Today, 18 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 Wednesday April 18, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Now the Circle Line is hit
    508 1 Bridging buses deployed along newest stretch of MRT network, only opened last October AFTERNOON LATEST SINGAPORE Even as a Committee of Inquiry attempts to discern the causes of the major disruptions on the oldest segments of the MRT network last December, the newest section
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    SMRT COI: Why not a more secure claw?
    691 1  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In 1987, during the construction of the second phase of the MRT network, a sub-contractor had proposed a more secure design for the claws, which support and maintain the alignment of a rail which supplies power to the
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  • HOTNEWS
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      NSman and former Sports School sprinter dies after training exercise
      311 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN, IAN DE COTTA weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A full-time National Serviceman died yesterday after experiencing breathing difficulties during training. Private Lee Rui Feng Dominique Sarron (picture), 21, a former sprinter at the Singapore Sports School, was participating in a platoon
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      Lock icon Employment Act to be reviewed
      637 3  -  WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Greater protection and better working conditions could be on the cards for several categories of workers, as the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) undertakes a review of the Employment Act this year. “There is a need to ensure that the EA
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      Lock icon Singapore-led consortium closer to takeover of Glasgow Rangers
      651 4  -  Hougang United boss hopeful as main rival fails to raise bid fee IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In a dramatic turn of events, the Singapore consortium led by Mr Bill Ng, chairman of S-League club Hougang United, have moved into pole position
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      Sustainable wage policies preferred: SNEF chief
      316 4  -  WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Foreign investors do not react well to shock treatments but, instead, prefer steady and sustainable policies, said Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) President Stephen Lee yesterday, in response to former National Wages Council chairman Professor Lim Chong Yah’s proposal
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      Lock icon Is he just what the doctor ordered?
      462 6 Inexperience in economics and finance may just help World Bank chief steer agency in new direction AGENCIES WASHINGTON Dr Jim Yong Kim, a KoreanAmerican global health expert, seems an unlikely choice to head the World Bank, an agency that raises money from its
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      Lock icon JOB CREATION TOP OF KIM’S LIST
      271 6 AGENCIES Dr JimYong Kim yesterday said his “top priority” at the World Bank when he assumes his post in July would be laying the groundwork for job creation, as the institution faces pressure to shift from making loans to supporting broader economic concerns. In
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      Lock icon BN admits to wrongful use of ISA as replacement Bill is passed
      447 8 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government admitted yesterday to having used the Internal Security Act (ISA) in the past for “wrongful reasons” but urged their detractors to look forward instead of dwelling on history, The
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      Lock icon North Korea will refuse access to nuclear monitors from IAEA
      264 8 AGENCIES TOKYO North Korea has responded to the United Nations Security Council condemnation for its failed rocket launch by reversing a pledge to allow monitors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect its uranium enrichment programme, Japan’s Yomiuri
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      Aftercare scheme to help offenders stay on right path
      600 10  -  AMIR HUSSAIN hussainsamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While the prison population and two-year recidivism rate have both fallen over the years, many of those who do return to jail are multiple repeat offenders. Almost eight in 10 of the local prison population last year
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      MediaCorp to bring best of London Games
      163 10 SINGAPORE Viewers can expect at least 21 hours of daily coverage of the London Olympics on Channel 5, and an additional six hours on Channel U and Okto. Channel NewsAsia, Channel 8, Suria and Vasantham will also carry reports on the Olympics in
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      12 2 >> ALLOW COMPLETE STOPPAGE ON EACH MRT LINE ONCE A YEAR VOICES 20
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      7 4 >> WAGE REFORM CAN TRANSFORM S’PORE VOICES 20
