Today, 13 August 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    49 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF /A=DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday August 13, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday August 13, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AUGUST 13, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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    Lock icon EPL: A six-horse ?
    525 4 EPL: A six-horse Champions Chelsea tipped to retain crown, Man United 5-1 favourites to finish outside top 4 BLOOMBERG LONDON Chelsea and Manchester United are the only teams to have won the Premier League title in the past six seasons. They might not have it all their own way in
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      106 4 PRIMETIME NEWS With Melissa Hyak Monday to Sunday 9pm A SPORTS PAGE 38 WOODS TOPS LEADERBOARD BUT ONLY FOR A WHILE COMMENT&ANALYSIS BEN WILDAVSKY THE GREAT BRAIN RACE 16 YAN ZHANG WHAT’S FAIR VALUE WHEN RETURNING A FAVOUR? 18 WILLIAM PESEK 10 TARGETS FOR INCEPTION DREAM TEAM 20 DON’T MISS
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  • NEWS
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      LEARN ABOUT CULTURES OF YOG COUNTRIES
      128 5 The Singapore HeritageFest is taking advantage of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to launch an exhibition aimed at youth to learn about the cultures of other countries. The exhibition, “Project U I”, features 193 pairs of dolls made by students from 190 schools after
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      Lock icon All quiet on the YOG front at *Scape
      378 5  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is supposed to be the No 1 site in Singapore for all things youth. So it is quite the paradox at *Scape, the twohectare youth hub in the heart of Orchard Road, as the Youth Olympic
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      Businesses get YOG buzz
      481 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There were hurdles to overcome, but a number of retailers are now set to make the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) a major part of the shopping experience for the rest of the month. Discounts, screenings of the opening ceremony, exhibitions and
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      More than 300 train trips added for the Games
      170 6 SINGAPORE More than 300 train trips will be added on Aug 14 and Aug 26 the opening and closing ceremonies of the Youth Olympic Games for spectators and participants to get home after the events. For the opening ceremony on Saturday,
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      Lock icon DISRUPTIONS FOR NTU STUDENTS, STAFF
      195 6 HETTY MUSFIRAH Students and staff at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are seeing disruptions to their daily routine, astheircampus houses the Youth Olympic Village. Security is tight only vehicles with labels are allowed in, and the entrance along Jalan Bahar and the nearby round-about have
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      Lock icon Mercy Relief sends aid to Pakistan
      240 9  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s humanitarian group, Mercy Relief, have been racing against time to deliver aid to 14 million flood victims in Pakistan. Last Sunday, the non-government organisation brought five units of ultrafiltration water systems worth US$15,000 ($20,000) into Peshawar, one of the
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      Lock icon Pakistan flood victims are ‘fasting forcibly, and mourning losses’
      426 9 Flood toll rises as international aid trickles in slowly AGENCIES SUKKUR (Pakistan) Pakistani officials battling the most destructive floods in the country’s history have appealed for urgent deliveries of food, shelter and medicine for 14 million displaced people, as one aid
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      Lock icon Directors fined for not paying workers
      225 9 ZULOTHMAN SINGAPORE The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has hauled to court six companies and four directors from the construction and marine industries for failing to pay workers their salaries. Facing the highest number of charges yesterday was Mr Bala Subramaniam Muniandy, the director of
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      Lock icon SHORTER ROAD CLOSURES FOR THIS YEAR’S FORMULA 1 RACE
      116 9 STB Come Sept 24, Singapore will again play host to the Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. As with the previous two races, the roads affected will be closed to allow time for the various infrastructural requirements to be put in
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      Lock icon MBS, IPBA to ‘make love, not war’
      276 11 LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE After a number of public exchanges, a lawsuit and a counter-suit they have indeed decided to “make love rather than war”. In a joint statement released yesterday evening, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) said
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      Man denied of tax relief as it was not cash donation
      446 11  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He had a receipt for a tax deduction, but had not been given the tax relief. In fact, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) did not have a record of his receipt, said Mr
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      Lock icon ‘Technology is the key to rebooting institutions’
      502 13  -  Chairman of think-tank nGenera Insight wants universities and other institutions to be redesigned ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In University 2.0, the teaching faculty are not assessed by their research but by their ability to teach. And this means, instead of just lecturing, professors
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      Meet the new Civil Service head
