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    43 1 VMCH£ RHW MICA (P) 162/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 August 14 -15, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Articles Selected for weekend Today A Publication of MediaCorp Saturday, auguSt 14, 2010 MICA (P) 149/07/2010 Copyright 2010 The New York Times
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    Lock icon South Asia 'superbug' claims its first victim
    463 1  -  ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ESTHER NG AFP BRUSSELS A Belgian man died from a drug-resistant “superbug” originating in South Asia, a doctor said on Friday. It is the first reported death from the bacteria, as fears it could spread worldwide were reinforced after three
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    Lock icon Few imagined we could ...
    660 1  - Few imagined we could LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For more than 17 years, after the last SEA Games were held here in 1993, Singaporeans have not had reason to pack stadiums and sports halls around the island. Now they do. On Friday, the Youth Olympic flame reached the Marina
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    Lock icon Is there sports renaissance in the offing?
    1748 2  -  THE BIG STORY We have big dreams, big infrastructure, the big bucks to drive it now to recapture the sporting spirit NICHOLAS FANG The writer is a former national fencer and triathlete and is currently president of Fencing Singapore and president of the
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon IOC HONOURS PM
      153 4 For his ‘great zeal and passion with respect to the hosting of the first Youth Olympic Games’ in the words of International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was conferred the Gold Olympic Order at the Istana on Friday. The Order is
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      Lock icon OLYMPIC WALK LAUNCHED
      113 4 HETTY MUSFIRAH The Olympic Walk to mark the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore was launched on Friday at the Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade. Some 900 students and school officials joined members from the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to dedicate 210 trees. Speaking at the event, Deputy
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      Lock icon 2,600 medical personnel deployed for YOG
      408 4 NG JING YNG SINGAPORE The number of non-emergency surgical procedures has slightly declined with the onset of the Hungry Ghost Month, putting hospitals in a better position to cope with the load imposed by the Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan,
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      Two car parks increase rates during Games
      340 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At least two buildings in the Marina Bay area have raised car park charges by more than 50 per cent during the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), a MediaCorp check of 20 car parks has revealed. Instead of the
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      HFMD spread: Kindergarten closed
      347 6  -  More than 900 cases of HFMD were reported last week, bringing the total to 18,007 this year 67 per cent higher than the same period last year. NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) is on the rise again here, with a
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      Lock icon ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN AND WOMEN
      159 6 The four new President’s Scholars not only aced their studies they also found time to serve the community. On Friday, Ms ChowYi Ling, Ms Sharon Tan Xin Hui, Mr Joshua Goh Koon Leong and Mr Joshua Rene Jeyaraj received their President Scholarships from President
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      Longer jail term sought for Fricker
      237 6  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The prosecution has appealed to the High Court to either double or triple Swiss national Oliver Fricker’s two-month jail term for trespassing. Deputy Senior State Counsel Kan Shuk Weng told the court on Friday that Fricker’s current two-month sentence was
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      High Court rejects man’s third appeal to spare his life
      214 6  -  ZULOTHMAN ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The High Court has rejected convicted drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong’s petition for a judicial review of the clemency process his lawyer’s third bid to save him from the gallows, But the 22-year-old’s fate is
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      Lock icon COMPUTER FORENSICS EXPOSED SPORE’S BIGGEST GST FRAUD
      95 6 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A manager of a company dealing in mobile phones has been jailed for 54 months and ordered to pay a penalty of nearly $17.1 million in Singapore’s biggest GST fraud case so far. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore said 43-year-old
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      Lock icon FIVE YOUTHS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED OUTRAGE OF MODESTY
      157 6 ZUL OTHMAN Five youths, aged 17 to 20, were convicted in the High Court on Friday of committing aggravated outrage of modesty on a 17-year-old girl on Dec 26, 2008. Before sentencing, Justice Chan Seng Onn told Muhammad Shafie Ahmad Abdullah, 19;
