Today, 19 August 2011, Afternoon Edition

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  • 40 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Friday August 19, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday August 19, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 900 1  -  Candidates go on air with differing takes on President’s role LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan, 71, spent time outlining the President’s “true responsibilities”, in contrast, the other three presidential aspirants laid out a raft of proposals and
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    • 56 1 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2011 THREE TANS ON WALKABOUT Page 4 TAN JEE SAY to provide checks and balances Page 8 TONY TAN ‘focus on the President’s true role’ Page 10 TAN KIN LIAN... to be the voice of the people Page 12 TAN CHENG BOCK to champion multi-racialism Page 14 PAGE
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 309 2 AP BEIJING United States Vice-President Joseph Biden stressed the importance of personal ties as he met his Chinese counterpart yesterday for talks officials described as productive, while China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping expressed optimism about a resolution of American economic woes. On his
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    • 408 2  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCY REPORTS SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has come out to say that its current policy stance of allowing the Singapore dollar to strengthen remains appropriate and that interest rates in the citystate are determined
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    • 255 3 AGENCIES NEW YORK Stock markets tumbled and gold shot to a record high yesterday as renewed worries about Europe’s debt crisis and a rash of sour United States data added to fears that major economies were close to recession. Wall Street tumbled
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    • 501 3  -  JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As preliminary findings have indicated human failure to be behind SMRT’s latest security lapse, the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport has called for more security audits on the train operator. A train carriage was found to have
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    • 547 6  -  Education Ministry considers replacing it with less physical version of the game LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Crunching tackles and line-outs could be a thing of the past in primary school rugby, as the authorities mull changes to the way the sport is
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    • 354 16 SINGAPORE Redeveloping the Malay Village. Building wide pedestrian malls along Geylang Road. Giving Tanjong Katong Complex a facelift. These are among the plans for the redevelopment of Geylang Serai, which were unveiled by the Ministry of National Development (MND) yesterday. This followed Prime Minister Lee
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  • PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2011
    • Candidates on the campaign trail ...
      • 314 4  -  Three of the presidential candidates continued to reach out to voters TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE Presidential candidate Tony Tan said he is “very heartened” by the progress that Malay-Muslim students have made in schools and the fact that more of them
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      • 279 4  -  CAROLYN QUEK SINGAPORE Switching between English, Mandarin and dialect, presidential candidate Tan Jee Say reached out to the elderly in Chinatown yesterday afternoon. As the 57-year-old investment adviser toured the hawker centre on the ground floor of the People’s Park complex,
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    • 280 4  -  TANYA FONG SINGAPORE His platform, Voice of the People, is based on his survey of 100 people who had responded to his question on what they wanted the Elected President to do, said presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian. “I asked in a
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    • 1175 8  -  PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BROADCAST BY TAN JEESAY MY FELLOW Singaporeans, This Presidential Election is a historic opportunity for all our citizens to fulfil the mission of the Office of President. In the past, the President was appointed by the Prime Minister. But about
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    • 1125 10  -  PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BROADCAST BY BY TONY TAN KENG YAM MY FELLOW Singaporeans, my name is Tony Tan Keng Yam. I have been given the chance to speak with you today as one of the candidates in the coming Presidential Election. Please let
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    • 854 12  -  PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BROADCAST BY TAN KIN LIAN MY NAME is Tan Kin Lian. I am standing for election as President of Singapore. Many Singaporeans have told me they want a President who can: Be a voice of the people Be
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    • 1260 14  -  PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BROADCAST BY TAN CHENG BOCK MY FELLOW Singaporeans, I am Dr Tan Cheng Bock. I am here as your candidate for the Elected President. I began my career as a medical doctor in Ama Keng, a poor village in Lim Chu Kang.
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    • 41 14 WATCH THE BROADCASTS READ todayonline.com/singaporevotes FOLLOW twitter.com/todayonline facebook.com/todayonline VIEW flickr.com/todaydigital Get the Tag Reader app from Apple’s App Store, Android Market, or http://gettag.mobi and scan the Tag. Or visit http://youtube.com/todaydigital Tan Cheng Bock Tan Jee Say Tony Tan Tan Kin Lian
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  • 284 15  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE Voters would be receiving their poll cards from yesterday to vote in the Presidential Election on Aug 27. For the first time, voters who fail to receive their poll cards in the mail can print it out themselves. They can
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  • Article, Illustration
    129 15 A day after posters of candidates contesting in the Presidential Election went up, at least one poster was found to have been defaced. Mr Tan Kin Lian’s campaign poster, hung along Yishun Avenue 2, was found to be partially torn off. Other campaign posters along the stretch remained intact.
