Today, 16 October 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Friday October 16, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon A fish called Holly
    674 1  -  ONG DAI LIN WORLD FIRST Singapore the birthplace of the world's first semi-cloned animal dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A fish named Holly may have placed Singapore on the world map for being the birthplace of the very first semi-cloned animal. By combining the stem cell of an embryo
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    Lock icon Pakistan's day of terror
    508 1 AGENCIES LAHORE In an escalating wave of terror in Pakistan, teams of gunmen launched coordinated attacks on three law enforcement facilities in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore and car bombs hit two other cities yesterday, killing nearly 40 people. The bloodshed, aimed at scuttling a planned
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      175 1 Q-l\ 6333 9888] vl^b'vj/ Mediacorp Advertisihg Ehquiries I Today wishes all our readers a Happy Deepavali. We will be back on Monday. A PUBLICATION OF MICA (P) 233/10/2008 NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 ADVERTISE 6333 9888 CHECK OUT THE LATEST PROMOTIONS INSIDE!^ i§* SAME FLAME-GRILLING, J^f^k DIFFERENT FAVOURITE. bSI^P IrT If
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      S'pore-registered vessel seized by Somali pirates
      274 2 SINGAPORE A Singapore-reg-istered container vessel with 21 crew including two Singapore permanent residents has been seized by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The Koto Wajar was boarded by unidentified men north of the Seychelles yesterday at 10.12am, said the Maritime and Port Authority
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      Lock icon Umno begins rebranding
      498 2 AGENCIES MALAYSIAN POLITICS Party hopes to become 'relevant' again with changes KUALA LUMPUR Umno needs to change its image as a corrupt and elitist institution to maintain a five-decade hold on power, said party president and Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday. And the United Malays National Organisation
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      Early successes to snow the way
      553 3  -  LINYANQIN NTUC ORDINARY DELEGATES CONFERENCE Cheaper, Better, Faster economy to be on track in next two years yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Might older workers be left out of the picture in the quest to become a "Cheaper, Better, Faster" economy, while employers misinterpret the approach and
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      Lock icon Scrap wage-cut for workers who hit 62: NTUC
      216 3 LINYANQIN SINGAPORE With more companies now paying workers based on performance rather than seniority, the labour movement feels it's time to review the need for a provision that lets employers dock 10 per cent off a worker's salary when he or she
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      Lock icon She's a mother of 308, grandmother of 977
      253 4  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE She is 15 months old and she already has 308 children and 977 grandchildren. Holly, the world's first semicloned fish, has a friendly nature and likes to play with other fish. Every day, Professor Hong Yunnan presents a
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      Never too far for research
      212 4  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE-This professor loves challenges and has trekked the globe for his research work. China was in the throes of opening up after the Cultural Revolution, when associate professor Hong Yunhan was an undergraduate there. "My generation was encouraged to go overseas to
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      Lock icon THE SEED THAT KEEPS ON FEEDING
      956 6  -  HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON POINTOFVIEW On World Food Day a new approach to fighting hunger US Secretary of State FOR 1 billion people around the world, the daily effort to grow, buy, or sell food is the defining struggle of their lives. This matters to
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      Lock icon North and South Korea face off over border tensions
      189 8 AGENCIES SEOUL North Korea's navy accused South Korea yesterday of sending warships across the border to stir tensions, and said the incursions could trigger armed clashes. "The reckless military provocations have created such a serious situation that a naval clash may
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      Some clinics do it legitimately
      584 8  -  ALICIA WONG UNUSUAL AESTHETIC TREATMENTS Such doctors cleared to perform them as before-and-after studies, clinical trials alida@mediacorp.com.sg THESE procedures may not be considered well-established, or acceptable, by local medical experts, but some doctors in Singapore have received approval to perform the treatments ever since the
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      Lock icon Former ISD chief requests correction
      510 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN MEN IN WHITE SPH will omit sentence in latest edition of PAP tome chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He wrote in his blog of being "baffled" by the "unflattering mention" of him in the book Men In White, which chronicles the untold stories of the ruling People's
