Today, 27 August 2010, Afternoon Edition

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  • 47 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF/Vf -DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday August 27, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 161/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday August 27, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AUGUST 27, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 618 4  -  COMMENTARY LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. As the clocked ticked down to Aug 14, no one knew exactly how it was going to turn out. There had never been a Youth Olympic Games before. Only two years ago,
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  • 91 8 Today photographers capture the spirit and action of one of the biggest youth sports events of the year Today photographer Wee Teck Hian captures a Dutch hockey player’s efforts to hook away the ball. Shot with the EF300mm lens at 1/800s at f2.8. From this
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  • SINGAPORE 2010 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES AUGUST 14-26, 2010
    • 407 11  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Hours before the curtain came down on the inaugural Youth Olympic Games yesterday, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Dr Jacques Rogge gave a glowing tribute to the Republic. In a closing report which he
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    • 484 11  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Nearing the final straight and realising that initial budget estimates were wrong, Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan was faced with a decision on the Youth Olympic Games. “Do we really go in half-baked?”
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    • 163 11 LEONG WEE KEAT The Youth Olympic Games has piqued the interest of several international sports federations, which are now looking to hold their future world championships in Singapore, said Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan yesterday. Venues such as
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    • 221 13 SHAMIR OSMAN The wail of a lone flugelhorn signalled a hushed silence at The Float@Marina Bay, its player appearing to stand within touching distance of the Youth Olympic Games flame still fiercely spinning in the lighthouse. His white uniform, washed a
      SHAMIR OSMAN; PHOTOS BY DON WONG, ERNEST CHUA, WEE TECK HIAN AND XINHUA-SYOGOC/FAN JUN, LIAO YUJIE  -  221 words
    • 902 15  -  COMMENTARY NICHOLAS FANG The writer is a former national fencer and triathlete, and the president of the Singapore Modern Pentathlon Association and the Fencing Singapore national sports associations. The torch of the first-ever Youth Olympic Games that has towered over Marina Bay has
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    • 481 20  -  COMMENTARY SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is a senior reporter at MediaCorp NewsHub. “Let me walk you to the stadium,” said the volunteer, armed with an umbrella, standing in the heavy rain at Bishan Stadium. I don’t know how many times he said that
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    • 805 24  -  COMMENTARY TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg On Aug 14, Singapore’s world champion sailor Darren Choy lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games at The Float@ Marina Bay. It was the culmination of a journey that had its origins some two decades earlier,
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    • 310 28 PATWANT SINGH It involved some 2,400 torchbearers, from celebrities Joanne Peh and Randall Tan to ordinary Singaporeans from all walks of life and ages, crisscrossing the island for six days in early August. But for MrTeo Ser Luck, the most abiding memory of the torch
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    • 5 28 AROUNDTHE WORLD IN 14 DAYS
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    • 29 28 AND ACROSS SINGAPORE IN 6 DAYS SPH-SYOGOC/JOSEPH NAIR, NEOXIAOBIN AND SEYU TZYY WEI, XINHUA-SYOGOC/CAI YANG, JORGE DAN, LUI SIU WAI, WU WEI AND ZHANG YUWEI AND TODAY FILE PHOTOS
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    • 85 32 The Marina Bay floating platform was the stage for the spectacular Opening Ceremony on Aug 14. A crowd of 20,000 watched a spectacular show, anchored around the theme of “Blazing the Trail”. Among the highlights were a lion dance show, a fireworks display and
      SPH-SYOGOC/ALPHONSUS CHERN, BRYAN VAN DER BEEK, CHONG JUN LIANG, GAVIN FOO AND LEONARD PHUAH, TODAY FILE PHOTOS  -  85 words
    • 169 36 Stiltwalkers strolling in the Youth Olympic Village during the Culture and Education Programme for YOG athletes. SPH-SYOGOC/ NATASHIA LEE XIN RUI SPH-SYOGOC/ NATASHIA LEE XIN RUI Peruvian weightlifter Silvana Saldarriaga (left) demonstrating a Peruvian dance to Singaporean students from CHIJ (Kel lock)