      358 13 Peter Ong to take over from Peter Ho on Sept 1 SINGAPORE Singapore will have a new Head of Civil Service from Sept 1. He is Mr Peter Ong, who is currently Permanent Secretary in the Finance Ministry, a post that he will continue
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      Lock icon $3.8m worth of scholarships given out at Creative Industries
      223 15 S RAMESH SINGAPORE Scholarships and bursaries, worth about $3.8 million have been given out under this year’s creative and arts industries awards. Two scholars from the Singapore Police Force also received their awards yesterday. Jonathan Lim Eng Sze and Zhang Yi
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      Man jailed 11 weeks for assaulting bus driver
      254 15  -  ZULOTHMAN ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He boarded a bus intoxicated and got angry with the SBS bus captain for apparently ignoring him. So, coffee shop helper Lam Wee Yang (picture) swung a plastic bag containing a packet of food and an alarm
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      Tiger Balm products safe: Health Sciences Authority
      323 16  -  No reports of any adverse local reactions associated with use of the NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tiger Balm products may continue to be sold here and there are no major safety concerns, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) three days after the popular
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      THE BEST CAMCORDERS ... JUST GOT BETTER!
      261 16 THE BEST CAMCORDERS JUST GOT BETTER! Canon Delighting You Always ENJOY UP TO $4CC IN CHOICE VOUCHERS OTHER FREE GIFTS WITH A STYLISH LEGRIA CAMCORDER PURCHASE! FOILED: CIGARETTE-SMUGGLING Customs and immigration officials have seized 34,750 packets of contraband cigarettes worth more than $300,000. Six men five Malaysians and one Singaporean
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      $3m Singapore-French research on TB
      214 16 SINGAPORE A research laboratory to study the highly infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB), will be set up at the Biopolis in Singapore. It is a joint effort by A*Star’s Singapore Immunology Network and French bio-industrial group Institut Merieux. Together, they will pump $3 million into the
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      21 6 >> OLYMPIC THRILLER 34 >> S’PORE’S FOOTBALL BOYS FIRED UP 35 >> ONTO THE WORLD STAGE 36 >> IN THE COMPANY OF A YOUNG GIANT
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      158 7 CANON PRESENTS YOUTH INACTION Today photographers capture the spirit and action of one of the biggest youth sports events of the year The rain did little to dampen the spirits of the runners. Shot with the EF70-200mm at 1/320s at Setting the stage for the arrival of the Flame and
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      8 11 MAN JAILED FOR ASSAULT ON BUS DRIVER PAGE
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  • VOICES
    • When a right answer is wrong
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        Marking rigidity stumps creativity
        286 17  -  Letter from Jenny Ang I REFER to the letter by Chan Wai Piew on the rigidity of schools’ marking criteria, “Incomprehensible comprehension” (Aug 11), and wish to share my similar experience. My son is appearing for the PSLE exams this year and last month, I attended
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        White sheets, glass houses
        171 17  -  Letter from Chin KeeThou I AM neither puzzled nor amused by the letter “Incomprehensible comprehension” (Aug 11), on how English is being taught in our schools. I recall once when my daughter, who was then in Primary 3, used the simile “as pale as a grub”
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      173 19 a. mes s from Singapore MAKING BEDTIME SPECIAL Getting kids to bed can often feel like pulling teeth. But not if you work at making bedtime special. Instead of ending the day by coaxing your kids into bed, why not come up with some fun bedtime
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      Walking, waiting time considered
      140 19  -  Letter from Corrine Ng Communications Vice President, Corporate Communications Transit Link Pte Ltd WE REFER to the letter, “Tripped up by route planner”, by Mr David Soh Poh Huat (July 30). We have corrected the fares displayed in the Public Transport Journey Planner for journeys from
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      Lock icon Another flag we can hang
      145 19  -  Letter from Patrick Wong FookSeng THERE have been rallying cries to get Singaporeans into the spirit of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG). May I propose a very simple thing that many Singaporeans can do? Put up a YOG flag. This year, I have seen the
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      Lock icon Thank you for sharing the joy
      135 19  -  Letter from Elaine and Peter Shutt ALL Singaporeans should be very proud! Your 45th birthday celebrations confirmed the generosity, the inspiration and the industry of Singaporeans in producing celebrations that other countries would never be able to match. The generosity of Singaporeans is legendary,
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      510 17 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices mo LOU PR©UD 30 July to 31 August 2010 Till 31 August Step inside and behold our very own pride of peacocks the works of 45 handpicked local artists, each tasked with transforming a cookie-cutter peacock into an
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon The great brain race
      950 21  -  Education protectionism is as big a mistake as trade protectionism BEN WILDAVSKY The writer is a senior fellow in research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation and author of The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World. PROJECT SYNDICATE For decades, research universities
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      What’s fair value when returning a favour?
