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  • 45 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Thursday December 9, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday December 9, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking DECEMBER 9, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 741 2  -  MAS survey reveals slightly higher figure than estimate for this year CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ZULOTHMAN SINGAPORE While the Republic’s pace of economic growth next year is expected to slow to a third of this year’s blistering performance, inflation is projected to inch upwards.
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  • 129 2 SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL Prices of Certificates of Entitlement for the two car categories as well as the open category are at their highest since 2000, after the latest open bidding exercise yesterday. The highest COE price increase was for the Open category, which can
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  • 585 2  -  2015 move to new home at Mediapolis@one-north at Buona Vista will spur the growth of the new media landscape, says Minister Lui HOE YEEN NIE yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Asia’s leading media company MediaCorp is moving out of Caldecott Hill, its home for decades. By
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  • NEWS
    • 421 5 SINGAPORE For Spanish audiovisual producers and distributors Asia is still a niche market but one that is growing at an extremely fast pace. According to the Federation of Audiovisual Producers’ Associations (Fapae), Spanish audiovisual exports to the Asian market have risen
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    • 168 5 Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) and Britain’s South West Screen, are looking to provide up to five projects with the equivalent of some $21,000 in development funds each. This is the second round of funding undertheir Multi-Platform Content
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    • 229 6 PATWANT SINGH SINGAPORE A 23-year-old man was slashed at Yishun Ring Road yesterday, with witnesses claiming that the victim was attacked by some youth. The victim suffered injuries to his head and arms, and was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Police said
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    • 441 6  -  GPC for transport chairman says no reason for Government to release more COEs HETTY MUSFIRAH AND NEO CHAI CHIN hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They had expected premiums to increase ahead of a possible quota cut in February and with some customers wanting new cars for the Lunar New
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    • 167 8 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Brazilian footballer Ronaldo said yesterday that he is the biological father of a five-year-old boy living in Singapore. The 34-year-old confirmed the results of DNA tests via his Twitter account. Ronaldo, writing in Portuguese, said in two posts that: “The test results
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    • 357 8 AGENCIES SEOUL The top American military official said yesterday that Tokyo, Seoul and Washington must build an even stronger alliance in the face of North Korean aggression and called on Beijing to show leadership by reining in its ally Pyongyang. North Korea
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    • 133 8 AP The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Tuesday his office is starting a preliminary examination of possible war crimes by North Korea in response to complaints from South Korean students and citizens. Mr Luis Moreno Ocampo stressed to reporters on Tuesday that
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    • 705 10  -  Athletes and community programmes could be bigger losers if the clubs can no longer support them TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Some clubs will have to sponsor fewer training sessions for national athletes they support. Others may cut back on
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    • 416 12  -  High Court to decide on dispute overtrade mark NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One is the largest integrated resort here with four hotels and a theme park and is widely recognised by its red symbol plastered across advertisements on billboards and buses. The other
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    • 428 12  -  But they face cancellation penalties as no MFA travel advisory has been issued NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Anxious about her coming holiday to South Korea which is embroiled in cross-border tensions with the North company secretary Sharon Lim asked her tour
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    • 431 14  -  VENESSA LEE correspondent venessa@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE India’s economic growth may outpace China’s “quite regularly” in the years ahead, according to The Economist executive editor and “futurologist” Daniel Franklin (picture). The World Bank, bucking the estimates of many economists, expects India’s economy to grow by 8.7
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    • 167 14 VENESSA LEE Come the end of next year or early 2012, the world will likely see the birth of its seven-billionth person, said The Economist’s executive editor Daniel Franklin. The world’s population stands at around 6.9 billion. Mr Franklin noted that it
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    • 467 16  -  CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Having hogged headlines in June when its founder was being investigated for alleged financial irregularities, City Harvest Church (CHC) is now officially Singapore’s top news search on Google. According to the giant search engine’s
