The New Paper, 21 October 2009

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    • 73 1 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: DEFENCE JITTERS HIT CHELSEA, MAN U Sloppy at set-plays PAGE 52 PAGE 51 Shaky at the centre Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia UNUSUAL DRAMA AT MT VERNON FUNERAL Children tussle over whether to bury her here or send body back to
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  • News
    • 774 2 / 3  -  Children fight over burying matriarch here or in Indonesia REPORTS:DESMONDNGand REPORTS:DESMONDNGand REPORTS:DESMONDNGand LEDIATITAN tnp@sph.com.sg THE death of an Indonesian matriarch here has sparked an unusual showdownamongherchildren–overwhere she should be buried. The normally peaceful Mount Vernon Columbarium was the scene of the standoff between the
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    • 157 2 / 3  -  Desmond Ng SO, WHO has the legal rights to the deceased? And who has the power to decide where to bury the deceased? Lawyer Tan Hee Joek of Tan See Swan Co explained that the basic principle is that nobody has ownership rights over
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    • Article, Illustration
      102 4 / 5 SALLEHAN Allaudin, 27, is accused of murdering his daughter, 23-month-old Natalie Nikie Alisyia Sallehan. It is alleged that after returning home from a shopping trip with his wife,Nikie’smother,on 6 Jan 2009, he flew into a rage when he saw Nikie playing with and eating some of his
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    • 784 4 / 5  -  Dad who allegedly killed child was street-smart and had visual-spatial skills, says expert who examined him REPORTS:VIVIEN VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg WHAT kind of man would repeatedly hit his 23-month-old baby girl and cause her death? An incensed one perhaps but not insane, the High Court
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    • 612 6  -  Mother in IMH, dad in drug rehab so welfare group helps place him under care of aunt REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg THE5-year-old wasatrisk– he wasleftto wander the neighbourhood alone for most of the day with no money for food or drink. Simply crossing the
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    • 271 6 NOT all children at risk are sent to welfare homes. Some community agencies assist the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) in managing cases of child abuse, if the risk to the child is low. For example, Beyond Social
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  • 195 2 / 3 ttL mw MRS ERMA SUTANDI (YO PIN NIO) Age: 88 passed away peacefully on 16 October 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Tan Heng Ing (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Hok Kie (Andy Lukman Jonathan) lyvone Theresa Jonathan Tan Hok Hoat (Andreas Lukman) Susan Chen Ai Ying Tan Hok Siang (Eduard
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  • Local News watch
    • 52 8 WORRIEDINVESTORS:MalaysiannewspaperSinChewDaily reported that 200 Singaporeans had lost $600,000 after the head of a cafe chain they had invested in allegedly absconded with funds totalling $4.15 million. A group of Malaysian investors met with some of the Singaporeans involved to discuss whether to take legal action here. PICTURE: SIN
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    • 217 8 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AT SENTOSA The Universal Studios theme park, located within Resorts World at Sentosa, will feature 18 rides and attractions that were specially created or adapted for Singapore. This was revealed yesterday at the unveiling of the theme-park’s attractions, including the world’s tallest
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    • 55 8 NEARLYhalf the 136 youths arrested for loanshark and related activities in the past year were students. Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC Ms Lee Bee Wah had asked in Parliament how the Ministry of inParliamenthowtheMinistryof Educationpreventsyouthsfrombecomingrunnersfor loansharks. Inawrittenreply,EducationMinisterNgEngHen stressedthatparentshavetoberesponsiblefor monitoringtheirchildrenafterschoolandthe
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    • 93 8 PUMP prices have risen by five cents a litre at more than half the petrol stations in Singapore. Prices fell twice last month. Caltex adjusted its rates first, followed by ExxonMobil. Shell and Singapore Petroleum Company are expected to increase their rates
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    • 94 8 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singaporean investors are keen to invest in Indonesia, but Jakarta needs to straighten out its investment conditions to reap more benefits from foreign dollars. Mr Lee was in Jakarta yesterday for the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who
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    • 732 9  -  Then, storekeeper (right) gets involved in Orchard Towers fight while out on bail REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg JUSTfiveminutesbeforeheturned34,storekeep-er Udhaya Kumar Kuppusamy found himself in troublewith the law. He was arrested by the police at 11.55pm on 12 Mayfor slashing aman threedaysearlier. But spending
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    • 1115 10 / 11  -  Illegal partitioning at Elizabeth Towers REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg THE management committee (MC) of Elizabeth Towers, a condominium near Orchard Road, has resorted to spying on its residents. It hopes this can weed out owners or master tenants who are illegally partitioning their
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    • 764 12 / 13  -  NationalHeartCentre’s new hybrid operating theatre helps patients save time and money OPEN HEART SURGERY REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg SIX months that was how much time doctors predicted Mr Hassan Doll had left to live. That was in March when Mr Hassan, 59, was completely bedridden and
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    • News David v Goliath Trial
      • 401 14  -  KerAh Tee was convicted and fined $7,000yesterday REPORT:ANDRE ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg INTHISbattle,DavidlosttoGoliath.Ker Ah Tee, who stands at 1.6m, was convicted yesterday of attacking a much taller manwhomheallegedwashisex-wife’slover. Ker, 45, had used a chopper to attack the 1.8m-tall Mr Mohd Rizal, 54,
