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    48 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF yVl EDIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday November i, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday November 1, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking NOVEMBER 1, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • Article
    Lock icon Aussie PM Gillard cautions critics of ASX-SGX deal
    514 2 AGENCIES SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who discussed the Singapore Exchange’s takeover of the Australian bourse with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Asean Summit last Friday, has warned critics not to destroy the country’s long-standing bipartisan support for foreign
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    Lock icon Saudi Arabia’s most wanted man the prime suspect
    635 2 US believe bomb-maker behind explosives mailed from Yemen AGENCIES WASHINGTON A Saudi bombmaker believed to be working with Al Qaeda’s Yemen-based wing is a key suspect in the parcel bomb plot against the United States, a US official said on Saturday. So
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      68 2 iTODAY on HTC Android phones For the latest news updates on the go. Download the latest version of the application from your device's App store. Monday November 1, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 COMMENT ANALYSIS 14 A 30-PER-CENT DEVIATION
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      39 5 BRILLIANT ROSE NEW YORK SINCE 1996 Celebrating 14 years of Brilliance. Flagship store now opens at Marina Bay Sands. NEW YORK TOKYO BEIJING SINGAPORE SEOUL KUALA LUMPUR HONG KONG TAIPEI SOUTH AFRICA INDONESIA >> 30-PER-CENT DEVIATION IS TOO WIDE 14
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Opposition-held Hougang gets lift upgrading
      485 5  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Almost 3,500 households living in 33 blocks in Opposition bastion Hougang will benefit from the Government’s Lift Upgrading Programme in the coming months, said the ward’s People’s Action Party (PAP) grassroots adviser Eric Low. Speaking to residents at a PAP
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      Health Minister Khaw ‘quite happy’ to stand in SMC
      284 5  -  HOE YEEN NIE yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said he would be happy to stand in a Single Member Constituency (SMC) in the upcoming General Election (GE) as he suggested that the opposition would be more interested in a
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      MP work and ministerial duties equally important: Shanmugam
      420 5  -  ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Law Minister K Shanmugam, who will also take the reins at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) from today, assured residents in the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) that the additional workload would not affect his involvement as
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      Lock icon Keep your hands on the car
      254 6 SINGAPORE It was a challenge that they had to get their hands on, for the contestants of the MediaCorp Subaru Impreza Challenge The Asian Face Off, that is. Despite having to brave the hot weather, stave off fatigue and whizz through the five-minute breaks
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      Civil society groups submit human rights reports
      570 8  -  IMELDA SAAD Imelda@mediacorp.com.sg Imelda@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Civil society groups here have submitted reports on the country’s human rights track record ahead of a United Nations (UN) deadline today, as part of a periodic review of all UN member states. This marks the first time
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      Lock icon US HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD TO BE SCRUTINISED THIS WEEK
      209 8 AGENCIES The human rights record of the United States will also come under the spotlight this week for the first time as part of the UN review. A 12-day session starting Monday will see 16 UN member states, including the US,
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      Lock icon Methodist Church celebrates 125 years
      273 10  -  DYLAN LOH SINGAPORE “Live and let live” that is the approach that has allowed Singapore to achieve harmony in spite of its diversity. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made this observation yesterday when he was speaking at The Methodist Church’s 125th anniversary celebrations. Adding that
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      Lock icon DRUM ROLL, PLEASE
      75 10 Performers striking a pose during yesterday’s launch of the countdown tower to Serangoon Garden Swing 2011 a street party which will take place on Dec 31, involving more than 15,000 Serangoon residents. The tower was unveiled at 8.11pm symbolising ‘2011’ by Aljunied GRC MP Lim Hwee Hua,
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      Lock icon BODY FOUND IN BEDOK RESERVOIR PARK; CLASSIFIED AS UNNATURAL DEATH
      92 12 JOANNE CHAN A body with a cable tie around the neck was discovered yesterday in Bedok Reservoir Park. The police responded to a call at 7am about a man found lying at the top of a hill, just metres from
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      YOUTH DIES AFTER DOWNTOWN EAST FIGHT
      66 12 A 19-year-old youth died on Saturday, hours after he was involved in a fight at Downtown East. The police said they responded to a call about the fight at 5.50pm on that day. The victim was taken to Changi General Hospital, where he was
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      Lock icon RUN LOLA RUN
