Today, 27 April 2012, Afternoon Edition

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    23 1 AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF /iA=DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday April 27, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Nursing home charged over alleged patient abuse
    567 1  -  CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE About a year after a shocking case of patient abuse by its staff came to light following a MediaCorp report, the Nightingale Nursing Home was yesterday charged with allegedly flouting the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act. It has
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    Lay-offs up but most find jobs again quickly
    644 1  -  CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even as the number of workers made redundant crept up last year, re-entry into employment for such workers was at a three-year high with 70 per cent able to find new jobs within 12 months of being
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      724 1 SEE COFFEE IN A TOTALLY NEW WAY Lay-offs up but most find jobs again quickly Nursing home charged over alleged patient abuse CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE About a year after a shocking case of patient abuse by its staff came to light following a MediaCorp report, the Nightingale Nursing Home
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Analysts see high demand for two Pasir Ris housing projects
      510 2  -  EC, DBSS developments to be launched days apart ‘will appeal to different buyers’ SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg those two is very wide.” ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JOANNE CHAN JOANNECHAN SINGAPORE Reflecting the pent-up demand for homes, analysts expect robust demand for two
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      HFMD cases continue to rise unabated
      501 3  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite rampedup measures by pre-schools to curb the spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), the number of cases has continued its unabated rise, sparking concern among parents here. There were 1,394 cases last week, a 19-per-cent spike from
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      Lock icon ‘Press on with economic restructuring’
      594 4 DPM Tharman says this is so that S’pore can grow on the basis of productivity and support higher wages SINGAPORE Noting that workers are celebrating Labour Day this year “at a time of continued difficulties in the world economy”, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said
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      A S$10-million boost for Singapore’s pre-school sector
      488 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The pre-school sector is getting a S$ 10-million boost as the Government seeks to attract new pre-school teachers and raise the level of professional development among current teachers. The amount, to be spent over the next two years, will
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      Gas tariffs for households to go up from next month
      217 6 SINGAPORE Gas tariffs for households are set to rise again, with City Gas announcing yesterday a 3.3-per-cent increase with effect from next month. The tariff will be increased by 0.71 cent to 22.16 cents per kWh from May to July.
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      Lock icon Las Vegas Sands does not need S’pore junkets
      488 6 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Las Vegas Sands is not interested in working with Singapore-licensed junket operators to bring gamblers to the Marina Bay Sands casino, chief executive Sheldon Adelson said yesterday. Mr Adelson’s comments come after Singapore’s Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) issued its first
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      Lock icon North Korea’s ominous new missiles may be fakes: Analysts
      463 8 AGENCIES TOKYO Analysts who have studied photos of half a dozen ominous new North Korean missiles showcased recently at a lavish military parade say they were fakes and not very convincing ones, casting further doubt on the country’s claims of military
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      Lock icon Bo ‘eavesdropped on phone calls of top Chinese officials’
      445 8 AGENCIES BEIJING A wiretapping network run by Chongqing officials was detected on a phone call to President Hu Jintao in August, a discovery that helped topple the city’s ambitious party chief Bo Xilai, the New York Times reported yesterday. The report
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      Lock icon Indonesia halts some beef imports over mad cow scare
      299 10 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday suspended some United States beef imports shipped after April 24 following the discovery of mad cow disease in California, breaking ranks with other nations that have maintained trade since the case was detected. The ban covers meat
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      Lock icon ‘Shadow Shogun’ cleared of funding scandal charges
      307 10 AGENCIES TOKYO A divisive power broker of Japan’s ruling Democratic Party was acquitted yesterday of charges in a political financing scandal, freeing him to step up his opposition to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and a tax increase plan. The Tokyo District Court said
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      Lock icon Gilani to appeal against contempt conviction
      386 10 AGENCIES ISLAMABAD Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will file a review appeal against yesterday’s contempt of court conviction and the Parliament Speaker will decide whether he stays in office while that challenge is heard, his lawyer said. The Supreme Court ruled Gilani guilty
