Today, 20 April 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
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    22 1 AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday April 20, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Police cameras being installed
    454 1  -  300 HDB blocks, car parks to get them as part of community policing model CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In an anti-crime move, police have began installing cameras at 300 public housing blocks and multi- public housing storey car parks. The cameras will be installed in seven
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      32 1 Addings -vI presents Wk DATE: 19-22 April TMT T|ME:11 .30am-9.30pm 2012 VENUE: Marina Square, Central Atrium MICROSOFT’S SURPRISE Q3 RESULTS BEAT ESTIMATES PAGE 54 FALCAO SHINES ATLETICO’S VICTORY AGAINST VALENCIA PAGE 73
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon New S Korean missile ‘able to hit all areas in North’
      389 2 AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea has added to its arsenal a cruise missile that can hit anywhere in the North, the Defence Ministry announced yesterday, a day after Pyongyang said it was ready to retaliate in the face of international
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      Lock icon Kim Jong Il calls for peace in document believed to be his will
      385 2 AGENCIES TOKYO North Korea’s late leader Kim Jong Il has urged his nation from beyond the grave to aim for a peaceful reconciliation with the south in a document believed to be his will. However, the leader,
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      Lock icon Indian long-range missile test has few critics
      473 2 AP NEW DELHI India’s successful test yesterday of a powerful new missile that can carry nuclear weapons to Beijing caused barely a ripple even in China just days after North Korea was globally vilified for its own failed rocket launch. The vastly different
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      Lock icon China hints at new easing as growth slows
      394 3 AGENCIES SHANGHAI China will boost interbank liquidity through cuts in bank reserve requirement ratios, an increase in reverse repurchase agreements and through the redemption of central bank bills, Xinhua News Agency reported late on Wednesday citing an unnamed central bank official. The
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      Lock icon Japan’s trade deficit hits record high
      380 3 AGENCIES TOKYO Disaster-battered Japan has suffered its biggest annual trade deficit, a contrast from decades of surpluses, as a nuclear crisis boosted expensive oil and gas imports. Preliminary data showed a ¥4.41 trillion (S$68 billion) trade deficit for the fiscal year that ended March
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      Lock icon S’pore-Johor Baru rail link: Consultant to be appointed soon
      256 4 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Singapore and Malaysia are expected to appoint a consultant by early next month to undertake a detailed study on the proposed Rapid Transit System (RTS) rail link between Singapore and Johor Baru. The tender to appoint an architectural
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      Miscommunication, lack of training revealed in hearing on MRT disruption
      506 4  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There was miscommunication in the Operations Control Centre (OCC) the nerve centre of SMRT’s rail operations during the Dec 15 disruption, while train operators behind two stalled trains testified in yesterday’s Committee of Inquiry hearing that
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      Lock icon Vital that schools ‘give opportunities to all pupils’
      506 6  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Nurturing creative thinkers and grooming aspiring dancers are two new niche programmes recognised this year to enhance students’ schooling experience beyond academic pursuits. But as schools build on their specialisation, it is important to provide opportunities to
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      Buyers flock to UOL’s Katong Regency
      294 6  -  LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Property giant UOL Group yesterday launched for sale Katong Regency, its first mixed-use development this year, and 130 of the 244 residential units were snapped up. “We initially planned to maybe have more than one phase of launch. But because,
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      Lock icon They are among Time’s 100 most influential
      510 8 AGENCIES NEW YORK Myanmar President Thein Sein, China’s VicePresident Xi Jinping, North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong Un and New York Knicks basketball player Jeremy Lin were among the Asians in this year’s 100 most influential list by Time magazine. The list, broken
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      Lock icon Investigation of China’s security chief could widen scandal
      221 10 AP BEIJING China’s leaders want Bo Xilai’s downfall seen as a blow against corruption, not as part of a power struggle but with a second, even higher-ranking Politburo member suspected to be under pressure, it will become difficult to avoid the perception.
