Today, 29 July 2010

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    44 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Thursday July 29, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday July 29, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking JULY 29, 2010 A PUBLICATION
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon 'Youth for Transport' art pieces to go on display
      126 6 SINGAPORE Athletes visiting Singapore during the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will get to see what public transport means to young Singaporeans. From Wednesday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is displaying the “Youth for Transport” competition’s winning art pieces at bus
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      Schools create buzz for YOG
      429 6  -  Students to get tickets, lesson plans to be adjusted NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tweaking lesson plans, shelving exams and adorning schools with memorabilia from the Youth Olympic Games (YOG). There is no way even non-athletes won’t be getting into the mood for the event, judging
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      SCHOOLS BUY TICKETS, CANCEL TESTS AND PE LESSONS
      178 6  -  NG JINGYNG At Millennia Institute (MI), 700 tickets for 13 different games have been bought. This will allow at least half of the cohort to watch and experience one game as spectators. But even for those who did not manage to get
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      BEACON PRIMARY TO ORGANISE'OLYMPIC RECESS CHALLENGE'
      208 6  -  NG JINGYNG Recess will soon be a time to chalk up winning points for students from Beacon Primary School as simple games will be played during break time (picture). Starting from next week for their Primary 3 students, the school is organising the “Olympic
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      Third-class citizens' comment draws criticism from Netizens
      588 7  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Third-class citizens. Those three words posted on the People’s Action Party (PAP) Facebook page by a grassroots leader have drawn sharp criticism from scores of Netizens. This latest cyber-storm comes just a month after another PAP activist drew flak
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      Lock icon Runaway deer, first for Night Safari
      330 7 NG JINGYNG SINGAPORE Six female deer broke out from their enclosure at the Night Safari yesterday morning. One of them even managed to make its way out of the park through a break in the perimeter fencing before it was caught in the evening.
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      Four HDB flats confiscated
      368 8  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One homeowner had sublet her flat illegally to a religious group while she stayed with her family. Another had used his flat as collateral and allowed his moneylender to sublet the flat to repay his loan. Both did not resume occupation in
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      Live, learn and venture overseas
      557 8  -  Minister Mentor Lee on not retiring, and how Singaporeans gain new ideas from going abroad NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Fifteen years ago, when he was asked why Singaporeans were reluctant to venture overseas to learn new skills, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said it was
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      Judge rejects lonescu request
      214 8  -  CLAUDIA CRAIU IN ROMANIA news@mediacorp.com.sg BUCHAREST Former Romanian Charge d‘Affaires Silviu Ionescu has suffered a setback in his bid to be released from jail as he stands trial for manslaughter. The presiding judge has rejected his request to be released on judicial supervision. The ruling was
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      Efforts stepped up to publicise dangers of gambling addiction
      394 10  -  HOEYEEN NIE HOE YEEN NIE yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has stepped up efforts to publicise the pitfalls of gambling addiction and is taking its message right to where Singaporeans live, work and play. It has teamed
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      Lim wins $210,000 in damages
      257 10 SINGAPORE The Court of Appeal yesterday ordered the owners of Raffles Town Club (RTC) to pay private investor Peter Lim $210,000 in damages after the latter won a defamation suit against RTC owners Lin Jian Wei and Margaret Tung in October last year. The amount
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      Lock icon 'ZORRO' DROPS INTO CELEBRATE WITH NURSES
      115 10  -  SATISH CHENEY He swept Catherine Zeta-Jones off her feet. He also fought villains with his trusty sword. But yesterday, he was in Singapore specially for some 2,000 nurses. Zorro the famous masked hero gallantly won over the nurses with roses. The masked man turned
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      LOWER TOLL CHARGES AT SECOND LINK FROM SUNDAY
      82 10 From Sunday, Aug 1, motorists need only pay $3.20 when they drive into or leave Singapore using the Second Link. This is some 30 per cent lower than the previous toll charge of $4.60. Motorcycles will pay 50 cents. The Land Transport
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      PILOT PROGRAMME FOR POST-HOSPITALISATION CARE LAUNCHED
      138 10  -  MUSTAFA SHAFAWI A one-year pilot programme has been launched to ensure continuity of care for needy patients who are discharged from hospitals. The programme, launched by SingHealth and the Healthcare Services Employees Union, will ensure that these patients and their caregivers are equipped with
