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2 54 Today
  • 21 2 afternoon edition MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 tuesday March 16, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 788 2  -  IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg DESMONDWONG SINGAPORE It is almost certain that Singaporeans will, after all, get their dose of World Cup football on television from June 11 to July 11. After months of uncertainty for fans, MediaCorp understands an announcement by
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  • 26 2 B5 Eurozone finance ministers yesterday agreed to offer financial help to Greece but stressed that the proposed bilateral loans might not yet be needed.
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  • 486 2 AftErnoon lAtESt Senate proposal could be biggest overhaul of financial system since Great Depression AP WASHINGTON A new Democratic Senate Bill to tame the financial markets would give the United States government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy, force the industry to pay
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    • 30 2 6333 9886 MEDHCORP ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES Today is taking part in the IFRA International Newspaper Colors Quality Club 2010-2012 for print quality. This colour patch is part of the entry requirements.
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  • NEWS
    • 125 3 dBs board members and senior management yesterday hosted about 1,000 dBs corporate customers at a client event at universal studios singapore, making them the first to enjoy southeast asia’s largest theme park, three days before the park’s opening on Thursday. as they
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    • 476 3  -  druG TraFFicKer’s aPPeaL court metes sentences within parameters set by Parliament: aG ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Should the death penalty be an automatic punishment for drug traffickers? The debate came up during the appeal of convicted Malaysian drug mule Yong Vui Kong yesterday,
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    • 683 5 LaBOur MarKeT 2009 81 job openings per 100 job seekers in december SINGAPORE A year prior, with the sector booming, the employment of foreigners in new services jobs for the first time outstripped that of locals. That turned around abruptly last year
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    • 343 7 ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE A married man who slashed his lover with a chopper and hurled her over a third-floor parapet had his five-year jail term doubled to 10 years yesterday. Diong Tiong Ngo, 53, had been sentenced to
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    • 439 7  -  LOwer cOe QuOTas NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Used car showrooms saw higher traffic over the weekend as more potential buyers scouted for used cars, in the wake of last week’s announcement that Certificate of Entitlement (COE) quotas would be cut from next month.
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    • 152 7 SINGAPORE About 1,500 students are expected to benefit when the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) develops two new programmes that focus on nonacademic areas such as leadership skills and the arts. According to Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong, who is also chairman
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    • 127 7 SINGAPORE Credit coops now operate in a more regulated environment, thanks to a set of calibrated measures put together by the Registry of Co-operative Societies. These ensure sufficient liquidity to meet withdrawals, maintain confidence and reduce exposure to high risk investments as well as to safeguard
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    • 387 9  -  LOan dispuTe ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE She would address wellknown paraplegic athlete William Tan (picture) as “dearest” in emails and wrote about both of them living “in a big bungalow house with grandchildren running around”. And when Dr Tan was
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    • 278 9 SINGAPORE The deaths of three young fellow students, apparently at their own hands, has shocked Singaporeans at Cornell University and has prompted Cornell’s Singapore Students’ Association (CSSA) to reach out to them. “We can all make an extra effort to look around to see if
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 114 11 SHAFFIQ ALKATHIB A 30-year-old Filipino woman was found dead in a unit at Peony Mansion, off Bencoolen Street, yesterday morning. The police received a call at 3.20am. They found the woman lying face up in a fifth floor unit with stab wounds. A caretaker on
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      • 110 11 Lucky punters will soon have twice the amount of time to claim their winnings, Singapore Pools said yesterday. Effective from April 8, the period for doing so will be extended to 180 days up from 90 days from the date of the respective draws,
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      • 98 11 People with special needs and seniors with dementia holding the NCSS Developmental Disability Registry (DDR) identity card can now visit Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari and Singapore Zoo for free. Up to two accompanying caregivers will also enjoy
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      • 106 11 The public can hop aboard for a sneak peek of the new Circle Line (CCL) stations from Dhoby Ghaut to Bartley on Sunday, April 4 two weeks before the MRT line opens for passenger service on April 17. The CCL Discovery
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      • 127 11 With large crowds expected, the police have advised visitors to remain vigilant against criminals when they visit Universal Studios Singapore. They should be on the alert for pickpockets and observe crime prevention tips such as not flashing cash, valuables or jewellery in public areas
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      • 63 11 A man who allegedly killed another at Blk 170, Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, was charged in court with murder yesterday. It is believed 57-year-old Ravindra Tagore R Pillai killed Charles Gunalingam, 36, following a scuffle on Saturday night. Ravindra will appear again in court next Monday.