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      Lock icon Women in Asia ‘still being paid less than men’
      472 10 Limits cost the region S$111.5b annually in lost productivity: Asia Society survey AP SHANGHAI The two billion women in Asia are still paid less than men for similar work and are extremely under-represent-ed in top leadership positions, according to a report
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      10 3 >> A SHRILL DEBATE IN ‘THE LAND OF CONSENSUS’ COMMENT 20
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Mind the baby gap
      954 12  -  With the right policies, governments can raise birth rates close to replacement levels STEVEN PHILIP KRAMER Steven Philip Kramer is professor of grand strategy at the National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces. This is a condensed version of an article that will appear
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      Lock icon Completing the wage revolution
      1069 14  -  Given the exceptionally strong political leadership and foundation this country has, the impacts of the adjustments will be painful in the short term but diffusible and totally manageable in the long term. TAN MENG WAH Dr Tan Meng Wah, who recently finished his PhD in world
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      Lock icon Europe’s short vacation
      823 17  -  Its brief honeymoon with the markets is over NOURIEL ROUBINI Nouriel Roubini is chairman ofRoubini Global Economics (www.roubini.com) and professor at the Stern School of Business, NYU. PROJECT SYNDICATE Since last November, the European Central Bank (ECB) has reduced its policy rates and undertaken two injections of
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      Lock icon Why Iran’s mullahs cannot rest easy
      730 18  -  RAY TAKEYH Ray Takeyh is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. THE NEW YORK TIMES As Iran and the West resume their diplomatic dance, ques­tions about Iran’s internal stability loom large. To many, it appears that Iran has achieved an autocra­tic
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      Lock icon A shrill debate in ‘the land of consensus’
      910 20  -  DAVID PILLING David Pilling is the FT’s Asia editor. THE FINANCIAL TIMES A few days ago, a man named Koizumi stood up in the Japanese Parliament to vote against a Bill. The man in question was not Junichiro Koizumi, the most cha­rismatic
      THE FINANCIAL TIMES; BLOOMBERG  -  910 words
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  • VOICES
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      CORRECTION
      42 22 In our Stock Call on April 18, it was stated that K-REIT announced on Monday its distribution per unit nearly doubled in the first quarter to S$1.90. This is incorrect. The figure should be 1.90 cents. We apologise for the error.
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    • Article
      Consider an Ombudsman in review of Employment Act
      374 22  -  Letter from Gilbert Goh I SALUTE Minister of State (Manpower) Tan Chuan-Jin for the announcement “Employment Act to be reviewed” (April 18). Singapore has progressed well from a thirdworld to a first-world economy, yet many of our labour laws remain unchanged. Firstly,
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      Wage reform issue calls for public debates
      451 22  -  Letter from Quek Soo Beng I HAVE been following with interest and concern the discourse on Professor Lim Chong Yah’s recommendation of “Economic Restructuring II” to solve our income inequality, which he feels is reaching critical proportions as to require “shock therapy”. Prof
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      Impractical to increase wages
      387 22  -  Letter from Chan Wing Kin IF SIMPLY issuing an administrative order could solve economic issues and uplift our living standards, many countries would have followed communist ideas. But most of the communist countries have moved to capitalism in past decades. Communist countries have the smallest income
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      Lock icon Maybe a whole-of-government response to transport issues?
      230 25  -  Letter from Lee Chee Seng THE Committee of Inquiry proceedings into the December train disruptions have started. The root causes of those breakdowns have yet to be established and the delays are already getting more frequent since last year. The injection of the
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      Grateful to a taxi driver
      179 25  -  Letter from Andrew James Ong Wooi-Min I WISH to thank Mr Chong, cab driver of SHA320B, for returning to my residence with my mobile phone, which I left in his cab recently. We have all heard of the misery of people who have lost or
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      A word of thanks to a cabby
      107 25  -  Letter from Joseph Chan AT ABOUT 8.45am on Sunday, I took a ComfortDelGro taxi and, unfortunately, dropped my mobile phone of no value in the cab. I managed to contact the driver by calling my phone. He was in Woodlands and kept in
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      Lock icon Tips to ride the bumps in Spore’s cycling ambition
      473 26  -  I SAY Sibert Muijzers The writer has three bikes in Amsterdam and none in Singapore. This is a shorter version of his comment first posted atwww.todayonline.com Will “Life in the bike lane” (Today on Sunday, April 15) work in Singapore? As
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      Invest in proper bicycle lanes, road education
      99 26  -  Letter from Heng Yeong Chiam I REFER to the article “Life in the bike lane” (Today on Sunday, April 15). Firstly, the Singapore authorities spend so much on green projects, so why not spend some to provide a proper bicycle lane? Secondly, educate
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      We love Little India the way that it is
      146 26  -  Letter from Sandra Alison Jayandran I AGREE with the writer, in his letter “Little India is fine the way it is” (April 13). Half of the charm of Little India lies in its haphazard nature. All the shops, be they garland
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      Little India to match the rest of the country
