Today, 6 April 2012

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    20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday April 6, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon After two decades, an end to isolation
    575 1 US to ease sanctions, name first ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years AGENCIES WASHINGTON Once a pariah state, Myanmar is today basking in plaudits for its sweeping democratic reforms that culminated in Sunday’s landmark by-election, which brought the country’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident,
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  • Article
    Framework to get civil servants to watch financials dropped
    822 1  -  TAN WEIZHEN, CHEOW XIN YI weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A Government-wide push to get civil servants to be more revenue and cost conscious has fizzled out after about a decade. Today has learnt that the Net Economic Value (NEV) framework, which was gradually
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon ‘Singapore not considering deployment of US troops’
      479 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA WASHINGTON Singapore and the United States reaffirmed the excellent and long-standing bilateral defence ties between the two countries, as Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen met US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta yesterday. They also discussed a wide range of defence and
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      Lock icon PM Lee donates S$350,000 to start three new awards
      400 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will donate S$350,000 to establish three new awards to promote community bonding, encourage Singaporeans to pursue careers in social service, and recognise young arts talent. This is part of his 2007 pledge to
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      SDT’s application to perform in KL not rejected, says Malaysia
      483 3  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Malaysian authorities have denied rejecting an application for the Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) to perform in Kuala Lumpur this weekend. Instead, Malaysia’s Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said yesterday that
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      Open court hearing into call for Hougang by-election vacated
      421 3  -  AMIR HUSSAIN SINGAPORE The open court hearing into a Hougang resident’s application to order the Prime Minister to call a by-election in the constituency within three months or a “reasonable time” has now been vacated, pending the hearing of an appeal
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      Resale flat COV prices may fall, says property firm report
      315 4 SINGAPORE The cash-over-valuation (COV) for Housing and Development Board (HDB) resale flats could soften to between S$15,000 and S$20,000 moving forward, while resale flat prices could ease by up to 5 per cent as the market comes to terms with
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      At S$8.1m, DBS chief is highest-paid bank CEO here
      344 4  -  VENUS HEW venushew@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It’s official. DBS Bank’s Piyush Gupta was the highest paid chief executive among local banks last year, with a pay package of about S$8.1 million. The ranking comes after DBS rival, United Overseas Bank (UOB), yesterday released
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      Lock icon Sky Habitat to set price record for suburban condo
      409 4  -  LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE CapitaLand is about to set another record in property prices with the launch of its Sky Habitat condominium in Bishan Street 15. While Singapore’s biggest listed developer said yesterday it would only announce the selling price of
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      Lock icon Radioactive Fukushima water ‘may have entered Pacific Ocean’
      238 6 AGENCIES TOKYO Water containing radioactive substances may have leaked into the Pacific Ocean from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said yesterday. The leak was the second such incident in the past 11 days at the
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      Lock icon 67 questions, 5 Bills when Parliament sits on Monday
      273 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Parliament will sit on Monday to debate issues on housing, public transport and education, as well as five Bills. These include an amendment to the Energy Conservation Act, which affects heavy energy users from the industrial and transport
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      Lock icon Australia, NZ will consider using single currency
      197 6 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SYDNEY Australia and New Zealand will consider adopt­ing a single currency under a proposal jointly floated by their productivity bodies. The productivity commis­sions said a shared currency could reduce business costs, but pointed to Europe as an exam­ple of possible
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Spain is the real test for euro zone
      723 10 BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL The decisive test of the euro area’s plans for economic recovery was never Greece but Spain and the European Union (EU) shows every sign of failing it. The Spanish government’s new austerity plan hasn’t won investor confidence and this
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      Lock icon Will Putin delete the reset button in US-Russian ties?
      551 10  -  CHARLES GRANT Charles Grant is director of the Center for European Reform. THE NEW YORK TIMES In February 2009, United States Vice-Pres-ident Joe Biden called for the reset button to be pressed in the US-Russia relationship and, for the next three
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      Lock icon Arsenic in that chicken?
