALDERMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY At 9:30 a.m. one weekday, the phones at Candelia, a purveyor of sleek office furniture in Lille, France, rang steadily with orders from customers across the country and from Switzerland and Germany. A dozen workers processed
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      691 9  -  By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and STANLEY REED THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY HOUSTON, Texas The international cartel of oil producers has long followed the same basic strategy. When the market was soft, the group slashed production to raise prices. But Saudi Arabia has
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      1819 10  -  By DENNIS OVERBYE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY PICO DE ORIZABA NATIONAL PARK, Mexico Sheperd Doeleman’s project to take the first-ever picture of a black hole wasn’t going well. For one thing, his telescope kept filling with snow. For two weeks at the
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      749 11  -  By DENISE GRADY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Using less than a drop of blood, a new test can reveal nearly every virus a person has ever been exposed to, scientists said. The test, which is still experimental, can be
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      696 12  -  By NICOLE PERLROTH THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SAN FRANCISCO In 2011, two Dutch hackers in their early 20s made a target list of 100 high-tech companies they would try to hack. Soon, they had found security vulnerabilities in Facebook,
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        612 13  -  FARHAD MANJOO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY My two children, ages 4 and 2, have suddenly become obsessed with Simon and Garfunkel. At their insistence, the 1960s folk duo is the only music we lis- ten to during car rides. My son, the older
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      702 14  -  By NEIL MacFARQUHAR THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MOSCOW Members of the relatively small modern art clan in Moscow still vividly recall the opening party for the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture seven years ago. Amy Winehouse stumbled around onstage, the
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