Today, 24 August 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    47 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Tuesday August 24, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday August 24, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AUGUST 24, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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    Lock icon As smoke dies down, the inquest begins
    430 4 Survivors, Chinese govt demand inquest into deadly rescue attempt AGENCIES MANILA It looked like a hostage rescue in slow motion: Police creeping up on the bus with sledgehammers and smashing first one window, then another, then trying and failing to rip open the
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      83 4 iTODAY on BlackBerry For the latest news updates on the go. o Exclusively for BlackBerry® subscribers from StarHub SPORTS LATEST 24 BLUE MOON RISING MAN CITY DEMOLISH HAPLESS LIVERPOOL AFP r i -X I 4 or. t I U: 4 A BEST PERFORMANCE BEGINS BEHIND TtlE SCE il SCENES I
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  • NEWS
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      MORE WAYS TO CATCH THE NATIONAL DAY RALLY ‘LIVE’ THIS SUNDAY
      289 5 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will deliver his National Day Rally speech on Sunday from 6.45pm. The rally will be broadcast “live” on MediaCorp television channels and radio stations from the University Cultural Centre at the National University of
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      Lock icon He popped the question but it was not to be...
      313 5  -  Second son of late ex-Chief Justice dies in his sleep after a heart attack NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He popped the question last week when he celebrated his 50th birthday with a family dinner. She said “yes”, surprised but pleased.
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      Lock icon It’s official — Tiger’s single again
      344 7 It’s official Tiger’s single again THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON LATEST MIAMI Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren were officially divorced yesterday, with a judgment entered in Bay County Circuit Court in Florida to dissolve the marriage. Woods confirmed the divorce with a statement on his website, which came nine months
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      Veteran newspaper man to join Today
      369 7 SINGAPORE Veteran newspaper journalist Quak Hiang Whai will join Today on Sept 1 as its deputy editor. He replaces Mrs Lee Foong Ming, who moves to MediaCorp radio as vice-president (programming) 938Live and chief editor radio news. Mr Quak, the 47-year-old former news editor
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      Lock icon Fewer defaulting on mortgages
      286 10  -  EPHRAIM SEOW ephraimseow@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the strong recovery in the property market, the number of mortgagors failing to meet repayments on their loans has dwindled, with the percentage of defaulting borrowers halving over the last two years, according to DP Credit Bureau (DPCB). In a report
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      Was Bollywood Veggies being singled out?
      323 10  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Of the nearly 200 farms in the Kranji area, hers was the only one prosecuted for failing to run safety checks on building premises, Bollywood Veggies owner Ivy Singh-Lim has claimed. Did the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) “single out”
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      NTUC aims to be an all-inclusive labour movement by next year
      313 12 SINGAPORE The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) aims to be the first labour movement in the world to represent all segments of the workforce. This target of being an all-inclusive movement by next year was set by Labour chief
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      JULY A RECORD MONTH FOR CHANGI AIRPORT
      103 12 Changi Airport handled some 3.7 million passengers last month, an increase of 16 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year. The figure was also the highest achieved so far this year, according to the Changi Airport Group. For the first seven
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      Lock icon EX-TV ACTOR CHARGED WITH CHEATING
      148 12 TEO XUANWEI A former television actor went on trial yesterday for allegedly cheating several people into giving him $265,000 in total, purportedly for charitable causes. A district court heard that Lim Aik Seng, 45, better known as Lin Yi Sheng, had allegedly deceived three men
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      Lock icon NUS STUDENTS DO THEIR ‘BID’ FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
      114 12 HETTY MUSFIRAH What are the odds of spreading a message on the environment through gambling? Students from the National University of Singapore betted on games such as roulette and jackpot to help raise awareness on climate change. In roulette, the player has
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      MORE LOOKING TO DONATE TO CHARITY: SURVEY
      145 12 As the economy picks up momentum, more consumers in Singapore are planning to make a charitable donation in the next six months, the latest MasterCard Worldwide survey shows. The 57 per cent who gave the nod to donations topped the 54 per cent
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      Lock icon FORMER OFFICE ASSISTANT OF REN CI HOSPITAL CHARGED
      83 12 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A former office assistant of Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre has been charged with misappropriating almost $31,000. Ng Shu Kian, 29, allegedly committed the offence between March and November last year. A discovery conference will be held on Oct
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      218 7 KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE I want to take my career to the next level WE HAVE THE PLAN BUILDING FUTURES One success story at a time UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA < •/Ranked among the World's Top 300 Universities (Times Higher Education Supplement 2009) Bachelor of Arts (Communication Media Management) Kaplan
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      84 8 CANON PRESENTS YOUTH INACTION Today photographers capture the spirit and action of one of the biggest youth sports events of the year A Singapore basketball player is caught between two opponents. Shot with the EF70-200mm lens at 1/640s at f2.8. Gymnasts use chalk to powder their hands and improve their
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  • VOICES
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      174 14 a. mes s from Singapore KEEPING DAREDEVILS SAFE Living with a daredevil can sure keep you on your toes. Especially when they’re just a toddler. Some children seem to thrive on taking risks. One minute they’re hanging from the bunk bed and the next they’re leaping
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      THE SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR S’PORE CUBS
      130 14  -  LETTER FROM Singapore GURMIT SINGH KULLAR It has been a long, long time since a Singapore football team fired up the patriotic passions of a people hungry for local talent to prove themselves on the pitch. The Singapore Cubs have done just that.