      846 14  -  NICHOLAS D KRISTOF Nicholas D Kristofis a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES Let’s hope you’re not reading this while munching on a chicken sandwich. That’s because my topic today is a pair of new scientific studies suggesting that poultry on factory farms are
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      Lock icon Muslim Brotherhood raises stakes in Egyptian presidential polls
      618 14  -  IAN BLACK Ian Black is The Guardian’s Middle East editor. THE GUARDIAN Egypt’s turbulent post-revolution landscape is experiencing new tremors after the Muslim Brotherhood the world’s oldest Islamist movement decided to field its own candidate in presidential elections that are shaping up
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  • VOICES
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      THANK YOU, MR HO
      79 16  -  LETTER FROM YUEN WING KOK I am writing to commend Mr Harry Ho Hian Chang, a senior investigation officer with the Central Provident Fund Board’s investigations section. Not only did he help me to reco­ver the sum of S$6,822 from my former employer, but his warmth,
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      Lock icon The Arab Spring, one year on
      621 16  -  I SAY Jonathan Tan Ghee Tiong The writer works in Berlin for a German foundation that promotes dialogue on global affairs. He was recently in Cairo to organise a round-table discussion on developments in the Arab world. The views expressed are his own. As
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      Time to make sure accidents like the one in Sengkang can be avoided
      243 18  -  Letter from Anthony Maximilian Kwa WHEN accidents happen, many people think it is the driver’s fault and some think that it is the pedestrian’s fault. But the kind of accident that happened on Tuesday in Sengkang can
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      One careless mistake, a life lost ...
      208 18  - One careless mistake, a life lost Letter from Lynette Tan I HAVE been reading recently about accidents involving our public buses, such as “Woman dies after being hit by bus in Sengkang” (April 4). It is worth highlighting that bus drivers should be repeatedly reminded by their companies to be
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      Lock icon Former Jalan Kayu Post Office is no more
      267 18  -  Letter from Sandra Alison Jayandran I WRITE with sadness that the old Jalan Kayu Post Office, also known as the former Chatsworth Kindergarten, is no more. I recently drove by the building, located at the junction of Yio Chu Kang Road and
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      Citizens or not, taxpayers should be treated equally
      169 18  -  Letter from John Buckle I WISH to point out to the writer of “Different transport fares for citizens, non-citizens?” (April 4) that non-citizens also pay tax and, hence, should be entitled to the same transport services as citizens. The recent decision on
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      Room for improvement in condo experience
      169 18  -  Letter from Mike Tam Chee Wah WITH the increasing demand for quality condominiums here, the service standards of landscape, cleaning, pest control and security companies need to be upped, to provide a better living experience in these estates. There also seem to be perennial
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      Lock icon ‘Lights, camera, action!’ for the low-income
      324 20  -  Letter from Aminah Hussien Centre Manager, The Little Arts Academy WE REFER to Msjeraldine Phneah’s letter “CCAs should fulfil their real function” (March 31), which highlighted that enrichment activities such as the arts are not always accessible to children from lowerincome families. She would
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      Let them join CCAs out of interest, not for reward
      270 20  -  Letter from Thomas Loh Yi Rong I REFER to the letter “CCAs should fulfil their real function” (March 31). While the focus is on a “broad-based, holistic education”, as stated on the Education Ministry’s website, it is disappointing that some
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      Eye Centre’s higher charges due to operating expenses, inflation
      272 20  -  Letter from Moses Wong Chief Financial Officer, Singapore National Eye Centre WE THANK Madam Tongjee Cheng for her feedback “Is Eye Centre losing sight of the needy with fee hike?” (April 3). As a national specialty centre which treats complex eye
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      S’poreans can be ‘good’ rather than ‘cheap’
      324 20  -  Letter from Tang Li I COULD already anticipate the main argument, posted in comments on todayonline.com, against Mr Gilbert Goh’s views on “Why it is worth looking at minimum wage next” (March 24). Namely, that a minimum wage would lead to higher unemployment
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Now they’re armed with a certificate
      307 24  -  Dropped out of mainstream schools SHARON SEE sharonsee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Students who dropped out of mainstream schools appear to have done well on alternative educational pathways. Sixty-eight per cent of the first batch of students in Assumption Pathway School have completed their Institute of Technical
