Today, 9 February 2013

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    15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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    Lock icon Debate ends but conversation continues: PM Lee
    1607 1  -  Parliamentpasses amended motion on Population WhitePaper by a 77-13 vote POPULATION WHITE PAPER NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The marathon five-day debate on Singapore’s population roadmap wrapped up yesterday, with a 77-13 vote to pass the amended motion on the Population White Paper.
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      97 1 PM LEE: OUR PURPOSE IS TO DO THE BEST FOR SINGAPOREANS. SINGAPOREANS ARE AT THE CENTRE OF ALL OUR PLANS. HOT NEWS 11-14 The all-new TODAY digital editions. Available on the Web, iPhone and iPad. Android version coming soon. Download the app at http://tdy.sg/todayapp TODAY wishes all readers a happy
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  • hot news
    • Article
      DPM Teo issues correction to Population White Paper
      224 2 SINGAPORE Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday issued a corrigendum to the Population White Paper in Parliament to delete a segment of a footnote that classified nursing as a low-skilled job. In the Notice of Corrigendum, Mr Teo said that he
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      WP’s Low rings division bell on motion on White Paper
      219 2 SINGAPORE For the first time in three years, the division bell rang in Parliament yesterday to signal a division. Workers’ Party Member of Parliament (MP) Low Thia Khiang called for division on the amended motion to endorse the Population White
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      Lock icon S’pore core ‘not just about numbers’
      641 4  -  It is also about those who have sunk their roots and given their loyalty to S’pore says PM Lee POPULATION WHITE PAPER SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —After many among the 70 Members of Parliament who spoke during the five-day White Paper debate gave their
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      We will maintain racial balance among S’poreans: PM Lee
      538 4  -  AMIR HUSSAIN S I NG A PO R E The racial balance in Singapore will not change in spite of the immigration plans as set out in the White Paper on Population, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. His assurance
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      Lock icon Saying ‘no’ to foreign workers could affect health sector
      992 6  -  Productivity improvements alone cannot make up for manpower shortfall, says Acting Minister POPULATION WHITE PAPER ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Saying “no” to more foreigners will have a major impact on the health, eldercare and disability sectors, where workers are almost exclusively
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      Lock icon Experts warn of ‘construction bottleneck’
      737 8  -  Apartfrom trying to raise productivity in the sector, the Government would ‘have to prioritise projects’ TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —The Government’s aggressive plans to ramp up the infrastructure to better accommodate a growing population could run into a huge tab as well as create
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      Lock icon No S’pore businesses ‘dared’ to step in for F&N
      416 8 SINGAPORE —Dr Stephen Riady, whose Overseas Union Enterprises (OUE) recently lost the battle for control of Fraser Neave, said that no local businesses “dared” to step in for the property, publishing and food and beverage conglomerate. “Where were the big guys?
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      Lock icon Families are the ‘basic building blocks of society’
      601 9 PM Lee reiterates Govt’s top priority is to strengthen S’pore core by encouraging more to marry, have more children PM’SCNY MESSAGE SINGAPORE —Families are the “basic building blocks” of society, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his Chinese New Year message.
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      Lock icon Limited immediate impact of Govt’s cooling measures
      498 10 Transactions likely to have been inflated by buyers ‘rushing to complete purchases before the measures took effect’ HOUSING SINGAPORE The first collated property sales data for January suggests the latest round of cooling measures introduced last month may have had limited immediate impact,
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      Lock icon ‘S’poreans are at centre of all our plans’
      5255 11 Excerpts of the speech by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Parliament yesterday POPULATION WHITE PAPER Why has the Government introduced the White Paper now, or even introduced this White Paper at all, knowing that Population and Immigration is a difficult and
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  • voices
    • Article
      Govt should not be swayed by business pressure groups
      404 15  -  FROM JAMES ANG The business pressure groups various associations, federations and chambers of commerce have gotten louder in recent years, especially this year with the White Paper and the Government’s drive to increase productivity. This is evident in the stronger language
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      Let’s have a CNY without disappointment
      167 15  -  FROM YANG YAHUI The shopping frenzy for festive snacks has never been stronger. The other day, I queued at Kim Peng Hiang for bak kwa, the staple food for the Chinese New Year, only to be disappointed. Its pineapple-flavoured bak kwa was sold out.
