Today, 2 March 2011, Afternoon Edition

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  • 21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday March 2, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 649 1  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some Members of Parliament called for tweaks, while others called for a new mindset. And with the full extent of inflation yet to be felt, the suggestions from MPs came thick and fast yesterday on how the Budget can offer
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  • 596 1  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A year after a raft of measures were introduced to cure the economy’s Achilles heel, the Republic has made a “good start” in its bid to boost productivity, as the man tasked to oversee the national effort
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    • 40 1 BERNANKE: SPIKE IN OIL PRICES WON’T HURT US RECOVERY BUSINESS SPORTS LATEST PAGE 26 IT’S UP FOR GRABS NOW CHELSEA COME FROM BEHIND TO STUN MAN UTD 2-1 ARSENAL JUST 4 POINTS BEHIND WITH A GAME IN HAND GETTY IMAGES
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  • NEWS
    • 423 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As Members of Parliament voiced support yesterday for the heftiest Government Budget to date, one lawmaker cautioned against an unhealthy “national culture” of expecting goodies and bonuses every year. Taking part in the Budget
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    • 182 2 For home-grown company Seo Eng Joo Frozen Food, productivity in the past meant accurate orders and having its workers going home in time for dinner. But as the prices of raw materials surge, it realised it had to formalise its approach to productivity to stay competitive.
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    • 285 3 AFTERNOON LATEST AGENCIES PARIS French fashion house Christian Dior fired its star designer John Galliano yesterday after an online video clip spread around the world showing him hurling anti-Semitic abuse at people in a Paris bar. Dior had suspended Galliano on Friday after which a
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    • 171 3 THE NEW YORK TIMES Police in Tehran yesterday used tear gas and batons to disperse anti-government protesters demanding the release of opposition leaders, with several people arrested in the biggest street clashes in Iran’s capital in more than two weeks, witnesses and
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    • 385 3 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The Obama administration will look into allegations that embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi may have ordered the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told lawmakers yesterday. Libya said in 2003 it accepted responsibility for the
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    • 280 4 SINGAPORE —When it comes to managing their finances, Singaporean women are behind their counterparts in Vietnam and Thailand, according to MasterCard’s worldwide survey on financial literacy. The inaugural MasterCard Worldwide Index of Financial Literacy ranked Singaporean women fifth out of 12 countries in the
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    • 193 4  -  VENESSA LEE A search for a winning idea to empower women and children was hatched over kopi and prata. A breakfast meeting between MsTrina LiangLin and Ms Georgette Tan planted the seeds for Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to
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    • 413 4  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Was the process prejudiced or independent? Did the Brunei authorities only want a discount or did they really feel that they had been overcharged? Point by point yesterday, the Singapore Medical Council’s (SMC) lawyer attacked Dr Susan Lim’s
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    • 221 6 SINGAPORE Education Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday that he would be disappointed if there was no contest in Bis-han-Toa Payoh GRC in the coming General Election. Speaking to reporters at the sidelines of Anglo-Chinese School’s 125th anniversary celebrations, he said he
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    • 260 6  -  IMELDA SAAD SINGAPORE Perhaps as a reflection of the complexity of the negotiations and the amount of horse trading involved, the Opposition parties will be meeting over two days instead of only one for their traditional pre-General Election (GE) powwow to avoid
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    • 206 6 SINGAPORE A new commu-nity-level programme is being introduced to help parents of children with developmental needs. The three-year pilot programme is being put together by the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and Parenting Research Centre (PRC), Australia, with the support of
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    • 332 8  -  Man jailed 30 months, disqualified for 15 years SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A lorry driver was yesterday jailed 30 months for a traffic accident which killed four people and which was described by the judge as one of the worst involving a rash act. District Judge
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    • 370 8  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A coward and a bully. That was what District Judge Lee Poh Choo called child abuser Mohd Azhar Ghapar, the 30-year-old man involved in “one of the worst cases of child abuse” she had
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  • VOICES