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      230 8 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices m Miele Anything else is a compromise ANNIVERSARY Presenting the limited 111 th Anniversary Edition Laundrycare in celebration of our 111 years of excellence Since the inception of the first washing machine in 1901, Miele has continued to
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  • VOICES
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      Lock icon Fare system misnomer
      197 8  -  Letter from StephenTan Heng Chua I READ with interest the story on fare anomalies on our public transport system “Circle Line fare anomalies?” (Aug 13). Going by the Public Transport Council’s (PTC) explanation, the “distanced-based fare system” seems to have become a misnomer overnight, with the revelation
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      MORE DESKTOPS PLEASE FOR SILVER GEN
      105 8  -  LETTER FROM IVAN CHEW The Infocomm Development Authority Singapore must be applauded for launching the Silver Gen PC Specials initiative, where a selected range of personal computers is offered to senior citizens at exclusive prices and bundled with value-added products. However, most of the
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      HOST OF PROBLEMS AT JURONG EAST SWIMMING COMPLEX
      125 8  -  LETTER FROM ROYLIM I visited Jurong East Swimming Complex on Sunday. Granted it was both a weekend and eve of a public holiday, hence the overwhelming crowd but it seems the facilities had been in a state of disrepair for quite a
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      574 9 ADVERTISING FEATURE go with the world's first Youth Olympic Games Prepaid card Visa Prepaid cards offer a secure, convenient alternative to cash and cheques by giving you a better way to make everyday purchases, pay bills and receive deposits. You may load any amount onto the card to make payments
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon The end of an open Internet
      960 10  -  Tiered system will replace a level playing field, with Google/Verizon accord RICH JAROSLOVSKY The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG This week’s joint statement from Google and Verizon Communications means the Internet is finally growing up. Damn
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      Lock icon Paralysis at the Fed
      817 11  -  Why is Bernanke just as passive now as the Bank of Japan was a decade ago? PAUL KRUGMAN The writer is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008. NEW YORK TIMES Ten years ago,
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      Lock icon Count me out of the insanity
      896 11  -  48 hours at the Shanghai Expo makes one wonder: What has it accomplished? PAUL GILFEATHER The writer is the principal correspondent at Today. gilfeather@mediacorp.com.sg There may be some things worse than having to attend the unfeasibly gigantic event that is World Expo 2010, but
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Myanmar to hold election on Nov 7
      370 14 AGENCIES YANGON Myanmar announced on Friday it will hold its first election in two decades on Nov 7, a vote critics have dismissed as a sham designed to cement the junta’s military rule. The date was yet another symbolic blow to pro-democracy leader
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      Lock icon NEW MUDSLIDES RAISE DEATH TOLL IN CHINA
      127 14 AP Storm-induced mudslides have hit parts of south-west China’s Sichuan province, killing five people and leaving 500 others stranded in the rural mountain areas in Mianzhu county. The latest disaster has pushed up the death toll from flooding across China that has left
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      Lock icon Bandits loot from Pakistan flood
      248 14 AGENCIES KARAMPUR Armed bandits are exacerbating the misery of Pakistan’s massive floods, stealing cattle and food from survivors, witnesses said on Friday. The United Nations also warned that the crisis was far from over, saying dams in southern Sindh province could still burst in the
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      Lock icon Iran set to fire up its nuclear plant
      371 14 AGENCIES MOSCOW Iran is to launch its first nuclear power reactor next week, despite demands from the United States to prevent the country from obtaining nuclear energy, said officials on Friday. Uranium fuel shipped by Russia will be loaded into the Bushehr
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      Lock icon M’sian court convicts siblings of church arson
      268 18 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian court sentenced two brothers to five years in prison on Friday for torching a church during the height of a dispute over whether non-Muslims can use the word “Allah” to refer to God. The Jan 7 torching of
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      Lock icon PITCHED BATTLE
      59 18 A masked Kashmiri protester trying to hit a stone thrown at him by paramilitary soldiers with a block of wood, during a protest in Srinagar in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday. Government forces opened fire at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew, killing a
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      Lock icon Parents who abandon babies face gallows?