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      Lock icon SBS to pay for funeral expenses of Sengkang accident victim
      226 24 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Transport operator SBS Transit has said it will pay for all funeral expenses, including repatriation costs, incurred by the family of the woman who died in a bus accident at Sengkang on Tuesday. Mdm Chan Ah Yong,
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      Lock icon Ex-MediaCorp star fined S$3,000
      294 24  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE Former MediaCorp actor Ng Aik Leong, better known as Huang Yiliang (picture), was fined S$3,000 yesterday for hurting a woman who failed to clean up after her dog. The 50-year-old man pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt. The altercation took place near Toa
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      LAWYER FACES DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR UNAUTHORISED WITHDRAWALS
      230 24  -  NG JING YNG A lawyer with 16 years’ experience will face disciplinary action for making unauthorised withdrawals from his client’s account resulting in a shortfall of about S$413,000 and for failing to maintain proper accounting records. MrTanTiong Hian, alias Raymond Tan, found guilty
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Myanmar’s ruling party under pressure
      319 26 Suu Kyi’s big by-election win nudges generals towards reinvention REUTERS YANGON Myanmar’s ruling party, created by the military, says it must rethink its strategy after by-election victories for the party of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, who has raised suspicion in the ranks by suggesting
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      Lock icon Anonymous says it hacked several Chinese govt sites
      254 26 AP BEIJING China was struggling yesterday to restore several government websites that international hacking group Anonymous says it attacked in an apparent protest against Chinese Internet restrictions. On a Twitter account established late last month, Anonymous China listed the websites it hacked
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      Lock icon Bali bomb survivors testify at trial
      238 26 AGENCIES JAKARTA Four foreign victims of the 2002 Bali bombings testified yesterday at the trial of Umar Patek, the Indonesian militant accused of building the massive car bomb used in the attacks. Three Australians and an American told an Indonesian court about how the
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      Lock icon WIFE HELD HOSTAGE
      92 26 AP A Thai held his wife hostage with a knife to her throat for six hours on a Bangkok street yesterday, before the police ended the tense stand-off by using a Taser gun to electroshock him. The police said Sakdawut Hamsiri, 30, was under the influence of
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      Lock icon BOMB BLASTS IN SOUTH: THAI POLICE ARREST 7 SUSPECTS
      108 26 BANGKOK POST The police in Thailand have arrested seven suspects in connection with last Saturday’s deadly bomb attacks in HatYai, Songkhla, Pattani and Yala. Three of the suspects surrendered on Wednesday after a combined military-police team surrounded a house at a
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      Lock icon NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR CONVICTED OF NEEDLE PLOT
      108 26 AP A court in Seoul has sentenced a North Korean defector to four years in prison for trying to assassinate another defector with a poisoned needle. The suspected assassin, surnamed Ahn, was arrested last year for trying to kill another defector who regularly
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      Lock icon FORMER WORLD BANK OFFICIALS ENDORSE OKONJO-IWEALA
      159 26 BLOOMBERG A group of former World Bank officials, including one-time chief economist Francois Bourguignon, has said that it supports Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy to become the lender’s president. The 39 former managers, in a letter sent to the bank’s members on Wednesday,
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      Lock icon Diabetes ‘rising sharply in Shanghai, unlike in the West’
      274 28 REUTERS NEW YORK The more common type of diabetes, Type 2, is rising sharply in China, growing by 30 per cent in seven years, according to a survey of thousands of Shanghai residents published in the journal Diabetes Care. “Unlike the
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      Lock icon A cry in the night sheds light on India’s child labour dilemma
      527 28 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW DELHI —The girl’s screams were brittle and desperate. Neighbours in the suburban housing complex looked up and saw a child crying for help from an upstairs balcony. She was 13 and worked as
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      Lock icon STUDENT BEHAVIOUR WORSE AFTER CANING WAS BANNED: UK TEACHERS
      177 28 THE GUARDIAN Behaviour in children has grown considerably worse since the abolition of corporal punishment 25 years ago, British teachers have warned. Successive governments have failed to introduce an effective way to deal with misbehaviour since striking pupils with a cane
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      Lock icon US probes salmonella outbreak in 19 states