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  • 235 15 SINGAPORE The stalled Jurong Aromatics Corp (JAC) project is finally under way. Expected to cost S$2.9 billion, the petrochemical plant, one of Asia’s largest, will break ground next Friday. JAC says the plant will hire about 300 employees and create about 8,000 construction
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  • 90 15 REUTERS English Premier League football champion Manchester United has filed a preliminary application with the Singapore Exchange for a planned listing, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said yesterday. The listing, which sources had told Reuters earlier would raise US$1 billion (S$1.2
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  • COMMENT &ANALYSIS
    • 908 18  -  DAVID PILLING David Pilling is the Asia editor of the Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Mao Zedong famously suggested in 1957 that 100 flowers should bloom. Ostensibly it was an invitation for intellectuals to air diverse, even critical, opinions about the direction China’s
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    • 1129 22  -  The political gridlock in Washington is a reflection of the situation on the ground. But there is still hope RAGHURAM RAJAN Raghuram Rajan, a former chief economist of the IMF, is Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and author of Fault
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    • 863 25  -  WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. On a hot Friday evening in Osaka, Japan, street musician Jun Fukuda is channelling Bob Marley on a downtown bridge. Not the feel-good, party-hearty Marley, but the mortality-questioning ballad
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  • VOICES
    • 402 26  -  If more require financial aid despite economic growth, job creation and wage Letter from Leong Sze Hian I REFER to the article “CDCs gear up for uncertain economic climate” (Aug 11), which stated that the five Community Development Councils saw 14,179 people seeking help
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    • 243 26  -  Letter from Hanafiah Ali LAST week, my colleague was travelling on SMRT Service No 187, in the direction of Bukit Panjang, when she smelt something burning and told the driver. He pulled up at a bus stop and asked the passengers to alight and
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    • 206 26  -  LETTER FROM JOANNE CHIA YI EN I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude to three SMRT employees as well as the people who helped me when I fainted last month. Unfortunately, I recall very little, such as being given ointment and tissue,
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 254 28  -  DYLAN LOH SINGAPORE Some 21,000 low-wage workers have benefited from the Government’s $40 million Inclusive Growth Programme, a year after its launch. The programme aims to share productivity gains with workers and can cover up to half the costs needed to roll out initiatives. Launched
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    • 229 28 The infocomm and media sector here is one that has consistently thrived, thanks to a country of highly wired people who are always hungry for more information. “We are very connected. We have an average of 1.5 mobile phone subscriptions for every
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    • 266 28  -  TAN QIUYI SINGAPORE With gadgets like digital cameras and even a touch screen table, pre-schoolers at childcare centre My First Skool in Holland Drive are tasting the future of early childhood education. Called Project Eureka, it equips selected centres with customised equipment
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    • 175 30 SINGAPORE The Ministry of Health (MOH) will pilot a central employment scheme to help the intermediate and longterm care (ILTC) sector recruit and retain staff. The scheme, Career Resourcing and Development of Allied Health Talents (CREATE), will provide an additional
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    • 112 30 A 28-year-old man, who is believed to have taken an upskirt video of a woman, was caught by an alert member of public, on Wednesday morning. At about 11.40am, the suspect was on the escalator at Jurong East MRT Station when he placed his mobile
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    • 70 30 Former Raffles Institution student Goh Chin Hou was awarded the Singapore Police Force Overseas Scholarship yesterday. Mr Goh, 19, will leave next month to read Economics at the University of Chicago and will undergo training at the Singapore Police Force Training Command after his studies. On
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    • 194 30 Calling all O and A blood types SINGAPORE A slow recovery of the daily blood supply has led two agencies to appeal to those with O and A blood types to donate blood within this week and the next. The slow recovery is due to recent increased hospital utilisation caused
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    • 244 32  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The jobless man accused of posting Facebook entries inciting violence was an assistant principal engineer with weapons maker ST Kinetics. Gary Yue Mun Yew, 36, who faces two charges, was fired last month from the company, which is
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    • 112 32 SINGAPORE The Republic’s road network has been rated the best in the world, in both design and safety. Singapore received the recognition at the annual Institute of Transportation Engineers awards ceremony held in St Louis, Missouri, on Monday. The Land Transport Authority
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  • WORLD
    • 140 40 AP Myanmar’s President said the strengthening local currency is hurting the economy and garment factories face closure if the United States dollar continues to weaken. The US dollar has fallen from 800 to 750 kyat (S$142), dealing a blow to Myanmar’s exporters, President Thein