      278 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian parents who abandon their newborns and leave them to die could face the gallows, as the authorities step up their response to a series of gruesome cases of abandoned babies. The government has reportedly agreed that baby dumping will now
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      Lock icon COMMONWEALTH GAMES ORGANISERS LOST $7M ON BROADCAST RIGHTS: INDIA’S GOVERNMENT AUDITOR
      208 18 AP India’s government auditor says it has found evidence that the head of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the top Indian organiser have been responsible for loss of revenue, financial irregularities and overpayments, news reports said. In a recent
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      Lock icon NORTH KOREA WANTS JAPAN TO APOLOGISE
      140 18 AP North Korea called on Japan to offer an apology and compensation for its harsh colonial rule, days after Tokyo apologised to South Korea for its annexation of the peninsula, without mentioning the North. North Koreans harbour deep resentment against Japan for mobilising Koreans
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      Lock icon TRIPLE MURDERS SPARK NEW GANG WAR FEARS
      168 18 AFP Two men were gunned down in a popular Melbourne bar area on Friday, several hours after the killing of a known crime figure sparked fears of a new gang war in the city’s notorious underworld. Macchour Chaouk, the patriarch of a Lebanese
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      Lock icon You must pea joking: Plant plucked from man’s lung
      201 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BOSTON A patient who was hospitalised with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: A pea plant had sprouted leaves in his lung. Mr Ron Sveden (picture), a retired teacher from Brewster, Massachusetts, in the United
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      Lock icon Google denies selling out on ‘Net neutrality’
      188 20 AFP SAN FRANCISCO Google is seeking to derail talk that it has “sold out” on the idea of ensuring all data is treated equally when it comes to routing traffic on the Internet. A legal framework for “Net neutrality” proposed this week by
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      Lock icon Google, Skype next targets on India’s hit list
      294 20 AGENCIES NEW DELHI India’s showdown with BlackBerry could reportedly widen to encompass Google and Skype after the government threatened to cut off core features of the popular smartphone on security grounds. Research In Motion (RIM), the BlackBerry’s Canadian maker, gave no indication
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      Lock icon HARVARD TOPS UNIVERSITY RANKINGS IN CHINA
      152 20 AFP Harvard topped a ranking of world universities published on Friday by a Shanghai college forthe eighth year running a list dominated by American institutions and sharply criticised in Europe. The University of California at Berkeley was second, followed by Stanford, according to the
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      Lock icon STABBING SPREE SUSPECT NABBED AT AIRPORT
      104 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH An Israeli man was arrested on Thursday in the United States where he is suspected of stabbing 20 people, killing five of them, in a three-month campaign of violence across three states. The stabbings happened on average once every four days
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      Lock icon DO YOU HAVE CHANGE FOR US$100,000?
      102 20 AP In an economic downturn, it might be tough to get your head around this: Rare sheets of US$100,000 notes, gold treasures dating back to the California Gold Rush era and government securities worth more than US$1 billion. Some 1,000 coin dealers and hundreds
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      Lock icon DELTA TO ALLOW PASSENGERS TO BOOK SEATS THROUGH FACEBOOK
      115 20 AP Delta Air Lines has launched a new “Ticket Window” on Facebook that will allow passengers to book seats directly on the social media site. It is the first time an airline has allowed customers to reserve flights on Facebook, although
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    Lock icon Ready for a world without antibiotics?
