Today, 19 July 2012, Afternoon Edition

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1 20 Today
  • 15 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp THURSDAY, 19 JULY 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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    • 33 1 OUR HOUSING MARKET NEEDS MORE CERTAINTY, LESS GUESSWORK OVER WHAT AND WHEN COOLING MEASURES MIGHT BE INTRODUCED COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 HOT NEWS 2 2 KILLED IN DOWNTOWN LINE WORKSITE MISHAP PHOTO OOI BOON KEONG
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  • 356 1  -  MediShieldpremiums to go up next year; bulk to be covered by one-offMedisave top-ups HEALTHCARE NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Premiums for MediShield are set to increase by the first quarter of next year, as its scope of coverage widens to include more
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  • 328 2 Yesterday, he explained that, with a greying population, improved accessibility and medical advancements, healthcare facilities are now used “more often” by Singaporeans. “Because of these changes and the claims experience, we have to then regularly review MediShield to make sure we remain relevant and provide adequate cover for Singaporeans,” he
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  • hot news
    • 671 2  -  Scaffolding gives way, 8 workers fall into hardening cement below DOWNTOWN LINE CONSTRUCTION SUMITA SREEDHARAN, AMANDA LEE sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For hours yesterday, officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) waded waist-deep through cement, combing a 30m by 5m area. They were searching for two
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    • 345 4  -  Top criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan criticises Law Society over MRavi incident LAW SOCIETY CONTROVERSY AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore (ACLS) has criticised the Law Society of Singapore, saying that it viewed “with some trepidation” the actions of a Law Society representative
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    • 378 4  -  TEO XUANWEI S ING A PORE The Workers’ Party (WP) has sacked Dr Poh Lee Guan over his unilateral decision to put himself forward as the party’s “unofficial spare candidate” in the Hougang by-elections held in May. Dr Poh, 51, had obtained from the
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    • 490 6 Jakarta’s impartiality called into question as top diplomat attempts to rally ASEAN govts SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE AGENCIES MANILA As Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa began an emergency trip to South-east Asian nations yesterday to ease differences among them over the handling of
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    • 170 6 AGENCIES BANGKOK China took new steps to assert control over disputed areas of the South China Sea, pushing ahead with a plan to establish a city in the Paracel Islands over the objections of Vietnam. The Hainan Province government in southern China agreed
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    • 186 8 SING A PORE Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums rose across the board yesterday in the first bidding exercise after the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) announcement last Thursday that the COE supply over the next six months will be reduced. The COE premium for big
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    • 361 8 Indonesia ’s long-awaited rules allow higher levels of bank ownership in some cases BANKING AGENCIES JAK ARTA Indonesia’s central bank will set ownership limits in local banks at a maximum of 40 per cent, but will allow exemptions that leave the door
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  • comment & analysis
    • 808 10  -  PROPERTY COOLING MEASURES CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Conrad Raj is TODAY’s editor-at-large. National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan’s comments in Parliament on the state of the property market illustrate the conundrum of viewing a glass of water as being half full or half empty. Noting that
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    • 1944 12  -  THE PRICE OF OVER-INVE STMENT SIMON RABINOVITCH Simon Rabinovitch is the FT’s Chief Economics Correspondent for China. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED For China, a country with monstrous traffic jams, the world’s longest sea bridge is a success on at least one front: It has
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    • 121 10 m Speaker b I O D Y N e Public Health Forum(Back by Popular Demand) TAMING CANCER •Food and Nutrition ‘Natural Chemopreventive Stress Techniques /Forum Date: 21 July 2012 Time: 10.30am to 1.30pm (Lunch is Provided) Registration starts at 9.45 am. Venue: Singapore Management University Administration Building (Next to NTUC
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    • 37 10 Has China reached its ‘bridge to nowhere’ moment? The concern is that it has made too many bad investments, especially in property, and must pay the price in the form of a sharp economic slowdown. SIMON RABINOVITCH•12
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  • voices
    • 351 16  -  FROM DAVID SEE LEONG KIT “Sharing food” is a brief term for the traditional eating habit of dipping chopsticks and spoons into common dishes. In 1994, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its little-known Health Educator publication that when we eat this way, “we are
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    • 108 16  -  FROM IRENE TAN I refer to the article “Mum, I want a veggie sundae” (July 10), on commercials for healthy food in the United States. Singapore should consider taking similar steps in getting the young to know what healthy food is and encouraging them
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    • 335 16  -  FROM JENNIFER LEE Mr James Poh might have confused “Cornu Saigae tataricae” with “cornu antelopis” as the generic term for antelope horn, in his letter “Better to control source and use of animal products in TCM” (July 10). Some Traditional Chinese Medicine
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    • 121 17  -  FROM TEO KOK SEAH I refer to the report “Call for bilingual education proposals” (July 7). We could emulate a practice commonly implemented in Hong Kong since the 1970s. Its schoolchildren have textbooks printed in both English as well as Chinese. For instance, the
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    • 229 17  -  FROM RAE YAW I refer to the report “‘Make preschool education free’” (July 18). We could have more subsidies and government support for childcare operators, but we should not support nationalisation if we want more innovation, efficiency, quality and diversity of services in the industry.