      143 26  -  Letter from Ramesh Teckwani I AGREE with Mr Lee Kok Leong, in his letter “Make Little India a better place” (March 30). How could Mr Frank Young say in response that “Little India is fine the way it is” (April 13),
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      Raise income tax for PRs but stay other costs
      375 29  -  Letter from Boindala Madhu Bindu PERMANENT residents are being charged more in many aspects, from school fees to, most recently, hospital bills, reported in “Healthcare subsidies for PRs to be revised” (April 12). Recently, there were calls to extend this further,
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      Tiered health subsidies for PRs more equitable
      196 29  -  Letter from Edwin Lim I REFER to the suggestions by Members of Parliament Fatimah Lateef and Chia Shi-Lu in light of the subsidy reduction for permanent residents, reported in “Healthcare subsidies for PRs to be revised” (April 12). Dr Chia suggested that more
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      AN IDEA TO DETER SMOKING IN PROHIBITED PLACES
      125 29  -  LETTER FROM FRANKIE LEE KIM HAN I was surprised by the National Environment Agency’s (NEA) letter “Over five years, 24,213 tickets issued for smoking in prohibited places” (April 14). Is an average of 13 to 14 tickets issued per day a big
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      CORRECTION
      38 29 The report “Immigration offences to be managed by ICA” (April 19) stated that the system for bidirectional clearance for passengers was in the final stages of planning. This is incorrect. The system is in its exploratory stage.
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  • SINGAPORE
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      HFMD cases at new high
      374 30  -  1,171 recorded last week, totalling 11,895 for the year: Health Ministry NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases last week hit a high of 1,171 this year, after tapering off during the school holidays in the previous
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      Works on pipeline for four days from Monday
      222 30 SINGAPORE A pipeline that supplies water to Tampines, Pasir Ris, Loyang and parts of Changi will be shut down for four days from Monday, as part of national water agency PUB’s water network enhancement works. Supply to these areas, however, will not
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      Lock icon ACCUSED IN SEX WITH MINOR CASE APPLIES SUCCESSFULLY TO LEAVE S’PORE FOR WEDDING PLANS
      161 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A 28-year-old Indonesian, who is one of the 48 men charged so far with having paid sex with a minor, has successfully applied to leave Singapore today for Jakarta for marriage preparations. Reyner Desvando
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      Lock icon Cleaning firm’s director jailed for breaches of Employment Act
      261 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The director of a cleaning and building maintenance firm was jailed three months by a district court yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to Employment Act offences that included the non-payment of salaries. Jufri Saini and the company each
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      Lock icon Man convicted of drug consumption, assault
      157 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A 23-year-old was jailed for 12 months yesterday for two offences. Muhammad Iqbal Azman was sentenced to nine months in jail for drug consumption and three months for assaulting a police officer. Muhammad Iqbal, who is under investigation for two other
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      Lock icon PRISON FOR MAN WHO OUTRAGED MODESTY OF GIRL, 7
      121 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A 48-year-old coffeeshop assistant was jailed for 11 months yesterday for outraging the modesty of a seven-year-old girl. The man had approached the girl, who was clad only in her underwear, as she was playing with her bicycle along
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      Singapore set to become regional hub for training helicopter pilots
      298 34  -  DYLAN LOH dylanloh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore is fast becoming a regional hub for training helicopter pilots, with a new fullflight simulator starting operations earlier this month. Besides France, the Republic is the only country to have this high-tech machine, situated in
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      StarHub service disrupted to some households
      110 34  -  MELISSA CHONG SINGAPORE Some 250 households, mostly in the vicinity of Wolskel Road near Upper Serangoon Road, were unable to access StarHub’s television cable network for up to eight hours starting 5.15pm on Wednesday. StarHub said its network opera- tions centre detected the technical
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      BRING OWN BAG, HELP ENVIRONMENT: FAIRPRICE
      165 34 To support Earth Day this Sunday, NTUC FairPrice is encouraging customers to use fewer plastic bags while grocery shopping. As part of its FairPrice Cares! Campaign, it is asking customers to bring their own bags and help save at least 100,000 plastic bags in
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      Lock icon MAN ARRESTED FOR SUSPECTED HOUSEBREAKING
      124 34 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A 26-year-old man, believed to be responsible for housebreaking and theft at HDB flats in Bukit Panjang, will be charged in court today. The police had received two reports of housebreaking in the area between March 20 and April 10. The victims said
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      297 36 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON China is stealing United States military and civilian space technology in an effort to disrupt US access to intelligence, navigation and communications satellites, according to a report from the US State and Defence Departments. The report released on Wednesday also said
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      124 36 AP A South Korean court has given a 30-year prison term to a Chinese fisherman for stabbing a South Korean coast guard to death in December. The stabbing occurred after South Korean officers boarded a Chinese boat over suspicions of illegal fishing