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      • 375 14  -  JAILED REPORT: JOYCELYN WONG joycelyn@sph.com.sg FOR no apparent reason, he picked on a young boy who was sipping a canned drink at the void deck. Peter Elangovan Adaikkalasamy, 43, a cook, scolded the 11 -year-old and threatened to hit him. He then took
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    • 103 9 FEELING BLUE Local actress Emma Yong goes nude for her debut film role in The Blue Mansion. ‘I felt so vulnerable and exposed.’ ONLY IN YOUR MOVIE SECTION TOMORROW v S GREAT LOOKING SKIN COMES GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FIRST TIMER "$28 "OFFER acne blemishes clearance scar revision depigmentation skin renewal m
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  • Global News watch
    • 267 16 INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SWORN IN Wire services SOFT-SPOKENex-generalSusiloBambangYud-hoyono was sworn in as Indonesia’s president yesterday. The liberal won a second five-year term with promisesof economicgrowth andpolitical reform. He swore on the Quran to uphold the constitution during the inauguration ceremony in the national assembly
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    • 98 16 AFP PAKISTAN’S Foreign Ministry yesterday blamed Sunday’s suicide attack in Iran on “forces which are out to spoil our relations”, and denied knowing where the alleged mastermind wanted by Teheran is. Iran had claimed that the group which launched the attack
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    • 97 16 AFP SALES of personal computers in the Asia-Pacific region rose 17 per cent from a year ago to 23.4 million computers, according to information technology research firm IDC. Major government contracts in China and Taiwan boosted sales from July to September,
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    • 97 16 Reuters THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants to discourage member countries from building up currency reserves. IMF’s first deputy managing director John Lipsky said on Monday: “We are exploring the possibility of improving our existing facilities or adding other insurance-like facilities that would
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    • 99 16 Wire services APPLE Inc’s profits and sales outperformed Wall Street’s forecasts as iPhone and Mac sales hit quarterly records, sending its shares soaring to all-time highs. Mac sales jumped 17 per cent from a year earlier to 3.05 million, exceeding analysts’averageforecast of
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    • 62 16 LABOUR:Workersaretrappedin an upside-down shopping trolley placed outside the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Monday as part of an International Organization for Migration ad campaign. Activists are telling shoppers to find out where the food and goods they buy come from to avoid unwittingly
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    • 562 17 Youthchiefsayspartyalsotakingactionagainst‘unsuitable’ popular entertainment like concerts by Bey once and Rihanna THEY have moved from the banning of such acts like Beyonce and the Black Eyed Peas. Now Malaysia’s Parti SeIslam Malaysia (PAS) is calling on the Malaysian government to censure and reduce
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    • 303 17 HE was kidnapped and held captive in a wooden hut for three days. Fortunately for him, the five kidnappers did not lay a finger on him. Instead, they demanded that the 28-year-old surrender his three credit cards, ATM card and his pin
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    • 563 18 Beforeblogwaspublished, leaflets with her nude photos were circulated BLOG HOAX THE posting, by someone claiming to be an HIV-infected prostitute, was explosive. The blog, purportedly written by a 29-year-old woman, also listed 279 handphone numbers of her clients whom she said she infected. Along
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    • 273 18 WANT to see the Taj Mahal? Try Auckland, New Zealand. A group of Indians have drawn up a multi-million dollar plan to build a replica of it there. This version will be smaller and located at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre in an Auckland suburb,
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    • 532 19 Latest gaffe: Claims Belfast hotel she stayed at in 1995 wasbomb-damaged.Itwasn’t SHE may be a master of diplomacy, but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a gift of getting her facts wrong too. During her battle with then-Senator Barack Obama to become the
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    • 630 20 Beauty pageant winner causes outcry over letter to US president BALLYHOO OF THE BEAUTIES BEAUTY pageant winners are usually thrilled. But not Miss Nikole Churchill. The 22-year-old nursing student cooked up a storm after she won the annual Homecoming Queen beauty pageant at Hampton
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    • 316 20 SHE claims that discrimination against her religious beliefs cost her the Miss California USA title. But pageant organisers claim Miss Carrie Prejean breached her contract and failed to make required public appearances. Now, in another salvo in the lawsuits and counter-suits between
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 13 16 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low26˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low26˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low27˚
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      49 21 READER KEE ONN CHIN TRAFFIC NUISANCE: A silver car, parked illegally on double yellow lines, was in the way of a bus trying to turn into Bencoolen Link on Sunday, causing a 10- to 15-minute traffic jam. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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    • 230 21 FROM READER MAY ANN FROST TRAIN COURTESY ONE afternoon, I boarded a crowded train and was relieved to find a seat as I had a sprained ankle. I happily settled down with my heavy bag and laptop. A pregnant woman boarded the train at the
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    • 52 21 On food bloggers coming under fire from restaurants for negative feedback: “Bloggers,if you think their foodand service are no good, just write it on your blog.” gurubike “Bloggingshould be allowedaslong as it is reasonable and objective. Too bad for the eatery if it cannot stand criticism. Stopeating
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    • 220 21 FROM READER JADE CHUA IT IS not wrong to ask a person occupying a priority seat to move. If you are pregnant, disabled or elderly and frail, you can do more than complain about there being no seat on the train or bus.