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      THEY COULD BE HOUSEHOLD NAMES
      73 14  -  LETTER FROM HARRYTAN I was thrilled by the spirited performance of our soccer Cubs. Up against tall and burly opponents, they stood their own, showing poise and bravado. This multi-racial soccer team reminds me of a similar team back in the 1970s and ’80s. The
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      Try running in our young athletes’ shoes
      344 14  -  Letter from Brendan Ng I HAVE read plenty of negative remarks on the Youth Olympic Games. But how many of these remarks are made by people who actually bought tickets and watched the Games to show their support? I’m sure many of these
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      Lock icon Simplifying the fare system
      371 16  -  Let’s use distances as the crow flies Letter from Lim Poh Seng I AGREE with Ms Neo Chai Chin’s commentary, “‘Fairer fares’ message lost in transition” (Aug 23). The extremely complicated new fare structure seems to suggest that only the Public Transport Council (PTC), public transport
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      Distance-based fare saves time, money
      237 16  -  Letter from Tan Hong Boon I REFER to Ms Angie Lim’s letter “New distancebased fare cheaper but (Aug 23). For the past few years, I have been travelling from my home in Serangoon North to my church in Henderson Road by Service 132. Under the
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      506 14 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices WHAT IS COMFORTABLE IS NOT ALWAYS HEALTHY PART 2 OF 2 By Mr. Kirby Chua (Singapore Registered Psychologist) The problem with comfort zones is that it often becomes too comfortable that we begin to fear growing out of
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      128 16 ASEAN LOGISTICS NETWORK Gateway to the World MALAYSIA SINGAPORE VIETNAM Take the opportunity to business match with 10 Thai logistics companies from Thailand for this ASEAN Logistics Network roadshow. CALL NOW FOR YOUR RESERVATION! Apart from the business matching, this function will share insights to the current Thailand economy and
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Ensuring theYOG legacy shines on
      768 18  -  Here are three ways to be sure the passion and excitement ignited by the Games do not fizzle out RICHARD HARTUNG The writer is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is finally getting more of the recognition
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      Lock icon China gobbles up bonds and debt, at Asia’s
      777 19  -  WILLIAM PESEK The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Reading Bill Gross’ latest musings makes one nostalgic for the days when words from big bond fund managers actually mattered. We in the media like to
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      Lock icon No mere smear campaign victim
      1048 20  -  WikiLeaks founder a political campaigner with a cultivated persona TOBY HARNDEN The writer is The Daily Telegraph’s US editor, based in Washington, DC. This is an excerpt of a longer article. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Hail Julian Assange (picture), international man of mystery, brave anti-war crusader,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Malaysia warns of waterborne disease
      267 21 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has closed parks and warned the public about swimming and dumping trash in rivers following the deaths of up to 10 people from a disease spread by rats. The latest death from the bacterial disease leptospirosis was reported on Saturday. The
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      Lock icon PROTEST OVER DETENTION
      52 21 Police officers arresting an activist during a protest outside the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta yesterday. Dozens of people staged the protest against the detention of three Indonesian Marine and Fisheries Ministry officers by the Malaysian marine police at the maritime border nearthe Riau islands earlier this month.
