Today, 5 April 2012, Afternoon Edition

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    22 1 AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday April 5, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Speak out but work together, says PM
    815 1 PHNOM PENH Almost a year after what has been described as a watershed General Election, a “certain stability” has been restored in the mood of the electorate and its expectations, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Speaking to the Singapore media at
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      PAP has to engage a lot more, says Tharman
      459 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The People’s Action Party (PAP) in the past had been too “in-your-face” and had taken its incumbency “for granted”, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. And while the PAP will evolve, it is also a question
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      Lock icon UNDERGRADUATES CONCERNED ABOUT BREAD-AND-BUTTER ISSUES
      278 2  -  AMANDA LEE Bread-and-butter issues jobs, the prices of property and car ownership were also on the minds of the undergraduates at the ministerial forum. Responding to a question on housing prices, Deputy Prime MinisterTharman Shanmugaratnam (picture) acknowledged that “we are not in a very happy
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      Scheme for rich foreigners ‘outlived usefulness’
      648 3  -  Analysts say scrapping scheme to expedite PR applications will weed out opportunists SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The move to scrap one avenue for rich foreigners to fast-track their permanent residency applications by parking large sums of money here will have little impact on the
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      Lock icon ASEAN to adopt human rights declaration in November
      226 4 AP PHNOM PENH The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed to adopt a human rights declaration at the conclusion of an annual summit here, as the leaders of the 10-nation bloc formally called on the West to lift sanctions against
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      Singapore welcomes Myanmar’s progress: PM
      469 4  -  S RAMESH PHNOM PENH Congratulating Myanmar on its progress towards democracy following the country’s recent smooth and transparent by-elections, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said he hopes this will help Myanmar break out of isolation and improve relations with the developed countries. Speaking at
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      Lock icon China’s Wen calls for an end to state banks’ monopoly
      243 6 AP BEIJING Premier Wen Jiabao, China’s top economic official, said its state-owned banks are monopolies that must be broken up, acknowledging mounting economic and political pressure to reform an industry whose vast profits are fuelling public anger. Mr Wen’s comments
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      Lock icon European Central Bank leaves key rate at 1%
      259 6 AGENCIES FRANKFURT The European Central Bank (ECB) left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low 1 per cent yesterday while it assesses prospects for the region’s debt-laden economy. ECB head Mario Draghi said a weak euro zone economy has held
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      Lock icon IMF CHIEF WANTS ‘MORE FIREPOWER’ TO FIGHT CRISES
      210 6 AP The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made an impassioned plea on Tuesday for American leadership in the global economy as she called for the international community to give her organisation “more firepower” to bolster tottering economies. Ms Christine
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      Lock icon NYC charting new path to better nurture youth leaders, says Chan Chun Sing
      391 8  -  AMIR HUSSAIN hussainsamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To better nurture youth leaders, the National Youth Council (NYC) is charting a new path as it moves away from just organising events, to becoming an “integrator” and “incubator” for youths and youth
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      AGC APPEALS AGAINST HIGH COURT DECISION ON HOUGANG BY-ELECTION
      173 8 The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) lodged an appeal against a High Court judge’s decision yesterday, a day after Justice Philip Pillai ruled that there are sufficient grounds to hear, in open court, an application by a Hougang resident. Madam Vellama Marie Muthu,
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      Lock icon COE premiums continue to rise
      333 8 Prices rose again in latest bidding exercise even after reaching a 28-year-high last week CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE After reaching a 28-year high two weeks ago, Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums for cars continued to climb across the board in the latest bidding exercise which ended
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      Escape Chapel Party organiser apologises to Archbishop