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    • 182 17  -  FROM MICHAEL TAN HOE HENG It has been reported that at least half of the Primary 1 places in 30 schools have already been taken up at Phase 2A (1), which is for children whose parent is a former pupil of the
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  • singapore
    • 272 18 Fortis and IBNcome together to work on improving colorectal cancer treatmen t in the region COLORECTAL CANCER RESEARCH CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Doctors and researchers of the Fortis-IBN TissueBank (FIT) are working to speed up translational research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer. FIT is
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      66 18 A new simulation centre that will enhance training of healthcare personnel and medical students was unveiled yesterday by Health Minister Gan Kim Yong. The Simulation and Integrated Medical Training Advancement Centre in Tan Tock Seng Hospital houses an operating theatre, emergency room, intensive care unit, wards and
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    • 273 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Four more youths who were part of a group accused of rioting at Downtown East in 2010 were sentenced to jail and caning yesterday. Tang Jia Min, 23, received a jail term of six years and three months, as
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    • 266 18  -  ASHLEY CHIA SINGAPORE A woman who tried to hold a canteen operator at the SATS staff cafeteria liable, claiming water on its premises caused her to suffer a fall, saw her appeal dismissed by the High Court, following a dismissal of the case at the
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 38 18 tmj $5 Million Great Singapore Sale Draw Fri, 20 lul 2012,0.30pm Visit www.singaporepools.com.sg for details. Ip y-1. Always play with care, [responsibly) Do not bet illegally. RGB Reg No: *****0202G Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE m POOLS
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  • silver
    • 762 20 Their relationship with their adult children are among the issues weighing on the elderly COUNSELLING S I N G A P O R E Ageing well is often thought of in terms of staying healthy and being able take care of oneself, but often neglected is
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  • china & india
    • 462 22 Former Guizhou Party boss Li Zhanshu is being considered for one of two top spots: Sources CHINA POLITICS REUTERS BEIJING The reform-minded Communist Party boss of one of China’s poorest provinces will likely be given a powerful Beijing post this year, three sources said,
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    • 237 23 AP NEW DELHI India’s political fix-it man is preparing to rise above the fray: Mr Pranab Mukherjee, who spent years whipping coalition partners into shape and quelling scandals as the ruling Congress Party’s chief firefighter, seems likely to leave all that
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    • 394 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BEIJING The Chinese usually greet the arrival of their top leaders with hushed reverence, but when one senior Communist Party official had the top of a mountain closed down for a private tour, his convoy was pelted with plastic water
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  • 455 24 Energy-saving refrigerators have the potential to help you save a lot on your monthly utilities bills, since they’re in use 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Here are some important factors to consider before you buy an energy-saving refrigerator: Hosted by
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  • world
    • 302 26 AGENCIES BEIRUT A bomb ripped through a security meeting yesterday in the Syrian capital, killing the Defence Minister, President Bashar al Assad’s brother-in-law and a general in the harshest blow to the government’s inner circle in the 16-month uprising. The assassinations in Damascus which
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    • 316 26 Obama proposes plans for elite group of master teachers to boost students maths, science US EDUCATION AGENCIES WASHINGTON The Obama administration yesterday unveiled plans to create an elite corps of master teachers, a US$1-billion (S$1.25-billion) effort to boost United States students’ achievement in science,
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    • 242 28 REUTERS PHNOM PENH Cambodia closed all its kindergartens and primary schools yesterday to prevent the spread of a deadly virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) and has killed at least 55 children since April, a senior government official said.