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      Lock icon Merdeka Square closed until Sunday morning to prevent Bersih rally
      229 10 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The capital’s Merdeka Square and all roads leading to the iconic venue has been closed off to the public from 6am this morning till 6am on Sunday as the authorities move to prevent the Bersih rally for
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon China slows down, and grows up
      905 12  -  RUCHIR SHARMA Ruchir Sharma, the head of emerging market equities at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, is the author of Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles. THE NEW YORK TIMES The news of a slowdown in China, which just posted its worst
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      Lock icon China-bashing could do more harm than good
      527 12 BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL BLOOMBERG President Barack Obama and the presumptive Republican nominee, Mr Mitt Romney, both act as if lecturing China about its undervalued currency is a good way to show they care about American jobs. We hope Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Secretary
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      Lock icon Three reasons Japan’s pain is getting worse
      1847 14  -  Other societies face falling birthrates, ageing populations and limited resources but attitudes in Japan make these problems more severe JARED DIAMOND Jared Diamond, a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, is the author of Guns, Germs and Steel and
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      Lock icon A multipolar world adrift, seeking free rides
      1144 18  -  JEFFREY D SACHS Jeffrey D Sachs is professor of economics and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also special adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. PROJECT SYNDICATE The annual spring meetings of the International
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  • VOICES
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      US, China in search of mutual trust
      507 20  -  Letter from Jonathan Tan Ghee Tiong The writer works for a German foundation that co-organises high-level, roundtable discussions on developments in China with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. I REFER to the commentary on “China’s testing the waters, nothing
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      Comprehensive stance against discrimination needed
      312 22  -  Letter from Frank Young I APPLAUD the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) resolve to stamp out practices of “employers who blatantly disregard the fair employment guidelines”, as reported in “Pledge of support for fair employment practices” (April 18). I decided to do some desktop research and
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      New syllabus to build strong foundation in English Language
      383 22  -  Letter from Chua-Lim Yen Ching Director, Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Education WE ARE encouraged by the support in the revised GCE O and N Level examination syllabi for English Language (EL) and we take this opportunity to address
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      No need to replace O and A Levels
      260 22  -  Letter from Chan Cheng Lin I DISAGREE with Dr Harold Teng’s call, in his letter “Now for our own education brand” (April 25), to create Singapore’s own brand of education certificates to replace the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificates of Education (Ordinary and Advanced
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      AUTO ACTIVATION OF STREET LIGHTS ON DARK DAYS BEING STUDIED
      126 22  -  LETTER FROM HELEN LIM LETTER FROM HELEN LIM, DIRECTOR, MEDIA RELATIONS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY We thank Mr Ng Chee Kheon for his suggestion to “Switch on street lights during low visibility in the day” (April 19). Generally,
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      Family is strength
      460 24  -  I SAY Santi Yeo Her Chuen Iwas filled with a sense of awe and empowerment from my family tree when I attended the wake of my First Aunt earlier this month. She was a World War II survivor. My father told me that when the Japanese war
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      SLs are trained before they go on duty: SMRT
      274 24  -  Letter from Bernadette Low Senior Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications, SMRT Corporation WE THANK Wong Hwee Lin and Chua Kim Choo for their feedback in the letter “Kudos to some bus drivers, but more training needed” and the Point Of View
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      The demise of dialects a loss to society
      429 24  -  Letter from Tan Kim Hock I WAS saddened by the news of the impending closure of Rediffusion at the end of the month. It is another ominous sign of the inevitable demise of Chinese dialects in Singapore. I am, however, gladdened by
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      No conclusive proof that obesity causes autism
      309 24  -  Letter from Noel Chia Kok Hwee I REFER to the report “Autism may be linked to obesity during pregnancy” (April 10). In recent decades, both obesity and autism have reached epidemic proportions in populations, causing a worldwide alarm. Today, researchers have made great
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon More real-time traffic updates