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    • 82 16 Fastest-rising search terms: 1. xinmsn 2. ipad 3. inception 4. world cup 2010 5. iphone 4g 6. universal studios singapore 7. justin bieber 8. glee 9. yog 10. resort world sentosa Fastest-rising searches beginning with “how to…” 1. how to swim 2. how to sing
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    • 222 16  -  SARA GROSSE saragrossse@mediacorp.com.sg BALI Strengthen defence ties and further develop bilateral ties. The Defence Ministers of Singapore and Indonesia both expressed this wish when they met in Bali yesterday. Mr Teo Chee Hean, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, was
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    • 338 18  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Student Tay Bo Yi, 20, was in Taiwan in May when he received an SMS from a friend’s phone except it was not his friend sending a message but an alert that a different SIM
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    • 312 18 NG JING YNG SINGAPORE A High Court judge highlighted yesterday a gap in the management of bankrupts who hold office in companies here one that he said the authorities should remedy. Currently, when a company director declares bankruptcy, it is “heavily dependent” on the individual
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    • 232 20 SINGAPORE The lighting of candles, releasing of sky lanterns and the passing of lights these are some of the highlights at the annual Chingay Parade Grand Finale to be held in February next year at the F1 Pit Building. But a slice
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    • 165 20 WAYNE CHAN SINGAPORE Singapore’s contingent for the first Asian Para Games left yesterday for Guangzhou, China. The 24 athletes will be taking part in six of the 19 sports at the Games, which take place from Dec 12 to 19. These are athletics, badminton,
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    • 218 21  -  EVELYN CHOO evelynchoo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Art lovers in Singapore and the region will be in for a treat when a major African art exhibition makes its international debut at the Asian Civilisations Museum from tomorrow. On display will be hundreds of sculptures, masks and intricately-carved
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    • 149 22 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A 42-year-old substance abuser has paid the ultimate price for his habit. Mr Kan Siew Kai died in a coffeeshop toilet at Block 5 Banda Street. At his feet was a bag containing a yellowish substance, later found to consist of
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    • 230 22  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A 37-year-old unemployed woman was sentenced to six years’ corrective training for criminal breach of trust, cheating and theft involving about $100,000. Between the latter months of 2008 and June this year, Chia Weven (picture) duped her victims into investing
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    • 139 22 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A man, who allegedly posed as an electrician to gain entry into his victims’ homes to steal, has been charged with 76 additional counts of theft involving more than $170,000. Tai Soon Leong, 51, now has 112 theft charges against him, after
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    • 123 22 SINGAPORE Police have arrested four youth, aged between 16 and 20, who are believed to be involved in at least three cases of motorcycle theft. One of the suspects was detained at Bukit Merah Lane 3 on Tuesday, after a youth told the police
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    • 132 24 SINGAPORE Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo yesterday met Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma in New Delhi. The Foreign Ministry said they discussed ways to further economic cooperation between the two countries. Both sides are now reviewing the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
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    • 167 24 SINGAPORE It is now exactly two weeks into the Boys’ Brigade Share-A-Gift Drive and the organisation is about onethird away from meeting its target. The annual year-end programme urges the public to donate basic food and household items that will be distributed to
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    • 158 24 SINGAPORE A record 72 nominations have been received for the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2011. This is a 38-per-cent increase from the year before. The Singapore International Water Week says this is a testament to the growing stature of the award,
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    • 249 20 A little bit of Chingay at Marina Bay Urban Redevelopment Authority. Activities have been lined up from 4pm to 8pm, including a roving parade led by drummers from the Kallang Community Centre. The Mayor of South West District, Dr Amy Khor, will join more than 200 people to paint an
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  • VOICES
    • 271 26  -  There are complainants unhappy with FIDREC rulings Letter from Thomas Lee Zhi Zhi I REFER to recent reports on the role of the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDREC) in the handling of various Lehman-linked complaints. The use of the word “resolved” is rather misleading,
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    • 176 26  -  Letter from Cathy Loke I REFER to the report “Fitting into the mainstream, bit by bit” (Dec 4-5), which discusses how disabled-friendly Singapore is. It is important that, when the authorities plan the wheelchair-friendly aspects to any walkway or building, they do it not
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    • 171 28  -  Letter from Jeffrey Law Lee Beng THE report “Prime Minister Lee calls on religious leaders to lead by example” (Dec 4-5) serves to remind us of the paramount importance of fostering a spirit of goodwill, mutual respect and sensitivity among the various faiths.
