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  • 39 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Thursday September 1, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Today MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday September 1, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 1027 1  -  Prime Minister and MPs pay tribute at farewell reception for Mr S R Nathan, who steps down as President after 12 years TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg You have upheld the standing and prestige of the Office, and of Singapore in the world. Singaporeans will long remember your
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 585 3  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg JOHOR For 50 years, four waterworks in Johor managed and operated by Singapore’s water agency PUB had been producing about 15 million gallons of water per day, equivalent to 30 swimming pools. Yesterday, the Skudai and Gunung Pulai water
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    • 610 4  -  Hike is highest in the industrial sector LINETTE LIM linettelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The generally healthy property market over the past six months and external developments have led to higher than expected revisions to the rate for development charges (DC). Yesterday, the Ministry of National Development (MND) as
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    • 202 6 With the addition of overseas votes, Presidentelect DrTonyTan has won 35.2 percent of the total votes cast for Presidential Election. The final tally for Dr Tan Cheng Bock is 34.85 per cent. This means that Dr Tony Tan’s final winning margin is 0.35 per cent
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    • 366 6 SINGAPORE President-elect Dr Tony Tan has resigned from his posts as chairman of the National Research Foundation (NRF) and deputy chairman of the Research Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC). His post as NRF chairman will be filled by Mr Teo
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    • 254 6 SINGAPORE His private surveys and “information from a third-party survey” indicated that he had a “credible level of support”, said former NTUC Income chief Tan Kin Lian. That was why he did not withdraw from the four-cornered fight in the
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    • 344 8 SINGAPORE Supporting National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan’s decision to stop releasing the median cash-over-valuation (COV) data, the industry body representing property valuers here has urged the authorities to go a step further and “discourage” the practice of paying COV. The
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    • 290 8  -  SHARON SEE sharonsee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There is a faster way to cross the reservoir from the Merlion Park. Marina Bay Sands (MBS) is the latest destination on the water taxi route operated by Singapore River Cruise. At
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    • 263 8  -  SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) will embrace more diversity while ensuring the unions remain united just as it did during the recent Presidential Election, where it did not adopt a top-down endorsement of any one candidate,
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    • 621 10  -  Transport operator argues that negligence led to her falling onto train tracks TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The SMRT has filed its defence in the S$3.4-million lawsuit brought against the transport operator by the family of the Thai
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    • 150 10  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE A body believed to be that of the Singaporean shipping agent who fell off a ship 3.2km south-west of Bedok Jetty on Monday was found off East Coast Park yesterday afternoon, according to a Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
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    • 515 12 AGENCIES CANBERRA Australia’s highest court ruled yesterday that asylum-seekers cannot be sent to Malaysia, a major blow to the government’s plan to stem an influx of people from poor, war-torn countries attempting to reach Australia by boat. The High Court reached
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    • 419 12 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government is reportedly looking for a public relations agency to help build public support for nuclear power, as part of a plan to make the country ready for an alternative energy source by 2013.