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      Combination of measures balances approach to traffic management
      266 15  -  FROM HELEN LIM Director, Media Relations and Public Education, Land Transport Authority We refer to Mr William Ng’s letter, “Look into redesigning traffic light sequence, pedestrian crossings” (Feb 1). The Land Transport Authority adopts various measures to ensure smooth traffic, while keeping
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      Not kind to say ‘silver tsunami’
      224 15  -  FROM WILLIAM WAN General Secretary, Singapore Kindness Movement I appreciate Dr Noel Chia’s advocacy for people with special needs (“Look into special needs for 2030, too”; Feb 6). I find it unfortunate, though, that he used the metaphor “silver tsunami” to describe the ageing
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      65 15 LETTER UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN POPULATION DEBATE Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ltrdebate9feb for the letter from Marcus Tan Yanghao. LETTER CHINESE NEW YEAR WISHES Scan the QR code or visit tdy.sg/ cnywish9feb for Harry Chia’s letter. LETTER SAFETY ISSUES ON
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      46 15 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices LETTER WHAT WILL BE THE SUPPORT FOR SENIORS? Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/seniors9feb for the letter from Cornelius Khoo Hong Sin.
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Work to begin soon on Terminal 4
      437 16 When completed in 2017, new terminal will handle up to 16 million passengers a year CHANGI AIRPORT SINGAPORE —Construction of Changi Airport’s Terminal 4, as well as additional parking space for aircraft, is expected to begin soon, at a total estimated cost of
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      Lock icon Flash floods hit western, central S’pore
      179 16  -  THEN AI PING SINGAPORE —Flash floods struck western and central areas of Singapore yesterday due to the heavy downpour between 1.20pm and 2.15pm. The affected areas included Commonwealth Lane, Cuscaden Road, and Thomson Road, where the water reached as high as 20cm and slowed
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      LTA to review measures to increase safety at junctions
      319 16 SINGAPORE —The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is reviewing whether a suggestion to move pedestrian crossings away from junctions is suitable for implementation here. The suggestion was made by TODAY letter-writer William Ng Siu Hei on Feb 1. He noted that locating
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      Man cut electricity supply to rape neighbour’s maid
      450 17  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When the electricity supply to her employer’s flat was cut, an Indonesian maid went to the neighbour to seek help, not knowing that he had, in fact, schemed it so that he could rape her. The 46-year-old former
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      Lock icon TODAY Shop to Win Grand Draw
      82 17 Mr Joseph Ng Thiam Huat (right), receiving his prize of S$30,000 from Mr Walter Fernandez, Managing Director of MediaCorp Press and Editor of TODAY. Mr Ng had spent about S$3,000 on drinks from Giant at Junction 10. He said: ‘I am a regular contestant
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      125 17 7 SINGAPORE outh Olympic Festival 20 1 3 7 9 INDULGE IN EXCELLENCE FRIENDSHIP RESPECT 16 to 23 MARCH 2013 To register, log on to www.syof.sg SIGN UP NOW TO COMPETE AGAINST THE BEST YOUNG ATHLETES In celebration of the Youth Olympic Games 2010 held in Singapore, we are proud
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  • world
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      Lock icon UMNO moving into final gear: Najib
      336 18 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR The United Malays National Organisation’s (UMNO) machinery is upbeat and now moving into the final gear of its poll preparation, Prime Minister and UMNO President Najib Razak revealed yesterday, in yet another indicator that he could call elections soon. Mr
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      Lock icon China denies radar was used at Japanese destroyer
      534 18 Defence Ministry statemen t suggests that Beijing wan ts to avoid an escalating quarrel: Analyst EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG —China has denied directing fire-control radar at a Japanese naval vessel and helicopter near disputed islands, instead
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      Lock icon Insurgents widen targets in southern Thailand conflict
      762 19 Separatists seem to be pursuing campaign of ethnic cleansing intimidating outsiders: Analysts DOW JONES BANGKOK —Not far from the tourist beaches of Phuket and Krabi, a violent conflict in southern Thailand appears to be entering a dangerous new phase as Islamist insurgents expand