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      COINS TO COMMEMORATE SINGAPORE'S 45 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
      79 10 A rectangular Silver Proof Colour Coin, the first of its kind of Singapore, has been launched to commemorate Singapore’s 45 years of independence. The Monetary Authority of Singapore says the coin design draws inspiration from the 2010 National Day Parade theme, ‘Live
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      DISABLED EX-EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING BRIBES
      159 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A wheelchair-bound exemployee of the Society for the Physically Disabled pleaded guilty yesterday to accepting bribes totalling $2,500. Former welfare programme Coordinator Lau Yeow Hui, 32, took the money from Mr Ng Chew Chuah, 39, owner of Ming Chuan Transportation and Coach
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      HOTEL RECEPTIONIST DID NOT HEED INSTRUCTIONS: OWNER
      131 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB The owner of a budget hotel, who was convicted of allowing sex workers to ply their trade in his property, has now claimed that he had instructed his receptionist not to allow such women in, a district court heard yesterday. Siah
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      MAN JAILED FOR CAUSING ELDERLY MAN'S DEATH
      181 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB His punch did not just floor the elderly man, it killed him. For that, Yong Hong Peng (picture), 40, unemployed, was jailed two and a half years for causing the man’s death. Yong had hit retiree NgYam Chok, 78, in the
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      EX-POLICE SERGEANT SENTENCED TO 45 MONTHS'JAIL
      123 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A former police sergeant was sentenced yesterday to 45 months’ jail for committing various offences including housebreaking while he was still part of the force. Md Rahimin Abdullah (picture), 29, originally faced 90 charges but 75 of them were taken into consideration.
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      Lock icon VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY
      79 12 As part of a MediaCorp initiative to engage youth, a panel of speakers gave a talk to Nanyang Polytechnic students. The panel consisting of, from left, MediaCorp Press managing director Patrick Yong; MediaCorp Publishing vicepresident, Marketing, Mr Sivam Kumar; MediaCorp Group Sales and Marketing senior vice-president,
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      Reserved judgment for Yong
      479 12  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A High Court reserved judgment on convicted drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong’s petition for judicial review of the clemency process yesterday. This, after five prosecutors from the Attorney-General’s Chambers and Yong’s lawyer M Ravi argued their cases before Justice Steven Chong in
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      UNDECLARED SUBSTANCE FOUND IN HAIR CARE PRODUCTS
      101 12  -  MUSTAFA SHAFAWI Two products used as hair care therapies by Beijing 101 Hair Consultants contain an undeclared Western medicinal ingredient, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). The affected batches of the two products Hair Growth Formula D-2653-B and Hair Growth Tonic E-0583-D have
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      4 6 >> 108,000 KIDS INVOLVED 10
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  • VOICES
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      108,000 kids involved
      347 14  -  Schools will adjust schedules based on YOG participation Letter from Sum Chee Wah Director, Education Programmes Ministry of Education (MOE) WE REFER to the letters by Mr Joseph Lim (“YOG holidays for all students?”, July 19) and Ms Stephanie Yeo (“Schools, be more YOG friendly”, July 21).
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      Licence to assault?
      120 14  -  Letter from Raymund Koh Joo Guan I WAS appalled to read reports that 52-year-old taxi driver Francis Ngien Tai Ho was jailed for molesting a 25-year-old woman. It was reported that Ngien had been convicted eight years ago for similar offences on two separate occasions, and had
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      159 16  -  BY DR BILL MAIER PLANNING YOUR FAMILY There’s nothing wrong with waiting to have kids as long as your biological clock keeps ticking. Today the average age of a first-time mum is 25 about three years later than it was a generation ago. The main reason
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      Smoke signals read differently
      167 16  -  Portable ashtray could help clean up my street Letter from Tiffany Siew I REFER to the report “Portable ashtray to stop litterbugs” (July 26). I live on a street that is constantly littered with cigarette butts thrown by drivers of taxis, private cars, commercial vehicles, et
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      NEA's sending out the wrong message
      63 16  -  Letter from Yee Ming Fai I AM disappointed with the move to give free portable ashtrays to stop litterbugs. Doesn’t this send out the wrong message that smoking is acceptable, as long as the butts are dealt with appropriately? I hope the National Environment
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      TO PREVENT MORE TREE TRAGEDIES ...
