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  • 46 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF /A=DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday December 10, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Friday December 10, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking DECEMBER 10, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 516 3  -  Town council records most number of improvements in MND report card JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Coming six months after the inaugural report, the second Town Council Management Report presented an improved showing by the majority of HDB housing estates. Released yesterday by the Ministry of
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  • 85 3 Left: Mr Lucas Chow, MediaCorp CEO, receiving the Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year award from Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, at the Asian Television Awards held at the Pan Pacific Hotel yesterday. The awards ceremony was attended by a bevy of
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  • NEWS
    • 327 7  -  ZUL OTHMAN ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic has done relatively well in the latest annual bellwether survey on anti-corruption by global civil society organisation Transparency International but some results of the survey, which was conducted online here, raised eyebrows among those
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    • 302 7 TAN QIUYI SINGAPORE More than $64 million was given out to needy patients last year under the Medifund scheme. The Ministry of Health (MOH) says this is a 9-per-cent increase of $5.3 million, up from the $59 million disbursed in 2008. Medifund
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    • 107 7 SINGAPORE Flavoured drinks and chicken sausage rolls are suspected to have caused the mass food poisoning incident at the Singapore Sports School canteen last month, according to investigations by the authorities. The probe on the incident, which affected 106 students, was carried out by the Ministry of Health,
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    • 246 8 AGENCIES A survey byTransparency International (TI) has shown that, around the world, people believe that corruption has worsened over the past three years. The survey, which had more than 91,000 respondents from 86 countries and territories, found a quarter saying they paid bribes
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    • 42 8 Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in front of the British Parliament in central London yesterday ahead of a vote on university tuition fees. Students threw missiles and placards at police in the square in front of Parliament. REUTERS
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    • 426 8 MUSTAFA SHAFAWI using a plastic bucket which was not clearly labelled. The agencies said clear labelling was important to minimise the risks of crosscontamination. One of the food handlers also tested positive for salmonella. She stopped work immediately until
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    • 380 9 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE DBS Bank is being sued by a client claiming fraudulent and negligent misrepresentations that a US$1.5 million ($2 million) Lehman Brothers-related investment was “sound”. Former DBS banker Desmond Lim Hong Nian had said principal invested in the structured product was safe,
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    • 271 9  -  NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The potential investment sinkhole that investors with land banking firm Profitable Plots may end up in now appears much larger than before. It has emerged that the complaints to the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) involve a sum of about
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    • 435 11  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A day after soaring Certificate of Entitlement (COE) rates sent car distributors reeling in shock, a used-car trader enjoyed brisk business selling two big cars before noon, despite having raised prices by about $6,000. “Used-car prices are only
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    • 212 11 NEO CHAI CHIN The prices of popular models of new cars rose by at least $9,000 or more yesterday, after Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums went through the roof on Wednesday. For instance, a 1.5 litre Toyota Vios, priced at $75,488 less than a month ago,
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    • 342 13  -  SATISH CHENEY satishkumar@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Regional broadcaster MediaCorp, which publishes this newspaper, has again bagged the Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year award, at the 15th annual Asian Television Awards. MediaCorp’s Channel 5 was named Terrestrial Channel of the Year yesterday at an evening of glitz and
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    • 194 13 The Media Development Authority (MDA) and MediaCorp are looking to develop the growing online video market. They are jointly calling for content for digital branded entertainment aimed at a younger audience. Preference will be given to projects with concepts, stories and themes that
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    • 206 13 Best News Programme India at 9 (CNN-IBN, India) Best Drama Series Changes (Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation, China) Best Single Drama or Telemovie Programme Father’s Home (SBS Seoul Broadcasting System, South Korea) Best Comedy Programme The Noose 3 (MediaCorp, Singapore) Best Current Affairs Programme 921 Earthquake Special (Discovery