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      Lock icon Weeks, even months, to form govt
      260 21 AGENCIES SYDNEY Australia’s political leaders could take months to form a government after weekend elections produced a hung Parliament but are more likely to do so within weeks, experts said yesterday. Australia’s government remains in caretaker mode after neither the ruling Labor Party of
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      Lock icon Rallies over mosque near Ground Zero get heated
      154 22 AP NEW YORK The proposed mosque near Ground Zero drew hundreds of demonstrators yesterday, with opponents demanding the mosque be moved farther away and supporters shouting: “Say ‘no’ to racist fear!” One of the leaders of the project has, meanwhile, suggested that
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      Lock icon UNDERGROUND SURPRISE
      88 22 For 33 men found alive after 17 days trapped deep in a copper and gold mine, the toughest challenge now may be preserving their sanity during the months it may take to save them. Chileans were euphoric on Sunday after a narrow drill broke through 688 metres of
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      Lock icon S Korea welcomes top Western school grounds
      228 22 THE NEW YORK TIMES SEOGWIPO Here on Jeju Island, South Korea is conducting a bold educational experiment, one intended to bolster opportunity at home and attract investment from abroad. By 2015, some 12 prestigious Western schools will have opened campuses in a govern-ment-funded,
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      Lock icon Porn offers view on Iraq politics
      266 23 AP BAGHDAD The openness with which porn is sold in some of Baghdad’s streets is almost unheard of in the Arab world. Hundreds of porn DVDs are stacked elbow-deep on a wooden table in Mr Jassim Hanoun’s ramshackle stall on a downtown pavement. His
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      Lock icon THAKSIN QUITS AS CAMBODIA’S ECONOMIC ADVISER
      74 23 AGENCIES The Cambodian government said yesterday that fugitive former Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra had resigned as its economic adviser a role that had fanned tensions between the two nations. Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday he wants to resume full diplomatic ties with
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      Lock icon MALAYSIAN MUSLIM PRAYER HALL HIT IN FRESH ATTACK
      110 23 AGENCIES Vandals splashed red paint on a Muslim prayer hall in Negri Sembilan yesterday, in Malaysia’s first known attack on a place of worship since a string of similar incidents this year that heightened ethnic tensions. In January, 11 churches and two
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      Lock icon SONY TO HELP TRACK THE ELDERLY IN JAPAN
      112 23 BLOOMBERG Sony will offer a service next month to track the elderly in Japan at a time when the nation is grappling with revelations that hundreds of its oldest citizens are missing. The service will track people via integrated-circuit cards that can
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      Lock icon CHINA MAY ABOLISH EXECUTION FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES
      105 23 AGENCIES China, which executes more people each yearthan any other country, said yesterday it is considering dropping capital punishment for economic crimes. A draft amendment proposes cutting 13 “economyrelated, non-violent offences” from the list of 68 crimes punishable by the death penalty, Xinhua
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      Lock icon WYCLEF JEAN TO APPEAL AGAINST HAITI POLLS RULING
      105 23 AFP Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean refused to abandon his bid to become President of quake-hit Haiti as his lawyers prepared yesterday to appeal against the Electoral Council’s decision to reject his candidacy. The council ruled on Friday that Mr Jean was ineligible
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  • SINGAPORE 2010 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES AUGUST 14--26, 2010
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      Lock icon On course for gold
      420 24  -  Singapore’s world champion Darren moves into the lead in the boys’ Byte CII event TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He has yet to win a race but Darren Choy does not mind one bit right now. Consistency has been his trump card, and yesterday, on Day 4 of
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      Lock icon Back with family
      478 25  -  After her silver medal, Isabelle looks forward to some special soup LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Madam Sim Kwang Huang has not seen or heard from her daughter since Aug 10. Table tennis prospect Isabelle Li moved into the Youth Olympic Village with the rest of Team