      319 26 SINGAPORE From May 7, motorists will be able to get real-time traffic updates along six major arterial corridors as 76 new electronic signboards along these roads begin operations. The six road corridors are between Woodlands Road and Dunearn Road; along West Coast Highway; between Serangoon Road
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      Lock icon 20 elderly Hougang residents hear better now
      262 26  -  CHEOW XIN YI SINGAPORE Twenty lowincome elderly Hougang residents are now able to hear better after they were fitted with hearing aids at the area’s Eldercare Centre yesterday. T h e i n i t i a t iv e Project Communication, was
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      Lock icon S$1m fund for youths at risk
      219 26 SINGAPORE To help youths at risk, Changi Airport Group (CAG) has launched the Changi Foundation with an initial capital of S$1 million. The funds will be used to support youth community efforts through three key thrusts: Education, skills development and community service. Besides providing
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      Lock icon POLICE SMASH LOANSHARK SYNDICATE, 23 PEOPLE ARRESTED
      168 30 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The police have smashed a major loanshark syndicate and arrested 23 people for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. One of the suspects, a 30-year-old Singaporean man, was arrested in Johor Baru with the assistance of the Malaysian police. Yesterday and on
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      Yishun murder accused ‘had intended to flee’
      285 30  -  AMIR HUSSAIN AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the prosecution charged yesterday that the man accused of murdering three women in a Yishun flat showed clear intention of fleeing the crime scene, Wang Zhijian said he could have left before the police arrived, if
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      Standby teams unfamiliar with assigned stations
      255 30  -  OLIVIA SIONG SINGAPORE The standby customer service support teams deployed during the December train disruptions had not gone through formal or structured familiarisation of the train stations they were assigned to, the Committee of Inquiry heard yesterday. Their response time also varied, with one
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      FORMER POLICEMAN JAILED FOR HOUSEBREAKING, THEFT
      93 30  -  CLAIRE HUANG A former police staff sergeant was yesterday sentenced to five years in jail for multiple housebreaking offences. Mohamed Faisal Mohamed Yusoff, 33, was convicted of housebreaking and theft on five counts. He committed the offences between August last year and March. Court
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      SMRT extends transport services on eves of Labour Day, Vesak Day
      294 34 SINGAPORE SMRT’s train, LRT and selected bus services will be extended on the eves of Labour Day (April 30) and Vesak Day (May 4). The last north-bound, east-bound and west-bound trains will depart from City Hall Interchange Station at
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      New WSQ framework to train 2,000
      293 34  -  QIUYI TAN tanqiuyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A new Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) framework is set to train some 2,000 occupational hygiene professionals by 2018. The framework aims to groom a pool of professionals who can address multi-disci-plinary workplace health and safety issues, and includes a WSQ
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      Lock icon IKEA recalls faulty lighting track
      146 34 Customers advised to stop using it immediately CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Furniture giant IKEA is recalling a lighting track that could pose the risk of electric shock. It is the IKEA 365+ SÄNDA lighting track (L70cm and L114cm). The affected tracks were sold between September last
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Najib spree risks credit downgrade
      367 38 BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s (picture) record spending binge, aimed at shoring up support before elections that could be called as early as next month, may risk the country’s first credit-rating downgrade since the Asian financial crisis 15 years ago. Standard and
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    • Article
      Lock icon HK suspends poultry imports from Liaoning over bird flu
      163 38 REUTERS HONG KONG The territory yesterday suspended imports of poultry products, including eggs and frozen meat, from China’s north-eastern Liaoning province for 21 days after the authorities there confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu. Hong Kong imported about 28,000 tonnes
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi wants quick end to oath stalemate
      330 38 AP YANGON Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday she was hopeful a dispute over Myanmar’s legislative oath would be overcome soon, calling it a “technical problem” that should not end in political deadlock. Ms Suu Kyi and members of her
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      Lock icon Panchen Lama gives rare speech in HK
      331 40 AP HONG KONG The Panchen Lama chosen by China but disputed by Tibetan Buddhists discussed religious philosophy yesterday during his first appearance outside the mainland, marking greater efforts by Beijing to win acceptance of its rule over Tibet. The Panchen Lama is Tibetan
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      293 40 AGENCIES WARSAW Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said yesterday his country is setting up a US$10 billion (S$12.4 billion) credit line to support joint projects with Central and East European nations. Mr Wen said that China would like to invest in infrastructure
