Today, 6 December 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday December 6, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Comfort raises basic cab fares
    785 1  -  Flag down fare up between S$0.20 and S$0.70 LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE ComfortDelGro, the largest taxi operator here, announced revisions to its taxi fare structure yesterday, a move which could spark other smaller operators to follow suit. While two cab companies are adopting a
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      35 1 @tdys ports SPORTS FANS, STAY UP TO DATE AT TWITTER.COM/TDYSPORTS SCORES ANALYSIS NEWS HOT NEWS ‘LIGHT’ BEIJING SMOG CAUSES 200 FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS 2 EIGHT FERRARIS SMASHED IN 14-CAR PILE-UP 4 SPORTS T SECTION PAGE 41 HOT NEWS 4 DRIVER KILLED IN BISHAN COLLISION THE DAZZLER’S BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT 38
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Merkel, Sarkozy seek new EU treaty to save euro
      691 2 AGENCIES PARIS The leaders of Germany and France have set aside their differences and called for a new European Union (EU) treaty to ensure that the region’s debt crisis never happens again. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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      Lock icon ‘Light’ Beijing smog causes 200 flight cancellations
      330 2 AGENCIES BEIJING A heavy fog blanketed parts of northern China yesterday, while a heavy smog descended on Beijing, delaying flights and causing hundreds of cancellations in the capital. By mid-afternoon, the authorities had cancelled 213 domestic and 15 international flights at Beijing Capital
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      Zero-tolerance essential as drugs scourge inches closer to Singapore
      435 3  -  OLIVIA SIONG oliviasiong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More drug syndicates have been moving their clandestine laboratories closer to Singapore in recent years, making the Republic more vulnerable because of its proximity to drug-producing countries, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean. Speaking at the
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      Lock icon Driver killed in Bishan collision
      438 4  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A man was killed after his car was hit by an SBS Transit double-decker bus at the junction of Bishan Street 14 and Bishan Road yesterday. A woman in the passenger seat of the car sustained several injuries. According to eyewitness
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      Lock icon 8 Ferraris smashed in 14-car pile-up
      256 4 AGENCIES TOKYO A highway pile-up in Japan on Sunday morning involving a convoy of luxury sports cars may be one of the priciest road accidents on record. Eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and three Mercedes Benzs as well as two Toyotas were smashed. A video
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      Lock icon Safety and well-being of Standard Chartered runners ‘take priority’
      563 6  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) has refuted criticism that it profits from increasing annual participation figures at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore. The criticism arose following the death of a participant on Sunday. Malcolm Sng, 22, had
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      Study suggests local commercial property market may be at its peak
      431 6  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE While the Republic retained top spot for prospects in commercial property investment and development next year, a study released yesterday cautioned that “the environment is now less positive”. The Emerging Trends in Real Estate report
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      Lock icon YINGLUCK’S TEAM APOLOGISES FOR FACEBOOK GAFFE
      161 8 BANGKOK POST Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s Facebook team issued an apology for wrongly posting pictures of the late King Ananda to accompany the Premier’s message inviting Thais to join nationwide celebrations of King Bhumibol’s 84th birthday yesterday. “The Prime Minister’s Facebook team made a
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      Lock icon Thai King calls for unity amid flood crisis
      336 8 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej yesterday called on his countrymen to unite in response to the worst floods in half a century, as he marked his 84th birthday. The King spoke at the ceremonial Grand Palace for about five minutes after
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      6 2 >> BRINKSMANSHIP SHOWS MERKEL’S METTLE COMMENT 10
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Brinksmanship shows Merkel’s mettle
      968 10  -  Politics’ most powerful woman, who will decide the euro’s fate, won’t let herself be bullied into a decision MARGARET HECKEL Margaret Heckel is a journalist and author of a best-selling German-language biography of Angela Merkel. BLOOMBERG During the financial crisis of 2008, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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      Lock icon Healthcare is better off at home
      745 12  -  JACK RESNICK Jack Resnick has a solo internal medicine practice. THE NEW YORK TIMES One of my patients called me with a high fever, chills and dropping blood pressure. He was 48 and had been a quadriplegic since he was shot during a robbery
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      Lock icon Russia, 20 years along
      1063 14  -  The ghosts haunting the post-Soviet space still pose challenges to democracy, free markets and rule of law ARIEL COHEN Ariel Cohen is senior research fellow in Russian and Eurasian studies and international energy policy at The Heritage Foundation. THE NEW YORK TIMES December marks the 20th