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    • 330 13 AGENCIES TRIPOLI Rebel leaders have rejected plans by the United Nations to send hundreds of international personnel into liberated Libya insisting that they will secure the country themselves. A leaked document drafted by a Libya task force reporting to Mr Ban Ki Moon,
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    • 306 13 THE GUARDIAN LAHORE Millions of Internet users in Pakistan will now be unable to send emails and messages without fear of the government snooping, after the authorities banned the use of encryption software. A legal notice sent to all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by the Pakistan
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    • 225 8 INSTITUTE (C 0 x (Busings 6y (Business Leaders! Change your Perception Management Essentials 1 Change Management Seminar Talk by Dr. John Vang Change, the most constant factor in the world of business, is inevitable. In a time where the global economy might be on the brink of a crisis, it
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1249 16  -  Mr S R Nathan has had a key hand in defining how the Elected Presidency should fulfil its functions EUGENE K B TAN Eugene K B Tan is assistant professor of law at the Singapore Management University School of Law. Tonight President S R Nathan
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    • 969 18  -  Japan’s new Premier isn’t known for fresh thinking or bold ideas but change is what its people must WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG Japan needs an Arab Spring. If you’d told me 10 years ago, when I moved
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    • 809 20  - Apple's tricky next steps what history suggests JULIA KIRBY Julia Kirby is an editor-at-large for Harvard Business Review. 2011 HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLISHING (DISTRIBUTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE) And so it begins: Life for Apple after Mr Steve Jobs. Last Wednesday, the legendary chief executive officer announced that he
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    • 190 18 Are You Struggling To Earn $8,000 A Month? Do You Want To Start A Profitable Business in Singapore and 16 Countries Worldwide? PI President Northwest Invention Center, USA Booming Business "Started In United States Expanded to Australia, Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, India. Dr Sobey launched Camp Invention, which now has more
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  • VOICES
    • 453 22  -  I SAY FRANCES ESS Someone found me on Facebook recently. He was from the first batch of pupils I taught in 1986. Within an hour, we discovered and “friended” more than 20 others from his batch. I was so glad. People always say that you cannot
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    • 109 24  -  LETTER FROM GERALD YONG In the past, whenever something was faulty in my estate, the former town council took forever to solve the issue. At the recent General Election, we were “moved” to the Jurong Group Representation Constituency, and we got a new town
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    • 123 24  -  LETTER FROM IVY LAM BEE LIAN I read Minister Yaacob Ibrahim’s comment, in the article “PE showed strong support for PAP” (Aug 31), that the results of the Presidential Election showed there was strong support for the People’s Action Party. Isn’t the
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    • 258 24  -  Letter from Chan Chi Yung THE stand taken by the People’s Association (PA) on why opposition Members of Parliament cannot be advisers to grassroots bodies is disturbing because of its implications. For instance, that opposition MPs exist only to oppose the
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    • 197 24  -  Letter from Nicholas Loh Huashan THE revelation of the dispute between the Workers’ Party and the People’s Association (PA) in Aljunied Group Representation Constituency and Hougang as well as its wider implications are worrying. The General Election (GE) has been held and
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    • 181 24  -  Letter from Edwin Yeo Tee Yeok LOOKING back at the Singapore Business Federation’s statement reported in “Send strong message on economic stability” (Aug 25), the SBF was right that political stability is an important prerequisite to economic stability. However, to suggest by implication or
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 46 24 VOICES ON RADIO make a champion? Join us tomorrow on Talkback, after the 8am news. Call us at 6691 1938 and share your views. Swim queen Tao Li has parted with coach Barry Prime, her second split in as many years. Does Singapore know how to
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 555 27  -  StarHub could follow suit amid rising data usage by consumers TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Telco M1 has sounded the death knell for its unlimited mobile data plans, as analysts noted the unsustainability of such plans amid rising data usage globally. M1 yesterday introduced
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    • 332 28  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Speak Good English Movement’s (SGEM) campaign this year will urge Singaporeans to speak well when they interact with children so as to set an example for them to speak good English. How one speaks
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    • 190 28 Public broadcasters from all over the world will gather here next month for the Public Broadcasters International conference to share experiences, solutions and best practices in the wake of the challenges faced by the industry. Marking its 20th anniversary, the conference will be hosted
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    • 313 28  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE Teachers from the private education sector will receive some appreciation on Teachers’ Day this year alongside their public sector counterparts, with a new movement launched by the Education Services Union (ESU) and industry stakeholders to thank the 30,000 employees in