      93 12 Yesterday, about 12,000 women hit the streets for the annual Great Eastern Women 10km run. Now into its fifth year, the race is dubbed Asia’s largest all-women running event. Participants some of whom dressed for Halloween were flagged off by Great Eastern Chairman Fang Ai Lian. Among
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    Lock icon MAIL BOMBS MAY HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR MID-AIR DETONATIONS
    165 6 AGENCIES Sophisticated bombs contained in packages sent from Yemen could have been designed to explode in the air and bring down the cargo planes carrying them, the British government confirmed yesterday. Intelligence experts believe the use of the devices represents a
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      305 12 Having smaller nuclear families, higher divorce rates, (people) working overseas... all of this taken in combination will erode the institution of family. We are trying our best not to become a society of individuals. We still want to remain a community of families but I acknowledge that’s going to be
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  • VOICES
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      Life after Sped school
      393 14  -  Have transition plans for special-needs students to help them forge a future Letter from Dr Noel Chia Kok Hwee I REFER to the articles “Special-needs students trained to work in cleaning industry” (Oct 28) and “MOE’s increased funding for Sped schools bears fruit” (Oct 29). These
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      CORRECTION
      71 14 In the article“New hurdles for SGX, ASX merger” (Oct 28), we reported that Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam had described the proposed takeover of the Australian Securities Exchange by the Singapore Exchange as a “commercial thing”, and that the minister had declined to make further comments. This is inaccurate. Mr
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      Indemnity forms unfair to participants
      142 16  -  Letter from David Kwok Ng Kan IT IS common nowadays for companies, organisations and schools to request that participants sign an indemnity form before embarking on any organised trip or expedition. One clause in the form states that participants will undertake not to sue in
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      Lock icon Privacy protection rules here ‘need more bite’
      295 16  -  Letter from Chung Siqi I READ “Hello, where is my privacy? (Oct 29)” by Tabitha Wang with empathy. It is apparent that Singapore’s privacy protection needs more bite. In 1998, a self-regulated “E Commerce Code for the Protection of Personal Information and Communications
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      More road markings to guide motorists
      124 16  -  Letter from Helen Lim Deputy Director, Media Relations, Land Transport Authority WE THANK Mr Ronald Tay for his letter, “A dangerous junction” (Oct 21). The Land Transport Authority has explored various options to improve safety at the Orchard Boulevard and Paterson Road junction. We
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      61 14 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices V^A/^V^A/^A/^V^A/^A/^V^A/^A/^V^AAA/^V^A/^A/^V^A/^A/^V^A^ The best companion and ideal gift when you travel. LKF M 3? 5k 9 3? <i> V o* v. 9 vfAK SA7 i i fTf ff'•' A'•'A #> eiV4 V i» wViv f'«'< fc"\ i 1 5*ili*•'«!«
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon A 30-per-cent deviation is too wide
      905 18  -  Redrawing of electoral boundaries must avoid being seen as gerrymandering EUGENE K BTAN The writer is assistant professor of law at the Singapore Management University School of Law. Election talk has been around for much of this year. Last Saturday, the signals got clearer
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      Malaysia by-elections: What’s at stake
      726 19  -  OOI KEE BENG Election fatigue is a common complaint in Malaysia today, if not among voters then definitely among politicians. There have been so many by-elections over the last two years in Malaysia that some are calling for new rules so that they can be
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      Lock icon Yemen: Terror’s new breeding ground
      1161 20  -  Explosive devices intercepted en route to US began journey in Al Qaeda’s latest stronghold CON COUGHLIN Con Coughlin is an expert on international terrorism and the Middle East; with the benefit of 25 years in foreign journalism, he deftly scrutinises world affairs. This is an
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      Lock icon After defeat, next two years for Obama
      840 21  -  DAVID BROOKS The writer’s Op-Ed column in The New York Times started in September 2003. THE NEW YORK TIMES President Barack Obama is likely to suffer a pummelling defeat Tuesday. But the road map for his recovery is pretty straightforward. First, the President
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Merapi erupts again
      384 22 AP MOUNT MERAPI (Indonesia) A deadly volcano in Indonesia spewed another searing cloud of ash down its slopes yesterday, prompting panic and chaos among thousands of villagers who had taken advantage of a lull in activity to rush home and check on their livestock. Sirens and loudspeakers
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      Lock icon Suicide bombing rocks Istanbul
      194 22 AP ISTANBUL A suicide bomber blew himself up near police watching over Istanbul’s main square yesterday, wounding 32 people, officials said. Istanbul police chief Huseyin Capkin said the bomber tried but failed to get into a parked police van and detonated the bomb just outside it.