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    • 86 38 Through the eyes of the Samsung Mobile Explorers The lowering of the Olympic flag marked the end of the inaugural Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). A Samsung Mobile Explorer shouting her support for her national team at one of the matches. An aerial performer dazzles
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    • 846 40  -  Jamaican youth is a sprint star in the making and he will be missed LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SPH-SYOGOC/MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE I’ve gotten to know Odean Skeen (picture) quite well. I tracked down his mobile phone number and spoke to him while
      SPH-SYOGOC/MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN; TANYO-HINN; SIMYI JIN; XINHUA-SYOGOC/SONG ZHENPING  -  846 words
    • 615 40  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One created history for Singapore at the 1960 Rome Olympics, the other flew the Russian flag magnificently at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Games. He isn’t fluent in English, she hails from Volgograd. But as they
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    • 177 42 LEONG WEE KEAT TheYouth Olympic Games witnessed a nearmiss: A foreign athlete dislocated his neck, which could have paralysed him. But, thanks to prompt attention, the athlete is on the road to recovery. Said Minister for Community Development, Youth
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    • 340 42 LEONGWEE KEAT sports SINGAPORE The Republic may not have struck gold at the Youth Olympic Games, but the seven medals garnered two silvers and five bronzes and the athletes’ performances present a silver lining for sports here, Community Development, Youth
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    • 474 42  -  Some lucky young athletes had a special fan in the stands LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE South African swimmer Chad Le Clos who won one gold, three silver and a bronze Singapore swimmer Amanda Lim and trampoline ace Hunter Brewster of the United States
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    • 118 44 1 The Singapore Cubs won the hearts of the public despite falling to Haiti in the football semi-final. 2 The spectacular demonstrations on the sidelines of the taekwondo event proved a hit with spectators. 3 Fans also fell head over heels for the girl gymnasts. 4
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    • 283 46 The organisers have done a great job and the people have been very helpful. The boys particularly enjoyed the party that was organised in the Youth Olympic Village Edzai Kasinuyo, Zimbabwe football team manager I’ve been to five senior Olympics, but I’ve never seen a full stadium
      SPH-SYOGOC/ ALAN LIM, DANIEL DING, JONATHAN YEAP, NURIA LING, TAN KOK PENG, YEO WEE HAN, XINHUA-SYOGOC/ LIAO YU JIE, MENG YONG MIN AND TODAY FILE  -  283 words
    • 525 48  -  After success in Beijing 2008, Chinese bag most golds at first Youth Olympics TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Their athletic prowess has grown from strength to strength since they returned to the fold at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles after 28 years in the wilderness. Expecting
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    • 261 48 AGENCIES SINGAPORE The 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing will have even more athletes of world-class potential and a bigger Cultural and Education Programme (CEP). Speaking to the media yesterday, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said some countries regretted not sending their top
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    • 255 48 MUSTAFA SHAFAWI Eight Singaporeans, including three ministers, have been presented with the Olympic Order in Silver. The Order, awarded by the International Olympic Committee, is in recognition of their contributions to the success of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The eight
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    • 405 41 his dad, has another passion football. It is no surprise he is already getting pumped over the 2016 Olympics. “My target is to run in the 100 and 200 in Rio de Janeiro. I’m excited because I love the Brazilian football team, especially Ronaldinho,” he said. He leaves for Jamaica
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    • 120 43 Thank you, Mum. For enduring morning sickness and jeans with elastic waistbands. For carrying us in your arms, slings, wraps, strollers and minivans. For teaching us to crawl, walk and run before we could swim, shoot, fence, row and cycle. For being a full-time mum, chauffeur, coach, personal chef, doctor
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    • 111 49 Congratulations to all Team Singapore athletes for your efforts at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games! Our medallists: Silver: Isabelle Li Siyun Table Tennis (Women's Single), Rainer Ng Kai Wee Swimming (50m Backstroke). Bronze: Abdul Dayyan Bin Mohamed Jaffar Archery (Mixed Recurve, Team), Audrey Yong Pei Lin Sailing (Bic Techno
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  • NEWS