      428 10 SINGAPORE The organiser of the cancelled Escape Chapel Party met Archbishop Nicholas Chia yesterday afternoon to apologise in person for upsetting the Catholic community, even as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) cautioned organisers to respect the law, as well as racial groups
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      Lock icon S’pore ‘happiest country in South-east Asia’
      243 10 AGENCIES SINGAPORE The happiest country in South-east Asia, according to a United Nations (UN) report, is Singapore. The Republic was ranked 33rd out of 156 countries in the United Nations World Happiness Report, with wealthy Scandinavian nations Denmark, Finland and Norway taking the top
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  • ForThe Master Craftsman
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      Lock icon Indonesian maids flee after stealing S$205,000 from M’sian employers
      313 12 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Two Indonesian maids ran away with RM500,000 (S$205,500) worth of jewellery, designer clothes and cash from their employers’ home in Gombak on Sunday. Dr Ibrahim Ahmad and Mrs Ira Ghani had gone to Singapore last Friday and left
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      Lock icon Indonesia weighs hefty mine export tax
      317 12 REUTERS JAKARTA Indonesia is considering a hefty tax on mining exports to stop miners from overexploiting resources to beat a 2014 ban on shipments of some unprocessed metals and lower grade coal, an official said yesterday, but the plan may backfire if foreign buyers
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono expels coalition partner
      432 12 REUTERS JAKARTA Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expelled the Islamist PKS party from the ruling coalition after it opposed an increase in fuel prices, as international pressure onjakarta mounted with the World Bank criticising its failure to reduce costly fuel subsidies. Mr Yudhoyono’s decision was
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      Lock icon Swarm of tornadoes rip through Dallas
      284 13 AP DALLAS Tornadoes raked the Dallas area on Tuesday, crumbling a wing of a nursing home, peeling roofs from dozens of homes and spiralling truck trailers into the air like footballs. More than a dozen people were reported injured. The United States National Weather
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      Lock icon If the price is right, you can get the best media coverage
      467 13 THE NEWYORKTIMES SHANGHAI China is notorious for censoring politically delicate news coverage, but it is more than willing to let flattering news about Western and Asian businesses appear in print and broadcast media if the price is right.
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Why great leaders are in short supply
      1024 14  -  JAMES S ROSEBUSH James S Rosebush is CEO of GrowthStrategy and The Wealth and Family Management Group, both based in Washington. Leadership is in something of an odd position right now. On one hand, the topic has never been more studied and written
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      Lock icon As Myanmar changes, so does its leader
      1467 16  -  THOMAS FULLER Thomas Fuller is a New York Times correspondent. THE NEW YORK TIMES He is sometimes called the Mikhail Gorbachev of Myanmar, a once-loyal apparatchik of one of the world’s most brutal military dictatorships who is chipping away at some of its
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      Lock icon Still waiting ... for Noda’s bold leadership
      900 20  - Still waiting for Noda’s bold leadership WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG In economic circles, no slight stings more than being compared to Herbert Hoover. The 31 st United States President, who helped make the Depression of the 1930s great, ranks among history’s worst growth killers.
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      Lock icon A Middle East two-for-one guide
      797 25  -  THOMAS L FRIEDMAN Thomas L Friedman is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES There is so much going on in the Middle East today, it’s impossible to capture it all with one opinion. So here are two for the price of one.
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  • VOICES
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      No gain in capital gains tax
      449 26  -  Letter from Ju Xiao Yong I REFER to Mr Ee Teck Siew’s letter “Adopt capital gains tax” (April 3). He was concerned about the effectiveness of the latest property cooling measures. His view was that stamp duties could be sidestepped by using an offshore
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      Stall tender process ensures transparency
      154 30  -  Letter from Ivy Ong Director, Hawkers Department, National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter “Many challenges in bidding system for hawker stalls” (March 27). Stalls are let out by tender so that there is transparency in allocation to interested parties. We have also removed
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      Why the difference in income growth rate?