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      • 61 11 Following a raid on various locations last Wednesday, the police have arrested 24 persons, comprising 21 men and three women, for suspected involvement in loan sharking activities. Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects aged between 17 and 58 years were believed to have allowed
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    • 294 11  -  s’pore insTiTuTe of TechnoloGy JEREMY KOH jeremykoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The upcoming Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) will have a total of six campuses across the island by 2014 five located within local polytechnics, and a headquarters at a yet-to-be identified location. A master agreement was signed yesterday
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    • 174 11 SINGAPORE Soon, Singaporeans who shop in Macau may be able to get recourse if they get into a dispute with a retailer there. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has signed an agreement with the Macau SAR Government Consumer Council to strengthen
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    • 107 12 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY z0(0 -ru 1/^' FIONA CHOSE NTU WHY DON'T YOU? "This scholarship allows me the freedom to explore many different facets of public relations, an area I hope to pursue when I graduate. Thanks to NTU and the Nanyang Scholarship, I've become a more well-rounded individual." The Nanyang
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  • WORLD
    • 294 13 AFP NEW DELHI India’s Cabinet yesterday approved legislation that would allow foreign universities to open campuses in the country, paving the way for massive reform in the education system. The law could see famous universities such as Harvard, Yale and Oxford,
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    • 351 13 reLIGIOus haTe AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s King urged the authorities yesterday to take stern action against religious hatemongers amid government efforts to rebuild trust following a dispute over the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims. The remarks by Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin in his
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    • 170 13 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Two Malaysian girls aged 10 and 11 who were wed to middle-aged men have been separated from their husbands as their cases are investigated, officials said yesterday. The girls were married off last month by their fathers, who said they were following religious
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    • 182 15 AGENCIES BEIJING Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband is visiting China to lobby for further nuclear sanctions on Iran and will seek to smooth ties with Beijing over climate change talks and the execution of a British drug smuggler. Mr Miliband’s visit is another push
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    • 198 15 us dIPLOMaT Fraud PrOBe AP SEOUL An American diplomat based in South Korea fled to the Philippines after facing charges that he swindled a local woman out of nearly US$200,000 ($279,460), said police yesterday. The suspect, a 50-year-old official with the Department of Homeland
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    • 327 15 AP BEIJING A Chinese government official has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes a month after a series of steamy diary entries he allegedly wrote appeared online describing casual sex, drinking parties and under-the-table payments. Han Feng, 53, was arrested for
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    • 555 16 deFeNce sPeNdING STOCKHOLM South-east Asian nations have been ramping up their arms imports for the past five years in a move that could destabilise the region, a top defence think-tank said yesterday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said in an
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    • 173 16 AGENCIES MUMBAI Facebook said yesterday it would open its first office in India to help it tap the increasing popularity of social networking via the Internet in the country. The office, to be located in Hyderabad, will supplement Facebook’s other centres in the United States and
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    • 316 17 AP NEW YORK Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be “like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons”, a new consumer survey suggests. That was one of several bleak headlines in the Project for Excellence in