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    • 252 28  -  Letter from Steve Ngo I REFER to the report “‘Kitchen robots’ the answer to raising productivity?” by Wayne Chan (Dec 7, www.todayonline.com). I appreciate that the headline was appended with a question mark. I am appalled by the mindset of the restaurant
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1045 30  -  ERIC LI The writer is founder and managing director of a leading venture capital firm in Shanghai. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a doctoral candidate at Fudan University’s School of International Relations and Public Policy.
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    • 820 32  -  A sacred institution suffers as educated class grows more conservative and working class more permissive ROSS DOUTHAT The writer is an Op-Ed columnist with The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIMES For a long time, the contours of America’s culture war seemed
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    • 893 34  -  The most powerful idea in microfinance is microsavings helping the poor safely store their money. Mobile phones offer a low-cost way to make microsavings feasible and extend financial services to the poor. About three-quarters of Haitians have access to
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    • 1012 36  -  Now emerging economies call the shots while traditional giants struggle for leverage JEFFREYDSACHS The writer is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals.
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  • WORLD
    • 262 40 REUTERS SEOUL The South Korean government rammed through next year’s budget yesterday amid brawls between lawmakers over billions of dollars of spending on controversial projects to clean up the country’s rivers. The 2011 budget will be 309.1 trillion won ($355.7 billion), slightly
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    • 362 40 AP BEIJING Three weeks after the idea was floated publicly, China has cobbled together its own peace prize and plans to award it today, the day before the Nobel Committee honours an imprisoned Chinese dissident in a move that enraged Beijing. Since Liu Xiaobo’s
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    • 111 42 THAI PREMIER PLANSTO LIFT EMERGENCY DECREE BYYEAR-END BLOOMBERG Thailand will lift an emergency decree in Bangkok and three surrounding provinces the last places it is in force bytheendoftheyear, removing special powers for the military granted during anti-government protests in April, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (picture) said yesterday. “The situation has
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    • 115 42 GROUP WANTS GOVTTO STOP SENDING MAIDS TO SAUDI ARABIA AP Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation says millions of supporters are demanding the government stop sending its citizens to Saudi Arabia to work as maids following several cases of shocking abuse. Mr Said Aqil Siradj, chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama, yesterday said
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    • 356 42 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON After three weeks of fruitless haggling with the Israeli government, the Obama administration has given up its effort to persuade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to freeze construction of Jewish settlements for 90 days, a senior administration official said
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    • 175 44 CAMBODIA REOPENS BRIDGE ON WHICH STAMPEDE KILLED 353 AP Buddhist monks prayed for happiness and safety yesterday at a ceremony to reopen a bridge in the Cambodian capital where at least 353 revellers were trampled to death last month in a riverside stampede. The two-lane suspension bridge over the Bassac
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    • 186 44 MYANMAR JUNTA ACCUSES SUU KYI OF'CHEAP STUNT' REUTERS Myanmar’s military rulers yesterday dismissed plans by prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to revive an agreement to give autonomy to ethnic groups as a “cheap political stunt” that threatened peace. Commentaries carried by state newspapers did not refer to Ms Suu
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    • 323 44 AP BEIJING An explosion at a coal mine in central China killed 26 miners who were working despite an order to halt production, while a mine tunnel collapsed elsewhere leaving four dead the latest accidents to strike the country’s mining industry.