      211 34 AP WASHINGTON Federal health officials in the United States are investigating a growing outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 90 people in 19 states and the District of Columbia, according to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) memo. The outbreak is “rapid and
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      Lock icon Greek debt suicide provokes protest
      330 34 AGENCIES ATHENS —There were tense clashes between police and protesters as people gathered near the spot where a retired pharmacist shot himself after falling upon hard times. Several thousand protesters gathered in front of the Parliament building and in Syntagma Square where a cash-strapped Greek
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      Lock icon California gunman was a ‘loner who hated women’
      260 34 AGENCIES OAKLAND (California) One Goh, the gunman accused of killing seven people at a Christian college in California, was an angry loner who hated women. The new details about Korean- American nursing student Goh (picture), 43, were disclosed on Wednesday as detectives
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      Lock icon AUSSIE PILOT TURNS BACK AFTER FINDING SNAKE ON PLANE
      114 34 AP A pilot on a cargo run found a snake loose in his light plane and turned back to his north Australian base, an airline executive said yesterday. In a scene reminiscent of the 2006 movie, Snakes on a Plane, pilot
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      Lock icon OWNER OF SHIP THAT RAN AGROUND IN NEW ZEALAND CHARGED
      114 34 AP The New Zealand authorities have filed charges against the owners of a cargo ship that ran aground on a reef nearTauranga six months ago, creating what they describe as the country’s worst maritime environmental disaster. Maritime New Zealand yesterday
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      Lock icon HURRICANE KATRINA OFFICERS SENTENCED TO 189 YEARS IN JAIL
      118 34 AGENCIES Five former New Orleans police officers were jailed on Wednesday over the deadly 2005 shootings of unarmed civilians on a bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Four of the accused received sentences totalling 183 years for firearms charges, while
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      Lock icon THAT ADDICTIVE IPHONE GAME COULD COST YOU A FINGER ...
      102 34 THAT ADDICTIVE IPHONE GAME COULD COST YOU A FINGER AGENCIES A Taiwanese man has “lost” the use of his index finger after playing games on his smartphone for up to six hours a day, the Sin Chew Daily reported. According to the newspaper, the man feels excruciating pain whenever he
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      Tee International’s Q3 net profit soars 177.8%
      191 36 SINGAPORE Engineering and integrated real estate group TEE International said yesterday its third quarter net profit jumped 177.8 per cent to S$1.77 million from a restated S$640,000 a year earlier. This is despite a 59.6 per cent onyear decrease in revenue to S$25.36
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      231 36 AP NEW YORK Singapore ranked second in the world for network readiness, only behind Sweden, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. However, the digital divide persists between developed and developing countries, even in regions such as Europe, said the report,
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      Sembcorp Marine wins S$275m rig order
      121 36  -  WONG SIEW YING SINGAPORE Sembcorp Marine has secured a US$218.5 million (S$275 million) contract to build a jack-up rig from Gulf Drilling International, one of the largest drilling companies in the Middle East. In a filing with the Singapore Exchange, Sembcorp Marine said its
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      PEAK LIVING WINS FERNVALE EC SITE
      106 36 Peak Living, a subsidiary of Kheng Leong Group that is controlled by the family of Mr Wee Cho Yaw, has won the tender for an executive condominium site in Fernvale Lane. The company had submitted the highest bid of S$245 million, according to the
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      150 36 REUTERS China’s fast-growing services sector expanded again last month as business confidence hit an 11-month high, a private sector survey of firms said yesterday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) stood at 53.3 last month, down slightly from February’s
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      125 36 AGENCIES Singapore-listed commodities trader Noble Group has become a “significant shareholder” in Australian coal firm Coalworks by increasing its holding to 9 per cent. Coalworks said yesterday it has raised A$17.4 million (S$22.5 million) by placing new shares with domestic and international investors,
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      54 36 THURSDAY CLOSE 2,986.20 (+0.04%) Wednesday 2,985.04 q 0.99% Tuesday 3,014.98 q 0.04% Monday 3,016.07 p 0.19% Friday 3,010.46 p 0.55% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE HLH 156,532 $0.026 q 3.704% UPP 127,168 $0.285 p 5.556% Yoma 71,897 $0.535 p 5.941% MDR 67,676 $0.015 p 7.143% JEL
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      29 36 HANG SENG È 20,593.00 H NIKKEI NIKKEI 9,767.61 SHANGHAI È SHANGHAI Ç È 2,302.24 (+1.74%) AUSTRALIA 4,319.80 !,593-44 MUMBAI CLOSED È MALAYSIA 1,593.44 (-0.36%) SEOUL 2,028.77 (+0.50%) Ç