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      127 42 Malaysia and Hong Kong signed a deal on Wednesday to prevent double taxation on companies and individuals. The agreement will be implemented after ratification procedures are completed in both countries. “The objective is mainly to avoid double taxation by allocating the taxing
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      114 42 AP The authorities in Thailand are extending their investigation into the diversion of cold tablets for the production of the illegal stimulant methamphetamine to other countries. The move comes after the authorities found that huge quantities of the tablets may have been illegally
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      205 42 REUTERS NEW YORK United States prosecutors on Wednesday accused two Taiwanese nationals of trying to buy US military technology on behalf of people they claimed worked in the Chinese government. They said Hui Sheng Shen, 45, and Huan Ling Chang,
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      245 42 AP NEW DELHI A report from a United Nations demining expert said unexploded cluster munitions have been found in northern Sri Lanka, appearing to confirm, for the first time, that they were used in that country’s long civil war. The new revelation
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      199 44 AP Ukraine’s President vowed yesterday that his country is committed to building a new, safer shelter over the damaged Chernobyl reactor as Ukrainians, Belarusians and Russians marked the 26th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. President Viktor Yanukovych took part in a
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      262 44 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama will headline his first re-election rallies next week, marking an important turning point in the race for the White House. The President will hit the campaign trail with back-to-back rallies on May 5
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      202 44 AGENCIES MOSCOW Russian and American airborne forces will conduct joint counter-terrorism exercises in Colorado next month. This will be the first time Russian service members will be invited into the United States for a joint drill. “Soldiers of the two countries
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      268 46 AGENCIES LEIDSCHENDAM (Netherlands) In a historic ruling, a United Nations-backed court yesterday convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor (picture) of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 11-year civil war in Sierra Leone. Taylor, 64, is
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      78 46 Up to 40,000 Norwegians gathered in Oslo yesterday, despite the poor weather, to sing a popular peace song derided by Anders Behring Breivik, the gunman on trial for the murder of 77 people. Thousands more joined in towns across the country to sing Children
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      206 46 AGENCIES LONDON News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch said yesterday that his British newspaper company was the victim of a cover-up, alleging that he and his son were deliberately kept in the dark about phone hacking at the News of the World. Mr Murdoch
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      353 48 AP UNITED NATIONS Threats to international peace and security from illicit cross-border trafficking in drugs, weapons, terrorists and people have increased as the world has become more interconnected, the United Nations Security Council said on Wednesday. The council said that in today’s globalised society,
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      166 48 THE GUARDIAN Contrary to the public perception that most victims of trafficking are women, the charity group Salvation Army said men account for 41 per cent of the adult victims it has helped in England and Wales. The finding comes in
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      271 48 AGENCIES LONDON The world population needs to be stabilised quickly and high consumption in rich countries rapidly reduced to avoid economic and environmental catastrophe in the future, scientists have warned. In a report published yesterday by the London-based Royal Society, an international group of
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      291 50 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON British government scientists said that they have not yet found convincing evidence that handphones caused any adverse effects on human health, but called for monitoring to continue. They had examined the safety of handphones, transmitter masts and Wi-Fi in the
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      203 50 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH SYDNEY Fathers are just as likely as mothers to suffer post-natal depression and the risk is higher for younger men, an Australian study has found. The study, published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, found 9.7 per cent of fathers suffer post-natal depression
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      136 50 AGENCIES Teenagers are showing up in Los Angeles emergency rooms after drinking liquid hand sanitisers to get drunk. Cheap and easily accessible hand sanitisers contain 62 per cent ethyl alcohol. The Los Angeles Times says six teenagers have shown up in two San
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      148 50 BLOOMBERG Berries are good for the brain, according to a study that suggests the fruits can help fend off the mental decline of ageing. Women who ate one or more servings of blueberries or two or more servings of strawberries a week over two
