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    45 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Wednesday September 1, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday September 1, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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    Development charge rate raised sharply for next six months
    558 3  -  WONG SIEW YING siewying@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A day after the Government took steps to curb speculation, it turned its attention to developers, sharply raising the development charge (DC) rates for the next six months as part of its half-yearly review. The increases
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    Lock icon That NS award: Who gets what
    722 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If you are a Singaporean serving as a full-time or operationallyready National Serviceman, you will receive between $3,000 and $10,500 in recognition of your defence contribution. This applies to future enlistees and those still in service as of Aug
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  • NEWS
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      Next-gen broadband: More choices for consumers
      561 5  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN AND MILLET ENRIQUEZ hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The wait for faster and cheaper broadband is over. Consumers can soon sign up for Internet access on the Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN) from five providers, with more to come later this year. The providers
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      NEXT GENERATION BROADBAND NETWORK
      51 5 5 service providers onboard: LGA, M1, SingTel, StarHub and SuperInternet •Consumers can sign up from today; with the earliest services to be available from next week. •Offers ultra-high broadband speeds of up to 1 Gbps By end of the year, 60% coverage of island; By 2012,
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      Lock icon Govt puts 3,000 flats up for sale, releases 5 private housing sites
      440 6  -  EPHRAIM SEOW ephraimseow@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One day after unveiling cooling measures, the Government has put 3,032 new flats up for sale the largest supply of public housing in a single launch to date and released five residential sites for
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      Lock icon Business as usual on race days?
      492 7  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For the last two years, they have suffered badly whenever the Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix rolls around. This time, retail outlets and eateries at Suntec City Mall, Marina Square and Raffles City Shopping Centre could enjoy better
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      More Bangladesh maids for Singapore?
      382 9  -  Option in face of shortfall from the Philippines, Indonesia ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Association of Employment Agencies Singapore (AEAS) is in preliminary discussions with the Bangladesh authorities to bring in more domestic workers from the country. The AEAS confirmed with MediaCorp that it visited
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      Singapore bank branch in Thailand robbed
      203 9 BANGKOK A gunman walked away with 8 million baht ($346,600) in cash after raiding a UOB branch in north-eastern Thailand in a heist that, in the words of a senior policeman, seemed to have gone off too easily. Bank manager Sarika Buakaew said three
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      S’PORE POPULATION GREW 1.8% TO 5.08 MILLION
      141 11 Singapore’s total population grew 1.8 per cent to 5.08 million as at end June, the Department of Statistics said in its first release from the 2010 Population Census. According to the department, Singapore registered a lower population growth due to the slower growth
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      Lock icon $3,400 REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON DOG’S KILLER
      164 11 NEOCHAI CHIN The case of the pomeranian allegedly bashed to death in Sengkang three weeks ago remains unsolved and a $3,400 reward will be offered for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible. Both the SPCA and the police have
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      Lock icon MOSQUITO-RELATED ILLNESSES DOWN: NEA
      100 11 CLAIRE HUANG The number of dengue, chikungunya and malaria cases here is dropping, said the National Environment Agency (NEA). Dengue fever cases have gone down from 8,800 in 2007 to 4,500 last year and chikungunya cases have gone down from 720 in 2008 to 340 cases
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      Be a good role model, speak proper English
      339 11  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It has been around for 11 years but this is the first time the Speak Good English Movement is reaching out to those who can speak proper English to be role models. The message for this group: Do
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      Lock icon ‘Dutiful son’ told: NS comes
      297 11 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE For five years, Goh Khim Song evaded National Service (NS). And when he was caught, he was fined $3,000. But the prosecution said the sentence was too light. In the High Court yesterday, Justice V K Rajah agreed and jailed Goh, 28,
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  • VOICES
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      ‘He helped me get my views across’
      142 13  -  Letter from Lee Kuan Yew Minister Mentor Dear Mrs Chandramohan, I was sad to learn that your husband, Chandramohan, has passed away. He was most capable and helped me get my views across, first on radio, then on television, during all the years
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      ‘His gentle guidance was a great help’
      152 13  -  Letter from Goh ChokTong Senior Minister Dear Mrs Chandramohan, I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of your beloved husband, Chandramohan. Chandramohan was known fondly as “the father of Singapore’s broadcast journalism”. Not only was he a politically astute and highly
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      278 15 A v*ess-frotm Singapore WHY WE FIGHT One of the most common sources of conflict between husbands and wives comes down to a simple matter of differing assumptions. Let me illustrate. Some years ago I went through a very hectic period of my life, professionally. I was
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    • Minimum Occupation Period doesn't hit the spot
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        What about retirees?
