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Title Section41 2011-03-18 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF ftl=DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday March 18, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Today MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday March 18, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking41 words
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Article, Illustration690 2011-03-18 1 AGENCIES OSAKA Hotels and serviced residences in Osaka, the largest city in western Japan, are in high demand as residents and companies leave Tokyo to seek shelter amid concerns over radiation leaks. Several countries also advised their nationals yesterday to consider leaving the affected areas. TheAGENCIES; REUTERS - 690 words
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Advertisement132 2011-03-18 1 HEARTS OUT TO JAPAN GAGA, KATY, BIEBER ANDTHE REST OF HOLLYWOOD SEND THEIR LOVE AND DONATIONS T8&T9 DISASTER HACKS SHOULD STICK TO THE FACTS BILL DURODIE PAGE 20 FUKUSHIMA IS NOT CHERNOBYL IAN SAMPLE PAGE 21 WILL RISING YEN TRIGGER SELLOUT OF US DEBT? WILLIAM PESEK PAGE 24 PAGE 26132 words
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Advertisement33 2011-03-18 1 ‘All of us at the plant are still fighting’ Michiko Otsuki, a 22-year-old worker at the Fukushima nuclear facility, has spoken up for the workers battling ‘silently’ to cool the stricken plant ISAY33 words
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JAPAN CRISIS
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Article, Illustration442 2011-03-18 2 Water cannons, fire trucks even choppers in bid to cool reactors at Fukushima nuclear plant AGENCIES TOKYO Japan tried high-pressure water cannons, fire trucks and even helicopters that dropped batches of seawater in increasingly frantic attempts yesterday to cool an overheated nuclear complex. The latest efforts came as a topAGENCIES; AP - 442 words
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194 2011-03-18 3 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said: “We know that the Japanese government is doing its utmost to respond to this evolving and very difficult situation. Singaporeans in Japan should pay close attention to and heed instructions from the Japanese government. “In view of194 words
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Article120 2011-03-18 3 Singaporeans wishing to return home or travel to a third country may also wish to consider commercial flights from the Kansai International Airport in Osaka, the Central Japan International Airport in Nagoya and the Fukuoka International Airport in Fukuoka. They should closely monitor the situation and120 words
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117 2011-03-18 3 A Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesman said yesterday: “We continue to advise against all non-essential travel to Japan. In the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant problems in Japan, we have been advising our nationals in or around117 words
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368 2011-03-18 4 HETTY MUSFIRAH - HETTY MUSFIRAH hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Plans by the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) to deliver its first batch of relief supplies to victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have been delayed, even as more donations are pouring in. The Japanese Embassy has alerted368 words
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Article, Illustration181 2011-03-18 4 At the Blue Jazz Cafe in Arab Street last night, a concert featuring 150 performers about a fifth of whom are Japanese living here was held to raise money for the Japan quake victims. One of the performers was Miss Kyoto Abe, a Sendai nativeSHARON SEE - 181 words
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347 2011-03-18 6 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ISHINOMAKI (Japan) They sit still, apparently engrossed reading books or playing card games. They are watched over by other relatives or teachers and the media are not allowed to speak to them. Understandably, they doTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 347 words
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Article, Illustration566 2011-03-18 6 THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH THE DAILY TELEGRAPH FUKUSHIMA In a cavernous sports hall on the outskirts of Fukushima, a message booms out from the public address system: “Attention please! Attention please! Voluntary radiation screening is now available.” In the timeTHE NEW YORK TIMES, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; AP - 566 words
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Article495 2011-03-18 8 This is a translation of a diary entry on a Mixi account, the Japanese equivalent of Facebook, belonging to 22-year-old Michiko Otsuki, who works at the Fukushima nuclear plant. By yesterday, the March 15 posting had been translated and reproduced on several blogs. I This morning495 words