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    • 149 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA All 23 elevated MRT stations on the East-West Line are now fitted with half-height screen doors. The 1.6m doors were introduced in 2009 to enhance commuter safety. The Land Transport Authority said work has started on the remaining 10 stations (Admiralty,
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    • 128 30 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE From today, all workplaces in Singapore will be covered under the Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSH Act). This means all companies and employees here will need to take reasonablypractical measures to ensure their workplaces are safe. First announced in
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    • 230 30 SINGAPORE The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has suspended the tobacco licences of 14 tobacco sellers for selling tobacco to underaged youths. They were prosecuted and convicted between March and July and their licences will be suspended for six months from Sept 1 to
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    • 148 30  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB The former accounts manager of an airfreight company has been charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust involving nearly S$590,000. Mohd Azmi Ishak, 36, formerly of Itochu Logistics, allegedly spent the money from November 2008 until
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    • 135 30 A maid has been hauled to court for allegedly stealing what is believed to be the largest amount a domestic helper has stolen from an employer here. Indian national Kirandeep Kaur, 25, is accused of stealing more than S$400,000 worth of cash
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    • 360 30 BEWARE, THE BAD GUYS ARE LISTENING PAGE 56 Friday Saturday, 2 3 September 7:30pm to 2am SAM vicinity Free Be dazzled by this outdoor showcase of spectacular light installations from France. Encounter these intriguing works as you enter the Bras Basah cultural precinct at SAM, School of the Arts (SOTA),
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  • WORLD
    • 333 32 REUTERS URUMQI China has thwarted attacks by suspected Uighur militants in its restive far western Xinjiang region, state media said yesterday as Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visited a trade fair where he promised to work with Beijing to fight terrorism. Mr Zardari
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    • 264 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BEIJING For patriotic fans of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, they were billed as the perfect purchase limited edition versions of the games five mascots, crafted in “99.9 per cent” fine gold. But as gold prices soared in recent
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    • 198 32 AGENCIES BEIJING The President of the Philippines urged Chinese companies yesterday to invest more in his country despite a territorial spat and pledged they would receive open and equal access. President Benigno Aquino III, starting a weeklong visit to China, said
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    • 112 32 REUTERS Japan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is expected to pick outgoing ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) secretary-general Katsuya Okada as Chief Cabinet Secretary, the business daily Nikkei has reported. MrNoda, settoform hisCabinettomorrow, is also expected to reappoint two of his rivals
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    • 249 36 BANGKOK The Thai Cabinet has appointed more core Red Shirt members to political positions, saying it is the best way to assimilate them into the conventional political system and ensure they will act as a conduit of information from the grassroots. The
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    • 72 36 A firefighter spraying vehicles at the site of a bomb blast in the Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday. Police said the suspected suicide car bomb attack killed 10 people. Two women and two children were among the dead and about 20 more were wounded in
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    • 303 36 AGENCIES DAMASCUS At least 88 people, including 10 children, have died in detention in Syria since the uprising against the regime began in March in what amounts to “systematic persecution on a vast scale”, according to Amnesty International. The majority of victims were tortured or
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    • 312 38 Chinese, Russian firms rebuilding crumbling infrastructure around economic zone REUTERS PYONGYANG Destitute North Korea’s push to breathe new life into economic relationships with its neighbours China and Russia appears to be bearing fruit in its far north where foreigners are busy helping rebuild a
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    • 285 38 REUTERS RAJIN When you think of taking a cruise, usually it is the Bahamas, Fiji or the Maldives that generally come to mind. How about North Korea? On Tuesday, the secretive state launched itself into the glitzy world of cruise tourism when about
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    • 117 38 AP Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario yesterday called the former United States ambassador to Manila “a dismal failure” over her leaked comments criticising the country’s democracy icon Corazon Aquino, a rare public rebuke against one of Manila’s strongest allies. A 2009 US Embassy cable from
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    • 127 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A human rights group has launched a campaign to help the public overcome its fear of India’s police, which has been tainted by allegations of extra-judicial killings, corruption, extortion, rape and sexual assault. The Commonwealth
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    • 292 38 BLOOMBERG SEOUL South Korea’s President Lee Myung Bak has put a former ambassador to China in charge of North Korean affairs, in a move that may signal an easing of policies towards Mr Kim Jong Il’s regime before next year’s elections.