    • 340 10  -  Letter from Kelvin Seah Kah Cheng I REFER to the report, “Our way, not the Nordic way: DPM Wong” (Feb 26). While the National Population and Talent Division pointed to studies indicating a lack of conclusive links between improved fertility rates in a country and
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    • 188 10  -  Letter from Daryl Yong I READ with interest the suggestion by Mr Jeffery Law (Feb 28) for a hotline to curb the “unscrupulous profiteering” of hawkers who raise the price of their chicken rice from S$3 to S$4. Even assuming that such
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    • 371 12  -  Letter from Karen Lee I REFER to the letter “Part-time jobs are what we need” by Goh Hui Hoon (Feb 28) and “For family’s sake, shorten our work days” by Anita Subramaniam (Voices Online, Feb 28). I can fully
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    • 256 12  -  Letter from Farah Abdul Rahim Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to the letter by Ms Jeslin Neo, “Three months pregnant and fired” (Feb 24). Pregnant employees are protected under the law against unfair dismissals and from being denied
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    • 250 10 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices EXTENDED! Till 4 March 2011 2 nd ADULT STAYS FREE Enjoy moments of happiness in an exotic Club Med haven, where your loved one gets to enjoy it for free! (Bookbj 4March) ■1 z LA PLANTATION DALBION, Mauritius
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 827 14  -  YURIKO KOIKE Yuriko Koike, Japan’s former Minister of Defence and National Security Adviser, is Chairman of the Executive Council of the Liberal Democratic Party. PROJECT SYNDICATE Asian manufacturers have always migrated in search of cheaper labour. Until recently, China seemed their ultimate destination, claiming an ever
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    • 797 16  - Inflation shows bankers aren't gods it's up to governments now WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his BLOOMBERG Mr Duvvuri Subbarao knows a thing or two about inflation. India’s central bank head defeated price gains exceeding 10 per cent twice in the past
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  • WORLD
    • 251 20 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan’s Lower House of Parliament yesterday passed Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s record ¥92.4 trillion (S$1.43 trillion) budget amid fighting over related legislation to finance the world’s largest public debt. The Lower House, controlled by Mr Kan’s Democratic Party of
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    • 371 20 Foreign journalists urged to ‘observe country’s rules’ AP BLOOMBERG BEIJING China appears to be rolling back some press freedoms, barring foreign journalists from working near a popular Shanghai park and along a major Beijing shopping street after calls for weekly protests in those spots appeared online.
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    • 104 22 AP German Defence Minister KarlTheodor zu Guttenberg, a star in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc and the country’s most popular politician, resigned yesterday over allegations he plagiarised his doctoral thesis. He said he felt that he could no longer carry out his duties as
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    • 103 22 AP South Korea’s President Lee Myung Bak yesterday urged Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear programmes and called for serious talks, warning that they must not repeat their “dark history”. He made the remarks amid worries over rising animosity following Monday’s launch of
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    • 114 22 The Tokyo Sky Tower, a transmission tower under construction in Tokyo’s Sumida district, has become the world’s tallest freestanding broadcast structure, the owners said yesterday. It has surpassed The Canton Tower in China by reaching 601m, the firm said. When completed this year, the tower will
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    • 230 22 AP BEIJING The United States government has labelled China’s top search engine, Baidu, and a popular e-commerce platform operated by Alibaba Group “notorious markets” linked to sales of pirated and fake goods. The two companies were among 33 websites or public markets in
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    • 406 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON One of the world’s most wanted terrorists is reportedly plotting to send operatives to Britain to launch attacks, as an airline worker involved in his plans was found guilty of planning explosions. Rajib Karim, who worked for British
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    • 90 23 The jackhammers fell silent, church bells pealed and a Maori lament filled the air as New Zealand came to a standstill yesterday to mourn the estimated 240 people killed in an earthquake one week ago. Flags were lowered to halfstaff and people gathered in groups in cities
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    • 137 23 BLOOMBERG A former Apple middle manager, accused of taking kickbacks in exchange for company secrets has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. Paul Devine, freed from jail last year with a US$440,000 (S$558,975) lien against his mother's home to
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    • 122 23 AP A motorist sped his car through a pack of more than 100 cycling activists in southern Brazil on Friday, sending bikes and screaming riders flying through the air and landing hard on the asphalt in a scene captured on amateurvideo and posted online.