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508 2011-03-18 8 AGENCIES TOKYO Speculation ahead of expected fund repatriation, unwinding of carry trades and a wave of techni-cally-driven orders drove the yen to an all-time high against the US dollar yesterday, ahead of a video-conference of finance ministers of the Group ofAGENCIES - 508 words
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Article, Illustration579 2011-03-18 10 Ken Teh - Time for Minami Sanrikucho survivors to rebuild again I SAY Ken Teh kenteh@mediacorp.com.sg Ken Teh, an executive editor at Channel NewsAsia, was on assignment in Minami Sanrikucho in Miyagi. For five hours, we drove through winding mountain paths and snow-covered roads. But there was still no sign of the coastalAP - 579 words
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Article371 2011-03-18 12 LOS ANGELES Chile: Feb 27, 2010. New Zealand: Feb 22, 2011. Japan: March 11, 2011. Is California next? With these three “corners” of the Pacific Plate the oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean hit by devastating earthquakes in the past year, many are371 words
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Article, Illustration30 2011-03-18 12 Filipinos young and old gathering in Quezon City, north of Manila, to offer flowers, candles and prayers to show support for the people of Japan. AP APAP - 30 words
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Article188 2011-03-18 12 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Mainland China and Hong Kong have started to release real-time data on radiation levels as Asian governments moved to calm their populations in the aftermath of the Japan crisis. The Hong Kong Observatory started posting real-time ambient gamma radiation levels from its 10 monitoring stationsBLOOMBERG - 188 words
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NEWS
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191 2011-03-18 14 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN Only a day after he had allegedly killed cabby Yuen Swee Hong, 58, China national Wang Wenfeng played Chinese chess with his father’s former employer. The court heard yesterday that on the night of April 12,191 words
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422 2011-03-18 14 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A former head of the Singapore General Hospital’s (SGH) colorectal department lost his appeal in court yesterday against a three-month suspension the minimum period of suspension mandated under the Medical Registration Act meted out by the Singapore Medical422 words
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406 2011-03-18 16 ESTHER NG - ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Cutting-edge, cost-effective and sustainable are not always found in the same situation and it is a winner when they are. Dr James L Barnard, 75, was awarded the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize of S$300,000 yesterday406 words
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347 2011-03-18 16 VIMITA MOHANDAS - VIMITA MOHANDAS SINGAPORE Mr Wong Chiang Siang, 70, used to have difficulty sleeping and would feel sleepy and sluggish in the day. His condition caused him a scare one day. Said Mr Wong: “I stopped my car at the traffic light347 words
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VOICES
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Article361 2011-03-18 18 Aleteia Gray - Most turned us away when we asked for items for a fund-raiser Letter from Aleteia Gray WE HELD a fund-raising event called Japan Day at my children’s school yesterday. I had offered to help organise a stall and thought I would ask for some donations in361 words
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218 2011-03-18 18 YanlingTan Executive - Letter from YanlingTan Executive, Senior Executive, Corporate Marketing Communications, SISTIC WE REFER to the letter by Lin Wenrong, “One package, but booking fee charged twice” (March 14). SISTIC is a services company, providing ticketing purchase services for sports, arts and entertainment fans. As with any218 words
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146 2011-03-18 18 Mak Yuen Teen - Letter from Mak Yuen Teen their seat.” I suggest that SMRT designate a certain number of seats say four in each carriage as reserved solely for those who are pregnant, carrying a young child, elderly or physically disadvantaged. We should adopt the same approach146 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration854 2011-03-18 20 BILL DURODIE - BILL DURODIE Bill Durodie is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, As if the twin calamities of a huge earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami were not enough, much ofREUTERS - 854 words
