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Title Section21 2011-03-15 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday March 15, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking21 words
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Article, Illustration656 2011-03-15 1 THE NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO An explosion early this morning may have damaged the inner steel containment vessel of the No 2 reactor at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, leading to the wide release of radioactive materials there and forcing the evacuation ofTHE NEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS - 656 words
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Advertisement19 2011-03-15 1 USING FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND FLICKR, POLITICAL PARTIES GET A FREER HAND TO CAMPAIGN AT THE GENERAL ELECTION NEWS 919 words
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Advertisement94 2011-03-15 1 NEWS MILLIONS WITHOUT FOOD, WATER OR HEATING 2 S’PORE STEPS UP CHECKS ON FOOD IMPORTED FROM JAPAN 3 DON’T BELIEVE THOSE SMSES ABOUT RADIATION 3 BOJ PUMPS ¥15 TRILLION INTO MONEY MARKETS 4 S’POREANS RAISING FUNDS 4 SHARES OF LOCAL JAPAN-LINKED FIRMS TAKE A HIT 6 LOCAL FIRMS NOT PULLING94 words
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JAPAN DISASTER HOAXES & FO OD SAFETY
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Article, Illustration602 2011-03-15 2 TAKAJO (Japan) Rescue workers used chainsaws and hand picks to dig out bodies in Japan’s devastated coastal towns yesterday, as Asia’s richest nation faced a mounting humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami. Millions of people faced602 words
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324 2011-03-15 3 SINGAPORE The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said yesterday that it has increased its surveillance of food imports from Japan “to ensure that they are safe for consumption”. In a statement, AVA said that, as a precautionary measure, samples324 words
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284 2011-03-15 3 JOANNE CHAN - JOANNE CHAN SINGAPORE It had to happen. Amid fears of a radioactive fallout from Japan, some people here have been receiving bogus and misleading SMSes. One hoax message making the rounds claimed that “radiation may hit the Philippines” and “Asian countries should284 words
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JAPAN DISASTER MARKETS
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Article255 2011-03-15 4 HOE YEEN NIE - HOE YEEN NIE The disaster in Japan has spawned a ground-swell offundraising efforts in Singapore. From humanitarian organisations to companies and individuals, Singaporeans are coming together to do their bit. Mercy Relief and the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) have received fund-raising permits to accept donations255 words
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Article, Illustration416 2011-03-15 4 ¥15 trillion pumped in to protect Japan’s economy AGENCIES TOKYO Japan’s central bank yesterday pumped a record ¥15 trillion (S$232.2 billion) into the money market to protect a teetering economy, as Tokyo stocks nosedived in the first full trading day following Friday’s devastatingAGENCIES; AP - 416 words
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JAPAN DISASTER BUSINESSES
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317 2011-03-15 6 CONRAD RAJ - CONRAD RAJ SINGAPORE Local companies in Japan continue to monitor events there, following the massive earthquake that resulted in tsunamis and radioactive fallout. Most say their staff are safe and accounted for and for now few are recalling their staff back317 words
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Article, Illustration637 2011-03-15 6 CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS - CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS AP SINGAPORE Shares of Singapore-listed companies with significant exposure to Japan mostly continued to fall yesterday amid concerns about the economic toll of Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami. Saizen Real Estate Investment Trust, whose entire portfolio isAP - 637 words
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JAPAN DISASTER THE MOOD
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559 2011-03-15 8 AGENCIES TOKYO While images of brutal destruction wreaked by a devastating earthquake and tsunami have stunned the nation and the world, the Japanese are finding both inspiration and reasons to vent in the aftermath of the disaster. One sentiment that is emerging is that such aAGENCIES - 559 words
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Article, Illustration210 2011-03-15 8 AGENCIES More American warships have arrived off Japan’s coast, ramping up relief efforts, as other nations sent more supplies and rescue teams to help disaster victims. A Japanese government official warned, however, that the disaster zones are still in a state ofAGENCIES; REUTERS - 210 words
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359 2011-03-15 8 Ryan Seow - I SAY Ryan Seow Ryan Seow is a 15-year-old student at Hwa Chong Institution. Sixteen-year-old Nagomi sat at the back of our bus, sobbing. We had just been told news of the 9-magnitude earthquake that had hit Japan’s Miyagi prefecture. And some359 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration685 2011-03-15 9 ESTHER NG, IMELDA SAAD, SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL - ESTHER NG, IMELDA SAAD, SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From posting updates on Facebook and Twitter to sharing photographs using Flickr and even uploading podcasts of their views these are just some of the many digital tools which political parties, candidates and their election agents canTODAY FILE PHOTO - 685 words