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      31 21 Should students be allowed to study at the airport? “Itshouldn’tbe encouraged. The airport is not a place for studying.It’s not aesthetically pleasing for tourists to see studentsstudying.” CarolLim, 31,Business manager
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      698 22/23  -  Working in a foreign land for China model Liu Dan today is... REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg ATONLY17,whenmostSingaporeangirls would be mugging for their exams or chilling out at Or- chard Road, Liu Dan did things her peers could only daydream of. She lived in the romantic city
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    • 291 22/23 NUDITY? No big deal. That is, for 34-year-old local actress Emma Yong, who sheds it allfor directorGlen Goei’snew film, The Blue Mansion. The black comedy-mystery, which opens tomorrow, is rated NC16 and features a scene where Emma appears totally in the buff. Audiences will see
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    • 566 24  -  Actress Michelle Yeoh saysit’snotthatdifficult to be as fit as her REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg THEREisnospecialsecrettolookingfabu-lousinyourlate40s.At least not for the gorgeous Michelle Yeoh,whodoesnotlookadayolderthanshewas 10yearsago. The 47-year-old veteran actress, who is the am- bassador for dairy products brand Anlene, was in town yesterday for
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      • 493 26  -  IVAN LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IRECEIVED a text message from a friend last Saturday. “It’s Bellini’s swan song tonight?” asked Faith. Bellini Grande at Clarke Quay will make way for Shanghai Dolly, but I knew Faith had a lot less interest
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      • 686 41  -  GOING FORECAST: GOOD TIPS AND COMMENTS BY PHILLIP PHILLIP WOO COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1200m TIME:7:15 Stakes:HK$625,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 COUNTRYMAGIC ASCRUZ MWLEUNG 133 1 2 TOUTVABIEN CFOWNES GMOSSE 132 9 3 GANBARIA YSTSUI THSO 131
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      • 217 42  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg SMOKING JOE, the only raced newcomer for Friday’s meeting at Kranji, is a five-time winner from 29 starts. Racing as Morning Time in Australia, the five-year-old Aus-tralian-bred finished second six times and third on four occasions. Stakes earned: A$ 135,300 ($174,000).
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      • 627 43 HE may be facing his stiffest challenge yet but unbeaten Ace Aliado looks capable of pulling off his sixth straight win on Friday. The Laurie Laxon-trained four-year-old New Zealand-bred showed he’s primed for the acid test with an impressive hit-out at Kranji yesterday
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      • 289 43 PENANGTRACKWORK CIZEN ISTANA did a winning workout in Penang yesterday morning. The Cecil Robert-trained seven-year-old Aus-tralian-bred cantered one round before sprinting smartly over 600m in 36.3sec on a good track. Watch the four-time winner in the Rio Grande Handicap for Class 4 sprinters
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      • 337 44  -  GODFREY ROBERT THERE will be at least one previous winner at the US$5 million ($7m) Barclays Singapore Open, the richest national Open in Asia. Two-time winner Adam Scott (above left) has confirmed that he will compete again at the Singapore Open at Sentosa Golf Club’s
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      • 426 44  -  GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg MARDAN Mamat is looking for a confidence-booster from the Iskandar Johor Open, starting tomorrow, to help him do well at next week’sUS$5million ($7m)BarclaysSingaporeOpen atSentosa’sSerapong. Mardan, who made the cut in his last tournament, the Honda Hero Indian Open a fortnight ago,
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      • 258 44  -  GODFREY ROBERT DAVE Goh entered the competition for fun because it was on his home course. But he struck it big when he finished champion in the World Golfers Championship (WGC) Singapore final of the 0-5 handicap index catagory at Keppel Club. For that effort, Goh,
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      • 207 44  -  GODFREY ROBERT DEFENDING champion Vasin Sripattranusorn showed his early intentions of retaining his title with a superb three-under 69 on the first day of the Singapore Open Amateur Championship at Orchid Country Club yesterday. Vasin (above) came home with a blistering four-under 32, helped bya birdie
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      • 506 45  -  CHERYL TAY npsports@sph.com.sg CAR SHOW girls donning sexy race queen outfits are a must at any car show. At the race track where a race queen originally belongs, she has to work under the sun as her main role is to ensure that the drivers of
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      • 542 46 ESPN’sTigerWorld of Football host ANDYPENDERS picksouttheweekend’s most notable football players from around the globe for his Team of the Week WHATaweekendforthespectacular!Inter-Milan continued to set the pace at the top of the Serie A and did so with style againsttitle-pretendersGenoaovertheweekendwitha 5-0thrashingawayfromhome. Dejan Stankovic was undoubtedly Man of the Matchanditishiscapacityfortheextraordinarywhich
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      • 1177 51  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg ONCE a banker’s bet for clean sheets, Chelsea’s defence has become unexpectedly jittery in recent matches, with set-pieces proving to be theirAchilles’heel. With the double header via corners at Villa that doomed them to a second defeat this season, Chelsea have