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    • 230 46 REUTERS VANCOUVER Canada vowed on Tuesday to improve cooperation between its police and intelligence services to combat terrorism and avoid a repeat of the 1985 Air India bombing. It is, however, still working on details of how it will do that. The government released a
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    • 282 46 AGENCIES LUCKNOW Indian police are investigating claims by militant group Indian Mujahideen that it was responsible for an explosion that killed a child and injured 37 people. The blast at 6.20pm on Tuesday struck close to steps leading to the Ganges River, the
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    • 195 46 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit that had sought to block the American government from trying to kill Anwar Al Awlaki, a United States citizen and Muslim cleric who is accused of helping to plan attacks
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    • 251 49 AGENCIES LONDON Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatened to cut trade with Britain and warned of “enormous repercussions” if the Lockerbie bomber died in jail, according to secret United States diplomatic cables which show London’s full support for the early release of Abdelbaset Al
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    • 450 49 Aussie Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says leaks raise questions over the 'adequacy' of US security over the cables. AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States Justice Department, in considering whether and how it might indict Julian Assange, is looking beyond the 1917 Espionage Act to other
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    • 316 50 Unfortunately, it did not attain an orbit. But it appears to be functioning and we may be able to try again when it passes by Venus six years from now. JAXA spokesman Hitoshi Soeno AP TOKYO A Japanese probe sent to
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    • 223 50 DON'T HOLD OUT FOR PERFECTION, REACH A CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL: BAN REUTERS Saying the health of the planet is at stake, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon on Tuesday urged the 190 nations meeting in Mexico to agree to steps to fight climate change that fall short of a perfect
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    • 389 52 THE NEW YORK TIMES CHANGSHA (China) Mr Zhang Yue has grounded his three private jets and personal helicopter and stored the Rolls-Royce stretch limousine and Ferrari behind the conference centre he built here as a reproduction of a French palace. This past summer, he kept
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    • 222 52 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI The Shanghai Greenland Group yesterday said it will invest 30 billion yuan ($5.9 billion) to develop the world’s third-tallest building in Wuhan and reported revenue that will help rival the nation’s biggest publicly traded developer. The company, set up in 1992 after
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    • 321 53 REUTERS PORT-AU-PRINCE Protests and sporadic gunfire erupted in Haiti’s capital late on Tuesday after the electoral authorities announced that the country’s inconclusive presidential election would go to a run-off vote next month. No candidate gained more than 50 per cent of the vote
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    • 202 53 Finally, an arrest is made AP KABUL The father-in-law of a young Afghan woman who said her nose and ears were sliced off to punish her for running away from her violent husband has been arrested, the Afghan Interior Ministry said yesterday. The woman, Ms Bibi Aisha, gained worldwide attention
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    • 252 54 AP LOS ANGELES Dozens of Filipino hospital workers in California sued their employer on Tuesday, alleging they were the sole ethnic group targeted by a rule requiring them to speak only English. The group of 52 nurses and medical staff filed a complaint
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    • 387 54 Interest in languages often rises with world events but many experts say Arabic is not a passing fad considering the long-term importance of United States relations with the Muslim world. AP NEW YORK A new study has found a growing number of
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    • 151 56 REUTERS CAPE CANAVERAL The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) failed to delete sensitive data on computers and hard drives before selling the equipment, an audit released on Tuesday shows. NASA is getting rid of surplus items as it prepares to end
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    • 250 56 AP SAN FRANCISCO It is taking longer than Google anticipated to deliver a new operating system designed to make computers run faster. After more than a year building a much-anticipated system around its Chrome Web browser, Google announced on Tuesday that the first laptops
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    • 312 58 AGENCIES WASHINGTON A United States expert panel on Tuesday backed Orexigen Therapeutics’s weightloss drug Contrave, moving it a step closer to approval as the first new diet pill in a decade. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously
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    • 176 60 AP LONDON John James Audubon’s Birds of America (picture), a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, fetched more than US$10 million ($13 million) at a Sotheby’s auction on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive published book. With its 435 hand-coloured illustrations
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    • 361 60 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK A printing error has left blank spots in a US$110billion ($145-billion) batch of new US$100 notes, causing a logistical headache for United States officials who must now weed out unusable bank notes. The problem occurred during
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    • 740 62  -  Singapore's Suzuki Cup exit caps a poor year for local football AFF SUZUKI CUP, GROUP B Vietnam 1 Singapore o SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In a year that has not been kind to Singapore football, all hope of festive cheer was pinned on Radojko Avramovic and
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    • 230 62 IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE The Philippines made regional football history when they advanced for the first time to the semi-finals of the AFF Suzuki Cup after holding Myanmar to a 0-0 draw in their final Group B match at the Hien Truong Stadium in Hanoi last night.