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    • 249 16 SINGAPORE A construction worker collapsed and died in April last year, only two days after he arrived here from China to work. Mr Tian Wei, of Liaoning in north-east-ern China where the average temperature is between 6° and 11 °C, succumbed to heatstroke
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    • 101 16 Police have arrested two more youth in connection with the Downtown East murder of 19-year-old Darren Ng. One of the suspects, a 19-year-old, was arrested with the assistance of the Malaysian police in Johor Baru. A warrant of arrest was issued in
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    • 447 16  -  ESTHERNG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg CANCUN With less than 48 hours to go before global climate talks in Cancun conclude, Senior Minister S Jayakumar laid out the options the world was facing as it finds itself at a crossroads. Outlining the various “rough sketches” as to how climate change negotiations
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    • 271 18 NG JING SINGAPORE The lawsuit filed by Resorts World at Sentosa against a travel company for trade mark infringement is not likely to be contested and will be decided through a default judgment of the court. A day after MediaCorp broke the story of
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    • 579 18  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING NG JINGYNG SINGAPORE Two recent high-profile gang attacks within a fortnight in leisure complex Downtown East and the Bukit Panjang housing estate have raised concerns among Singaporeans, leading to calls for greater police presence in the housing
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    • 358 20  -  VENESSA LEE correspondent venessa@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One way to use nuclear technology is to target bugs. Tsetse flies, to be precise. Nuclear applications can be used to sterilise tsetse flies in parts of Africa, where they transmit African sleeping sickness, said
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    • 296 20 SHAFFIQALKHATIB SINGAPORE A managing director’s attempt to save money through bribery backfired. He was fined $55,000 for his crime. Tan Kok Keong, 40, of Kok Keong Landscape, was involved in the Orchard Road Mall enhancement work project. In November 2008, he gave a $1,500
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    • 256 20 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A 23-year-old Indonesian maid was jailed four months yesterday for making a false police report that her employer’s mother had abused her. Susanti had accused 62-year-old Tjong Inggrid Tirtasari of scalding her with hot water but subsequently
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    • 380 21  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A 55-year-old woman who sold a rifle firing pin at her army supply shop was jailed for six weeks yesterday. Loh Boon Cheng, who owns Lay Hwa Store on the second floor of the Golden
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    • 255 21 WAYNE CHAN SINGAPORE Soon-to-wed and married couples now have another resource hub that they can turn to when in need. Marriage Central launched its second resource point at the Woodlands Regional Library yesterday. The first was launched at the Jurong Regional Library
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    • 346 22  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL saifulbahri@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A recent police exercise to test public vigilance against terrorism called Exercise Times Square had less than the desired response. Many ignored the “smoking car” incident in nine locations across Singapore last month. Less than 4 per cent
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    • 147 24 JASON TAN SINGAPORE The South West CDC has expanded its Adopt-a-Rental Block programme, bringing the total number of blocks under the initiative to 15. Under the programme, Government agencies, companies and schools provide support to residents of rental flats. Block 109 at Bukit Batok
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    • 351 24 CLEMENT MESENAS JAKARTA Despite the excellent defence ties between Singapore and Indonesia, developed over the last 40 years, this “very good” relationship should not be taken for granted, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean said in a
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    • 133 25 SINGAPORE From next year, all individuals and businesses which donate to an Institution of Public Character (or IPC) will need to provide their NRIC and unique entity numbers respectively in order to claim tax deductions. The IPCs will, in turn, send the numbers to
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    • 182 25 SINGAPORE An NTUC initiative aimed at getting more companies to promote worklife integration at the workplace appears to have taken off. More companies are taking part in the “Little Ones Work” programme first started by the NTUC’s Women’s Development
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    • 234 25  -  HOEYEEN NIE yeenie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Transport operator SMRT is stepping up its reach to help less mobile patients get to their medical treatments. Yesterday, 12 organisations including, for the first time, the five community development councils and the new Khoo Teck Puat Hospital received
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    • 519 25 NEWS Auto tax deductions for IPC donors The IPCs will, in turn, send the numbers to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras), which would allow donors to have their tax deductions automatically reflected in their tax assessments. According to Iras, the move would mean that donors need not keep