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      • 139 51  -  DAVID LEE LOS COLCHONEROS are really struggling this season, picking up only six points from seven La Liga games. At the same stage, this is one less than in 1999/2000 when they were relegated. A leaky defence has also let in two or more goals in
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      • 317 52/53  -  GROUP B CSKA MOSCOW v MANCHESTER UNITED GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg MANCHESTER UNITED may be at the top of the English Premier League standings and their Champions League group table. But there is a weakness which manager Sir Alex Ferguson cannot ignore. It is in
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      • 145 52/53  -  GARY LIM IT WAS on the grass turf of Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow that Man United won their Champions League title in 2008. When Man United play CSKA Moscow, it will be a plastic pitch instead. Man United manager Alex Ferguson, however, doesn’t foresee
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      • 163 52/53  -  GARY LIM FOR THE Premiership football fans, there will a familiar face on the CSKA Moscow bench. Spaniard Juande Ramos (right) took over the helm at the Russian club last month, replacing Brazilian coach Zico. In just two years, Ramos has taken on three jobs in
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      • 393 52/53  -  GROUP C REAL MADRID v AC MILAN DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg AC MILAN’S latest 2-1 win over Roma suggests the Rossoneri may be back in business after an early-season slump. It was also the first time Milan’s Brazilian trio of Dida, Ronaldinho and Pato have started a
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      • 135 52/53  -  DAVID LEE IT WILL take a mammoth effort for the Rossoneri to knock over the Galacticos at the Bernabeu. The daunting trend from this fixture for Milan is that the home team has not lost in any of its 11 previous encounters. A more relevant point
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      • 125 52/53  -  DAVID LEE STANDING in AC Milan’s way of an upset will be another Brazilian and former stalwart Kaka (right). Six seasons of distinguished service with the Italian giants included the 2007 Champions League win, where he was the campaign’s topscorer with 10 goals, en route to the
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        128 52/53  -  DAVID LEE REAL Madrid’s Raul Gonzalez is enjoying some sort of Indian summer this season. He recently became the club’s all-time record appearance holder (711 and counting), having already broken records for the most goals in the Champions League (65), most league goals for the club (226)
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    • 269 49 –PASport. HULL City manager Phil Brown hopes Jimmy Bullard will take centre-stage after he made his long-awaited return in yesterday morning’s (Singapore time) 2-0 away defeat by Fulham. Bullard made only his second appearance for the Tigers after his debut in January was wrecked by a serious
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    • 268 49 PA Sport LIVERPOOL goalkeeper Pepe Reina has admitted he took his eye off the real ball for DarrenBent’scontroversialwinnerforSunderland on Saturday. The Spain international (right) was beaten when Bent’s shot struck a beachball, thrown onto the pitch by a Liverpool fan, and deflected past him.
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      • 708 47 FULHAM 2 (Zamora 43, Kamara 64) HULLCITY0 Wire Services ROY HODGSON admitted he was glad Bobby Zamora rejected a summer move to Hull City after the striker inspired Fulham to a 2-0 home victory over the Tigers. Zamora struck only his second Premiership goal of the
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      • 561 48  -  With Champions League in midweek, it could be the same this weekend BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg WE WERE warned, but we chose not to heed it. So we paid, dearly. What was the warning? Simple. After a tough week of international football, it is always advisable
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      • 118 48 PA Sport MANCHESTER United fans will be searched for beachballs before their clash with Liverpool on Sunday in a bid to stop a Darren Bent goal“tribute”. Liverpool beachballs have soldoutontheclub’sofficialwebsite, with Red Devils fans thought to be snapping up copies of the now infamous red
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    • 597 54  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg WHAT’S the saddest thing about“Balloon-Gate”? Nope, it’s not the nagging suspicion that only a handful of referees ever read their rule book all the way to the end, nor is it the damage caused to Liverpool’s title hopes by one of their own
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        127 55 LIVE TELECASTS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Tomorrow: CSKA MOSCOW v MAN UNITED Ch 61 mio TV, 12.30am InRooney’sabsence,MichaelOwen(right) will be looking to prove his sharpness in tomorrowmorning’smatchagainstCSKA, aheadofapossiblestartatformerclubLiverpoolonSunday. REALMADRID vAC MILAN Ch61 mio TV,2.45am CHELSEAvATLETICOMADRID Ch62 mio TV,2.45am BORDEAUXvBAYERN MUNICH Ch63 mio TV,2.45am AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Today: POHANG STEELERS v UMM-SALAL
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      • 22 55 CASTELLO MASTERS COSTA AZAHAR Tomorrow: DAY 1 Ch 26,9.15pm Friday: DAY 2 Ch 26,9.15pm FRYS.COM OPEN Friday: DAY 1 Ch 26,5.15am
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      • 376 55 LOCAL EVENTS What: 62nd Singapore Open Amateur Championship When: Till Friday Where: Orchid Country Club DEFENDING champion Vasin Sripattranusorn showed his early intentions of retaining his title with a superb three-under 69 on the first day of the Singapore Open Amateur Championship at Orchid Country Club yesterday. About