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      237 10 <* ft OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY Top 40 UK University in Computer Sciences IT UK Guardian, Good University Guide 2012 The Best Modern University for 10 years in a row The Sunday Times, Good University 2011 l«u niversity of < Portsmouth Ranked 34th out of over 130 UK Universities in theTimes
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon World Bank’s Kim faces emerging market test
      923 12  -  It will be up to Dr Jim Yong Kim to keep the World Bank relevant to China, Brazil and other nations that have access to private investors. SANDRINE RASTELLO Sandrine Rastello is a reporter with Bloomberg News. BLOOMBERG As Dr Jim Yong Kim
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      Lock icon Europe seeks new social model
      1004 14  -  For some, ‘flexicurity’ system may be the way to go IAIN BEGG Iain Begg is a professorial research fellow at the European Institute of the London School of Economics Political Science. BLOOMBERG Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis has forced some countries to pare back welfare programmes harshly
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      End seems near for Thaksin saga
      782 16  -  PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN Pavin Chachavalpongpun is associate professor at the Centre for South-east Asian Studies, Kyoto University, in Japan. He may still be on the run from the law but former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has once again managed to raise the political temperature in
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      139 12 A LAW DEGREE IS NOT JUST TO BECOME A LAWYER “Being in the commercial department of my organization, the legal knowledge has already proved relevant to me in my job and is definitely going to help my career prospects, given that my aim is to enter the field of arbitration
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  • VOICES
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      Transport, housing are worlds apart
      461 18  -  Letter from Chua Soo Kiat WITH the Committee of Inquiry into the recent train breakdowns now under way, it is important to take stock of two burning issues from last year: Housing and public transport. Since the General Election, the Government has responded swiftly to
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      Allow complete stoppage on each MRT line once a year
      268 20  -  Letter from Seah Leong Khai AS AN engineer, I support the “Temporary closures for MRT upgrading work” (April 16), whereby sections of the Mass Rapid Transit lines will be closed on some weekends for maintenance and to install a new
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      Wage reform will allow for a chance to transform Singapore
      253 20  -  Letter from Mona Chew Poh Gek IT SEEMS that Singapore has two worlds: A first-world Singapore and a third-world Singapore. In the former, high-income Singaporeans co-exist with high-income foreign talent in an increasingly globalised environment, with fast-rising salaries but also
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      Kudos to an honest cleaner
      114 20  -  Letter from Khoong Tuck Wai LAST week, a cleaner appointed by Tampines Town Council found a S$2 note in front of my flat while cleaning the common corridor. She checked with my wife, but it was not ours. The cleaner then asked my wife to
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Older women can reduce fracture risk
      314 22  -  ASHLEY CHIA AshleyChiaYL@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Many post-menopausal women here are leaving it till after their first osteoporotic fracture before taking preventive action. Flagging this as a concern, and against a backdrop of an ageing society, the Osteoporosis Society of Singapore (OSS) yesterday called on post-menopausal
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      Lock icon CPF recovered S$9.5m in arrears last year
      254 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Following a step up in audits and investigations last year, the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board recovered S$9.5 million of CPF arrears for about 10,000 employees from some 3,700 companies. About 70 per cent of these companies were found to
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      Lock icon New building for arts and cultural activities at Ngee Ann Polytechnic
      277 23 SINGAPORE Students at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) now have a new building for arts and cultural activities, as well as a revamped sports complex to provide a more dynamic environment for sports. The two projects, launched yesterday, were carried
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      MAN JAILED FOR OUTRAGING POLICEWOMAN’S MODESTY
      214 23  -  ALVINA SOH A 25-year-old man was jailed nine months yesterday for touching the buttocks of a policewoman while she was on duty. Former part-time waiter Ilham Tumpang was found guilty of outraging the modesty of the sergeant on New Year’s Day last year at