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      Recession did not stop Singaporeans from spending on luxuries: Survey
      274 12  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com. sg DESIGNER clothes, cars and overseas holidays Singaporeans apparently saw no reason to cut back on these luxuries when the financial crisis was at its peak, Where such consumer spending is concerned, Singapore headed a regional trend, with
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      Better faculty, career prospects
      444 12  -  ZULOTHMAN WORLD'S TOP 100 MBA PROGRAMMES NBS climbs to 71st place, NUS at 89th in The Economist rankings zul@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS rated 81st in the world last year for its Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programme, but this year it has shot 10 places up the
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      Lock icon NEWURBANMALE COULDN'T RIS-IST
      90 14 DONWONG It had to happen. Whether or not sales will be 'boomz', the opportunity was too good to miss for retailer NewLlrbanMale. And if 'wearing'a bit of ex-Miss Singapore World Ris Low is not good enough, you can also take part in the competition to come up
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      Lock icon 'No country can act alone and succeed'
      248 14 938LIVE INTERNATIONAL POLICING More data-sharing, a platform to fight corruption for Interpol members SINGAPORE Interpol member countries have agreed to expand the use of its global databases, and the deeper level of infor-mation-sharing will include setting up a platform to tackle corruption. Minister
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      Lock icon New franchise training programme
      175 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Franchising and Licensing Association of Singapore (FLA) is launching a new training programme for executives. The programme is said to be the first in Asia. The Certified Franchise Executive programme will be run with the help of United States-based Institute of Franchise
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      Motorist accused of offering bribe to traffic warden
      166 16  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE In order to get a $70 traffic summons cancelled, she is accused of offering a $20 bribe to a Certis Cisco traffic warden. Now, Singapore permanent resident Sim Miew Fee, 49, is facing a potential conviction instead. On
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      Lock icon Win SMRT train, bus trips
      147 16 SINGAPORE You and three of your family members or friends could ride for free for three years, on SMRT trains and buses. This is what the public transport operator is offering in its annual commuter rewards campaign. Besides the free rides for four, the lucky
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      Better report card overall
      270 16 PUBLIC BUS SERVICES PTC encouraged by improvements SINGAPORE The quality of service provided by the two public bus operators saw a general improvement between December last year and May, although a few failures still saw each fined. Compared to the previous six-month period, said the Public
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      Drama at China Square Central
      214 20 FOILED ROBBERY SINGAPORE He was almost stabbed in the stomach with a screwdriver but a police national serviceman managed to subdue a thief with the help of passers-by at China Square Central. The drama began at about 11.15am on Wednesday when Mr Romeo Alfen Abdul
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        CLEARING THE AIR OVER TELEPOLL MIX-UP
        148 20 If you had called the President's Star Charity Showte\epo\\ line thinking to donate $io, you may have ended up billed for $20 instead. Some of the trailers for the show aired between Sept 17 and Oct 11 reflected the wrong donation amount for the
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        $25 VOUCHERS TO WINE FOR ASIA
        121 20 The grapes these women stomped on yesterday won't be turned into wine in time for next week, but there will be plenty to sate consumers at the annual Wine for Asia show, held from Oct 22 to 24 at Suntec Singapore. There will be
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      Unparalleled exclusivity
      199 20 SINGAPORE A 7* VIP Jeweled Cabin heralded as the first in the world is among the highlights offered as Mount Faber gears up to become the premium gateway to Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). In a memorandum of understanding signed with the resort on Wednesday, the Mount Faber Leisure
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        Lock icon RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS JOIN HANDS IN DONATING
        106 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Multi-religious organisations have come together to raise some $200,000 in total for relief and rehabilitation efforts in regional countries affected by the recent natural disasters. The entities are Jamiyah Singapore, Singapore Buddhist Lodge, Hindu Endowments Board, Amitabha Buddhist Society Singapore, Taoist Federation
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        SYNDICATES SELLING FAKE JERSEYS CAUGHT BY POLICE
        132 22 You may have seen their stalls in your neighbourhood, offering counterfeit football jerseys and shoes for sale. In the space of a week, the police busted two local syndicates and arrested six men and one woman between the ages of 20 and 53.