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      171 52  -  JANICE WU Job-seekers looking for work in small companies will continue to face tough times but opportunities abound in larger companies, according to two business confidence surveys. Large companies are generally more bullish on hiring over the next 12 months, compared with small
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      289 52 AGENCIES SINGAPORE The Republic’s industrial production fell for the second time in three months last month as electronics and pharmaceutical manufacturers decreased output. Manufacturing fell 3.4 per cent on-year after a revised 11.8-per-cent gain in February, the Economic Development Board said yesterday. Economists had
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      275 52  -  LYNDA HONG SINGAPORE SingTel has been named the country’s most well-governed and transparent company for the fourth consecutive year. Presenting the results of its 2012 Governance and Transparency Index (GTI) yesterday, accounting body CPA Australia said SingTel came up tops with an overall
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      87 52 DOW JONES SingTel is selling its entire 4 per cent stake in Taiwan’s Far EasTone Telecommunications, in a block trade that could raise up to NT$8.24 billion (S$348 million), a person familiar with the transaction said yesterday. SingTel is looking to
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      140 54 REUTERS Standard Poor’s yesterday cut its credit rating on Spain to BBB-plus from A, a twonotch downgrade, citing its expectation the government’s budget deficit will deteriorate even more than previously thought due to economic contraction. The ratings agency put a negative outlook
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      149 54 BLOOMBERG Amazon, the world’s largest Internet retailer, beat first-quarter revenue and earnings estimates, led by demand for Kindle devices and e- commerce services for outside vendors. Net income was US$130 million (S$161.2 million), or 28 US cents a share, compared with
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      105 54 OVERNIGHT Stocks jump on housing data, earning reports United States stocks jumped on yesterday, buoyed by strong housing data and earnings reports, but the euro eked out only modest gains as disappointing labour market and European sentiment figures kept trading choppy. Contracts to purchase previously owned US homes
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      251 56 DOW JONES WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday another round of bond purchases remains “very much on the table” amid high unemployment and broad uncertainty about the United States economy and European crisis. “We remain prepared to
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      176 56 REUTERS BEIJING China’s sovereign rating outlook remains positive, supported by favourable medium-term growth prospects and strong government debt dynamics, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report yesterday. The ratings agency made no change to its Aa3 foreign and local currency bond ratings in
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      486 58 Check out the new HTC One series of smartphones at the HTC One is All I Need roadshow at Marina Square (until Sunday) in the central atrium. The HTC One series of smartphones boasts an iconic design, great camera capabilities and authentic sound quality. Mr
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      JEAN YIP CELEBRATES 30 BEAUTIFUL YEARS
      198 58 Jean Yip celebrated its 30th anniversary from April 6 to April 8 with a Beauty and Wellness Bazaar 2012 at Jean Yip Loft (307 New Bridge Road). Customers enjoyed S$3 deals and were entitled to an instant Spin-The-Wheel Draw. In addition, Miss Cheryl Wee,
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      93 58 Munchy’s Wheat Krunch now contains collagen, which is said to offer health benefits such as alleviating jointrelated problems and improving the appearance of your skin, hair and nails. In addition, Munchy’s Wheat Krunch Collagen is made from specially selected wheat flour with 80 per cent wheat content
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      174 58 IKEA brings drama to its “bedrooms” with it first in-store comedy show, starring MediaCorp Gold 90.5FM DJ Denise Tan. Followjolene (played by Tan) and eavesdrop on her private conversations. Find out how she takes comfort growing up with IKEA at different turns in her
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      158 58 Eu Yan Sang is celebrating Mother’s Day with promotional discounts for its raw bird’s nest, cordyceps and ginseng. Here are some highlights: Get a 25 per cent discount when you buy two or more boxes of Bird’s Nest with Pearl Powder and Collagen, or
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      196 60 Nintendo sank into a ¥43.2-billion (S$661million) loss for the fiscal year just ended as weak sales of the Wii home console and the strong yen eroded earnings. Kyoto-based Nintendo, once the star of video games with franchises like Pokemon and Super Mario, has seen its glory fade with
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      135 60 AGENCIES Research In Motion (RIM) may be planning to unveil its debut next-generation smartphone this summer, with a launch to follow in the fall. N4BB, a BlackBerry news site, reported that RIM currently intends to take the wraps off its first
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      441 60  -  Raspberry Pi hopes to inspire the next generation of innovators JUNE YANG juneyang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Can a US$35 (S$43) computer the size of a credit card inspire the next wave of innovators? The Raspberry Pi computer is the brainchild of the United Kingdom-based Raspberry Pi Foundation.