    1269 22  -  COMMENTARY SC ENCE A bedrock of modern medicine but in the near future, we’re going to have to learn to live without them SARAH BOSELEY THE GUARDIAN The era of antibiotics is coming to a close. In just a couple of generations, what once
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Riding on the dragon
      368 24  -  Pru Asset launches China equity fund, says property sector there not a bubble WONG SIEWYING siewying@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some market experts expect equity funds targeting China to enjoy yearly double-digit returns for the next five years. Four China-focused equity funds in Singapore recorded returns of up to
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      Wilmar earns $457.5 million in Q2
      230 24 SINGAPORE Singapore-listed Wilmar earned US$344.5 million ($457.5 million) in the second quarter, a 15-per-cent drop from the corresponding period a year earlier, hurt by lower margins and a US$41.7-million write-down in the valuation of its convertible bonds. Revenue for the quarter ended June rose
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE RETAIL SALES, EXCLUDING VEHICLES, RISE
      209 24 BLOOMBERG Singapore’s retail sales, excluding motor vehicles, rose for an eighth month in June as record economic growth and tourist arrivals spurred spending at department stores. The index measuring sales, excluding automobiles, climbed 5 per cent from a year earlier, after gaining a revised
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      COMFORTDELGRO’S Q2 NET PROFIT RISES 1.6%
      125 24 Local transport operator ComfortDelGro posted a 1.6-per-cent rise in its second quarter net profit to $58.2 million from a year ago. This came as revenue rose 4 per cent to $789.3 million. The growth was supported by a range of business segments, including its
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      F&N POSTS 13.9% ON-YEAR INCREASE IN Q3 NET PROFIT
      127 24 Conglomerate Fraser and Neave (F&N) has posted a 13.9-per-cent on-year increase in third quarter net profit to $132.7 million. Revenue for the three months ended June rose 7.6 per cent to $1.4 billion. F&N said its property arm registered higher earnings
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      Lock icon CHINA-S’PORE IN CONCERT
      106 25 The Media Development Authority (MDA) signed a letter of intent on Friday with the China Broadcasting Performance Arts Group (CBPAG) to co-host a televised concert, featuring well-loved film and television theme songs. The concert, tentatively slated to take place in Beijing on Sept 19, will be executive
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      Lock icon Superman Germany leads the way in Europe
      279 25 Economic growth in second quarter fastest since reunification AGENCIES BERLIN Germany’s economy grew in the second quarter at the fastest pace since reunification two decades ago, driving faster-than-forecast expansion in the 16-nation euro area, official data showed on Friday. German gross domestic product
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      Lock icon Rising yen a bigger risk than euro zone crisis
      182 25 AGENCIES TOKYO Bank of Japan board members last month indicated they were worried about the yen’s advance, a sign they saw the currency’s threat to exporters as a bigger economic risk than fallout from Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis. “With regard to the
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
  • SPORTS
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      Back in business
      907 26  -  COMMENTARY Premiership season returns with a few new buzzwords but same old money concerns DAVID NGIAU david@mediacorp. com.sg The writer is deputy sports editor at Today. It’ll be an interesting season for the Premiership after English football’s chastening summer. After a horrible World Cup, capped by a
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      TODAY'S EPL predictions
      59 26 Top four: Champions League 5th 7th: Europa League 18th 20th: 1 Manchester United 2 Chelsea 3 Liverpool 4 Arsenal 5 Manchester City 6 Tottenham 7 Everton 8 Fulham 9 Aston Villa 10 Blackburn 11 West Ham 12 Newcastle 13 Birmingham 14 Bolton 15 Sunderland 16 West Brom
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      Lock icon Wenger says he’s staying at the Emirates
      343 26 AFP LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (picture) revealed on Friday that he expects to pledge his future to the Gunners by signing a new contract shortly. Wenger will be out of contract at the end of this season and it had been suggested
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    • THE BIG KICK-OFF IS HERE
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        Man United
        63 27 Today has been running our prediction of how the final table will look, starting on Tuesday with the relegation candidates. We conclude with the top four teams in this weekend edition. Old Trafford Sir Alex Ferguson 2nd 1st AGENCIES 9:4 (3.25) Aug 16 Newcastle (H) Aug 22 Fulham
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        Chelsea
        33 27 Stamford Bridge Carlo Ancelotti 1st 2nd AGENCIES 8:5 (2.60) Aug 14 West Brom (H) Aug 21 Wigan (A) Aug 28 Stoke City (H) Sept 11 West Ham (A) Sept 19 Blackpool (H)
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        Liverpool