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      Celebrities come together in Hope
      271 22 CHARITY SPECIAL SINGAPORE The stars will come out not to play, but to lend their star appeal to charity. This time it will be for a MediaCorp humanitarian charity television special on Monday to raise funds for the victims of Typhoon Ketsana and the Padang
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      Celebrate the spirit of fashion at Style:Week
      155 22 SINGAPORE An all-out celebration of fashion and shopping that is the promise of the inaugural Style:Week to be held at lON Orchard, from today until Oct 22. Presented by MediaCorp's flagship fashion title magazine for women Style:, the consumer event includes fashion shows
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon No maids for Kuwait either, says Indonesia
      212 26 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia has indefinitely suspended the deployment of domestic helpers to Kuwait due to concern over widespread abuse and exploitation by their employers, the Labour Ministry said yesterday. About 500 women with complaints ranging from physical beatings to the denial of pay
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      No major changes to Cabinet
      312 26 JAKARTA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided to keep the same number of ministries in his next administration, despite calls fora smaller Cabinet to improve coordination and efficiency. Mr Yudhoyono said he is planning to have 34 ministries, with some of them having to
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      Lock icon MCA yet to resolve crisis
      348 26 AFP,THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's largest Chinese political party failed yesterday to resolve a leadership crisis that is hampering the ruling coalition's efforts to claw back support from the minority community. The embattled Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president Ong Tee Keat yesterday
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      Lock icon India's offer to start talks divides Kashmir separatists
      211 28 AFP SRINAGAR India's offer to start a "quiet dialogue" with separatist politicians in Kashmir was yesterday welcomed by local moderates but rejected by hardliners. Home Minister P Chidambaram, on a visit to Kashmir, said his government was willing to hold talks with
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      Detergent, fat founain 'milk'
      301 28 TAINTED DAIRY PRODUCTS LUCKNOW Doctors in northern India warned residents yesterday to avoid eating dairybased sweets ahead of Deepavali after police raided two factories and found them making milk and milk products with detergent and animal fat. Some 28 people were arrested and 1,000 litres of
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      Lock icon Holiday death-tination Goa
      133 28 AP AFP PANAJI Police in the Indian tourist hotspot of Goa are probing a string of murders after eight bodies, including those of six women, were found in the past few days. Police had initially not ruled out the possibility that a serial killer was responsible but
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      Lock icon Chinese Vice-Governor investigated for corruption
      148 30 AP BEIJING A Vice-Governor of China's western Ningxia region is being investigated for corruption. Li Tangtang, 55, is suspected of "serious violation of discipline", Xinhua News Agency said in a brief report, employing the Communist Party's standard term for graft and abuse of power. It
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      Lock icon 6 more death sentences
      331 30 AFP XINJIANG UNREST Three of them granted reprieve BEIJING China yesterday sentenced six more people to death over bloody ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the total to 12. Three of the six were given the death penalty with a twoyear reprieve
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      Lock icon Doctors advise Thai King to remain in hospital
      150 30 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand's 81--year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who has been hospitalised since Sept 19, continues to receive treatment for a "lung inflammation", and is undergoing physical therapy, the royal palace said. Thai stocks fell as much as 8 per cent in trading
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      Lock icon New York Philharmonic Orchestra brings musical diplomacy to Vietnam
      420 32 AFP HANOI With help from Beethoven and Brahms, the United States and Vietnam will engage in musical diplomacy this weekend when the New York Philharmonic debuts in the communist nation after a historic visit to North Korea last year. The orchestra
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon N KOREANS COULD LEAVE DANISH MISSION IN DAYS
        88 32 AFP A group of North Korean asylum seekers who have been living at the Danish embassy in Hanoi for three weeks could leave within days, a Vietnamese diplomatic source said yesterday. Nine North Koreans, who entered the embassy on Sept 24, were
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        JAPANESE FIRM PLANS ZERO-EMISSION FERRY
        76 32 A Japanese shipmaker yesterday said it planned to launch the world's first large electric ferry aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A subsidiary of heavy machinery giant IHI has completed a basic design for a 30mlong ferry that is powered by rechargeable batteries and could
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        Lock icon TAIWAN WELCOMES POSSIBLE VISIT BY HK CHIEF EXECUTIVE
        76 32 AFP AFP Taiwan yesterday said it would welcome Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang if he were to pay his first visit to the island since taking charge of the former British colony. MrTsang said on Wednesday that he hopes to visit
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      Lock icon Indonesian graft fighter slams charges
      407 32 AFP ALLEGED MURDER JAKARTA Indonesia's former anti-cor-ruption chief yesterday denounced charges that he murdered a rival for the affections of a 22-year-old golf caddy, saying he was the victim of a smear campaign. To applause from the packed public gallery, the sacked chief of the
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      Lock icon After 18 years in captivity...