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    • 368 40 Anti-corruption activist allowed two weeks’ AGENCIES NEW DELHI India’s beleaguered government caved in to popular fury over corruption and thousands protesting across the country, striking a deal early yesterday to allow a self-styled Gandhian crusader to stage a 15-day hunger strike in public. Mr Anna Hazare was
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    • 222 42 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The United Kingdom’s media regulator, the Office of Communications (Ofcom), is looking into allegations that Malaysia paid millions of pounds to FBC Media to burnish its international image through news programmes on the BBC. British
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    • 111 42 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Malaysia’s import ban on Australian live cattle and other livestock was lifted on Wednesday, amid the threat of the deadly Hendra virus. But the ban on horses remains. Department of Veterinary Services deputy director-general Ibrahim Che Embong said
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    • 89 42 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Malaysia’s Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that 20 items have been categorised under the Aidilfitri 2011 Price-Control Scheme, the national news agency Bernama reported yesterday. The scheme will be in place from
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    • 385 45 AP JERUSALEM Assailants armed with heavy weapons, guns and explosives yesterday launched three attacks in quick succession in southern Israel near the border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing at least six people and wounding about a dozen more, officials said. The rare violence near
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    • 152 45 AP The spokesman for China’s embattled Railways Ministry has been transferred to Poland following a deadly highspeed train crash last month that killed at least 40 people, state media reported yesterday. The July 23 crash prompted Beijing to suspend construction of new
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    • 167 45 REUTERS Vietnam’s Science and Technology Ministry has ordered a fresh study of the site where the country’s first nuclear power station is supposed to be built after scientists warned that there was an earthquake and tsunami risk, a newspaper reported
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    • 230 48 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The leaders of the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany yesterday called on Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to step down after a brutal crackdown by Syrian forces on demonstrations against the Assad family’s 41-year
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    • 239 48 AGENCIES KARACHI A wave of violence killed 33 people in the last 24 hours in Pakistan’s largest city with many of the victims tortured, shot and stuffed in sacks that were dumped on the streets, officials said yesterday. Much of the fighting
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    • 240 50 THE NEW YORK TIMES PALMYRA (Pennsylvania) About 200 foreign students, waving their fists and shouting defiantly in many languages, walked off their jobs on Wednesday at an American plant that packs Hershey’s chocolates, saying a summer programme that
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    • 217 50 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The number of jobs held by people born outside Britain grew by almost 300,000 over the three months to June, while the number of UK-born people in employment fell by 50,000, new figures reveal. The increase in foreign-born workers highlights
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    • 125 50 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Anders Breivik, the confessed killer behind the deadly July 22 attacks in Norway, had prepared a second bomb bigger than the one that exploded in Oslo, according to reports. The bomb, which was at the farm Breivik had rented, some 140km
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    • 99 50 SINGAPORE TOY, GAME COMIC CONVENTION 20 21 August 2011 10am 8pm Hall 401 402 Suntec Singapore www.singaporetgcc.com C (f 2 -Ar an BRmE^MSsSsb gj»@)!II32R® REE AML poster with every ticket purchase!* V ■5U n» free 6^ > i. 1 PC COMICS, is#®***/* 7 V/ PARTICIPATING BRANDS PREVIEWS vjor\d.com TAMIYA M
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    • 299 52  -  AMANDA FENG amandafeng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Owners of public housing flats are purchasing more private properties due in part to new developments in the suburban areas and higher resale prices for HDB apartments. HDB upgraders accounted for 39 per cent of all private homes purchased in the second
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    • 115 52 Paragon Shopping Centre and Great World City were honoured at the Singapore Retailers Association’s Shopping Centre Awards. Paragon received the award for “outstanding efforts in advertising and promotions”, and Great World City for “outstanding efforts in centre management”. Six other retailers also received SRA Awards for
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    • 155 52 AGENCIES SINGAPORE CapitaMalls Asia said yesterday that it will acquire 50-per-cent stakes in two properties in Shanghai for US$789 million (S$953 million). CapitaMalls Asia CEO Lim Beng Chee said: “These acquisitions will deepen our presence and leasing strength in Shanghai to
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    • 270 54 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON Last week’s record volatility in United States stocks ended after four days. However, the anxiety it instilled among mutual-fund investors may linger for years. Investors pulled a net US$23.5 billion (S$28.6 billion) from US equity funds in the week ended Aug