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      492 60 AP SAN FRANCISCO Google is already facing spasms of suspicion and confusion as it tries to persuade people to entrust their personal documents, photos and other digital content to the company’s new online storage service. That became apparent shortly after the release of
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      218 62  -  WONG SIEW YING Jade Towers, a residential development located in Upper Serangoon, has been sold to Roxy Residential for S$106.27 million, marketing agent Savills Singapore said yesterday. Roxy Residential is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-listed Roxy Pacific. Savills said the sale price translated to
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      191 62 AGENCIES Mapletree Commercial Trust yesterday reported fourth-quarter distribution of 1.554 Singapore cents per unit, beating its own forecast of 1.313 cents, due to higher contributions from its properties, including VivoCity mall and office building MLHF in the Harbourfront area and office-cum-retail complex PSAB
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      750 62  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@mediacorp.com.sg Colin Tan is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. Judging from the recent spate of positive market news, it appears that there is no better time to be involved in property than the present. A report
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      749 63  -  COMMENTARY ONG KAH SENG property@mediacorp.com.sg Ong Kah Seng is director at R’STResearch, an independent property market research company in Singapore. Recent private home buying has focused on developer sales, particularly those for suburban condominiums. The focus is driven by financial considerations and innovative
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      Lock icon Loan growth in HK to slow this year: DBS
      227 63 DOW JONES HONG KONG Loan growth in Hong Kong will slow this year due to a more subdued property market and easier credit in China, according to the head of DBS Group’s Hong Kong subsidiary. In the first quarter, credit demand
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      112 63 DOW JONES SINGAPORE The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has issued S$1.16-billion worth of five- and 10year notes to help finance its development programmes and working capital needs and refinance existing debt. In a statement issued late on Wednesday, the HDB said it issued
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      369 68 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MADRID Pep Guardiola (picture) has told Barcelona he wants to quit at the end of the La Liga season and take a break from football, according to reports in Spain. Definitive confirmation is expected tomorrow after Barca
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      692 68 Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid help soothe national pride by ensuring all-Spanish final in 2nd-tier competition AP AFTERNOON LATEST EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS Athletic Bilbao 3 Sporting Lisbon 1 (Bilbao win Sporting on 4-3 agg) Valencia 0 Atletico Madrid 1 (Atletico win Valencia on 2-5
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      372 69 AP MANCHESTER Manchester United fans should get used to fighting for trophies with bitter rivals Manchester City, manager Alex Ferguson (picture) said yesterday. United visit City on Monday holding a three-point advantage at the top of the Premier League, though City’s superior goal
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      664 69  -  Manchester is a city of divided loyalties ahead of mother of all derbies, says former Red Devil Irwin IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As one of English football’s most hotly contested league title battles enters its final fortnight, the stage is set for the derby of all
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      581 70  -  Two more new faces join LionsXII on their Malaysian adventure SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He was in the pioneer batch of footballers from the Singapore Sports School, but unlike his course-mates Safuwan Baharudin and Madhu Mohana, Khairulhin Khalid had no club to train
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      431 70  -  FairPrice Foundation Netball Super League LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For the second year running, the Blaze Dolphins will face off against the Nike Marlins to decide the winner of the FairPrice Foundation Netball Super League (NSL). But while the Marlins, who
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      619 71 Miami Heat star out to avenge last season’s finals defeat to Dallas AP MIAMI There is one day left in the NBA’s truncated regular season, and only two of the eight first-round post-season match-ups opening this weekend have all the particulars decided. The Indiana Pacers
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      205 71 REUTERS Former England goalkeeper David Seaman has poured cold water on the Olympic football tournament, saying only amateur players should be eligible to compete for gold. “I don’t think it’s for professional footballers I’ve always felt it should be left to
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      359 71  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE Five consecutive birdies to start her round gave Kim Hyo Joo a perfect liftoff as her round of 7-under 65 yesterday helped propel South Korea to a 15-stroke lead over Australia in their defence of the 34th Queen Sirikit Cup.