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    • 136 55 LIVERPOOL v MANCHESTER UNITED LIVERPOOL did the double over Man United last season. Can they repeat the feat this time round? The first big clash between the two teams will take place at Anfield on Sunday. Who will prevail? Readers, we want your previews and post-match reactions. The deadline for
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    • 107 6 Same degree atlower cost WHENMissLuDongXue,20,firstcametoSingaporeIstituteof in2006tostudyattheEastAsiaInstituteofldidnoth Management(EASB),theshygirldidnothavemany friends. Today,she’sinthelastsemesterofherbachelor’shouhouthert honoursdegreeinaccountancy.Andthroughouthertime,untries. shehasmadefriendsfromdifferentcountries.helea “Nomatterwherewearefrom,wehelpeachotherwith ourstudiesandothermatters. “I’mshy,buttheyhelpedmetoopenup,”saidMissLu,dEnlishfornine whoisfromZhejiang,China.ShestudiedEnglishforninedereeprogram monthsbeforestartingthethree-yeardegreeprogramme.reewhichwillbe MissLuchosetheaccountancydegree,whichwillbeInstituteCardif awardedthroughtheUniversityofWalesInstitute,Cardiff, (Uwic)intheUK. Shesaid:“Iinitiallythoughtoftakinghospitalityandiwithpeopl tourism,butIamnotsogoodatinteractingwithpeople.bersbutIamlogic“ImayalsonotbegoodwithnumbersbutIamlogicaland” organised.Ialwaysdothingsinorder.”untShealsohopestoputheraccountancyknowledgetousere whenshestartsherownbusinessinfuture.tto“Youcan’tjustgivefinancialreportstootheraccountantstdothings,”said todo.It’simportanttoknowtherightwaytodothings,”saidbsinessinChinasellingMissLu,whoseparentsrunasmallbusinessinChinaselling scrapmetal. ShechoseEASB’sUwicdegreebecauseit’scheaperto studyherethanintheUK. “LivingcostsandschoolfeesarelowerbutIstillgetthe’ountingdegree,I samequalification.Plus,withUwic’saccountingdegree,IcanaerswhenIpursue beexemptedforatleastthreeorfourpaperswhenIpursueCertifiedAccountants) myACCA(AssociationofCharteredCertifiedAccountants) certification,”saidMissLu. Shehaslearntmuchinthepastfewyears,thankstoher lecturers. “Theysharetheirlifeexperiences,likehowtheywentintohearesincere. investments.Irespectthembecausetheyaresincere.ldetechniques“I’vealsopickedupalotofknowledge,techniquesandrseis analysisskillstobeanaccountant.Thecourseis well-organised,”saidMissLu. Besidesherlecturers,MissLualsoappreciatesEASB’s facilities,particularlytheircomputerlab. “Ithasbrand-newcomputers.TheyaregoodforstudentshtIcandomy todoresearch.IfinditquiteconvenientthatIcandomy assignmentsthere,”shesaid.’ DrEricLim,EASB’sheadofschoolforUwic,saidthet’sChartered universityhasreceivedtheUKgovernment’sCharteredMarkhihhassimilaritiestothe forExcellenceforPublicService,whichhassimilaritiestothefiveconsecutiveyears. SingaporeQualityClassscheme,forfiveconsecutiveyears.reabletoachievesucha“Onlyahandfulofuniversitiesareabletoachievesucha feat,”hesaid. HeaddedthatUwic’saccountingdegreeis“practical,with” alotofhands-onandindustrialexposure”.tistForexample,therearefrequenttripstorelevantditfirms.
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    • 339 8 THE NEW PAPER?Wednesday 21 October 2009 Studentsgethelpin choosingrightcourses “Potential studentsare alsogiventhe opportunityto gainclear understanding ofthecourses weoffer through one-to-one consultations andcourse information sessions.” MrDaveKuah, degreeprogrammes managerat Kaplan HigherEducation ASa child, MrTimothy Teo,25, was very talkativeandactive. Heretained his communicativepersonalityursue throughadulthoodand thatled him topursue aand media Bachelorof Artsin communicationand mediahr managementthroughKaplanHigherla Education,formerlyknownasKaplan Asia
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    • 314 10 Lecturers gothe extra mile JUGGLINGworkand studiesis noeasy feat. ButMissAngie Phoa, 29,and Mr Naungwit NaungChan,31, managedtograduate withduate firstclasshonours intheirundergraduatehTn degreeprogrammeoffered throughTyndale EducationGroup. TheBachelorof Engineeringhonours degreeinelectronicsand electricalrsi engineeringisawarded byUniversity ofiedb Sunderland,which wasrecognisedby TheEland Guardian newspaperintheUK asEngland’s bestnewuniversity in2001. MissPhoa,a seniorengineer with a companyproducing liquid crystaldisplaylectur (LCD)screens, said thehelp ofher lecturersiialtoher andher self-motivation
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    • 313 12 Latest software givesIT edge WANTtobe attheforefrontof the informationandtechnology industry? Looknofurther thanInformatics Education. FromDecember, InformaticsEducation will be teaming upwith IBMtooffered a one-year InternationalAdvanced Diploma indatabase engineering. Theschoolwillalso partner Symantece to offera one-yearInternational Advancedtection. Diplomaincriticalnetwork protection.iate Asix-monthSpecialistCertificate willbe availableforbothcourses. MrAlan Phua, managing directorof“ InformaticsEducation,said: “Thesecourses cangrowthe ITknowledge base in Singapore.” Informaticswillbe providingstudentsd
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    • 116 14 “Weareall about preparing studentsforthe industry,soit onlymakes sensethatwe shouldwork closelywiththe industryas well.” –MrJasonNg,the educationandcareer specialistof TMIS. (Fromleft)MsNooraini,aTMIS student,enjoys thehands-on approachinthe course,whilefellow TMISstudent,MsLeong,hasithe industry. alreadygotajobofferinthe Theykeep it realfor students Theschoolalsotakestheinitiativeto ensurethatthestudentsareabletofindwork byofferingjob-placementservicesto graduates. MrNgsaid:“Weareallaboutpreparingks studentsfortheindustry,soitonlymakesihth sensethatweshouldworkcloselywiththe industryaswell.” Onestudentwhohasbenefitedfromthe school’sjobplacementprogrammeis Ms PatsyLeong,a30-year-oldhousewife.omletAlthoughMsLeonghasyettocomplete herWSQDiplomainTourism,shehasalreadyins receivedajobofferoverseeingoperationsli andmanagingstafffromacompanydealing withUniversalStudios. MsLeong,whodecidedtoenrolinthe coursebecauseshewasattractedtothe“ boomingtourismindustry,said:“Thecourseorks takesalookathowtheentireindustryworksftouris andexposesustovariousaspectsoftourism,the soweareabletoadapttojobsbothinthellv frontlineaswellasonthemanageriallevel.”