      108 16  - TO PREVENT MORE TREE TRAGEDIES LETTER FROM CHARLES The accidents and loss of life due to falling trees during the recent thunderstorms points to an urgent need to relook our tree planting programme. How does the National Parks Board assess the types of trees that are suitable for planting? Are
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      How we thank our staff: SingPost
      227 16  -  Numerous schemes in place to reward stellar service Letter from PatsieTan Assistant Vice-President, Corporate Communications, Singapore Post WE THANK Ms Grace Tan for her concern for our postwoman in the letter “The invisible workforce a word of thanks for those who slog to keep
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      124 14 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices finest batiks could only be worn by kings. To admire them only takes a great story. n<W ■A iU AcA yr rrm r r>*$ ■A*Y A 1 (<■7 r f 4* C/ 1 <v JW 4 »A<* -o
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      150 14 Today MediaCorp Press Ltd Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Annex Building, Level 1, Andrew Rd, Singapore *****9 Tel 6236 4888 Fax 6534 4217 today@mediacorp.com.sg we set you thinking todayonline.com Publisher Patrick Yong Editor Walter Fernandez Deputy Editor Lee Foong Ming Associate Editor Chan Teck Guan Night Editor Richard J Valladares Editor-At-Large Conrad
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      285 17 Panasonic ideas for life Together, we save. Keep your vegetables green and our earth greener. IUV*U«J i The world is beginning to experience more extreme weather events like heavy rainfall and dry spells due to global warming. Today, we can do our part to reduce CO2 emissions by simply choosing
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Winners emerge, but it's not game over
      758 18  -  Health care sector competition, and Fortis' Malvinder Singh, are here to stay CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is editor-at-large at Today. With the end to the current Parkway Holdings saga in sight, the question on the lips of many is: Who won and
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      Lock icon WikiLeaks stays in legal clear
      845 20  -  ANN WOOLNER The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are her own. BLOOMBERG With his prematurely white hair and his Australia-tinged English, 39-year-old Julian Assange has become the face and voice of what is surely the most massive leak of United States
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      Lock icon Kindergarten does change your life
      1086 22  -  A new study rethinks the importance of how we're taught at age five DAVID LEONHARDT The writer has been writing about economics for The New York Times since 2000. THE NEW YORK TIMES How much do your kindergarten teacher and classmates affect the rest of
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      8 20 >> WIKILEAKS ‘HAS PUT HUNDREDS OF AFGHANS AT RISK’
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      174 22 m How to win in this market regardless of economic crises anywhere in the world How to trade Forex without having to predict the future of economies How to look for trades when the odds are in your favour A systematic approach to trading without intensive monitoring Why the get-rich-quick
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      238 23 COME CELEBRATE THE GOOD LIFE And win a trip for 2 to Korea with every $200 purchase! 29th July 1st Aug 2010 The art of living well begins at LG Fiesta where you and your family can experience all that LG brings to your home. That's not all. Here's what
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Crash plunges Pakistan into mourning
      421 24 AGENCIES ISLAMABAD Charred human flesh and families torn apart were all that was left after a passenger jet crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan’s capital yesterday. All 152 people on board were killed when the plane went down in heavy fog and rain. No one
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      Lock icon Has Xinhua chief defected?