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Article267 2011-03-15 9 ESTHER NG - ESTHER NG SINGAPORE Visibility of political parties during the looming General Election is set to increase not just online, but offline as well. Promotional items such as T-shirts, soft toys, pennants and hats bearing the logos and campaign messages of political parties and their candidates may well267 words
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439 2011-03-15 9 NEO CHAI CHIN - NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE To political watchers here, Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang’s recent comments about the importance of the Opposition winning a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) signalled his party’s ambition of a greater presence in Parliament. On Sunday, during439 words
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Article, Illustration220 2011-03-15 10 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB - SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A Filipino service engineer was sentenced yesterday to 18 months’ jail for being part of a conspiracy to cheat Standard Chartered Bank of S$317,100. Mark Robert Fajilan Landicho (picture), 28, had worked with a syndicate that illegally helped foreigners220 words
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436 2011-03-15 10 S RAMESH - S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even as there are indications that idea of re-employ-ment is fast gaining traction among companies here, the tripartite partners Ministry of Manpower, the National Trades Union Congress and the Singapore National Employers Federation are rolling out another initiative to help more436 words
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273 2011-03-15 10 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE Pheim Asset Management founder Tan Chong Koay, who was fined S$250,000 last year for rigging the price of United Envirotech (UET) shares, appealed against his conviction yesterday, with his lawyer Vinodh Coomaraswamy arguing that his intention was to273 words
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Article476 2011-03-15 11 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Out of the 1,300 applications which it has received since March last year, the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), which will open its doors in April next year, has accepted only 112 so far. Of these, 70 per cent476 words
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Article, Illustration68 2011-03-15 11 Crew members disembarking from the Singaporeregistered MV York (inset) on its arrival at the port of Mombasa, Kenya, on Sunday. In October, pirates seized the 5,076tonne liquefied gas tanker 165km off the coast of Kenya in the Somali Basin. The York was travelling fromAP - 68 words
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332 2011-03-15 11 WAYNE CHAN - WAYNE CHAN waynechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In spite of divorce rates stabilising over the past five years, Marriage Central, a one-stop resource centre under the National Family Council, is stepping up its collaborations with community partners and voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) to roll out “fun” marriage332 words
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359 2011-03-15 11 HETTY MUSFIRAH - HETTY MUSFIRAH SINGAPORE More elderly parents seeking maintenance from their children are opting for a non-legal approach. According to official figures, the number of conciliation cases, handled by the office of the Commissioner for the Maintenance of Parents,359 words
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VOICES
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Article366 2011-03-15 12 Karin Clarke - Banking, telco, IT firms can tap part-time women professionals Letter from Karin Clarke Regional Director (Singapore Malaysia) Randstad Pte Limited I REFER to recent letters on the part-time employment situation in Singapore. Part-time and flexible jobs for professionals do exist in the market. The reason they366 words
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Article173 2011-03-15 12 JACK CHEW - LETTER FROM JACK CHEW I empathise with the writer of the letter “What happened to ‘no wrong door’?” (March 14). His plight is probably shared by many in Singapore. It makes good sense that the Singapore Police Force (SPF) should focus on fighting crime. But173 words
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283 2011-03-15 14 Julia Lua - Letter from Julia Lua I LIVE next to the recentlycompleted Lorong Chuan MRT Station. Living in crowded Singapore, I am sure we have all been victims of construction sites’ noise pollution. I had thought that the completion of the MRT had signalled the283 words
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247 2011-03-15 14 Farah Abdul Rahim - Letter Farah Abdul Rahim Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to the letter by Ms Christina Leung (“What about pregnant workers on contract terms?”, March 3). The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) would like to clarify that it is not just pregnant employees on247 words
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205 2011-03-15 14 ERIC LOW - LETTER FROM ERIC LOW On March 12, I parked at Millenia Walk to have dinner and drinks with friends from 5.30pm to about 1am. I received a rude shock in the form of more than S$20 deducted from my205 words
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Article, Illustration524 2011-03-15 13 SHERALYNTAY - Social work is a profession with a progressive career pathway that presents an abundance of opportunities for personal and professional growth. Special feature brought to you by CAREER GLIMPSE SHERALYNTAY SINGAPORE As a child, Choo Kin Cheong was struck by the occasional tales of poverty. He524 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration819 2011-03-15 16 P N BALJI - P N BALJI P N Balji is the director of the Asia Journalism Fellowship, a joint initiative ofTemasek Foundation and NTU. The next significant signpost on the road to the General Election should appear any time now the newTODAY FILE PHOTO - 819 words
