Today, 24 March 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday March 24, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    DPM Wong throws down the gauntlet
    740 1  -  Questions if Opposition gunning for GRC for political ambition or personal legacy LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Amid growing election fever, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday turned up the heat on the Opposition by questioning their motivation to contest and win a
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    Lock icon Coalition trains sights on pro-Gaddafi ground forces
    391 1 Allied forces turn their attention to rebel-held cities under loyalist fire THE NEW YORK TIMES TRIPOLI Having all but destroyed the Libyan air force and air defences, the allies turned their firepower yesterday on the military units loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi that
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    Lock icon Radiation and salt haunt Japan
    219 1 AGENCIES VIENNA —The release of two types of radioactive particles—cesium-137 and iodine-131 in the first three to four days of Japan’s nuclear crisis is estimated to have reached 20 to 50 per cent of the amounts that were released in the Chernobyl disaster over 10
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  • SINGAPORE VOTES 2011
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      Lock icon Dad's experience made him think 'longer, harder' about entering politics
      453 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE Following his father’s footsteps into politics, new People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate Desmond Lee Ti-Seng has big shoes to fill. His father, Mr Lee Yock Suan, had helmed several ministries, including labour and education, in a
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      Lock icon A new citizen who grew up here
      381 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE After attending her first Meet-the-People session (MPS) last year, new PAP candidate Foo Mee Har could not sleep that night. She said she was moved and inspired by the volunteers she met there, such as one who returned after
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      Lock icon He never lost faith in meritocracy
      376 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE When he left Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 1997, new PAP candidate Steve Tan Peng Hoe had only S$300 left in his personal bank account. But he never lost faith in Singapore’s meritocracy philosophy and credits it for where he
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      Lock icon A climate of fear or a self-defeating concept?
      418 3  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Is there really a “climate of fear” when it comes to participating in political activities here? Or is it merely a “self-defeating concept” that the Opposition keeps harping on? This topic dominated discussions during a political forum yesterday
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      Lock icon SDA 'will not back out of wards'
      571 4  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) reiterated yesterday it wants to avoid three-cornered fights in the coming General Election. Still, it insisted that it will not back out of wards where it thinks it has a winning chance. At
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Palestinians ‘set off bomb in Jerusalem’
      182 6 AP JERUSALEM A bomb exploded at a crowded bus stop in central Jerusalem yesterday, killing at least one person and wounding about 20 others in what the authorities said was the first major Palestinian militant attack in the city in several years. The bombing
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      Lock icon ELIZABETH TAYLOR
      452 6 1932 2011 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Elizabeth Taylor, the vio-let-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars, died yesterday at the age of 79. She was surrounded by her four children
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      Inflation in Singapore down, but at a slower place
      398 6  -  CHRIS HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s inflation continued to head north but at a slower-than-expected pace last month with its barometer, the consumer price index (CPI) rising 5 per cent from a year earlier. This is lower compared to 5.5 per
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      Man faces second murder charge
      223 8  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He is among three men charged with the murder of a construction worker in the Kallang slashing case. Now, Tony Imba, 32, faces a second murder charge after another alleged victim, who had been in a coma, died recently. Tony was
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      Pill to treat premature ejaculation approved
      176 8  -  DYLAN LOH SINGAPORE Men who suffer from premature ejaculation can now find help. Priligy, the world’s first premature ejaculation (PE) pill, has been approved for use in Singapore. Specialists can prescribe it to males aged 18 to 64, at S$60.25 for a pack of
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      Slight rise in new TB cases