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    • 123 38 Two top Taiwanese hospitals were fined NT$150,000 (s$6,220) each for negligence after five patients received organs donated by a man who was HIV positive, AFP reported. The National Cheng Kung University Hospital and the National Taiwan University Hospital will also face criminal
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    • 109 38 AP A Chinese court has sentenced two more Tibetan Buddhist monks to up to 13 years in prison for helping a 16-year-old colleague set himself on fire penalties aimed apparently at discouraging such acts. TseringTenzin was sentenced to 13 years and Tenchum
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    • 387 40 AGENCIES NEW YORK Hurricane Irene will most likely prove to be one of the 10 costliest catastrophes in United States history, and analysts said that much of the damage might not be covered by insurance. Industry estimates put the cost
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    • 166 40 AP POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE (Texas) Wildfires sweeping through parts of Texas and Oklahoma have destroyed dozens of homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate. Although officials do not yet know what ignited the blazes, a summer heat wave and drought have left both
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    • 254 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON Airline pilots are becoming so reliant on cockpit computers that they are forgetting basic procedures, aviation experts have warned. A draft study found pilots can “abdicate too much responsibility to automated systems”, resulting in significantly weaker flying skills. Both airlines
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    • 261 40 AP LONDON The WikiLeaks website crashed on Tuesday in an apparent cyber-attack after its accelerated publication of tens of thousands of once-secret United States State Department cables raised new concerns about the exposure of confidential US embassy sources. “WikiLeaks.org is presently under attack,” the group
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    • 142 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Firing laser beams into humid air could give scientists control over when and where rain falls, a new study claims. Researchers from the University of Geneva used lasers to create water droplets in the air, in a
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    • 150 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The German city of Bonn has introduced “parking meters” for prostitutes in an attempt to tax the world’s oldest profession. Prostitutes working the streets of the old West German capital now have to buy tickets from converted roadside
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    • 47 42 Fireworks exploding above St Basil’s cathedral during a rehearsal for the ‘Spasskaya Tower’ international military music festival at Moscow’s Red Square on Tuesday. Military bands from several countries were expected to participate in the third such annual event that started yesterday. REUTERS
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    • 267 42 AP WASHINGTON Governor Rick Perry has emerged top of a crowded field of Republicans who want to challenge United States President Barack Obama in next year’s presidential election, according to recent polls. With the first state primary elections and caucuses still months away, Mr
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    • 249 46 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A pill that prevents sunburn could be on the shelves within less than five years after British scientists discovered how coral shields itself against harmful ultra-violet rays. Coral does not suffer from sunburn despite living in
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    • 377 46 THE GUARDIAN TOKYO It is not just the sushi and it is definitely not the sake. Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world but the reasons, says a new analysis, have as much to do with equality and public
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    • 136 46 AGENCIES Researchers in Malaysia have discovered that papaya leaves are a possible cure for dengue fever, Bernama reported yesterday. The study, initiated by Dr S Kathiresan of the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology University in Kedah, found that leaves of the
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    • 250 48 AGENCIES SINGAPORE The domestic loan book of banks in Singapore grew by 27.8 per cent in July on an annual basis, the fastest in the 12 years that comparable data has been available from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Cumulative loans outstanding of
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    • 303 48 SINGAPORE Six Singapore companies are ranked among the top 200 Asia-Pacific corporations in Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion list for this year. They include ARA Asset Management, warehousing and services firm CWT, Ezion Holdings, Leader Environmental Technologies, Miclyn
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    • 107 48 DOW JONES CapitaLand said yesterday its serviced residence business unit, The Ascott, has signed contracts to manage two properties in China. The 181-unit Ascott Financial City Chengdu, the first Ascottbranded serviced residence in Chengdu, is slated to open in 2014. The 187-unit
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    • 115 48 Home-grown general contractor CCM Group announced yesterday it has secured two contracts worth a combined S$100.5 million from the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and Orion-One Residential. The HDB contract, worth S$68.2 million, is for the construction of 491 residential units in Jurong