      786 23  -  YAN YOK Yan Zhang is Assistant Professor in Marketing, NUS Business School, specialising in consumer psychology and social cognition. This article is based on her research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, in collaboration with Nicholas Epley at the University
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      Lock icon 10 targets for Inception dream team
      877 25  -  WILLIAM PESEK The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG The dream thriller Inception is quite the mind bender. Few films in recent memory provoked more chatter than this cor-porate-espionage tale featuring Leonardo DiCaprio implanting an idea into
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      121 22 A> SiN^APoeeZOlO YOUTH- OLYMPIC C55; Vk-o j H i'Mltti llliliiy],,:; ii; i'.ivi I! Pi t. i: if 11 ill k tS.!, ts«SRiffi li I li liH Ll Imil t',4 Land Transport^^Authority EPPSL rwmmM J/VE V- > ®S5 lis® Wfppsf -v to Youth Olympic Games vehicles on the Youth Olympic Lane
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Tamil Tigers won’t be let loose in Canada
      304 27 Authorities will intercept ship from Sri Lanka as they believe passengers may include ‘terrorists’ AGENCIES TORONTO The Canadian authorities said they will intercept a ship carrying up to 500 Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka before it reaches the coast because the
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      Lock icon Rain adds to misery of flood survivors
      223 27 AP ZHOUQU Overnight thunderstorms brought fresh misery to a remote area of Gansu province in north-west China yesterday, as the death toll from weekend flooding and massive landslides rose to 1,117. The rains triggered fresh mudslides, leaving five more missing, and another swollen
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      Lock icon Malaysian state launches its own dinar and dirhams
      248 27 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Kelantan state yesterday launched the Islamic dinar and dirham as an alternative currency, allowing the golden and silver coins to be used as legal tender alongside conventional banknotes. The authorities in the northern state, which is ruled by
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      Lock icon US sticks to Iraq timetable, despite warnings
      258 31 AFP WASHINGTON Despite warnings from Iraq’s top officer, the United States said it would stick to its drawdown schedule and suggested just “dozens” of US Embassy troops might remain in Baghdad after 2011. There are now 64,000 American soldiers in Iraq, but this
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      Lock icon Put Osama’s ex-cook in jail for 14 years: Jury
      284 31 AP GUANTANAMO BAY (Cuba) Ajury has recommended a 14year sentence for Osama bin Laden’s former cook, though he could be released much sooner under a plea bargain. Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi of Sudan (picture) pleaded guilty last month to supporting
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      Lock icon TERROR SUSPECTS HAVE TIES WITH BASHIR: MALAYSIA
      116 31 AP Malaysia said the three suspected militants arrested on Wednesday, including two Malaysians and an Indonesian, were believed to have ties with radical Indonesian clericAbu Bakar Bashir. The Malaysians were identified as Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Junaid, a 70-year-old businessman, and contractor Samsul Hamidi,
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      Lock icon More Britons choosing to work beyond 65
      408 32 Recession-hit pensions a driving factor THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The number of people in Britain working beyond the age of 65 is rising fast, official figures indicate, as thousands of pensioners attempt to boost their income in retirement. In the last three months,
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      Lock icon Germans see red over retirement at 70
      210 32 AP BERLIN Germans are famous for being hard workers but retiring at 70? That’s the prescription of two think-tanks, which say more years of toil are inevitable due to stubbornly low birthrates and the ballooning costs of the cradle-to-grave welfare system in a
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      Lock icon The mystery of the missing centenarians
      145 32 AFP TOKYO Nearly 200 Japanese centenarians are missing, officials said yesterday, with the total likely to rise amid a nationwide search after the discovery of the 30-year-old corpse of a man registered as aged 111. In the western city of Kobe alone, the whereabouts
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      Lock icon Record fine for speeding record