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      UNEMPLOYED MAN WHO CHEATED HOUSEWIFE JAILED 7 MONTHS
      124 23  -  ALVINA SOH An 86-year-old unemployed man was jailed seven months yesterday for cheating a housewife of S$250. Tan King Liang, who was aware of a dispute between the housewife and her neighbour, took advantage of the situation and duped her into giving
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US, China ‘in cyber war games’
      338 24 THE GUARDIAN LONDON The United States and China have been discreetly engaging in “cyber war games” amid rising anger in Washington over the scale and audacity of Beijing-coordinated cyberattacks on Western governments and big business, The Guardian has learned. US State Department and Pentagon
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      Lock icon TOKYO PLANS TO BUY DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA ISLANDS
      133 24 AGENCIES Tokyo’s outspoken Governor yesterday said the city has decided to buy a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea to bolster Japanese claims to the territory, a move that could elevate tensions with China. Governor Shintaro Ishihara said
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      Lock icon CHINA IGNORES PROPOSAL FOR TRIBUNAL TO END SEA SPAT
      111 24 AP China yesterday asked the Philippines to withdraw a coast guard ship and an archaeological research vessel from a disputed shoal and ignored a Philippine proposal to bring the problem to a United Nationslinked tribunal for arbitration. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert
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      Lock icon HONG KONG’S LEUNG SEEKS TO BAN BIRTHS BY MAINLAND WOMEN
      189 25 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong Chief Executive-Elect Leung Chun-ying plans to bar mainland Chinese women from giving birth in the city next year after an influx of mothers-to-be strained resources and stoked public discontent. The ban will apply to private hospitals, Mr
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      Lock icon Macau graft trial hears mention of 2 HK tycoons
      283 25 REUTERS HONG KONG Two Hong Kong tycoons have been named in a Macau corruption trial involving a jailed former government official, dealing a further blow to the region’s reputation in the wake of scandals that have rocked the financial centre of
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      Lock icon Independence fighter is East Timor President
      150 25 REUTERS DILI Former East Timor independence fighter Jose Maria de Vasconcelos (picture) has been elected President. Provisional results show that Mr Vasconcelos, also known as MrTaur Matan Ruak, won about 61 per cent of the vote with about 98 per cent of ballots counted,
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      Lock icon Accused played World of Warcraft for a year as reward for impending ‘martyrdom’
      334 26 AGENCIES OSLO Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik yesterday defended his massacre of 77 people, insisting he would do it all again, after it emerged that he spent a year playing the online role-playing game World of Warcraft
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      Lock icon LAY JUDGE DISMISSED FOR SAYING ON FACEBOOK THAT BREIVIK 'DESERVES DEATH PENALTY'
      132 26 AGENCIES A lay judge in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik was dismissed yesterday for saying online that the antiMuslim extremist deserves the death penalty. MrThomas Indreboe posted his comment that “the death penalty is the only just
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      Lock icon EYES MISSING FROM 2 BODIES AT INDIAN HOSPITALS
      141 26 AP A north Indian state is investigating how eyes have gone missing from two bodies at state hospitals. The parents of a 16-year-old said his left eye was missing on Sunday, although both were intact when he died from a road accident
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      Lock icon Australian troops to leave Afghanistan earlier
      294 26 AP SYDNEY Australia expects to pull most of its troops out of Afghanistan nearly a year earlier than planned, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced yesterday, saying Australian soldiers have nearly completed their mission to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in the decade-long war.
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      Lock icon Republicans reject Obama’s plan for tax on rich
      315 27 AP WASHINGTON Republicans in the Senate on Monday defied President Barack Obama on one of his top election-year issues, blocking a Democratic Bill the proposed “Buffett rule” which would force top American earners to pay at least 30 per cent of their
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      Lock icon Romney wooing donors with ‘inaugural retreat’
      230 27 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has begun offering donors access to a “Presidential Inaugural Retreat” for US$50,000 (S$62,630), it was reported on Monday, as a new poll showed him bringing President Barack Obama’s lead to its narrowest margin in months.