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    • 267 48  -  STELLA LEE, AMANDA FENG stellalee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore-listed bakery BreadTalk said yesterday it is considering raising product prices to offset higher production costs and wheat prices, which have risen by 20 per cent over the past two months. “Input costs are going up
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    • 229 50  -  RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX), which celebrated its first anniversary yesterday, is in discussions with other exchanges in the region to help it expand. “We have a tie-up with the ICDX Indonesia and we are talking to a
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    • 245 50 SINGAPORE Shareholder equity in the corporate sector rose 18 per cent to S$1.29 trillion at the end of 2009, up from S$ 1.09 trillion the previous year, the Department of Statistics reported yesterday. Total assets rose by 3.5 per cent to S$4.45 trillion over
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    • 56 50 STOCK CALLS Sell S$0.485 UOB KayHian downgrades Epicentre to Sell from Buy and cuts its target price to S$0.42 from S$1.01. It says Epicentre’s secondhalf earnings per share EPS was 99.2 per cent below its forecast due to sharply lower revenue and higher operating expenses. It says the increase
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    • 56 50 WEDNESDAY CLOSE 2,885.26 (+3.34%) Tuesday Closed Monday 2,791.89 p 1.59% Friday 2,748.18 q 0.63% Thursday 2,765.74 p 1.69% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 161,171 $1.665 p 6.051% Sheng Siong 140,952 $0.560 p 5.660% GoldenAgr 125,483 $0.660 p 3.937% Noble Grp 60,355 $1.620 p 5.882%
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    • 25 50 HANG SENG 20,534.85 (+1.64%) Ç NIKKEI 8,955.20 (+0.01%) Ç Ç Ç Ç SHANGHAI 2,567.34 (+0.03%) AUSTRALIA 4,296.50 (+0.64%) MUMBAI 16,676.75 (+1.59%) SEOUL 1,880.11 (+1.97%)
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    • 209 52 AP TOKYO Japan’s industrial production fell short of expectations in July as a strong yen, power shortages and slowing global economy compounded the struggle to recover from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said yesterday that
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    • 224 52 DOW JONES LONDON Tesco said yesterday it will exit the Japanese market, joining a growing list of Western grocery behemoths who have struggled to entice shoppers in the Asian economic powerhouse. Japan is the smallest of Tesco’s international retail businesses, with 129 leasehold-owned, small
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    • 260 52 AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese electronics makers Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi will merge their liquidcrystal display (LCD) operations into a venture to be called Japan Display KK, using about S$3.1 billion of governmentbacked funds to fend off growing competition from rivals in South
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    • 166 54 DOW JONES Olam International, a commodities supplier partly owned by Temasek Holdings, said yesterday it has acquired all the shares of Hemarus Industries, a company that owns a sugar mill and a power plant in India, for
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    • 287 54 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Debt crises and financial market turmoil have triggered sharp falls in consumer confidence in Europe and the United States, threatening to plunge western economies into a downward spiral. Pessimism among Britons has reached levels usually seen in a recession
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    • 204 54 SINGAPORE UBS has hired more than 100 people in Asia for its private banking arm over the past two months. The hires include Mr Alun Branigan, a former founding partner of emerging markets private equity firm Actis, as head of a corporate advisory
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    • 75 54 Cheung Kong (Holdings) seeks to pay a low 5 per cent yield for its planned Singapore dol-lar-denominated bond, according to a term sheet that was released yesterday. The company plans to sell a benchmark Reg S senior perpetual bond this
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    • 164 56 BLOOMBERG The amount of time United States users spend on Google’s new social network has grown more slowly, indicating that it may struggle to make headway against Facebook. Users on average spent 5 minutes and 47 seconds on Google+ last week, up about 4 per
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    • 693 62  -  Avramovic’s men will not be cowed by Camacho’s Real Madrid credentials SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER, POOL A China vs Singapore SINGAPORE As a Real Madrid player, he chalked up nine league titles and a couple of European trophies. He went on
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    • 387 62  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE A disputed penalty stood between Singapore and what would have been a credible draw with China in an Asian Cup qualifier in 2006, and the lessons learned that August night in Tianjin still hold true. So believes that
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    • 403 63 AGENCIES LONDON Arsene Wenger (picture) continued re-shaping his struggling Arsenal squad, concluding three cut-price deals, and was hopeful of adding another two to three new faces to the club before last night’s (this morning, Singapore time transfer deadline. The Gunners boss yesterday snapped
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    • 321 63 AGENCIES LONDON Liverpool’s capture of Uruguayan central defender Sebastian Coates from Nacional had much to do with Luis Suarez. The Reds’ star striker convinced Coates it was the right move before Nacional received around US$11.5 million (S$13.8 million) from the
