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  • 25 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday September 23, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 A PUBLICATION
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  • 727 1 Athletes pull out of Commonwealth meet as India faces ‘national shame’ AGENCIES NEW DELHI With 10 days to go, the Commonwealth Games plunged deeper into crisis yesterday as two world champion competitors withdrew and England warned that problems with the athletes’ village have left the sporting event
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  • 481 1 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s Premier (picture) has threatened “further actions” if Japan fails immediately to release a trawler captain, as Beijing staged its highest-level intervention yet in a bitter row between Asia’s biggest powers. Mr Wen Jiabao’s remarks were the first
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  • NEWS
    • 425 5  - Savouring Singapore in Paris, through culture NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE How might the Republic portray itself to European audiences as a dynamic global city through arts and culture or forge relationships through cultural diplomacy? With Finger Players’ puppet theatre skits, Royston Tan’s film 881,
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    • 262 7 LEONGWEE KEAT SINGAPORE An undersea tunnel between the Republic and Malaysia for the planned rapid transit system (RTS) linking the two neighbours is an option both sides are considering, Malaysian Transport Minister Kong Cho Ha said on Tuesday. Though it may be more costly, the undersea
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    • 339 7 EVELYN CHOO SINGAPORE The National Family Council (NFC) wants youth to start believing in getting married and having children early as part of their definition of success. So, the council will be targeting students in secondary or tertiary institutions.
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    • 264 8  -  LEONG WEE SINGAPORE Certificate Of Entitlement (COE) premiums fell across the board in the latest tender yesterday, signalling a softer demand for cars from retail consumers. The biggest fall was seen in the COE price for small cars those below 1600cc as premiums were down by $3,088
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    • 337 8  -  CLAIRE HUANG CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Bioethics Advisory Committee has proposed that a national body be set up to monitor all stem-cell research in Singapore. And this would include hu-man-animal combinations in stem-cell research. This is one of five
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    • 231 10  -  MILTON SAU MILTON SAU miltonsau@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE An informal group in Singapore has been formed to help netizens understand their rights and responsibilities on the Internet. The aim: To get people to think before shooting off that email, tweet, blog or Facebook post as a seemingly harmless
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    • 283 10  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Employers need to be more creative to draw more women to shift work. The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Women’s Development Secretariat made this call after releasing a study involving women who are current or former shift workers.
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    • 178 10 SINGAPORE The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has been conferred the 2010 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award. The award, launched by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in 1989, is the most prestigious human settlements award in the world. It acknowledges initiatives which have
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    • 295 12  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Did the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) single Ivy SinghLim’s farm out for prosecution? That is what the lawyer for the former Netball Singapore president is claiming in the trial involving her farm, Bollywood Veggies. But
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    • 135 14 Domestic helper falsely accused employer’s SINGAPORE An Indonesian maid who lied to the police by accusing her employer’s son of molesting her was jailed for two months yesterday. On May 30 at about 3am, Sutilah, 33, called the police after she returned to her
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    • 275 14 He cajoled her to show him her bare chest in front of the webcam as he claimed he knew how to improve one’s figure. SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A 25-year-old Malaysian man was jailed 19 months for sexual offences involving an 11-year-old girl. Poong Foo
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    • 96 14 ALKHATIB A prisons officer has been charged with the molestation of a 13-year-old girl on the night of the Chingay parade. Selvaraj Karuppiah, 51, allegedly brushed against the student’s chest on Feb 20. The incident was believed to have happened at the pickup point
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    • 97 14 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A Swedish man has been charged with making a hoax bomb call to the police on Monday. Erik Halvard Halvardsson, 42, allegedly madethecallfrom Raffles City Shopping Centre at around noon that day. It is believed he told the authorities that there was
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    • 106 14 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A 36-year-old man was charged with committing an act of vandalism by cutting a State flag and two Youth Olympic Games flags. Lim Keng Choon allegedly vandalised the items, which belonged to a town council, on Monday morning at the
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    • 575 9 The ever bustling Ang Mo Kio town is one of Singapore's most exciting lifestyle hubs. The district now has a new attraction Centra Residences, the elegant new homes from Singapore's largest private developer. Set to become the development of choice for sophisticated urbanites, Centra Residences is the place to be.