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      Lock icon PRIVATE SPACECRAFT TEST FLIGHT A GO
      161 27 AP A cargo capsule owned by a private company has been cleared for a test flight to the International Space Station on April 30, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials said on Monday. The Dragon mission would be the first time a privately
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    • Article
      Lock icon GET RID OF CLUTTER WITH IKEA’S MULTIMEDIA FURNITURE
      121 30 AGENCIES Sweden’s IKEA, the world’s largest furniture maker, is set to enter the consumer electronics market with products developed in co-operation with China-based TCL Multimedia. IKEA plans to launch a line of furniture with integrated television and sound systems in five European
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      Lock icon Pulitzer honours old and new media
      318 30 AGENCIES NEW YORK The Pulitzer Prizes for journalism awarded on Monday showed the resilience of old media and the ascendance of the new in the United States, as the seven-year-old Huffington Post took the national reporting prize for its stories about the suffering endured
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      Lock icon German obesity rates trigger crematorium safety concerns
      230 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Rising obesity rates in Germany have triggered safety concerns in crematoriums as furnaces struggle to cope with bigger bodies. Cremations have gone awry and uncontrolled fires started by temperatures generated by the combustion of the high fat content of
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      Lock icon 50% more jobless youths in Europe since 2008
      257 31 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Unemployment among Europe’s young people has soared by 50 per cent since the financial crisis of 2008. It is rising faster than overall jobless rates with almost half of them across the European Union not having permanent jobs, according
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      Lock icon Kate Middleton’s sister may be called up by French police
      207 31 AGENCIES LONDON Ms Philippa Middleton (picture) could be questioned by French police after she was photographed with a man aiming a pistol as he sat at the wheel of a car. Ms Middleton, or “Pippa” as she is popularly known,
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      Lock icon PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN LONDON AFTER ALARM GOES OFF
      235 32 AGENCIES Fifteen people were injured when a Virgin Atlantic plane made an emergency landing on Monday at London’s second airport, Gatwick, the airport said. The Virgin Airbus A-330 aircraft, departed from Gatwick for Orlando, Florida, at 11.48am local time on
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      Lock icon Sleepy pilot ‘sent plane into sudden dive’
      280 32 REUTERS TORONTO A sleepy Air Canada pilot, who mistakenly believed his jet was about to crash into a United States military plane, forced a sudden dive which caused 16 injuries among the 103 passengers and crew, who were mostly sleeping. A Transportation Safety
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tobacco firms challenge plain cigarette packs in Australia’s High Court
      231 33 THE GUARDIAN SYDNEY Four tobacco companies have launched their bid to stop the introduction of cigarette plain-packaging in Australia’s High Court. In a world first, Australia has legislated for cigarettes to be sold from this December in drab olive packs
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      Lock icon Would you pay up to S$75 for this light bulb?
      237 33 AP NEW YORK An amazing, state-of-the-art light bulb that won a US$10 million (S$12.5 million) United States government contest goes on sale in America this Sunday, which happens to be Earth Day. The bulb is the most ener-gy-efficient yet, lasts
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    • Article
      Lock icon BRIDES-TO-BE USE FEEDING TUBES TO LOSE WEIGHT
      228 33 AGENCIES Some brides-to-be in the United States have taken a controversial approach to losing weight to fit into their wedding gowns, which involves inserting a feeding tube into their noses. The K-E diet boasts a weight loss of up to 9kg in 10
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      308 34  -  LINETTE LIM linettelim@mediacorp.com.sg AGENCY SINGAPORE Non-oil domestic exports registered their sharpest monthly drop on record last month, plunging 16.8 per cent from the previous month, but analysts shrugged this off as a blip resulting from the ship and rig sector. From a year earlier, Singapore’s non-oil
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      143 34  -  DOW JONES The Singapore Exchange yesterday said its fiscal third-quarter net profit rose 16 per cent from the previous corresponding period, helped by lower costs and higher derivatives revenue. Net profit for the three months to March 31 was S$77.8 million, even
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      87 34 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) is preparing to buy up swathes of distressed properties in the United Kingdom with the launch of a £200 million (S$400 million) fund. The sovereign wealth fund is joining hands with the
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      404 35 AP AFTERNOON LATEST NEW YORK Citigroup has become the first Wall Street bank to get a thumbs down from shareholders over outsized executive pay. At its annual meeting yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), 55 per cent of the shareholders voted against