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      642 12 SINGAPORE, MY HOME Feeling a sense of belonging Having lived in Singapore for more than a decade, Malaysian Ralph Ong has built a life for himself here SINCE he was young, Malaysian Ralph Ong and his family travelled frequently to Singapore to celebrate festive occasions with their relatives here. So
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  • VOICES
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      Military school, to curb delinquency
      459 16  -  Letter from Matthew Chua Boon Hou I REFER to the letter “A new code for youth crime?” (Dec 5) and agree that violent youth crime cannot be condoned and age is not an excuse to escape the same justice an adult would face. But I
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      YES, THERE WILL BE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES
      97 16  -  LETTER FROM DESMOND TAN DIRECTOR, PUBLICAFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE We refer to the letter “PRs who do not serve NS may not be at a disadvantage” (Nov 29). Permanent residents liable for National Service who renounce their PR status without serving NS will face
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      CORRECTION
      35 16 The headline for the article “Prisons to introduce Gang Renunciation Programme at Singapore Boys’ Home” (Dec 4) should read “MCYS to introduce gang renunciation programme at Singapore Boys’ Home”. We apologise for the error.
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      LANDED HOME PRICES TO FALL? SOME REASONS TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE
      160 18  -  LETTER FROM THOMAS NG On reading the report “Landed home prices to fall in some areas after new rules, say analysts” (Nov 26), I feel there is a gross misconception for three reasons. First, with fewer plots of landed homes
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      To value the peace and harmony we have ...
      292 18  - To value the peace and harmony we have Letter from Shaik Kadir THE recent news of the three young men who made irresponsible remarks online about Islam and Muslims has saddened Muslim Singaporeans, who responded commendably with restraint and were wise to let the police handle the cases. This shows
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      MPs, help revive S-League
      209 18  -  Letter from K Suppaiah FOOTBALL is a game that can allow communities to come forward in solidarity by supporting their teams. As such, the S-League should be confined to local teams. The Group Representation Constituencies should put up their own teams. This would allow Members of
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      TENDERS RECENTLY AWARDED FOR OLD RACE COURSE SITES
      101 18  -  LETTER FROM LEE SENG LAI LEE SENG LAI, DIRECTOR, LAND OPERATIONS (PRIVATE) DIVISION, SINGAPORE LAND AUTHORITY We refer to Mr Mohsen Ghadessy’s letter “Old Bukit Timah race course needs new sports facilities” (Dec 1). The Singapore Land Authority recently awarded tenders for
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      2 16 MYTHS FACTS
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  • SINGAPORE
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      London’s Dulwich College to open in August
      507 20  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A prestigious international school will open its doors on Singapore’s shores next August, as part of efforts to meet the demand for such schools from the expatriate community. Founded in London in 1619, Dulwich College (Singapore) will offer a
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      Challenges ahead for NTUC’s new leadership
      264 20  -  S RAMESH SINGAPORE The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) will set another milestone on Thursday, if it elects a woman as its next president. That is the view of outgoing president John De Payva, who, together with nine others, will make way for new
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      Lock icon Man jailed for lying to get new passport
      277 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —A man was sent to jail for three months for making false statements to apply for a new passport after using it as collateral. Fong Poh Huat was charged in June and sentenced on Nov 30. In a media
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      Labourer jailed and caned for hitting wife
      268 22  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE A 27-year-old odd job labourer was jailed 15 months and given six strokes of the cane for hitting his wife in their Bedok South flat, causing her ribs to fracture. In his sentencing, District Judge Roy Neighbour agreed with an
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      TWO MEN CHARGED WITH CENTRAL SQUARE MURDER
      98 22  -  ALVINA SOH Two men were charged in court yesterday with the murder of a 20-year-old man at Central Square at Havelock Road last Saturday. Along with three others, Desmond Neo Han Wen, 24, and Lee Boon Leong, 22, were said to have been
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      Lock icon Scientists shine light on spine disease
      166 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Singapore and China scientists have performed the first Asian genome-wide association study on spine disease, bringing scientists a step closer towards finding a cure. They have identified new genes associated with the spine disease ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The discovery was reported
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      Lock icon Deadline extended for MENDAKI tuition
      110 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Registration for the MENDAKI Tuition Scheme (MTS) 2012 has been extended to Dec 16, as response has been positive. Almost 5,000 students have registered so far for the tuition, with 3,000 registrants in the last two weeks alone. The registration was to
