Today, 14 January 2010

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    25 1 TODAY Thursday January 14, 2010 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 thursday January 14, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      235 1 Your guide to Gourmet Pleasures. Lunar New Year delicacies Join in the festivities at the Conrad Centennial Singapore. Award-winning Golden Peony restaurant presents Prosperity Claypot or Poon Choy topped with shark’s fi n, dried oyster and more, and cooked in fragrant abalone sauce contemporary Cantonese cuisine symbolic of wealth and
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      970 2 Celebrate this auspicious season exclusively with Citibank. 60s Live Seafood 20% off total food bill with minimum spend of $30 Tel: 6469 8060 BreadTalk 10% off Chinese New Year Goodies with minimum spend of $20 Available at all BreadTalk outlets except BreadTalk Silver at Paragon Brilliant Garden Restaurant 20% off
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    88 3 6 If a doctor were to use an unusual treatment not generally accepted by the profession, would this constitute misconduct if the patient benefited from it? 14 Sheltered nation? Pedestrians can soon find shelter with an extensive network of linkways around City Hall MRT. 36 Adrian Pang
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    Lock icon A stunned nation weeps
    736 3 QUAKE IN HAITI UN peacekeepers among the thousands dead or missing AGENCIES PORT-AU-PRINCE The dead and injured lay in the streets even as strong aftershocks rippled across the land. Women covered in dust crawled from the rubble, wailing as others wandered through the streets holding hands.
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    Lock icon China: Going, Google, gone?
    483 3 AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO In a rare display of defiance in a system where foreign companies have long accepted intrusive controls to gain access to a huge and growing market, Google has threatened to pull out of China. This comes after it learned of security attacks and
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      76 3 6333 9888 MEDIACORP ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES TODAY is taking part in the IFRA International TODAYistakingpartintheIFRATODAY in the IFRA International Newspaper Color Quality Club 2010-2012 for print quality and this colour patch is part of the entry requirement TASTES (fHrja BtTTER\i^/ CHEESY BACON SPICY TENDERCRISP Spicy Tendercrisp is back with a more
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      Another JI member detained
      327 5 SINGAPORE A terrorist group member on the run from Singapore for eight years is now in detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Mohd Azmi Ali, 41, a member of both the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist organisation and the militant Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), was
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      Dayen ordered by CAD to help investigations
      168 5 SINGAPORE Environment engineering firm Dayen Environmental has been ordered to help with investigations by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD). In a stock exchange filing, Dayen said the probe relates to certain affairs of the company under the Securities and Futures Act; it was
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      How the (dual) race card may be played
      662 5  -  ic classificaTion Parents could declare their child’s race based on expedient rather than cultural reasons HOE YEEN NIE yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Could the latest rule change, allowing a child’s dual race heritage to be reflected on his identity card, in the long term
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      ... Weeks after Renovaid
      377 6  - Weeks after Renovaid Vandalised by loan sharks... NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Her newly-renovated flat was featured in the MediaCorp reality television programme Renovaid just last week. But on Monday, Ms Ng Kim Kee returned home to find her front door splashed with black paint. Shaken, Ms Ng, 61,
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      POLICE SMASH 2 LOAN-SHARKING SYNDICATES; 13 ARRESTED
      206 6 On the same day that Parliament passed the Moneylenders (Amendment) Bill, the police smashed two unrelated loansharking syndicates and arrested 13 Singaporeans for suspected involvement. The syndicates are believed to be collectively responsible for more than 400 harassment reports island-wide. The 12 men
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      This is your country ...
      450 7  - This is your country nEw CiTizEns, Prs ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE An older HDB block with lifts that stop only at certain floors. Former army camps and military bases such as those at Depot Road. A Community Development Council (CDC). These were some places listed when MediaCorp asked new
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      Is treatment wrong, if patients benefited?