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      237 36 REUTERS European Union (EU) governments are to suspend most sanctions against Myanmar next week in recognition of rapid political and economic reforms after decades of military dictatorship, EU diplomats said yesterday. Envoys of EU governments reached a preliminary deal on the issue late
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      368 41 THE GUARDIAN LONDON British businessman Neil Heywood had privately confessed to friends that Ms Gu Kailai the woman now suspected of murdering him was “mentally unstable” and behaved like an unforgiving “empress”. In conversations in the three years before his death, Mr Heywood
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      126 41 AP The west Indian state of Gujarat opened Asia’s largest solar power field yesterday, as just part of its 600 megawatt solar energy addition to India’s power grid. The Gujarat Solar Park, spread across a desolate swath of desert, accounts for 214
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      133 41 AP China said United States Ambassador Gary Locke (picture) acted inappropriately when he urged Beijing to free a Chinese activist recently sentenced to jail. The state-run Xinhua News Agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin as saying yesterday that China is “absolutely opposed
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      Lock icon Indonesian rich ‘buying second homes in London rather than Singapore’
      223 42 AGENCIES JAKARTA More wealthy Indonesians are looking to buy a second home in London, while interest in Singapore has waned, according to Property Report, a real estate magazine, citing a study by global property consultancy Knight Frank. “Interest from Indonesian-based
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      248 42 AP JAKARTA Seismologists say last week’s powerful earthquake off western Indonesia increased pressure on the source of the devastating 2004 tsunami a fault that could unleash another monster wave sometime in the next few decades. “The spring was pushed a little bit tighter,”
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      65 44 Beekeeper She Ping is shown covered with bees during a challenge to break the world record in Chongqing Municipality on Wednesday. Mr She Ping, 32, broke the world record by covering his body with 33.1kg of bees (about 331,000 bees), overtaking the last world record of 26.8kg
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      368 44 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SYDNEY Australian bosses who employ people aged over 50 for three months or more will receive a A$1,000 bonus (S$1,300) under a government scheme to combat age discrimination. The bonus, to apply from July 1, was adopted
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      478 44 AP PUERTO VALLARTA (Mexico) Selling soya beans, iron, copper ore and other commodities to Asian countries has transformed Latin America over the past decade, stabilising economies despite worldwide crises and lifting tens of millions of people into the middle class. Now, say officials from
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      331 46 AGENCIES BAGHDAD More than 20 bombs hit several areas in Baghdad and to the north yesterday, killing at least 36 people, police and hospital sources said, raising fears of sectarian strife in a country keen to show it can now maintain
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      330 46 A statement from UNArab League mediator Kofi Annan said the Syrian government and the United Nations had agreed on a basis for a ‘protocol’ on the deployment of more observers. REUTERS DAMASCUS Syria and the United Nations signed an agreement yesterday on
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      704 48 THE NEW YORK TIMES CARTAGENA (Colombia) A United States Secret Service agent preparing for President Barack Obama’s arrival at an international summit meeting and a single mother from Colombia who makes a living as a highpriced escort faced off in a room at the Hotel Caribe
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      165 48 THE GUARDIAN A Sri Lankan woman could face the death penalty by beheading in Saudi Arabia after she was arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl in a shopping mall, a police spokesman said on
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      210 50 AGENCIES British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to defend the “pasty tax” charged on takeaway food, after lawma­kers questioned how fair it was to slap 20 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on baked goods, while caviar was
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      288 50 AP LOS ANGELES Two months after its debut in the San Diego area, a cable channel designed specifically for canines is headed for national distribution across the United States, an executive for the enterprise said on Tuesday. Touted as a new
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      268 52 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Future generations of women could avoid unnecessary and potentially harmful breast cancer treatment after a groundbreaking study which is set to revolutionise the way the disease is diagnosed and treated. Breast cancer has traditionally been viewed as a
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      232 52 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Blindness can be partially reversed in mice by injecting light-sensitive nerve cells into the back of the eyes, scientists have shown for the first time. The study by researchers from University College London was conducted on mice born with
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      144 52 AP A University of California San Diego scientist was able to use his knowledge of mathematics and physics to argue his way out of a US$400 (S$501) traffic ticket. In a four-page paper titled The Proof of Innocence, Mr Dmitri Krioukov successfully appealed
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      126 52 AP A prison inmate in South Dakota in the United States is suing the hospital where he was circumcised as a newborn, saying he only recently became aware that he had undergone the procedure and that it robbed him of his sexual prowess.