      209 24 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SHANGHAI The head of China’s state news agency Xinhua has gone missing during a trip to Britain amid speculation he has defected. Mr Wan Wuyi, 58, had worked at Xinhua for the past eight years and is regarded as one of its brightest
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      Lock icon Rising waters trap thousands
      134 24 AFP BEIJING More than 30,000 people are thought to be trapped by floodwaters in a town in northeast China yesterday, as torrential rain that has killed over 300 in two weeks continues. More than 200 rescue workers have been sent to Jilin province’s Kouqian town to
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      Lock icon KILLER BLAST
      92 26 At least 12 people died and more than 300 were injured in an explosion which was triggered when a chemical pipeline burst into flames in eastern China yesterday. State television showed a billowing column of flame and a plume of thick, black smoke drifting over the city of
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      Lock icon Indon clerics issue fatwas against gossip shows, sex-change surgery
      309 26 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia’s highest Islamic body has issued a fatwa banning Muslims from watching gossip shows or having sex-change operations, an official said yesterday. The increasingly assertive Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) said gossip shows about the intimate details of people’s private
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      Lock icon Japan to review death penalty
      310 28 Justice Minister makes announcement after viewing two executions AGENCIES TOKYO Japan’s Justice Minister, an opponent of capital punishment, announced a review of the death penalty yesterday after witnessing the first executions since her centre-left government, headed by the Democratic Party of Japan, took power last
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      Lock icon Anwar trial: Woman prosecutor dropped
      146 28 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR In a sensational twist in Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial, a woman prosecutor has been dropped after being accused of having an affair with the star witness. The Malaysia Today news portal recently reported allegations of a romantic link between
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      Lock icon M'sia may close more dive sites to save coral
      141 28 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia may close three more popular dive sites in the South China Sea which have been hit by coral bleaching blamed on global warming. Last week, the authorities announced the closure of nine dive sites on the tropical
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      Lock icon France declares war on Al Qaeda
      243 32 AGENCIES PARIS France has declared war on Al Qaeda and will step up military involvement in North Africa, after the regional branch of the terrorist group killed a French aid worker taken hostage in April. The declaration and attack marked a shift in strategy
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      Lock icon WikiLeaks 'has endangered Afghans'
      351 32 WikiLeaks has endangered Afghans' AGENCIES LONDON The leak by the WikiLeaks website of 90,000 secret documents on the war in Afghanistan has put hundreds of Afghans at risk because the files identify informants working with Nato forces, The New York Times reported yesterday. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said earlier this
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      Lock icon Where have all those billions gone?
      211 32 AP BAGHDAD A United States audit has found that the Pentagon cannot account for over 95 per cent of US$9.1 billion ($12.4 billion) in Iraq reconstruction money. The audit spotlights Iraqi complaints that there is little to show for the massive funds pumped into
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      Lock icon US Bill protects journalists, writers from 'libel tourism'
      223 34 AFP WASHINGTON The United States House of Representatives passed a Bill on Tuesday aimed at shielding US journalists, authors and publishers from “libel tourists” who file suit in countries where they expect to get the most favourable ruling. Lawmakers approved the measure,
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      Lock icon Russian beautician tried to smuggle arms to Moscow
      238 34 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON A young Russian beautician, Anna Fermanova, has been arrested in Texas for allegedly attempting to smuggle sophisticated rifles to Moscow in her luggage. The 24-year-old (pic- ture), who lives near Dallas, had the state- of-the-art nightvision scopes and
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      Lock icon GPS beepers to keep S Korean kids safe
      142 36 AFP SEOUL South Korea, shaken by several brutal sex crimes against minors, will supply children with GPSembedded beepers to warn police of any danger and activate surveillance cameras, officials said yesterday. Some 1,200 elementary school children in Anyang City, south of here,
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      Lock icon DUTCH TEEN GETS GREEN LIGHT FOR SOLO WORLD TRIP
      136 36 AGENCIES A Dutch court has allowed 14-year-old Laura Dekker (picture) to pursue an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo. It rejected a request by the child protection authorities to extend supervision of the girl to
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      Lock icon He's 12 and he walks to raise money for children