      357 34 AGENCIES ABDUCTED SCHOOLGIRL Jaycee Dugard, now 29, releases exclusive photos to People magazine SAN FRANCISCO Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard is emerging from obscurity after police said she spent 18 years as a captive in a sex offender's yard, releasing the first photos of herself as
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      Lock icon Girl, 9, begs for asylum for refugees
      211 34 AFP SYDNEY A nine-year-old girl made a heart-rending plea for asylum after a wooden refugee boat carrying hundreds of Sri Lankan refugees to Australia was detained in Indonesia, reports said yesterday. The little girl, named only as Brindah, choked back tears as she
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      Lock icon IRAN MIGHT BE READY FOR A DEAL
      967 36  -  MICHAEL SLACKMAN THE NEWYORKTIMES ANALYSIS IRAN says it has no plans to build nuclear weapons. Western nations say they do not believe Iran and periodically release intelligence reports that they say prove Iran has been working on building a bomb. For years, that
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      Lock icon All in 50 weeks' work
      419 43 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH SUPER JOB HUNT US man does 50 jobs in 50 states in 50 weeks ILLINOIS Californian Daniel Seddiqui went from being homeless and unemployed to getting 50 different jobs in 50 different states in just 50 weeks. The former financial analyst found himself
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      Lock icon Record 1 billion go hungry: UN
      505 45 AP AP GLOBAL STARVATION NAIROBI Parents in some of Africa's poorest countries are cutting back on school, clothes and basic medical care just to give their children a meal once a day, experts say. Still, it is not enough. A record 1 billion people
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      Lock icon Diarrhoea kills 1.5 million kids annually
      183 45 AP UNITED NATIONS Diarrhoea kills an estimated 1.5 million children in the developing world every year even though inexpensive treatments exist, the United Nations health and children's agencies said in a report issued on Wednesday. Though most cases of childhood diarrhoea are mild, acute
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      Lock icon Christopher Columbus writings prove he was Spanish: Study
      248 47 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH MADRID Italy, France, Portugal and even Scotland are among those who have claimed Christopher Columbus as their own over the years, citing a range of spurious links. But American researchers say the mystery over the explorer's true origins has finally been
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      Lock icon All eyes on new members
      382 47 AP SECURITYCOUNCIL ELECTION UN will be watching expected winners Bosnia, Lebanon UNITED NATIONS The General Assembly was expected to vote yesterday for five new members of the Security Council and two expected winners Bosnia and Lebanon will be in the rare position of being subject
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      Protecting non-smokers
      245 48 SMOKING BAN Study: Exposure to second-hand smoke increases risk of heart attack WASHINGTON A major report in the United States confirms what health officials have long believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers. "The evidence is
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      174 28 DID YOU KNOW that President's Challenge aims to mobilise the community to help the less fortunate and to raise funds for the social service sector? Donate online at www.pc.org.sg or SMS ***** with $2 (PC2), $10 (PC10) or $20 (PC2O) donations by keying in SMS Code&lt;space&gt;NßlC, example PC2O *****567A XBOX
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      415 50  -  Lee SeowSer A weeks' worth of activities to enjoy in your golden years THE Council of Third Age (C3A) has been organising a string of activities for its "Active Ageing, Active Living" campaign, which incorporates the past weekend's "Active Agers Awards 2009". I look
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      190 52  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY CHILDREN DON'T FIT ON TO DO LISTS Have you noticed that routine panic is becoming a way of life for today's families? But guess who's the inevitable loser from this breathless lifestyle? It's the little guy who's leaning against the wall with
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      565 52  -  CallieGay SPOTLIGHTON EXAMS Emphasis on getting into the vright schools and on passing tests is not the real purpose of education Letter from THE many letters on the recent PSLE maths exam have made me think about the state of the education system in Singapore.
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      116 50 n| It's not just a quesI tion of wet market I vs supermarket. What happens to the hundreds of stallholders and their workers if a supermarket takes over the land? Read Ricky's views and more letters at www.todayonline.com/voices WtojEBM 6 amazing destination at seriously low lares! £iaA a fantastic Frenzy
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      8 50 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices
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      547 54 AGENCIES 2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Coach dedicates win to his critics after Argentina book their World Cup berth MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay) Diego Maradona celebrated Argentina's last-gasp qualification for the 2010 World Cup, after a 1-0 win in Uruguay on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), by lashing
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      302 54 AP Argentines gathered at the iconic Obelisk in downtown Buenos Aires to celebrate their team's qualification for the World Cup on Wednesday night (yesterday mornino Sinoapore time). The Albiceleste defeated Uruguay 1-0 in Montevideo to snatch the fourth and final automatic berth in
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      235 56 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Fabio Capello equated David Beckham (picture) being given the man-of-the-match award in England's 3-0 victory over Belarus on Wednesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to United States President Barack Obama recently being announced as the next recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. "After eight
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      562 56 AGENCIES 2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Team earn their World Cup place to send the natives wild TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras) Thousands celebrated on the streets of Honduran capital Tegucigalpa on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), after their national team reached the 2010 World Cup finals. A 1-0 victory in
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      362 56 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Cristiano Ronaldo was handed the chance to play in South Africa next summer when Portugal completed the first phase of their improbable qualification revival, defeating Malta 4-0 on Wednesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to secure a place in the
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      190 58  -  PHILIPGOH SINGAPORE Some 200 budding Singapore footballers will get a chance next month to learn from the same playbook that developed the likes of Argentinian star Lionel Messi and his home-grown Barcelona team-mates like Carles Puyol, Andreas Iniesta, Xavi and even current manager Pep Guardiola.