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  • VOICES
    • 496 26  -  Lions’ humiliation in AFF Suzuki Cup suggests foreign exposure is badly needed Letter from James Tan Wee Tong IT WAS quite difficult to watch the Lions lose their final group match to Vietnam on Wednesday in the AFF Suzuki Cup. The Lions, outplayed, outwitted and outsmarted,
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    • 653 28  -  BUDGETTAI-TAI Tabitha Wang Okay, I want to know who took American author Dan Buettner around when he visited Singapore. Whoever it was, the Singapore Tourism Board should hunt them and offer them a job. They must have done one heck of a great job selling the
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    • 144 28  - WHY WE USE UNCONCEALED CABLES: OPENNET LETTER FROM TIONG ONN SENG, PROJECT DIRECTOR, OPENNET We refer to the letter “The issue is unsightly, unconcealed NGNBN cables” (Dec 17). Mr Gregory Moh suggested that “OpenNet offer bundled options involving concealed cables, rather than leave home-owners to find their own contractors at
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    • 96 28  - WE APOLOGISE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE: SINGTEL LETTER FROM TRICIA LEE, CORP COMMS MANAGER, SINGTEL We refer to the letter “mio TV problems still not solved” by Mr Sam Ho (Nov 29). We would like to apologise to Mr Ho for the inconvenience caused. Our technicians have visited Mr Ho’s premises,
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 942 30  -  State-owned enterprises’ raiding of technology leaves Western powers smarting JOHN GAPPER The writer is associate editor and chief business commentator at the Financial Times. THE FINANCIALTIMES To travel on one of China’s high-speed trains as I did recently, is to experience China’s rapid industrial
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    • 834 32  -  WILLIAM PESEK The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG The Nobel Peace Prize is normally about those who bring nations together. Events in Oslo today will show how far two vital ones have moved apart. China
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    • 789 32  -  WILLIAM PESEK BLOOMBERG Fitch Ratings is performing a timely mind experiment: Pretend Chinese growth fell below 5 per cent. Fitch isn’t forecasting a halving of Chinese output next year. And its corporate ratings head is quick to say there’s
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    • 1001 34  -  Why so much money is frozen in China and why this is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future FAN GANG The writer is Professor of Economics at Beijing University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Director of China’s National Economic Research Institute, Secre-tary-General of the
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  • WORLD
    • 401 36 LONDON Hundreds of hackers have rushed to the defence of WikiLeaks launching attacks on MasterCard, Visa, the Swedish government and others who have acted against the website as well as its founder Julian Assange in a campaign that some have called the start of a
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    • 388 36 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON A 21 -year-old recent convert to Islam tried to blow up a military recruiting station in a Baltimore suburb on Wednesday, ensnaring himself in a sting operation orchestrated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), law enforcement
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    • 253 38 AP PARIS Snowfall, ice and freezing temperatures forced many travellers to camp out overnight at the Paris and Frankfurt airports, while Scotland called in the army yesterday to clear snow. While air traffic was returning to normal in Paris, more disruptions were expected at Germany’s
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    • 148 38 REUTERS The next WikiLeaks assault on Washington may highlight United States government reports on suspected militants held atGuantanamo Bay, Cuba, which some US officials worry could show that certain detainees were freed despite intelligence assessments that they were still dangerous. The leaks could be an
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    • 156 38 AP India’s Ambassador to the United States was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by a security agent in Mississippi after attending a conference, an act a state agency official called “unfortunate”. The search last week also embarrassed university officials
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    • 294 40 AGENCIES DHAKA —The death toll from a train collision in Bangladesh rose to 14 yesterday, as railway officials worked to untangle two trains a day after they crashed head-on at a station outside the capital Dhaka. District police chief Akkas Uddin Bhuiyan said officials were
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    • 295 40 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday dismissed a second charge of illegal funding against the ruling Democrat Party, removing the threat that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva might have to step down. Thailand’s oldest party was accused of failing to disclose illegal
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    • 355 42 AGENCIES SEOUL China and North Korea reached consensus on the Korean peninsula crisis after “candid” talks with the North’s leader Kim Jong Il, Chinese state media reported yesterday, which analysts said suggested Pyongyang likely agreed not to inflame the situation.