      251 8 SINGAPORE The number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases rose slightly last year. There were 1,478 new cases of TB among Singapore residents last year, slightly higher than the 1,442 cases in 2009, said the Health Ministry (MOH). The number of non-residents with TB was
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      S'pore Day in Shanghai on April 16
      232 10  -  SHARON SEE SINGAPORE This year’s Singapore Day will be held on April 16 at Shanghai’s Century Park. About half of the 20,000 Singaporeans in China live in that city. For the S$2-million event, organisers will bring over a selection of hawker fare to
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      Govt funding 'could promote home-based work for women'
      392 10  -  MONICA KOTWANI monicakotwani@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The labour movement is proposing that the Government provide funds for companies especially smaller firms to leverage on info-comm technology, in order to promote home-based work for women. Speaking at a women’s job fair yesterday, National Trades Union
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      Central S’pore CDC hits s$1m target
      118 10 SINGAPORE Thanks to its residents and corporate partners, Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC) has raised S$1 million within six months for its Lend a Helping Hand fund-raising drive ahead of its one-year deadline. Prior to yesterday, the fund was S$40,000 short of its
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      Woman sentenced to jail, fined for maid abuse, shoplifting
      305 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A mother of two has been sentenced to 43 days in jail and fined S$1,500 for various offences, including maid abuse. Poon Wen Mei, who is unemployed, assaulted her Indonesian domestic helper in a flat at 459,
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      4 men charged with theft
      121 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE Four men from Chile have been charged with theft. Cristian Jerardo Pina Lemnunir, 29; Jean Pierre Silva Rebolledo, 31; Cristian Eduardo Criado Ordonez, 34; and Claudio Ivan Cuevas Osorio, 38, are accused of stealing items, including a laptop worth more than S$500,
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      Jail for relationship manager who sold details of bank clients
      237 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A former relationship manager with the United Overseas Bank (UOB) was yesterday sentenced to 18 weeks in jail for selling its clients’ personal details to other companies. They included spas, beauty salons and insurance firms. Mahesalingam Kanasalingam,
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      274 13 FAVOURITES VS. CHAMPIONS. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 reaches fever pitch as India takes on Australia. Don’t miss this clash of the titans, only on mio TV. a V wt w J -'to m T ■V MMitl 4HP Don’t miss the knockout stages starting this week. i a m.
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  • VOICES
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      Rules for cyclists to live by
      342 14  -  Letter from Isaac Koh Zhao Jin I REFER to the letter “Licences would make cycling less accessible” (March 23). Mr Aaron Samuel Yong correctly pointed out that cycling on the roads is not safe. What he did not point out is that Singapore has
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      WHY NO REFUND BY GIRO?
      96 14  -  age could be substantial. LETTER FROM CHIN KEETHOU CHIN KEE THOU I refer to the report “Radio and TV fee refunds on the way” (March 23). I wonder why the Media Development Authority (MDA) has to issue some 1.1 million cheques to refund licensees forthe
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      VOICES ON RADIO
      45 14 Complaints are still surfacing about commuters not giving up priority seats on the MRT. But is the extent of the problem exaggerated or real? Tune in to TalkBack on 938Live from 8.15am to 8.45am tomorrow. Call us at *****938 and share your
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      The Japan crisis and one restaurant’s
      698 16  -  I SAY Howard Lo Howard Lo is the owner of Standing Sushi Bar. Let me start by saying that what is happening in Japan is a tragedy. The impact of these events outside Japan is never going to compare with what the people there
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon The next great shake
      980 18  -  The nightmare in Japan could get worse, while the megaquake could be a taste of what’s to come in the US ROGER BILHAM Roger Bilham is a seismologist at the University of Colorado. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG As the world’s attention remains fixed
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      Lock icon Three lessons in panic from Japan
      876 21  -  How to ensure fear doesn’t win out over evacuation, DAVID KING Sir David King is Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. His report, A Low-carbon Nuclear Future, is published next week. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The dust may be settling from
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      Lock icon New tech not always the best medicine