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      Lock icon In wealthy Hong Kong, the poorest live in cages
      617 19 AP HONG KONG For many of the rich in Hong Kong, one of Asia’s wealthiest cities, home is a mansion with an expansive view from the heights of Victoria Peak. For some of the poorest, like Mr Leung Cho-yin, home is
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      Lock icon Japan district sees high-end manufacturing as key to survival
      701 20 A group of factory owners in Ota aims to stay competitive by focussing on innovation INNOVATION THE NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO —A group of factory owners in a run-down section of the Japanese capital may offer a way forward for tiny
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      Lock icon Germans get connected to share food found in supermarket dumpsters
      660 20 REUTERS BERLIN —Just past midnight behind a Berlin supermarket, two youngsters with torches strapped to their woollen hats sift through rubbish bins for food that is still edible, load their bikes with bread, vegetables and chocolate Santas, then cycle off
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      Lock icon North-eastern US braces for major blizzard
      460 21 AGENCIES BOSTON —The north-eastern United States braced itself yesterday for a blizzard that could drop up to a metre of snow and bring travel to a halt over the weekend. Blizzard warnings were in effect from New Jersey through southern Maine, with Boston expected
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      Lock icon Asteroid to zip close to Earth
      193 21 AGENCIES LOS A NG E LE S A 45-metre wide asteroid travelling at 7.8 km a second will dart between Earth and orbiting satellites next Friday but there is no chance of an impact, said NASA. The asteroid, known as 2012 DA14, will be
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  • business
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      Lock icon ICBC to clear yuan deals in S’pore
      417 22 Move will let Republic compete more aggressively with other financial centres INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGENCIES SINGAPORE —China has named the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) as the clearing bank for offshore yuan business in Singapore. “Based on the arrangement between the People’s
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      ComfortDelGro hits record S$3.55b revenue
      331 22 SINGAPORE —Transport operator ComfortDelGro yesterday reported annual revenue rose 3.9 per cent to a record S$3.55 billion as its global bus and taxi fleet continued to grow, lifting net profit 5.6 per cent for the year ended Dec 31 to S$248.9 million. ComfortDelGro said the
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      Lock icon Olam higher even as Muddy keeps ‘Strong Sell’ rating
      264 22 DOW JONES SINGAPORE —Muddy Waters, the United States-based short-seller, yesterday kept its “Strong Sell” rating on Olam International, saying it believed the Singaporean commodity supplier’s debt situation had deteriorated, but investors shrugged off those concerns and drove the stock higher. Muddy
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      Lock icon China’s trade surge signals demand rebound
      388 22 REUTERS BEIJING —China’s exports and imports surged last month as inflation abated, pointing to a rebound in external and domestic demand that far exceeded the seasonal influence of the Chinese New Year holidays, the first hard economic data of the year showed yesterday. Exports
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  • sports
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      Lock icon S’PORE POLICE VOW TO PURSUE FIXERS
      697 23 Republic’s law enforcers working with Interpol to crack S’pore-based syndicate FOOTBALL AGENCIES SINGAPORE The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has vowed to bring those behind the global match-fixing ring, allegedly run by a Singapore-based syndicate, to justice. On Wednesday, the SPF had announced it would
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      Lock icon FIFA ANTI-CORRUPTION PANEL URGES REFORMS
      409 23 AGENCIES GENEVA The Independent Governance Committee of FIFA, a panel of anti-corruption advisors, yesterday urged President Sepp Blatter’s executive committee to “demonstrate leadership”, and resist attempts to dilute reforms of football’s world governing body. The advisory panel published a slate of “fundamental” modernising steps ahead
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      Lock icon MAN U UNLIKELY TO BE SHOCKED AGAIN
      778 24  -  THE BIG MATCH MANCHESTER UNITED VS EVERTON COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg OAdrian Clarke, TODAY’s EPL analyst, is a former Arsenal midfielder, who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he writes for many publications around the