      409 36 THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN CARLOS (Arizona) He cuts a tiny figure in the vastness of the desert the redheaded boy who moves with a steady and determined step, his mouth set in a hard line. Zachary Bonner has walked
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      204 30 Tell us what to look out for when shopping for a sound bar! Email your tip, in no more than 50 words, to smartshopper@mediacorp.com.sg by 12pm on Aug 4 with your full name as in NRIC, NRIC number and contact number, and you could be the lucky one to win
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      252 33 FairPricey^tra Low Prices More Grab great apparel bargains at the Xtra Atrium Sale (AMK Hub B1 Atrium) from now till 8 Aug! Menswear Specials Advertised offers available from 29 Jul -11 Aug 10 Unisex Windbreaker Assorted Colours $29 90 IncUpoa each *48 '/frsSnnalngmol £ruflrc 9WC0' X Adult Unisex Round Neck
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      57 34 if m Learn more about LASIK at our public forums Dates: 30 July (Fri), 3 Aug (Tue), 6 Aug (Fri), 7pm Venue: Shinagawa LASIK Centre, #05-01 Wheelock Place Limited seats! RSVP at 6738 8222 today! $1,198/51,281 Wavefront LASIK for Each Eye. 86 with GST Pre-LASIK Assessment 3 Post-Op Reviews 3-year
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      653 38  -  COMMENTARY SIA would boost a local NSA with a partnership similar to the one signed with Swimming Australia LEONARD THOMAS leonard @mediacorp. com. sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. I spotted women’s national pole vault record-holder Rachel Isabelle Yang last
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      347 38  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng are in a strong position to claim Singapore’s first International 420 World Sailing Championship in Haifa, Israel, after storming to the lead at the end of three of the 11 scheduled races in the final
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      627 40  -  AFC chief Hammam believes continent's leagues closer to European standard SHAMIR OSMAN SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Right now the football world is abuzz with chatter over what colours Fernando Torres will be wearing in the upcoming football season. Chelsea, Manchester City and Barcelona are all
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      296 40  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE It is the most far-reaching global sports sponsorship, spanning the next three summer and two winter Olympic Games. And the very first initiative of the 10year partnership signed yesterday between Proctor Gamble (P&G) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will
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      377 40  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Eight pins was all that separated Singapore national bowlers Daphne Tan and New Hui Fen from claiming the girls’ doubles crown of the Bowling World Youth Championships. They lost to Colombia’s Laura Fonnegra and Maria Jose Rodriguez,
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      555 41 Argentina FA sack Maradona as national coach, no word yet on replacement AP BUENOS AIRES The uncertainty surrounding Diego Maradona’s position as coach of Argentina’s national team came to an end yesterday when he was dismissed by the national football association, ending an erratic 21-month
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      350 41 AGENCIES LONDON Recent speculation suggested Fernando Torres was keen to play Champions League football this season and was considering his options, but Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson came out yesterday and insisted that was not the message the club had received from the Spain
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      91 39 SINGAPORE ?vCIEflCE FESTIVAL 2010 www.sciencefest.sg v/w I Vcvales spout because it's part of their Vbreathing process. JJ kecanse hath V heir va/ of talking to each other. MARINA SQUARE, CENTRAL ATRIUM, LEVEL 2 Q* 30 JUL 1 AUG 2010 Q <© BS fa+c kc are round because as the smallest
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      86 41 YOUR SPORTING FIX BASEBALL 7am MLB Yankees v Indians (mioTV Ch 117) FOOTBALL 8.45am Copa Lib Internacional v Sao Paulo (Ch222) 9.25pm U-20 Women’s World Cup (Ch222) TOMORROW 12.25am U-20 Women’s World Cup (Ch222) ATHLETICS 4pm EAA European C’ships (Ch205) 9.30pm CAA African C’ships (Ch205) 11.30pm EAA European C’ships (Ch205)
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      49 41 [pLAY® Always play with care. [responsibly! Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE FU RCB Reg No: *****0202G
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      227 50 Healthy Participants Needed! Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants for a research study involving a marketed antibiotic and an experimental medicine used for the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in HIV-infected adults and adolescents. The main purpose of this study is to establish the relationship between the
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    775 50 COMMENTARY INVEST A remarkable development considering it was shunned by investors just 10 years ago UOBASSET MANAGEMENT ASIAN fixed income has emerged as an important asset class globally. As at December last year, Asian fixed income made up 7.7 per cent of the global
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      50 43 WEDNESDAY CLOSE 2,985.38 (+0.20%) Tuesday Monday Friday Thursday 2,979.38 2,966.99 2,973.47 2,955.67 p q p p 0.42% 0.22% 0.60% 1.01% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE ChinaACorp Healthway China Hongx Informatics Genting SP 144,479 58,082 55,872 50,639 49,960 0.050 0.190 0.155 0.120 1.260 p p 2.70% 6.90%