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      80 36 STOCK CALL Sell S$10.90 Citigroup keeps Sell call and raises target price to S$10.18 from S$8.63. It notes City Developments has new launches in the pipeline, including a mixed development at Robertson Quay, while its China expansion continues with the acquisition of three sites in the past 13
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      451 38 For its 80th anniversary, the TANGS Orchard flagship store will undergo a S$45 million makeover that will redefine the department store shopping experience. Extensive renovations will take place in phases over three years; with the first phase starting this month. Mr Foo Tiang Sooi, CEO of
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      72 38 KFC celebrates its 35th anniversary with weekly S$5 deals. This week, until Sunday, get the Bandito Pockett Meal with a drink and mashed potatoes. Next week (April 9 to April 15), enjoy the Ultimate Value Box with a choice of Shrooms Burger or O.R. Fillet Burger. Until
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      SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT EXPANDS
      172 38 The Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) has finally completed Phase One of its Campus Development Master Plan. This expansion caters to the growing needs and expanding student population of SIM University and SIM Global Education, entities under the SIM Group. The SIM Campus Development Master
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      2012 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND FURNITURE SHOW
      174 38 Check out the electronics fair and be the first in Singapore to experience some of the most revolutionary televisions Panasonic 47-inch 3D Smart LED TV, Samsung Smart Interaction TV and Toshiba’s Mobile High-definition Link enabled HD 3D LED TV. These smart interactive televisions boast
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      MITJU SALE: UP TO 70 PER CENT OFF
      118 38 Get your trendy footwear at the Mitju annual warehouse sale at Scape, 2 Orchard Link, today until Sunday, from 2pm to 10pm (today) and 10am to 10pm (Saturday and Sunday). Shoppers will find an eclectic mix of women’s footwear, bags and accessories
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      175 40 Yahoo! has announced a massive round of lay-offs as the troubled Internet company struggles to turn around its fortunes. In a statement yesterday, the company confirmed earlier reports that it was cutting 2,000 jobs, about 14 per cent of its workforce. This is the sixth mass retrenchment in the
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      435 40 THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO Google on Wednesday offered a look at a previously secret project to develop Internet-connected glasses, staking out a lead position in a futuristic and fast-growing area known as wearable computing. The glasses, which are still in a prototype stage, would
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      219 40 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON The United States Department of Justice is near a settlement with three of the world’s biggest publishers on e-book price contracts with Apple, said three sources with knowledge of the situation. CBS’ Simon Schuster, News Corp’s HarperCollins and Lagardere SCA’s Hachette Book
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      184 40 REUTERS A United States judge largely sided with Apple on Wednesday over how several technical terms will be defined in its patent fight against Samsung over smartphones and tablets. Deciding on the meaning of certain terms, known as claim construction orders,
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      642 41  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@ mediacorp.com.sg Colin Tan is head, research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. Many have been earnestly seeking advice on what they should do after the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s flash estimate on Monday showed overall private home prices falling in the first
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      652 42 Former boss writes off the Blues’ chances in semi-final showdown with Barcelona AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL, 2ND LEG Chelsea 2 Benfica 1 (Chelsea advance 3-1 on aggregate) LONDON Chelsea will face Barcelona in their sixth, and arguably toughest, Champions League semi-final in nine
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      279 42 AGENCIES BARCELONA The last time Chelsea met Barcelona in the Champions League, it was Andres Iniesta’s goal at Stamford Bridge that allowed the Spanish side to go through to the 2009 final on away goals. It was Pep Guardiola’s first season in charge at
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      596 43 Augusta National’s chairman gets in the line of fire over issue of female membership THE DAILY TELEGRAPH GOLF 76th Masters AUGUSTA—Jabbed, prodded and poked repeatedly about a topic that never really goes away, Billy Payne (picture) would not budge. Faced with questions at his annual
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      370 43 AP AUGUSTA —Sweden’s Henrik Stenson was the early leader at 3-under after five holes in the opening round of the 76th Masters at Augusta National yesterday. At press time, world No 8 Martin Kaymer of Germany was at the halfway mark at 2-under-par.