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      56 35 OVERNIGHT TUESDAY CLOSE 13,115.54 (+1.50%) Monday 12,921.41 p 0.56% Friday 12,849.59 p 1.05% Thursday 12,805.39 p 0.70% Wednesday 12,715.93 q 1.65% NYSE TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 190.9m $8.92 p~1.48% Nokia 56.1m $4.06 q 0.73% Sprint Nextel 52.0m $2.61 p~3.98% Citigroup 51.1m $35.08
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      21 35 Ç FTSE100 5,766.95 (+1.78%) Ç Ç DAX 6,801.00 (+2.65%) CAC40 3,292.51 (+2.72%) All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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      102 35 Wall St rallies on earnings United States stocks posted their biggest gains in a month yesterday after companies like Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs and Johnson Johnson reported earnings that beat analysts’ estimates. Apple shares ended a fiveday losing streak with a rally of 5.1 per cent, helping the Nasdaq
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      170 36 AGENCIES India’s central bank cut interest rates yesterday for the first time in three years by an unexpectedly sharp 50 basis points to boost sagging economic growth, but warned that there is limited scope for further rate cuts. The Reserve
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      161 36 BLOOMBERG Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China dropped for a fifth consecutive month in March on a slowing economy, limiting prospects for gains in the yuan and renewing concerns that Europe’s debt crisis will worsen. Inbound investment fell 6.1 per cent onyear to
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      408 36 REUTERS TOKYO Japan yesterday pledged US$60 billion (S$75 billion) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), becoming the first non-European nation to commit money to boost the fund’s financial firepower to contain the euro zone debt crisis. Finance Minister Jun Azumi said
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      393 36 IN HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS REAL ESTATE IN 24 MONTHS STARTING WITH NO CASH FREE Seminar “Singaporean First Time Buyers And Experienced Property Investors Are Amazed: They Desperately Want To Know Why They Haven’t Been Told This Information.” Never Seen Before! "Through Marco's professional, quite astonishing advice, I was able
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      161 36 OS AA GLOBAL EDUCATION www.saage.edu.sg Master of Business Administration Ranked as one of Australia's Top 15 Universities for Research Excellence. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE Rated Overall London based QS Stars. Professional Accountants* enjoy 2 units exemptions and special course fees. Designed for busy executives, classes are conducted over 2 consecutive
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      96 38 Oracle has cited emails between top executives at Google as evidence that Google took its intellectual property to gain an edge in the smartphone market. Full story at http://tdy.sg/tstreamapr18a. Zynga is ready to use its S$2.25 billion in cash and short-term investments to step up the acquisitions of the
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      485 38 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Research In Motion (RIM), the troubled maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, is in talks to hire a financial adviser to help it weigh strategic options, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. A decision to work with at least one
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      123 38 f COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH 2012 www.singaporecancersociety.org.sg Colorectal cancer is the most common cancer in Singapore, but there may not be any symptoms in the early stages. Fortunately it can be detected and treated early, and the chances of recovery are high. If you are 50 years and older, screen
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      Lock icon Denny’s opens up online
      658 40 American dining chain uses Web series to reach out to young adults THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The commercials showing now for Denny’s depict homey restaurants where waitresses call customers “Hon” and feature the slogan “America’s diner is always open”. The campaign is humorous but
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      134 40 Hr4. i 24 25 APRIL 2012 12PM 9PM TOA PAYOH HUB CELEBRATE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) DAY WITH AN EXCITING LINE-UP OF MOVIE, MUSIC AND ART ACTIVITIES! -'u MV HIGHLIGHTS: 24 APR (TUES), TPM 9PM: FREE MOVIE SCREENING Wind down for the evening and catch Disney Pixar's hit animated film,
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      53 41 ffglpy aareagSab m Dual sound (Original/Dubbed) a, > .aai JO V ra n ft broken palms Jets a man wield great power, destines a woman for misery. jv r Tonight 7.00pm xinmsn.com/8 Witness Jeanette'<flw ’s inspiring performance as a woman who defeats all odds! Executive Producer: Yeo Saik Pin Story
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      Lock icon Cantona, van Persie, primed to bag awards
      228 42 AGENCIES LONDON Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will be the clear favourite after being named among the nominees for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award yesterday. The prolific Dutchman, who has scored 34 goals this season, heads a six-man shortlist revealed