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  • VOICES
    • 509 16  -  Fewer owners in arrears but it is more difficult to borrow from HDB Letter from Leong Sze Hian I REFER to reports that fewer households are defaulting on their HDB loan repayments and would like to applaud the Housing Board’s efforts in helping Singaporeans
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    • 226 18  -  Letter from Darius Lee I REFER to the article, “Jingle Hell” by David Fuhrmann-Lim (Sept 18-19), where he expressed his displeasure towards the MRT “Train is coming” jingle. Certainly, he is entitled to express his point of view, but allow me to express
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    • 187 18  -  Letter from Mckeena Neo AFTER reading the letter “What is 2-3 seconds lost?” (Sept 22), I feel that pedestrians can ask themselves that question, too. On many occasions, when driving into a minor road leading to a car park, I encounter pedestrians
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    • 147 18  -  Letter from Sinnadurai Logasvari I REFER to the letter “Kings of the road?” (Sept 20). Most of us, especially the elderly, are not out for a leisurely walk across the roads. We merely want to cross them safely. The problem is the signals at some traffic
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    • 155 18  -  Letter from Annie Ho I AGREE with SingPost’s reply on the issue of junk mail (Sept 22). I do not find the Admail service a nuisance. The leaflets do contain informative material and great promotional/discount coupons that do benefit people. I believe many residents
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS TODAY
    • 876 20  -  The run-up to the Commonwealth Games has laid bare the country’s familiar failings RONOJOYSEN The writer is a visiting research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. Over the past several months, charges of corruption and inefficiency have dominated the headlines
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    • 783 24  -  To keep the Women’s Charter relevant, it should evolve into an omnibus family legislation EUGENE K BTAN The writer is assistant professor of law at the School of Law, Singapore Management University. Marriage, in essence, is a private matter between two persons. Nevertheless, the state
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    • 737 26  -  Having an organisation that can compel change will help consumers here If cooperation is no longer as effective in today’s sometimes disconnected markets, maybe it’s time for an ombudsman that actually has some clout. RICHARD HARTUNG The writer is a consultant who has lived
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    • 110 21 RACING ACTION POWERED BY CANON Jenson Button at the 2009 Singapore Grand Recognised as two of the finest motorsport photographers of their generation, the work of brothers Keith (left) and Mark Sutton can be found in publications all over the world. They are also the driving force behind the photo
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  • WORLD
    • 298 28 Claims need to be resolved, says Foreign Minister BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has rejected China’s stance that the United States stay out of territorial disputes in the South China Sea, ahead of a meeting of South-east Asian leaders with President
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    • 166 28 AGENCIES MEDAN Suspected militants killed three Indonesian police officers yesterday in apparent revenge for the arrest and killing of members of their group. Twelve gunmen arrived by motorcycle in the middle of the night and stormed a police station at Hamparan Perak, near Medan,
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    • 108 28 AGENCIES BEIJING China has recalled 9.5 tonnes of mooncakes as the country celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival because they did not meet national standards, state press said yesterday. High bacterial content was found in most of the cakes, many of which were found in rural food markets, Xinhua
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    • 163 30 AP WASHINGTON Consumed by concerns at home, President Barack Obama turns back to the world stage, hoping to focus attention on his efforts to reshape the image and diplomacy of the United States. Mr Obama’s trip to the United Nations in New York,
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    • 188 30 AGENCIES JAKARTA An Indonesian court has ordered the country’s Attorney-General to step down immediately, saying his term officially expired nearly a year ago. Mr Hendarman Supandji assumed the post in 2007, in the middle of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s first five-year term. The Constitutional
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    • 150 30 AP TEHERAN A bomb exploded at a military parade in northwestern Iran yesterday, killing 10 spectators in an attack that one official blamed on Kurdish separatists. The blast in the city of Mahabad, near the borders with Iraq and Turkey, also injured 57 people,
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    • 149 34 AFP About 500 angry Indonesians staged a motorbike protest outside the Malaysian Ambassador’s residence in Jakarta yesterday to condemn the abuse of Indonesian maids by Malaysian employers. Incensed by the latest case of such abuse, protesters besieged Ambassador Syed Munshe Afdzaruddin’s
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    • 229 34 AFP BEIJING Severe storms and floods sweeping Asia this week have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands across large swathes of the continent, with more storms being forecast. Record levels of rainfall and the onslaught of tropical storm Fanapi