      158 33 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BERN A Swedish motorist is facing the world’s biggest speeding fine of £650,000 ($1.39 million) after being caught driving at close to 300kmh on a Swiss motorway. The 37-year-old Swedish man was driving at two-and-a-half times the speed limit and police said he
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      Lock icon He sees a ‘children’s peace forest’ in N Korea
      212 33 AP BEIJING A 13-year-old American plans to visit North Korea and perhaps meet its leader Kim Jong Il to pitch his idea for a “children’s peace forest” in the demilitarised zone that separates North and South Korea. Jonathan Lee (picture) was
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      Lock icon China’s hospitals are dangerous places to work
      383 35 THE NEW YORK TIMES SHENYANG Forget the calls by many Chinese patients for more honest, betterqualified doctors. What this city’s 27 public hospitals really needed was police officers, the authorities decided last month. The goal was to keep disgruntled patients and their relatives
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      Lock icon Bone marrow cells to treat children with skin disease
      237 35 AFP WASHINGTON In two ground breaking studies published on Wednesday, doctors have used adult stem cells from bone marrow to help heal children with a killer skin disease and to repair injured lungs. Researchers from the University of Minnesota used bone
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      ‘GRANDDAD BANDIT’ CAPTURED
      102 35 The man dubbed the “Granddad Bandit” by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who was suspected in 25 bank robberies across 13 American states was captured on Wednesday at his home after a lengthy standoff. The FBI identified him forthe first time as 52-year-old Michael Francis Mara
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      333 35 Noise Singapore celebrates the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games with two exciting weeks of art, photography and music by young people in Singapore! Drop by the many Noise exhibitions packed with youthful creativity and high energy concerts taking place around Singapore. For those suffering from the Great Singapore Sale withdrawal
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Olympic thriller at Jalan Besar
      479 39  -  Iranian girls give their all, but Turks take the points as historic Games kick off SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES GIRLS’ FOOTBALL, GROUP A Turkey 4 Iran 2 SINGAPORE Iran’s Behnaz Taherkhani needed a second try to properly kick-off the first bit of sporting
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      Lock icon The flame that unites, and inspires
      357 39  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE The Youth Olympic flame had already spent four days journeying through the Republic, but it was still burning strong yesterday, continuing to ignite passion and unite people here. Brunei swimmer Amanda Liew only arrived in Singapore on Wednesday night, but she
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      Lock icon Singapore’s football boys fired up
      624 40  -  Kadir confident hosts will put on a good show, players eager to get at Zimbabweans IAN DECOTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg YOUTH OLYMPIC FOOTBALL, GRP D Singapore v Zimbabwe (Jalan Besar Stadium, 8.45pm) SINGAPORE Zimbabwe’s boast they will run riot over hosts Singapore in the opening Group D
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      Lock icon It’s all about me and the clock, says Odean
      310 40  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Headphones plugged into his Samsung phone, Jamaican 100m sprinter Odean Skeen did a little dance as he warmed down to dancehall music at the Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) sports complex yesterday. The 16-year-old has been in Singapore
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      Lock icon Taekwondo helped these girls stay on the straight and narrow
      400 41  -  LIYANA LOW sports@mediacorp.com.sg DILI For the two taekwondo exponents from Timor Leste, the fight to wear the colours of the nation at the Youth Olympic Games included facing down gangsters who wanted to pick a fight. Teen violence is rampant
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      Lock icon From scrubland, onto the world stage
      598 41  -  Ribeiro may not win anything, but he is the perfect poster boy for the Youth Olympics MAVIS GOH sports@mediacorp.com.sg DILI He can barely afford the one-hour bus ride to the training ground, but over the last few months Ribeiro Pinto de Carvalho has somehow