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    • 350 28 The North’s leader is named Marshal of the army, the country ’s top military rank CABINET RESHUFFLE AGENCIES PYONGYANG North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (picture) was named Marshal of the army, the country’s top military rank, in a move that adds to
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 74 30 AP Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday she will accept the Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Award recognising “visionary global leaders” on Sept 21 in New York. Her United States trip will likely garner the same level of attention
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      • 67 30 AP Cambodia and Thailand withdrew their troops yesterday from a demilitarised zone near the Preah Vihear temple, complying with a ruling last year by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Both sides are trying to defuse a dec-ades-long dispute: The ICJ awarded the temple to Cambodia
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      • 66 30 AP A European report on the Vatican’s attempts to embrace financial transparency yesterday said the Holy See still had to make vital reforms before it could reach global standards on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The report will influence the Vatican’s attempt
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      • 61 30 AP Fifty-year-old Lynette Rowe, an Australian born without arms and legs after her pregnant mother took the anti-morning sickness drug Thalidomide, has reached a multi-million-dollar settlement with the medicine’s British distributor, her lawyer said yesterday. Thalidomide, which led to deformities in thousands of babies
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    • 330 30 SEX DISCRIMINATION THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO The players of Japan’s worldbeating women’s football team are furious after they were forced to fly economy class to take part in the Olympic Games, while their distinctly average male counterparts flew business class to Europe. The
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    • Article, Illustration
      174 34 Being a couch potato is killing nearly one in 10 people around the world, putting it on par with smoking, scientists claimed in a report published in the Lancet journal yesterday. The global team of 33 researchers said that a sedentary lifestyle which leads to heart disease and
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    • 264 34 TECHNOLOGY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Sending text messages is now the most popular way for British adults to communicate with one another on a daily basis, according to a new survey. Talking on a mobile phone became less common last year after a long period
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 27 36 Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. TODAY cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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      • 60 36 NEUTRAL (S$2.20) CIMB keeps call with S$2.14 target. Says A-REIT is not a bargain. “With a stable portfolio and balance sheet, A-REIT has been a favoured hiding spot for risk-averse investors. We think that the positives are priced-in, particularly as its first-quarter 2013 results held no major surprises
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      • 52 36 NEUTRAL (S$1.115) CIMB Research keeps rating but cuts target price to S$1.20 from S$1.22, citing potentially higher operating expenses. Says although firm’s second-quarter net profit was in line with its estimates, operating expenses were above expectations due to higher staff costs and increased maintenance for its data centres
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      • 51 36 NEUTRAL (S$1.31) JPMorgan keeps call but cuts target to S$1.25 from S$1.90. Says the casino operator is unlikely to re-rate significantly despite underperforming the market year-to-date. Cites slower revenue growth for Chinese VIPs and Singapore locals, potential earnings downgrades, uncertainty over the Echo stake acquisition and margin pressure
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      • 83 36 TRADING BUY (S$0.76) CIMB upgrades from Neutral after turning more positive on the crude palm oil price outlook and raises target to S$0.92 from S$0.75. Raises fiscal 2012 to 2013 earnings-per-share forecasts by 4 to 9 per cent in line with new CPO price estimates. Says Golden Agri
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    • 259 36 AFTERNOON EDITION REUTERS NEW YORK IBM raised its full-year earnings target, even as it posted a quarterly revenue shortfall, reflecting its ability to manage costs as global technology spending sputters. International Business Machines Corp, a bellwether for the global IT industry because of its global
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    • 78 36 REUTERS SAN FR ANCISCO eBay posted bet-ter-than-expected quarterly results as more consumers shopped on its online marketplaces and paid with its PayPal payment service. eBay said yesterday secondquarter revenue jumped 23 per cent to US$3.4 billion (S$4.3 billion). Profit climbed 16 per cent to US$730
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    • 162 38  -  DOW JONES S I N G A P O R E Thai Beverage said late yesterday it has entered into agreement to buy about a 22-per-cent stake in Fraser and Neave for S$2.78 billion. In a Singapore Exchange filing, ThaiBev said