        32 27 Anfield Roy Hodgson 7th 3rd AGENCIES 12:1 (13.00) Aug 14 Arsenal (H) Aug 23 Manchester City (A) Aug 29 West Brom (H) Sept 12 Birmingham (A) Sept 19 Man United (A)
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        Arsenal
        30 27 Emirates Stadium Arsene Wenger 3rd 4th AGENCIES 6:1 (7.00) Aug 15 Liverpool (A) Aug 21 Blackpool (H) Aug 28 Blackburn (A) Sept 11 Bolton (H) Sept 18 Sunderland (A)
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      75 28 N* SiNWoee20t0 YOUTH- Olympictm Opening Ceremony 14 August, Tonight at 7.45pm 'Live' Daily 'Live' Games Action (Aug 15 to 25) lpm 3pm saktJO 3pm 5pm 3pm 8pm I LNOjr? Today At The Games (Aug 15 to 25) Daily 11pm Shiafi O MR R- Julian Low i I ■^R PaulSng Divian
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      566 29 > i > lpm, Wrestling [Live] Men's Prelims Finals [Greco-Roman] 2pm, Tennis [Live] Men's and Women's Prelims 3pm, Weightlifting Men's 56kg and Women's 48kg Finals uag 7.45pm, Opening Ceremony [Live from The Float Marina Bay] 3pm, Badminton [Live] Men's and Women's Prelims 5pm, Basketball Men's and Women's Prelims 6.30pm, Swimming
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  • SINGAPORE 2010 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
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      Lock icon Words of wisdom, courtesy of Ms Strug
      802 30 She delivered one of the most dramatic moments in the history of gymnastics at the Olympics and 16 years after the Atlanta Games, fans still can’t get enough of Kerri Strug’s compelling story. Battling searing pain from torn ligaments in her left ankle,
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      Lock icon Out of the way mate, we want to be top of the pile
      345 30  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE There could have been a grill going in the corner, a bowl of punch on a table covered with chequered tablecloth; it could have even been held in a garden with clowns giving out
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      Spirit of the Games
      106 31 Through the eyes of the Samsung Mobile Explorers Merly and Lyo making new friends in the heartlands. The Samsung Human Torch event: Lighting up the ‘torch’ formed by 2,010 students at Clarke Quay at 2010 hours on July 23. Samsung Youth Ambassador JJ Lin was one
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      713 32  -  COMMENTARY The Olympic atmosphere in the air has the ability to infect the whole nation LEONARD THOMAS leonard @mediacorp. com. sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. The opening ceremony of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games on Saturday night at
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      487 32  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two years ago, Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, making him the first man to reach the top step of the podium eight time in a single Games. It might never have happened if not
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      475 33  -  Football team put on stirring performance in a fitting tribute to their late coach SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BOYS’ FOOTBALL, GROUP D Singapore 3 Zimbabwe 1 SINGAPORE There were those who questioned if Singaporeans would embrace the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, but those doubts
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      195 33  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE At last year’s Asian Youth Games in Singapore, China’s table tennis prodigy Yin Hang won three gold medals. But there will probably be no repeat performance from him at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, which officially opens on Saturday.
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      120 33 Watch Out for the Sporting Moment Contest. Days to go 2 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST STRUG ‘LIVE’ ON SPORTSZONE The Youth Olympic Games are finally here with Singapore ready to play host to its biggest sporting event since the 1993 SEA Games. Nearly 3,600 young athletes will be competing in the
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      161 34 CANON PRESENTS YOUTH INACTION Today photographers capture the spirit and action of one of the biggest youth sports events of the year A display of team work at the Chile versus Trinidad and Tobago game. Shot with the EF300mm at 1/640s at Youth in Action Pitch fever reached a high
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      69 37 AUGUST 14 15, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF COLUMN GEORGINA CHANG: ROCK YOUR BODY, LADIES. >> T2 THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IS HERE. AND SO ARE THE CLOTHES. >> T4 FERRAN ADRIA SAVES THE WORLD TO EAT WELL, SAYS THE ICONIC CHEF, IS TO EAT WITH A CONSCIENCE. >> T2 WHO
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      818 38  -  THE FAIRERTEXT Ladies, you might not look like an MTV pop tart, but you should rock your body all the same Georgina Chang Georgina Chang georginac@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the senior creative director of 987FM and Lush 99.5. I’M NOT shy about my body. I’ve no qualms