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      224 43 AP RIYADH Plans for Saudi Arabia to send women to the Olympics for the first time appear to be in jeopardy. Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan reported yesterday that Saudi Olympic Committee President Prince Nawaf does “not approve” of sending female athletes to the
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      Lock icon LionsXII’s match bonus delayed but ...
      479 44  - LionsXII’s match bonus delayed but SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They have captured the imagination of the Singapore football fraternity with disciplined performances that have seen them rise to the top of the Malaysian Super League (MSL). While V Sundramoorthy’s LionsXII side continue to do the business on the pitch, extending
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      Lock icon Thaworn on fire at soggy Orchid Country Club
      175 44  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE Thaworn Wiratchant (picture) made hay while the sun shone yesterday, storming to an opening round 9-under 61 at the ISPS Handa Singapore Classic 2012. The 45-year-old took full advantage of the “preferred lies” ruling to shoot a round that
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      161 44  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Football fans islandwide will get a chance to catch the LionsXII “live” on TV after the signing of a partnership agreement between StarHub and the People’s Association (PA). The partnership will see four LionsXII Malaysia Super League games broadcast “live”
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      214 44 AP MELBOURNE A high-profile Australian Rules football club has ended a A$2 million (S$2.6 million)-a-season sponsorship deal with a company whose chief executive posted racist and sexist remarks on a social-networking site. The Melbourne Demons said yesterday the comments on Facebook by EnergyWatch CEO
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      153 42 SPORTS FIXTURES M League M League Home Team PBDKTTTeam Johor FC Away Team Selangor PKNS LionsXII Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Fri, 06/04/12 8.45pm Sat, 07/04/12 8.45pm For fixtures of all other M League, S.League, E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish, Italian, German, J League, K League, A League and US
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      58 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS HESTON BLUMENTHAL ON FAVOURITE FEASTING AND THE FUTURE T2 BEST US CHEFS LIST INCLUDES A SINGAPOREAN TWIST T4 CARS MERCEDES-BENZ ROLLS OUT THE BLUETEC T10 APRIL 6, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF A FOREST FEAST CHEF SAM LEONG’S LATEST
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        1454 2  -  Culinary innovator Heston Blumenthal takes on the impossible making airline food good Nick McGrath feature s@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN WITH his oversized glasses, closely cropped cranium and faintly mechanical gait, there is something of the Brains from Thunderbirds about Heston Blumenthal. And like
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        422 4 REUTERS SOME of the best up-and-coming American chefs do not work in fancy restaurants in big cities.They work in less flashy settings, even on a tiny island, according to a top US food magazine. On Tuesday, Food Wine Magazine released its 24th annual list
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          Spicing it up
          505 5  -  Chef Daniel Koh has created a new menu at his eponymous restaurant built around his DK7 spice mix ANNETTE TAN LIKE “artisan” before it,“curate” seems to be the new buzzword in culinaryspeak. It seems chefs no longer create a menu they curate it. The latest press release
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          Tasting the Forest from the tree
          598 6  -  Sam Leong’s new joint at Resorts World Sentosa serves up a formidable dining experience ANNETTETAN FOR many Singaporeans, Sam Leong is an instantly recognisable name. So it is apt that he is the latest celebrity chef to join the ranks at Resorts World Sentosa
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        672 8  -  Deuce Bigalow star Rob Schneider has a brand new sitcom on television thanks to his wife MAY SEAH ROB Schneider has his wife to thank for his latest job in television, the opportunity to do his thing, and probably a lot more. The star of hit slapstick
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        414 9 Cocaine and marijuana found in her system, champagne open in her hotel room REUTERS WHITNEY Houston drowned in a hot bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel room with cocaine in her system and white powder nearby, a final coroner’s report revealed on Wednesday. Detectives found white powdery