    • 443 50  - On Singaporeans’ minds Foreigners here expected to be addressed in PM Lee’s National Day Rally speech SRAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The integration of foreigners and new citizens that is one of the main issues that Members of Parliament and a political analyst expect Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to talk about
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    • 168 50 SATISH CHENEY SINGAPORE When it comes to getting the news online, netizens have had their say. Seventeen MediaCorp websites won awards in the Hitwise Top 10 Ranking, including eight awards in the EntertainmentRadio category and five in EntertainmentTelevision. MediaCorp’s Channel NewsAsia website (picture) took the No
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    • 704 50 ALICIA WONG SINGAPORE With a car loan, three schooling children and daily expenses, it was a “terrible time” some years ago when Madam G T Kee’s husband lost his job. “I was very worried. I didn’t know what would happen if
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    • 202 52 MILTON SAU/AFP A mass was held at Singapore’s Church of the Holy Spirit last night in UpperThomson Road to mark Mother Teresa’s centennial birth. President S R Nathan was among the guests. The mass was part of a global event to
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    • 415 52  -  Bishan, parts of Ang Mo Kio plunged into darkness ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Student Benedict Lee was on his way home from school yesterday afternoon when the lights at the Bishan MRT Station suddenly went out at about 1.30pm due to a power failure. “Parts
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    • 195 52 NEO CHAI CHIN The National University Hospital (NUH) celebrates its 25th anniversary next week, and needs to expand for the future. In recent years, its next stage of development has been constrained by the shortage of facilities including car parks,
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    • 165 52 JOANNE CHAN Singapore has been quick to respond to disaster relief efforts to ease the plight of 20 million people in flood-hit Pakistan. The Pakistan High Commission in Singapore said donations have been pouring in from a lorry’s worth of instant
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    • 341 54  -  Monk under Home Detention Scheme, must wear monitoring device ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After serving some three months in jail, the founder of Ren Ci Hospital, Ming Yi, was released yesterday. But for at least the next one month, he will have to wear an
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    • 132 54 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A 24-year-old loan-shark runner was jailed yesterday for three years, fined $30,000 and given 15 strokes of the cane. In April, Nelson Jeyaraj Chandran, together with an accomplice, set fire to the front doors of five HDB flats in estates such as Geylang
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    • 269 54 TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE The first casino criminal to appeal against his sentence had his case thrown out by a High Court yesterday. Pakistani national Ashraf Zohaib, 25, was arrested on June 14 after he attempted to slip an additional $1,000 chip under
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    • 385 54 TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE In what was a rare decision to spare a road rage offender jail time, the High Court yesterday ruled that a motorcyclist who had punched the driver of a car had acted after being provoked. The court heard that French
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    • 132 54 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A 57-year-old woman has been jailed six months for helping her son in his illegal moneylending business. Lim Kin Noi, who is unemployed, agreed in April 2008 to assist Robin Goh, 35, by opening a bank account in her name. Goh could
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    • 116 54 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A fishmonger who fought with another woman at a Clementi wet market has pleaded guilty to threatening her victim with a chopper. Teo Siang Liang, 49, got into a fight on Feb 23 with a neighbouring fishmonger, Ms Koh Chiam Kee, at
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  • VOICES
    • 463 56  -  Letter from Philip Tan I AM a father of four school-going children and I have had the benefit of seeing my children enjoy the Youth Olympic Games. This wasn’t their initial response; at first the Games were met on their part with a cold, cynical
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    • 391 56  -  Letter from Thierry Borra Director, Olympic Games Management Coca-Cola AS DIRECTOR of Olympic Games Management for Coca-Cola, I have been involved in many Olympic and Paralympic Games over the last 10 years. And I have been genuinely moved and impressed