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    • 89 34 AFP India and the United States are likely to sign a US$3.5 billion ($4.6-billion) defence deal, the biggest ever between the two countries, a report said yesterday. The agreement will see the Indian Air Force buy 10 C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft that
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    • 241 36 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The White House said on Tuesday that Mr Lawrence Summers, the chief architect of President Barack Obama’s economic policy, would leave at the end of the year, leaving a tough task ahead for the President to find a replacement. Mr
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    • 121 36 AFP A 17-year-old Australian schoolboy yesterday said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter which sent users to Japanese porn sites. Pearce Delphin, whose Twitter name is @zzap, admitted exposing a security flaw when he tweeted a piece of “mouseover” JavaScript
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    • 118 36 AP A Somali woman charged with the deaths of two of her children allegedly locked them and three other siblings inside a small closet and left to visit a friend, returning about 10-and-a-half hours later to find the boy, 3,
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    • 295 39 THE NEWYORKTIMES ATLANTA Two young men in Georgia said on Tuesday that the pastor of a Baptist megachurch, Bishop Eddie L Long (picture), had repeatedly coerced them into having sex with him. In two lawsuits filed in DeKalb County, the men
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    • 162 39 AGENCIES Italy and France have come up with different ways to wean the public off plastic bottles: Banning them outright in heritage coastline Cinque Terre in north-western Italy and installing a fountain that dispenses free sparkling water in a
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    • 173 39 AGENCIES A move to lift a ban on gays serving openly in the United States military has been blocked by the Senate, thwarting the move with political manoeuvring that now puts the issue on a back-burner indefinitely. Democratic supporters
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  • SPORTS
    • 472 41  -  Ferrari’s Massa returns to where it all went wrong IAN DECOTTA F1 Senior Correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg FORMULA 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix SINGAPORE He may talk the country up in public, but few actually know what Felipe Massa (picture) actually thinks of Singapore. There was joy when
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    • 430 41 PATWANT SINGH SINGAPORE Those at the casino at Marina Bay Sands may have thought they were set for a double jackpot when they spotted reigning Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button (picture) in the vicinity. The 30-year-old multi-millionaire certainly had the money
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    • 586 42  -  Legend Stewart and veteran driver Barrichello won’t make any predictions if it rains TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Between them, they have 38 wins, 111 podium finishes and 402 races. But for all the vast experience and knowledge of Sir Jackie Stewart and Rubens Barrichello, racing
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    • 493 42  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He cuts a cool, even laidback figure, but if there is one thing that can likely rattle Mercedes GP pilot Nico Rosberg (picture) this week, it will be the rain. With thunderstorms forecast for the
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    • 568 43  -  Ban on four Young Lions players means there is room in Sundram’s squad TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE V Sundramoorthy will lead a 20-man squad in the Asian Games under23 football competition, but the selectors have been hit with a headache. Late on Tuesday night,
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    • 516 44  -  French club are three games away from lifting title and making history Following their stunning 3-0 hammering of Tampines Rovers away on Tuesday, the Protectors must continue their momentum when they next take on Balestier Khalsa (Oct 7). RAJ KUMAR rajkumar@mediacorp.com.sg GREAT EASTERN-YEO’S S-LEAGUE Gombak United 0
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    • SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
      • 766 45  -  With Schumacher on the grid and a world title fight among five, 2010 race could not promise better LEONARD THOMAS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg AS HE sits in his cockpit on the starting grid with the Maioli-powered lights blazing above him, I wonder what will be going
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      • 766 47  -  After years of toil, Australian Mark Webber is on the brink of an unexpected world title as Marina Bay beckons JASON DASEY JASON DASEY sports@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is an international broadcaster and has been based in Singapore since 2001. Visit him at www.jasondasey.com. FAME
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      • 811 49  -  McLaren and Ferrari are trying tn‘botcOT to keep up with the new ‘big boy’ on the circuit TO THE FINISH marques Legendary IAN DE COTTA Senior F1 Correspondent ian@mediacorp.com. sg THE 2010 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix has every chance of delivering some
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      • 700 51  -  Already a star, Formula 1’s night race on Sunday could well be one of the all-time greats ALEXYOONG sports@mediacorp. com. sg I CANNOT begin to express how much I am looking forward to this year’s 2010 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. Since its inception