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    • 120 16 Failure ishis biggestlesson “Webelieveour graduatesfrom theBIEwill be well-poisedas the‘new economy manager’ whetherasan intra-preneur employeeor an entrepreneur.” NAAECgeneral managerLim MeiMei HEDROPPEDoutofschoolwhenhewas16to’ startacompanyinmen’sfashion. Butthebusinessfailedwhenhetriedtogrowit toofastwithoutastrategicplan. Today,ProfessorNoelLindsay,56,isthe directoroftheEntrepreneurship, CommercialisationandInnovationCentreinthe UniversityofAdelaide,Australia. Hesaidofhisfirstforayintothebusinessworld:filure “AlthoughIwasdevastatedatthetime,thefailurenedtom wasthebestthingthatcouldhavehappenedtome.itwhereI IwentbacktoschoolandthentouniversitywhereImmerce.I gotabachelor’sdegreeandaPhDincommerce.Iialisinginbusine thenbecameanaccountantspecialisinginbusinesssinesses insolvencytobetterunderstandwhybusinesses fail.” HisexperiencesprovedusefultohimwhenheSouth startedsuccessfulbusinessesinAustralia,South AfricaandMalaysia. ProfLindsaywillbeteachingtheUniversityof Adelaide’sBachelorofInnovationand Entrepreneurship(BIE)whenitisofferedatitsideEd SingaporecampusatNgeeAnn-AdelaideEducationxtJanuary. Centre(NAAEC)forthefirstintakenextJanuary.ram Hesaidofthepart-time18-monthprogramme:ntto “TheBIEisrelevantnotonlytothosewhowantto-reneu starttheirownbusiness,butalsotointra-preneurs,hoare thosewhoworkforsomeoneelsebutwhoare’sbusi interestedindevelopingtheiremployer’sbusiness ininnovativeways.” PRINCIPLES
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    • 288 18 “Bydoing everything ourselves, we have direct contact witheach client.” Mr Philip Kuah THE NEW PAPER●Wednesday 21 October 2009 Theyhelp students settlein Hui&KuahEditorial WHENMrHuangZixiang,24,wantedtostudyinPerth’shturnedtoHui&Kua UniversityofWesternAustralia,heturnedtoHui&Kuahcandagency. PteLtd,aneducationalconsultancyandagency.lication,obta Theyhelpedhimfileanenrolmentapplication,obtainationandconducta studentvisa,arrangeforaccommodationandconducta pre-departurebriefing–allforfree.hhFoundedin1981,Hui&Kuahhelpsupto500studentsgetcomesfrom atertiaryeducationoverseas.Itsrevenuecomesfrom contractswithitsinstitutionpartners. FounderandmanagerPhilipKuah,54,said:“We’vekepttomers.Bydoing operationssmallsoastobetterservecustomers.Bydoingiectcontactwitheachclie everythingourselves,wehavedirectcontactwitheachclient.”inabouttheschoolstoTheagencyprovidesinformationabouttheschoolsto enableclientstochoosewheretogo. Aftertheclienthaschosenaschool,Hui&Kuahhelpsthemith59institutions fileanapplication.Theagencypartnerswith59institutionsdmissionrequireme andensuresthatapplicantsfulfiltheadmissionrequirements.umentsandarrangeNext,theyhelptosettletraveldocumentsandarrange“’tabletofind accommodation.MrHuangsaid:“Iwasn’tabletofindtdentIwasfair accommodationinPerth.Asanewstudent,Iwasfairlylost.fidmeaplacetostay.” Thankfully,Hui&Kuahmanagedtofindmeaplacetostay.”ncoftenconducts Beforethestudentdeparts,theagencyoftenconductsanbriefingaboutliving pre-departuresession,whichincludesabriefingaboutlivingtes.Theyalsogivea overseasandsharingbygraduates.Theyalsogivealikeoweradapt pre-departurebagcontainingitemslikepoweradaptors, mapsandemergencynumbers. MrKuahsaid:“AlthoughwetrytomakesureeverythingisflThingscango takencareof,youcanneverbetoocareful.Thingscangotheworst.” wrong,sowetrytopreparethemfortheworst.”Hi&KuahalWhenthestudentisoverseas,Hui&Kuahalsoprovidesnceclaims. follow-upservices,suchasmakinginsuranceclaims.sfromthesatiMrKuah’sgreatestpleasurecomesfromthesatisfaction ofhiscustomers.