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      30 43 HANG SENG Ç Ç 21,091.18 (+0.56%) Ç Ç È NIKKEI 9,753.27 (+2.70%) SHANGHAI 2,633.66 (+2.26%) AUSTRALIA 4,529.90 Ç (+0.72%) MUMBAI 17,957.37 (-0.67%) Ç MALAYSIA 1,355.19 (+0.22%) SEOUL 1,773.47 (+0.29%)
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      21 43 US$1 £1 €1 ¥100 A$1 RM1 Rp10,000 HK$100 RMB100 RS100 1.367 2.132 1.775 1.557 1.222 0.427 1.521 17.60 20.17 2.913
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        64 43 $2.31 Fully Valued DBS Vickers lifts price target to $2.20 from $2.06 after changing valuation basis to discounted cashflow model from P/E. Still, keeps Fully Valued call as stock trading about revised target. Says market’s focus in H2 ’10 will be telco’s nonmobile telephony business, which could come under
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        62 43 $2.02 Buy DBS Vickers trims price target to $2.40 from $2.50, after lowering FY ’11 EBITDA estimate by 5 per cent to reflect potential slowdown in Europe, risk of “irrational acceleration” of containership supplies; “an unwarranted acceleration of deliveries in H2 ’10 driven by the ongoing recovery in freight
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      455 43  -  Local real estate firms go all out to draw investors from China WONG SIEW YING siewying@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some Singapore real estate agencies are going the extra mile to woo Chinese investors to park their money in properties here. Two major players that MediaCorp spoke to have either
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      217 45 EPHRAIM SEOW SINGAPORE Mainboard-listed Singapore Post said its first quarter net profit grew 3.2 per cent on year to $40.7 million. Its revenue came in at $138.2 million, a 13.5-per-cent increase from the same period last year. SingPost attributed the growth
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      290 45  -  TRAVIS TEO travisteo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Retailers along the Orchard Road shopping belt saw a 5-per-cent to 15-per-cent growth in sales during this year’s Great Singapore Sale (GSS) compared to last year. This is according to the Orchard Road Business Association (Orba) at the
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      196 45 GEORGINA JOSEPH SINGAPORE Insurance group Great Eastern Holdings said its second quarter net profit fell 24 per cent to $74.4 million compared to last year. It said this was due to the poor investment performance relating to the euro zone
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      391 46  -  Units at The Scala fetch average price of $1,150 psf EPHRAIM SEOW ephraimseow@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The public launch of The Scala yesterday drew a huge turnout and defied official data of slowing private home sales in recent months. Over a thousand property buyers turned up
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      235 46 SINGAPORE Record tourist arrivals and the opening of the integrated resorts have spurred the growth of Mainboard-listed CDL Hospitality Trusts. The hospitality trust announced yesterday a 51.9-per-cent growth in gross revenue to $30.7 million in the second quarter and it remains
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      271 46  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is partnering the London Metal Exchange (LME) to launch metal futures contracts that will allow investors here to participate in the growing metal industry. SGX and LME said yesterday that they are jointly developing cash-settled mini
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      BROADWAY PROFIT JUMPS 35%
      103 46 Broadway Industrial has recorded a net profit of $10.3 million in its second quarter ended June 30. This is an increase of nearly 35 per cent compared to the same period last year. Revenue for the quarter stood at $141.7 million, a 1.7-per-cent increase year-on-year. The
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      MAPLETREE ACQUIRES 3 PROPERTIES
      116 46 Mapletree LogisticsTrust has acquired three properties in Japan for about $200 million from logistics facilities developer Kabushiki Kaisha A-Max. It has signed a binding memorandum of understanding to acquire the 30,000 square metre Iwatsuki Logistics Centre, the 26,000-sq-m Iruma Logistics Centre and the 36,000-sq-m Noda Logistics
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      146 48 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s state investment company, has hired three banks to help it sell Singapore dollar-denominat-ed sukuk or Islamic bonds, according to a source. CIMB Investment Bank, DBS Bank and OCBC will arrange a socalled benchmark sale of five- and
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      475 48 BLOOMBERG BANGALORE British Prime Minister David Cameron urged India to remove barriers to free trade to create thousands of jobs in both countries. He visited the southern city of Bangalore, India’s technology hub, with a delegation that included 39 business leaders and four
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      78 43 CAMERON EYES THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN BUSINESS B5 BUSINESS B3 WHAT IS THE RUSH FOR? FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information. *%r
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      367 52 savour WITH OCBC CARDS '.i i i ¥f« Turn every meal into a feast of flavours at Pan Pacific Singapore. Let's talk. From now till BO November 2010, enjoy a delectable spread of offers, ranging from classic high tea temptations to mouthwatering seafood delights at Global Kitchen, Pan Pacific Singapore.