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge not ‘bad people’
      478 24 Regime’s ex-leader claims Vietnamese were responsible for atrocities AP PHNOM PENH The No 2 leader of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime told a court yesterday that he and his comrades were not “bad people”, denying responsibility for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi eyes constituency near Yangon
      204 24 REUTERS YANGON Myanmar’s opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi is considering contesting a seat in parliament from a constituency south of Yangon, the country’s biggest city, a spokesman of her party said yesterday. “She is willing to run for the lower house in the
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      Lock icon Support for Noda slips amid tax-hike struggle
      204 26 REUTERS TOKYO Voter support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s government dropped for a third straight month, a survey showed yesterday, with 54 per cent opposing a plan to double the 5 per cent sales tax by the middle of this decade. Mr
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      Lock icon MINISTER CUTS PAY AS PRESSURE TO QUIT GROWS
      157 26 AGENCIES Japan’s Defence Minister said he will cut his salary to take responsibility for a deputy’s comments, as growing pressure for him to quit undercuts Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda’s efforts to sustain a post-quake recovery. “I will do my utmost to fulfil my
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      Lock icon Radioactive water leaks from Fukushima plant
      224 26 AP TOKYO Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant leaked about 45 tonnes of highly radioactive water from a purification device over the weekend, its operator said, and some may have drained into the ocean. A pool of radioactive water was discovered mid-day on Sunday around
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      Lock icon China, EU manoeuvre to avoid blame for expiring carbon limits
      236 29 AGENCIES BRUSSELS China and the European Union yesterday set out alternative proposals for extending limits on greenhouse gases, seeking to avoid the blame for undermining the only international pact limiting them. Envoys from Beijing and Brussels last week joined in
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      Lock icon 100,000 killed, injured by old Vietnam War weapons
      268 29 AP HANOI More than 100,000 Vietnamese have been killed or injured by land mines or other abandoned explosives since the Vietnam War ended nearly 40 years ago, and it will take decades more to clear all of the country, officials said yesterday.
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      Lock icon HK TV STATION FINED FOR FALSE REPORT OF FORMER PRESIDENT JIANG’S DEATH
      141 29 REUTERS A Hong Kong television station has been fined HK$300,000 (S$49,000) for mistakenly reporting the death of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. The Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority (BA) said yesterday that local broadcaster Asia Television Limited (ATV) had
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      Lock icon VOLCANIC ERUPTION CLOSES INDONESIAN AIRPORT
      104 29 AP A volcano eruption in eastern Indonesia forced the closure of a nearby airport yesterday and blanketed villages with thick ash. No injuries had been reported. State volcanologist Surono said Mount Gamalama spewed clouds of thick grey ash into the air late on Sunday. Slow
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      Lock icon KABUL ASSURED OF CONTINUED SUPPORT AFTER TROOP PULLOUT
      111 30 AP The United States and other nations vowed yesterday to keep supporting Afghanistan’s fragile economy after most foreign forces leave the country, as an international conference got underway in Germany despite the crippling absence of key regional player Pakistan. The Bonn conference
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      Lock icon ASSANGE CAN TAKE EXTRADITION FIGHT TO TOP UK COURT
      109 30 REUTERS British judges ruled yesterday that Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, could take his year-long fight against extradition to Sweden to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. Swedish authorities want to question the 40-year-old Australian
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      Lock icon Russian polls humble Putin
      261 30 AGENCIES MOSCOW Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s (picture) party saw its majority in parliament weaken sharply, according to preliminary results released yesterday, in a humiliating setback for the man who has steadily tightened his grip on the nation for nearly 12 years. With about 96 per
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      Lock icon Rome approves austerity measures
      258 30 AGENCIES MILAN Italian Premier Mario Monti yesterday acknowledged some of the €30 billion (S$51.8 billion) in spending cuts and tax hikes his government has approved may aggravate a looming recession in Italy but says the alternative would have been becoming too much like Greece. Mr Monti
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      Lock icon Hunt on in Britain for cat killers
      367 31 AGENCIES LONDON A hunt is on in Britain for the people who filmed two videos one of a man feeding a live kitten to his python and another of a woman drowning a cat. The first video, titled “Python Christmas”, has already been
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      Lock icon ECB LAUNCHES ECONOMIC IPAD GAME AS EURO CRISIS DEEPENS
      140 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The European Central Bank has launched an iPad and iPhone game that allows the public to take control of a monetary union and see howthey would cope when faced with an economic crisis. The bank, now battling to