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Article, Illustration939 2011-03-15 18 WILLIAM PESEK - The disaster is a time for sorrow and reflection, but also a time to look ahead to better days WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG It always struck me as odd that JapaneseBLOOMBERG; AP - 939 words
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Article, Illustration536 2011-03-15 20 JEREMY WARNER - JEREMY WARNER Jeremy Warner, assistant editor at The Daily Telegraph, is one of Britain’s leading business and economics commentators. Amid the scale of the human catastrophe, any consideration of the economic consequences of the Japanese earthquake might seem faintly distasteful if not evenAP - 536 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration510 2011-03-15 22 REUTERS MANAMA Saudi Arabia was sending troops into the troubled offshore island state of Bahrain yesterday in a move Shia opponents of the Saudi-allied, Sunni rulers of the Gulf kingdom called a declaration of war. Bahrain’s government called in forces from itsREUTERS; AP - 510 words
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Article408 2011-03-15 22 AP TOBRUK (Libya) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s warplanes yesterday bombed a strategic opposition-held city as his forces tried to push ahead in an offensive to retake the rebel-held east. Fighting was centred in the oil port of Brega, where government forces swept in on Sunday,AP - 408 words
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323 2011-03-15 23 AP WELLINGTON A Chinese official said yesterday that New Zealand should consider special compensation to parents of Chinese students killed in an earthquake last month because their loss was magnified under the country’s one-child policy. Seven students from China haveAP - 323 words
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Article, Illustration211 2011-03-15 23 REUTERS WASHINGTON United States State Department spokesman Philip Crowley (picture), resigned on Sunday after reports that he labelled as “stupid” and “ridiculous” the Pentagon’s treatment of an American soldier accused of leaking secret documents that appeared on the WikiLeaks website. USREUTERS - 211 words
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176 2011-03-15 23 REUTERS An orthodox Jewish prayer observance by three passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines flight on Sunday alarmed flight attendants unfamiliar with the ritual, prompting them to lock down the cockpit and issue a security alert, officials said. Alaska Flight 241 from MexicoREUTERS - 176 words
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109 2011-03-15 24 REUTERS Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s ruling party was on course to win regional elections marred by allegations of fraud on Sunday, the last big test of its support before parliamentary and presidential polls. Early results indicated that United Russia would retainREUTERS - 109 words
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108 2011-03-15 24 AP The Indian navy captured 61 pirates from a hijacked boat after a brief gunfight in the Arabian Sea on Sunday, the military said. Indian ships also rescued 13 crew members from the Mozambiquan fishing vessel nearly 1,100km off the coast ofAP - 108 words
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Article, Illustration46 2011-03-15 24 Revellers carrying illuminated and decorated canvas lanterns and marching to the beat of drummers and piccolo players at the Morgenstreich parade in the streets of Basel, Switzerland, yesterday. The parade traditionally marks the start of the three-day Basel Carnival. REUTERS REUTERSREUTERS - 46 words
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352 2011-03-15 24 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The number of skilled jobs open to migrant workers in Britain will be more than halved when ministers tighten the rules over access to the labour market. Mr Damian Green, the Immigration Minister, was yesterday expected to confirmTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 352 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration586 2011-03-15 26 Red Devils favourites, but Ferguson demands focus against tricky French outfit AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 2ND LEG Man United vs Marseille (0-0 after the 1st leg) MANCHESTER There is no margin for error at Old Trafford tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) forAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 586 words
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Article195 2011-03-15 26 MANCHESTER The FA Cup semi-final Manchester derby at Wembley will be the biggest, most expensive security operation for a domestic game. More than 35,000 supporters from each club will travel for the game, to be played on Saturday, April 16. There will be an extra headache for195 words
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Article, Illustration494 2011-03-15 27 But short-term signing of Lehmann could divide Arsenal dressing room AFTERNOON LATEST THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Arsene Wenger took a gamble with the harmony of his Arsenal dressing room yesterday by offering Jens Lehmann (picture) a chance to return to the club. Lehmann,THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 494 words
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Article195 2011-03-15 27 AP LONDON Goal-line technology could be coming to the Premier League next season, with Hawk-Eye hoping to test its system during top-level matches for the first time. But with football’s lawmakers yet to allow referees to consult high-tech aids, the trials and results will remainAP - 195 words
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Article129 2011-03-15 27 AP Barcelona yesterday denounced allegations by a Spanish radio station report which linked the club “to doping practices”. The station, Cadena COPE, responded with an apology and said it had not meant to question the “honesty” of Barcelona and its players. However, it did notAP - 129 words