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    • 149 42 REUTERS North Korea released a report yesterday defending last month’s deadly attack on a South Korean island, accusing Seoul and Washington of “persistently escalating tension” in disputed seas off its west coast. Pyongyang said it had fired artillery atYeonpyeong Island after South Korea had fired into
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    • 190 42 AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan has acknowledged for the first time that it is mass-producing cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles to boost its defence, even as its ties are growing with China. Deputy Defence Minister Chao Shihchang said on Wednesday that the production of a domestic version
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    • 292 48 AGENCIES CANCUN (Mexico) Japan has come under intense diplomatic pressure to soften its stance at the United Nations climate talks in Cancun, a senior Japanese negotiator admitted on Wednesday. But the Ambassador for Civil Society in the Ministry of
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    • 228 48 AP BEIJING China’s relentless criticism of the bestowing of the Nobel Peace Prize on imprisoned dissident writer and democracy activist Liu Xiaobo showed signs of backfiring yesterday, as criticism of Beijing rose ahead of the award ceremony today. Beijing’s
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    • 252 50 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian opposition lawmaker from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) has challenged Prime Minister Najib Razak to appoint a non-Malay Deputy Prime Minister in the spirit of his 1 Malaysia concept, which stresses national unity. “I
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    • 329 50 AGENCIES SANTIAGO At least 81 inmates were killed after a fire broke out during a fight in an overcrowded prison here in the Chilean capital, in what officials described as the worst disaster in the history of the country’s troubled prison system. Chileans
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    • 204 50 AP Philippine President Benigno Aquino III lashed out on Wednesday at a Supreme Court decision rejecting an investigative body he created to look into alleged corruption during former President Gloria Arroyo’s administration, vowing his anti-graft battle would not be deterred by the setback.
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    • 459 53 REUTERS HUAXI VILLAGE A massive skyscraper under construction screams for attention, breaking the skyline above the rows of villas and picturesque tourist pagodas lining the streets of China’s richest village. Huaxi, a booming market town of 36,000, is a capitalist success story despite decades
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    • 155 53 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan may offer up to US$210 million ($275 million) in loans to pay for a Florida high-speed railway as a Central Japan Railwayled group competes against Asian and European companies to build the first United States bullet train. Florida is
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    • 398 54 AP NEW YORK It is a Christmas time tradition for shoppers, New Yorkers and tourists alike: Checking out store windows decorated for the holidays. Many of this year’s windows use high-tech displays to present traditional stories and symbols of the season. At Saks
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    • 162 54 REUTERS NEW YORK Some 17 United States billionaires, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, have joined other wealthy Americans in pledging to give away at least half their fortunes as part of a philanthropic campaign by two of the world’s richest men
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    • 347 56 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ALMATY When Sacha Baron Cohen released his Borat film, it was not the greatest advertisement for Kazakhstan. The spoof Kazakh television reporter proudly listed the national pastimes as “disco dancing, archery, rape and table tennis” and depicted his homeland as
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    • 173 58 AP WASHINGTON Think the occasional cigarette would not hurt? Even a bit of social smoking or inhaling second-hand smoke could be enough to block your arteries and trigger a heart attack, says a new report by the United States Surgeon-General. Lung cancer
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    • 289 58 REUTERS NEW YORK Children from homes where incense is regularly burned have a higher risk of developing asthma, according to a Taiwanese study suggesting that a particular genetic variation could also be involved. Incense has been used for millennia by many cultures for
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    • 214 58 REUTERS TOKYO New York is known as the city that never sleeps but Tokyo businessmen get less time in the sack than their New York peers and also those in Paris, Stockholm and Shanghai. According to a survey of five cities,
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    • 351 59 ur v COQi RQZ E Winter Wonderland at west coast piaz 20 Nov to 31 Dec 2010 dine shop relax GO WEST frolic in the snow as West Coast plaza is transformed into a magical winter wonderland with endless snow and gigantic pavilion and reindeers that <§>anta Claus would approve
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  • SPORTS
    • 625 60  -  Hanoi failure clear signal Avramovic must overhaul Lions team SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Radojko Avramovic came to Singapore seven years ago, ushering in a period of transformation as the winds of change swept through the Lions. Out went those that were dated or did not
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    • 434 60 IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Zainudin Nordin, S-League club officials and fans rallied behind national coach Radojko Avramovic after the Lions crashed out of the AFF Suzuki Cup on Wednesday. Singapore needed only a draw in their final Group