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      Lock icon 1.8-TONNE BRITISH WWII BOMB DEFUSED IN GERMANY
      115 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A massive British World War II-era bomb that triggered the evacuation of half of Germany’s western city of Koblenz has been successfully defused. Mr Heiko Breitbarth, a spokesman for Koblenz firefighters, said that experts were able to defuse the 1.8-tonne
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      Lock icon PARIS LAUNCHES ELECTRIC CAR-SHARING PROGRAMME
      123 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Paris yesterday launched Autolib, an electric car-sharing programme similar to the city’s bike rental scheme, in an attempt to cut air and noise pollution on the city’s medieval cobblestone streets. While many world cities have been developing greener alternatives to car-bon-emitting vehicles,
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      80 27 ORE YOU PUT IN, RE YOU TAKE OUT WILLIAM SCORPION Known in Singapore as the Father of Mandopop and the Mentor of Mentors, William Scorpion ushered in a whole new genre of music. Today, he collaborates with the singers of tomorrow, who will take his musical legacy to a whole
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      231 32  -  WONG SIEW YING siewying@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE IBM, the world’s largest computer services firm, has opened a global services integration hub here to help drive its business in emerging Asia. The facility at Changi Business Park, which MediaCorp understands cost more than S$100 million, aims to
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      70 32 REUTERS Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp has promoted Mr Darren Tan to chief financial officer and executive vice-president, replacing Mr Soon Tit Koon, who is retiring. Mr Tan, 41, has been the bank’s deputy chief financial officer since May. He joined OCBC in 2007 after
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      128 32 The Singapore Exchange (SGX) said yesterday that it has appointed a new head of risk management and deputy chief regulatory officer. Ms Sonia Zhang joined the bourse operator as its head of risk management yesterday and will be tasked with establishing enterprise-wide risk policies and
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      112 32 CapitaLand, South-east Asia’s largest listed property developer, plans to double the number of shopping malls it has in China, its chief executive said yesterday. “It’s a boom time for us in creating shopping malls. Now we have 56 to 57 malls; we will have
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      357 33 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Chicago-based CME Group, the world’s largest futures exchange, will start accepting from next month offshore yuan as collateral on all futures products it clears in a move that underlines the fast-expanding role of the Chinese currency on the international
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      246 33 AGENCIES BEIJING Dagong Global Credit Rating has kept its top-notch sovereign rating for China despite hard-landing concerns about the world’s second largest economy. China-based Dagong kept its AAA rating for the country’s foreign currency debt and its AA+ rating for local currency debt, noting that “the
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      117 33 AGENCIES DBS’ China unit plans to sell its first qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) fund next year, Mr Jacky Tai, the bank’s head of treasury and markets, said yesterday. DBS, South-east Asia’s biggest bank, expects demand of QDII prod- ucts could
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      163 34 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), a Singaporelisted container shipper, said yesterday that it is not making another bid for a stake in German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, a unit of tourism and travel operator TUI. The clarification comes after German newspaper Die Welt
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      213 34 AGENCIES DOHA Qatar and Royal Dutch Shell signed a tentative deal on Sunday to jointly develop a US$6.4 billion (S$8.2 billion) petrochemicals complex, deepening ties between the tiny Gulf nation and Europe’s largest oil company. The agreement will give gov-ernment-run Qatar
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      183 34 REUTERS TOKYO An investigative panel has found that Olympus hid up to US$1.67 billion (S$2.14 billion) in losses from its investors at the peak of the cover-up, but is likely to say there is no evidence of an organised crime involvement, a
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      73 34  -  DOW JONES Engineering and construction firm UE E&C said yesterday its whollyowned unit has secured two contracts worth about S$183 million. The company, Greatearth Construction, has won an S$89million contract from HUGE Developmentto build a residential project in eastern Singapore. Greatearth also
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      474 36 New interface for game console responds to voice commands THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LOS ANGELES Microsof t is rolling out a new interface for its Xbox game console users one that allows you to navigate through music, movies, TV shows and games with the wave of your
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      145 36 SINGAPORE Singaporean gamers battled it out with four top gamers from China in the Singapore-China Game Box Competition last Saturday at Funan DigitaLife Mall. The event saw participants face-off over four made-in-Sin-gapore games that had been exported to China and localised into Chinese. Nanyang Polytechnic
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      673 38  -  V Sundramoorthy to lead LionsX11 into Malaysian competitions SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Back in the day, in his pomp as a footballer, he had to weave his way past the waiting media horde and throngs of fans hoping to talk to him, and even