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    • 58 54 THURSDAY CLOSE 10,990.60 (-3.68%) Wednesday 11,410.20 p 0.04% Tuesday 11,405.90 q 0.67% Monday 11,482.90 p 1.90% Friday 11,269.00 p 1.13% NYSETOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 331.1m $7.01 q 6.03% General Electric 116.8m $15.34 q 5.48% Hewlett Packard 93.1m $29.51 q 5.99% Ford 86.3m
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    • 22 54 È FTSE100 5,092.23 H DAX È È DAX 5,602.80 (-5.48%) CAC40 3,076.04 (-5.48%) All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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    • 109 54 OVERNIGHT Stocks, oil dip as gold rises Renewed jitters over Europe’s debt crisis and weak United States economic data sparked a rout in global equities yesterday as skittish investors took to the safety of gold and US government bonds. Crude oil capped the third-larg-est fall of 2011 as
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    • MARKETBUZZ
      • 99 56 Grocery shoppers in NTUC FairPrice stores islandwide can now pay for their everyday purchases with Visa. To mark the acceptance of Visa cards at all NTUC FairPrice stores in Singapore, shoppers who spend a minimum of S$50 in a single receipt at
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      • 72 56 F&N MAGNOLIA wants to share the joy of reading with you. As part of READ! Singapore 2011, an initiative by the National Library Board, F&N MAGNOLIA wants to help nourish Singaporeans’ minds and bodies. On selected weekends until September, get rewarded with a F&N
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      • 99 56 As part of Meiji Amino Collagen’s fifth anniversary celebrations, the company has launched a search of the Best Mother and Daughter in Singapore. Vote for your favourite pair and five lucky winners will stand a chance to win S$200 in
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      • 61 56 Have you got your eye on the Eiffel Tower? Looking for the Louvre? Now you can win an Air France ticket to Paris with Alliance Francaise de Singapour. Simply send an email with the subject: “I want to win an air ticket to Paris” to
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      • 91 56 Banish those blemishes with the new Smooth E Babyface Gel. A gentle cleansing gel for sensitive and acne-prone skin, it is made from all-natural extracts and promises no chemical residue after washing. It also contains Vitamin E to help soothe your skin. Its oil-free
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      • 57 56 This fall, shoppers can look forward to G2000’s latest styles for the season. Featuring structured cuts with a touch a femininity. G2000 will roll out new styles every two weeks at 26 stores islandwide. Expect a collection with abstract geometrics, stylised floral motifs and print
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      • 116 56 Frasers Centrepoint Homes is taking riverside living to a brand new level with Boathouse Residences, located near Serangoon Reservoir. Well connected to the city via major expressways such as the KPE, CTE and TPE, the condominium is just a short drive to Hougang Town Centre and Punggol New
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      • 93 56 Make a bold statement with the addition of a striking accessory to your wardrobe with the latest Baby G watch. Casio’s newest autumn looks include a shades of black, white and a little pink that will add to your unique style. The BGA110-1B2 features a glossy black
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      • 106 56 With the launch of the new EPINS CashOut service, Maybank customers now have an additional channel to withdraw cash from their Maybank accounts. This added service allows Maybank ATM/Debit cardholders to conveniently withdraw cash when making purchases at participating retailers. For a start,
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    • 440 60 AGENCIES COLOGNE (Germany) Sony is cutting the price of its basic PlayStation 3 gaming console by nearly one-fifth in the United States, hoping to jump-start sales of a device that is losing ground to Microsoft’s Xbox. Sony, which has been struggling to recover from a
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  • PROPERTY
    • 756 62  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@ mediacorp.com.sg The writer is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. A recent letter to the press has again brought to the surface the concerns of a group of househunting citizens whose needs have not gained much attention
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    • 454 63 Items available from 19-31 Aug 11 at Carrefour Suntec City Carrefour Plaza Singapura mmssm Exclusive! to Carrefour SUPOR 30YA5 MECHANICAL EVERYDAY RICE COOKER CONGEE 6C Diamond shape ceramic inner pot: I.Omm thick ceramic interior hard anodized exterior for durable use Easy to clean Multi function: rice/ congee/steam/soup/auto keep warm Micro
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    • 678 64  -  As a new football landscape looms, FAS chief Zainudin wants to bring the fans back next year SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Since 1994, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) have concentrated on developing the country’s own professional league and producing a steady stream of local
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    • 224 64 REUTERS LONDON Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has completed the takeover of Queens Park Rangers (QPR), the Premier League club said yesterday. Fernandes, the owner of the Team Lotus Formula One outfit and the low-cost airline AirAsia, took control of the promoted west London
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    • 429 65  -  85% of tickets already sold for Formula 1’s night race at Marina Bay next month LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is about to make its fourth appearance in the heart of the Lion City, and the popularity of the Formula