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      656 58  -  LOW LIN FHOONG 2010YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES Absence of US swimmers at Youth Olympics will be a blow: Australian lOC member linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Stars and Stripes have flown proudly at swimming venues all over the globe, signalling the presence of the greatest nation in
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      243 58  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Fans can expect a blockbuster clash at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday when the Singapore Slingers host the Philippine Patriots in the second weekend of the inaugural Asean Basketball League (ABL). Only 1,100 of the 11,000 seats at the stadium were filled
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      576 60  -  lAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE FOOTBALL He #s set for his fourth title, but SAFFC keeper's still in the international wilderness GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Sengkang Punggol v SAFFC Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm, live on Ch 5 ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He has already claimed four S-League winner's medals
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      638 61 AGENCIES BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX Injured Ferrari ace clarifies explosive comments about his soon-to-be team-mate SAO PAULO First, he reignited the controversy over the "Crashgate" affair at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, saying his Fer-rari-bound team-mate Fernando Alonso must have been involved in the Renault plot.
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      667 62 AGENCIES PRESIDENTS CUP Kim receives apology after Aussie's hurtful comments about the American PONTE VERDE BEACH (Florida) Robert Allenby has apologised to Anthony Kim about his comments after losing to the American in the Presidents Cup, and both golfers said the issue was over. After their
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      212 62 AP KINGSTON (Jamaica) Usain Bolt (picture) will get to show his cricket prowess when he joins West Indies stars in a limited-overs tournament on Sunday. The world's fastest man agreed on Wednesday to play with some of his Caribbean cricket
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      479 64  -  TREVORTAN PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER REVIEW APPLE IPOD NANO You can now record video and even delay live radio with this I ittje wonder trevor@mediacorp.com.sg THE fifth-generation iPod nano has surprised everyone by incorporating a built-in video camera along with numerous improvements. Despite having the
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      Lock icon More mortgage bonds for Fed?
      176 68 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON United States Federal Reserve policy makers doubted the durability of the recovery and for the first time signalled they were open to boosting purchases of mortgage bonds to further prop up the housing market. Some Federal Open Market Committee members argued at a
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      Lock icon Madoff victims sue SEC
      232 68 AP NEW YORK Two investors who lost more than US$2.4 million ($3.3 million) investing with failed financier Bernard Madoff sued the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, blaming the regulator for failing to detect the conman's US$65 billion Ponzi scheme. In their lawsuit
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      Lock icon EU, South Korea ink world's second-largest FTA
      212 68 BLOOMBERG BRUSSELS The European Union and South Korea have signed the world's biggest free-trade deal since the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, bolstering efforts to emerge from the deepest global recession in seven decades. The agreement, inked yesterday in Brussels, will expand
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      Lock icon THE MINING MERGERTHAT WASN'T MEANTTO BE
      62 68 AFP A miner riding a chair lift at the Kroondal Mine in South Africa. Swiss mining giant Xstrata yesterday scrapped its plans to merge with rival group Anglo American, saying it had 'no intention' of making an offer and would seek growth elsewhere. The
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      528 68 DOW JONES US BANKS Regulators say commercial real estate exposure an area of concern WASHINGTON Those looking for green shoots in the United States banking industry will have to search elsewhere, top regulators said on Wednesday, warning that credit quality problems and institutional failures would persist
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      Singapore Q3 investor sentiment rockets, bullish about Q4: ING survey
      250 72  -  IRENE CHAN irenec@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Investor sentiment here continued to improve in the third quarter, according to the quarterly ING Investment Dashboard Sentiment Index released yesterday. The survey showed that Singapore's investor sentiment jumped 24 per cent in the three months
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      Lock icon 'Rally not sustainable'
      352 72  -  TAN HUI LENG ÜBS FORECASTS Swiss bank's chief economist expects markets to "pause or correct' next year huileng@mediacorp.com.sg THE current market rally may continue till the end of this year but it will not be sustainable going forward. This was the view of ÜBS Investment Bank's managing
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        EZRA HOLDINGS PROFITS UP
        83 74 Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Ezra Holdings says its net profit for the full year soared 80 per cent to US$7O.l million ($97.6 million). This excludes a one-time gain of U*****.3 million that the company made from the partial divestment of its construction and production arm, EOC Limited.