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      375 38  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE The spectre of match-fixing, the security of players and travelling fans and the issue with National Service (NS) could all affect the LionsX11 when they return to Malaysian domestic football competitions in 2012, but Football Association of Singapore
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      588 39 Tiger finally tastes victory again and the future’s suddenly bright AP THOUSAND OAKS (California) No one knows what this one means, least of all, Tiger Woods (picture). A win at the Chevron World Challenge does not provide much in the way of bragging rights. It is
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      378 39  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They had waited three years to taste victory over arch-rivals Sri Lanka, and what a moment to savour, when it finally came. The Republic’s netball team finally ended their losing streak against the reigning Asian champions at the
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      309 40 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Martin O’Neill is expected to be officially presented today as Sunderland’s new manager, taking over the reins from Steve Bruce at the Stadium of Light on a threeyear contract believed to be worth in the region of £6 million (S$12
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      194 40 REUTERS Lionel Messi looks set to win his third consecutive Ballon d’Or, football’s highest individual award, after the Argentine forward was named on a threeman shortlist by FIFA yesterday. If he does win, the 24-year-old will equal the record set by former France
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      616 40 English giants hope Spaniards will be singing the blues at the end of tonight’s clash CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP E Chelsea vs Valencia AGENCIES LONDON Chelsea dug deep, fought hard and eventually overcame Newcastle 3-0 last Saturday. It eased the pressure a little on
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      23 38 SPORTS TODAYONLINE.COM/SPORTTODAY ‘I HOPE EL CLASICO FINALLY LIVES UP TO ITS HYPE’ Alywin Chew ‘FOOTBALL HEROES, COURTS CEO AND FANS TALK MALAYSIA CUP’
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      47 39 @TDYSPORTS ON TWITTER SPORTS SCORES ANALYSIS NEWS Title Sponsor FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup For more information, go to www.netball. org.sg. Follow Netball Singapore on Facebook and Twitter (Netball_SG). Partner Sponsor Official Ball Partners in Sports In Support of Sports Promotion Official Shoe Main Sponsors Official Hotel Supporters
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      49 40 |pLAY£) Always play with care. [responsibly! Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE m RCB Reg No: *****0202G
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        1456 2  -  How this writer learned to appreciate music once again CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com. sg THE beauty of being a music writer is that I’ve had the opportunity to listen to various types of music, from classical to jazz to K-pop. But I never realised how much
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          219 4  -  KEVIN MATHEWS AND so it begins. This posthumous release collects Amy Winehouse’s outtakes, alternative versions and works in progress for the neverreleased third Winehouse album as well as recordings in her career. Fans familiar with Winehouse’s retro-centric take on pop music will find little surprises here
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          133 4  - Every Kingdom Ben Howard KEVIN MATHEWS IT’S somewhat comforting to know that old fashioned folk singersongwriters like Devon’s Ben Howard can still get major label deals. Obviously influenced by the English folk scene of the ’70s most notably, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Roy Harper Howard unabashedly evokes, and invokes, the ghosts
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          The boom box Relooking a classic record
          158 4  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH THIS album was originally released to commemorate the Substation’s 10th anniversary, but it has since become more of a musical time capsule of sorts, celebrating not only the vibe of local music, but the spirit of the Substation as well. The
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          Young Foolish Happy | Pixie Lott
          140 4  - Young Foolish Happy Pixie Lott KEVIN MATHEWS MODERN pop is increasingly becoming about younger and younger acts. But while she’s not quite in the same league as Justin Bieber or Greyson Chance, English singer Pixie Lott, now barely 20, already has a second album under her belt. English pop music
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          Eco Music Challenge Season 2 | Various Artistes
          137 4  - Eco Music Challenge Season 2 Various Artistes CHRISTOPHER TOH THE result of the Eco Music Challenge competition is this album, a compilation of pro-environment contributions.The key track of course, is World Without Fences, the evocative winning entry written by Lee Fengheng, but that’s not to say the rest of the
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          116 4 Masterpieces OfWorld Classical Music Pianist Tatiana Gorbunova takes on pieces by Bach, Scarlatti and Rachmaninov. Dec 6, 7.30pm, Esplanade Recital Studio.Tickets at S$23 from Sistic. Gaudete, Gaudete: Christmas Through The Ages Michael Burkhardt and the 100-strong Gaudete Festival Chorus will perform classical songs for the Yule season. Dec
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        And in the end ...
