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    29 1 TODAY Thursday January 28, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 thursday January 28, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      360 1 I am soooooo glad I decided not to cook this year We are a feast of reasons why you'll never need to lift a finger again i N r r> f J I i I ft This Chinese New Year, take a break from the kitchen and be rewarded. Attractive
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      153 2 r rI m Lawry's The Prime Rib Singapore reopens with old-world charm and new-world luxury at the new Mandarin Gallery Exclusively for DBS/POSB Credit Cardmembers 20% off ala carte food orders Lawry's The Prime Rib Singapore aligns itself with a stable of high-end international retailers at the newly revived j
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    183 3 8 Reservations about immigration policies aside, Singaporeans are in no doubt about the importance of working in a diverse environment. 12 from next year, the Singapore Sports School will offer a diploma in sports and leisure management. 18 Sri lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse wins a resounding re-election
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    Lock icon A policy of harmony?
    892 3  -  PublIC HouSIng Quotas, if adopted, could be similar to existing ethnic limits LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Could a housing policy, similar to the one introduced to ensure a mix of ethnic groups in public estates, be adopted to integrate new Singaporeans? “It’s a very valuable
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    A shortage of Residents' Committee members
    689 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp. com.sg SINGAPORE There are not enough people coming forward to represent those who live in public housing; on average there is a shortage of 11 members in each Residents’ Committee (RC). While every RC should have 30 members, the average
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      36 3 6333 9888 MEDIACORP ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES TODAY is taking part in the IFRA International TODAYistakingpartintheIFRATODAY in the IFRA International Newspaper Color Quality Club 2010-2012 for print quality and this colour patch is part of the entry requirement
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      Lock icon 10 suspects arrested
      333 6 anTI-TErrOr sWOOP In MaLaysIa AGENCIES, THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said it had recently arrested 10 people, including nine foreigners, for “acts of terrorism”, saying that they were members of an international terror outfit and threatened national security. Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (picture) said yesterday that
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      Lock icon Leaders appeal for calm after mosque incidents
      436 6 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian political and religious leaders called for calm and urged members of the public not to retaliate after pig heads were found at two mosques yesterday. “The majority of Malaysians are peace-loving people, the majority of Malaysians would not do
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      Housing and Development Board faces 3 key challenges
      392 7  -  JOANNE CHAN AND S RAMESH joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Public housing in the 21 st century must evolve to meet changing needs, according to National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan. And the Housing and Development Board (HDB) will face three key challenges: Shifting demographics,
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      New parameters to social cohesion
      799 8  -  PeOPLe’s assOCiaTiOn LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Alcohol could be sold and consumed by interest groups at Community Clubs (CCs) if June’s World Cup gets televised here. Future CCs could be reconfigured to optimise land use and ensure better usage of their facilities. High
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      Top officer fined $6,000 and suspended from his duties after court-martial
      303 11  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE A high-ranking army officer has been court-martialled for misconduct believed to have involved a female subordinate. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Teo LiWei was fined $6,000 this week by the General Court Martial. The 33-year-old was also
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      Four face murder charge
      114 11 SINGAPORE Four men have been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Teck Whye on Monday. At about 12.05am that day, police had responded to a call of persons fighting at the ground floor near Blk 144 Teck Whye Lane. They found an
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      Romanian diplomat was at the wheel
      495 11  -  hiT-and-run inCidEnT ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The Romanian embassy’s charge d’affaires Dr Silviu Ionescu has been identified by police investigations as the driver of the embassy car that knocked into three pedestrians. He was named yesterday for two hit-and-run accidents in December,
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      Top lawyers walk out
      359 13  -  harry elIas ParTnershIP ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Between the five of them, there is a hefty amount of legal experience. Now, these top legal eagles, most of whom head departments in a range of areas, are walking out on their law firm, Harry Elias Partnership. MediaCorp has
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      S’poreans rank low on global workforce index
      241 13 SINGAPORE Reservations about immigration policies aside, the Singapore worker is in no doubt about the importance of working in an environment with people of varied nationality and cultures. Nine in 10 agreed that global orientation was important for their career prospects, according to
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      Lock icon SAF artillery training in NZ
      181 13 SINGAPORE Some 400 personnel from the Singapore Armed Forces are now in New Zealand on an annual artillery exercise, codenamed Thunder Warrior. Minister of State for Defence, Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee, and the New Zealand Minister of Defence, Dr Wayne Mapp, visited the troops
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      Call for agent accreditation
      316 13  -  IMELDA SAAD SINGAPORE The latest study on the professional standards of property agents have resulted in a strong call for their mandatory certification. The study by Ngee Ann Polytechnic showed that while most respondents were satisfied with the services rendered by property agents, about a third
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      Before they said ‘no’ ...