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      654 39  -  Profligate ‘mwahs!’ have spread beyond control. What happened to the magic of sensuality? Jan Morris features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN YEARS ago, my daughter-in-law, learning that I was just off to California, had a T-shirt printed for me with the slogan “NO HUG ZONE”. She was aware of Californians’
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      897 40  -  The world’s most influential chef speaks candidly about the changing face of modern gastronomy Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg HIS rise to culinary divinity is both an exceptional and exceptionally short journey. From humble beginnings, iconic chef Ferran Adria began his career in the kitchen in 1980
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      680 42  -  Nutrition aside, the world of junk food is one of the great American industries Manny Fernandez food@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES THE history of junk food is a largely American tale: It has been around for hundreds of years, in many parts of the world, but
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      178 42 BITE-SIZED DON MENDOZA LIKE olive oil, honey is naturally tasty and makes for an equally notable addition to eating healthy. Most, it has also been said, boast antibacterial properties. But as shoppers at Jones The Grocer (Tel: 6476 15 12/6836 6372) will come to learn, not all honey
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      513 43  -  RAISING with Don Mendoza with Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg A FEW of my friends have tried to assure me that my six-year-old daughter’s growing interest in the culinary arts is nothing short of expected because daddy cooks and writes about food, they maintain. How
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      391 44  -  Wear your support for one of the biggest sporting events held in Singapore on your sleeves in these togs and accessories Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S here. As the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) unfolds over the next fortnight, our little red dot will play host
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      68 45 AT A GLANCE This month, one of our favourite actors, Takeshi Kaneshiro, takes on a new role as the ambassador of Japanese watch brand Citizen. Most recently seen in blockbusters such as Red Cliff and The Warlords, the 36-year-old will front Citizen’s new advertising campaign in
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      112 45 The Triumph International Award is back, and this year, 27 national winning lingerie showpieces created by student designers across the globe will vie for top honours. Representing Singapore is Grace Eliana Sugiarto (picture, right) with her design, Preserved Beauty.The panel of judges for the grand
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      83 46 LAST Thursday, personalities like 77th Street founder Elim Chew and model Serena Adsit along with a host of talented young local designers celebrated National Day with style. Literally so:They were at Parco Millennia Walk to toast the launch of Nation Pride, an exhibition featuring Singapore-inspired creations by
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      109 50 NEWS TRACKS PEUGEOT has launched the new 3008 do-it-all vehicle in Singapore with dealers AutoFrance.The car is touted as a combination of sport utility vehicle, with its high-riding stance, a multi-purpose vehicle, with generous interior dimensions, yet retaining the flexibility of a regular hatchback. Powered by a
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      108 50 RENAULT’S long-awaited mainstay, the Megane hatchback, will be officially launched in Singapore on Aug 28 by dealer Wearnes Automotive. Two models will premiere the 1.6 and RS. The 1.6 features a 110bhp engine, keyless entry, cruise control and auto wipers/headlamps.The RS version, a hot hatch,
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      553 52  -  Mini is the latest, and perhaps most radical, entrant into the compact SUV segment with its Andy Hum in Hamburg, Germany cars@mediacorp.com.sg FOUR is an important number for Mini’s bold new creation, the Countryman compact sport utility vehicle (SUV). Not only is it the first Mini with four
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      113 53 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES V feV Stay tuned as our journalists race to capture every moment of history. Watch, hear, read and connect with us, as our journalists bring you live reports and updates from the stadium to the bike park; from the swimming complex to the sailing
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      1006 54 SATURDAYTV SINGAPORE 2010 YOG OPENING CEREMONY LIVE FROM THE FLOAT@MARINA BAY Channel 5, 7.45pm (Live) Tune into a visual treat of flamboyant designs, spectacular effects and sublime performances and look out for the 90m-wide Reflecting Pool that will enhance the music, multimedia and costume design, as well as give an
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      1591 56 WEEKDAYTV CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL 6.00AM Tuesday Report: Collective Memories 6.30 Right Frequency 7.00 Good Morning Singapore 10.00 Places In My Heart 11.00 Romance Deour NOON Black Rose 1.00PM News 8 At One 1.30 Focus 2.00 School Days 3 2.30 Project A 3.30 Chinese Ghost Story 4.30 The Legendary Liu Bo
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