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Article, Illustration1377 2011-03-18 21 IAN SAMPLE - The danger’s less, though risk of radiation spread remains IAN SAMPLE Ian Sample has been a science correspondent for the Guardian since 2003. THE GUARDIAN The worsening crisis at the Fukushima power station in Japan has led to inevitable comparisons with the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster thatTHE GUARDIAN - 1,377 words
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Article, Illustration777 2011-03-18 24 WILLIAM PESEK - WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his BLOOMBERG A sudden shock to the global financial system has a way of uncovering its true state. As billionaire Warren Buffett famously said, it is onlyBLOOMBERG - 777 words
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Article, Illustration808 2011-03-18 26 PETER HADFIELD - PETER HADFIELD Peter Hadfield is the author of Sixty Seconds That Will Change the World. THE GUARDIAN In 1923, when a strong earthquake destroyed most ofTokyo, Japan suffered a crippling economic downturn that may have hastened the onsetTHE GUARDIAN - 808 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration305 2011-03-18 31 AGENCIES JAKARTA Police say suspected Islamic militants mailed a bomb to a popular musician of Jewish descent the fourth such package received this week in Indonesia’s capital. The device was similar to three low-intensity explosives delivered to different locations around the Indonesian capitalAGENCIES; AP - 305 words
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158 2011-03-18 31 AP Malaysia’s government was investigating yesterday whether seized equipment being shipped illegally to the Middle East could be used to make nuclear weapons. Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the authorities confiscated the cargo from a ship that stopped at a harbour inAP - 158 words
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140 2011-03-18 31 AP The Christian Federation of Malaysia accused the government yesterday of having “desecrated and defaced” 5,000 imported Bibles seized by the customs authorities in this Muslim-majority country. The accusation aggravates a dispute over the distribution of Malay-language Bibles containing the word “Allah” asAP - 140 words
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Article, Illustration391 2011-03-18 32 AGENCIES MANAMA Bahrain’s Sunni monarchy detained at least seven prominent opposition activists yesterday, while Iran recalled its ambassador from Manama to protest against the crackdown on mainly Shia Muslim protesters in the tiny Gulf kingdom. Iranian state TV said Tehran’s Ambassador in Manama, MrAGENCIES; REUTERS - 391 words
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233 2011-03-18 32 AP TOBRUK (Libya) Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces surrounded the gateway to oppo-sition-held territory yesterday, seizing positions on all sides of rebels who are hoping for help from the United Nations (UN) Security Council before government troops move in. The two sides have beenAP - 233 words
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144 2011-03-18 34 REUTERS WASHINGTON United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she has no desire to continue in the job if President Barack Obama wins a second term next year. And she said she does not want to be President either. When MrsREUTERS - 144 words
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299 2011-03-18 34 AP WASHINGTON The United States military does not have the trained personnel or the legal authority it needs to respond to a computer-based attack on America or its allies, and a crisis would quickly strain the force, the Pentagon’s cyber commander said. GeneralAP - 299 words
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Article, Illustration87 2011-03-18 34 The devastation caused by last month’s earthquake in Christchurch took Prince William by surprise yesterday. The second-in-line to the British throne toured the central area of the city, which is still closed to all but rescue workers, to see the impact of the magnitude-6.3 quake which struck on FebREUTERS - 87 words
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92 2011-03-18 34 AP Iran said yesterday that it had successfully launched a test spacecraft meant to sustain life in orbit. The state IRNA news agency said the capsule was carried by a rocket dubbed Kavoshgar-4 or Explorer-4 about 120km into orbit on Tuesday before returning toAP - 92 words
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109 2011-03-18 34 AP An experimental therapy improved symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in a midstage test, echoing results of an earlier pilot study. The new research is the first to show positive results in a test of gene therapy against a sham operation in about three dozenAP - 109 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration789 2011-03-18 38 TAN YO-HINN - A little over two years after SCC’s recommendations, Teo won’t give high marks yet in his progress report TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In 2004, the sports industry contributed S$696 million to the Republic’s GDP and that figure rose to around S$1 billion two yearsTODAY FILE PHOTO - 789 words