      128 30  -  Letter from Leong Sze Hian I REFER to the report “1.618 months pro-rated National Bonus for political officeholders” (March 27). The article stated that there was no payout under the real median income growth rate indicator as it was -0.6 per cent last
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      Rate differs due to CPF contribution
      178 30  -  Letter from Han Neng Hsiu Senior Director, Rewards and Recognition, Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s Office Farah Abdul Rahim Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to Mr Leong Sze Hian’s letter (above) on the difference in real income growth rates cited by
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      Incentivise conservation to reduce energy use
      119 30  -  Letter from Thomas Lee RATHER than just approving the quarterly tariffs, as reported in “Electricity to cost more from tomorrow” (March 31), could the Energy Market Authority also incentivise energy conservation? For example, if a household’s consumption for the month is not more than
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      RAPE SHOULD COME WITH HARSHER SENTENCES
      70 30  -  LETTER FROM ROSHNI KAPUR I refer to the report “Teen who raped friend sentenced to reformative training” (March 30). How does reformative training for the 18-year-old, who had pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, uphold our justice system? Regardless of the teen’s age,
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Former train stations open for events
      309 32 Public can now make use of the buildings for ad-hoc activities CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The public can now make use of the two former Malayan Railway stations in Bukit Timah and Tanjong Pagar for ad-hoc activities and events. And the first event to be
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      Lock icon Cheng San-Seletar to get more elderly-friendly
      220 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The elderly in Cheng SanSeletar division in Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency can expect better accessibility and improved healthcare, according to the area’s Member of Parliament, Mr Ang Hin Kee. Speaking to reporters ahead of a ministerial community visit by
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      Lock icon Civic centre is named Wisma Geylang Serai
      244 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The civic centre in Geylang Serai, which will be completed by 2016, will be known as Wisma Geylang Serai. The name was finalised by a panel chaired by former Member of Parliament Yatiman Yusof, after taking into consideration the vision
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      Lock icon Court dismisses Yong’s third appeal
      604 34  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While his drug “boss” has not felt the full brunt of the law so far, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that this did not absolve convicted drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong (picture) of his offence. Addressing a packed courtroom,
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      Exercise to tackle prolonged train service disruptions held
      225 36 SINGAPORE Some 70 personnel from the Land Transport Authority (LTA), the two public transport operators and emergency agencies carried out a table-top exercise yesterday morning, based on a scenario of two prolonged train service disruptions on separate MRT lines. In a statement
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      Lock icon Kinderland revises fees for existing pupils
      282 36  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After parents voiced concern over a proposed 25-per-cent hike, private preschool operator Kinderland has decided to revise its new fee structure for existing pupils. in a letter circulated to parents, a copy of which Today obtained, Kinderland yesterday raised
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      ALLIED EDUCATOR CHARGED WITH SEEKING INDECENT ACT
      120 36  -  CLAIRE HUANG An allied educator was charged in court yesterday with allegedly asking a student to perform an indecent act. The 48-year-old man reportedly asked a 13-year-old female student to touch his private parts on Dec 10, 2010. The allied educator and student
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      Lock icon She cheated employers to fund husband’s shopping
      326 42  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE A woman who cheated her employers of nearly S$370,000 was yesterday sentenced to four and a half years behind bars. Normah Pungut stole from two employers over a four-year period from 2007 to last year. The 41-year-old was working as
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      Lock icon 40 suspects arrested in anti-loan shark operation
      210 42 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Forty suspects were rounded up in a 14-hour anti-loan shark operation which started at 8am on Tuesday. The 29 men and 11 women, aged between 22 and 64, were nabbed in various housing estates including Ang Mo Kio, Woodlands, Choa
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      Lock icon Teenagers arrested following robberies
      141 42 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Eight teenage boys have been arrested for allegedly committing a spate of robberies in Hougang and Pasir Ris. The boys, aged 13 to 15, were rounded up in a 10-hour operation on Tuesday. The police said they received several reports of youth robbery
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      491 44 AGENCIES BEIJING China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s biggest market for grocery shopping, according to the latest report to underscore the country’s growing global economic dominance. The Chinese grocery sector will continue its fast growth over the next few
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      219 46 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian oppositionbacked pressure group that is calling for reforms to curb possible fraud in upcoming general elections announced its second demonstration in a year yesterday after rejecting government proposals to overhaul the voting process. The
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      124 46 REUTERS Japan and Britain are set to agree to begin joint development of arms following Tokyo’s easing of its ban on exports of military equipment late last year, the Mainichi daily reported yesterday. It will markthe first time that Japan has worked with
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      Lock icon POLICE ARREST THIRD HAT YAI BOMB SUSPECT
      132 46 BANGKOK POST A 500,000 baht (S$20,300) bounty has been offered for the arrest of two suspects believed to be responsible for Saturday’s bomb attack in HatYai, while the police arrested a third suspect yesterday. Anuwat Tohjae, a 22-year-old villager from Yala’s Muang district,
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      429 48 AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG NEW ORLEANS Four New Orleans police officers were sentenced to 38 to 65 years in prison for convictions including violating the civil rights of two people killed a week after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in
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      162 50 AP A powerful storm halted air and train traffic in Tokyo and killed four people in the country, officials said yesterday. The spring storm, with typhoon-strength winds and heavy rain, left the region yesterday but the Meteorological Agency urged