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    • 199 17 cyclone ToMas AGENCIES SUVA Cyclone Tomas battered island groups off Fiji’s northern coast yesterday, causing flooding, pounding seas and one death, but officials said the storm likely would only sideswipe the main islands of the South Pacific nation. Some 6,000 residents fled to cyclone shelters
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    • 203 17 AFP TOKYO A Japanese company has started exporting what it calls sustainably grown bluefin tuna, which it says allows sushi lovers to keep eating the species without driving down ocean stocks. Bluefin tuna is either caught in the open seas or farmed from
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    • 221 18 AGENCIES DUBLIN A second American woman, arrested in connection with a suspected plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist, was released in Ireland on Saturday, amid claims by her mother that she had been radicalised. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez (picture), converted to Islam last year and
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    • 396 18 MexicaN dru~ war THE NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCIES CIUDAD JUAREZ Gunmen believed to be linked to drug traffickers shot and killed a pregnant American consulate worker and her husband in the violence-racked border town of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, over the weekend, leaving their unharmed baby daughter
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    • 264 20 uk politicS liberals stand their ground as majority parties jostle to avoid hung parliament AFP LONDON The ~~~e~~~~~e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~h~~d-~~gge~~ p~~~y~~ ~~~~~~ed Su~d~y w~u~~d ~~~y up e~~he~ ~~~~u~ ~he C~~~e~v~~~ve~ ~ew p~~~~~~ p~~~~ed hu~g p~~~~~~~e~~ wh~~h ~hey ~~u~~d h~~~d ~he ~~~~~~~e ~f p~we~. P~~~y ~~e~de~ N~~k
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    • 161 20 THE GUARDIAN DUBAI Tw~ ~~~u~ed ~f k~~~~~g pu~~~~~ ~u~~~ f~~e up ~~~~h p~~~~~ ~f~e~ ~~~he~ ~~~p~~~~~ed he~ ~h~~~d h~d ~ee~ ~he~. Ay~~~ N~j~f~~~ 24 ~~d fe~~~~e f~~e~d ~~~ed Ch~~~~~~~e ~ew~~~~ 25~~ ~~~u~~hed ~ppe~~~ ~u~~~ ~~u~~ Su~d~y. They ~~e ~~~u~ed ~f k~~~~~g~~ ~~u~h~~g e~~h ~~he~
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 95 20 AP French President Nicolas Sarkozy suffered a national beating by voters on Sunday as they took their frustrations over the economic crisis to the ballot box and clearly favoured his leftist challengers in regional elections. With more than 96 per cent of votes counted,
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      • 109 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH George Kaufmann, a New York jeweller, was meeting a diamond dealer in January when disaster struck. While he was looking at a three-carat diamond, the stone fell to the floor and, quick as a flash, his pet golden retriever Sollie
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    • 283 21 bogus newscasT AFP TBILISI Outraged Georgians on Sunday slammed a local television channel that sparked panic by broadcasting a fake report announcing that Russia had launched an invasion and the country’s president was dead. The Georgian opposition condemned the newscast as a state-sponsored
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    • 635 13 PUBLIC FORUM SingHealth > V K A/ Sleep is an important part of life occupying a third of our night. While sleep is thought to be "quiet" time, a number of sleep disorders exist which affect the day to day life of a person. At this forum, common but clinically
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    • 147 14 Other business phones look like ours. That's where the similarities end. Date Inbox od 9:51 am Carl Corbitt RE: Good news [3 Wendy Richardson 9:47 am Updated: 2010 planning meeting 9:43 am EGareth Rice Investor Meeting A m h I 1 IMOKIA Connecting People Nokia E72 The new Nokia E72
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    • 150 18 Celebrating 1 Pi Celebrating j Pioneering Years 2005 2010 UNIVERSITY WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU GROW ON YOUR OWN PATH. WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU SKILLS FOR THE REAL WORLD. WE'RE HERE FOR WORKING ADULTS. a 1F UniSIM is an MOE-approved institution that offers a broad variety of industry-relevant degree
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    • 233 20 fc/ SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY 10™ ANNIVERSARY *****-2010 Lead the Transformation in Financial Services through Technology and Operations. Combine the power of IT solutions and technology transformation with the business of banking. Learn how to align banking technology with processes, operations, people and management. For IT professionals working in financial