      314 15  - Before they said ‘no’ In COurT Bank officers factored in media reports on family cheats before rejecting woman’s account closure ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When OCBC Bank encountered the request involving an elderly lady’s adopted daughter giving instructions on the former’s finances the bank’s officers had to consider what they read
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      Woman charged with maid abuse
      131 15  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A housewife was charged in a district court yesterday with three counts of maid abuse. Leong Yoke Fun, 41, is accused of slapping her Indonesian maid, Ms Dwi Yanti, 25, in a house at Jalan Chempedak near Upper Thomson Road in March
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      Lock icon THIS IS THE WAY YOU WASH YOUR TAIL ...
      56 15 THIS IS THE WAY YOU WASH YOUR TAIL some three years after it last had a good scrubbing, it is time for the merlion in sentosa to undergo a massive clean-up again. with the national icon standing at 37m, the whole project, which began yesterday, is expected to take 240
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      ‘Customer-centric policies pay off’
      389 15  -  MUSTAFA SHAFAWI mustafa@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Being customer-centric pays. And it is not an abstract concept either which cannot be put into practice. These were the points made by Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Manpower, Lee Yi Shan when he visited Thomson Medical Centre yesterday.
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      Sports School to offer diploma
      224 17  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE From next year, the Singapore Sports School and Republic Polytechnic (RP) will offer a diploma in sports and leisure management. It aims to accommodate the students’ training and competition schedules and was designed by RP’s School of Sports, Health and Leisure.
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      Lock icon Spike in number of recipients
      374 17  -  FInanCIaL aId NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp. com.sg SINGAPORE With the economy mired in recession, the number of people seeking financial aid shot up last year. Latest statistics from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) yesterday showed that applicants for the Community Care
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      They understand how the games work
      311 19 CasInO CrIME InVEsTIGaTIOn BranCh SINGAPORE In order to combat offences that come under the Casino Control Act, the police have set up a unit known as the Casino Crime Investigation Branch (CCIB). The move comes ahead of the opening of the two integrated resorts:
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      Be With Me, an Unwanted Bachelor in paris
      201 21 SINGAPORE From the P Ramlee comedy Bujang Lapok (Unwanted Bachelor) to Eric Khoo’s award-winning Be With Me Singapore film classics are being showcased in a first film retrospective at the world-renown Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Entitled “Singapour, Malaisie: Le Cinema!”, the
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        FIRST SINGAPORE-YORKSHIRE CULTURAL EXCHANGE
        136 21 The first cultural exchange programme between Singapore and Yorkshire has been launched to enable Singaporeans to learn more about the county in the United Kingdom. To mark the official start of the programme, Dr N Varaprasad, chief executive of Singapore’s National Library Board; Mr Gary Verity,
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        SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL LOOKING FOR 950 F1 OFFICIALS
        147 21  -  MUSTAFA SHAFAWI The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) is recruiting 950 officials for this year’s Singapore Grand Prix, an increase of 300. While it is expecting the return of some 600 race officials from the previous years’ races, it also hopes to train
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        SIM 'BEST FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION'
        131 21 SIM BEST FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION' Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) has emerged as the top choice for those seeking private education here, according to a survey by JobsCentral, one of Singapore’s largest job portals. The survey, which attracted 7,761 respondents across a diverse range of industries, revealed almost 40 per