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      54 50 A student checking her mobile phone while riding a trishaw through a flooded street in Jakarta. Heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday triggered massive floods in the Greater Jakarta region, forcing at least 850 people to evacuate their homes. The authorities have forecast more floods
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      Lock icon Viet demand for horns poses danger to rhinos
      412 50 AP HANOI Ms Nguyen Huong Giang loves to party but loathes hangovers, so she ends her whiskey benders by tossing back shots of rhino horn ground with water on a special ceramic plate. Her father gave her the 10cm brown horn as
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      304 54 AP UNITED NATIONS The United Nations crime-fighting office said on Tuesday that 2.4 million people across the globe are victims of human trafficking at any one time and 80 per cent of them are being exploited as sex slaves. Mr Yuri Fedotov, the
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      227 54 AP CANBERRA The first detachment of 200 United States Marines has arrived in northern Australia, where a permanent joint training hub is taking shape as part of a US shift of military strength in the Asia-Pacific region. Last
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      264 54 REUTERS PARIS Police arrested 10 suspected Islamic militants in earlymorning raids across France in a clampdown ordered by President Nicolas Sarkozy after seven people were killed by an Al Qaeda-inspired gunman last month. The DCRI domestic intelligence service, supported by elite police commandos, yesterday carried
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      370 55 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Mr Mitt Romney took a big step closer to the Republican presidential nomination with a hat-trick of primary wins on Tuesday, lighting the flames of his general election campaign and all but stamping out the embers of
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      355 55 THE NEW YORK TIMES LONDON How much will it cost to find a solution to the crisis in the euro zone? If a British businessman has his way, £250,000 (S$500,300) might do the trick. Mr Simon Wolfson, chief executive of the British
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      212 56 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined a long line of royals immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds yesterday. Despite being mere models, Prince William and Ms Kate Middleton still created a buzz of excitement among the media when they
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      249 56 AP LONDON Britain’s government cannot justify plans to hold some court hearings and inquests in secret to safeguard the country’s intelligence agencies and their ties to foreign spy services, legislators said yesterday. In a report, the Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights
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      262 56 THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK Shareholder activists have renewed their call for Mr Rupert Murdoch to quit as chairman of News Corporation, as the company faces fresh turmoil with the resignation of his sonjames Murdoch as chairman of its British pay-TV giant British Sky
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      310 58 THE GUARDIAN LONDON A scientist, whose work was deemed too dangerous to publish by United States biosecurity advisers, revealed for the first time on Tuesday how he created a hybrid bird flu virus that is spread easily by coughs and sneezes. In
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      218 58 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON It turns out that office gossip about senior colleagues’ salaries and bonuses actually makes young workers happy, according to a new report. Economists believe that workers under the age of 45 get high levels of satisfaction from seeing their
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      160 58 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Taller women are at a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a new review of scientific evidence. Every five-centimetre increase in height translates to a 7-per-cent rise in a woman’s chances of developing the disease during
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      171 58 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH With the price of jet fuel rising sharply in recent years, airlines have devised ever more imaginative methods to reduce the weight of their aircraft. For instance, the Let’s Go with Ryanair magazine, given to all passengers who fly with the
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      Lock icon GRASS ‘FROM GANDHI ASSASSINATION’ TO BE SOLD
      106 58 REUTERS Samples of soil and blades of bloody grass purportedly from the spot where Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 will go on sale in Britain laterthis month and are expected to fetch up to £15,000 (S$30,000). Mullock’s auctioneer said it
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      Lock icon WOMAN DRIVES WITH NEWBORN BABY ZIPPED IN PURSE
      128 58 AP A woman was found driving with her newborn baby zipped up in her purse, United States Virgin Islands police said yesterday. A police statement said an officer pulled over a woman driving a pickup during a routine traffic stop on Tuesday.
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      308 60  -  THOMAS CHO ThomasChoKM@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE DBS shares fell for the se cond consecutive day after it an­nounced on Monday that it was seeking control of Indonesia’s Bank Danamon. At the end of trading yesterday, the bank’s share price was down 2.2 per cent to S$13.48
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      236 60 SINGAPORE Securities mar­ket activity in the Singapore Exchange (SGX) declined last month. Total market turnover in the securities market fell 31 per cent to 36.9 billion shares in March valued at S$28.8 billion from the previous month. In comparison, total mar­ket turnover in
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      155 60  -  VENUS HEW The Economic Development Board (EDB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ANZ Bank, underwhich ANZ will assist companies in New Zealand, Australia, the Greater Mekong area and the Pacific islands to use Singapore as an
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      174 64 REUTERS Yahoo! will lay off 2,000 people, or 14 per cent of its workforce, in its deepest round of job cuts in years as new chief executive Scott Thompson tries to jumpstart growth with a leaner, more agile company while saving hundreds of millions
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      267 64 AFTERNOON LATEST AP NEW YORK European debt flared again as a worry for Wall Street drove stocks yesterday to their worst loss in a month. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 125 points, and the price of gold plunged to its lowest
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      57 64 REUTERS Sembcorp Marine, the world’s second largest builder of offshore oil rigs, said earlier today its PPL Shipyard unit secured a US$218.5 million (S$275.2 million) contract to build a jack-up rig. The rig, ordered by Qatar’s Gulf Drilling International, is scheduled for delivery in
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      112 64 OVERNIGHT Wall St down on stimulus doubts, Spain debt sale Stocks fell for a second day as investors contemplated a world without monetary stimulus and a poorly received bond auction in Spain yesterday. Selling was broad as indexes tracking nine of the 10 S&P 500 sectors ended lower.