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      Lock icon US, Japan seek calm with China on territorial disputes
      345 23 BLOOMBERG HANOI The United States and Japan have sought to ease tensions with China fuelled by territorial disputes in waters off its coast that have hindered talks on currency and trade policies before a Group of 20 (G20) summit this month.
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      Lock icon SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO ENDS
      55 23 Visitors tour the pavilions during the last day of the six-month Shanghai World Expo yesterday. China declared its biggest tourism event a stunning success, with a record 72 million visitors. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao praised the fair as a ‘splendid event’ that ‘truly brought together people
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      Lock icon BRAZIL LIKELY TO ELECT FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT
      126 23 REUTERS Brazilians were expected to elect a woman as President for the first time yesterday, backing her to extend the country’s run of prosperity. Doubts over left-leaning Dilma Rousseff’s character and religious beliefs cost her outright victory over her centrist rival, Mr Jose
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      Lock icon WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER
      111 23 AGENCIES Women live longer than men because their bodies are genetically programmed to be better at repairing themselves, says Professor Tom Kirkwood of Newcastle University. In an article in November’s Scientific American, he argues that women have to be better at fixing the wear and tear
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      Lock icon 100,000 attend Jon Stewart rally
      324 25 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Comedy Central television hosts/political satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert criticised the media at their "Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear" in Washington DC, blaming the press and politicians for creating a political atmosphere dominated by extremist rhetoric. "The image of Americans that
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      Lock icon Resurgent Republicans close to a House win
      339 25 AP WASHINGTON Resurgent Republicans appear poised to capture control of the United States House of Representatives, if not the Senate, on Tuesday in elections halfway through President Barack Obama’s term, reaping a rich harvest of voter discontent with the economy and scepticism about
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      Lock icon RED SHIRTS RALLY FOR DETAINEES
      85 26 A Thai anti-government Red Shirt protester holding a fan with a portrait of former Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra during another rally yesterday at Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok, the site of their former encampment and bloody clashes with security forces. A group of Red Shirts plan to
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      MALAYSIAN SUPERBUG PATIENT RECOVERS
      132 26 A Malaysian woman who contracted a drugresistant superbug has recovered in hospital and Health Minister LiowTiong Lai has told Malaysians there was no need to panic over the case, the first of its kind in the country. “We have extracted the bacteria from her body and
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      Lock icon A litmus test in Sabah for Barisan Nasional
      474 26 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER BATU SAPI (Malaysia) The race for the Batu Sapi federal seat is turning into a referendum of Barisan Nasional’s (BN) 16-year rule in Sabah as the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) carp on development for
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      Lock icon BATU SAPI IS KEY
      246 26 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang emphasised today the importance of the Batu Sapi byelections, claiming that only the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition could offer Sabah the dire need of change. “It will have a large implication it will be a preview to
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      297 26 www.psb-academy.edu.sg For people who love a challenge. At PSB Academy, we work our students hard. When our graduates head out into the world, they're armed with much more than just a piece of paper. They have real skills, for real life. From encouraging perseverance and self-discovery to building self-confidence, we
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      229 27 COUNCIL FOR THIRD AGE PRESENTS Aef *v« Ageing Celebrations 20 VO ACTIVE AGEING. ACTIVE LIVING-. Fun Workout Begonia Terrace, 11am* Mall walking group exercises u °n H en **c sr 4 Time Topics Room Investing in Your Health Reaching Your Next Peak Cassia 1 Healthy Bones Begin with You Be
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Spurs can’t shake off 'United curse'
      489 28 Cheeky Devil Nani steals one from under ref’s nose AGENCIES LONDON For the third time in five years, Tottenham found themselves hexed by the “United curse”, after referee Mark Clattenburg awarded Nani the most controversial goal of the season, enabling Manchester United to seal