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      Lock icon SELECTED NOMINEES FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE’S 20 SEASONS AWARDS
      125 42 Best player: Dennis Bergkamp, Eric Cantona, Ryan Giggs, Thierry Henry, Roy Keane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Alan Shearer, Patrick Vieira, Gianfranco Zola Best manager: Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, David Moyes, Harry Redknapp, Arsène Wenger Best team: Blackburn Rovers 1994-95, Man United
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      Lock icon Out of the dark, a new pride of Lions
      758 42  -  National football coach Avramovic confident his team can return to the pinnacle in South-east Asia SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They were unceremoniously booted out in the group stages of the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, then came within a whisker of qualifying
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      769 43  -  MSL leaders enter lengthy break with confidence sky high and one eye on huge clash on May 4 SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE 2012 LionsXII 5 PKNS 0 SINGAPORE Around 80 LionsXII fans have already booked their seats at Kelantan’s Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium
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      Lock icon Reading seal Premiership place
      265 44 REUTERS LONDON Reading capped a remarkable run of form by securing promotion back to the Premier League last night after a 1 -0 victory at home to Nottingham Forest guaranteed a top-two finish in the Championship. Reading, who have taken 46 points from a possible 51
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      Lock icon A win they really wanted
      628 44 Late goal from Mario Gomez gives Bayern edge over Real AP AFTERNOON LATEST CHAMPS LEAGUE SEMI, FIRST LEG Bayern Munich 2 Real Madrid 1 MUNICH Mario Gomez scored in the 90th minute yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to hand Real Madrid its first loss in
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      Lock icon A chance to shine Down Under
      495 46  -  ‘Crybaby’ Redzuan receives high marks after game; McMahon, Sasi glean some positives LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg PERTH Like the mix in a typical classroom, the members of their roster include a jock, resident clown and a crybaby. They also have an unofficial anthem. The
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      310 46 AGENCIES LONDON Roberto Martinez’s (picture) stock received another huge boost after Wigan’s memorable 2-1 victory over Arsenal at the Emirates on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The win over third-placed Arsenal moved them five points clear of the relegation zone with four matches left in the
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      9 43 DON’T JUST READ ABOUT IT. WATCH IT. YOUTUBE.COM/ TODAYDIGITAL
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      158 43 SPORTS FIXTURES Home Team Away Team Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Asian Champ Nagoya Grampus Tianjin Teda Wed, 18/04/12 6.00pm For fixtures of all other Asian Champ, S.League, UE Champions, UE Europe and US Soccer League, please visit Singapore Pools website. Bahrain Race MOTOR RACING Qualifying Final Sat, 21/04/12 7.00pm Sun,
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      55 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS IRON MAN 3 MADE WITH CHINESE PARTS T3 TECH CONNECT WITH THE FAMILY WITH KINECT T6 WIN THE JABRA SPORTS BLUETOOTH HEADSET T7 APRIL 18, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF STRONG ACTORS WHY THE BEEFCAKE IS MAKING A RETURN
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        1378 2  -  The ’80s was the golden era of the comically pumped-up action hero and they’re back this summer with a new generation of beefcakes. Why, God, why? Phil Hoad feature s@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN WELL, he always promised. Confirmation that Arnold Schwarzenegger would indeed be making a
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        204 3  -  GENEVIEVE LOH In Cancun LEONARDO DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx all turned up in last Saturday in Cancun, Mexico, in full star-studded force to promote Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated new movie Django Unchained. Currently midway through filming in New Orleans, the cast took time off
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        201 3 REUTERS THE next Iron Man film will be coproduced in China under a joint agreement between Walt Disney Co, Marvel Studios and DMG Entertainment, the latest in a series of tie-ups between Hollywood and China where movie-going is growing fast. DMG a Chinese entertainment
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        328 4  -  MOVIE REVIEW: THE LUCKY ONE PG13, 101MIN MAY SEAH IF MOVIE reviews were one-liners, The Lucky One would be summed up thus: “Made me want to kill myself.” Based on the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name, The Lucky One is a Zac Efron vehicle
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        What a Guy
        288 4  -  MOVIE REVIEW: LOCKOUT PG, 107MIN MAY SEAH ALL right, so nobody could accuse this movie of being wildly original. But, hey, it’s really good fun. Lockout is set in a near future where the Americans have built an experimental prison in space.The most dangerous offenders are housed
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        Stings like a bee — emotionally