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      Lock icon In the company of a young giant
      576 42  -  Iran’s Alireza turns heads at NTU as he looks to emulate his hero LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He blew hot and hard before letting out a roar as he lifted the straining bar and moved into a squatting position. For a brief
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      Lock icon Balakrishnan confident Games’ venues will be popular with S’poreans
      508 42  -  PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When the Youth Olympic Games flame is doused on Aug 26, Singapore would have hosted 201 events in the 26 Olympic sports across 18 venues. Perhaps mindful of the lessons from some previous Olympic Games, the Ministry
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      Lock icon BLUES CLOSE IN ON BRAZILIAN SENSATION NEYMAR
      245 44 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Chelsea are closing in on the signing of the exciting Brazilian striker Neymarfor between £20 million ($42.8 million) and £25 million. The Premier League champions’ chief scout, Michael Emenalo, was in New Jersey to watch the 18-year-old score for his
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      Lock icon UNITED SIGN UNHERALDED PORTUGUESE GEM
      174 44 THE GUARDIAN Manchester United have spent £7.4 million ($15.8 million) to sign Tiago Manuel Dias Correia, otherwise known as Bebe, a relatively unknown 20-year-old from the Portuguese clubVitoria deGuimaraes.The deal was finalised today, with the player becoming the eighth senior striker at the club. United
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      Lock icon A roaring start, then it’s back to same old Tiger
      634 44 AP SHEBOYGAN With a quick return to the top of the leaderboard, Tiger Woods seemed to be restoring some order to the golf world. By the end of the afternoon, Woods was sliding down that board and the PGA Championship
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      ONE DAY TO THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE KICK-OFF
      161 45 Today predicts how the final table will look, finishing with the top four on Saturday. Yesterday we previewed Newcastle (12th), West Ham (11th), Blackburn (10th) and Aston Villa (9th) Fulham Craven Cottage Mark Hughes 12th 8th AGENCIES 500:1 Aug 14 Bolton (A)
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      130 40 YOUR SPORTING FIX BASEBALL 7am MLB Dodgers vs Phillies (mioTV Ch 117) TOMORROW 8am MLB Yankees vs Royals (mioTV Ch 117) FOOTBALL 8.45am SA Cup Santos vs Avai (Ch222) TOMORROW 2.25am Friendly Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid (Ch222) 7am Brasileirao Botafogo vs Atletico MG (Ch222) CRICKET 5.45pm U-19 England vs
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      169 44 Goodies with your copy of Health Weekly! Get a 250ml MARIGOLD PEEL FRESH PowerVeggies Fruits™ Juice FREE vol buy a copy of Health Wi the following outlets: Date: Aug 13, 2010 (Friday) Time: From 11am Venues: Newsstand at Tanjong Pagar MRT Exit A i-weekly kiosk at Amoy Street Delightfully fruity
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      153 55 ELLE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OUT HO U>! O > s YOUR NEW WARDROBE STARTS HERE OFTHEBEST CAMELCOATS, LEGGYTROUSERS, COSY KNITS &SWISHY SKIRTS plus THEHANDBAG FASHION EDITORS ARE PAYING FULL PRICE FOR IS YOUR BODY CLOCK RUINING M YOUR LOVE LIFE?! BORED WITH YOUR MAKEUP? 10 SMOKIN' RUNWAY TRENDS TOTRY SEPTEMBER 2010
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      453 53 BLUEPRINT FOR INVESTMENT QUESTION FROM BILL TAY I bought a 8,788 sq ft detached house in Pasir Ris Beach Park with a balance of 67 years in the tenure. Can you advise me on the following: Is it worthwhile to build a pair of semi-detached houses with a development charge
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      Lock icon Will F&N finally be split in three?
      845 53  -  COMMENTARY Kirin’s investment spurs talk that property arm may be hived off and it is certainly strong enough to stand on its own CONRAD RAJ The writer is editor-at-large at Today. conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The entry of Kirin Holdings, one of Japan’s largest brewers, as
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      1079 54 Coming to a screen near you CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM THE NEW YORK TIMES IF EVER a building threaded itself into the hallowed history of New York City, it is the red brick town house at 41 Charlton Street, framed by lustrous wrought-iron railings topped with little pineapples, a symbol of hospitality.