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      334 66 REUTERS SINGAPORE Asia’s largest oil trading hub, Singapore, is set to award within months contracts to develop land and build storage for up to four million barrels of oil and chemicals at the western tip of the island, industry sources said. Jurong Port,
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      255 66 REUTERS WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve backed away from the need for another round of monetary stimulus as the United States economy gradually improves. Minutes of the central bank’s meeting, published on Tuesday, showed only two of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee’s 10 voting
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      241 66 AP Burger King, the world’s No 2 hamburger chain, which is in the midst of overhauling its menu and stores, said it expects to relist its shares on the New York Stock Exchange within the next three months. In a deal
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      149 68 Instagram, the popular photo-sharing application with more than 30 million downloads, is finally available for the smartphones and tablets on the Android platform. The hit app had previously only been available for users of Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. Full story at http://tdy.sg/tstreamapr05a Facebook is counter-suing Yahoo!, accusing it
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      524 68  -  Singaporeans say they work better when they are allowed to use their own mobile devices JUNE YANG juneyang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A large majority of Singaporeans are bringing their personal mobile devices to work but companies here do not provide adequate support for mobile working. This was
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      153 68 MAKj(^VyfSHSingapore Celebrate World Wish Day 8 in April by ordering a WISH DISH from the participating restaurants. 50% will be donated to Make-A-Wish’ Gourmet Partners GARIBALDI ITALIAN RESTAURANT BAR UK TASTE PARADISE i Grandeur of Chinese Dining cdb puge bistro moderne I I WOLFGANG PUCK w PARADISE PAVILIONH 1 SEAFOOD
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      433 69 Stre-tck your dollar for more METRO Every $1 spent on purchasing Metro Shoppers Cheque =10 LinkPoints (NTUC Members)/ 9 LinkPoints (Others) Terms and Conditions apply. plu 349 2280^ 0 2/10 9 PATRICIA 11« TIMES BOOKSTORES *Earn 5X LinkPoints at Times JCube outlet. *Earn 2X LinkPoints at all other outlets. Normal
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      531 70  -  Daring to do things differently has had a big impact on the fast-growing Pet Lovers Centre and its employees MELODY TAN SINGAPORE On a trip to Germany in 2010, Mr David Ng, the chief executive officer of Pet Lovers Centre Pte Ltd, dined in a restaurant
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      131 70 Besides adopting its new stock alert system, Pet Lovers Centre revamped its website to allow customers to place their orders online. Previously, home deliveries could only be requested over the phone. This change resulted in a more user-friendly retail experience for customers and gave Pet
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      81 70 Inspired by Pet Lovers Centre’s innovations? Click on www.waytogo.sg to share your own stories of using the 3 “I”s of productivity— Initiate, Innovate and Impact and inspire others with your results. Pledge your company’s support to the Way to Go, Singapore! movement and receive an exclusive Productivity E-starter
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      752 72 Thunderstorms at Augusta National expected and Mickelson’s not exactly happy AGENCIES GOLF 76th Masters AUGUSTA While the 76th Masters is one of the most anticipated in years with so many players bringing good form to Augusta National, Tiger Woods
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      429 73 Blues seal Benfica’s fate as Lampard and Meireles settle the score REUTERS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL 2ND LEG Chelsea 2 Benfica 1 (Chelsea win 3-1 on agg) LONDON Chelsea nervously beat 10man Benfica 2-1 in their Champions League quarter-final second leg at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday
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      352 73 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL 2ND LEG Real Madrid 5 APOEL Nicosia 2 (Real win 8-2 on agg) MADRID Real Madrid coasted past APOEL Nicosia on Wednesday night (this morning, Singapore time) to setup a Champions League semi-final clash with Bayern Munich.