      1150 22  -  It is easy to be seduced by promises of cutting-edge treatments when death beckons, but think twice CRAIG D TURNER Craig D Turner practices urology in Portland, Oregon, and is founder of medical device company ETHOS Surgical. The opinions expressed are his own.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Tokyo jitters over radiation levels in tap water
      376 26 REUTERS TOKYO The Japanese authorities have advised against allowing infants to drink tap water in Tokyo due to raised radiation levels and the United States yesterday became the first nation to block some food imports from Japan. The crisis at the stricken
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      Lock icon JAPAN DISASTER LIKELY TO BE WORLD’S COSTLIEST
      118 26 AP Japan’s government has said that the cost of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the north-east could reach ¥25 trillion (S$390 billion), making it the world’s most expensive natural disaster on record. The extensive damage to housing, roads, utilities and businesses across
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      Lock icon Gaddafi supporters form human shield to protect their leader
      366 26 REUTERS TRIPOLI Western powers attacking Libya will end up in the dustbin of history, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi said yesterday, as an American admiral signalled a possible new phase in the air campaign could be attacks on his advancing tanks. Col Gaddafi’s
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      Lock icon Mysterious Datuk T unmasked
      448 27 Group linked to Umno wanted to show ‘a person who wants to be prime minister was not THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Former Malacca Chief Minister Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik admitted yesterday that businessman Shazryl Eskay, Perkasa’s Shuib Lazim and himself were the mysterious “Datuk
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      Lock icon DNA allowed in Anwar trial
      159 27 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s High Court said yesterday that it would let prosecutors use key DNA evidence against Mr Anwar Ibrahim in his sodomy trial, handing another setback to the opposition leader as he confronts a new controversy involving a sex video. The decision was
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      Lock icon HONG KONG INQUEST FAULTS PHILIPPINES IN HOSTAGE DEATHS
      124 27 AP A Hong Kong inquest has concluded that Philippine officials contributed to or caused the deaths of eight local tourists gunned down by a disgruntled former police officer who held their tour bus hostage in Manila last August. A five-member jury at
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      Lock icon Syrian forces kill 6 people in troubled southern city
      272 28 REUTERS DAMASCUS Syrian forces killed at least six people yesterday in an attack on a mosque in the southern city of Deraa, site of unprecedented protests challenging President Bashar Al-As-sad’s Baathist rule, residents said. Those killed included Ali Ghassab Al-Mahamid, a
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      Lock icon Nepal Christians protest for burial grounds
      285 28 AP KATMANDU (Nepal) Hundreds of minority Christians protested in Nepal’s capital yesterday, demanding the government provide them with designated burial grounds. Christians complain that there are only a handful of places where they can bury their dead in the predominantly Hindu nation, where most
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      Lock icon We will remove you: Yemen opposition
      260 28 REUTERS SANAA Yemen opposition groups called on protesters to march on President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s Sanaa Palace on Friday to force him out, hoping to end a crisis his allies abroad fear will benefit Islamic militants. “Friday will be the ‘Friday of the March
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      SUHARTO'S KIN ARRESTED
      84 28 Agreat-granddaughterofthe late Indonesian President Suharto could face up to five years in jail after she tested positive for drug use. Putri Aryanti Haryowibowo, 22, was found with 0.8g of methamphetamine and ecstasy pills during a police raid at a Jakarta hotel on Friday, reported Jakarta Globe. Senior
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      Lock icon THAI POLICE SEIZE UNSAFE CHILDREN’S HELMETS
      120 28 AP TheThai authorities have raided a factory producing substandard children’s motorcycle helmets labelled with fake safety stickers as part of a campaign to cut deaths ahead of the deadliest driving season of the year, the police said yesterday. The police seized 1,000 helmets which
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      Lock icon Copyright issues topple Google’s digital library, bookstore plans
      371 30 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —Google’s ambition to create the world’s largest digital library and bookstore has run into the reality of a 300-year-old legal concept: Copyright. The company’s plan to digitise every book published and make them widely available was
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      Lock icon Internet browser battle heats-up
      206 30 AGENCIES NEW YORK Mozilla released the latest version of its free and open source Web browser Firefox to the public on Tuesday. The new browser was downloaded nearly 3 million times only hours after it was made available online Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9, in contrast, was