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    • 193 56 A me S S -from Singapore www.family.org.sg RECONNECT WITH FAMILY NIGHT Having trouble remembering what your teenager looks like? Maybe it’s time to rein in their busy schedules and preserve a little family time. With all the activities available to children these days it’s easy for
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    • 136 56  -  Letter from Luke Tan I MARVEL at the efforts of a boy named Dj Maaki from the nation of Nauru, a Pacific nation slightly smaller than Pulau Tekong, with a population of under 15,000. That’s less than the number of volunteers
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 854 64  -  Why the US’ pullout of an aircraft carrier from a joint exercise is no triumph for China MARIA SIOW mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the East Asia bureau chief at Channel NewsAsia. The temporary pullout of a United States aircraft carrier from a coming
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    • 790 66  -  OOIKEE BENG The writer is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. His latest book is In Lieu of Ideology: An Intellectual Biography ofGoh Keng Swee. Malaysia celebrates its 52nd birthday on Aug 31 (let’s not get into the controversy of when
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    • 852 68  -  WILLIAM The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. You can feel the sense of panic rising in perfect synch with the yen. Will the Bank of Japan intervene to weaken it? Is Prime Minister Naoto
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    • 329 72  -  PAUL GILFEATHER IN VENICE principal correspondent gilfeather@mediacorp.com.sg VENICE Singapore declared itself the ultimate “compact city” yesterday at the Biennale exhibition for international architecture in Venice. Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Mr Lui Tuck Yew, travelled to the Italian city to officially open
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    • 215 72  -  AFTERNOON LATEST AP ISLAMABAD The Pakistani Taliban yesterday called the presence of foreign relief workers in the flood-ravaged country “unacceptable” and suggested that militants could carry out attacks against members of aid groups. Hard-line groups in Pakistan have tried to assert their influence amid the
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    • 289 74 AGENCIES TOKYO Senior ruling party lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa announced yesterday he will challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan for his job in an internal party election on Sept 14, raising the possibility of the country getting its sixth Premier in four years.
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    • 176 74 AGENCIES MANILA Flag-carrier Philippine Airlines said yesterday that at least 558 Manilabound bookings from Hong Kong and China had been cancelled after a hostage crisis left eight tourists dead this week. Airline president Jaime Bautista said company officials were closely monitoring the situation, though
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    • 172 74 AFP SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to be visiting China, possibly accompanied by his youngest son and heir apparent, Jong Un, ahead of a looming power shift in the communist state. The trip coincided with a mercy mission to
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    • 118 77 AP A top aviation official has defended the safety of an airport in north-eastern China where a Henan Airlines flight crashed on Tuesday night, killing 42 of the 96 people on board. China Southern, a major Chinese airline, scrapped night flights last
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    • 427 77 Sparks concerns over future of writing system AFP HONG KONG Like every Chinese child, Ms Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system. However, the 21 -year-old university student now finds
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    • 94 77 A singer in a top German girl band escaped jail yesterday after she was handed a two-year suspended sentence for having unprotected sex with several men without telling them she was HIV positive. Nadja Benaissa, a member of No Angels, denied intending to infect
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    • 186 77 AP BEIJING China has ordered banks and other firms to limit use of foreign computer security technology, setting up a possible trade clash with America and Europe. Beijing’s rules cite security concerns but are also consistent with its efforts to build up Chinese technology
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    • 149 79 AGENCIES LONDON Detectives searching for a missing British spy have launched a murder investigation after a body matching the man’s description was discovered stuffed in a bag in his apartment near the headquarters of the MI6 spy agency. An autopsy could not provide a
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    • 65 79 Asia’s tiniest frog, barely larger than a pea, has been found in the eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak. Mr Indraneil Das, a scientist at University Malaysia Sarawak, said he and another scientist from Germany were doing research on frogs in Sarawak when they chanced on the species