      492 10  -  PrOfessiOnaL miscOnducT doctor appeals disciplinary panel’s ruling that method was not proven safe LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If a doctor were to use a medical treatment that was not generally accepted by the profession or had not undergone formal clinical trials would this
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      Lock icon They prepared for the O levels in one year
      608 13  -  KaKI BuKIT PrIsOn sChOOL JEREMY KOH jeremykoh@mediacorp.com. sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY LIAN CHEONG AND LYNDA HONG SINGAPORE This school in Singapore is surrounded by chain-link fence topped with razor wire. Unlike their mainstream counterparts, its students have no Internet access. And,
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      Home Team offers more than 2,000 jobs
      264 13 SINGAPORE The Home Team is going on an ambitious recruitment drive this weekend, with more than 2,000 jobs on offer twice the number of positions it had sought to fill at a career fair a year ago, in the midst of the downturn.
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      New degree blends facilities and events management
      180 13 SINGAPORE It is the first degree of its kind here that equips graduates with skills in both facilities and events management and it will help supply the 6,000 or so professionals needed in the next 10 years to manage green buildings. The Bachelor
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      Lock icon S’porean murdered in Thailand
      108 15 AFP BANGKOK Thai police launched a murder hunt yesterday after the naked body of a retired Singaporean was found dumped in a field. Mr Teo Ah Yua, 65, had been strangled with his own shirt and his hands and legs were tied with nylon ropes, said
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      More than half re-marry quickly
      450 15  -  malay divOrcees ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Her divorce was finalised just two years ago but Siti (not her real name) is already making plans to get hitched again. “There are a few reasons why I decided to get married again so soon but one
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      Lock icon Fiery frustrations
      368 17  -  MOsque blaze SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The teenager was trying to vent his frustrations when he set two books on fire at the Kampung Siglap mosque in Marine Parade last October. The Juvenile Court heard yesterday how he then placed the burning items on the floor and
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      Lock icon Malaysian pop singer Mamat fined for stealing handphone
      263 17 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE Well-known Malaysian singer Mamat (picture) was fined $1,000 yesterday in a district court for stealing a mobile phone worth $580 and a watch of unknown value last November. Mamat was part of a band called Exist, whose songs topped
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      The city’s all linked up
      204 19 Today in More walkways planned as s’pore goes pedestrian-friendly SINGAPORE Pedestrian can soon find shelter from the elements with a more extensive network of linkways in the North Bridge Road area. An underground walkway will link City Hall MRT station to the future development at
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      Rise of STIs ‘especially alarming’: Health Minister
      187 19 SINGAPORE Since 2000, the rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among those under age 20 has been “especially alarming”, in the words of Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan doubling from 61 cases per 100,000 in that age group, to 133 in 2008. Among
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    • PARLIAMENT ROUNDUP
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        SCHOOL-GOING PRS 10% OF TOTAL ENROLMENT
        72 19 Permanent Residents (PRs) make up 10 per cent about 26,000 of total enrolment in Singapore’s national primary schools. This, noted Education Minister Ng Eng Hen, is less than the 13-per-cent PR proportion in the resident population. Some 10 per cent (about 2,600) of all
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        TCM COMPLAINTS GO DOWN
        92 19 The number of complaints against practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been falling. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said there were six complaints last year, seven in 2008 and 10 in 2007. The gripes were mainly related to allegations of professional negligence, misconduct and the
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        MORE PROTECTION FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
        108 19 To require employers to pay their foreign workers’ salaries promptly, Singapore authorities on Jan 1 implemented a new security bond condition. This, said Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong, is one of several ways in which better protection has been accorded to migrant workers. Enforcement against
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        CALTEX DROPS PUMP PRICES
        77 21 A day after it sparked a round of increase in petrol prices, Caltex has dropped prices by one cent a litre for all grades of petrol and diesel. In a statement, Caltex said it monitors the market closely and adjusts its pump prices when necessary. The
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        RADIO DJS UNDERGO CRISIS TRAINING
        83 21 They are typically the critical first source of information for the public in an emergency. And 40 MediaCorp radio deejays in a real-time simulated crisis scenario learned how to handle fast and furious calls from the public. They learned to play multiple roles as newscasters,
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      Cheer amid a turbulent year