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      Lock icon Societe Generale to double real estate loan allocation in Asia
      622 55 Move driven by economic viability in property sector, with focus on Japan BLOOMBERG PARIS Societe Generale, France’s secondlargest bank, plans to more than double the amount it lends for real-estate transactions in Asia to meet rising demand for investments. The
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      Each with a class of its own
      560 56  -  Sentosa Cove and Nassim cater to different lifestyle options: JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The posh Sentosa Cove residential area is often compared with other luxury property places like Nassim Road on the Singapore mainland. But analysts said it is hard to compare the
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      Condo comeback
      502 57  -  Government to ramp up flat supply for middle-income home buyers JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The executive condominium (EC) market looks set to stir when new projects are launched over the next three to six months. According to property consultancy CB Richard Ellis, ECs are making a comeback after
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      DORSETT RESIDENCES BY TANG SUITES
      156 57 Property developer Tang Suites’ latest project is the six-storey Dorsett Residences, located in Chinatown. The 68 units have average indicative prices of $1,800 per square foot. The luxury property is part of a mixed development, which combines commercial retail space with the 285-room Dorsett Regency
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      NO BIDS RECEIVED FOR EC SITE AT JURONG WEST
      236 57 Despite a buzz generated by a resurgence of the executive condominiums (EC) in the coming months, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has received no bids at the close of the tender for an EC site at Jurong West Street 42
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    Lock icon Speculators — are they making a comeback?
    742 52  - Speculators are they making a comeback? COMMENTARY Recent launch prices for condos in outlying areas way above existing properties’ COLIN TAN COLIN TAN property@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. The confirmation of the positive numbers for the private residential sector in Singapore for
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  • MARKETBUZZ
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      WIND DOWN
      102 51 Wotif.com, an online accommodation portal, has made taking a break more attractive! From Aug 16 to 20, it will offer exclusive deals on hotels across Asia, combining the best available rates on the market to round off a perfect vacation as part of its Take 5, 5-Day Sale.
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      WANT TO WIN $20,000?
      160 51 Budding investors stand to win up to $20,000 in Macquarie’s annual Warrant Hotshot Trading contest. Now in its fourth year, the contest aims to educate investors about the warrants market. Participants start with a hypothetical cash amount of $100,000 and are able to trade Macquarie Bank-issued
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      THE DELICIOUS TASTE OF FASHION
      162 51 Have you tried the new mooncake flavour from The Regent Hotel? Called Parma Ham And Pork Floss with Assorted Nuts, the name says it all: This mooncake consists of premium 24-month cured parma ham and a generous serving of assorted nuts, white sesame, winter melon
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      THE FIRST JOBEL
      152 51 Jobel Lifestyle a one-stop yacht charter service celebrates its first birthday this August. And everyone gets to share their momentous occasion. Just for the month of Aug, enjoy up to 20 per cent off published rates for all charters. And, for a cruise of 11 persons, you
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      CAM YOU DO IT?