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    • 227 79 AGENCIES UNITED NATIONS The top United Nations envoy in Congo said peacekeepers were not informed by villagers that mass rapes were taking place so they are now working to improve communications and prevent any recurrence. Rwandan Hutu rebels raped and assaulted at
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    • 334 81 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK On Tuesday, Michael Enright (picture), a 21 -year-old film student got into a taxi in New York driven by Mr Ahmed Sharif, 44, and asked if he was Muslim. Enright said: “Asalaam
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    • 228 81 AGENCIES MEXICO Seventy-two people found murdered on a ranch in north-eastern Mexico are believed to be South American migrants bound for the United States, officials said on Wednesday. It is one of the most horrific examples of Mexican violence in years. Marines discovered the bodies
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    • 673 83  -  WSG confirm they are exploring a huge event for the April 2014 opening IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After the success of the first Youth Olympic Games, which ended last night with the closing ceremony at the Float@ Marina Bay, sport in the Republic
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    • 261 86 AFP BARCELONA Spanish champions Barcelona warmed up for tomorrow’s 2010-2011 Primera Liga season kick-off by beating visiting AC Milan on penalties in the Trofeo Gamper friendly yesterday morning (Singapore time). New Barca signing David Villa’s early secondhalf goal was cancelled out by Filipo
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    • 216 86 And the group of death is AFP MONACO Real Madrid, AC Milan and Ajax Amsterdam, who have won 20 European Cups between them, will meet in the group stage of the Champions League. It is the second consecutive season that nine-time champions Real and seven-time winners Milan have been drawn
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    • 328 86 Gomes, Defoe injuries take shine off Spurs’ historic European win AGENCIES LONDON Tottenham Hotspur can now look forward to Champions League football, after beating Swiss side Young Boys 4-0 in the second leg of their playoff tie on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) for a
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    • 657 96  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. Most of us have heard it all before from the experts. Investing in homes is one of the safest and surest forms of investment. If you cannot re-sell
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    • 1179 98  -  COMMENTARY Keeping Singapore attractive as a corporate headquarters location CHRIS ARCHIBOLD property@mediacorp.com.sg ANDREW TANGYE property@mediacorp.com.sg The writers are consultants with real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle To maintain its appeal to multi-national corporations (MNCs), Singapore needs to stay ahead of its main competitors in
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    • 72 100 Oxley Holdings says that more than 95 per cent of the 144 units in its residential development, Viva Vista, have been sold following a successful preview earlier this week. Located along South Buona Vista Road, the project features “shoebox” units with sizes between 323 sq
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    • 144 100 Lumiere, BS Capital’s latest residential property, welcomes high-flying executives who want the convenience of living in Singapore’s Central Business District. Located in the Shenton Way strip, the 45-storey development boasts 168 units. The freehold apartment complex consists of 33 studio units from
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    • 245 90 SINGAPORE Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands added $470 million to Singapore’s economy or about 0.3 per cent of gross domestic product in the first half of the year, according to a research report published yesterday by
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    • 108 90 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines yesterday said it would raise $280 million through a 10-year bond issue. The bond, priced at 4.65 per cent, is part of NOL’s US$1.5-billion ($2.03-bil-lion) medium-term note programme, the container shipping company said. The debt paper is expected
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    • 71 90 THURSDAY CLOSE 2,925.87 (-0.02%) Wednesday 2,926.55 p 0.13% Tuesday 2,922.85 q 0.11% Monday 2,925.99 q 0.36% Friday 2,936.48 q 0.35% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 110,206 $1.600 p 1.27% Scintronix 97,968 $0.095 UNCH Enzer 67,006 $0.235 p 6.82% ChinaEnSave 62,350 $0.015 UNCH StyleMerc^ 50,285
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    • 30 90 HANG SENG 20,612.06 (-0.11%) È Ç NIKKEI 8,906.48 (+0.69%) SHANGHAI 2,603.48 (+0.27%) Ç AUSTRALIA 4,356.02 (+0.83%) Ç Ç MUMBAI 18,226.35 (+0.26%) MALAYSIA 1,408.00 (+0.79%) Ç SEOUL 1,729.76 (-0.29%) È