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      79 71 For detailed match fixtures, please visit Singapore Pools website www.singaporepools.com.S' SB SportsBuzz@Kranji SportsBuzz@PoMo (Fort 8 yrs and above) LW Livewire MBS Livewire RWS (For 21 yrs and above) IpLAY® Always play with care. [responsibly! Do not bet illegally. tr Telephone Account Service. Call 6786 6688 for more details No person
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      79 73 4 B /jgcard Q /ja JAY GEE CARD The Fashion and Lifestyle Card You can be uber-chic for less with the new Jay Gee New Generation Card. The first fashion retail card that collaborates with NETS FlashPay to offer you fashion perks and more. Mlewin Established 1898 Jermyn Street London
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      1270 74 JAY GEE NEWS IS n /jgcard /jaygeecard JAY GEE CARD The Fashion and Lifestyle Card You can be liber-chic for less with the new Jay Gee New Generation Card. The first fashion retail card that collaborates with NETS FlashPay to offer you fashion perks and more. At KidStyle, you’re spoiled
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      71 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS EASY DOES IT APRIL 27, 2012 CELEBRITY CHEF LUKE MANGAN’S LUXE TREATS AT GENTLER PRICES T6 A PUBLICATION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN SOME KITCHENS? LED ZEPPELIN T2 WHY WINE GLASSES MATTER OR NOT T4 CARS LESSONS
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        496 6  -  Aussie chef Luke Mangan offers diners a more casual option with SaltTapas Bar FOOD REVIEWS ANNETTE TAN IN THESE inflationary times, it’s nice to know that one can sample a taste of celebrity chef grub without burning too large a hole in your wallet. Big-name French
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        463 6  -  Newcomer Heart Of House finds a connection with its surrounding neighbourhood ANNETTE TAN YONG Siak Road may be the centre of new cool at theTiong Bahru enclave, but just a street away at Kim Tian Road, a new restaurant is steadfastly “keeping it real”. Heart Of
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        287 8  -  MediaCorp on the hunt for e-books at children’s literary fest MAYO MARTIN FANCY being a hotshot e-book author for children? MediaCorp is looking for the next big thing in the world of children’s e-literature at next month’s Asian Festival Of Children’s Content 2012. The event, Celebrating Our Stars,
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        550 10  -  Lone Asian actress on playing lone Asian actress in A Chorus Line Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S tough breaking into the musical theatre scene. For one, you could find yourself playing four people in one show, just like Leah Lim. The 20-something Melbourne native remembered being cast as
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        469 11 New Zealander singer Tiny Ruins didn’t choose the beaten path, but it’s still paying off TINY Ruins, aka Hollie Fullbrook, is a Kiwi singersongwriter who has a wellreceived debut album, Some Were Meant For Sea (2011), and a burgeoning reputation as a live performer. Some reviewers have
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        126 11 REUTERS GRAMMY-AWARD winning singer and new mother Beyonce was named the world’s most beautiful woman for 2012 on Wednesday by People magazine. The 30-year-old entertainer was awarded People’s top spot after she and her rapper husband Jay-Z welcomed their first child, a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter,
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        710 12  -  Judging by the sheer scale of the Auto China show 2012 in Beijing, China shows no sign of slowing down just yet Ben Chia in Beijing feature s@mediacorp.com.sg TWENTY-TWO years ago, the first ever Auto China motor show was held in Beijing. Back
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        370 13  -  Bridgestone’s BT-016 Pro tyres are labelled highperformance sport rubbers, but they’re a boon to costconscious buyers DERRYN WONG TYRE-MAKING is such an arcane process that it’s sometimes hard to validate claims until you try them out for yourself. Unlike cars, which are pretty upfront about their
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        385 13  -  The Volvo XC90 gets a refresh when an all-new model was expected, but it doesn’t come up short DAVID KHOO So what’s new about it? The second-generation XC90 isn’t due till past 2015, so this is a “refreshed” version, which sees updates to styling and performance,
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        73 14 The Hillard Ensemble, considered one of the world’s most outstanding vocal chamber groups, performs a two-part concert of two distinct musical experiences: First, of award-winning Estonian composer Arvo Part’s works interspersed with medieval vocal music, and then Morimu, which explores the link between Bach’s chorales
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        56 14 Jazz The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands Drop by in the evenings as jazz band Liquid performs their unique combination of rarities, led by vocalist Karen Xavier and joined by female saxophonist Nichole Duffell, bassist Jase Sng and pianist Diana Chua. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 6pm to 10pm, The
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        51 14 Get set for a slew of hot deals and promotions for anything and everything under the sun that has to do with you or your partner’s pregnancy and, of course, your babies and toddlers. Until April 29, 11am to 9pm, Singapore Expo Hall 5A. Free admission. http://singaporeexpo.