      112 51 Attention, photographers: Here’s your chance to be a part of history and walk away with $20,000 in cash as Nikon and MediaCorp get set to make The Big Shot, Singapore’s first photography reality TV show. It will premiere on Nov 24 at 9pm on MediaCorp Channel
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      WILD WILD WET TURNS SIX
      172 51 To celebrate its sixth anniversary, water theme park Wild Wild Wet is offering the first 60 guests an entry fee of just 60 cents (usual price: $15.50) on all weekends in August! If you’re not one of the first 60, fret not a special bundled
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      COUGHING FIX
      116 51 The cacophony of coughs, sniffles and wheezes can be heard everywhere. The flu season is upon us and the fickle weather is not helping. For a touch of relief, turn to the Huiji Herbalmint cough syrup. This non-drowsy remedy is concocted with 100 per cent all-natural herbs with
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      82 50 BflKERZfn JLOJJZ- ADEXTR, JLOJJLSTOREWIDE 30% CAKES, DESSERTS, BEVERAGES MEMBERS' EXCLUSIVE: ENJOY AN ADDITIONAL 10% DISCOUNT! Till 3 I st August 20 I 0 Prices are subject to service charge and GST where applicable. Not valid with other promotions, offers and privileges. Strictly no takeaways for classic desserts. *Not applicable for
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      127 49 INTERIOR DESIGN CHEW http://www.chewinterior.com m i r '/h/h(r JZ y/y, n /r good service creative design after sales service a company you can trust free magazine 2010/11 collection! RENOVATE FIRST PAY LATER! (For selling house En Bloc owners) BANK LOAN: low interest rate 3%* OUR PROMISE: Handover on time Direct
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      10 49 THE CHINESE ARE $1.87 TRILLION RICHER THAN THEY CLAIM PAGE
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      CDL’s Q2 profit up 17.6 percent
      304 47  -  JULIE QUEK AND MOK FEI FEI juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Property giant City Developments (CDL) earned $164.6 million in the second quarter, a 17.6-per-cent jump from the corresponding period a year earlier, as a result of higher contributions from its residential and hotel divisions. CDL’s revenue
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      DOW
      58 47 THURSDAY CLOSE 10,319.95 (-0.57%) Wednesday 10,378.83 q 2.49% Tuesday 10,644.25 q 0.51% Monday 10,698.75 p 0.42% Friday 10,653.56 q 0.20% NYSE TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Citigroup 335.3m $3.87 p 0.52% Bank of America 146.7m $13.06 q 0.97% Ford 68m $12.27 q 1.13% General Electric 58.2m
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      FOREX
      21 47 US$1 $1.362 US$1 £0.642 US$1 €0.780 US$1 ¥85.889 US$1 A$1.119 US$1 HK$7.770 All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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    • OVERNIGHT
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        100 47 US slips, Europe rises US stocks fell after an unexpected rise in unemployment claims added to evidence the recovery is weakening. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.57 per cent to 10,319.95, the tech-rich Nasdaq composite index slipped 0.83 per cent to 2,190.27, while the broader Standard
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        OIL
        62 47 Prices dip World oil prices fell sharply for the third straight day amid market fears that demand will shrink against the backdrop of a possible global economic slowdown. New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in September, tumbled US$2.28 to US$75.74. London’s Brent North Sea crude for
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      Lock icon Kan’s efforts set to falter
      438 47 Japan PM may need to shift focus in his push to pare world’s biggest debt BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan’s economy may have expanded at the slowest pace in three quarters, adding to evidence the global recovery is faltering and undermining Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s efforts to
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      Resorts World cash cow for Genting
      248 48 SINGAPORE Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), one of two integrated resorts (IRs) here with a casino, is raking in the money for mainboard‑listed Genting Singapore. Genting Singapore yesterday said it made a profit of nearly $397 million in the second quarter ended June, a sharp
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      Sembcorp earnings up despite lower turnover
      287 48  -  JONATHAN PEERIS jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Conglomerate Sembcorp Industries yesterday said its second quarter net prof‑it rose 13.6 per cent from the corresponding period last year to about $161 million, despite revenue for the period falling 12.2 per cent to $2.1 billion. Sembcorp recorded a 27‑per‑cent
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      Lock icon US job woes worsen
      188 48 AP WASHINGTON The United States employment picture is looking bleaker as applications for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in al‑most six months. This indicates that hiring remains weak in the world’s largest economy and employ‑ers are still cutting their staff. First‑time claims
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      Noble Group profit down 65% on costs
      291 49 Gloucester Coal revaluation gain contributed to profit inflation SINGAPORE Noble Group, the commodity supplier backed by China Investment Corp, said sec-ond-quarter profit plunged 65 per cent after costs rose and as last year's income was inflated by a revaluation gain. Net income fell
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      Lock icon WILMAR IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE STAKE IN KENCANA
      100 49 AGENCIES Commodities firm KencanaAgri said it was in talks with fellow commodities player Wilmar on a possible investment of a minority stake by the latter in Kencana. Kencana Agri said an announcement would be made as soon as an agreement is reached.