        225 15  -  Letter from Yin Poh Leng I APPLAUD the new rules to cool the property market and think the measures will encourage financial prudence and curb speculative activity. But there are some gaps. First, there are no curbs in the private property market on foreign investors who play
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        Nest egg delayed
        201 15  -  The Government shouldn’t be discouraging HDB owners with excess cash from buying private property as a safe, long-term investment in their nest egg. Letter from Chi Han-Hsuan THE latest regulations came as a shock to my wife and me. Why can’t HDB flat owners stay in their
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        Three years enough
        119 15  -  Letter from MaxieTay AS A property agent handling private and HDB resale transactions, I’ve observed that speculators are sub-letting HDB flats (some illegally) for the high rental yields while staying in their private properties, or vice versa. At the same time, private resale volume is declining the
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Is low-wage China disappearing?
      1032 17  -  Cheap labour has contributed to profound income disparities FAN GANG Reports about labour shortages, wage disputes and wage increases for migrant workers in China have abounded of late. They naturally raised concerns, or expectations, that China’s labour-cost advantages may be disappearing. It is my hope that
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      Okay, forget meritocracy, but what about professionalism?
      749 19  -  OOI KEE BENG The writer is a senior fellow at the Institute of South-east Asian Studies. His latest book is In Lieu of Ideology: An Intellectual Biography of Goh Keng Swee Malaysia’s former Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has been making a name
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      Lock icon When luxury brands outsource, should they tell?
      601 20  -  TAN SOO JIUAN The writer is an associate professor at the Department of Marketing, NUS Business School. Italy’s Parliament has passed a law that imposes, among other things, the requirement that Italian manufacturers be able to prove that their products were primarily made
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Terror attack dry run: Dutch arrest 2 from US
      326 23 AGENCIES AMSTERDAM Two United States residents of Yemeni descent have been arrested in Amsterdam after flying in from Chicago and staging what officials fear may have been a dry run for a terror attack. One of the men was found with
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      Lock icon BLAST AT THAI STATE TV STATION
      129 23 A grenade exploded in the compound of Thailand’s state-run broadcaster yesterday, damaging several vehicles but causing no injuries. The grenade was deflected by trees before it landed and detonated in the outdoor parking lot of the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand, known as NBT,
      AGENCIES  -  129 words
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      Lock icon AUSSIE PM REJECTS NEW POLLS DESPITE DEADLOCK
      154 23 AFP Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday rejected a quick return to the polls and promised a “new political landscape” after inconclusive elections prompted the biggest upheaval in decades. Ms Gillard pledged a number of parliamentary reforms if returned to office after voters
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      Lock icon US expands sanctions against North Korea over military provocations
      221 24 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The Obama administration expanded sanctions against North Korea on Monday by freezing the assets of four individuals, three companies and five government agencies allegedly linked to Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. Among those targeted was a secretive branch of the Korean
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      Lock icon Students caned with 'baseball-like swings'