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    • 384 19 “We createan environment conducivefor learning.” MrGevelle Cheng,assistant managerof student recruitmentand marketingat TMC EducationalGroup THE NEW PAPER●Wednesday 21 October 2009 Lecturer-student linkis key AT17,he’stheyoungestinaclassofstudentsmostly intheir20s. ButageisnobarrierforLieuJunJie,whoisstudyingatlmaininformat TMCEducationalGroupforhisHigherDiplomaininformationdistinctions. technology(IT),asheconsistentlyscoresdistinctions.dutothesa Perhapshissuccesscouldbechalkeduptothesaying’teachIT “likefather,likeson”.JunJie’sfatherusedtoteachIT part-timeatTMCEducationalGroup. ButJunJieiscertainthatheiswalkinghisownpath.oIchos Hesaid:“I’vealwaysbeeninterestedinIT,soIchosefthesubje TMC.Ithasadeeperandbroadercoverageofthesubject.”rsandstaffatth JunJiecreditshisgradestothelecturersandstaffatthehindustry,soth school.Mostofthemhaveexperienceintheindustry,sotheythemighthave. areinagoodpositiontoclearanydoubtshemighthave.-dntinteractio Qualityeducationthroughlecturer-studentinteractionisGevelleCheng,assist whattheschoolfocuseson,saidMrGevelleCheng,assistantketing. managerofstudentrecruitmentandmarketing.chin Italsoblendstheoreticalacademicteachingwithrdingt practicallearning,shapingitsapproachaccordingthe individualneedsofthecourse. OnestudentwhohasbenefitedfromthisapproachisfCommerce Mr JamesPang,24,whoisinitsBachelorofCommerceli’sDeakinUniversity. programme,awardedbyAustralia’sDeakinUniversity.itantandintendstHeworksasanaccountingassistantandintendsto becomeaCertifiedPublicAccountant. MrPangsaiditistiringtobalanceworkandstudiesbutthankstohis he’scopingwell.Heevenscoresdistinctions,thankstohis TMCEditorial
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    • 352 20 THE NEW PAPER●Wednesday 21 October 2009 E20 “Many...are professionals who eitherquit well-paying jobs ortookHui&Kuah(LeC no-pay leaveto pursuetheir passions.” MrsWendy Kuah, directoroflocal educational consultancyHuiand KuahPteLtd MOSTpeoplewouldhesitatebefore quittingtheirjobstostudycooking.ivi ButforMrTengEiLiang(right),29,givingup’ hisstatutoryboardjobwasn’ttoohard. Afterall,theschoolhewasenrollinginwasr theLondonbranchofworld-renownedculinary instituteLeCordonBleu. MrTengsaid:“IhadheardaboutLeCordond Bleulongbefore.OnceIwasfinanciallyready,’s itwasaneasydecisionbecauseI’vealways enjoyedbaking.” Toprepareforthefour-monthintensive certificatecourseinbasiccuisineand patisserie,hee-mailedandreadtheblogsofdthere. thosewhohadpreviouslystudiedthere. MrTengsaid:“Iwasratherapprehensive beforeIstartedbecausetheschoolisfamous foritsexactingstandards. “Thecourseitselftakesyouthrough everythingstepbystep.Butafterwards,they” haveveryhighexpectations.” MrsWendyKuah,directoroflocal educationalconsultancyHuiandKuahPteLtd,dnBle whichisanagentrepresentingLeCordonBleu, said:“LeCordonBleuschoolsarevery popular.ManyoftheSingaporeansIrecruitedlswhoeith
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    • 328 21 THE NEW PAPER●Wednesday 21 October 2009 E21 “We’reproud of how our programme hasbenefitedAIMTEditorial MrYong by virtueof it beinghighly adaptable.” MrJamesSim, assistantmarketing managerfor Auston Coursehelpshim cope witheconomic crisis HEhadbeenintheheadhuntingindustryformorethanrmaldegreeinhuma 13yearsbuthadnevertakenaformaldegreeinhuman resources(HR). MrLeslieYong,39,said:“Ialwayswantedtounderstand HRdeeper. “AfterpositivefeedbackfromacolleaguewhostudiedatTechnology,Ichos theAustonInstituteofManagementandTechnology,Ichose’in2007.” topursuemybachelor’sdegreetherein2007.”lastDecembHecompletedtheprogrammelastDecemberwithansource honoursdegreeinbusinessandhumanresourceitintheUK. managementfromCoventryUniversityintheUK.ammeheaDuringMrYong’syear-longprogramme,heattendedklatAuston’s eveningclassestwoorthreetimesweeklyatAuston’srClarkeQuay. campusalongNewBridgeRoadnearClarkeQuay.issstrategyaHesaid:“Modulessuchasbusinessstrategyandtrenthene employeedevelopmentandresourcingstrengthenedmyentandbusiness.Ilea skillsinanalysis,peoplemanagementandbusiness.Ilearnttoview.” seethingsfromthemacroandmicroview.”hool’stMrYongalsoappreciatedtheschool’stailoredapproach.bedeferredatno Forexample,anunfinishedmodulecanbedeferredatno extracharge. InAugustlastyear,MrYongstartedhisownheadhunting firmcalled8HuntersInternational. Hesaid:“ThoughIfacedtheeconomiccrisisamonthlater,moreviable thecoursehelpedmetocopeandbuildamoreviablet businessmodeltocushionitsimpact.iMrJamesSim,assistantmarketingmanagerforAuston,hasbenefited said:“We’reproudofhowourprogrammehasbenefiteddatablewithconte