        361 5  - Stings like a bee emotionally MOVIE REVIEW: MADAM BUTTERFLY 3D PG, 134MIN MAY SEAH YOU are right:Watching a live opera and watching a movie are two completely different experiences. But Madam Butterfly 3D is a great way to experience worldclass opera at the affordable price of a cinema ticket. In
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        127 5  -  GENEVIEVE LOH PARENTAL GUIDANCE: If you thought comedian’s Billy Crystal’s hosting duties at this year’s Oscars wasn’t anything to shout about (compared to his classic turns from before) how about giving the funnyman another chance with his latest flick, Parental Guidance? Crystal teams up with Bette Midler to
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        STILL SHOWING
        25 5 Battleship (PG-13) Bel Ami (M18) Mirror Mirror (PG) The Awakening (NC16) The Flowers Of War (NC16) The Hunger Games (PG-13) The Vow (PG-13)
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        456 6 Family bonding starts with these family-oriented Kinect games Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure If you’ve ever wanted the characters from your favourite Pixar movies to come to life in your living room, Kinect Rush:A DisneyPixar Adventure, a game for the Xbox 360 Kinect, is going to get
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        Rise of the machines
        370 6 The Binary Domain shooter game neither feels mechanical nor robotic TO PUT it simply, Binary Domain is Japan’s answer to Gears ofWar. Events of the game take place in Tokyo, in the year 2080.The Amada Corporation has begun producing humanoid robots that are gradually assimilating their
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        Defying gravity
        347 7 THE PS Vita has a great launch line-up, but most of the first party titles are just spinoffs of PS3 games.There is nothing wrong with this, but the PS Vita deserves a unique game that truly makes the system worth owning.This is where Gravity Rush comes in. You
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        364 7  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN I GO through at least two sets of earphones a year because they tend to get worn out or broken when I bring them out into the urban jungle for that weekly run. The Jabra Sport (S$ 148) Bluetooth headset might just be the
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        65 8 Fifteen-year-old YouTube sensation and Ellen De Generes protege Greyson Chance kicks off his Asian tour right here in Singapore, performing songs from his album Hold On ‘Til The Night. His one-night-only concert will feature pop singer Camryn as a guest performer. Today, 7.30pm, Festive Grand
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        SCO Lunchtime Concert Series: Resonating Summer Strings
        50 8 Singapore Chinese Orchestra associate conductor Quek Ling Kiong will lead it in renditions of popular favourites like The Olive, One Night In Beijing and the theme song from Mission: Impossible. Today, noon and 12.50pm, One Raffles Quay, South Tower Lobby. Free admission. Sco.com.sg.
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        PLAYtime! The Magic Seashore
        71 8 This children’s production helps little ones learn prepositions as they follow Ling, who takes her dog Peppy to the Magic Seashore beach, but somehow manages to lose track of him. Is he buried in the sand? Is he sitting on the picnic mat? Is he swimming
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        In The Mood For Cheongsam: A Curator’s Tour
        91 8 National Museum of Singapore museum curator Chung May Khuen leads you on an insightful journey through this exhibition of more than 140 cheongsams, with each one contributing to the story of our nation’s progress towards modernity and chronicling the changing social roles
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        Mata & Hati
        71 8 Mata Hati This exhibition features the life and works of Singaporean literary pioneer, Abdul Ghani Hamid, an award-winning writer, poet and artist who has contributed to the development of Malay literature and the arts in Singapore. Mata Hati highlights his standout works as well as his comic strip, Mat Dalang.
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        Zhan Wang: My Universe
        65 8 My Universe is a groundbreaking work by contemporary sculptor Zhan Wang. It features luminous, three-dimensional, rocky landscapes created in collaboration with the Singapore Tyler Print Institute, and marks a dramatic shift in his conceptual explorations of Chinese “scholar rocks”, objects that embody pure chi or vital
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        Asean Basketball League
        42 8 The Singapore Slingers compete in the Asean Basketball League against professional teams from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Until May 13, various days and times, Singapore Indoor Stadium. Tickets from S$ 8 to S$18 from Sistic. www.singaporeslingers.com.
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      128 5 •v»vvS>sfii 9 (0 CATHAY LIKE US ON facebook.com/cathaycineplexes FOLLOW US ON twitter.com/cathay_cinemas cathay.com.sg e Subtitle) (PG 13-Battle Sequences with Chines* BATTLESHIP The Cathay 10.30am, 11,20am, 12.45pm, 2.00, 3.30,4.10,4.45, 6.15,7.00,9.00, 9.50,10.15pm Platinum Movie Suites -1,30pm, 4.15, 7.00, 9.45pm Cineleisure Orchard 10.40am, 11.30am, 12.15pm, 12.45,1.30, 2.15, 3.00, 3.30, 4.15, 5.15, 6.15, 7.00,
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