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    • 227 63 AP LONDON Scott Parker joined Tottenham from London rival West Ham yesterday, ensuring a return to the Premier League for the England midfielder. The 30-year-old Parker moved to White Hart Lane on the final day of the summer transfer window, which closed this morning (Singapore
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    • 223 66 AGENCIES US Open winner Rory McIlroy says his relationship with topranked women’s tennis player Caroline Wozniacki can help him become golf’s world No 1. McIlroy will tee off in the first round of the Omega European Masters at the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club today and,
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    • 601 66 England rugby coach Johnson trusts his squad to act responsibly in NZ AGENCIES LONDON While he never referred to it, England rugby coach Martin Johnson may well have recalled the fate of the national football team last year in South Africa, in deciding
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    • 303 66 AP NEW YORK Former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya, known as “The Golden Boy” transcended his sport. The American boxer of Hispanic descent had a flamboyant style and generated crossover appeal among Latinos and whites. He reigned for much of the
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    • 553 68 Chinese star struggling to prove her French Open triumph was no fluke TENNIS US Open AGENCIES NEW YORK While her bank balance has been multiplied to the millions following her French Open triumph earlier this year, the same cannot be said of Li
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    • 260 68 REUTERS Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal are not the only ones sick of the sight of Novak Djokovic. At the US Open on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), food poisoning victim Conor Niland of Ireland threw up before withdrawing from his first-round match with
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    • 274 68 REUTERS DAEGU Gritty Russian racewalker Olga Kaniskina won the solitary gold up for grabs yesterday as the World Athletics Championship reached the midway point. Kaniskina grimaced her way through downtown Daegu to win the women’s 20km walk title for a record third time in the process
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    • 138 4 REUTERS SOME good may finally be coming out of Anne Hathaway’s (picture) performance as host of this year’s Academy Awards: A starring role in the film version of Les Miserables. In February, while serving as co-host of the poorly received Oscars
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    • 157 4 REUTERS ACTRESS and environmental activist Daryl Hannah (picture) was briefly arrested outside the White House on Tuesday during a protest against a proposed US$7 billion (S$8.4 billion) oil pipeline, police said. Hannah, best known for her roles in Splash and Kill Bill, was released
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    • 534 6 REUTERS HERE’S some good news about the fall TV season coming up:There will be marked increase in the number of actresses populating new series. Now, the other news: They appear to have packed pretty light when it comes to wardrobe. From the tight uniforms sported
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    • 436 8 REUTERS GEORGE Clooney (picture) kicked off the 2011 Venice film festival yesterday with the world premiere of his political drama The Ides Of March, setting the tone for a starstudded 11 days on the Lido waterfront. The 50-year-old actor stars in and directs
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    • 801 10  -  Ryan Gosling on working with muppets and making out with Steve Carell Genevieve Loh genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg HE WAS a mouseketeer alongside Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera in 1993; a neo-Nazi in 2001’s The Believer; a Best Actor Oscar-nominated druggie school teacher in 2006’s Half Nelson, a loner
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    • 1158 12  -  Australia’s Gold Coast isn’t just about sunny beaches and surf Ansley Ng ansley@m ediacorp.com. sg FOR some time, serious runners have come to the Gold Coast Airport Marathon (GCAM) to have a crack at getting a good time to qualify for the Holy Grail of running
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    481 22 Drum Tao Art of Drum Tour Catch Japan’s elite martial drummers in action for an exhilarating performance of drums, dance and martial arts. This worldfamous production blends the ancienttraditions of taiko drumming with contemporary Japanese choreography. Expect to be moved by the powerful and intensely physical performance
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    • 227 23 ON MEDIACORP THEE Vasantham, 10pm Thee aims to create awareness of family violence in the Indian community in Singapore and to educate and inspire the community to stop this problem. GENERATOR REX okto, 7.30pm Rex wakes up in a strange place: an old boarding school with no people but a
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  • COMEX 2011
    • INTRODUCTION
      • 492 2 The biggest eventto hit the tech community has already happened. Steve Jobs quit last week. The next biggest, at least in Singapore (in the latter half of the year) is COMEX. For the uninitiated, COMEX is said to be Singapore’s biggest IT and consumers electronics exhibition,
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    • 978 4 Sony α Nex-5ND Like the highly popular Sony NEX-5 compact camera, Sony’s NEX-5ND takes it to the next level with superb responsiveness, image quality and creativity of a DSLR camera. Expect high image quality with 16.1 megapixels and a new BIONZ processor enabling ISO ***** high sensitivity.