      262 24 Thai teacher sacked for hitting dozens AP BANGKOK Secretly recorded mobile phone footage has exposed a teacher at a Catholic boarding school in north-east-ern Thailand who hit dozens of students on the buttocks with a cane wrapped with electrical wire. Art teacher Somchai Limthanmaporn was
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      Lock icon CELEBRATING 35 YEARS
      96 26 Malaysians performing during the 53rd National Day celebration at Stadium Putra in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The 90-minute celebration was the first to be held indoors in a mark of respect for the month of Ramadan. In his National Day message, Prime Minister Najib Razak said society should
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan dies during escape from kidnapper
      276 26 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Sri Lankan tourist died while trying to flee kidnappers, while a friend escaped and another was rescued, the Malaysian police said yesterday. The three had just arrived for a holiday and to sell gemstones worth RM40,000 ($17,212) when they
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      Lock icon FIRST HIV DISCRIMINATION CASE FILED IN CHINA
      99 26 AGENCIES A Chinese man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was denied a job because he is HIV positive, in what state media has called the nation’s first such discrimination case. The plaintiff, whose identity was not revealed, filed the suit against the
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      Lock icon INDIAN KASHMIR PROTESTS AFTER 11-YEAR-OLD IS KILLED
      140 28 AFP Residents in Indian Kashmir defied a curfew to hold angry demonstrations yesterday after an 11-year-old boy was killed and a cousin of a top separatist was seriously injured in separate incidents on Monday. The boy was killed when security forces fired guns
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      Lock icon MILIBAND BROTHERS UP FOR LABOUR LEADERSHIP
      111 28 AFP Voting for a new leader of Britain’s Labour Party starts today, with ballot papers being sent out to party members, lawmakers and trade unionists. The contest was triggered when Mr Gordon Brown quit after the general election in May, in which Labour lost
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      Lock icon FLIGHTS CANCELLED AS TYPHOON KOMPASU NEARS JAPAN
      84 28 AFP Japan cancelled more than 200 domestic and international flights and many ferry services to its southern islands yesterday due to a typhoon alert. Typhoon Kompasu, packing gusts of up to 216kmh near its centre, was approaching Okinawa and nearby subtropical islands, theJapan
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      Lock icon RIO SLUMS ARE BRAZIL’S NEW TOURIST DESTINATIONS
      111 28 AFP Brazil has launched a pilot project allowing tourists to visit some of its notorious slums, or favelas, after the shantytowns have been cleared of criminal elements. About a third of Rio’s six million people live in the city’s 1,000 slums, making them
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon CELEBRATION TIME
      88 30 Singapore’s table tennis fraternity gathered to celebrate the success of Isa belle Li (extreme left) and Clarence Chew (extreme right) at the Youth Olympic Games at Noble House yesterday. Around 60 members of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA), athletes, coaches, sponsors and officials were present at the
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      Lock icon Tan's recovery a boost for bowlers
      298 30 TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE The Singapore bowling team’s preparations for the Asian Games suffered a blow in late July when co-national head coach Henry Tan (picture) required a heart bypass. The surgery took place at Gleneagles Hospital on Aug 2 and Tan, who turns 67
      TAN YO-HINN; TODAY FILE PHOTO  -  298 words
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      Lock icon Slingers eye top prize
      471 30  -  ABL club continue programme to develop local basketball talent PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Marcus Skinner and Leonidez Avenido these are two names fans of the Singapore Slingers could be chanting come February when the playoffs begin for the second season of the Asean Basketball League (ABL).