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    • 389 21 SHAPE UP YOUR LIFE Health, Beauty Fitness PROMOTION Welcome To AIBI Roadshow Plaza Singapura (Level 1 Atrium) Date: Till 21 Mar 2010 Motorised C Treadmill c REEBOK Motorised Treadmill Exciting features Now $4680 or $390 /m,h AIBI GYM Motorised NEW LIMITED EDITION Treadmill With Auto Incline Now $1999 $999 Now
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  • voices
    • 167 23  -  Letter from Ann Broomfield IN RESPONSE to UOB’s decision to enforce the instalment repayments by Wellness Village Spa customers (“Bank asks customers to pay up instalments”, March 12), the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) has surprised me with its appeal to the bank to “review its policies
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    • 285 23  -  CLIMATE CHANGE Letter from Kwan Jin Yao I REFER to the report “One body to coordinate Singapore’s climate change policies” (March 13-14). The administration is moving in the right direction, but more has to be done to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the measures significantly. Regardless
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    • 530 24 Letter from Wong hui Leng CEO, Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) WE WOULD like to thank Mr Dash Sia for his feedback (“Home-made losing its flavour”, March 11). The STTA believes in the holistic development of our local and
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    • 248 24  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON ACTIONS LEAD TO CONSEQUENCES Sheltering a child from the consequences of his own actions now could help create an immature adult later. One of the prime objectives during the pre-adolescent years is to teach the child that actions lead to consequences, and
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    • 392 23 THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDEWEEK EDUCATING THE LEADERS OFTOMORROW Ngee Ann Adelaide Education Centre (NAAEC) is a joint venture partnership between two of the oldest and most respected institutions in the Asia Pacific region: the Ngee Ann Kongsi and the University of Adelaide. NGEE ANN-ADELAIDE EDUCATION CENTRE BUSINESS FORUM 2010 2.30
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    • 176 24 have yOur say. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices Being prepar is half the Just as you would ready yourself for any race, you want to be prepared for life's challenges, ensuring you face them with the same strength, determination and commitment. Aviva's suite of healthcare and protection solutions means you'll
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  • plus THE ARTS
    • Article, Illustration
      1163 27  -  NANYANGART Women in Batik and a couple of boats. Is the Nanyang style still relevant today? MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com. sg IN 1952, four artists who went by the names of Liu Kang, Chen Wen Hsi, Chen Chong Swee and Cheong Soo Pieng packed their bags and went to
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    • 295 29 PeTeR GRaVeS AP PETER Graves (picture), the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series Mission: Impossible, died on Sunday. Graves died of an
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    • 234 30 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ELIZABETH Hurley has banned her young son from watching any films starring her former boyfriend Hugh Grant because they contain too much swearing. However, Hurley allows Damian, seven, to watch all her own films, including the raunchy Austin Powers and Bedazzled. Hurley
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    • 429 33  -  arTisTe MaNaGeMeNT New company aims to protect talent, help the industry flourish CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com. sg WHAT do singer Gayle Nerva, actor Paul Foster and all-round hottie Andrea Fonseka have in common? Besides having Eurasian blood, that is. Well, they’ve all signed up to be represented
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    • 93 30 of ilUHil hrist Let the Bible Answer 1 Speaker John W. Moore Venue Singapore Post Centre Theatrette. Level 5 (Next to Pay a Lebar MRT Station) Date 17th to 19th March 2010 Time 7.30pm Nightly GOSPEL MEETING 2010 THIS MA LESSON TOPICS I 7 Hi MARCH This mall. Jesus IS