      410 21  -  changi airporT Flights up 5%; passenger traffic up 43% LIN JIAMEI jiamei@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE It was a turbulent year, but Changi Airport weathered it with something to cheer about the number of scheduled flights operating out of its four terminals went up by 5 per
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Sikh temple stoned
      367 26 M’sIa rELIGIOus TEnsIOns AP, THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Vandals threw some 20 small stones at a Sikh temple late on Tuesday, adding to religious tensions over a string of attacks on churches. It was the first non-Christian house of worship that has been hit since a
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      Lock icon Clinton still gets no commitment from Tokyo
      265 26 AFP HONOLULU United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed her Japanese counterpart on Tuesday to stick by a deal on moving a controversial US air base, but got no commitment from Tokyo during the meeting. During her talks on Tuesday with Japan’s
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      Lock icon Turks threaten to recall their ambassador
      401 28 dIplomaTIC roW AGENCIES ANKARA Turkey threatened yesterday to recall its ambassador from Israel if a row over the envoy’s treatment was not resolved within hours, dismissing Israeli statements aimed at appeasing Ankara. “Unless they make up for it by this evening, our ambassador will
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      Lock icon Bomb plot against ministries in Baghdad thwarted
      183 28 AP BAGHDAD Iraqi forces seized a large cache of explosives and arrested 25 suspected insurgents allegedly planning to target government ministries on Tuesday, in a crackdown across the capital that brought parts of the city to a standstill. The security measures demonstrated the
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      Lock icon ‘Ampatuan shot them’
      324 30 WiTness TesTimony AP MANILA The first witness to testify against a powerful clan member accused of leading a pre-election massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines said yesterday he saw the defendant and his family firing guns as victims knelt and begged for their lives. The
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      Lock icon HK legislators urge China to release dissident Liu Xiaobo
      151 30 AP HONG KONG Hong Kong’s pro-democracy legislators yesterday proposed a resolution urging the Chinese government to release jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, in a rare public debate of the issue on Chinese soil, but the motion was blocked by Beijing’s allies. Liu
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      Lock icon Fake passport to a top education
      170 30 AFP BEIJING Students born, raised and educated in China are using fake foreign passports to get into top universities, which have higher entrance standards for domestic candidates, state media said yesterday. Fake foreign passports can be bought in eastern China for around 200,000 yuan
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      Lock icon Swedish girl ‘grows back face’ after reaction to paracetamol
      230 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH STOCKHOLM A Swedish teenager has grown back her entire face after an allergic reaction to a single Paracetamol pill caused it to turn black and fall off. Ms Eva Uhlin, 19, has recovered her looks after suffering a
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      Lock icon Drives 80km to return purse
      225 31 hOnEsT TaXI drIVEr AP NEW YORK A Bangladeshi taxi driver here said he returned a lost purse containing more than US$21,000 ($29,000) in cash and expensive jewellery because his mother always advised him to be honest. “I’m broke, but I’m honest,” Mr Mohammad “Mukal” Asadujjaman,
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      Lock icon She had ‘the devil’s beauty’
      310 33 murder THE GUARDIAN VERSAILLES The niece of Britain’s Defence Minister who admitted stabbing to death a man she had picked up in a bar and taken back to her apartment for sex was sentenced to 15 years in jail for his murder on Monday. Jessica
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon EUROPE BRACES FOR SNOW
        71 33 AFP Paris braced for snow and sleet storms yesterday, banning lorries from motorways and warning of massive flight cancellations as icy conditions made for treacherous travel around northern Europe. In Germany, icy roadways on Tuesday caused numerous accidents whereas motorists were trapped in their cars on
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        Lock icon VENEZUELA TO CONDUCT ENERGY RATIONING
        100 33 AP Venezuela’s government imposed rolling blackouts of up to four hours every other day throughout the country on Tuesday to combat an energy crisis. President Hugo Chavez has said rationing is necessary to prevent water levels in Guri Dam the cornerstone of Venezuela’s energy system
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        Lock icon MEXICO FACES H1N1 FLU VACCINE SHORTFALL
        92 33 AP The epicentre of last year’s H1N1 flu outbreak has received less than half of the 30 million vaccine doses it ordered last year, Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said on Tuesday. He said Mexico has struggled to secure enough doses because there are
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        Lock icon SESAME STREET VIDEO GAMES
        104 33 AP Sesame Street video games will now be brought to you by the letters Wand B. Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has signed a deal with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organisation which produces Sesame Street in more than 140 countries, to create and publish a series
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      336 35  -  TaCKLING LoaN-sHarKING Gilbert Goh Keow Wah I refer to the well-written report “Authorities armed to the teeth” (Jan 13). The Government is to be applauded for providing the relevant authorities with more power to tackle the growing loansharking problem before the opening of the integrated resorts.