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Article, Illustration508 2011-03-15 28 PHILIP GOH - Avramovic unhappy with display of national under-23 players ahead of Olympic qualifier PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was not the performance Radojko Avramovich was looking for, ahead of the Singapore under-23 team’s opening Olympic qualifier for the 2012 London Games. Four days out from theirPHOTO COURTESY COURTS YOUNG LIONS - 508 words
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Article170 2011-03-15 28 LOW LIN FHOONG - LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Frenchman Philippe Collin Delavaud has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of SportsHub, the company responsible for financing, developing and operating the S$1.33 billion Singapore Sports Hub. The facility is due to open at Kallang in April 2014. The 56-year-old will170 words
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Article124 2011-03-15 28 LOW LIN FHOONG - LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games go on sale worldwide today the 500-day mark to the opening ceremony in London. Authorised ticket resellers for the 2012 Games, Kingdom Sports Group, will offer sporting tour packages including event tickets, airport transfers, accommodation, sightseeing124 words
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Article, Illustration566 2011-03-15 29 IAN DE COTTA - Kwee set to broker more deals in Asia for motor-racing’s showpiece event IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He became a partner at Kim Joo Guan the biggest wholesaler for bak kwa here in 2009, and opened a shop in South Bridge Road that566 words
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Miscellaneous66 2011-03-15 27 SPORTS FIXTURES For fixtures of all E League Champ and UE Champions, please visit Singapore Pools website. [pLAV® Always play with care. [responsibly! Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit66 words
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Advertisement65 2011-03-15 29 Touched Hearts with Her Kindness SHE 9 r m n f i There is no kinder soul than a woman's. Throughout history it has stopped rivers of tears and melted the coldest of hearts. This March, MediaCorp invites you to join us as we celebrate the irreplaceable presence of women65 words
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IMPACT
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Article, Illustration663 2011-03-15 5 PETER YEO - Effective collaboration between media owners and advertising agencies is the key to growing advertising community PETER YEO THE world is moving at a faster pace these days, thanks, in part, to the growing popularity of digital and social media. As lines between traditional media, socialTODAY FILE PHOTO - 663 words
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Article, Illustration159 2011-03-15 5 NOT content with just traditional marketing media, the ArtScience Museum in Marina Bay Sands is adding a touch of drama to promote its Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds exhibit. Aside from exhibition banners made to look like weathered sails on masts, the outdoor marketingPHOTO COURTESY BBH ASIA PACIFIC - 159 words
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BUSINESS
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273 2011-03-15 3 AGENCIES NEW DELHI India’s inflation unexpectedly quickened last month, raising expectations for aggressive central bank tightening as soon as this week, economists said. The wholesale price index, India’s main gauge of prices, rose 8.31 per cent last month from a year earlier, governmentAGENCIES - 273 words
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Article, Illustration675 2011-03-15 3 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says need to balance inflation and economic expansion AGENCIES BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (picture) said yesterday the country’s lower growth target for the next five years showed Beijing’s determination in changing the economy’s structure but cautioned the government alsoAGENCIES; AP - 675 words
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Article282 2011-03-15 3 AGENCIES Banks in China reined in new lending last month, while money supply growth slowed, clear signs that the government’s monetary tightening efforts are working and further measures to cool the economy may not be necessary for now, economists said. Financial institutions in China extendedAGENCIES - 282 words
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578 2011-03-15 2 AGENCIES LONDON The total exposure of foreign banks to the struggling quartet of Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain (PIGS) tops US$2.5 trillion (S$3.2 trillion) once all forms or risk are included, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). That figure isAGENCIES - 578 words
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260 2011-03-15 2 RACHEL KELLY - RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust) said yesterday it had set the price for its Singapore initial public offering at US$1.01 per unit, below the top end of its indicative price range of US$0.91 and US$1.08. The trust also said260 words
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Article306 2011-03-15 1 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Apple sold close to 1 million units of its next-genera-tion tablet computer during its debut weekend, analysts estimated. By comparison, the original version of the iPad, which launched in April of 2010, crossed the 1 million mark 28 days after its launch.REUTERS - 306 words
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Article86 2011-03-15 1 Not as bad as expected US stocks fell in the aftermath of Japan’s devastating earthquake, but other than specific industries such as nuclear power, the broad impact on equities was expected to be short-lived. Trading volume was unusually low compared with other sell-offs, coming in at 7.68 billion86 words