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      321 54 Software maker reports 6% overall revenue growth REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST WASHINGTON Microsoft beat Wall Street’s profit forecast, lifting its shares 2.5 per cent after hours. The results buoyed optimism around the world’s largest software maker, which is lining up a new tablet-friendly version of Windows and is
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      162 54 REUTERS Marubeni Corp plans to take a roughly 22 per cent stake in Singaporebased ACR Capital Holdings to gain a foothold in Asia’s growing reinsurance market, the Nikkei business daily reported earlier today. The trading house will
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      57 54 THURSDAY CLOSE 12,964.10 (-0.53%) Wednesday 13,032.75 q 0.63% Tuesday 13,115.54 p 1.50% Monday 12,921.41 p 0.56% Friday 12,849.59 p 1.05% NYSE TOP 5 BY VOLUME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 347.3m $8.77 q 1.68% Sprint Nextel 108.6m $2.40 q 4.76% Nokia 60.9m $3.82 q 3.78% EMC 51.5m $28.10
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      14 54 È FTSE100 5,744.55 H DAX È È DAX 6,671.22 (-2.05%) CAC40 3,174.02 (-2.05%)
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        76 54 Wall St falls on weak data Stocks fell for a second day as labour market data showed more signs of weakness. The losses followed a strong start to earnings season, confirmed yesterday by better-than-expected reports from Bank of America and Morgan Stanley. Of the 105 S&P 500 components
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        65 54 Crude remains steady Oil balanced between downbeat economic data and persistent, though receding, supply disruption worries as Iran and world powers wrangle over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Brent crude for June delivery gained 3 cents to settle at US$118. US May crude, which expires on Friday, settled at US$102.27, down
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      Lock icon Hong Kong moves closer to bank liability for IPOs
      223 56 REUTERS HONG KONG The territory’s financial market watchdog will launch a public consultation in the next couple of weeks to toughen rules for banks sponsoring initial public offerings (IPOs), including holding them liable for faulty deal documents. The move is likely
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      589 56  -  LIN YANQIN yanqinl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When Citibank became the first international bank to secure a credit card licence in China in January, it represented a big pay-off for the bank after 10 years of building up its credit card business there, said Citi
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      271 58 MARKS SPENCER UNVEILS FLAGSHIP STORE Marks Spencer (M&S) has unveiled its landmark flagship store at Wheelock Place, level 1, promising shoppers a unique 360-degree experience. With about 30,000 sq ft of retail space, the store has nearly double the space it previously had at the basement levels of Wheelock Place.