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    • 195 62 TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE Running enthusiasts can look forward to taking part in a new race here next year. Organised by sports apparel and equipment giant adidas, the inaugural Southeast Asia Running Championship, titled “King of the Road” (KOTR), will be held in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
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    • 293 64 IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE The spectacular fire that erupted at the back of Heikki Kovalainen’s Lotus race car (picture) during the closing stages of this year’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix has been voted LG Moment of the Year at the prestigious Autosport Awards. The
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    • 497 64  -  EWAN MAH ewanmah@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Tennis Association (STA) will name six players instead of the initial two to receive the $500,000 earmarked to develop future professionals. The decision to spread the money among a bigger pool was announced during a
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    • 351 64 REUTERS LONDON The Renault Formula One team will race as Lotus Renault GP next year under a long-term partnership with the Malaysian-owned sportscar company who will also become co-owners. At the same time, French car company Renault have sold their remaining stake
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    • 549 66  -  Benitez looks to Club World Cup in UAE to save his job CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP A Werder Bremen 3 Inter Milan 0 REUTERS MILAN Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti had called on his team to avoid another “load of cabbage” in the Champions League
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    • 413 66 REUTERS MELBOURNE With Australia’s Ashes campaign on the ropes after a crushing second-test loss to England on Tuesday, local sports writers have resorted to trying to cajole 41-year-old legspinner Shane Warne out of retirement to save the cricket team in their hour
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    • 109 66 The battered face of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone features in a new ad for a Swiss watchmaker. Ecclestone was mugged and robbed of his watch and jewellery worth £200,000 ($413,670) in London last month. The ad for Hublot released on Tuesday shows a photograph
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      453 68 Spurs' dream run will have them quaking, says Redknapp AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP A FC Twente 3 Tottenham 3 LONDON Peter Crouch claims Tottenham have nothing to fear after a 3-3 draw with FC Twente saw them qualify as Group A winners to reach the Champions League
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    • 54 70 WEDNESDAY 3,202.80 (+0.34%) Tuesday Monday Friday Thursday 3,191.88 3,181.41 3,172.44 3,197.96 p p q p 0.33% 0.28% 0.80% 0.50% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP GoldenAgr Gallant Noble Grp Centillion 135,070 80,983 67,716 44,821 31,173 2.180 0.775 0.350 2.150 0.005 p p p 9.375 1.896
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      • 65 70 Neutral $5.97 Goldman Sachs downgrades to “Neutral” from “Buy” and cuts its target to $6.25 from $7.00 as it now values company against the South-east Asian commodities sector instead of the plantations sector. Says Wilmar’s cooking oil margins in China may come under pressure in the near term as
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      • 54 70 Buy $2.15 Goldman Sachs starts at $2.60 target price, implying 15.3X FY 11 P/E. Expects oil and gas volumes to get a boost next year, driven by commodity supply chain manager’s recent acquisition of Semfuel and Northville oil storage and distribution assets. Says recently-acquired Sempra Energy Solutions could also
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    • 408 70  -  Property, pharmaceutical sectors will contribute less: Analysts CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s economic growth is likely to moderate next year, after a record 15 per cent expansion this year that has put the Republic on track to finishing the year as the fastest-growing
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    • 357 72 SINGAPORE Analysts say MediaCorp’s move to new premises at Mediapolis one-north in 2015 will probably see the existing Caldecott Broadcast Centre campus turned into high-class detached houses. MediaCorp’s move was announced yesterday by Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lui Tuck Yew at