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Article, Illustration205 2011-03-18 38 SHAMIR OSMAN - SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Football was not the most important thing at Jurong East Stadium last night, when hosts Albirex Niigata took on champions Etoile FC in a Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League clash. In memory of those who died after the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hitPHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL - 205 words
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Article, Illustration588 2011-03-18 40 LOW LIN FHOONG - Three-way tie-up paves the way to sporting and academic excellence LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Displaying tremendous faith in the talent of Isabelle Li and Pang Xuejie, and sending a resounding message that sport and studies can mix, Republic Polytechnic (RP), in partnership with thePHOTO COURTESY OF STTA - 588 words
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Article, Illustration606 2011-03-18 42 SHAMIR OSMAN - FAS alert SSC on likely impact as sports body look to revise rates to reflect market valuation TODAY EXCLUSIVE SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Last week in Parliament, it was revealed that clubs in the Great EasternYeo’s S-League were set for a 40 per centTODAY FILE PHOTO - 606 words
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384 2011-03-18 44 AGENCIES LONDON At every Chelsea news conference these days the matter of Fernando Torres’ inability to find the net is duly raised and on every occasion Carlo Ancelotti insists he is unconcerned about the Spanish striker. So, after Wednesday’s goalless home drawAGENCIES - 384 words
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Article, Illustration554 2011-03-18 44 Portuguese coach has only one wish now: To avoid Chelsea and Inter AGENCIES MADRID It was his obsession with winning the “decima”, a 10th European title, that prompted Real Madrid president Florentino Perez to poach Jose Mourinho from Inter Milan and the decision is startingAGENCIES; PHOTOS: AP, GETTY IMAGES - 554 words
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Advertisement199 2011-03-18 11 A SPECIAL INVITATION OPENING OF NEW CELEBRITY SHOWFLAT Get blown away the minute you step into our latest showroom where we present you the very latest designs in classy interior furnishings. Well-known for our flair in designing tasteful interiors, we are proud to be the chosen interior designer for many199 words
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Article, Illustration982 2011-03-18 9 ONG KAH SENG - COMMENTARY ONG KAH SENG property@mediacorp.com.sg Ong Kah Seng is senior manager, Research, Asia Pacific at Cushman Wakefield. Gone are the days when location fundamentally mattered in most private residential purchases. While the recent aggressive bids in Government land tenders for centrallylocated suburban sitesTODAY FILE PHOTO - 982 words
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Article, Illustration828 2011-03-18 13 THE NEW YORK TIMES SHANGHAI To say that Mr Spencer Dodington, an entrepreneur, is passionate about Art Deco design is an understatement. He has devoted years to studying the style, amassed a vast collection of period furniture and started a business renovating pre-war apartmentsTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTOS: THE NEW YORK TIMES - 828 words
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265 2011-03-18 11 DOW JONES - DOW JONES SHANGHAI In the most-expensive singleproperty sale in mainland China this year, a Hong Kong-based distressed seller is getting a helping hand from the rise in the Chinese yuan. Asia Pacific Land, a private real-estate investment firm with about US$4.3 billion265 words
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Article, Illustration180 2011-03-18 11 HOI HUP LAUNCHES QUESTA DUNMAN The development Questa@ Dunman is the latest property offering from Hoi Hup Realty. The freehold property, which has a total of 122 units, comes in two blocks of 14 and 19 storeys. Home buyers can choose from several unit sizes, which include 430 sq ft180 words
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171 2011-03-18 11 DOW JONES - DOW JONES SHANGHAI China’s revenue from the sale of land rights last year totalled 2.9 trillion yuan (S$564 billion), but only 1.6 per cent went towards the construction of low-rental housing units, far below the proportion recommended by the Ministry of Finance, the171 words