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    • 273 24 AP SAN DIEGO The Pentagon has poured millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones inspired by biology, each equipped with video and audio equipment that can record sights and sounds. They could be used to spy but also to locate
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    • 218 24 AGENCIES LONDON The home of Socrates and Aristotle is the “most flirtatious city” of the modern world, according to the compilers of the world’s largest study of online flirting. Athens topped a “World Flirtation League”, which ranked cities by the number of online
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  • SPORTS
    • 647 26 Man Utd left within punching distance of Arsenal REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Chelsea came from behind to beat Manchester United 2-1 thanks to Frank Lampard’s 79th-minute penalty at Stamford Bridge last night and put the brakes on the visitors’ charge towards the Premier League
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    • 88 26 THE GUARDIAN Bernie Ecclestone believes that creating artificial rain during Formula One races could lead to a more exciting spectacle. He said yesterday that dry tracks made overtaking ”almost impossible” and suggested that circuits be installed with systems to simulate the effect of rain
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    • 225 26 AGENCIES LIVERPOOL Reading reached the FA Cup quarter-finals at Premier League Everton’s expense after a first-half goal from defender Matt Mills earned a 1-0 fifth round victory at Goodison Park on Tuesday. The Championship side will visit either Aston Villa or Manchester City Mills’ former club
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    • 598 27  -  For United fan Afiq playing in front of Cantona, Pele is a dream come true SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He took the ball past two Sunderland defenders in the middle of the park, exchanged a quick one-two with team-mate Brian McClair, then in a
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    • 136 28 American band Linkin Park (picture), a two-time Grammy Award winner, will be performing at this year’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. They will perform on race day (Sept 25) and race organiser Singapore GP said more details of the entertainment
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    • 358 28  -  Telco confirms commitment to sponsor race till 2012 IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Telecommunications giant SingTel yesterday confirmed it will continue to be the title sponsor of the Singapore Grand Prix for another two years, taking its commitment to 2012. The telco has been
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    • 363 29  -  Invite only for teams affiliated to ‘member associations’: FAS SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg MEDAN The Football Associa- tion of Singapore have turned down an application by Indonesian side Medan Chiefs to play in the Singapore Cup. The Chiefs, who participate in the Indonesian Premier League (LPI),
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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    • 5 29 BUSINESS SUCCESS SENSOR PAGE B5
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    • 156 29 A LAW DEGREE IS NOT JUST FOR LAWYERS "The University of London Bachelor of Laws Degree offered at ITC School of Laws provided another dimension to my existing skill set that allowed me to seek broader options and different types of roles. For me, ITC School of Laws stood out
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  • ENTERPRISE
    • 554 5 SINGAPORE Even with a string of successful overseas ventures to his name, Mr Donald Foo’s (picture) entrepreneurial streak continues to drive him to explore new business opportunities. His latest endeavour is Bio-X, a technology start-up in analytical chemistry instrumentation. Bio-X’s unique Accumulation Method Ion Sensor (AMIS) platform
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  • BUSINESS
    • 357 3 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Former WBL Corp chief financial officer Kevin Lew Chee Fai, who was found liable in Singapore’s first civil lawsuit for insider trading, lost a bid yesterday on an appeal to overturn the ruling. A three-judge panel dismissed Lew’s
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    • 282 3 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Belmont Investments, an Irish hedge fund, plans to open an office in Singapore to target wealthy Asian individuals. “There is rising demand for hedge fund investments in Asia because of higher private wealth,” said Mr John O'Friel, managing
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    • 317 3 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp and Singapore state-owned investment company Temasek Holdings may bid for a 39-per-cent stake in Chinese cosmetics maker Shanghai Jahwa United, the Financial Times reported without citing anyone. Shanghai Jahwa is also speaking with
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    • 359 2  -  TRAVIS TEO SINGAPORE Retail stocks in Singapore deserve a second look, as strong consumer spending by locals and tourists alike boosts retailers’ revenues and help them counter rising rental costs, analysts say. “Definitely rental cost is an issue for retailers and they would face
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    • 304 2  -  JULIE QUEK SINGAPORE Low-cost airlines would be harder hit than full-service carriers if oil prices continue to rise. Price of Brent crude rose above US$112 a barrel yesterday, with analysts expecting the turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa
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    • 270 2 REUTERS SINGAPORE —The Singapore Exchange chief said yesterday he did not plan to offer more incentives to win control of Australian bourse operator ASX despite pressure to sweeten its US$7.7-billion (S$9.8-billion) bid. “We are not considering further concessions,”
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    • 260 1 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Las Vegas Sands said it received a subpoena from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to produce documents relating to its compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The US Justice Department is conducting a similar investigation, the company said