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      AUSTON INSTITUTE’S NEW CAMPUS
      182 58 Previously located at Clarke Quay, Auston Institute has moved to 11 Unity Street. The opening ceremony will be held tomorrow from 5pm to 6pm. Mr Michael Lin, managing director of Auston Institute of Management, said: “Higher education is about teaching people how to learn and we’re
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      PHOTO PRINTING MADE EASY
      138 58 Printing your pictures is easy at Harvey Norman. The revamped Photo Centre is now more user-friendly and offers a comfortable photo-printing experience. The kiosk has a 19-inch touch screen LCD monitor, keyboard and seats, allowing you to select and touch up your photos comfortably. It offers
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      68 58 Get a free multipurpose Vitagen cooler bag with every four packs of Vitagen Less Sugar and/or Vitagen Collagen Less Sugar. Choose from eight snazzy colours (pink, blue, yellow, purple, red, green, black and brown). Available at leading supermarkets, hypermarkets, convenience stores and via Vitagen home delivery
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      INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY EXPO
      209 58 iProperty.com Singapore presents its fourth signature iProperty.com Expo International Property Expo. Visitors can expect prominent international properties, prestigious property brands and exciting real estate opportunities. Attend insightful seminars where renowned international property leaders will share tips on investments and buying overseas property. These experts will also give
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      561 60 Company believed working towards May 17 IPO AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO To win over Instagram, Facebook was forced to show its hand. Facebook bought the photosharing service for US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) early this month, agreeing to pay roughly 30 per cent in cash
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      393 60 REUTERS NEW YORK Apple wants to go to trial to defend itself against United States government allegations that it conspired with publishers to raise prices of electronic books, a lawyer for the Silicon Valley giant said in court on Wednesday.
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      260 62 Calltrunk, a new service launched in the United Kingdom, will let people search phone conversations they have recorded and stored on the Internet, without the other person’s knowledge. Although storing recordings of phone calls is legal, the Daily Telegraph said the ease of use of the new service could
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      411 62 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SAN FRANCISCO Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin has said his criticism of Apple and Facebook’s respective walled gardens threatening Web freedom have been “distorted”. Mr Brin made the comments in an interview with The Guardian earlier this week about Web freedom
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      860 66  -  COMMENTARY CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Conrad Raj is editor-at-large at Today. The pace of China’s economic growth has eased markedly but investment interest in the country, especially in second-tier cities such as Chengdu, by investors from Singapore appears to have waned little. Take Frasers Hospitality, the serviced
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      885 67  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@mediacorp.com.sg Colin Tan is head, research and consultancy, at Chesterton Suntec International. The scorching pace of new private home sales continued unabated for the second consecutive month in March, when developers sold a total of 2,393 units, down marginally from February’s
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      212 67  -  DOW JONES SINGAPORE The chief executives of commodity trader Wilmar International and Perennial Real Estate are leading a group of investors in setting up a property joint venture with a target capital base of S$500 million. Wilmar CEO Kuok Khoon Hong will hold a 49.5-per-cent
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      174 67  -  DOW JONES Global Premium Hotels, the hospitality arm of property developer Fragrance Group, seeks to raise up to S$134.6 million through an initial public offering on the Singapore Exchange. According to its prospectus filed with the Monetary Authority of Singapore,
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      129 67 The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday launched an industrial site at Kaki Bukit Road 5 for sale by public tender. The site is the third out of the 16 industrial sites to be released under the Confirmed List of the 1st half
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      297 73 REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL Sporting Lisbon 2 Athletic Bilbao 1 LISBON Goals by Emiliano Insua and Diego Capel in the final 15 minutes allowed Sporting Lisbon to produce a stirring late comeback as they snatched a 2-1 home win over Athletic
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      226 74 AGENCIES MANAMA (Bahrain) A firebomb briefly delayed a Force India team vehicle from making its way from the Grand Prix circuit back to its hotel. No one in the vehicle was injured. The bomb exploded on Wednesday night in Bahrain’s capital Manama, causing
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      247 74 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Amid the euphoria of Reading clinching promotion to the Premier League this week, news emerged of a probe by the league administrators into the prospective new owner of club. In January, Anton Zingarevich bought over John Madejski’s 51-per-cent stake in the