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      Lock icon TOTTENHAM'S UNITED CURSE
      98 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Jan 2005: Mark Clattenburg failed to give a goal when Pedro Mendes’s speculative 45-yard shot went a metre over the goal-line before Roy Carroll fumbled it away with the score tied at 0-0. Aug 2007: United got away with a foul by Nemanja Vidic
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      Mardan’s putting woes can’t keep him out of the money
      347 28  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Mardan Mamat (picture) walked away from Mines Resort and Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur yesterday with a big birthday present. The Singaporean lined his coffers to the tune of US$237,500 ($307,500) on the very day he
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      Lock icon Majors more important than No 1 ranking, Faldo tells Lee
      220 28 1. REUTERS SHANGHAI Six-time major champion Nick Faldo has told new world No 1 Lee Westwood the “big four” titles remain the best prizes in golf. Westwood ends Tiger Woods’s unprecedented 281-week reign as No 1 today, becoming the first
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      Lock icon No cheers for Houllier
      542 29 Lacklustre Aston Villa fails to impress against Birmingham City THE GUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Aston Villa 0 Birmingham 0 LONDON Gerard Houllier stretched his unbeaten run in derbies to 14 games but there was little encouragement for the Aston Villa manager to take from an afternoon
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      Lock icon Demolition derby
      643 29 Nolan’s treble lays bare Sunderland THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Newcastle 5 Sunderland 1 LONDON Captain Kevin Nolan plundered a derby hat-trick to hand manager Chris Hughton the perfect ending to an eventful week as Newcastle United routed Sunderland. The midfielder put the home side 2-0 ahead
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      Lock icon A volley for tennis excellence
      687 31  -  Sharapova’s former coach starts training programme in Singapore, Centre Of Excellence within 12 months IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Under floodlights, Michael Baroch barked when either of his two young charges got their strokes wrong. Pep talks by the net with the girls in between
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      Lock icon Protecting their turf and going for ‘victory’
      483 32  -  Slingers shut the door on Slammers, keeping home record intact ASEAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE ROUND 5 Singapore Slingers 87 Chang Thailand Slammers 81 PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If the Asean Basketball League were looking to lift their profile as the region’s premier competition, they
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      Lock icon PwC Corporate Carnival
      391 32  -  It’s five on the trot for PwC SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.cm.sg SINGAPORE PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) women’s team won the netball competition of the CPA (Certified Public Accountants) Games on Oct 2, and yesterday the men followed suit. They beat SAFSA 13-5 to win in the corporate mixed division of
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        68 33 Buy $2.14 DBS Vickers keeps rating, nudges target up to $2.59 vs $2.58; says 3Q results within expectations. Says CMA benefiting from rising retail sales, consumption patterns, underlying portfolio maintained performance with overall YTD net property income +27% on year. Notes, “pipeline strong with 25 malls to be
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        53 33 Hold $1.87 OCBC keeps rating with $2.04 fair value; says MOU with CSBC Taiwan’s leading shipbuilder “is evidence of YZJ starting to reap benefits from its (TDR) listing”. Says closer Taiwan/China ties mean YZJ able to learn from CSBC’s designs, “which may help in its bid to develop
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      598 33  -  Potential shake-up in the skies as more cities aim to be aviation hubs RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Could airlines start charging airports a price for bringing in passengers? Were it to happen, it would amount to turning the aviation business on its head. At present,
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      236 35 SINGAPORE Singapore-based companies and multi-national firms are said to be keen to take up space in Vietnam’s tallest building, the Bitexco Financial Tower which was launched over the weekend in Ho Chi Minh City. The 68-storey tower is the first Grade A+ commercial
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      444 35  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A shortage of rare earths may not pose an immediate threat to Singapore’s electronics manufacturers, according to analysts. More than 95 per cent of rare earths come from China, which until last Friday, is rumoured to have blocked exports
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      244 36 REUTERS JAKARTA Indonesia reported a 13.6-per-cent jump in foreign direct investment in the third quarter of this year, putting it on course for record full-year foreign investment. Third-quarter foreign investment was 40.1 trillion rupiah ($4.49 billion), taking the total for the first