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    • 187 48 C i T y MAI 9 fast' track to 26 September 2010 Suntec City Mall gives the Singapore Grand Prix Season its own spin with thrilling events and activities for the whole family. Plus exciting prizes and promotions are up for grabs. 25 26 September 2010 RACE DAYS REWARDS 1WU«
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    • 129 51 REVEL IN CONVIVIAL CELEBRATIONS Celebrate Oktoberfest at Plaza Brasserie with popular hearty German specialities including pork knuckles, sausages and Rosti. Complete the feast with ice-cold Erdinger Beer at $9* per bottle or $34* per bucket of four bottles. For enquiries and reservations, please dial 6505 5710. At Club 5, toast
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  • 673 58  -  COMMENTARY INVEST JAN M ROSEN THE NEW YORK SHAKEN by what seemed to be an earthquake in the world’s financial markets two years ago, millions of retirees fled to safety, shifting their holdings into savings accounts, Treasury bills, money market funds or certificates of
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    • 600 57 TRADE-ON-THE-MOVE WITH KIM ENG AND M1 ttl .=:Zu 22 -MM 3G •22 AM KE Trade =22 AM PORTFOLIO CB QUOTES •WMII* SYM KE*****.. SGX SGX S68 9:22 AM 0 GAINERS LOSERS MARKET INDICES TOP VOLUME 9:22 AM Back WATCHLIST Q 7.460 0.070 (0.947%) Ask:7.470 Bid:7..430 d at 06:56:19 0 (23,000)
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  • BUSINESS
    • 234 53 JONATHAN PEERIS SINGAPORE Jurong Shipyard, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has reached an agreement with France-based bank Societe Generale (SocGen) for a full and amicable settlement on their disputed foreign exchange transactions. In a statement, Sembcorp Marine said SocGen would pay Jurong
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    • 55 53 WEDNESDAY 3,096.10 (+0.02%) Tuesday Monday Friday Thursday 3,095.39 3,080.98 3,076.37 3,067.11 p p p q 0.47% 0.15% 0.30% 0.13% TOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE GMG BerlianLaju Genting SP Genting HK US$ UMS 214,590 145,881 102,199 100,249 88,238 0.270 0.040 2.100 0.515 0.465 p p q q p
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    • STOCK CALLS
      • 69 53 Hold $1.92 Phillip Securities downgrades from “Buy” on limited upside to its $1.96 target price. Stock up 8.4 per cent yesterday on optimism over earnings visibility following US$582 million acquisition of US electricity group Sempra Energy Solutions. House still positive on commodities supplier’s prospects. Says Sempra Energy will
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      • 54 53 Outperform $2.15 CLSA starts coverage with $2.46 target price. Says industry fundamentals supportive of budget carrier’s growth, with Asia offering airlines like Tiger large under-served population, rising incomes, improving infrastructure. Forecasts three-year earnings per share CAGR of 43 per cent. Says Tiger’s focus on cost control bodes well
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    • 285 53  -  JULIE QUEK JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Property prices have remained at affordable levels for first-time home buyers despite the run up in the housing market here. The Government’s recent announcement of cooling measures also had little impact on affordability. In a statement, the Real Estate Developers’
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    • 96 53 Guillemard Court, located along Geylang Lorong 28, is up for collective sale. The freehold estate has a land area of 31,684 sq ft. It has a plot ratio of 2.8 and can be built up to eight storeys. The existing development is a
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    • 217 55 SINGAPORE The number of passengers passing though Changi Airport last month rose 9.6 per cent to 3.47 million from the same month a year ago. For the first eight months of this year, the airport handled 27.4 million passengers, an
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    • 415 55 RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE Better microprudential reforms are needed to promote the stability of the financial system. That is according to Mr Heng Swee Kiat, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore or MAS, speaking at the International Conference of Banking Supervisors
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    • 227 56 SINGAPORE Mainboard-listed Jurong Technologies said the Singapore Exchange has rejected its appeal to postpone its delisting from the bourse on Sept 30. The company had written to the SGX last week to appeal against its delisting and requested for a further extension
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    • 226 56  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore Exchange chief executive officer Magnus Bocker earned a total of $4.3 million in the financial year endedJune 30. This includes a $1-million bonus, which the exchange said was for meeting key performance indicators and objectives for
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    • 267 56 SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has taken civil penalty enforcement action against a trading representative of CIMB-GK Securities for false trading. The MAS said that, on Aug 11 last year, Mr Melvin Tan Wee Kiat placed four sell orders for
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      972 62  -  Singer Coco Lee on showing off the goods in your 30s and having Barbie as a role model CHRISTOPHERTOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg “GOD, I really love performing!” That’s the sound of an excited Coco Lee. Sitting comfortably across me in an Alexander McQueen dress at the Marina Mandarin hotel, Coco,
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    • 389 67  -  American rockers Daughtry revving back into town for F1 Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN bands have been together for quite a while, it can be a spanner in the works when a member leaves. But for singer Chris Daughtry, it’s all just part of the game.