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 35 30 SUdOkU plus difficULTy raTing: hOw TO PLay The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. CopyrighT uCliCk yeSTerday’S SOLUTiOn
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    • 468 31 Festival 2010 10 1KUE EJLX m The biggest Mother Baby Fair is back for the fifth year! FREE ADMISSION Singapore Expo, Hall 6B 19 to 21 March 2010 Friday Saturday, 11am to 9pm Sunday, 11am to 8pm For more information log i i r u I t BabyCare Festival 2010,
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    • 239 31 star buys YOU'LL FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED AT BABYCARE FESTIVAL 2010! Get set to make the most of our unbeatable deals and great promotions at this annual showcase of maternity and babycare products and services. BABYSAFE Booth E01-04 a* CITISPA Booth F05 Visit the CITISPA booth to find out more,
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  • health
    • 869 35  -  SlEEplESS In SInGaporE are you getting enough EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com. sg IT WAS almost midnight when I started my research for this story. Along the way, I got distracted by a friend’s MSN message. We chatted for a while before I returned to my work. By the time
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    • 106 35 In collaboratIon wIth: what’S ShowInG on tElEvISIon toDaY 34 SHINAGAWA LAS IK centre Is LASIK for you? An informative talk by Dr. Lee Sao Bing Medical Director Agenda LASIK is it for you? INTRALASE®- the blade-free method Wavefront what it is and how it helps Other advances in laser technology
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    • 368 36 HEALTH LISTINGS gOOD sleep, gOOD heAlTh How much sleep should you get? What are the causes of sleepless nights? Sleep experts will touch on issues such as sleep disorders in adults and children. Date/Time: March 27, 2pm to 5.30pm Venue: SMU Conference Hall 1, Administration Building, Level 5 Fee/Registration: $10.
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
    • 1124 37 ON MedIaCOrP POLICe THIef Channel 5, 8.30pm Dollah tackles a small lottery scam which turns out to be a big criminal ring. He ropes in Tok Kong and Lily to be his “special undercover agents”. The crackdown becomes complicated when the boss of the gang is a Tok Kong look
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  • sports
    • 667 39 european footBaLL Inter boss will be desperate to make Chelsea sing the Blues ChampIons League Last 16, 2nd Leg AFP Chelsea v Inter Milan (Inter lead 2-1) LONDON Jose Mourinho returns to Chelsea tonight tomorrow morning, Singapore timetu) with the ultimate revenge mission on his mind as Inter
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    • 224 39 AFP LONDON Striker Nicolas Anelka and defender Branislav Ivanovic are the only first-team regulars not signed by Jose Mourinho. Florent Malouda, who joined shortly before Mourinho left in September 2007, said players including Frank Lampard, John Terry and Didier Drogba would
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    • 374 40 inTernaTional fooTBall Beckham’s injury stirs World cup hopes ~or some english mid~ielders LONDON O’N~~~~ ~h~~~k~ ~~h~~y Y~u~~~ ~~~~d S~~w~~~~~ D~w~~~~~~ c~~p~~b~~ ~f f~~~~~~~ ~h~ ~~~p ~~f~ by D~~v~d B~ckh~~~. Wh~~~ h~~~~d~y f~~~~~-ch~~c~ f~~~ F~~b~~ C~~p~~~~, B~ckh~~~ h~~~ c~~~~~~~~~~~~y f~~~~u~~~d ~h~ E~~~~~~~~d ~qu~~d ~f bu~ h~ w~~~
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    • 299 40 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE G~~~~~~~ ~u~~~~~~~~~~, N~w Z~~~~~~~~d ~~~~d E~~~~~~~~d h~~v~ h~~~~d ~~v~~~ ~f ~h~ 13 ~d~~~~~~~ ~f ~h~ W~~~~d N~~b~~~~ Ch~~~p~~~~~h~p~ Bu~ ~~cc~~~d~~~~ ~~~~y Rh~~~~, p~~~~~d~~~~ ~f ~h~ I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F~d~~~~~~~~~~ ~f N~~b~~~~ ~~~~c~~~~~~~~~ (If~~~~), h~~~ b~~~~ p~~~p~~~~~d S~~~~~~p~~~~. Th~ R~pub~~c ~d~~d
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    • 123 40 SINGAPORE D~f~~~d~~~~ ch~~~p~~~~~ S~FFC c~~~b~d ~h~~~d p~~~c~ b~h~~~d E~~~~~ FC ~~~~d ~~~~d~~~~ T~~~p~~~~~ R~v~~~~, ~~f~~~~ h~~~~d~~~~ h~~~~ S~~~~k~~~~~ Pu~~~- 3-1 d~f~~~~ ~h~~~~ G~~~~~~ E~~~~~~~~~-Y~~’~ S-L~~~~u~ 2010 ~~~c~u~~~~~~ ~h~ H~u~~~~~~ S~~~d~u~ ~~~~h~. S~~~~k~~~ I~~d~~~~ S~~hd~~~~ D~~ud ~~~v~ ~h~ W~~~~~~~~~~~ ~h~ ~~~~d ~~f~~~~ ju~~ f~u~~ ~~~~u~~~, bu~ ~h~ W~~~~-
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    • 484 42 aFTeRNOON laTeST eNGlISh PReMIeRShIP Liverpool 4 Portsmouth 1 LIVERPOOL Fernando Torres turned on the style to inspire Liverpool to a 4-1 victory over struggling Portsmouth at Anfield which keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League. The Spanish international scored two and