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      170 37  -  BY DR BILL MAIER THE DIVORCE MYTH No matter where you turn, this statistic seems to come up. Whether it’s from books or seminars or websites, it seems that everyone is quoting the same depressing figure 50 per cent of all marriages won’t last. It’s been
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      197 37  -  freeLancers Letter from Tang Ling nah I WOULD like to thank Mayo Martin for “Survivor: Singapore Freelancer” (Jan 12) which highlights a very important issue for people like myself who are artists. Mr Martin pointed out rightly that many people have a poor understanding of the creative
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      264 37  -  Letter from Vivien chow Head, Client Engagement and Communications Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority I REFER to “Banks should do their homework” (Jan 11). Ms Daisy Ho suggested that the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) should be “red-flagging” the two directors
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      1462 41  -  EXCLusIVE Adrian Pang is set to leave MediaCorp (kinda sorta). his mission? To raise ‘Pangdemonium!’ MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IF OTHER people have the proverbial seven-year-itch, Adrian Pang has an eight-year one. For the past eight years, the actor and local television have been virtually inseparable
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      314 45 Mr Pang wracks his brains for his most memorable moments on the small screen (for now) (right) 1MiChELLE Chia I’ve worked with her on several different things. We used to be paired up a lot to do external hosting gigs as well. And we have worked together
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      181 47 AFP AN ALBUM featuring previously unreleased recordings by rock great Jimi Hendrix (picture) will go on sale next month, almost four decades after his death. Valleys of Neptune will be out on March 9 featuring “12 fully realised studio recordings, more than 60
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      227 47 old rocK sTars THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ROLLING Stone Ronnie Wood has a new Russian girlfriend, a 26-year-old brunette called Hannah Kamelmacher, according to reports. The 62-year-old lothario had only recently broke up with his previous girlfriend, 21-year-old Ekaterina Ivanova, last month after a violent public row which
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      412 48 MAN VS VAMPIRES. THE BATTLE FOR MANKIND'S SURVIVAL BEGINS... NC16 SOME VIOLENCE GORE 3] I AW OrtOAA IS All IVM-j 85 Years Of Entertaining The World 6738 055 LIDO SHAW HOUSE LEVEL 5 AVATAR ll :30am, l :l 5pm, 3:00, 6:15,9:30 DAYBREAKERS (NCI 6)* 10:30am, 12:40pm, 2:50, 7:30,9:40 THE BLIND
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      31 48 Online Bookings: www.ewcinemas.com.sg SINGPOST S.A.M. Most 2K Digital Halls In Singapore! Clearest Sharpest Resolution! Best Sound Effects! 2K DIGITAL 3D 2K DIGITAL 2K DIGITAL 2K DIGITAL 2K DIGITAL 2K DIGITAL 3D
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    388 50  -  Brought to you by A calming (and impressive) noodle dish can be made in minutes with FairPrice Shrimp Wontons ANNETTE TAN food@mediacorp.com.sg It seems like Christmas has barely passed, yet many of us are already preparing for the Chinese NewYear. What to serve at the reunion dinner?