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      172 6 FOUNDED 1947 SINGAPORE INSTITUTE of COMMERCE U 0 Students from yiste red Riira UNIVERSITY Ranked in the Top 100 Universities Worldwide by Times Higher Education Supplement2005 BACHELOR OF 1 (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) (AEROSPACE ENGINEERING) Accredited by Engineers Australia Applied and industry-focused with relevance to international industries 2 residential visits to the
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  • WORLD
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      US moves on new mission to Asean
      116 23 WASHINGTON The United States took a major step towards establishing a permanent mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with the arrival of its first officer in Indonesia on Wednesday. Mr Josh Cartin will be responsible for coordinating with the Asean Secretariat,
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      Lock icon ‘He shouldn’t be tried in civilian court’
      178 23 AFP WASHINGTON Alleged Al Qaeda bomb-plotter Hambali, sought for trial in his homeland of Indonesia, should not be tried in a civilian United States court, said Democratic United States Senator Jim Webb on Tuesday. Joining a growing chorus of calls for President Barack
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      Lock icon Ex-army chief rejects Rajapakse’s win
      362 23 srI LanKa ELECTIOns AGENCIES COLOMBO Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse won a resounding re-election victory yesterday, beating back a challenge from his former army chief, who rejected the official results. The capital was tense, even as people hit the streets in celebration, setting off fireworks,
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      Lock icon Artillery fire, warning shots
      381 26 TWO KOrEas Pyongyang vows no let up AGENCIES SEOUL North Korea fired artillery and South Korea responded with warning shots along their disputed western sea border yesterday and the North vowed more barrages would follow as part of a military drill. North Korea fired about 30
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      Lock icon Woods’ wife ‘has abandoned divorce plans’
      188 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH HATTIESBURG Tiger Woods’ wife has abandoned her plans for a £200 million ($455 million) divorce, it has been reported. Elin Nordegren, 30, had been ready to separate from the world’s richest sportsman after reports he had affairs with 19 different women.
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      Lock icon A GROWING RIFT WITH CHINA'S RISE?
      698 28  -  ANALysIs KATRIN BENNHOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES AS recently as 2008, China was still an emerging economy eager to put its best foot forward. These days, China is no longer emerging. It has emerged sooner and more assertively than had been expected. The severe
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      Lock icon Sichuan reconstruction to be largely complete
      117 29 AFP BEIJING China will complete more than 90 per cent of reconstruction in its quake-devastated Sichuan province this year, state media reported. Mr Jiang Jufeng, Sichuan’s governor, was quoted as saying that even counties most-ravaged by the 8.0-magnitude quake in May 2008 will finish
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      Lock icon No signs of agreement
      292 29 ChIna-TIBET TaLKs AP BEIJING Emissaries for the exiled Dalai Lama and China showed little public sign of compromise as they prepared yesterday for their first talks in more than a year on Tibet. The Dalai Lama’s two envoys will reopen the longstalled negotiations with senior Communist
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      Lock icon Alba look to win back boyfriend
      293 31 CosmeTiC surgery shanghai woman wants to look like his fave actress AFP SHANGHAI A Chinese woman is so keen to win back her former boyfriend that she plans to undergo plastic surgery to transform herself into his favourite actress: Hollywood star Jessica Alba (picture).
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon CITY RENAMES MOUNTAIN AFTER AVATAR
        75 31 China A city in Hunan province has renamed a mountain after the US blockbuster movie Avatar. The majestic peak, previously known as Heaven and Earth Pillar, had been officially renamed Avatar Hallelujah Mountain, said the Zhangjiajie city government. The mountain resembles that in the film
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        JAKARTA SCRAPS 7-DAY VISA ON ARRIVAL TO BEAT GRAFT
        73 31 indonesia Indonesia has scrapped its seven-day Visa On Arrival and replaced it with a single monthly visa in what immigration officials called an effort to reduce graft, Antara news agency reported yesterday. The change was ordered by the Director-General of Immigration.