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    • 386 42 AGENCIES HULL Phil Brown was dramatically sacked as the manager of Premier League strugglers Hull City yesterday, immediately triggering off speculation about who would land the Tigers’ job. Hull chairman Adam Pearson said in a statement yesterday that Brown had
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    • 136 42 THE GUARDIAN MANCHESTER A student working parttime in an Old Trafford catering kiosk has become the latest person connected with Manchester United to claim he has felt the strength of the club’s backlash against protests targeting the Glazers. Jerry Vyse, a first-year anthropology
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    • 104 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MADRID Excitement mounted over the possibility of a Tiger Woods return when PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem called a teleconference yesterday but that faded when it was revealed the meeting was merely announce a new tournament sponsorship deal. Finchem disappointed reporters by saying
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    • SPORTS ROUNDUP
      • 77 42 Sol Campbell has promised not to pursue Portsmouth through the courts for £1.7 million ($3.6 million) in unpaid wages and image rights payments until a buyer has been found for the stricken club. At a legal hearing, the courts agreed that the Arsenal player is owed £1.67
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      • 72 42 AGENCIES Tottenham’s push for a Champions League berth received a boost when Tom Huddlestone yesterday agreed terms on a new five-year contract. Last season the midfielder hinted that he would consider leaving Spurs if he could not break into the first team. He was warned by manager
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    • 428 43 MoTor racing Formula 1’s first race a damp squib as rule changes hinder overtaking AFP SAKHIR (Bahrain) Fernando Alonso’s victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix exposed potential problems with Formula 1 rule changes, which some drivers think could make the season more dull than exciting.
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 92 39 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 12pm Tennis BNP Paribas Open Day 4, StarHubTV Ch 22 6.30pm IPL IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab, StarHubTV Ch 111 10.30pm IPL IPL Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings, StarHub Ch 111 TOMORROW 3.40am Football Wigan v Aston Villa, StarHub TV Ch
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • 52 40 S.League Live telecast on Wed 7.3Opm lp yi. Always play with care. [responsibiyy Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize Visit our website at www.singaporepools.com.sg Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE RCB Reg
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  • 368 44  -  MusiC MoveMent impact Heineken Music Club celebrates their big one-oh PETERYEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg TEN years ago, we wouldn’t have believed the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Muse or Green Day would hold concerts here. Yet in the last couple of years, we have seen massive acts including the Kaiser
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  • business
    • OVERNIGHT
      • 69 46 5th day of gains US stocks ended mixed as investors treaded water on the eve of a Fed monetary policy meeting and digested a new financial reform plan in the Senate. The Dow rose 17.46 points (0.16 per cent) to 10,642.15. The Nasdaq composite slid 5.45 points (0.23
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      • 55 46 Plunge below US$80 Oil prices slumped amid a rising US dollar and concerns over energy demand as traders eyed the Opec cartel's output meeting this week. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for April delivery, slid US$1.44 to US$79.80 a barrel. London's Brent North Sea crude for
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      • 60 46 Greek fears persist European stocks lost ground as traders kept an anxious eye on a key European meeting on the Creek finance crisis. London's FTSE 100 index shed 0.57 per cent to finish at 5,593.35 while in Paris the CAC 40 lost 0.93 per cent to close at
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    • 135 46 AFP VIENNA Key Opec members yesterday said there was no need for the cartel to change its official oil output target owing to the current supply, demand and price situation amid a world economic recovery. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries has no need to