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      413 8 Nikon D5100 Enjoy taking photos from a wide variety of angles with Nikon D5100 horizontal vari-angle LCD monitor, which has been enlarged to 3 inches to enable greater flexibility during hand-held shooting. What’s more, this camera is also the first ever Nikon DSLR to come with a Special Effects
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      379 10 Samsung Series 9 900X3A Screen size: 13.3 inches Weight: 1.31kg Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium Processor: Intel Core i5-2537M processor 1.40GHz Storage: 128/256GB Memory: 4GB DDR3 RAM Connectivity: 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 Graphics: Integrated Shared Internal Graphics Memory With Samsung’s Fast Start technology and solid state drive, the
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      330 12 HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer Print on the go with HP’s Officejet 100 mobile printer. Powered with a long-life lithium ion battery, Officejet 100 can deliver up to 500 professional-quality prints when fully charged. Enjoy print speeds of up to 22ppm black/18ppm colour and ISO (laser-comparable) speeds up to
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    • 469 14 Motorola XOOM Tablet Screen size: 10.1-inch 1280x800 resolution Weight: 708g Operating system: Android 3.0 Honeycomb Processor: 1GHz dual-core processors Memory: Up to 32GB on board Connectivity: 3.5mm, micro USB 2.0 HS, Corporate Sync, Wi-Fi 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR HID Thin, light and powerful the
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      359 16 Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Put a 4.2-inch Reality Display with a Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine, and an 8.1-megapixel camera that lets you capture high-quality movies and stills in low light, into a sleek (8.7mm) and ergonomic casing and you have the Xperia Arc by Sony Ericsson. Powered by
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    • 637 20 Samsung D7000 LED TV The Samsung D7000 LED TV is a marriage of high technology and minimalist design aesthetics. Its stunningly thin 5mm black bezel is framed by a jewel-like transparent bezel that offers a hint of red along the crystal bezel’s edge. The Quad Stand
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    • 805 22 FROM TOP: Microsoft Xbox 360 with Kinect Microsoft’s revolutionary motion-sensing device is a whole different take on gaming, operating with the idea that your body is the controller. Great for parties and workouts, it’s an experience you’ll never forget. Recommended retail price: S$469 Special COMEX offer: Trade
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    • 408 10 POWER PRDMDS Microsoft CDMEX 2011 Any purchase above $40 will be entitled to a Sure-Win Instant Jackpot! (except for Microsoft Office and Windows products) S r s co O) Save up to $150 With our ultimate TRADE-IN Offer COM EX! Trade in ANY gaming console save up to $150 off
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    • 143 11 Canon Delighting You Always 'v. S m i I m ft <A m f Visit us at COMEX 2011! 1-4 September Suntec Convention Centre Qnm Level 4, Hall 404 12 9 P m Booth 8101 Print your most cherished memories with Canon original inks and photo papers. Designed to complement
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    • 479 13 Sony recommends Windows® 7. make-believe Get the Best of VAIO atCOMEX 2011! V Windows 7 Visit VAIO Booth 8210, Level 4 (Entrance via Hall 404) Booth 3008, Level 3 VAIO Series Antidote to Ordinary Colours: O VPCEG17FG/B/W Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit Intel® Core™ I3-2310M Processor (2.10 GHz) 320
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