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      234 36 SINGAPORE More than 3,500 Citi Singapore employees and their families walked for 2 km at Siloso Beach for the bank’s Family Day yesterday, raising rice for needy families. They raised 70,000 bowls of rice for needy families in the South East district of Singapore the highest
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      660 37 BLOOMBERG QUEENSLAND BG Group, the United Kingdom's third-largest oil and gas producer, said it will invest US$15 billion ($19.4 billion) in the Curtis liquefied natural gas project in Australia over the next four years, its single biggest investment. The project in Queensland
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      662 38  -  Supported by Management Development Institute of Singapore Education is key to keeping up with the latest developments in the media industry CHAN SEET FUN BUSINESS OF EDUCATION THE inception of the Media 21 blueprint in 2003 charted the route for Singapore’s transformation into a global
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      35 40 Today is published by MediaCorp Press Ltd, Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Annex Building, Level 1, Andrew Road, Singapore *****9 Tel: 6333 3888. Printed by KHL Printing Co Pte Ltd, 57, Loyang Drive, Singapore *****8. Tel: *****222
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      1171 42  -  You don’t have to be lonely this Deepavali these stars will keep you company MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN if your experience of Indian movies is restricted to one screening of Bend It Like Beckham, you’ll have heard of the tremendous power and popularity enjoyed by the
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      106 46 LAST Friday’s Singapore Hit Awards organised by radio station Y.E.S. 93.3FM saw some of today’s hottest names both local and regional take the stage at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, including Jing Chang,Alien Huang, sodagreen,Tanya Chua, Olivia Ong, Serene Koong and Hebe of S.H.E.
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      475 47  -  The Made For SAM exhibition offers works for sale Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg A BUBBLEGUM eraser as an objet d’art? You bet. At the Singapore Art Museum’s newest exhibition called Made For SAM, everyday objects like pencil cases, rulers, greeting cards and tote bags take centrestage. And they’re
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      320 47 I OSAA GLOBAL EDUCATION Quality Education Lifetime Opportunities Learn from the Best with SAA Global Education SAA Global Education (SAA-GE) is the training arm of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) offering undergraduate degrees, postgraduate business degrees and professional qualifications like ACCA and CAT. SAA-GE has consistently
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      862 49  -  A mother shares her experiences of creating home-based activities for kids ZAFIRAH SALIM zafirah@mediacorp.com.sg THEyear-end school holidays are probablythe highlight of theyearformostschool-going children because itmeans an approximate two-month breakfrom the school routine and the opportunity to indulge in fun activities, such as overseas trips or excursions
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      499 51  -  ZAFIRAH SALIM zafirah@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S the year-end holidays and kids just want to have fun. Yet all play and no work make for dull kids. So, take advantage of the long holidays to occupy the little ones with enriching programmes that are a world
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      172 49 berries L V Registration is now open for 2011 classes. Enjoy Exclusive Trial*@ 15 Only -J 1 lerms and conditions applv tf r 7 t- j Learn Chinese the Berries Way With •Berries' unique teaching approach learning Chinese is always something to look To Our comprehensive eurrieulums follow MOFTstandards f
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      159 50 (LfcADERS. W-^ T,X,e <- tM>e(LS since n"! ORRIS ALLEN www.morris-allen.com.sg HOTLINE:6256-5656 Our well-resourced programme and highly qualified English teachers provide an enriching environment for helping your child build a solid foundation for lifelong English mastery. READING CREATIVE WRITING PUBLIC SPEAKING LISTENING THINKING SKILLS CONFIDENCE BUILDING 1 ur hsnqimt fit ST
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    304 53 THINGS TO DO 1 CSI: The Experience Based on the award-win-ning American television series, this exhibition allows visitors to learn more about how DNA, firearms analysis, forensic anthropology and toxicology can be used to solve crimes. You also get hands-on and experiential learning in an exciting multimedia
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    539 54  -  DESIGN Bathrooms and kitchens are the new statement makers in your home Serene Lim serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg FORGET the bedroom.The living room? Who cares.What matters now is where you take a shower and cook. As Singaporeans are getting more houseproud, they’re also paying more attention to what goes into
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