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      Lock icon LAMPARD EYES WORLD CUP SPOT
      422 24 AGENCIES LONDON Frank Lampard’s flurry of goals for club and country since returning from injury in December has given the midfielder fresh hope of extending his Chelsea contract and prolonging his England career. “The World Cup is certainly a target for me and I will
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      Lock icon IT’S TIME TO AIM HIGHER
      591 25  -  Despite struggles, wrestling body makes bold target of SEA Games gold DEBORAH ONG deborahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Wrestling is not one of Singapore’s better-known sports. After all, its national body was only formed four years ago in preparation for Singapore’s participation in the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic
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      Lock icon SCORES AND TV TIMES
      93 25 NBA Lakers 95 Celtics 116, Bulls 96 Nuggets 128 EPL matches (live telecast) on mio TV Saturday Tottenham vs Newcastle (Ch 102 8.45pm), Sunderland vs Arsenal (Ch 102 11pm), Chelsea vs Wigan (Ch 103 11pm), Swansea vs QPR (Ch *****pm), Norwich vs Fulham (Ch 105 11pm),
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      Lock icon A RUN TO REMEMBER
      1080 26  -  Local runner competes in an ultra-marathon in the Gobi Desert ULTRA-MARATHONS ALYWIN CHEW alywin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If you’re wondering how you could put your hongbao money to good use after the Chinese New Year, perhaps you could consider challenging yourself with an ultra-marathon. In a desert. Choose
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      67 27 SATURDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 2013 SUP IT UP 30 WINE AND YU SHENG WHO SAYS PINOT NOIR AND PEN CAI CANNOT MIX? 34 NEW START ABROAD ‘BUT I’LL STILL BE AROUND,’ SAYS ANDIE CHEN THERE’S NOTHING LIKE SAVOURING A SUBLIME SELECTION OF JAPANESE DELIGHTS 32 SINGING CONTESTS KEN LIM ON WHY
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    • cars
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        Lock icon THE ORIGINAL G-SHOCKER
        596 28  -  THIRTY YEARS OF UNCOMPROMISING, OFF-ROAD TOUGHNESS MATED WITH MODERN AMENITIES COME TOGETHER IN THE G-CLASS DERRYN WONG features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In the ’70s, the Shah of Iran asked Mercedes to make him a military vehicle in the vein of a Jeep or Land Rover. A passenger car version
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        Rocking all over the world
        196 28 B uy i n g a G Wa g e n m e a n s you’re buying a rough-and-tumble, go-any-where machine. How do we know? Ex-airline executive Gunther Holtorf has covered more than 800,000km in his 1988 300 GD. The 74-year-old German adventurer and
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      • NEWS TRACKS
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          50 years of 911 goodness
          98 29 This year marks the 50th anniversary of a true sports car icon the Porsche 911. The prototype debuted as the model 901 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1963 and was renamed the 911 when it was launched the following year with an air-cooled,
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          Toyota showroom revamped
          101 29 Borneo Motors has unveiled its revamped showroom at 33 Leng Kee Road. The main retail area consists of two floors, with new cars on Level 1 and a mix of new and pre-owned vehicles on Level 2. Borneo says the area can accommodate 23 vehicles, almost twice
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          Subaru crossover concept to debut at Geneva
          85 29 Subaru will unveil its vision of where crossovers are heading at the Geneva Motor Show on March 5. The Japanese firm describes its VIZI V concept as a “fu-ture-generation crossover concept” that will represent the design direction and new technologies that could be
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          VW announces drop-top Golf R
          101 29 If you like your cars fast and topless, Volkswagen has a Golf that might be up your alley VW’s Golf R Cabriolet is its first open-top R model as well as the fastest production convertible Golf. The rangetopping cabriolet will have a 261hp, fourcylinder 2.0-litre
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        Lock icon Cat A alternatives
        603 29  -  New factors mean traditional Category A cars now have some new competition DERRYN WONG features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A reduced diesel special tax, the onset of the Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle Scheme (CEVS) and a shrinking gap between Category A and B COEs means the car market is very different