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        Lock icon SUPREME COURT DISMISSES APPEALS, KILLERS TO HANG
        68 31 bangladesh AFP Bangladesh’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence for five convicted killers of the nation’s first President, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, setting the stage for their execution. Sheikh Mujibur was gunned down at his home, along with his wife and three sons,
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      Lock icon Man with weapons, map arrested
      151 34 AP SOMERVILLE (New Jersey) A call from a convenience store clerk about a suspicious person led to an arrest and a frightening discovery: The man was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a loaded assault rifle and four magazines of ammunition. Back in the man’s
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      Lock icon Five Taliban officials free from sanctions
      142 34 AFP UNITED NATIONS A United Nations Security Council panel said on Tuesday it has removed five top Taliban officials from its list of individuals subjected to sanctions imposed over their links with Al Qaeda. The blacklist subjects individuals to a travel ban, asset freeze
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      Lock icon Back door to the West
      339 34 duBaI-Iran COnnECTIOn BLOOMBERG DUBAI Years before Dubai’s financial crisis, the second largest of the seven states in the United Arab Emirates was amassing clout and money as Iran’s back door to the West. Iran’s biggest non-oil trading partner provides a stream of household items as
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      Lock icon MORE THAN RHETORIC
      889 37  -  POinT OF VieW Obama’s state of the union needs clarity on 3 big areas Michael TOMasky The writer is the editor of the Guardian America website. THE GUARDIAN HOW high are the stakes for United States President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address? They’re high
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      Lock icon Haitian rescued after 12 days
      193 39 AFP PORT-AU-PRINCE Stunned rescuers in Haiti pulled out a man still alive after an amazing 12 days under the rubble on Tuesday. The latest survivor was not buried by the 7.0-magnitude quake that struck on Jan 12 but two days later, by one of the
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      Lock icon Girl shot thrice by the police
      293 39 haiTi earThQuaKe THE GUARDIAN PORT-AU-PRINCE Fabienne Cherisma spent her life assessing margins. She was just 15 but had a knack for knowing what would sell on the family’s knick-knack stall. In Port-au-Prince’s hardscrabble market, it was a gift that helped her parents and five
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      Lock icon Tourists stranded at Machu Picchu
      185 41 AFP LIMA Peru used helicopters to airlift foreign tourists trapped by rain and mudslides that killed seven people in and around its famed Machu Picchu ruins but frustrations grew among more than 2,500 who were still stranded. The operation, which began on Monday, had rescued
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      Lock icon Three-year detention for British teenager
      299 41 GuILTy of raPE and robbEry THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A 13-year-old boy, who raped a 20-year-old woman in front of his friends and then bragged about his attack to her boyfriend, has been sentenced to only three years of detention after he showed remorse. Balal
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon GOOD DRIVERS TO GET CASH
        88 44 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The small town of Puigcerda in Spain’s north-eastern region is to reward those drivers who respect the rules of the road by sharing out the money generated from traffic fines. Town Mayor Joan Planella announced the pioneering move to challenge the general
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        Lock icon POPE JOHN PAUL II REGULARLY WHIPPED HIMSELF, BOOK SAYS
        81 44 THE GUARDIAN Pope John Paul II self-flagellated regularly to imitate Christ’s suffering and feel closer to God, a book claims. He also signed a secret document in 1989 saying he would resign if he became incurably ill. The book Why He
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        Lock icon US TEACHER, 100, GETS DEGREE A DAY BEFORE DYING