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    • 13 90 OIL US$73.42 (+1.2%) Ç Ç GOLD US$1,245.40 (+0.3%) PLATINUM US$1,539.70 (+0.8%) Ç
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    • STOCK CALLS
      • 75 90 Neutral 42 cents Credit Suisse keeps call and cuts the target price to 45 cents from 80 cents after lowering the fiscal FY11-12 earnings estimates by 31.5 and 29.9 per cent, respectively, to reflect lower margin assumptions. The house says “near term, we expect the structural overcapacity in
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      • 69 90 Buy $1.29 BNP Paribas maintains call and lifts the target price to $1.68 from $1.50 after increasing the valuation multiple to 9.2X FY11 P/E from 8.0X. The house says the vegetables processor is in a league of its own, backed by strong fiscal FY10 results, with earnings up
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      • 52 90 Overweight $18.52 JPMorgan keeps call but cuts the target price to $22.00 from $26.00 after lowering FY10-12 earnings estimates by 2 to 12 per cent to factor in lower margin assumptions. The house notes that the bank plans to protect margins by focusing on quality loan growth instead of
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    • 343 90  -  Majority plan to expand in the region, especially in the large countries EPHRAIM SEOW ephraimseow@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE American companies in South-east Asia are optimistic about business prospects here, with eight in 10 planning to expand in the region in the next two years to ride the
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    • 174 90 RYAN HUANG SINGAPORE Last month’s manufacturing output recorded the slowest year-on-year growth in eight months at 9.9 per cent, the Economic Development Board said yesterday. That was against an increase of 29.5 per cent in June. July’s performance was dragged down by the
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    • 214 91 AGENCIES BEIJING PetroChina, the world’s largest company by market value, posted a 29-per-cent rise in first-half profit, missing estimates as government-imposed price controls on petrol and diesel curtailed gains. Net income climbed to 65.3 billion yuan ($13 billion) in the six months ended June
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    • 287 91 Demand for soft commodities drives gains AGENCIES SINGAPORE Singapore-listed commodities giant Olam International reported a doubling of fourth-quarter profit on increasing demand and prices as turnover surged. Net income climbed to $92.3 million in the three months ended June 30 from $46.7 million in the corresponding period
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    • 220 91 JULIE SINGAPORE The wave of Chinese companies going global is spurring an increase in the number of those setting up their treasury centres in Singapore. Treasury hubs help centralise a company’s finance functions for better cash and liquidity management. Some banks, like Citibank,
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    • 64 92 Representatives of insurance company Great Eastern including Mr Ng Keng Hooi (third from left), group CEO, Great Eastern Holdings; Mrs Fang Ai Lian (fourth from left), chairman, Great Eastern Holdings; Mr Tan Hak Leh (third from right), CEO, Great Eastern Singapore marking the company’s 102nd birthday
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    • 351 92 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest lender by market value, posted a 38-per-cent gain in second-quarter profit as loan margins widened and demand for fee-based services increased. Net income climbed to 43 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) from 31.27
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    • 7 94 THE KEY TO INVESTING IN HOMES PAGE
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    • 331 94 DOW JONES SYDNEY Australia’s business investment boom looks set to shift to an entirely new gear with capital spending plans for 2010-11 ramped up sharply in the second quarter, laying the groundwork for strong economic growth in the years ahead. A total of
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    • 35 102 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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      1087 104 Fresh from her divorce from a philanderingTiger Woods, Elin Nordegren speaks of the lies, betrayal and how she ‘went through hell’ AGENCIES ELIN Nordegren said she never had an inkling. She said she never hit her famous husband with a golf club. She said she’s never felt so
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    • 557 108 It really pays to say ‘I do’ Just askTiger Woods and co from the list of Top 10 Most Expensive Divorces THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SO, POORTiger Woods has found himself divorced and on a very privileged list of men who had to fork out a whole lot of cash when
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