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        SIA PASSENGER CARRIAGE NUMBERS DOWN
        92 74 Singapore Airlines' passenger carriage fell 7.9 per cent year-on-year last month, on the back of a 12.5-per-cent reduction in capacity. As a result, its passenger load factor rose 4 percentage points to 80.9 percent last month. The number of passengers carried fell 10 per cent
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        SGX NET PROFIT UP 11.3 PER CENT
        98 74 Bourse operator Singapore Exchange (SGX) said its net profit for the three months to September rose 11.3 per cent on year to $94.1 million. This was due largely to higher revenue from the securities market which benefited from increased trading volumes. SGX's securities
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        51 74 AFP ST Engineering has won a five-year contract worth US$5OO million ($696 million) from the US Army to supply equipment that will support and maintain hightech weapons systems. The Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed firm said the deal involves providing rugged laptops, test equipment and
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      More developments as letter comes to light
      475 74  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More developments have come to light in Singapore's second class action lawsuit against a recreation club. A letter from the management of the former Sijori Resort to club members that was obtained by MediaCorp said that the club was in
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      Lock icon Retail figures up, thanks to car sales
      253 74 938LIVE SINGAPORE Singapore's retail sales rose 5.2 per cent in August compared to the previous month, thanks to a 13-per cent jump in sales of motor vehicles. Higher sales receipts at petrol service stations which rose 7.2 per cent also contributed to the
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      OCBC to triple private client assets
      602 76  -  RYAN HUANG ACQUISITION OF ING ASIA PRIVATE BANK ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg ANDCHEOWXINYI SINGAPORE OCBC has moved up to become a major private banking player with its latest US$l.5 billion ($2 billion) acquisition of the Asian private banking assets of Dutch lender ING. This is second only
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      OCBC BETS BIG ON THE RICH
      471 76  -  CONRAD RAJ POINTOFVIEW editor at large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg IN ONE fell swoop, Singapore's smallest bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), has transformed itself into one of the leading players in the private banking arena here by buying up ING Asia Private Bank and its affiliates
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      Stemming the tide of rising motor insurance claim costs
      282 77  -  JONATHAN PEERIS jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The local motor insurance industry needs to work with all stakeholders to stem the rising cost of claims as a result of increased fraud. The way this can be done is by introducing more effective corrective measures
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      The market simmers
      459 77  -  TAN HUI LENG SINGAPORE PROPERTY Seventh month, govt measures throw wet blanket on sales huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The property market was hit by a double whammy last month as superstitious beliefs from the seventh lunar month and the Government's anti-specula-tive measures caused sales of uncompleted private homes to
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        PEOPLE'S FOOD
        67 78 $0,775 I Underperform CIMB raises price target for China-based pork producer to 63 cents from 37 cents after rolling forward valuation to end-2010 from end-2009. Forecasts EPS CAGRof 22.9 per cent over FYO9--11 on stronger topline growth stemming from higher hog prices, as well as improving margins. But
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        NERA TELECOMS
        67 78 32.5 cents I Neutral DMG downgrades from Buy and cuts the price target to 33.5 cents from 40.5 cents to reflect weak performance and risk of additional margin pressure. Says supplier of telecom systems, satellite networks reported weaker-than-expected Q3 '09 results, with revenue down 32.9 per cent on-quarter
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        PARKWAY LIFE
        86 78 $1.211 Outperform CIMB keeps call on property trust and raises the price target to $1.49 from $1.31 after increasing FYIO-11 DPU forecasts by 5 to 14 per cent to factor in contributions from expected acquisitions in next 3 to 6 months. It cites healthcare assets in Japan, Australia
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        5-DAY STI CLOSING
        19 78 Wednesday 2,708.48 Tuesday 2,668.40 Monday 2,680.47 Wednesday 2,652.51 A 1.50% T 0.45% A 1.05% A 0.06%
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        MARKETS CLOSE
        26 78 iang Seng 21,999.08 A 0.51% Jikkei 10,238.65 A 1.77% ihanghai 2,979-79 A 0.31% ieoul 1,658.99 A 0.60% /lumbai 17,195.20 T 0.21% Malaysia 1,246.86 unch
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        23 78 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,392 ¥100 $1-544 $2,262 HK$ioo $17.97 $2,073 RMB100 $20.39 $1,277 RS100 $3,007 $0,414 RPio,ooo $1,491
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      Lock icon Dow underpins Asia