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Article, Illustration139 2011-03-18 7 Watsons Singapore is expanding the Pure Beauty line with the Pure Beauty Black Pearl Skincare Range, a luxurious anti-ageing range. Specially designed for Asian skin, the Pure Beauty Black Pearl Skincare Range combines the benefits of Tahitian Black Pearl and SYN-COLL, a patented collagen booster139 words
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Article65 2011-03-18 7 Suffering from stiff necks? Ease your pain with the Owell 3D Shiatsu Massage Mini. Its 3D Shiatsu Massage and Kneading Massage selection lets you choose between acupressure massage and a deep, penetrative massage. Its four smooth rollers provide reach to all massage areas, including hard-to-reach points.65 words
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Article78 2011-03-18 7 Optic solutions provider, Shinagawa has expanded. Besides LASIK surgery, it has included checks for glaucoma, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration and others to its services at the Shinagawa LASIK centre. Tests for strabismus, eye mobility, colour vision and more are conducted at Shinagawa Optical. Both centres are located78 words
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Article162 2011-03-18 7 Women looking for a place of their own to relax or workout will not have to go farther than Plaza Singapura. The Amore Fitness and Boutique Spa will open at the mall on March 20. Besides the women-only gym, which boasts state-of-the-art gym equipment imported from Italy,162 words
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Article, Illustration198 2011-03-18 7 Playing on the word “orchard”, an area of land where fruit trees grow, Orchard Hotel pays tribute to orchards and apples with daily complimentary baskets of apples placed along its corridors. And until March 31, a minimum spend of S$99 at the Intermezzo Bar, La Terrasse,198 words
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Article, Illustration126 2011-03-18 7 Fans of Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, the Road Runner, Daffy Duck, the Tasmanian Devil, Wile E Coyote and Lola Bunny are in for a treat. From now until March 31, or while stocks last, every purchase of a promo- is filled with chunks126 words
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Article, Illustration115 2011-03-18 7 Battle the heat of Singapore with Huiji’s Summer Spring Instant Cooling Tea. This popular “cooling tea” has no artificial colouring, flavouring or preservatives, and with reduced sugar, this mildly sweet beverage fits into a Summer Spring Instant Cooling Tea is available at FairPrice, Watsons, Unity, Sheng Siong, OG,115 words
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252 2011-03-18 5 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Alibaba.com, the Chinese e-commerce company seeking to recover from a fraud scandal, posted profit that beat analyst estimates as customers spent more to promote their products. Fourth-quarter net income rose 46 per cent to 411.4 million yuan (S$80 million) from 281.2 million yuanBLOOMBERG - 252 words
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426 2011-03-18 5 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest Internet company, fell the most in more than two years in Hong Kong trading yesterday after president Martin Lau said earnings growth would be “certain” to slow. China’s biggest provider of onlineBLOOMBERG - 426 words
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293 2011-03-18 3 BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Groupon has held talks with banks about an initial public offering that would value the American online-cou-pon company at as much as US$25 billion (S$32 billion), according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. The two-year-oldBLOOMBERG - 293 words
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Article420 2011-03-18 3 AP MUMBAI India raised key interest rates by a quarter point yesterday its eighth hike in a year warning that rising oil prices will aggravate already high inflation in Asia’s third-largest economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also raised its inflation forecast forAP - 420 words
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418 2011-03-18 2 CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS - CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Republic’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew at their slowest pace in 16 months in February, following a slump in electronics shipments. But analysts said the deceleration might be temporary as some of the semiconductor orders that418 words
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389 2011-03-18 2 RACHEL KELLY - RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE Motor insurance premiums, which rose 6.5 per cent on average last year to S$1,100, may climb even higher this year as insurers look to recoup underwriting losses. Last year, underwriting losses from motor insurance widened to S$48.9 million, some389 words