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      667 74  -  Former FAM deputy president insists team should have been an under-23 side; slams MSL schedule TODAY EXCLUSIVE DAN GUEN CHIN DanGuenChin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The rise of the LionsXII to the top of the Malaysian Super League (MSL) has raised a few eyebrows and drawn a few
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      55 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS KINGFISH, ANYONE: WHAT’S COOKING FOR OUR SPRING RECIPES T4 HOMELY AND HEARTY ITALIAN FARE T6 CARS LEXUS’ F SPORTS GETS AN ‘A’ T10 POP THAT CHERRY TOMATO APRIL 20, 2012 THIS YEAR’S WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT OFFERS A NEW
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        94 2 IN CONJUNCTION with the World Gourmet Summit 2012, BLU at Shangri-La Hotel Singapore will host Master Chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino from April 24 to 28. He will showcase Peruvian cuisine using Amazonian ingredients in his degustation dinner menus, priced at S$ 178 per person for a five-course
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        222 6  -  BITE SIZED DON MENDOZA FEW things are as satisfying as a deftly constructed meal with a conscience, enjoyed with the knowledge that nearly as much effort has been put into reducing the dishes’ carbon footprint.This Earth Day, Sunday April 22, diners can look forward to just such
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        952 6 Two more Italian eateries offer two different homestyle Italian experiences FOOD REVIEW EVERYBODY loves Italian food. It’s the only way to explain the constant proliferation of Italian restaurants across the world; especially in a restaurant-saturated country like Singapore. If you include the chain restaurants like
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        642 8  -  Former lead singer of rock band Live Ed Kowalcyzk is happy going solo CHRISTOPHER TOH FOR Ed Kowalcyzk, better known as “that singer from American U2-esque rock band Live”, life as a musician has been quite a ride. In the 1990s, he and fellow Live bandmates Chad
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        578 10  -  The Lexus GS 350 F Sport is a great-handling sedan that can match the Germans with considerably less expense Derryn Wong feature s@mediacorp.com.sg UNLIKE some Japanese vagaries, luxury car brand Lexus has never been hard to understand.While its core values have been that of refinement and
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        201 10 THE“F” doesn’t stand for “fast” or something rude, but for Fuji Speedway, the erstwhile F1 circuit at the foot of the famous mountain, and owned by Toyota. Each variant of the new GS has an F Sport option too. On the GS 250 F Sport,
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        490 11  -  spotThe We head to Shanghai to put Pirelli’s new Cinturato P1 tyres to the test Ben Chia in Shanghai feature s@mediacorp.com.sg TYRES are a vital, and yet oft-neglected aspect of driving. Many drivers don’t really pay heed to the importance of the four rubber “contact
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        56 12 Ivan Heng directs this minimalist interpretation of the perennially popular Shakesperean love story, Romeo And Juliet, starring Hansel Tan, Julie Wee, Neo Swee Lin, Lim Kay Siu, Lim YuBeng, Brendon Fernandez and more. Until April 28,8pm (with 3pm weekend matinees) at the Drama Centre Theatre. Tickets at
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        87 12 Check out special wedding package deals and huntforthe perfect dress atfashion showcases by renowned bridal boutiques, at Style:Weddings’ signature bridal show. MediaCorp artiste Tay Ping Hui also shares what men really want attheirwedding.Also,geta pair of free movie tickets when you present the latest issue
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        Lee Wen: Lucid Dreams In The Reverie Of The Real
        98 12 This exhibition presents the key works from the illustrious 25-year artistic career of multi-disciplinary artist Lee Wen, who is also one of Singapore’s most internationally recognised contemporary artists. Lucid Dreams In The Reverie Of The Real includes installations, photographs, videos
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        No Sex Last Night (Double-Blind)
        80 12 This unconventional road movie was made by French artist Sophie Calle in collaboration with her then-partner Greg Shephard, when the couple drove across America recording and narrating their journey and insights. The result is two different versions of one romantic relationship, navigating questions about the
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        60 12 This solo exhibition by Indonesian artist S Teddy D gathers together 20 predominantly sculptural works made between 1998 and 2011, many of which have the recurring image of the head to reflect his state of mind. Until April 29,10am to 6pm, ICA Gallery 1, LASALLE College of
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        54 12 This ongoing series of exhibitions that sees a row of 1920s shophouses temporarily turned into exhibition spaces includes Urbanature, an exhibition by NUS Architecture students (Unit 17); Tang Ling Nah’s Aligning(Unit17);andthe exhibition The Art Of Rebellion featuring 24 artists (Unit 11). Until April 22, along
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      194 5 On 10 April 1912, the world’s largest Ship left its berth at Southampton and started a journey that was to bring the hopes and dreams of over 2,200 people to America. 100 years later, on the 100th Anniversary of Titanic’s maiden voyage, ArtScience Museum presents a commemoration that allows visitors
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