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    • food
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        Lock icon An unconventional pairing
        965 30  -  Crack open a prized vintage to savour with this year’s CNY fare pinot and pen cai, anyone? FESTIVE DINING DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE We’ve heard these myths before: Only dessert wines should be drunk with desserts. Only red wine is best served with red meat, and white
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        BEST THINGS I’VE HAD FOR UNDER S$10
        265 31 Suhaimi Yusof prefers the classics SINGAPORE Funnyman Suhaimi Yusof returns as the powerful-yet-insecure villain Disgusto on Okto’s superhero series Zero Hero. But when it comes to delicious, traditional food Suhaimi prefers a sanitary environment to what Disgusto likes. FARAH DALEY Catch the third
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        Lock icon DRINKING NOTES
        342 31 Here are some selections you can pair with your CNY delicacies From Vinum Fine Wines (temporarily operating from Caveau Wines and Bar, Level 2 Unit 10, Shaw Centre, Tel: 6735 3700): 2011 Egon Muller Scharzhof Riesling QbA, Mosel, Germany (S$52) Has lovely acidity and freshness with an off-dry
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        Under the sea
        525 31  -  That’s where it feels like when you’re dining at Ocean By Cat Cora REVIEW ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE There are restaurants you visit purely for the food, and there are restaurants you visit for reasons other than the food. The new Ocean By Cat Cora at Resorts World
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      • BITESIZED
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          Braise Yourself
          112 32 While dining out remains the norm, Maggi hopes to inspire more home-cooked memories. And what better time that now to try your hand at putting together your own treasure pot from scratch? You will still need to shop for canned abalone, dried scallops, oysters, sea cucumber and fish
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          In Good Spirits
          114 32 The festivities are seldom without a modest nip or two of the good spirit. Johnnie Walker, in collaboration with three of Singapore’s leading cocktail bars, hopes revellers will be enticed by three specially created cocktails made with its Gold Label Reserve. The concoctions are Good as Gold,
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          Unexpectedly Romantic
          126 32 A shared desire for creatively unpretentious fare could just be the catalyst for that romantic repast you’re wishing for come Valentine’s Day. Sample some of Daniel Sia’s freshest add-ons to The Disgruntled Chef’s evolving gastro-bar menu, such as the Galician baby octopus with confit of potatoes, smoked paprika
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        Lock icon Timely treasures
        501 32  -  With its latest seasonal menu, Japanese restaurant Mikuni shows its mettle at toeing the line between modernity and tradition REVIEW ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE It may be spring for the Chinese community, but at Japanese restaurants across the island, winter is still here and along with it, new menus
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    • culture&lifestyle
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        Lock icon The hunt is on
        249 33  -  A sluggish start, but Arthur Miller’s play gains ground by the end THEATRE REVIEW: THE CRUCIBLE MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In Toy Factory’s take on Arthur Miller’s classic play The Crucible, a sluggish first half threatened to sap the proceedings of its energy, before it came
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        Lock icon Andie Chen’s Taiwan adventure
        568 34  -  Singapore star on how he’s settling into his new life in Taiwan STAR MOVEMENTS MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Fans were shocked when Andie Chen quietly moved to Taiwan early last month. But Chen, who joins a list of
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        Legoland Malaysia aims for record-breaking snake
        301 34 JOHOR —Legoland Malaysia is planning to make the world’s longest Lego snake to mark its first Chinese New Year. The snake will be built over nine days and it is estimated that it will be more than 300m long, and made up of approximately
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        Being the Final 1
        475 35  -  FARAH DALEY SINGAPORE —It’s been four years since Singapore Idol, and those who have been hankering after another local English singing competition TV show might want to take note. Producer and former Singapore Idol judge Ken Lim has come up with an all-new singing competition format
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