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    • 400 46 AfTerNOON lATesT credit ratings of us, Britain more vulnerable now: Agency THE NEWYORKTIMES PARIS Major Western economies have moved “substantially” closer to losing their top-notch credit ratings, with the United States and Britain under the most pressure, Moody’s Investors Service said yesterday, in a reminder that the
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    • 134 46 AP NEW YORK The former president of a small Manhattan bank yesterday became the first person accused of trying to defraud the United States’ federal bailout programme. Prosecutors also contend that Charles Antonucci Sr, stole so he could live a lavish lifestyle that included a Super
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    • 352 47  -  Cross-Causeway expansion Stake in U Mobile to help company expand mobile footprint JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) is planning to buy a 33-per-cent stake in Malaysia’s U Mobile for RM625 million ($262.8 million). The company entered into definitive agreements
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    • 323 47 RYAN HUANG SINGAPORE Asian real estate investment trusts or Reits are expected to take one or two years to return to the market capitalisation peaks before the global financial crisis, according to industry experts. They expect a strong rebound in Reits
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    • 331 48 JaPaN EcONOMy Tokyo upgrades economic view for first time since July BLOOMBERG TOKYO The Japanese government yesterday raised its assessment of the economy for the first time in eight months, saying the recovery had begun to spur profits, home building and consumer spending. “The economy has been
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    • BUSINESS ROUNDUP
      • 139 48 JO-ANN HUANG MediaCorp’s platform for classified advertising and online communities in Singapore, Mocca, will soon be able to reproduce and use data from Global Yellow Pages Limited (GYPL), the country’s largest publisher of directory services and leading search engine. MediaCorp and GYPL
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      • 133 48 Construction and property group Chip Eng Seng has been awarded the tender for a land parcel at Mackenzie Street in downtown Melbourne. Through its wholly-owned unit, CES McKenzie, Chip Eng Seng paid A$20.2 million ($26 million) for the site. The parcel, in the
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      • 115 48 JO-ANN HUANG Singapore’s largest medical network, Healthway Medical, will finance its latest projects in China through the placement of 108 million new ordinary shares at 13 cents each to International Finance Group (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. The deal is
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    • 605 49 sOVereIGN WeaLTh FuNds World’s largest sovereign fund issues its first yearly statement AP ABU DHABI The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) broke with its customary privacy by issuing its first yearly statement yesterday, marking one of the biggest steps yet by the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund
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    • 189 49 AGENCIES BEIJING China National Offshore Oil Corp’s (Cnooc) plan to buy 50 per cent of Argentine oil producer Bridas Corp in its biggest overseas acquisition may herald more purchases to achieve its goal of boosting production 28 per cent this year and meet
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    • 562 51 afTErNOON laTEST But bilateral loans might not yet be needed, they stress AP BRUSSELS Eurozone finance ministers agreed yesterday to offer financial help for Greece likely in the form of bilateral loans but refused to give details until European Union leaders make a
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    • 388 52 TERENCE LEE THE hunt for Singapore’s best television commercials is entering its climax this month, with viewers having until this Sunday to cast their votes via SMS. Viewer’s Choice 2009, organised by MediaCorp, is an annual homeviewer’s contest recognising the best commercials of the past year in both
      TERENCE LEE  -  388 words
    • 104 52 school leavers and working adults packed the hilton ballroom last saturday at the education uK exhibition organised by the British council. For the first time, opportunities to study in the uK or to obtain British qualifications in singapore were offered. representatives from 41 universities and tertiary
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