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        197 9 REUTERS JUSTIN Bieber made his highest single debut on Wednesday with new track Boyfriend, debuting at No 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. More than 559,000 copies were sold of Boyfriend in its first week. Despite the singer’s popularity 41 million fans on
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        142 9 AP ALABAMA author Harper Lee doesn’t speak publicly very often, but she says she’s honoured that President Barack Obama is taping an introduction to a special showing of the movie based on her novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. USA Network said it will air
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        Blue is the new green
        484 10  -  Mercedes-Benz scores a first with its impeccably clean and green diesel-hybrid E 300 CAR REVIEWS David Khoo in Stuttgart feature s@mediacorp.com.sg PASSENGER diesel vehicles have become more of a reality these days, thanks to downward revisions to the diesel special tax which will begin in
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        So bad it’s good
        451 11  -  Huge, rough-n-tumble and not exactly green, so why is the Range Rover Sport still relevant? DERRYN WONG It’s as big as an elephant. What do you feed it? This is the updated Range Rover Sport. The car first rolled onto the prairie in 2005, but also
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        678 11  -  We take a short spin in Toyota’s new Camry Hybrid with its chief engineer Michihiko Sato DERRYN WONG IF YOU haven’t heard of the Toyota Camry by now, it’s best you move back to Earth where all the life is.Toyota’s large sedan has been, fittingly, the up-sized
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        173 12 Kick off your Easter weekend on a right note with Afrojack and Bobby Burns at Zouk. Afrojack, also known as Nick van de Wall, has collaborated with some of the world’s most respected producers and artistes like David Guetta, Diplo, Black Eyed Peas, Pete
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        Sandy Lam MMXII Concert — Singapore
        138 12 Sandy Lam MMXII Concert Singapore Genial songstress Sandy Lam is back. This time around, Lam has scaled higher grounds with renowned music director Anthony Lun by injecting new elements like latin, folk rock and techno into her music. Get ready to be impressed with an audio and visual feast of
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        55 12 Holding residency duties at XS and Tryst nightclubs in Las Vegas, DJ Pizzo has been in the electronic music scene for over 15 years, performing alongside acts like Eminem, Wyclef Jean, DJ Chuckie,The Killers and Pitbull. Tonight, 10pm, Pan Pacific Singapore 1st Floor, Mink. For reservations
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        Gala: Sarah Chang — The Four Seasons
        79 12 Gala: Sarah Chang The Four Seasons Internationally famed violinist Sarah Chang returns to Singapore as a soloist and director for Vivaldi’s evergreen favourite. Darrell Ang conducts. The first half features Mozart’s wonderful Gran Partita, a suite of movements scored for wind instruments. The third movement was made famous in the
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        The Tang Shipwreck: Gold And Ceramics From 9th Century China
        101 12 An exhibition of rare Tang dynasty objects from the earliest and most vital Arab shipwreck discovered in South-east Asia. Its cargo of some 60,000 objects included gold and silver vessels, storage jars, bowls and other ceramics. Until June 17, Asian
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      34 12 SUDOKUplus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOW TO PLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. COPYRIGHT UCLICK YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
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      213 14 ON MEDIACORP GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY MOVIE: EVAN ALMIGHTY Channel 5, 7.30pm God (Morgan Freeman) warns US congressman Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) of a coming devastating flood which will cleanse out the planet again. When Evan accepts the responsibility of building a great ark, his physical appearance takes on a rapid
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      575 14 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Flyboys 8.45 Just For Laughs Gags IX 9.00 Project Runway VI 11.00 Celtic Women Noon Elite Model Look Singapore 2011 1.00 Disney Princess Protection Program 3.00 Inspector Gadget 4.30 Dodgeball 6.30 Survivor XXIV 7.30 Evan Almighty 9.30 News 5 Tonight 10.00 Elite Model Look 2011 11.00 WWE
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      195 14 ON MEDIACORP QUAINT! Channel 8, 8pm A local variety. Ben and Tracy Lee visit The Grampians, Australia in this episode. HOLIDAY MOVIE: MARINA Vasantham, 9pm Marina is a 2012 Tamil film directed by Pandiraj, starring Siva Karthikeyan in his feature film debut, and Oviya. ON STARHUB CABLE TV Big Cat
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