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      Lock icon Transfer window closes quietly
      512 31 Sunderland’s capture of Ghana star Gyan the biggest move on last day AGENCIES LONDON Sunderland looked set to lead Premier League spending on the final day of the transfer window as the Blacks Cats bid to complete a £12 million ($18.4 million) swoop for Ghana striker
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      Lock icon ‘Innocent until proven guilty’
      370 32 Pakistan cricket bosses demand proof of their players’ match-fixing AGENCIES KARACHI Pakistan authorities yesterday closed ranks around the country’s top cricketers accused of matchfixing, as captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Amir (picture) and Mohammad Asif travel to London today to meet with Pakistan officials. Team
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      Lock icon INDIANS WORRY OVER CORRUPTION
      320 32 AGENCIES Young Indian cricketers were yesterday warned of the perils of corruption following the match-fixing allegations levelled against the Pakistani team in England. Former India captain Anil Kumble, asked if he feared players from his own country could in future be hauled up, said: “Of course
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      Lock icon He’s making a habit of it
      352 33 Federer hits another between-the-legs shot in US Open first round win AGENCIES NEW YORK Roger Federer delivered another YouTube-worthy, between-the-legs shot during an otherwise routine firstround victory in the US Open on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Federer had won the first set against
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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      50 30 Ip yA Always play with care. |responsibiy[ Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE POOLS RCB Reg No: *****0202G
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      569 40  -  EPHRAIM SEOW ephraimseow@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Biotechnology firm JOil is confident that it can breed and genetically engineer the Jatropha plant to be a more sustainable alternative to fossil fuel and other biofuels. It plans to create a Jatropha hybrid that can produce more fruits and
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      502 42  -  Presented by ust savour WITH OC B C C ARD S Choose the healthy and tasty salmon trout for dinner tonight ANNIE TAN STAR INGREDIENT SALMON TROUT The salmon trout is a game fish that migrates from saltwater to fresh water, generally to spawn. They reside in the
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      87 42 1Home cured orange-flavoured salmon trout with poached egg, mesclun and lemon olive vinaigrette by AquaMarine The poached egg blends perfectly with the flavourful salmon for a creamy texture. 2 Seared salmon trout on linguini pasta with tomato compote by Ristorante Bologna The
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      213 39 Quiz Be among the first 10 to email the correct answers to STproducts@sgx.com and win a $20 shopping voucher.* Choose the correct answers: 1. An ETF should be traded close to the NAV or indicative NAV (iNAV) usually, given that the ETF creation and redemption process allows market makers to
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      328 38 Why squeeze at computer fairs? SHOP AT THE F J COMFORT KMPML OF YOUR HOME "W Save up to 30% on consumer electronics products |Visit www.usave.com.sg BUILDING FUTURES One success story at a time KAPLAN I want a brighter future WE HAVE THE PLAN FOR GCE 'A', «0', *N' LEVELS
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      295 35 AGENCIES NEW DELHI India’s economy grew 8.8 per cent in the fiscal first quarter, its best performance in two-and-a-half years, data showed yesterday, as the country returned to expansion levels seen before the 2008 global financial crisis. The boom between April and June was propelled by
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      52 35 TUESDAY CLOSE 2,950.33 (-0.23%) Monday 2,957.06 p 0.62% Friday 2,938.74 p 0.44% Thursday 2,925.87 q 0.02% Wednesday 2,926.55 p 0.13% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE PineAgritech 115,137 $0.195 UNCH Genting SP 114,221 $1.690 p 1.81% Yangzijiang 71,792 $1.590 p 2.58% BerlianLaju 57,343 $0.035 UNCH Wilmar 55,728
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      27 35 HANG SENG 20,536.49 (-0.97%) È NIKKEI 8,824.06 (-3.55%) SHANGHAI 2,638.80 (-0.52%) È È È AUSTRALIA 4,404.23 (-1.09%) MUMBAI 17,971.12 (-0.34%) MALAYSIA Closed È SEOUL 1,742.75 (-0.99%)
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      21 35 US$1 $1.356 £1 $2.089 €1 $1.719 A$ $1.204 ¥100 $1.607 RM1 $0.430 RP10,000 $1.499 HK$100 $17.43 RMB100 $19.93 RS100 $2.883
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        62 35 Buy 61 cents Pareto Securities starts coverage with an 85 cents target price, pegged at 8.3X FY12 P/E, noting the supplier of offshore support vessels adopts a growth strategy focusing on Australian liquified natural gas, lift-boat markets. The house says Ezion’s recent moves to set up two supply