      513 78 AGENCIES STOCK MARKETS But US economy still fragile, Citi's earnings a sober reminder SINGAPORE Stock markets in most parts of Asia rose yesterday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average punched through 10,000 overnight on Wall Street to touch a 12-month high, but the regional gains were largely
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      Lock icon Goldman earns $4.45b, reignites bonus debate
      278 78 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, AGENCIES NEW YORK Goldman Sachs further fanned the flames in the debate over bankers' pay as the investment bank allocated large bonuses following a threefold rise in profits in the last quarter. Goldman reported yesterday net profit surged to US$3.2 billion
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        The ultimate concierge to the dead
        1122 81  -  sasf fsdafsdf Ghosts and vampires Jennifer Love Hewitt loves them all SOMETHING always goes wrong with the equipment on the set of Ghost Whisperer, said an ominous voice behind me as I walked towards the Universal Studios premises where the television series was filmed.
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      It's all about style
      494 84  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH ASODAGREEN SUMMER Taiwanese rockers Sodagreen on "second album syndrome' christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU look up "Sodagreen" on Wikipedia, this is what it'll tell you: "Sodagreen is a Taiwanese independent folk-rock-pop band. It is difficult to define Sodagreen's music in genres due to the band's diverse influences."
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      A space oddity only for genre fans
      146 86  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW PANDORUM IN THIS English-language debut of German director Christian Alvart, Lieutenant Payton (Dennis Quaid) and Corporal Bower (Ben Foster) awake from hypersleep on the starship Elysium to find that everything has gone wrong. The power is down and there
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      No pain, no gain
      283 86  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEWTHE HURT LOCKER This is no ordinary Iraq War movie genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg JUST when you thought Hollywood had done the Iraq War to death, along comes Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker to blow (literally and figuratively) a tired audience out of the water. The best
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      Imagine That, a contrived and unfunny p10t...
      154 88  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW IMAGINETHAT EDDIE Murphy in a movie where he's not in a fatsuit, playing multiple characters or delivering low browjokes? Yes, it is possible. In his latest family comedy, Murphy plays a successful financial executive but lousy father who builds a
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      Celebrity Mastercnef
      296 88  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW JULIEAND JULIA genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg FROM the Julia Child cookbook Mastering The Art Of French Cooking, to the blog The Julie/ Julia Project, to the book Julie And Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, this movie has certainly come a deliriously long way. Working
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      Michelle, ma Cheri amour
      176 88  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW CHERI IF YOU love Michelle Pfeiffer as much as this reviewer does, then you'll love Cheri, the Belle Epoque trifle that is based on books of merrily scandalous French novelist Colette. The movie sees the luminous Oscar-nominee reuniting with her Dangerous Liasions director
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      ALL BECAUSE OF U2
      562 90  -  GENEVIEVELOH POINTOFVIEW What's a fan to do when she sees her favourite band in concert? genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg A FAN is defined in the dictionary as "an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc". I guess you could say I'm an "enthusiastic devotee"
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      NEW ON THE PLUS BLOGS
      114 92 WWW.TODAYONLINE.COM/BLOGS FOR ART'S SAKE The RAT contemplates Indonesian contemporary art, the Singapore Fringe Fest, Damien Hirst and other "fake" artists. POPARAZZI Up-and-coming Brit rockers may have a hit tune called Just Because, but just how good are they at being food critics? DaAbang makes them
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      Lock icon This is not it
      416 92 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH MICHAEL JACKSON vNew single is the sound of a feeble, desperate attempt SO, THIS is it, eh? Michael Jackson sings from beyond the grave in a new single, currently streaming on his website. Handily entitled This Is It, it's the first taste of the
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        220 94 THE LIST ROSANNE CASH The eponymous list refers to songs that Rosanne's dad, the late Johnny Cash, wrote as a checklist of 100 songs she should listen to in order to expand her knowledge of country music. Obviously there aren't 100 songs here, but 12 tracks
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        REBORN
        97 94 AVALON Featuring new singer Amy Richardson, Avalon has consistently been at the top of their game (and thoroughly deserving of their 22 No 1 singles). Their 14th album has more rock-flavoured songs, bordering on 'emoth' (emo goth), but all with a positive slant, of course: Songs like Fragile and
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        IFON AWINTER'S NIGHT...