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    • 369 65 SINGAPORE Out to clear any perception that he has turned his back on the Barclays Singapore Open 2011, golf star Adam Scott sent a letter to Sentosa Golf Club president Low Teo Ping on Monday. The world No 7 is the
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    • 382 66 Dispute over agents’ fees delays French midfielder’s debut THE GUARDIAN LONDON Samir Nasri is unlikely to be cleared to make his debut for Manchester City at Bolton Wanderers on Sunday as the fine details on his much anticipated £22-million (S$44.2-million) transfer from Arsenal have
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    • 175 66 REUTERS LISBON Atletico Madrid have agreed to sign Colombia striker Radamel Falcao from Porto for a fee of €40 million (S$69.8 million). The deal is subject to the player passing a medical and agreeing personal terms, the Portuguese champions said in a statement yesterday before adding
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    • 523 67 Tottenham, Fulham, Stoke and Birmigham avoid defeat but Shalke, Roma face uphill task AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Tottenham ran riot at Tynecastle to all but seal their place in the Europa League group stages with a comprehensive play-off first leg win over Hearts. The
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    • 615 68 Real Madrid manager joins in brawl, labels Spanish and European champions a ‘small team’ AP BARCELONA While Real Madrid may trust Jose Mourinho to bring trophies to the club, players from arch-rivals Barcelona believe the Portuguese coach is ruining Spanish football with his abrasive attitude
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    • 226 68 AP Cesc Fabregas has only attended two practice sessions with Barcelona but he has already won a trophy the Spanish Super Cup. The former Arsenal midfielder completed his transfer to the Catalan club three days before the cup victory over arch-rivals Real Madrid on Wednesday (yesterday
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    • 199 68 AP KOLKATA The anticipated announcement of Lionel Messi (picture) in an Argentina squad to play Venezuela in an international friendly here next month is expected to unleash what locals are calling “Messi Mania”. More than 15,000 tickets have already been sold online for the FIFA-sanctioned match
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    • 136 68 SPORTS FIXTURES Singapore Cup Singapore Cup Home Team Okkthar Etoile FC Awav Team Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Hougang Gombak Fri, 19/08/11 8.00pm Sat, 20/08/11 8.00pm For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish, German, J League, K League and US Soccer League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE
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    • 54 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE AND OF MOONCAKES TOO T2 CHEF DANIEL SIA SPICES UP A FAVE SNACK T6 DAVID LETTERMAN GETS DEATH THREATS T8 CARS: CAN GERMAN AUTOS REALLY BE CHEAP? T10 AUGUST 19, 2011 A
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  • WINE & DINE
    • 1706 2  -  More reasons to go gaga over this year’s mooncake varieties DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg I HAD my mooncake epiphany with a certain Parisian marquise of sorts some years ago. And as tempting as it is to follow the assertion with a flurry of cheeky allusions, I must insist that
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    • 509 5  -  Hidden away in a hotel in the CBD, Suite 23 is a quiet respite from the lunchtime mob FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN CALL it a rebirth or a renaissance of steak in Singapore, but of late, restaurants all over the island have begun turning their focus to beef.The
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    • 405 6  -  Chef Daniel Sia is happy to spice up a hot local RECIPE: LOCAL INSPIRATION DON MENDOZA THERE is certainly a sternness and strict sense of culinary clever about Daniel Sia, but malcontent he is not.The chef-owner ofThe Disgruntled Chef on Dempsey
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 271 8 REUTERS A MUSLIM militant has urged American followers to assassinate American talk show host David Letterman (picture), saying his tongue deserved to be cut out, said a United States intelligence monitoring group on Wednesday. The SITE intelligence group said the death threat was posted on a
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    • 112 8 WHEN Katy Perry first came on the scene, some dismissed her as a one-hit wonder. Three years later, she’s proven she’s a multi-hit proven wonder, becoming the first woman to score five No 1 songs from one album on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her song
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    • 136 8 It pays to wear Abercrombie Fitch AP A CLOTHING company is offering money to Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and his fellow Jersey Shore cast members to stop wearing the brand on the show. In a news release posted on Tuesday, Abercrombie Fitch said that it is concerned that having Sorrentino
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    • 139 9 AP AN AIRLINE passenger said her Paris-to-Dublin flight was delayed nearly two hours after celebrated French actor Gerard Depardieu urinated on the plane ahead of takeoff. France’s Europe-1 radio aired an interview with the passenger, identified only by her first name
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    • 125 9 REUTERS FORMER Delaware US Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell stormed off the set of Piers Morgan Tonight on Wednesday, apparently objecting to the CNN host’s questions about same-sex marriage. “I’m not being weird, you’re being a little rude,” O’Donnell said to the British host,
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