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      • 97 1 Mideast fear taking hold Concerns that rising oil prices could hurt economic recovery prompted investors to sell stocks and hedge against further declines. The CBOE Volatility Index VIX, Wall Street’s so-called fear gauge, jumped 14.5 per cent to 21.01 on growing uncertainty about oil. About 8.67 billion shares
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      • 99 1 Closing in on US$100 Brent crude oil surged as much as US$5 and posted its highest closing price in 2.5 years, as protests across North Africa and the Middle East stirred concerns about supplies from top Gulf OPEC producers. Brent crude futures for April rose US$3.62 to settle at
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    • 430 1 REUTERS WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday the surge in oil prices is unlikely to hurt the United States economy unless it is sustained, even as investors sold off equities on fears of a slowdown. Mr Bernanke, making his first comments since
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  • MOVIES
    • 1443 2  -  Matt Damon, the star of The Adjustment Bureau, is happy just the way life turned out even if he’s the guy who turned Avatar down GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg Reuters THE thing about Matt Damon is that he’s just so darn regular. So regular, in fact, that sitting
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    • 303 4 REUTERS GENTLEMEN Prefer Blondes movie star Jane Russell, who became a controversial Hollywood sex symbol, died on Monday at the age of 89, her family said. Russell, best known as the buxom star of 1940s and 1950s cinema, died of respiratory failure at her home
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    • 340 3 The Maven Series Institute of Higher Learning presents Strategic Thinking m and Action 13-15 April 2011 8.30am 5.30pm Grand Hyatt Singapore .\V *9 ✓I/ KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Develop innovative skills, techniques and thinking processes essential to set, lead and execute strategies. Learn from experiences of best-practice organisations by aligning your organisational
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 305 5  -  MOVIE REVIEW: HOW DO YOU KNOW PG, 116MIN Genevieve Loh genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS directed by the revered James L Brooks (who gave us gems like the Oscarwinning Terms Of Endearment, Broadcast News, As Good As it Gets and The Simpsons). It stars the always pretty
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    • 370 6  -  MOVIE REVIEW: GNOMEO JULIET G, 84 MIN GENEVIEVE LOH TACKY but terribly loveable garden gnomes living out Shakespeare’s greatest love story while frolicking and prancing around to the chart-topping tunes of Elton John what’s not to love? It must be said that the gnome
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    • 385 8  -  MOVIE REVIEW:THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU PG, 106 MIN GENEVIEVE LOH DO YOU believe that human beings have free will, or are we pushed along a predetermined path by angels (who in this case are mysterious men in fedoras)? Screenwriter George Nolfi’s first feature film as director will have
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    • 188 8  -  MOVIE REVIEW: FOREVER PG, 90 MIN GENEVIEVE LOH Cookie-cutter Chinese rom-com served up Singapore style, Forever isn’t.Wee Li Lin’s second feature film is in the vein of her endearingly oddball award-winning short films.And thankfully so, because the schmaltzy, water-coloured opening sequence, coupled with a cutesy movie poster almost
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    • 165 11 TODAY on Windows Phone 7 For the latest news on the go. SAMSUNG Singapore r* 2/9/2011 2:21:46 AM Condo owners sue developer, 7 other parties over alleged defects A mini-city growing in a campus Singapore deeply concerned 20 hours ago Illegally-modified vehicles: He turned a blind eye, ends up in
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    • 645 12 6.00AM Films Stars Asia 6.30 Prime Time Morning (AM Live) 9.30 Real Strange 10.00 Style By Jury 10.30 Chakia Sneakers 11.00 Sizzling Woks 11.30 Dinner Takes All NOON House And Home VII 12.30PM Knock First 1.00 Shiver 2.00 Whacked Out Sports 2.30 Wheel Of Fortune 6.00AM Frontline 6.30 HDB Tai
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    • 230 12 ON MEDIACORP DRAMASUTRA: FIESTA KOMEDI II Suria, 9.30pm The second season of Fiesta Komedi will spoof Malay classic movies from the ’50s as well as contemporary blockbusters. DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS: MYSTERY SHARK okto, 9pm Brady is on a quest to get close up to one of the worlds most mysterious deep-sea
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  • THINGS TO DO
    • 351 13 1 Lure of the Erhu Suona East meets West in this performance by Meng Jie and Zhao Li from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.They will present an erhu adaptation of Saint-Saens’ Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso and the premiere of Tone Poem For Erhu And Suona, as well as
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  • FOOD
    • 621 14  -  Sarong Grill And Chill offers familiar Indonesian fare with a nice twist to make them interesting Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg MENTION Indonesian food, and people generally think of spicy concoctions. At Sarong Grill And Chill, however, they offer “unique contemporary” Indonesian fare in a bar/restaurant setting. Being
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    • 78 15 FOODNOTE THE ’60s-themed food street Singapore Food Trail opened last Friday to much fanfare. Managed by Select Group, the dining venture offers a nostalgic setting where diners can savour some of Singapore’s most popular hawker fare, such as High StreetTai Wah Pork Noodle, Boon Tat Street
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    • 125 15 BITE-SIZED PALM’S Asian Brasserie bids its final fairwell to Copthorne Orchid in BukitTimah all this month with Fiesta Feast. The lunch and dinner buffet sets feature popular dishes like slipper lobster hor fun, buah keluak, Kuala Lumpur-style Hokkien mee, Hainanese pork chop and bobur cha cha (one
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