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        54 14 Anyone born in the month of April gets a complimentary ride with one ofthe Singapore Flyer’s anniversary promotions. Simply present your NRIC at the ticketing counters. Valid for Singaporeans and PRs only and limited to the first 400 people. Until April 30 at Singapore Flyer,
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        Groove Armada
        49 14 Top UK electronic duo Tom Findlay and Andy Cato occupy the decks to bring you their anthems that meld house, hip-hop, soul and jazz with the big-beat wave of the ’90s. Today, 10pm, Zouk, 17 Jiak Kim St. Tickets at S$32 and S$25 (includes two drinks). www.zoukclub.com.
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          63 14 The Dyslexia Association of Singapore is holding a 3.5km charity walk along the Singapore Riverto help raise awareness on dyslexia. Proceeds go into helping children from lower income families to gain access to DAS services. April 28,9am, Brewerkz, Riverside Point, 30 Merchant Road. Participant fee is S$5
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          The Fish Of Lee Kang-sheng
          77 14 The second play underthe Only You trilogy inspired by the signature song of 1940s singer Li Xiang-Lan, directed by acclaimed film-maker Tsai Ming-Liang. It features renowned Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng, who has acted in all of Tsai’s films and is assigned to play the role
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          55 14 A concert to help raise additional funds for Asian Women’s Welfare Association in Singapore, it features bands like Cheating Sons, I Am David Sparkle, A Town In Fear, UNVISUAL, Black Diamond Folds, Vermillion, Bear Culture and more. April29,3pm, Home Club. Tickets at S$15 (inclusive of
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      773 8 Hafsia Celine Jasmine Addle Alice (Liana Noemie HERZI SALLETTE TRINCA HAENEL BARNOLE ZABETH and LVOVSKY Yang Shu Hoong, SPH mypaper A tale of secrets, lust and sex in a Famous Paris brothel. uou FL'APOLLONIDE CJUUVEnIRS UE LA MAISON CLOSE A FILM BY BERTRAND BONELLO ft W R21 NUDITY AND SEXUAL
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      135 8 ((5 CATHAY LIKE US ON facebook.com/cathaycineplexes Buy tickets on iCATHAY Available free on the App Store q Android Market 1% t FOLLOW US ON twitter.com/cathay_cinemas cathay.com.sg 30 APRIL 2012 (MON) The Cathay-9.00pm, 9.05, 9.10, 9.30, 9.40,10.00,11.55pm, 12.05am, 12.40,12.45,1.00, 2.05, 2.50, 2.55am Platinum Movie Suites -11.55pm Cineleisure Orchard -9.00pm, 9.15, 9.30,
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      66 10 SOLD OUT Session times are subject to change NO FREE LIST(CS) 片 "A perfect date movie for the weekend... one that you'll enjoy. ReelrilmNews.com Zac Taylor Efron Schilling THE LUCKY ONE W NOW SHOWING m ©SED03OIE0GOI A "4 TE^E MY PAPER Hollywood.com IN THE From Producer JOSS WHEDON and DREW
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      492 11 m.gv.com.sg www.gv.com.sg@ 6311 9162 GRAND, GREAT WORLD ADVANCE SALE STARTS NOW! Book your tickets at www.gv.com.sg Watch it BIGGER, watch it BETTER in 3D at GVmax! YISHUN BISHAN JUNCTION 8 VIVOCITY TAMPINES MALL KATONG PLAZA SINGAPURA THE RAVEN* TIONG BAHRU PLAZA 12.30 2.45 5.00 7.15 9.30 11.45pm THE LUCKY ONE▲
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      33 14 SUDOKUplus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOWTO 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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      227 16 ON MEDIACORP ONE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP Channel 5, 10pm One Fighting Championship returns with non-stop adrenaline and excitement as 20 champions from around the world compete for honour and glory. Tune in to witness a bigger and better event with 10 epic battles taking place inside the cage. ANIMAL NIGHT: INTO
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      618 16 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Unbeatable Banzuke 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show IX 10.00 The Dr Oz Show 11.00 Countdown To London 11.30 Great Ideas From JML 12.30PM Sayang Sayang 1.00 India: A Love Story 2.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos XXI 2.30 The Dr Oz Show 3.30 The Chew
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