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    • 292 72 Morgan Stanley to sell 34.3-per-cent share AGENCIES NEW YORK Morgan Stanley has received regulatory approval to sell its 34.3 per cent stake in China International Capital Corp (CICC) China’s top investment bank to TPG Capital, KKR, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) Pte Ltd
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    • 325 73  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The country is now the Asia-Pacific’s No 1 city for real estate investment for the coming year, overtaking Shanghai, which has seen falling investor interest due to high property prices. According to a global
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    • 428 73 ANDY MUKHERJEE SINGAPORE OCBC today said in a new report yesterday that mass-market homes in Singapore are looking expensive, while highend properties, which are yet to hit their previous peak prices, could be even riskier bets because of their reliance on fickle
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    • 266 73 JO-ANN HUANG SINGAPORE K-REIT Asia’s swap of Keppel Towers and GE Tower for a one-third stake in the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) received overwhelming support from its unit-holders at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM), yesterday. Some unit-holders were still concerned over the swap, saying the
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    • 45 70 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. SPORE-Sinomem International Varsity Debate 2010 Every Tuesday Wednesday, 7.30pm On Channel NewsAsia
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    • 35 77 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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    • 42 78 DECEMBER 9, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF LUANG PRABANG IS RAW AND RUSTIC BUT WE LIKE IT. X’HO AND KELVIN TAN: FRINGE ACTS OR NOT? T2 THE OBSERVATORY TAKE ON A JAPANESE CLASSIC. T6 A JOURNEY TO DISCOVER ONE’S ROOTS IN ARGENTINA. T16
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  • 1179 79  -  MUSIC Despite a lack of public support, two Singaporean musicians are back for more CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg YOU’VE got to admire the guts and determination of these two musicians. They’ve issued recording after recording, some to acclaim, some to derision. None of them made any serious money.
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    • 159 83 REUTERS ASIDE from judging the new season of American Idol, Jennifer Lopez can simply look beautiful as the newest face of L’Oreal Paris. The brand has announced that Lopez will be its newest global brand ambassador. She joins a roster of
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    • 694 83  -  The Observatory gives silent movie a soundtrack Kevin Mathews features@mediacorp.com.sg LOCAL band The Observatory has always positioned itself at the vanguard of tearing down the barriers between indie rock and high art. And come Dec 11, The Observatory Dharma, Evan Tan, Leslie Low,Victor Low and Vivian
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    • 384 85 JulianneTarroja This Philippines singer’s music has been described as “unique” and “honest and sincere”. Until Dec 11, 9pm and 11pm, TAB. Free entry. ForThis Cycle Seah Weiwen returns to the TAB stage with his acoustic-flavoured pop. Dec 9, 10pm, TAB. Free entry. Supersonic Sound Fest 2010 Called “a celebration
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      • 272 87 Rock Dost Light Star Jamiroquai KEVIN MATHEWS THERE is something truly magical about music that brings rock and soul together in one heady and potent brew. British outfit Jamiroquai has been entertaining its many fans for almost two decades now, and throughout its wildly successful career,
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      • 107 87 TCV The Click Five CHRISTOPHER TOH THE fivesome who humongous hits here with songs like Jenny and Empty are back with a new album that was incidentally released here before the rest of the world.The title refers to the band's other moniker (the “V” supposed to be the Roman numeral
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      • 137 87 The Sun Comes Out Shakira KEVIN MATHEWS THE appeal of Colombian Latin-pop superstar Shakira is a little hard to fathom. In the US alone, Shakira has sold almost 10 million albums and when you consider that her songs are mostly sung in Spanish, it makes that statistic even more staggering.This
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      • 144 87 Onllax Various artistes KEVIN MATHEWS CHILLAX is a simple proposition a collection of “trippy-chilled-relaxed” tracks. Listening to this, one cannot help but be transported by the well-crafted and introspective electronic pieces from likeminded acts such as Blank Jones, Above Beyond, Luxury Grooves, Deep Sound, et al. Despite the thematic consistency,
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