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    • 573 66  -  Isabelle and Clarence among the first to be recruited into squad as more sponsors pour in money LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Yuletide cheers arrived early for the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) yesterday, with the national sports association receiving $300,000 in cash
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    • 303 66 MILAN Jose Mourinho’s gamble of swapping Champions League holders Inter Milan for recent underachievers Real Madrid looks to have paid off following a group stage where his new side excelled. In contrast, Inter stumbled through to the last 16 in wholly unconvincing fashion, suggesting
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    • 137 66 AP A former senior Asian Football Confederation official has urged FIFA to reschedule the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter months of January or February to avoid the desert state’s sweltering heat. Peter Velappan, who was the AFC general secretary
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    • 139 66 REUTERS Newcastle United named Alan Pardew as their 12th manager in the last 13 years yesterday in place of Chris Hughton who was controversially sacked this week. The former West Ham United boss returns to the Premier League aftera three-year absence. He was fired in
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    • 351 69 AGENCIES LONDON With qualification secured long ago, Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Marseille on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) may seem inconsequential. For Carlo Ancelotti, however, the result the Blues’ fourth loss in their past eight matches means that his side will travel to Tottenham Hotspur
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    • 530 69 Nasri’s form gives Gunners reason for optimism as Man United loom AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Arsenal 3 Partizan Belgrade 1 LONDON Arsenal got the job done in the end but Arsene Wenger admitted that his men will have to improve in the Champions League knockout round
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    • 211 69 AP LIVERPOOL Two months after being rescued from the brink of financial ruin, Liverpool are giving away free tickets to children accompanied by a paying adult. It is the latest move by New England Sports Ventures to repair Liverpool’s frail relationship with
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  • PROPERTY
    • 1309 79  -  COMMENTARY MAH BOWTAN The writer is the Minister for National Development. Over the last few months, I have explained in this series of commentaries how the Government provides affordable housing for the majority of Singaporeans, and how these flats are not only
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    • 537 80  - Tanjong Pagar’s long-term potential beckons Leisure and work opportunities will attract developers JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Developers are keen on the long-term potential of Tanjong Pagar’s (picture) in-ner-city living, analysts say, with sites in the area attracting record bids and transaction prices. Guocoland’s bid last month for a white site
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    • 754 83  -  COMMENTARY Without a doubt but that alone is not going to stop buyer demand COLIN TAN property@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is Head, Research Consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. Since the announcement last month of another bumper crop of land for new residential projects for the first half of
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    • 881 85  -  I SAY Rising consumerism fuelling demand for more quality malls LIM BENGCHEE property@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the CEO of CapitaMalls Asia. It is a typical evening after work groups of fashionably-dressed office women walk into a ZARA store for some retail therapy and to de-stress after
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    • 136 75 ISKANDAR MALAYSIA PROGRESS UPDATE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES DATE TIME 11 DEC 2010 (SAT) 12pm to 6pm (talk at 2 pm 4 pm) 12 DEC 2010 (SUN) 12pm to 6pm (talk at 2 pm 4 pm) VENUE: SUNTEC Convention Centre Level 2 Seminar Room 207 EAST LEDANG $20 (+map) EXCLUSIVE PRE LAUNCH
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    • 308 72 JO-ANNE HUANG SINGAPORE The single-biggest attraction of POMO, the Selegie Road mall formerly known as Paradiz Centre that has been put up for sale, is its busy, city-fringe location. But converting footfall into shopping revenue may need a new tenant mix, analysts say. “At
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    • 57 72 THURSDAY 3,210.20 (+0.23%) Wednesday Tuesday Monday Friday 3,202.80 3,191.88 3,181.41 3,172.44 p p p q 0.34% 0.33% 0.28% 0.80% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP GoldenAgr China Sky Genting HK US$ Bio-Treat 106,192 73,268 72,435 53,445 52,365 2.200 0.790 0.225 0.455 0.050 p p p
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    • 30 72 HANG SENG Ç Ç 23,171.80 (+0.34%) È Ç È NIKKEI 10,285.88 (+0.52%) SHANGHAI 2,810.95 (-1.32%) AUSTRALIA Ç 4,741.30 (+0.88%) MUMBAI Ç 19,242.36 (-2.31%) MALAYSIA 1,521.29 (+0.74%) SEOUL 1,988.96 (+1.70%)
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    • 19 72 US$1 £1 €1 ¥100 A$1 RM1 Rp10,000 HK$100 RMB100 1.312 2.076 1.741 1.564 1.293 0.418 1.454 16.89 19.70
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      • 69 72 BUY 25 cents DBS Vickers starts coverage with a 38 cents target based on 7X FY11 P/E. Says the immediate growth driver for the Indonesia-based instant noodles maker is its expansion into cup noodle production in FY11. Says cup instant noodles have higher selling prices and profit margins.