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    • 194 22 “What we aim todo... isto providethem withtheskills setneededto succeedin the working world.” MsJacklyn See, generalmanagerofNanyangInstituteofManagement(NIM) THE NEW PAPER●Wednesday 21 October 2009 NanyangEditorial FORMissNgocTrinhHuynh,21,choosingtoleave Vietnamtostudyherewastough. ShenotonlyhadtoleaveherfamilytotakeuptheNanangInst HospitalityandTourismDiplomaattheNanyangInstituteofedthechallengeofManagement(NIM),butshealsofacedthechallengeofhrmothertongue. studyinginEnglish,whichwasnothermothertongue.tshehasbecomButsinceshearrivedlastAugust,shehasbecomemoretachers. fluentwithhelpfromherclassmatesandteachers.lfrhervocatiShenowworksatasix-starhotelforhervocational placementprogramme. AfriendinVietnamhadrecommendedNIMtoearch Miss Huynh.AfterdoingsomeInternetresearch,shewasdstr. attractedtotheirfocusontheindustry. “Theteachersareexperiencedandwillingtosharewhatloaproachable it’sliketoworkintheindustry.Theyarealsoapproachabledents”shesaid. andwillingtospendextratimewithstudents,”shesaid.ramme,thetea Fortheirvocationalplacementprogramme,theteachersumes. personallyassistedstudentswiththeirresumes.naerofNIM,saMsJacklynSee,generalmanagerofNIM,said:“Studentsbandcontributeto wanttoknowwhattheycando,togetajobandcontributetostrneeds.” theindustry.Wetrytocatertotheindustryneeds.”Turchetto,54AnotherNIMstudentisMrsIvanaTurchetto,54,anItalianhreeearsago grandmotherwhomovedtoSingaporethreeyearsagoschoolhere. whenherhusbandgotajobataschoolhere.ChildhooShestartedtheDiplomainEarlyChildhoodEducationedher courselastNovemberbecauseshemissedher grandchildreninItaly.MrsTurchettohadtostudymanytheoriesabouthow childrenconstructtheirknowledge. Shegottoapplywhatshelearntwhenshesecureda preschooljobforhervocationalplacement.sivecourseShesaid:“ItwasaveryintensivecoursebutIappreciatedtialteachingwith thewaythelecturersintegratedtheoreticalteachingwith” theirfirst-handexperiencel.” SCHOOLREPRESENTATIVE
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    • 349 23 “It’simportant tocreatea strong community...to givetheforeign studentsa senseof familiarityand belonging.” CamfordBusiness Schooldean,Dr Paul Chian(below) THE NEW PAPER●Wednesday 21 October 2009 CamfordEditorial STUDYINGaloneinaforeignlandistough.21who’sHowever,MissNimfaCasirayan,21,who’sfromtheBusinessSch Philippines,findsstudyingattheCamfordBusinessSchooltesandteachersare hereajoy.Attheschool,herclassmatesandteachersare almostlikefamilytoher. MissCasirayantookuptheDiplomainHotelManagementtherschoolhere. lastJune,havingpreviouslystudiedinanotherschoolhere.hewarmenvironme ShewaspleasantlysurprisedwiththewarmenvironmentiessSchool, andsenseofcommunityinCamfordBusinessSchool,lewhere. somethingshehadnotexperiencedelsewhere.“dlallth MissCasirayansaid:“Ilikehowfriendlyalltheteachersuerieswema are.Theyarealwayshelpfulwithanyextraquerieswemay have,anddotheirbesttohelpus. “Theyalsostepoutoftheclassroomtobondwithus,likedents.” goingoutforlunchtogetherwiththestudents.”foreignstudeMissLinaHuang,22,anotherforeignstudentwho“Thelectu appreciatestheschoolenvironment,said:“Thelecturersareindustryexperience.We likeourfriends,buttheyalsohaveindustryexperience.We getthebestofbothworlds. “Forexample,wehaveeventslikekaraokesessionsandfnandbond.” barbecueoutings,whichallowustohavefunandbond.”PaulChian,57,s CamfordBusinessSchooldean,DrPaulChian,57,said:itwithinthescho “It’simportanttocreateastrongcommunitywithintheschooleoffamiliarityand soastogivetheforeignstudentsasenseoffamiliarityandmhasisonstudent belonging.Assuch,weplacestrongemphasisonstudent” welfare,educationandfeedback.” Theschoolalsofocusesonteachingstudentshowtobectivesatt maximisetheireducationbysettingclearobjectivesattheaidDrChian. beginningofeachcourseandmodule,saidDrChian.’doisnotjusteduHeadded:“Whatwe’retryingtodoisnotjusteducatethettosee students,butalsoempowerthem.Wewanttosee improvementsinthelivesofthestudents.tiveto“Byinculcatinginthemtheinitiativetostudy,wetionasanin encouragestudentstoseetheireducationasaninvestment”
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    • 61 24 THE NEW PAPER?Wednesday 21 October 2009 “Duringmy coursewith Auston,I was motivatedto strivetowards beinga successful entrepreneur. Ilearnt about settingobjectives thatare specific, measurable, achievable, realisticand havinga timeline.All this helpedmein startingmy businessand growingit effectively.” MrLeslieYong, BA (Hons) in Business &HR Management, AustonInstituteof Management &Technology “Theprincipal comesandvisits meduringmy attachmentto makesurethat I’mdoing alright.I’ve learnthow to
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