        83 44 AP An American schoolteacher’s dream to earn her bachelor’s degree in education came to pass three weeks after she turned 100 years old. On Saturday, a day after she received her award, Ms Harriet Richardson Ames died, pleased that she had
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      Lock icon Barefoot is better
      317 44 sTudy on runninG AFP PARIS If running is your thing, you may want to throw away those pricey sports shoes and just do it barefoot, according to a study released yesterday. Three-quarters of runners who wear shoes land squarely on their heels about 1,000 times for every
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      205 34 AUSPICIOUS REUNIONS A SEASON FOR CELEBRATION Usher in the Lunar New Year with auspicious reunions at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore. Gourmet delicacies await you and your family at Jade or get away in our cosy Courtyard room and enjoy magnificent fireworks and other festivities in the Marina Bay vicinity. JADE
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      147 44 DUGRO. It makes perfect cents. Sensible moms know how to spot great value It's no wonder Singapore moms choose Dugro as their child's growing up milk. Dugro is formulated with reference to the US daily recommended intake for key nutrients and contains Maxi-Q and Ezydigest™. Your child gets all this
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      262 45  -  HIrING ForeIGNers Letter from Mohamad rosle IF YOU are a regular on the Internet, you’ll know that bashing companies hiring foreigners is very much the venom of the moment. It started with a retailer’s recent hiring drive in Johor for vacancies in its stores. A
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      46 45 In the article “Answer lies in quality, not quantity” (Wed, Jan 27), we referred to Dr Eugene Fidelis Soh asTanTock Seng Hospital’s chief executive officer. This is inaccurate. DrSoh is the chief operating officer. The CEO is Dr Lim Suet Wun. We apologise for the
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      123 45  -  Letter from David soh Poh Huat IN THE past, the Productivity Movement and its mascot Teamy the bee were promoted aggressively, and resulted in new initiatives which increased productivity within organisations. What has happened to this movement? Now the call is again made for us to
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      163 47  -  BY DR BILL MAIER BED-WETTING Bed-wetting is an embarrassing issue for kids, but it’s not something to get too worried about. Bed-wetting is a common developmental quirk especially among young boys. And almost all kids grow out of it in time. The best approach is to
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      454 47  -  fOrEign fOOTbaLL TEams Letter from Eric Ong Manager, Marketing and Communications Football Association of Singapore THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) would like to assure Mr Aaron Wee Jun Jie (“Foreign faux pas” (Jan 21) that the S-League does not have “too many foreign
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      33 47 VOICES ON RADIO Should service staff take on more than one role to raise productivity? Tell us what you think. Tune in toTalkBackfrom 8.15am to 8.45am tomorrow. Call 6691 1938 and share your
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      382 48 IP Fair Price jLti Mij FrkirPriae! XXV o Cr?) X) W Lclc STAR 28 Jan-10 Feb 10 BOY! WS* QC BAVARIA w ImnnrtpH r Imported Holland for 3 Non-Alcoholic Drink Bavaria /a AH t tol 'MPORTED S-r uavar buV aavs iMVai i3 lK K 50 Bavar Bavaria for 2 BAVARIA
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      Lock icon Their award-winning ways
      1094 49  -  Grammy aWards 2010 does winning a Grammy mean anything anymore? CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S A good bet that some the biggest musicians of the western hemisphere will be biting their nails this weekend. That’s because the Grammy Awards will be handed out on Sunday night in Los
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      598 51  -  VisuaL arTs From a giant egg to clanging iron woks, saM kicks off a year of contemporary art shows MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp. com.sg FROM a huge egg and a small chicken at the lobby all the way up to the fourth floor’s leaping tiger and the incessant clanging