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        115 53 Good news if you’re spending Chinese New Year in China because you can live it up at five-star hotels in major cities for a fraction of their rack rates. In Shanghai, a night at Howard Johnson Plaza Shanghai and Broadway Mansions Hotel costs $130 and $115, respectively. In
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        56 53 $1.65 Fly to Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ho Chi Minh City, Phuket, Jakarta, Kuching, Langkawi, Hat Yai or Krabi for just $1.65 on Tiger Airways. The fare includes taxes, but act fast the sale starts today with 16,500 seats to be sold. The travel period is from July
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        72 53 a brEak yOu can’T rEsisT Need a reason for a holiday? PriceBreaker has a few good ones: Three-day packages from $468 for Hong Kong, $498 for Phuket or $928 for Bali. You will stay at Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees, Andara Phuket and Banyan Tree Ungasan,
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      660 55 AfrICA Cup of NAtIoNs World Cup qualifiers Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Algeria find going tough in Nations Cup AFP AP LUANDA (Angola) If World Cup qualifiers Ivory Coast, Algeria and Nigeria expected easy rides in their opening matches at the Africa Cup of Nations, they
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      384 55 AP CABINDA (Angola) Ghana midfielder Michael Essien has finally joined his teammates and is available for their Africa Cup of Nations encounter against Ivory Coast tomorrow. The Chelsea star arrived in Angola yesterday and flew to the Northern town of Cabinda where the Ghana
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      462 58  -  siNgapore football sundram’s back as Young Lions boss Pathmanathan will now take deputy role SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Few in the local football fraternity gave Terry Pathmanathan and his under-23 team a chance at the Vientiane SEA Games last month. Averaging just 19.8 years, Pathmanathan’s side
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      174 58  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE Sailing fans here are in for a treat as the 2009-2010 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race sails into Singapore this month. The 10 ocean-racing yachts will arrive in the Republic from Geraldton, Western Australia, on Jan 23, where the winning boat will be
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      383 58 SINGAPORE A new-look Lions team leaves on Friday for the King’s Cup in Korat, and among them are those who could well become regulars in the national squad. The Jan 17-23 quadrangular will pit the new Lions against the strongest sides that Poland, Thailand and
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      465 59  -  sInGapore fooTball and for that, Geylang are turning to romanian inspiration Ghindaru IAN DECOTTA ian@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE After helping Geylang United land the RHB Singapore Cup last November, their first piece of silverware in eight years, coach Mike Wong has made five significant signings for
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      499 60 english FooTBall Manager re-signs former captain as remedy for arsenal’s back problem AGENCIES LONDON It has been quite a while since Sol Campbell has been classified as a trialist but that was the former England international’s status as he took to the field on Tuesday
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      235 60 AGENCIES Fa Cup, Third round replay Coventry 1 Portsmouth 2 COVENTRY There’s light at the end of Portsmouth’s long and potentially crippling tunnel, at last. For much of a game played in the freezer that was the Ricoh Arena on Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time), Coventry
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      230 63 TO AN IMPERIAL CELEBRATION OF TRADITION AND HERITAGE In ancient times, feasting on delicacies was a luxury meant only for the affl uent and the noble. This Chinese New Year, celebrate the festive season in full fervour at Empress Jade. Serving tantalizing Singapore Chinese Heritage classics with a modern twist
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      323 68  -  RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Homegrown budget carrier Tiger Airways has officially launched its initial public offering (IPO). It aims to raise $246.8 million in net proceeds. According to the prospectus, the budget airline has fixed a maximum price of its IPO at $1.65
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      455 68  -  consTrucTIon secTor by Tan huI Leng and desmond Wong huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Fortunes in Singapore’s construction sector looks set to grow this year as construction demand is expected to hit between $21 billion and $27 billion this year. According to estimates by the Building and
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