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        55 35 Outperform $1.59 CIMB upgrades from Trading Buy and lifts the target price to $1.68 from $1.54 after increasing FY1012 earnings estimates by 2 to 13 per cent to account for latest US$915 million worth of contracts. The house says it expects the shipbuilder to clinch more orders for container
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      409 35 AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese shares plunged 3.6 per cent yesterday to hit a fresh 16-month low, as a strong yen and the 1.4-per-cent slide overnight on Wall Street conspired to keep worries over the health of the global economy at the forefront of investors’ minds The benchmark
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      237 37 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE The High Court has dismissed a suit by Dubai’s Drydocks World against Singaporean tycoon Tan Boy Tee for breaching an agreement tied to a $2.4 billion takeover deal. Drydocks, which sued Mr Tan for breaching a three-year “non-compete” clause,
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      323 37  -  CHRIS HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) kicked off trading yesterday with a muted response from investors. Its euro-denominated Brent crude oil contract for November settlement last changed hands at 60.61 euros ($104.54) a barrel, with only two futures contracts traded,
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      148 37 JULIE QUEK SINGAPORE The asset management unit of United Statesbased investment bank JP Morgan Chase, which used to serve only sophisticated investors, is now reaching out to the retail market here. JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) launched 21 funds yesterday, 13 of
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      102 38 MOK FEI FEI Marina Bay Sands (MBS) said yesterday it had sealed nearly 370 deals that will bring over 345,000 participants to its Sands Expo and Convention Center. Nearly 150 events have been concluded so far, drawing a crowd of 100,000 participants over four months. The
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      $101 MILLION TOP BID FOR HOTEL SITE
      110 38 A hotel site at the junction of Clemenceau Avenue and Havelock Road attracted 13 bids at the close of tender yesterday. RB Capital Hotels submitted the top bid of $101 million, which translates to $8,751 per square metre per plot ratio. The second
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      274 38 EPHRAIM SEOW SINGAPORE Singapore lenders DBS, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) have been rated, in order, as the top three safest banks in Asia by Global Finance magazine in its October 2010 issue. This is also the second year running
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      401 39 Government launches $1.7-billion bailout to rescue 35,000 depositors WELLINGTON The New Zealand government yesterday launched a NZ$1.8-billion ($1.7-billion) bailout after one of the country’s largest nonbank lenders collapsed under massive debts. The government said it was covering funds owed to 35,000 depositors at South Canterbury Finance after
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      194 39 AGENCIES SYDNEY Australia posted its narrowest quarterly current account deficit in more than 20 years as a once-in-a-century mining boom continues to reshape the economy. The current account deficit narrowed to a seasonally adjusted A$5.6 billion ($6.7 billion) in the second quarter
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        383 39 An interesting market phenomenon has been observed recently: The difference in premiums of A-shares traded in mainland China and Hshares traded in Hong Kong Stock Exchange had narrowed to a historical low since 2008. Yet the premium at which the China A-shares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
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        475 39 The leverage effect of warrants and its exposure to a range of foreign and local sectors and markets make it attractive for investors who want to expand their investment portfolio, with a small initial outlay. Warrants are usually priced at a fraction of
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      156 45 o D 2 i STARTING TODAY, AN AMAZING NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL LIGHT UP OUR HOMES. It wilt stream down on us at the speed of Light through a future-proof fibre network. And it wiLL unleash upon us the wonders of the World Wide Web at 200Mbps. Webpages will load in
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      71 47 SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF THE LOOK OF LOVE WHEN IT COMES TO MEN, SHE SURE KNOWS HOW TO PICK ’EM. DREW BARRYMORE AND HER GOING THE DISTANCE CO-STAR JUSTIN LONG KISS AND TELL. >> T2 FIRST LOOK: NATALIE PORTMAN GETS HER BLACK SWAN ON WITH NAUGHTY MILA KUNIS.