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      Lock icon Facebook admits need to improve deletion tools for 'exceptional users'
      214 30 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Facebook’s European director of policy admitted that the site needs to improve its tools to help those “exceptional” users who need to delete data posted on the site forever. Mr Richard Allan, talking at a Westminster
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      Lock icon NO THANK YOU, MS GILLARD
      59 34 Protesters opposed to Australian government’s proposed carbon tax made their feelings known outside Parliament House in Canberra yesterday. The Labor government of Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants to introduce a fixed price on carbon from July 2012, followed by a emissions trading scheme, with a
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      Lock icon Russia cashing in on Libya, Japan crises
      252 34 AP MOSCOW Only a year ago, Russia’s dominance as a global energy supplier was threatened by low gas prices and a reputation as an unreliable trade partner. But with the world now shaken by Japan’s natural disasters and uprisings across the Middle East,
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      UK unveils budget again aimed at slashing debt
      340 34 LONDON Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a budget yesterday that veered little from the government’s commitment to sharp and controversial cuts in public spending, despite new signs of slowing growth. In his second budget as steward of Britain’s still faltering economy,
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      Lock icon UK HEART ATTACK PATIENTS TO BE GIVEN ‘COOLING
      181 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Britain’s heart attack sufferers will be given special “cooling blankets” to lower their temperature and reduce the risk of brain damage after the novel treatment was ruled safe. Research had suggested that lowering the temperature of the brain by
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      Lock icon When getting carried away could kill you ...
      225 36 When getting carried away could kill you THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A dirty weekend away could really kill you, a study suggests, after finding that having sex only occasionally puts you at more than twice the risk of suffering a heart attack. Exercise is generally considered good for you as
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      Lock icon FEEDING TIME
      37 36 A man feeds sharks inside an aquarium at Manila’s Ocean Park. The new attraction, called the ‘Shark Attack’, allows guests to dive and interact with the fish from the safety of a steel cage. AP
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      Lock icon s$5.2M MAYAN SCULPTURE A FAKE: MEXICAN EXPERTS
      129 36 REUTERS A sculpture of a Mayan warrior that sold for €2.9 million (s$5.2 million) at a Paris auction house on Monday is a fake, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said on Tuesday. The masked, stone figure, sold by a private collector,
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      Lock icon KNUT: CASE OF BRAIN ILLNESS KILLED HIM
      139 36 AP Brain problems apparently caused the early death of Knut, Germany’s four-year-old celebrity polar bear, the Berlin Zoo has said. Initial findings from a postmortem showed “significant changes to the brain, which can be viewed as a reason for the polar bear’s sudden
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      426 28 New Business Career Opportunities Have you ever thought of running a part-time business while keeping your full-time job? “The Ministry of Education will implement a new framework to enhance the development of 21st century competencies in our students” Ministry of Education Press Releases, March 9, 2010 Time and time again,
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      673 38 REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST LOS ANGELES Amid all his struggles on and off the course for the last 16 months, Tiger Woods has unwaveringly kept one eye on the record 18 major titles accumulated by his fellow American Jack Nicklaus. And he’s doing it with
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      143 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL Louis Saha has admitted he may not play again this season after injuring his ankle in last weekend’s Premier League victory against Fulham, leaving Everton with just one fit senior forward. “I am on crutches at the moment,” the 32-year-old
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      76 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Arsenal’s season took another turn for the worse yesterday when striker Nicklas Bendtner limped out of training with Denmark with an ankle problem. Bendtner, who left the training session with his ankle packed in ice, could now miss Arsenal’s match against Blackburn
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      205 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL Liverpool’s newly-promoted director of football Damien Comolli insists the £50-million (S$102-million) departure of Fernando Torres to Chelsea in January lifted a cloud at the club. The Spain international had given the impression he was unhappy for most of