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205 2011-03-18 1 REUTERS SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) may refrain from further monetary tightening at its next policy review next month and keep further gains of the Singapore dollar in check as it waits to see if disasters in Japan threaten the globalREUTERS - 205 words
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202 2011-03-18 1 CONRAD RAJ - CONRAD RAJ Mr Stephen Forshaw, the former head of public relations at Singapore Airlines, is taking over as head of corporate affairs at Singapore investment fund Temasek Holdings. Mr Forshaw, who is currently director of Corporate Communications202 words
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Article113 2011-03-18 1 DOW JONES - DOW JONES THURSDAY CLOSE 2,942.88 (-0.95%) Singapore shares fell to a fresh six-month low yesterday amid weakness in Asian stocks as uncertainty over Japan’s nuclear crisis and heightened unrest in the Middle East continued to unnerve investors. Volume was lower at 1.21 billion shares worth S$1.5 billion, compared to113 words
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Article31 2011-03-18 1 HANG SENG 22,284.43 (-1.83%) È È È È NIKKEI 8,962.67 H AUSTRALIA È È SHANGHAI 2,897.30 (-1.14%) Ç AUSTRALIA 4,555.33 SEOUL MUMBAI 18,149.87 (-1.14%) MALAYSIA 1,492.09 (-0.02%) SEOUL 1,959.03 (+0.05%)31 words
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Article13 2011-03-18 1 Ç Ç OIL US$99.73 (+1.8%) GOLD US$1,401.40 (+0.4%) SILVER US$34.45 (-0.1%) È13 words
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Article29 2011-03-18 1 US$1 $1.281 £1 $2.067 €1 $1.796 ¥100 $1.632 A$1 $1.258 RM1 $0.419 Rp1,000 $0.145 HK$100 $16.41 RMB100 $19.49 RS100 $2.832 All figures correct as at 9pm last night29 words
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Article70 2011-03-18 1 Buy s$1.93 OCBC keeps rating at Buy with a S$2.41 fair value based on 22.5X FY11 forecast EPS. The house notes reports that Hyflux will let a US$100-million (S$127.9-million) Libyan contract lapse and will not proceed with talks to build two mega-desalination plants there. It says “while the stock70 words
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Article82 2011-03-18 1 Neutral s$1.34 Macquarie upgrades from Underperform, saying “current valuations present a good entry point for investors looking to tap into what we think is a medium-term structural growth story within the airline industry”. But it cuts its 12-month target price to S$1.45 from S$1.50. Upward revisions in fuel82 words
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Article61 2011-03-18 1 Outperform s$0.93 Daiwa initiates coverage with a target price of S$1.05, equivalent to a target DPU yield, based on its forecasts, of 8.3 per cent for *****3. The house says “we believe Sabana REIT’s investment property portfolio stands out from those of other industrial property S-REITs for its61 words
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Article511 2011-03-18 1 JO-ANN HUANG - JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Foreign banks are turning up the heat in the mortgage loan war among banks. Compared with their local counterparts, they are offering much more attractive packages. Maybank, HSBC, ANZ and CIMB Bank are some of the foreign banks offering tantalising home511 words
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Article, Illustration776 2011-03-18 2 Hermione Hoby - Forget Glee. Meet PS22, who’ve gone from YouTube superstars to celebrity darlings Hermione Hoby features@mediacorp.com.sg THERE was really only one moment worth watching at last month’s Oscars. At the end of a dull ceremony, a chorus of 10-year-olds took to the stage and sang OverThe776 words
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Article, Illustration485 2011-03-18 4 REUTERS BOLLYWOOD is dyeing its hair blond, getting itself a sports car and donning a pair of worn-out jeans. In other words, it’s trying to be younger and hipper. The Hindi film industry, until now ruled by stars mostly in their 40s, is looking to woo youngerREUTERS; Bloomberg - 485 words
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Article, Illustration332 2011-03-18 4 AP IT’S a new role for ex-Czech President Vaclav Havel. Formerly a dissident playwright credited with toppling communism in Czechoslovakia, he is now a director turning his play about the leader of a country who leaves politics after many years into a film. Leaving, for whichAP - 332 words
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Article, Illustration433 2011-03-18 6 KEVIN MATHEWS - After all, it’s taken local band King Kong Jane only six years to release their debut KEVIN MATHEWS WHAT’S instantly obvious about local rock band King Kong Jane (picture) upon first meeting them is that the members Colin Lim, Lim Ruishen, Lin Renquan,Wu Jianpeng and Ian Ho433 words