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      297 68 53A This local quartet will be performing tracks from their recently launched debut album, Settle The Kettle, as well as fan favourites. Sept 29, 9pm,TAB@ Orchard Hotel. No cover charge. Eunice Keitan Featuring a new band line-up, Eunice Keitan performs along with support Cotton Island and Ghost. Sept 23,
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    • 302 63 MARINA:SQUARE EIUD OEM CW INTO A WORLD 3-2B September 2010 IN THE SQUARE THE RACE FEVER STARTS 17 to 26 Sep (3 Central Atrium Don't miss out on the action in the Square! Make a pit stop at the Bridgestone Roadshow to win prizes or visit the Puma Motorsport booth
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    • 574 66 restaurants bars shops J U X the AST 7 Hurry down to Chijmes lawn and catch the live screening of the high-octane Singapore Grand Prix 2010 action right at the doorsteps to the race tracks! Immerse in the electrifying atmosphere in the heart of the race circuit with over 40
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    • 82 66 THIS WEEK ON CLASS 95FM Need a pick-me-up at the start of the work week? Catch Motivation Monday on Class 95FM’s Lunchbreak With Carol. Tune in to find out how successful celebs, entrepreneurs and sports people motivate themselves and others! On Sept 27, we speak to Singapore’s first silver medallist
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    • 802 67 VIVOCITY MARINA SQUARE YISHUN GRAND, GREAT WORLD PLAZA SINGAPURA GVmax 1900 912 1234 WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS*▲ 3.10 6.15 9.20pm RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE 3D* 12.30pm www.gv.com.sg m.gv.com.sg WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS*▲ 12.20 1.00 3.15 4.00 6.15 6.55 9.10 9.50pm LEGEND OF THE FIST THE RETURN OF CHEN ZHEN*▲+
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    • 1026 69 ON MEDIACORP ON MEDIACORP FIGHTING SPIDERS Channel 5, 8pm 6.00AM Whacked Out Sports 6.30 Prime Time Morning 9.30 The Martha Stewart Show III 10.30 What’s Good For You? 11.30 Essence Of Emeril Noon The Doctors 1.00PM The Price Is Right USA 2.00 GP Racing On Track (2010) 2.30 Wheel Of
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  • 435 70  -  Brought to you by With FairPrice Chicken Fillet, a delicious and fresh Japanese curry meal is just 30 minutes away ANNETTE TAN food@mediacorp.com.sg There is something about whipping up a Japanese meal at home that makes the recipients feel special. It doesn’t matter if it’s simply
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    • 40 70 FairPrice Chicken Fillet (500g) is available at the promotional price of $5.75 (UP $6.50) until Sept 29 at all FairPrice outlets. Also available are FairPrice Chicken Popcorn (500g) and FairPrice Chicken Fingers (500g). Prices are correct at time of printing.
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  • 342 71 THINGS TO DO 1 Avalon At Large Invites You To Go! It is only opening its doors at Marina Bay Sands next year, but Hollywood dance club Avalon is already showing local audiences it knows how to throw a party. Its two-day party starts tonight, featuring Above
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  • TRAVEL
    • 611 72 Get out of the balmy tropics and bask in the glorious cold of a winter holiday THE DAILY TELEGRAPH OVER the next few months, many wonderful places around the globe will experience glorious lower temperatures. Kids will watch snow fall from the clouds. Couples will snuggle
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    • 120 74 IT IS now possible to travel inexpensively to one of China’s most scenic cities, where drinking in the mountain view costs absolutely nothing. Guilin in Guangxi province has always been a popular tourist destination because of its magnificent, unspoiled naturescapes. Starting on Nov 3, Jetstar
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      390 76 Singapore has fourth highest hotel rates in the world, says HPI CHRISTOPHERTOH EVEN as airlines start increasing their fares, hotels around the world have already made their comeback from the financial crisis. That’s according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI) that was released last week. The HPI
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    • 388 78 How some expectant women are fooling airlines AP IF A woman really wants to get around the rules barring her from flying in late pregnancy, there’s little an airline can do to stop her. Investigators believe that a maid from the Philippines who gave birth in an airplane
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    973 77  -  Go! A series where we take you around the fascinating island of Taiwan. Brought to you by Kaohsiung is a modern city with heart and soul He Peiwen In casual conversation, the harbour city of Kaohsiung has always been lauded for its friendly citizens and scenic Love
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    98 77 The small Hakka township of Meinong is a 90-minute ride from Kaohsiung City. Agriculture is very much a way of life here, with tobacco, bananas and rice being the main crops. In the colder months of January and February, the fields that are carpeted with cosmos flowers are
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  • 144 77 Taipei Kaohsiung County From Taipei Main Station, a train ride takes approximately four hours. Via High Speed Rail, it’s two hours from Taipei to Zuoying, and you have to then transfer to a bus to reach the city. Instead of a hotel, try staying at one of
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