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      Lock icon Fans in awe of Kenyans
      420 26  -  As expected, African nation wins both steeplechase events IAN DECOTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The noise reached fever pitch when Kenya’s Peter Matheka Mutuku went through the gears to pull away from Habtamu Fayisa of Ethiopia in the final 300 metres to the finish line in the
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      Lock icon Bruised Cubs, the day after
      377 27  -  Kadir tries to get his boys focused on the fight for SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was a day to lick wounds, to rest and regroup, because another test looms for the Singapore under-15 football team. Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Haiti in the Youth Olympic
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      Lock icon SERBIA ARE HOOPS KINGS
      123 28 Only one team was really in the boys’ basketball final at *scape yesterday, as Serbia relied on their greater physical presence to dominate Croatia, winning 22-9 to clinch the gold medal. With Serbia 16-6 up, the skies around Orchard Road opened and the torrential rain forced
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      DAY 9 SELECTED
      259 28 ATHLETICS Girls’ 400m hurdles: 1 Aurelie Chaboudez (Fra) 58.88sec 2 Stina Troest (Den) 58.88 3 Olena Koleshychenko (Ukr) 59.25 Girls’ 2,000m steeplechase: 1 Virginia Nymabura (Ken) 6:29.97sec 2 Tsehynesh Tsenga (Eth) 6:37.81 3 Oksana Raita (Ukr) 6:41.49 Girls’ hammer: 1 Alexia Sedykh (Fra) 59.08m 2 Alena Navahrodskaya
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      DAY 10: 6 GOLD MEDALS ON OFFER
      260 28 Selected events, athletes to look out for Diving (Toa Payoh Swimming Complex, 8.30pm) Qui Bo, representing China, is the favourite to win the boys’ 10m platform dive. Already having claimed the gold for the boys’ 3m springboard event on Sunday, the 17-year-old will
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      Spirit of the Games
      92 29 Through the eyes of the Samsung Mobile Explorers Young visitors sharing a photo moment with Lyo, one of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) mascots. YOG volunteers lending a helping hand to a Games visitor. An artistic shot of an athlete making a dash for the finishing
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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      113 26 YOUR SPORTING FIX BASEBALL 7am MLB Yankees vs Blue Jays (mioTV Ch114, 117) YOUTH OLYMPICS 1pm Volleyball Boy’s Semi-Finals (okto) 3pm Handball Boys’ Placement Match S’pore vs Cook Island (ChU) 3pm Table Tennis Mix Team Prelims (Ch5) 6pm Boxing Boy’s 48kg to 54kg Bronze Medal Bouts (Ch5) 7pm Table Tennis
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Suddenly, City are real contenders
      556 31 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Manchester City 3 Liverpool 0 MANCHESTER They were singing in the rain here last night and the song was a stirring rendition of Blue Moon. Goals from Gareth Barry and a brace from Carlos Tevez gave Manchester City a deserved
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      Lock icon TURKISH REFUGE FOR ROBINHO?
      106 31 TELEGRAPH Robinho is set to meet with officials from Fenerbahce today in a bid to seal a move from Manchester City before the Aug 31 transfer deadline. The Brazilian forward, whose £32.5-million arrival from Real Madrid on Sept 1, 2008 heralded the beginning of Sheikh Mansour
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      110 31 THE GUARDIAN Sebastien Squillaci has already demonstrated a ruthless and single-minded approach in forcing through his £5-million move from Sevilla to Arsenal and now the France defender is intent on winning the battle to establish himself in Arsene Wenger’s team. The 30-year caused
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      136 31 2-day intensive and practical course on: Digital Image Processing with MATLAB Practical Sessions on 30 Sep 1 Oct 2010 at Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel by Dr Alasdair McAndrew Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia Course Outline Image files, formats and types; Point and neighbourhood processing; Fourier transform and its application; Image restoration:
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    200 33 As a sporting event targeted at youth, the YOG begs to be seen from the view of the youth. To this end, Samsung introduced 35 Samsung Mobile Explorers (SMEs) from Singapore, Korea and China aged 14 to 18 as roving reporters at the YOG.
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      306 35 THE NEW YORK TIMES SHANGHAI TPG, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms, said yesterday that it was teaming up with the Shanghai municipal government to raise US$735 million ($1 billion) and create its first fund denominated entirely in Chinese currency.