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      289 74  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He was scathing in his comments about Singapore’s re-entry into Malaysian domestic football competitions, saying on his Facebook page that the move was fuelled by a drive to raise betting revenue, and suggesting that a similar baseline
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      327 74 AP SYDNEY Football Federation Australia (FFA) have unveiled plans for a new A-League club based in Western Sydney from next season, with the name, colours and logo to be determined after public consultation. Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined FFA chief executive Ben
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      452 74  -  S-League champions Tampines unlucky as M’sian Super League giants sneak a win SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg AFC CUP, GROUP F Tampines Rovers 0 Terengganu 1 SINGAPORE Erison da Silva dropped to his knees when referee Kim Jeong Hyeok blew the final whistle at the Jalan Besar Stadium
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      364 78 AP MELBOURNE A leading antidoping expert has quit cycling’s biological passport project because of attempts to stop him from speaking publicly about drugs in sport. Australian scientist Michael Ashenden (picture) said yesterday that since the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland, took
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      95 74 SPORTS FIXTURES League I Home Team I Away Team I e) M League PBDKTTTeam Selangor PKNS Fri, 06/04/12 8.45pm For fixtures of all S.League, UE Europe, E Premier, E League Champ and US Soccer League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE(MARINA BAY SANDS RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA) SPORTSBUZZ(POMO)
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    713 76 Ministry of Education, Solvil et Titus and Volkswagen win the viewers’ hearts and votes Brought to you by The Viewers’ Choice Awards 2011 ended with a bang last Friday at the Island Ballroom in Shangri-La Hotel Singapore.The glitzy event was attended by advertisers, the country’s top advertising
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      54 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS APRIL 5, 2012 RETURN TO A FORGOTTEN ERA WITH A TREK THROUGH CATALONIA T10 A PUBLICATION OF GOOD STUFF ON CHANNEL 5 T2 MADONNA STILL ON TOP WITH MDNA T6 BEATLES V2.0: THEIR KIDS COULD START A BAND
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        176 6 AP AMY Adams, who played a princess in the film Enchanted, will be returning to fairy tales this summer, starring opposite Cinderella and a witch. The Public Theater said on Tuesday that the three-time Oscar-nominated actress will play The Baker’s Wife in its production
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        287 6 AP Keith Olbermann said he “screwed up” by taking a job with Current TV, but he plans to make the channel pay for firing him. In Olbermann’s first TV interview since he was dismissed last week by Current, he was asked by David Letterman
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        92 6 MEDIACORPTV Channel 8 is looking for gung-ho participants who aren’t afraid to get their feet wet for their newest upcoming gameshow. In fact, they should be unafraid to get completely dunked. Battle Water Margin is Channel 8’s first large-scale, waterbased, celebrity-filled gameshow, set to air next month.
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        555 14 Travel deals and steals Pay two nights and enjoy three nights stay at Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa has just unveiled its Stay 3 and pay 2 package where guests payA$1,950 (S$2,538) per person for two nights and enjoy another night free at
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        113 17 Celebrate the eve of Good Friday with Arno Cost, the French DJ/producer whose musical sensibilities of electronica, disco and house have propelled the chap to one of the scene’s most promising young talents. Cost’s production and remix work have attracted compliments from some of dance music’s
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        124 17 Conducted in an enchanting brew of English, Mandarin and Cantonese, acclaimed singersongwriter Dick Lee returns to take you on another musical journey in The Return Of The Mad Chinaman. The two-hour performance will showcase Lee’s musical journey in Japan with songs such as Sukiyaki
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        100 17 Into the third chapter of his First Art Council series titled Waiting, artist Tang Da Wu’s exhibition depicts the story of Johanna van Gogh an art dealer, the wife of Theo van Gogh, the sister-in-law of famed painter Vincent van Gogh and the key
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        126 17 A charming anecdote that will huff, puff and blow you away, The Three Little Pigs is an original adaptation of the classic fairytale which stars Ann Summers Lek, Oliver Pang, Celine Rosa Tan, Shou Chen Tan and Sebastian Tan. Filled with humour and glee, embark on
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        72 17 Copper has been interwoven with the story of humanity’s progress for centuries, and its critical role in society can be seen clearly in our homes, transportation, infrastructure and industries. At this exhibition, learn more about the properties and applications of one of our planet’s most versatile
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