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    • 227 38  -  LYNDA HONG ly ndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Keppel Land said yesterday its second-quarter net profit nearly doubled from a year earlier, driven largely by steady residential sales in Singapore and China and improved performance from K-REIT Asia. Net income rose 87.5 per cent to S$94.7
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    • 103 38 REUTERS HONG KONG Ascendas Hospitality Trust yesterday reduced the size of its planned Singapore initial public offering (IPO) by 13 per cent to US$304 million (S$383 million) from about US$350 million originally, after being forced to strip a South Korean hotel from
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    • 89 38  -  YVONNE CHAN SINGAPORE CapitaMall Trust (CMT) said yesterday its second-quarter distributable income rose 5.5 per cent onyear to S$79.6 million. Distribution per unit was 2.38 Singapore cents, up 0.8 per cent from the same period last year. Gross revenue grew 3.7 per cent
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      • 184 42 Take your family to Mandarin Court Chinese restaurant for the weekend dim sum brunch. Located on the 35th floor (Orchard Wing) of Mandarin Orchard Singapore, the Chinese restaurant offers a spectacular city view. But what you’ll really enjoy is the large selection of a
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      • 138 42 With the IKEA sale ending this Sunday, be sure to rush down to your nearest IKEA and get your hands on a wide range of home furnishing products. Also, pop by the IKEA restaurant for great deals. Until July 31, customers can enjoy the baked
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    • 694 51  -  The technical craft of fashion is what sets apart bespoke dressmakers like Time Taken to Make a Dress ENTREPRENEURSHIP FRANCIS KAN todaysme@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At age 13, Ms Jade Swee made her first dress using her grandmother’s sewing machine, a simple flora print affair for
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    • 222 51  -  Calvin Chu Yee Ming Ming, Partner, Eden Strategy Institute I’ve run a local eatery for the past decade and currently have three outlets in Singapore. I’m thinking of expanding abroad, probably in the immediate region. How do I start to evaluate which might be the best market for
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    • 79 52 rta JMediaCorp Official Free -To-Air Broadcaster IV a s £67 Experience fine aefion and excifemenf as MediaCorp brings you best of the London SOTS Olympic Fames From 27 Jul to 12 Aug, people from the world over will unite for the biggest sporting event. Catch the 24-hour coverage of the
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    • 608 53 Computer giant may be fined for not giving Windows users better access to rivals’ browsers BROWSER COMPETITION AGENCIES BRUSSEL S The European Commission (EC) said on Tuesday that it was beginning new antitrust proceedings against Microsoft, saying the company had failed to live up
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    • 613 54  -  Lee’s Beijing experience vital in mental war with Lin BADMINTON DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One of the most enduring images of the 2008 Beijing Olympics was Malaysian badminton star Lee Chong Wei looking crushed after his lopsided loss to China’s Lin Dan in the
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    • 236 55 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH L O N D O N World record holder Usain Bolt (picture) arrived at the Jamaican Olympic team’s Birmingham training base on Tuesday for his final Games preparations. The triple Olympic gold medallist arrived as part of the 50-strong Jamaican squad
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    • 435 55  -  DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Somewhere in the Wong household in Serangoon North sits the 1983 SEA Games men’s singles badminton gold medal. It belongs to Wong Shoon Keat, his reward for pulling off a famous victory over Indonesia’s Hastomo Arbi. Since then,
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    • 343 55 REUTERS LONDON A short stunt bike segment has been cut from next week’s Olympics opening ceremony but the cows, ducks and sheep will still have their moment in the limelight. Organisers dismissed British media reports yesterday that the ceremony, orchestrated by Oscarwinning film maker
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    • 364 56  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE He has travelled across four continents on a quest for football glory, and within weeks of signing for Mongolian top tier side Khoromkhon FC, David Low finally struck gold. The 28-year-old Singaporean helped the club to a Borgio Cup victory on July 9,
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    • 236 56  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Another chapter in the storied rivalry between Singapore and Malaysia will be written tonight when the Courts Young Lions meet Harimau Muda in the Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League. The last time these two un-der-23 teams met, Harimau Muda came from behind to
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    • 443 56  -  LionsXII keeper signs sponsorship contract that includes training stint in England FOOTBALL SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE When he first heard about the fast-growing brand for goalkeeping equipment in the United Kingdom, he scoured the net and ordered a pair of gloves. He subsequently