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        75 35 Fourth straight loss World oil prices fell for the fourth consecutive session, hitting near six-week lows amid persistant worries that weakening growth in the United States could curtail energy demand. “Oil prices remain under pressure from worries of economic slowdown, with a slowdown in Chinese oil demand growth in
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      323 35 THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO HewlettPackard, the world’s largest personal-computer maker, offered to buy 3Par for about US$1.6 billion ($2.2 billion), topping rival Dell’s bid for the maker of data-centre equipment and software. HP said it was making a bid of
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      109 35 AP In its single biggest repayment of bailout loans so far, American International Group said yesterday it is paying back nearly US$4 billion ($5.4 billion) in United States taxpayer aid with proceeds from a recent debt sale. The insurer’s aircraft leasing company, International Lease
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      230 36  -  EPHRAIM SEOW SINGAPORE A 16-unit walk-up apartment block in Pasir Panjang has been put up for collective sale for between $26 million and $30 million in the latest addition to the en bloc revival. The freehold site, at 252 to 258
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      247 36  -  Higher transport, housing and food costs MOK FEI FEI feifei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Inflation in Singapore continued to rise last month with the consumer price index (CPI) increasing 3.1 per cent on-year, led by higher costs in transport, housing and food. According to data released by the Department
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      90 36 SingTel has appointed Mr Hui Weng Cheong as designate CEO International with effect from Oct 1. He will formally assume the role on Dec 1, succeeding Mr Lim Chuan Poh, who is retiring from the group. Mr Hui’s appointment is the culmination of an extensive
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      111 36 Wing Tai Holdings has posted full-year net profit of $160.7 million a seven-fold increase from $20.9 million reported in the same period last year. The firm’s revenue for the full year stood at $821.8 million, which represents a 64 per cent spike
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      320 37 AFP TOKYO Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa spoke by phone yesterday to discuss the economic impact of a strong yen, officials said, but they did not discuss possible intervention. Markets had anticipated stronger government
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      215 37 AFP BANGKOK The Thai economy grew 9.1 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2010 as strong exports cushioned the blow from violent street protests that hit the key tourism sector, data showed yesterday. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded for a third straight quarter compared
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      201 37 AFP HONG KONG China Cinda Asset Management is leading a mainland Chinese consortium bidding for a stake in American International Group's Asian arm, AIA, a report said yesterday. The state-run investment firm is in talks with the US insurance giant to buy into AIA either
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      345 38  -  PETER YEO HAPPINESS is contagious, and Wall’s proved it with its Share Happy campaign. It recently concluded its Share Happy video contest, where Singaporeans were encouraged to share their moments of happiness with the world. Three winners were then picked based on
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      93 38 The Crowbar Awards, an annual platform for emerging creative talents to showcase their best works, announced its winners last Friday. Nanyang Technological University (NTU) swept the night with Best of Category wins in Advertising, Film and Photography. Its film entry, Epiphany, also won the Award’s Best
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      28 41 AUGUST 24, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF WAR CHILD JAPANESE AVANT GARDE MASTER KEIICHI TANAAMI’S PSYCHEDELIC ART ISN’T A RESULT OF SOME ACID TRIP. BLAME THE BOMBS. >> T2 Keiichi
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    1343 42  -  ARTS Avant garde artist Keiichi Tanaami hung out with Andy Warhol and dug acid rock just don’t call him a psychedelic artist MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IN PERSON, 74-year-old Japanese avant garde artist KeiichiTanaami looks very much like a learned scholar who spends his time poring
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      129 46 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH OFTEN unlucky in love, Kylie Minogue may finally enjoy a reversal of fortune. Friends of the pop star’s Spanish boyfriend,Andres Velencoso, say he planned to propose to her this summer, while her spokesman refuses to deny that the couple may already be secretly
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      103 46 AP TRUE Blood co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have taken their true love to the altar. The couple’s publicists said in a statement that 28-year-old Paquin and 40-year-old Moyer were married on Saturday night at a ceremony in Malibu, “surrounded by their family and friends”. On the
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      359 47 MAYO MARTIN THEATRE Shopping For Chopin A Chinese national who flies to Singapore to study the piano ends up working in a CD shop where he encounters a mute girl looking for some Chopin music. From Aug 26 to 31, 8pm, Play Den, The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament
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      524 50  -  THEATRE REVIEW: FRIED RICE PARADISE Genevieve Loh genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPOREANS love to wax nostalgic about the good ol’ days, and we love our food. Write a musical encompassing the two, including a terribly catchy local evergreen ditty about Fried Rice, and you’ve got yourself an
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      560 51  -  Scientists finally uncover Leonardo da Vinci's secret technique to creating the enigmatic Mona Lisa smile Richard Gray features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH THE secret of how Leonardo da Vinci produced the optical effects that created the Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile can be revealed for the
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    256 53 THINGS TO DO 1 Singapore Survey 2010: Beyond LKY Twenty artists, including Jason Lim, Jimmy Ong and Michael Lee, show their visions of Singapore after Lee Kuan Yew. Date: Till Aug 29 Time: 11am to 7pm Venue: Valentine Willie Fine Art, Artspace at Helutrans, 39 Keppel Road,Tanjong
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      220 55 HEALTH LISTINGS Lower your blood pressure A nutritionist will talk about the dangers of high blood pressure, its risk factors and how you can change your lifestyle to lower your blood pressure. Date: Tomorrow Time: 4pm to 5pm Venue: WINGS, 9 Bishan Place, Junction 8 Office Tower #05-03 Fee/Registration: $8.
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