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        SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALARICE THIO
        68 53 THIS singer-songwriter’s second offering is pure pleasant pop. Comparisons with singers of similar ilk such as Zee Avi or Colbie Caillat may abound, but this six-track mini album expands on Alarice’s ability to craft some really nifty tunes that are easy on the ear. Notable tracks
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        ORIENTAL VARIOUS
        75 53 TWO discs of some of the most famous and recognisable voices in Chinese pop appear in a collection that’s rather cohesive despite the mixed bag. Faye Wong, An- thony Wong, Jackie Cheung, Mavis Fan, Leon Lai and many more contribute tracks to this album. Yes, the songs here
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        The love game
        203 53  -  rainie and Love rainie yang revieWs By CHRISTOPHER TOH AFTER a rather heady 2009, in which Rainie Yang starred in two of the top idol dramas (ToGetHer and Hi My Sweetheart), the singer kicks off 2010 with a Mando-pop album that’s replete with love songs, or rather
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        STRONGER WITH EACHTEAR MARY J BLIGE
        97 53 ALBUM opener Tonight might not be as strong as some of the other tracks on Mary J Blige’s ninth album and her first in two years but give the rest of it a good listen. The R&B singer shows why she’s still pretty much
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        DREAMER PETER PAN
        82 53 THANKS to his widespread appeal, many have cited Taiwanese singer Peter Pan as the next big thing and the age demographic of his fans, which range from kids to adults, seems to give him a numerical advantage. And so it’s with this in mind that Pan’s first
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        OF THE BLUE COLOUR OF THE SKY OK GO
        120 53 THE first single and album opener WTF? shows the band’s development after 2005’s Oh No. In the five years, they’ve gone from being your perky pop band into a unit that delivers the same amount of quirk, but perhaps in a
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        THE FIRST LINE OF THE STORY | SKY WU
        108 53 THE FIRST LINE OF THE STORY SKY WU AFTER a six-year gap, Sky Wu is finally back with this collection of songs that embody and encompass a myriad of styles, whether it’s the funk of Strange Not Strange (featuring Da Mouth’s MC40), the poignance of 18, or the swing of
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      214 55 andrEW LLOyd WEBBEr THE South Bank Show Awards that happened on Tuesday may have been its final instalment, but it also premiered new music from one of the world’s biggest mogul of the musical: Andrew Lloyd Webber (picture). It was the first public performance of
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      72 51 20 desTinaTions in 20 Weeks! Class 95 Discovers Asia with SilkAir. Class 95FM celebrates its 20th birthday by giving away 20 trips for two to 20 destinations around Asia. Starting next week, tune in and listen out for the cue to call to qualify for the weekly draw. So pack
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      40 51 JWfm TOP EO For the week ending 28 January 2010 THIS WK LAST WK i n m is IB mm mn i i 'bm. /\\3fE3fE r IB fe Rock it I Am Here ®-m%. vm. agfi IJB*'M 12jS-T*2i5 t *«ffe
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      656 53 1900 912 1234 www.gv.com.sg VIVOCITY MARINA SQUARE YISHUN GRAND, GREAT WORLD PLAZA SINGAPURA GVmax m.gv.com.sg TOOTH FAIRY?11.40am 2.00 4.30 7.00 9.30pm UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: A NEW BEGINNING* 12.45 2.50 9.30pm UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: A NEW BEGINNING* 2.45 5.00 7.15 9.30pm EDGE OF DARKNESS* 11.20am 1.40 6.40 9.10pm MY EX*+ THAI 2.50 5.00
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      75 53 Yangtze Cineplex BR TIE m 4 BE I ,eve] 4, Pearls Centre Tel: 6223 7529 BASTONI <i±*a m Sexual Content 0 Lti subtitle Tdy: 11.00am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00pm A LI LA 'HI #3 French with Eng/Chin Subtitles R21 Tdy: 3.00pm AFTER SEX French with Eng/Chin Subtitles R21 Tdy:
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      35 53 SUDOkU plus diffiCuLTy raTing: hoW To PLay The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. CopyrighT uCliCk yesTerday’s soLuTion
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      410 54 Carrefour www.carrefour.com.sg r ORDER YOUR FESTIVE HAMPER NOW ymm&L Lv rir-JrJrJr-J rJ rJ rJ rJ rJ rJ rJ rJ rJ rJ rJ FRESHNESS GUARANTEE If you are not satisfied with the quality of our fresh produce, Carrefour wili gladly exchange it for you or offer you a full refund*. \Item
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      19 55 Online Bookings: www.ewcinemas.com.sg SINGPOST S.A.M. Most 2K Digital Halls In Singapore! Clearest Sharpest Resolution! Best Sound Effects! 3D 3D
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      270 55 FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "CASINO ROYALE" ME GI "A CRACKLING, HIGH-ENERGY THRILLER THAT DELIVERS FROM START TO FINISH." Leonard Maltin/Entertainment Tonight "MEL GIBSON IS BACK AND AT HIS VERY BEST!" Pete HammondlBoxoffice Magazine SOME SECRETS' TAKE US TO THEjEDGE. fj NC16 VIOLENCE ANDCOARSI ACTION BEGINS TODAY! AVATAR' 3:45pm, 6:00,9:15 EDGE
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      868 56  -  sTreeTs of melbourne There’s no stopping the graffiti movement in this australian city ALEJO REA traveller@mediacorp.com.sg MELBOURNE. Australia’s most multi-cultural city. The gourmet capital of the land down under. Home to the Great Ocean Road and the Great Alpine Road. Site of a covert guerilla street war fought
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      YOUR POCKET GRAFFITI TOUR
      142 57 From (1) melbourne Central station, walk south to (2) drewery Lane where your tour begins. Continue into (3) Caledonian Lane, which has some fine examples of graffiti and also some galleries and shops with a street edge. Then turn east into (4) Little Bourke street so
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        SPRING BREAKS
        183 58 Chan Brothers Travel has several holiday promotions coming up. Among them are one-for-one packages for selected Asia and China tours. A three-day winter getaway to Japan starts from $1,188 for the first person, and is free for the second traveller. The same deal applies to three-day getaways to
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        FREE FLIGHT TO CHERATING
        114 58 Book a four-day-three-night stay at Club Med Cherating, and fly there for free. Prices for the package start from $563 for stays from Sunday to Thursday, and $673 from Friday to Saturday. It covers return airfare on twin-prop aircraft Firefly, twin-share accommodation, meals, free flow of
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        AIRFARES YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS
        151 58 Zip out of Singapore for some me-time for the price of a few beers. Jetstar is offering one-way, all-inclusive fares for selected flights to Kota Kinabalu, Penang and Kuala Lumpur for $18 from April to August. Travellers can also fly to Phuket for $28;
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      850 59  -  cinque terre PATRICK CANT traveller@mediacorp. com.sg MCT The days of having the Cinque Terre to yourself are long gone. The string of villages along the Ligurian coast in Italy is far too exposed. even in the off-season, the streets are jammed with visitors. But you should not
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      181 58 New Pick Up Point Hotel Grand Central Orchard (Daily Departure) Direct A I V first Cass www.airebus.net GENTING [Malaysia Visa Application Available] Buy IGetl FREE $88 Two way coach transfer Two night accommodation Convenient Pick-Up Point: Bt Timah, Bt Panjang, Ang Mo Kio, Chua Chu Kang, Toa Payoh, Causeway Point,
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      163 59 KjAS trust* r All Year Round All Paxs 2N Malacca/K,Lumpur (wed) Dep: 17 Mar 2010 2010 Apr-Oci Departure 35 DBS/POSB Promotion < 30%off 2N Weekend Cruise 3N Penang/Phuket Cruise !35%off All Paxs 2N Malacca/K.L Cruise per pax $455 $532 per pax $292 50 >%off All Paxs 3N Penang/Phuket (Sun) 3N
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    519 61  -  Brought to you by Try a more unique way to serve Golden Chef Baby Abalone ANNETTE TAN food@mediacorp.com.sg At a reunion dinner, baby abalone is usually limited to the soup bowl. But there are myriad ways that you can whip up a delicious dish with it.