        92 94 I STING After first tangling with the lute, Sting returns to music and lyrics from centuries past for this album. While I liked the technical artistry of his previous Songs From The Labyrinth, I thought it was a little cold. This album, on the other hand, is
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        MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL
        107 94 MARIAH CAREY This album continues the revival of Mariah Carey, which started with The Emancipation ofMimi and carried on to E=MC2. But compared to the previous two efforts, which had a sense of rediscovery, this one comes across a little like a rehash. Not that
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        YOUR SONGS
        82 94 HARRY CONNICK,JR What I've always liked about Harry Connick, Jr's voice is that it always goes down smoother than a wellaged whisky, and this album makes no exception. The jazz tracks show Harry doing what he does best; however, some re-arrange-ments, particularly of 70s pop songs like Your
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      Mikas big secret
      585 96  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH TODAY EXCLUSIVE Britpop #s golden boy is all grown up christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Lebanon-born, London-based singer Mika released the single Grace Kelly in 2007, little did he know that the ditty would shoot his career into the stratosphere. The song topped the British charts for five weeks,
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        SIPF 2010 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
        46 98 Organisers of the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) are accepting submissions for next year's instalment. There are two categories: The open-ended theme and a new one revolving around Human Nature. Deadline for submission is March 31, 2010. For details, visit www.sipf.sg.
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        THEATREWORKS' BIZARRE BAZAAR
        39 98 TheatreWorks 72-13 is unloading its stash of vintage clothes, accessories, books, lomo cameras, CDs, DVDs and other quirky finds all at a bargain. Drop by this weekend, from 11am to 6pm, at 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road.
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        ANIMATION NATION 2009
        74 98 Animation buffs, head down to the National Museum where Animation Nation 2009 is in full swing until Oct 21. Among our picks to watch are Belgian film A Town Called Panic (Oct 16, 7pm, and Oct 18,11.30am); Waltz With Bashir, an Israeli film that looks at the
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        MORE TICKETS TO NEIL GAIMAN TALK
        88 98 Yes, graphic novelist Neil Gaiman is such a superstar that the Singapore Writers Festival has moved one of his meet-the-author sessions from The Arts House to Victoria Theatre. The organisers have also made 700 more tickets available. The Victoria Theatre gig will be held
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        YASMIN AHMAD: A TRIBUTE
        54 98 Fans of the late Malaysian directorYasmin Ahmad can watch her five previous films Sepet, Gubra, Muallaf, Rabun and Muhksin from Oct 16 to 18 at Cathay Cineplex Cineleisure Orchard. Screenings are open to the public at $15 per ticket ($l2 for students) at tickets.cathay.com.sg or from
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        FLY BY NIGHT VIDEO CHALLENGE 2009
        56 98 Objectifs Centre for Photography Filmmaking and The Substation's event is inviting budding film-makers to make a spontaneous video from Oct 30 to Nov 1 as part of the Panasonic Digital Film Fiesta. Registration closes on Oct 25. For details, visit www.fly-by-night.org orthe Fly By
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      Lock icon She's a family girl
      797 100  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH DUCHESS OF DICHOTOMY Coco Lee may be flying high with a new album, but she still needs her family christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg A DICHOTOMY of East and West. That's how Coco Lee describes herself. The Hong Kong singer was in town recently to promote her latest album,
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      54 83 Check out the largest Malaysian travel fair in Singapore with more than 100 exhibitors! October 16-18, 2009 (Fri to Sun) Dikirßarat ji^Uaft Kertok 10am 9.30 pm Oak Lempong £_-_—I Stage games Hall 404, Attractive prizes travel Suntec Exhibition Centre vouchers to be given away! Website: www.tourismmalaysia.gov.my ePortal: www.virtualmalaysia.com 1 BJjLllJSrtUfcSlWlSftsß^l
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      101 90 TOUCHING LIVES, TOUCHING HEARTS Project Give is an annual charity drive organised by the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) 4 to raise funds for bursaries for children from low-income families. Initiated in 2001 as a community wide effort, the charity drive embodies the spirit of giving and sharing. In 2010,
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