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      46 53 IT’S A SONIC BLITZKRIEG! TOKIO HOTEL PROMISETO UPTHE AMP AT THIS YEAR’S SINGFEST. >> T6 THREE POP GIRLS COME OF AGE. SO WHAT ABOUT THE MUSIC? >> T2 CD REVIEWS: 4MINUTE AND MORE. >> T12 UNDERGROUND RESTAURANTS: YOUR TICKET INTO A LONDON HOME. >> T18 JULY 29, 2010 A PUBLICATION
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      216 54  -  Three local stars on the rise talk about releasing that all-important debut album CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IN ANY person’s life, the coming of age is an important occasion to mark the transition from adolescence into adulthood. Likewise for musicians, there are several ways to mark their “coming
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      200 54 Inch’s Wallflower, for example, is available as an online-only download. And it’s free. “Looking at how the music scene is right now, it’s a bit pointless to do CDs, people aren’t buying them,” said Inch. “I’ve tried selling songs online, but after all the admin, the paperwork, the
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      IN ALL HONESTY
      760 55 Singer-songwriter Serene Koong is also bucking a trend in the Chinese pop market. She’s one of the few Chinese pop artistes to have released an album of selfcomposed tunes for a debut, and to have creative control over the other aspects, from cover art to concept. “It’s
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      72 55 SI)ciNc\u |)ork (times Articles selected for A Publication of MediaCorp !!f^/ lo/20 o 9 A <*M ?D, ACi ORp NEVVS "0 TUNE r MM^T «ANALYs IS June J HEB,g STORY L G,tFE/1T HERTHE '"KsSasfi. cHUomv 2 7, 2010 1 lljlg F ash flood ®-cotn we set ,v. Bu "linking fl
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      364 57 Jeanette Aw loses 2kg in 2 weeks V "With Reduze, you get to have your cake, and eat if'says award winning artiste Jeanette Aw, a new fan of the revolutionary Reduze. The popular Singaporean actress is a selfprofessed foodie, which is not always a good thing when you need to
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      515 58  -  Rockers Tokio Hotel happy to pump up the volume Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg THE last time German rockersTokio Hotel were in town, they played an acoustic showcase a far cry from Humanoid City, the ballsy show they’ve been touring recently.This time round, when Tokio Hotel return to our
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      247 60  -  Relooking a classic record JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON/AT SAN QUENTIN CHRISTOPHER TOH QUENTIN JOHNNY CASH (2006) THIS compendium marries two of country legend Johnny Cash’s classic “prison concerts”: One at Folsom Prison and the other at San Quentin .Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (1968) was Cash’s
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      534 60 Manfred Fock. The highlyacclaimed German pianist will do a piano recital. July 29, 8pm, Nafa Lee Foundation Theatre. Tickets at $20 from Sistic. Inch Chua. One of the hottest indie darlings today performs songs from her new album, Wallflower, as part of Esplanade’s Late Nite series. July 30, 9.30pm,
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        219 64  -  BY CHRISTOPHERTOH HITYOUR HEART 4MINUTE SO IT seems that there’s enough space in the world of K-Pop to have both the Wonder Girls and 4Minute living in the same universe.This is the Korean pop quintet’s second mini album. And, really, it just gives you more of what
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        HEART AND SOUL KENNY G
        77 64 THE saxophonist returns to a more R&B groove for this album, which is a good thing because it isn’t quite as grating as some of his pop offerings. Kenny G is a good player, and it shows, particularly on songs like Déjà Vu, Encore and
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        GUARDIAN Y2J
        79 64 FORMED in 2008,Taiwanese rock duo Y2J taking the first letters of their names,Yuming Lai and Jane Huang cut their teeth on the popular TV singing contest One Million Star. Two years after their successful debut,Y2J have returned with this offering, which is a nice excursion into the pop-rock
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        TIME IN A GIFT BOX JOI CHUA
        66 64 AFTER six albums, local singer Joi Chua finally releases a “best of” compilation. And it’s an interesting representation of her decade-spanning ca- reer. Say what you like about Joi, but when she’s good, she’s really good. This album keeps just the good bits;
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