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      223 38 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Peter Crouch is desperate for England to beat Wales in Saturday’s Euro 2012 qualifier to avoid the taunts of his Tottenham team-mate Gareth Bale. The lanky striker is aware of the threat that Bale can pose to England’s hopes
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      537 39 Ancelotti tipped for the sack, with Mourinho, Hiddink favoured for the hotseat AGENCIES LONDON Carlo Ancelotti could be sacked by Chelsea even if he manages to deliver a Premier League and Champions League triumph for Roman Abramovich at the end of the season. Bookmaker William Hill
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      433 39 REUTERS MELBOURNE Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel is champing at the bit to get his Formula One title defence underway at Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix. Vettel will begin the week as favourite after Red Bull went well in pre-season testing but, with four former
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      398 40 AP DHAKA (Bangladesh) Mohammad Hafeez performed with bat and ball as a ruthless Pakistan line-up crushed West Indies by 10 wickets yesterday to become the first team to reach the World Cup semi-finals. The result was never in doubt once West Indies fell apart after
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      484 40 But Ponting insists it’s not about him and Tendulkar AGENCIES AHMEDABAD (India) Today’s quarter-final could be the World Cup swansong for either Australia’s Ricky Ponting or India’s Sachin Tendulkar, two men who occupy the top two positions in test run tally. Ponting would rather the subject not
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      259 40  -  PATWANT SINGH Indian and Australian cricket fans in Singapore are all fired up ahead of today’s clash of the titans. Indian fan Sunder Mani, a permanent resident and former captain of the Singapore national team, naturally wants his team to triumph
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      523 41  -  SBA not renewing her contract, give assurance her exit won’t affect team LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is confirmed: Shuttler Zhang Beiwen (picture) has been dropped from the national team. The 20-year-old was suspended in January for disciplinary reasons and the Singapore Badminton Association
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      164 41  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Former French international Sidney Govou has been unveiled as Etoile FC’s first ambassador. The 31-year-old former Olympique Lyon captain will visit Singapore at the end of May as part of his ambassadorial duties and help the S-League and League Cup champions
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      92 40 S.LEAGUE “LIVE” TELECAST Fri, 25 Mar, 7.30pm On Starhub Ch 201 Sports Arena or Preview Channel No Starhub set-top box? Go to Singapore Pools website for details. SPORTS FIXTURES MOTOR RACING Australia Race Qualifying Sat, 26/03/11 Final Sun, 27/03/11 2.00pm 2.00pm Ip yJ. Always play with care. |responsibiyf Do not
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      978 5  -  COMMENTARY PAUL J LIM Paul J Lim is a senior editor at Money magazine. For many American investors, European stocks were an afterthought last year, as a growing debt crisis threatened to upend economic recovery on the Continent. But in recent months, European shares
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      288 1 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Japan’s worst disaster since World War II likely will not “derail” worldwide economic growth, as the crisis cuts global expansion this year by 0.5 percentage points to 3.8 per cent, according to Morgan Stanley. However, the March 11 earthquake and tsunami
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      361 4 BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR Islamic banking assets in Malaysia, the world’s biggest market for Syariah-compliant debt, rose 16 per cent last year after the government approved new licences and eased restrictions on foreign ownership, the central bank said. Assets that comply with Islam’s ban
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      327 3  -  STELLA LEE stellalee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Electronic manufacturers may see their supply chains clogged later this year because the recent crisis in Japan has caused production in some factories to be disrupted. Analysts say that Apple, which is now rolling out the iPad
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      361 3  -  SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE DBS and POSB customers have donated over S$1 million to help the victims of the earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan recently, a DBS statement said yesterday. The donations to the “Red Cross Japan Disaster” fund were made via the
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      362 2  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Venture-capital (VC) funding for Singapore’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) falls short on a global comparison, according to a study that surveyed SME sentiments across 71 countries. The inadequacy of funding is perplexing, analysts say, given that Singapore