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Article, Illustration349 2011-03-18 7 REUTERS RAP artist Nate Dogg, known for his collaborations with hip-hop stars such as Dr Dre,Warren G and longtime friend Snoop Dog, has died at age 41. The cause of death was not immediately known, but Nate Dogg, born Nathaniel D Hale, had sufferedREUTERS; Reuters - 349 words
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Article80 2011-03-18 6 With reference to our advertisement on “Today” newspaper dated 14 March 2011, FX1 Academy Pte Ltd would like to sincerely apologize to readers of “Today” newspaper for any potential misrepresentation that CNBC is involved in or associated with FX1 Academy Pte Ltd’s seminars. We would like to80 words
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Article, Illustration531 2011-03-18 8 Celebrities and entertainment firms band together to send aid and prayers to Japan AGENCIES IN THE aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, celebrities and a number of entertainment companies have announced humanitarian aid programmes for the beleaguered country. The support ranges from direct charitable givingAGENCIES; Photos: Reuters - 531 words
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Article, Illustration211 2011-03-18 8 Justin Bieber: “Japan is one of my favorite places on earth...it’s an incredible culture with amazing people. My prayers go out to them. We all need to help” Katy Perry: “My prayers go out to anyone that is being effected byPhotos: AP, Reuters - 211 words
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339 2011-03-18 9 AGENCIES Sony has given approximately US$3.6 million (S$4.6 million) to relief efforts in addition to the donation of 30,000 radios and 500,000 batteries. The company is also establishing a matching gift programme. Disney said it’ll donate US$2.5 million to the American Red CrossAGENCIES - 339 words
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Article, Illustration292 2011-03-18 11 1 AR Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour The Mozart of Madras and the man behind the infectiously catchy tune of Slumdog Millionaire brings his brand of concert to town combining music, dance and acrobatics. Jai Ho! Date: Till March 20 Time: 8.30pm Venue:292 words
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Miscellaneous32 2011-03-18 11 SUDOKUplus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOWTO PLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. COPYRIGHTUCLICK YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION32 words
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Article, Illustration633 2011-03-18 12 TREVOR TAN - You can change lenses on Micro FourThirds (MFT) cameras, yet they’re so much lighter and smaller than digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras.The two most successful MFT cameras on the market, the Olympus PEN E-PL1 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1, garnered rave reviews with their great image633 words
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Article, Illustration572 2011-03-18 12 THE 12-megapixel GF2 sports several improvements over its antecedent, such as 1920x1080 full high-definition (HD) video recording, maximum ISO setting of 6400, a built-in stereo microphone and SDXC card support. It is also 19 per cent smaller and 20g lighter than the GF1. The GF2572 words
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Article, Illustration639 2011-03-18 13 HAZWAN NORLY - GADGET REVIEW: ZOOM Q3HD HAZWAN NORLY THE Zoom Q3HD ($495) is built for concert-goers. When I first got my hands on the Q3HD, I noticed the range of jacks on the sides of its silver-gray body and was impressed. It’s just 51x133x23mm, yet Zoom has found space639 words
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Article, Illustration362 2011-03-18 13 TREVOR TAN - HEADPHONE REVIEW: POWERBEATS SPORT HEADPHONES FROM MONSTER TREVOR TAN THOSE of you who listen to music while you work out probably know how it feels to have your earphones slowly slip out of your ears.You can solve your woes with PowerBeats Sport Headphones From362 words
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Article, Illustration413 2011-03-18 14 IT IS a scene out of a hungry Apple fan’s dream a restaurant run using Apple iPads and iPod Touches (no, it’s not an Apple-themed eatery). Genki Sushi has reopened here and automated the point-of-sale (POS) system at its outlet with iPads andPhoto: Trevor Tan - 413 words
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Article673 2011-03-18 14 Hedirman Supian - We get our hands on Apple’s next-generation tablet and can’t bear to let go of it Hedirman Supian hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg POOR iPad. Its haters simply dismissed it as an upsized iPhone or iPod touch from Day One. It has now singlehandedly defined a new product category and673 words
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