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      1230 48  -  Going The Distance stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long may not tell if they're back together (again) in real life, but their conspicuous chemistry reveals they never fell out of love GENEVIEVE LOH in Los Angeles genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg HE SAID something funny. She let rip a slew
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      168 51 r D C C Now you can follow the big boys and trade the PREVIEW futures market turns! DO YOU WANT TO Learn how to trade the futures market Understand what is the COT report Discover "insider" news using COT analysis Accumulate wealth while keeping your day job ITS Come
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      108 52 FROM today, Discovery Travel And Living will be known as TLC on StarHubTV Ch 427. Aside from your favourite Discovery T&L shows such as Globe Trekker, LA Ink, World Cafe With Bobby Chin, and Fun Taiwan, you’ll get to enjoy new series such
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      157 52 ON SEPT 19,The Hallmark Channel will be replaced in Asia by a new entertainment channel, Diva Universal, which was officially launched at a media event yesterday. Diva Universal is designed to be a stylish channel with a feel-good mix of drama and reality shows. Fret not
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      Lock icon Hairless but entertaining
      397 55 MOVIE REVIEW: CATS DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE G, 83min DON MENDOZA SET in familiar San Francisco, this sequel to the 2001 comedy has once again enlisted the diabolical brilliance of a creature so twisted only its mother could love, to throw the world as we
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      379 55 Brought to you by A career in early childhood education is more than just teaching ABCs, teachers play a part in shaping young lives Melody Tan This Teachers’ Day, NTUC First Campus is celebrating Singapore’s early childhood educators by recognising their achievements, hard work and the
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      Lock icon The extra mile
      452 56 MOVIE REVIEW: GOING THE DISTANCE M18, 103min GENEVIEVE LOH JUST like marmite and Ryan Seacrest, you either love or hate Drew Barrymore romantic-comedies. There is just no in-between about it. Of course, thanks to an illustrious comeback career over the years, it is a well-known fact that
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      169 58  -  GENEVIEVE LOH BLACK SWAN: He took home the coveted Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for The Wrestler in 2008, and now Darren Aronofsky’s been given the honour of opening this year’s edition on Sept 1 with his highly anticipated feature Black Swan. Cementing his position as one of
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      Starting big, dreaming small
      610 60  -  Meet the local contestants in the second season of The Biggest Loser Asia May Seah may@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS time to bust out your vibrating belt. Come Sept 21, The Biggest Loser Asia will return for a second season on Diva Universal, the new incarnation of The
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      349 61  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH AND GENEVIEVE LOH THERE’S something to be said about Israeli movies.After all, Israel has been nominated for more Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film nine than any other country in the Middle East. This year’s Israeli Film Festival (IFF), which ends on Sept 5, celebrates
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      276 63 THINGS TO DO 1 Take 5 Piano Quintet Series Concert VI Take 5 Lim Yan (piano), Foo Say Ming and Lim Shue Churn (violins), Chan Yoong Han (violin/viola), Chan Wei Shing (cello),Tan Wee Hsin (viola) with guest Jung AeRee (soprano), will perform three French works by Jean
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        336 64 AFP STREET carts are known for plying hunger quick fixes such as hot dogs and hamburgers. In New York, they’re going gourmet, trading working-class fare for delicacies such as lemon macaroons, golden veal cutlets and tamarind ice cream with balsamic vinegar. Vendors keep gastronomes informed of
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        602 66 FOOD REVIEW Delightful casual food is served at Garage, where a young Briton is bent on carving out a name for himself WHAT used to beWineGarage at Riverside Point was given a makeover in April this year and re-introduced simply as Garage. It also has a new chef
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      59 58 "It succeeds." TODAY "...clever choreography...handsome and versatile set..." SPH, Straits Times Life! THE PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION PRESENTS itBihi itf) {1 Si < £WAA U*V orar Book, Music Lyrics by Dick Lee Must End 12 Sep 2010 Esplanade Theatre SISTIC 6348 5555 www.sistic.com.sg With Mandarin Subtitles Kodak LEE FOUNDATION Cold Storage Official
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