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      305 2  -  JONATHAN PEERIS SINGAPORE After several quarters of slowing payments, Singapore businesses have started to speed up the rate at which they pay their bills, according to new research by credit and business information firm DP SME Credit Bureau. Based on more than 100,000 payments made
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      327 2  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE Norway’s BW Offshore, the world’s second-largest Floating Production Storage (FPSO) and Offloading owner and operator, has started the process to list in Singapore and will announce details of the plan next week. Mr Knut Saethre, chief financial officer of BW Offshore,
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      37 1 MARCH 24, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF EXPERIENCE LIFE UNDER THE SEA AT AQUA CITY T16 IS TECHNOLOGY KILLING THE SOUL OF MUSIC? T2 CHRIS BROWN RANTS AND ALBUM SALES SOAR T6 LOCAL BANDS COME TO JAPAN’S AID
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      979 2  -  Is modern technology really killing the soul of music? CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg TURN on the radio these days and chances are, you’d be hard-pressed to hear a song that doesn’t have the vocals being Auto-Tuned where a singer’s voice is automatically kept in tune through artificial means. It
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      120 4 Now Music Festival not right now POSTPONED! FANS who couldn’t wait to see ’80s icons Belinda Carlisle or Samantha Fox (picture) will have to wait a little longer. Organisers Now Music Group yesterday announced that their coming event, Now Music Festival 2011 I Love 80s, has been postponed “indefinitely due
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      330 6 REUTERS SINGER Chris Brown angrily stormed out of a TV studio on Tuesday, but that helped to send his new album to the top of iTunes charts. Brown, 21, who has struggled to repair his image after hitting and punching his then-girlfriend Rihanna
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      346 6 MGMT/Whitest Boy Alive Two of the hottest alternative acts will make a special double bill appearance here! Double the fun for fans. March 24, 8pm, Suntec International Convention Exhibition Hall. Tickets at S$138 from Sistic. Don Richmond: Reset Producer Don Richmond is back to what he loves to do
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      422 8  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH WHEN it comes to giving aid, local bands here are more than willing to offer their services to spread awareness.And one band in particular, Monochrome, have taken it a step further. “When news of the disaster in Japan came out, me and my Monochrome
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        THE PEOPLE’S KEY | BRIGHT EYES
        149 11  - THE PEOPLE’S KEY BRIGHT EYES KEVIN MATHEWS The spoken word introduction that opens Bright Eyes’ final album (according the leader Conor Oberst) is too bizarre to contemplate: Denny Brewer theorising about reptilian alien creatures that occupied the Garden of Eden. But thankfully, the rest of The People’s Key finds Oberst
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        145 11  - DIFFERENT GEAR, STILL SPEEDING BEADY EYE CHRISTOPHER TOH Who would’ve thought that Liam Gallagher could pull this off? The younger Gallagher brother, together with the other members of Beady Eye fellow erstwhile Oasis members Andy Bell, Gem Archer and their touring drummer Chris Sharrock has come up with an album
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        110 11  - TWO LENKA CHRISTOPHER TOH Aussie singer Lenka builds upon her brand of pop with this sophomore album, appropriately titled Two. The album is split into two distinct halves one with acousticdriven punchy pop, and the other with addictive automated beats, divided by the ballad Blinded By Love. But even as
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        153 11  - BLACK WHITE G.NA CHRISTOPHER TOH The debut album from hot Korean newcomer G.NA sees her working with top Korean producer Kim Do Hoon, and for all its intents and purposes, it’s a great start for the young singer.True, it’s probably typical of most K-Pop albums replete with the tried-and-tested slew
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      131 8 r .A Singapore Singapore Media Academy Wo I WORKFORCE SKILLS i J qualifications CET Centre for The Media Industry i 5 m m Singapore Media Academy (SMA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MediaCorp, is now an appointed Media Continuing Education and Training (CET) centre for the Creative Industries. Aspiring talents and
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      305 12 ON MEDIACORP AMERICAN IDOL X Channel 5, 10.30pm (Same-Day US Telecast) It’s down to the final 11 contestants and the pressure is building. This week, the hopefuls will be performing Motown classics. Join judges Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson in finding out which of the hopefuls manage to
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