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      • 59 72 SELL $1.85 Phillip Securities starts coverage with a $1.65 target. Says the stock is one of the most expensive for airlines as it trades at 17X forward P/E and 6X P/B. Adds Tiger’s cost advantage in Singapore over other low-cost carriers is no longer as strong after the
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    • 442 72  -  Stake in China’s No 1 investment bank promises rich pickings, say analysts CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The decision by the Government of Singapore Investment Corp to more than double its investment in China International Capital Corp (CICC) shows the growing importance of emerging Asian
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    • 409 74 SINGAPORE Asian corporate bonds will be a good investment next year despite concerns about inflation and higher interest rates, which tend to depress prices of debt securities, analysts say. Indeed, some analysts say bonds may give investors higher returns than Asian equities in the
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    • 73 74 Mainboard-listed OKP Holdings and Soilbuild Group have jointly won a contract worth $83.5 million. The contract was awarded to their 50-50 joint venture company, Forte Builder, for the construction of a luxury condominium atAngullia Park. The new development is expected to be
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    • 142 74 Tiger Airways yesterday said it carried 464,000 passengers last month, up by 10 per cent from the same month last year. However, the load factor edged down by one percentage point to 86 per cent in the same period. From December last year to last
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    • 94 74 REUTERS Genting Singapore’s Resorts World at Sentosa casino is seeking to borrow around $4.2 billion to pay off an existing loan. The refinancing comprises a $3.5 billion seven-year amortising term loan and a revolving credit facility. The term loan, which has an average life
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    • 66 74 SIA Engineering, a unit of Singapore Airlines, has signed a five-year services agreement with SilkAir worth $300 million, renewing an existing pact that will end this year. The deal covers mainte- nance, repair and overhaul as well as fleet management services for the
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    • 423 75 Most Americans want central bank to be reined in or shut down BLOOMBERG NEW YORK A poll has shown that a majority of Americans are dissatisfied with the nation’s central bank, saying the United States Federal Reserve should either be brought under tighter political
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    • MARKETBUZZ
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      • 109 77 A MERRY CHRISTMAS THE EASIER WAY CP FOODS Warm your families’ hearts and stomachs this festive season with two new savoury, yet easy-to-prepare meals from CP Foods. CP Five Spices Roasted Chicken (right) is made using chickens from CP farms in Thailand, and makes an easy alternative to a time-consuming
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      • 178 77 FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE Fancy giving a loved one a stylish watch this season, but don’t want to burn a hole in your pocket? Why not check out Casio’s new range of G-Shock, Baby-G and Sheen watches. The G Presents Lover’s Collection features a G-Shock for him and a BabyG
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      • 107 77 Last month, at the Sports and Fitness Expo 2010 held at the Singapore Expo Convention and Exhibition Centre, Luminox customers and fans were treated to an in-depth look at the mechanics behind the watch company’s patented Luminox Light Technology (above). Each Luminox watch using this
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      • 96 77 Kinohimitsu has launched the J’pan Beauty Drink, that is said to perk up tired skin. The drink, which is made in Japan, has a high concentration of collagen and contains no preservatives, sugar or artificial colouring. Kinohimitsu J’pan Beauty Drink is priced at $39.90 for 10
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      • 116 77 If you think you can write a song better than Bob Dylan, then H-TWO-O wants to hear from you. Now entering its fourth year, the annual S.League H-TWO-O Ultimate Move competition is open to the public for the very first time. Simply send in an MP3