        565 8  - And in the end Local music label Wake Me Up Music calls it a day CHRISTOPHER TOH THEY were instrumental in helping several local bands break into the scene, but the guys who run Wake Me Up Music (WMUM) —John Chiong, Esmond Wee and Jon Hemsley have decided to call
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        What doesn’t kill them makes them stronger
        465 10  -  Why you must complete your course of antibiotics Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg JUNIOR college student Cheryl (not her real name) admitted that she does not always finish every dose of her prescribed antibiotics, even though her doctor always tells her to complete the course.
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        331 11 ASK THE DOC Query from Chua SuanTee I have an ageing mother who suffers from osteoporosis, and would like to find out if the osteoporosis drugs, Drug Fosamax and Fosamax Plus, are safe, as a study shows that these drugs may potentially double the risk of cancer. How
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        99 11 HEALTH LISTINGS Is there a natural way to increase the calcium intake through your diet? Which are calcium-dense foods and the right food combinations that aid calcium absorption? Learn more at this workshop, which includes a demonstration of calcium-rich recipes like fig non-dairy
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        La Carte de Tendre Revisited (picture)
        98 12 La Carte de Tendre, a French map of an imaginary land called Tendre produced in the 17th century, depicted the “Geography of Love”, with the villages, roads, and topographic features in this allegorical representation tracing the myriad facets of love and its associated perils.
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        Wicked
        95 12 How did the Wicked Witch of the West become wicked? And why is she green? Find out in the Australian production of the major award-winning Broadway show, Wicked, debuting on our shores this evening. Based on the tale by Gregory Maguire, Wicked tells the unlikely story of the two
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        77 12 Fans of Chuggington, here’s your chance to interactwith yourfavourite Chuggers Wilson, Brewster and Koko at Marina Square this Christmas. Bringing to life all the fun and colour of the popularTV series and educating children about social readiness atthe same time, this is one
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        Gaudete Gaudete! Christmas Through the Ages
        64 12 Be blown away by the vibrant kaleidoscope of seasonal anthems through the times with this repertoire of classical, folk and contemporary songs. Directed by American chordal director, Michael Burkhardt, the 100-strong Gaudete Festival Chorus will be accompanied by an orchestra and a majestic pipe
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        Simon Werner A Disparu (Lights Out)
        68 12 Set in March 1992, in a small suburb in Paris, this thriller revolves around the mysterious disappearances of girls from the same class, leaving behind no trace except for blood stains in the classroom. Rumours start to spread and the psychosis begins. In French
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          Kasabian Live in Singapore
          69 12 Catch one of Britain’s premier rock acts Kasabian live in Singapore in this one-night-only concert. Touring to promote their latest release Velociraptor, get ready to rock out with the band to popular hits like Club Foot, Empire and Fire. Londonbased indie rock band The Vaccine opens
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          Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
          87 12 Part of the Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts 2012, this production revolves around marital conflict, and tells of two couples who are out to blemish, hurt, seduce and manipulate each other, and where mad lies become the only hope. The show explores the difference between
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      116 5 SO MUCH HAPPENED BEFORE DOROTHY DROPPED IN "Broadway's Biggest Blockbuster." New York Times 'W W"The Broadway Musical WASHED The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz GRAND THEATER MARINA BAY SANDS BOOK NOW at WickedTheMusical.com.sg or 6688 8826 Also available through all SISTIC channels CORPORATE GROUP BOOKINGS Call Showbiz at
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