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      SOILBUILD SEES RISE IN Q2 PROFIT, REVENUE DIP
      98 49 Property developer Soilbuild said its second-quarter profit rose 66 per cent on-year to $32.7 million, although revenue fell 24 per cent to $73.6 million. The dip in profit was partly offset by fair value gains recognised on revaluation of two projects currently
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      DROP IN INDOFOOD Q2 NET PROFIT, EXPENSES UP
      114 49 Mainboard-listed commodities firm Indofood Agri said its second-quarter net profit came in at 235 billion rupiah ($36 million), a 65.5-per-cent drop from the 682 billion rupiah it earned in the year-ago period. The lower earnings were mainly due to lower foreign exchange
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      Lock icon PARKWAY POSTS GAIN IN OPERATING PROFIT
      89 49 BLOOMBERG Parkway Holdings posted a 25-per-cent gain in secondquarter operating profit after admissions at its hospitals increased. Profit rose to $37.5 million in the three months ended June 30, from $30.1 million a year earlier, Parkway, Asia’s biggest hospital operator, said yester- day. Second-quarter
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      Lock icon Prudential ‘refocused on organic
      255 50 DOW JONES LONDON British insurer Prudential, which failed in its US$35.5 billion ($48.4 billion) bid for AIA Group, the Asian arm of American International Group Inc, said yesterday it will focus on its organic growth strategy and ruled out putting up another bid for AIA. “We
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      Lock icon Chinese — $1.87 trillion richerthan they claim
      380 50 Chinese $1.87 trillion richerthan they claim ‘Grey income’, mostly ill-gotten, comprises 30% of China’s GDP: Study BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s households hide as much as 9.3 trillion yuan ($1.87 trillion) of income that is not reported in official figures, with 80 per cent accrued by the wealthiest people, a study showed.
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      59 47 IN OUR PROPERTY SECTION CHESTERTON SUNTEC INTERNATIONAL SPECULATORS: MAKING A COMEBACK? B6 CONRAD RAJ WILL F&N BE SPLIT INTHREE? B 7 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMING TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU B8 CAN SENTOSA BE COMPARED TO NASSIM AREA? B10 vSlim Sponsored by: S1 i m m i n g
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      35 59 Today is published by MediaCorp Press Ltd, Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Annex Building, Level 1, Andrew Road, Singapore *****9 Tel: 6333 3888. Printed by KHL Printing Co Pte Ltd, 57, Loyang Drive, Singapore *****8. Tel: *****222
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      53 60 AUGUST 13, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF PARIS HILTON SUED FOR WEARING SOMEONE ELSE’S HAIR. >> T2 EVANGELINE LILLY IS LOST NO MORE. >> T4 MEET THE PRETTY FACES OF THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES’ COVERAGE. >> T6 YOUNG, TECH-SAVVY AND ON AN ALLOWANCE. HOW KIDS TODAY CAN LIVE A FABULOUS DIGITAL
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      Lock icon Paris sued for wrong hair
      270 61 Girl trouble #1 AP PARIS Hilton was sued on Wednesday for allegedly wearing someone else’s hair. A company that manufactures hair extensions claimed the 29-year-old socialite breached her contract to wear and promote their product when she sported the fake locks of a competitor in
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      217 61 Girl trouble #2 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH THE judge who sent Lindsay Lohan to prison has removed herself from the case after a prosecutor complained she improperly contacted experts or participants in the case privately. Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel removed herself last Friday, court spokesman Allan Parachini
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      Lock icon Feeling Lost
      623 63  -  Evangeline Lilly comes to terms with the end of Lost Michelle Ann Kwara michelleann@mediacorp.com.sg LOSTIES, break out your hankies! The sixth and final season of Lost features 18 episodes for you to savour every moment on screen, before all is, well, lost. It’s been six years since Lost
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      Lock icon Police thought Fantasia attempted suicide
      271 64 AP POLICE believed they were responding to an attempted suicide after American Idol winner Fantasia (picture) overdosed on aspirin and other pills at her home in Charlotte, but her manager said she wasn’t trying to kill herself. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police report released on Wednesday did
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      Lock icon Voices of YOG
      286 65 MAY SEAH ASYOU follow the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) telecasts on TV, five friendly hosts will have you cheering along.They come prettily pre-packaged with a range of ages and expertise, and they’re easy on the eye. From 1pm to 8pm daily, Candice Miller and Paul Sng will
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