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    • 292 75 AGENCIES HONG KONG Standard Chartered, the British bank generating more than three quarters of its earnings from Asia, yesterday forecast record full-year profit even as expansion and increased regulatory scrutiny drove costs higher. The bank’s second-half “income levels” will be “broadly flat” from
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    • 287 75 AGENCIES SAITAMA Bank of Japan (BoJ) board member Yoshihisa Morimoto yesterday warned of a potential fallout from Europe’s sovereign debt woes but stuck to the central bank’s view that the world’s thirdlargest economy will resume recovering with a rebound
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    • 160 75 AGENCIES SYDNEY Australian employers added more than twice as many workers last month than economists had forecast, as mining companies ramped up investment to meet the strong resources demand from China. The number of people employed rose 54,600 from October, the statistics bureau said
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    • 544 93 WHILE in New York City to promote their upcoming movie, The Tourist, the new action-comedy-caper starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, and directed by German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, the media couldn’t help but ask Depp his thoughts on the new movie remake of
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      551 95  -  TODAY EXCLUSIVE Swedish dance-pop icon Robyn is looking for a new direction Christopher Toh in Oslo christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg MENTION the name Robyn and many people will mention her mega hit of a ballad, Show Me Love. But these days the Swedish dance chanteuse is revving up her musical motors
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    • 432 105 Comedian Paul Reiser has released a new album with singer Julia Fordham REUTERS YES, it’s true. Paul Reiser, famous as a stand-up comic and star of 1990sTV sitcom Mad AboutYou, has released his first album with British singer/songwriter Julia Fordham called, appropriately, Unusual Suspects. Yet, the
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    • 478 113 But hey, when the music is good, no one’s complaining CHRISTOPHERTOH LOOKING at the line-up for this year’s instalment of the annual Chijazz festival, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s gone all pop, what with popular local pop singers Olivia Ong andTay Kewei being two
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    • 153 115 REUTERS THEWachowski brothers, aka the duo behind The Matrix trilogy, are developing a modern, urban take on the Robin Hood myth. Andy and Lana (formerly Larry) Wachowski wrote the script for Hood, and will direct the movie. In keeping with the modus operandi
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    • 572 121 When orchestrating get-togethers means, quite literally, making sweet music Eveline Gan Associate Professor Chan Tze Law was taken aback when several youngsters all barely out of their adolescence told him they wanted to start an orchestra some time in 2007. “Why on earth would you want to
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    • 532 121  -  While his peers are having fun, 20-year-old Marcus Ong gets his kicks in the boardroom Zafirah Salim A National Serviceman by day and the managing director of a heavy equipment manufacturing firm by night. That’s the gist of 20-year-old Marcus Ong’s life since he enlisted in August.
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      474 123 Robert Zhao Renhui’s photographs may leave you wondering if they are real but their message of conservation always rings true Eveline Gan You’d be forgiven if you’re confounded by local artist-photogra-pher Robert Zhao Renhui’s works hyper-realistic portrayal of subjects and themes that toe the line between reality
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    • 928 131  -  Our verdict on Fable III and Arcania: Gothic 4 two fantasy role-playing games (RPGs) set in a medieval world of knights, swords and magic TrevorTan trevor@mediacorp.com.sg Fable III (Xbox 360) YOU are the son (or daughter) of the Hero who defeated evil and brought
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    • 32 131 VERDICT: While Fable III offers a fairly enjoyable experience, Arcania: Gothic 4 makes for a frustrating one. Guess I’ll have to wait for Dragon Age II to get my fantasy RPG fix.
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