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Article82 2011-03-15 1 Barely budge in light trade Crude oil prices were little changed in volatile trading, as Middle East unrest and distillate futures lifted by expectations quake-ravaged Japan will import fuel to cover for shut refineries offset concerns about slowed economic activity. News that Saudi Arabia sent troops into Bahrain to82 words
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Article56 2011-03-15 1 MONDAY 11,993.20 (-0.43%) Friday 12,044.40 p 0.50% Thursday 11,984.60 q 1.87% Wednesday 12,213.10 q 0.01% Tuesday 12,214.40 p 1.03% NYSETOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Citigroup 386.9m $4.54 q 0.03% Pfizer 169.5m $19.81 p 0.34% Bank of America 112.2m $14.23 q 0.15% General Electric 91.2m $19.92 q 0.44%56 words
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Article14 2011-03-15 1 È FTSE100 5,775.24 H DAX È È DAX 6,866.63 (-1.29%) CAC40 3,878.04 (-1.29%)14 words
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491 2011-03-15 1 REUTERS TOKYO Quake-hit Japan faces a recovery and reconstruction bill of at least US$180 billion (S$228 billion), or 3 per cent of its annual economic output, or more than 50 per cent higher than the total cost of 1995’s earthquake in Kobe.REUTERS - 491 words
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Article, Illustration1903 2011-03-15 2 MAYO MARTIN - 9 ebISSSS 9 MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg THE much-awaited Singapore Biennale 2011 finally kicked off over the weekend, and you’ve got two months to savour all 150 works by more than 60 artists. It’s a lot to get through, so we’ve done a bit of yourPhotos courtesy Singapore Biennale 2011 - 1,903 words
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Article163 2011-03-15 8 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN The promising Singapore Biennale 2011 finally kicked off STATE OF THE ARTS: over the weekend, while the Singapore Art Museum opened a show looking at two decades of South-east Asian contemporary art.The National Arts Council also announced the start of the search for the country’s163 words
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Article48 2011-03-15 8 NUS Arts Festival 2011 The National University of Singapore’s annual arts fest is now ongoing, with exhibitions, movie screenings and performances.This week includes dance shows by T.H.E. Second Company and Ecnad. Until March 27, various times and venues at NUS.Tickets available at Sistic. For details, visit www.nusartsfestival.com.48 words
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Article, Illustration83 2011-03-15 8 I LoveA-Ai TheTheatre Practice presents this play by Raymond To about a father in his twilight years who wants to marry the family maid who, incidentally, is pregnant.To will also be holding a talk on March 19, 11am, at the Drama Centre, Function Room 3. Admission is free. CallPhoto courtesy The Theatre Practice - 83 words
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Article192 2011-03-15 8 Islands Performance artist Jason Lim directs a series of improvised performance pieces to “investigate, discover and create” unusual responses to various materials and props such as glass tumblers, ceramic tableware, water and red thread. March 17 to 18, 7pm to 10pm, and March 19, 3pm to 9pm, The192 words
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Article, Illustration190 2011-03-15 10 REUTERS STEVEN Soderbergh says he’s done with Hollywood. The Oscar-winning director whose credits include Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Ocean’s Eleven and its two sequels said in an interview with Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen that after he shoots his next two movies, he’s planning toREUTERS - 190 words
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400 2011-03-15 10 Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush won’t be reunited when the Oscar-winning film heads back to the stage BLOOMBERG IF THE King’s Speech comes to Broadway next season as planned, it won’t be with the two stars of the Academy Awardwinning hit movie. Producer Michael AldenBLOOMBERG - 400 words
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Article, Illustration523 2011-03-15 11 Legally Blonde:The Musical shuts out Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom sequel at the Oliviers AP FROTHY, film-inspired funfest Legally Blonde:The Musical won three big prizes at London’s Laurence Olivier theatre awards on Sunday, while Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies went home empty-handed despite seven nominations. LegallyAP; Bloomberg - 523 words
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Article76 2011-03-15 11 AP TEAM Beckham is adding a girl to its roster. Soccer great David Beckham and wife Victoria are expecting their fourth child, and a spokesman said on Sunday the couple has learnt it will be a girl. In January, the former England captain announced via FacebookAP - 76 words
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Article, Illustration305 2011-03-15 13 1 CandyVille At City Square Mall To celebrate its first birthday, Singapore’s first eco-mall is presenting the Sweet Eco Candy Show, where CandyVille fairies take you through song, dance, candy-making and a chance to savour sweet treats. Look forward to beautiful decorations such as a 10m high305 words
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Article, Illustration1522 2011-03-15 14 Eveline Gan - Three extraordinarily strong-willed women talk about battling cancers that afflict women Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SIMPLY being a woman puts you at risk of certain cancers. Breast cancer, which affects 1,800 women each year, is the top cancer among women in Singapore. Not lagging far behind on thePhoto: Koh Mui Fong - 1,522 words
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