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    • 398 57  -  DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg JOHOR BA RU In February, it was Gabriel Batistuta. Now Johor FA could be looking at welcoming other Argentinians in Juan Roman Riquelme and Pablo Aimar. In his latest Twitter post yesterday (@HRHJohor2), the Crown Prince of Johor and
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    • 183 57  -  ALYWIN CHEW SINGAPORE Do you dare to fly? That is the challenge thrown down to Singapore by Austrian energy drink company Red Bull. The Red Bull Flugtag will be staged for the first time here on Oct 28, with organisers hoping to attract 50,000 spectators
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    • 436 57 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS NEW YORK Football powerhouses Manchester United are expected to launch their IPO in New York as early as next week, for pricing early next month, after earlier attempts in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The time table marks a
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    • 180 57 THE GUARDIAN L I V E R P O O L Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted the club have made inquiries about the availability of Fulham forward Clint Dempsey. The Reds have been heavily linked with the United States international, whose contract at Craven Cottage
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    • 51 1 THURSDAY, 19 JULY 2012 DRUNK ON DUBLIN What better way to explore the Irish capital than with Ireland’s tastiest treats 2 EXCESS BAGGAGE WHICH HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS MAKE YOU GAIN WEIGHT 10 CELEBRITY MEET BAD GIRL DU JOUR, KRYSTEN RITTER 12 THE GREAT PRETENDER SINGER CHRISSIE HYNDE TALKS ABOUT HER LEGACY
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    • 1315 2  -  GUINNESS’HOMETOWN IS ATALL PINT OF ARTISAN AL SPLENDOUR... ANDTHEN SOME DON MENDOZA IN DUBLIN donm@mediacorp.com.sg DUBLIN It’s been described as the literary capital of the world, thanks to influential minds such as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw and Jonathan Swift. It’s also affectionately referred to as
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    • 602 8 SINGAPORE To many shopaholic travellers, Craig McKenna probably has one of the most enviable jobs in the world. The managing director of DFS Asia South —Australia, New Zealand and Singapore is also the man in charge of what you see in the 46 DFS stores
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    • 233 10 The term excess baggage’ takes on a new and too literal meaning for some travellers HEAVY HOLIDAY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Holidaymakers heading to Cyprus or Turkey this summer are more likely to put on weight than those travelling to other popular destinations, a new research has suggested.
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    • 294 11 HeritageFest SINGAPORE Recollect Reflect c; “T**s m ii Q Reconnect 20-29 July 2012 Singapore HeritageFest invites you to Recollect the good old days. Reflect on the past to see how it informs our present, and Reconnect with yourself, your family, friends and neighbours. Join the islandwide celebration of our sporting
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    • 738 12  -  Just ask the fabulous Krysten Ritter TV’s bad girl du jour NAUGHTY AND NICE MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg LOS ANGELES Krysten Ritter has a very high level of job satisfaction and we would too, if we got to do what she does at work every day.
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    • 430 14  -  The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde says fans here should be prepared to rock THE GREAT PRETENDER CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Middle Of The Road may have been one of their top hits, but The Pretenders’ lead singer, Chrissie Hynde, said that their concert in Singapore
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    • 206 15 SWEDE DEAL FOR LANA THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON High street giant H&M have confirmed rumours that Lana Del Rey is the global face of their autumn/winter campaign. “The mood is very L.A. noir,” Donald Schneider, H&M’s creative director, told W WD.
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    • 125 15 DOUBLE TAKE SINGAPORE Twin brothers Gopalan andKrishnan, 22, who gobythe stage moniker Twin Starz, emerged victorious at Vasantham’s Dance Jodi 2012 competition, held at the MediaCorp TV Theatre. Dance Jodi (“jodi” is Tamil for “pairs”) is the only dance competition in Vasantham’s history that
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  • things to do
    • 92 17 OUR PICK The legendary British group, comprising Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani and Reni, will play their first ever live concert in Singapore as part of a world tour. The first two shows in UK sold 150,000 tickets in 14 minutes. Expect hits from
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    • 63 17 This annual event organised by the Ministry of Education to celebrate the achievements of youth via their cocurricular activities culminates in this month-long celebration engaging students across the country. It includes an International Night tonight and a choral presentation tomorrow night. Tonight and tomorrow, 7.30pm, U
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    • 118 17 Presented by The Theatre Practice, Kuo Pao Kun’s famous play-turned-musical refers to the nickname of the ninth-born and only son of a family. The young Lao Jiu finds himself caught between familial piety and the hunger to be an artist in old Singapore being in contention
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