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      151 62 y W v-V II II DOES THE SHOE FIT? 7 h e Singapore Vvoman Award fkAl A > Award 20l0 > The Singapore Woman Award is back. We are looking for a special woman. A fabulous upstart who represents a generation of women with so much to do, they'd rather
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      1202 63 ON medIaCOrp CHaNNeL Happy famILy Channel 8, 9pm ON medIaCOrp Cai Zi warns Nariyasu not to continue his friendship with Xiao Dong. Nariyasu is worried about Xiao Dong’s safety and stays by her side frequently. Xiao Dong is suddenly inspired and tells Nariyasu to pretend to be her boyfriend, so
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      Lock icon From cubs to Lions
      570 64  -  singaPOre FOOTbaLL with three foreigners, national coach avramovic expects youngsters to bite harder SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE They finished ninth in the 12-team S-League last season, and against all odds, they brought home the bronze medal from the Vientiane SEA Games last month. According to
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      152 64  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Newcomers Etoile FC and Beijing Guo’an may not have set foot on Singapore shores, but their Great Eastern-Yeo’s SLeague debut against each other is already scheduled as this season’s first “live” broadcast on Feb 12 one of 54 games fans can
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      293 64  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Despite growing calls from local football fans, one government official reiterated last night that they (the government) will not be involved in the on-going discussions with Fifa for TV broadcast rights to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Local
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      184 64 sailor darren Choy and swimmer amanda Lim shared the spotlight at the singapore sports school awards night yesterday after winning the Outstanding student of the year award in the male and female category respectively. winning the school’s most prestigious accolade was a surprise for the duo,
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      Lock icon Lee retires, strikes it good
      301 65  -  FAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Former Asian Games bowling gold medallist Lee Yu Wen (picture) is quitting the sport. Lee, who teamed up with Remy Ong and the now-retired Sam Goh to clinch the men’s trios title at the Busan Asiad in 2002, will hand in his
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      Lock icon Fewer turns, more speed
      461 65  -  singapore grand prix Marina Bay circuit could undergo changes, putting more zip in F1 night race IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Grand Prix is unique as the first night race on the Formula 1 calendar, making its debut at the 5.073km Marina Bay
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      284 66 AGENCIES MELBOURNE Roger Federer (picture) had some anxious moments before seeing off recent tormentor Nikolay Davydenko to claim his 23rd consecutive Grand Slam semi-final spot at the Australian Open yesterday. The Swiss world No 1 misfired badly for the first set and a half,
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        69 68 5-DAY STI CLOSING WED 2,706.26 1.2/,% Tuesday 2,740.33 2.54% Monday 2,811.71 0.28% Friday 2,819.71 1.10% Thursday 2,850.98 1.46% MARKETS CLOSE Hang Seng 20,033.07 T 0.38% Nikkei 10,252.08 T 0.71% Shanghai 2,986.61 T 1.09% Seoul 1,625.48 T 0.72% Mumbai 16,289.82 T 2.92% Malaysia 1,265.77 1-34% FOREIGN EXCHANGE US$1 $1,404
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      78 68 BLOOMBERG Toyota, racing to stem widening quality concerns, is halting production and sale in the United States of eight models including its top-selling Camry and Corolla cars because of a pedal flaw linked to unintended acceleration that led to a 2.3 million-vehicle recall. Dealers will
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      374 71  -  DESMOND WONG SINGAPORE Singapore is not likely to tweak its corporate tax rate of 17 per cent in next month’s Budget, according to accounting firm Ernst Young. It said the current tax policy for companies will stay to balance the need to raise revenue
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      218 73  -  JONATHAN PEERIS SINGAPORE Transport operator SMRT reported a 4.8 per cent decline in its third quarter net profit to $39.2 million from a year ago. The decline is mainly due to impairment of goodwill, higher staff and related costs as well as higher scheduled
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        109 73 ST Engineering says its unit has been awarded a three year contract worth about $6.5 million by Singapore’s National Environment Agency. The contract, which commences on March 1, will see ST Synthesis managing and maintaining equipment for theTuas Marine Transfer Station and Semakau Landfill.
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        107 73 Mainboard-listed CDL Hospitality Trust said its fourth quarter distribution per unit (DPU) is 2.67 cents. That is 48 per cent higher than the 1.8 cents declared over the same period a year ago. Net property income for the 3 months ended in
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      153 73 SINGAPORE Mainboard-listed massage chair maker, Osim International, has posted a net profit of $8 million for the fourth quarter on stronger sales and better margins. This is a huge turnaround from the $73 million loss the company recorded in the same period a year
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