Today, 5 April 2011

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    20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday April 5, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Diversity in PAP’s line-up: Wong Kan Seng
    557 1  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A brigadier-general, a unionist and a former civil servant. These three new People’s Action Party (PAP) candidates were introduced a day after Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong’s comments about the difficulty in finding candidates from the private sector.
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  • SINGAPORE VOTES 2011
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      Lock icon Singapore is ‘worth fighting for’
      386 2  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE Two experiences have not only left an indelible mark on BrigadierGeneral (NS) Tan Chuan Jin but also significantly shaped his thinking about Singapore: Spearheading the Republic’s humanitarian efforts in Aceh after the tsunami in 2004 and chairing the National Day Parade
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      Lock icon She hopes to help mums
      372 2  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE If elected, former Economics Development Board director Low Yen Ling will advocate a supportive environment for mothers. The experience of her mother who had to juggle family commitments and the family’s tailoring business when it incurred a S$100,000 debt when Ms
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      Lock icon He knows the ‘anxieties ... workers face’
      316 2  - He knows the ‘anxieties workers face’ ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE A bursary from the Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore during his first year of junior college in 1988 and a three-month working stint at an NTUC FairPrice supermarket a year later. These were trade unionist Patrick Tay Teck Guan’s
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      Sitoh a ‘true servant’ of Potong Pasir
      203 2 SINGAPORE Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has described Mr Sitoh Yih Pin, the adviser to the Potong Pasir grassroots organisations, as a true servant of the constituency. Writing on the MParader Facebook page, Mr Goh revealed that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had
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      Lock icon NSP duo ‘want to normalise Opposition politics’
      569 3  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Owing to their status as former civil service high flyers, Opposition candidates Tony Tan and Hazel Poa (picture) have found themselves in the public spotlight on one too many occasions including the time when they were part of a
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      353 3 KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE BUILDING FUTURES One success story at a time I want a career in Business and Finance WE HAVE THE PLAN SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY CRICOS *****D Best university in Melbourne for teaching quality Good Universities Guide 2007 2011 Bachelor of Business (Professional Accounting) Kaplan Code: KAP-WXAG
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Court rejects drug trafficker’s appeal
      666 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A convicted Malaysian drug trafficker facing the death penalty lost an unprecedented legal bid to force a judicial review of the clemency process yesterday. The Court of Appeal, the highest court in the land, reached an unanimous decision in dismissing
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      Lock icon Japan releases radioactive water into sea as 'emergency measure'
      549 6 AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese engineers yesterday began releasing 11,500 tonnes of water contaminated with low levels of radiation from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, as they struggled to contain increasing amounts of dangerous runoff resulting from efforts to
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      AVA BANS FOOD IMPORTS FROM HYOGO PREFECTURE
      103 6  -  MONICA KOTWANI The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has suspended more food imports from Japan. This time, fruits and vegetables arriving from Hyogo prefecture will be banned. The AVA said radioactive contaminants were detected in a sample of cabbage imported from Hyogo on
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      Lock icon Sons said to offer plan to push Gaddafi out
      344 6 REUTERS AGENCIES TRIPOLI At least two sons of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi are proposing a resolution to the Libyan conflict that would entail pushing their father aside to make way for a transition to a constitutional democracy under the direction of his
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      Lock icon Asian stocks near three-year high, spurred by US data
      527 8 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Asian share prices rose to their highest in nearly three years yesterday after strong United States jobs growth spurred optimism about the global economy, while the euro hit an 11 -month peak against the yen. Meanwhile, the price of
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      Lock icon S'pore hospitality sector to benefit from tourist diversion from Japan
      372 8  -  TRAVIS TEO SINGAPORE Hospitality stocks here look set to get a short-term boost, as tourist arrivals in Singapore continue to rise in the aftermath of the disaster in Japan, analysts said. They said the profiles of arrivals in both the
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      Li Ka-shing 'plans ssi.gb REIT IPO'
      326 8  -  DOW JONES HONG KONG Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s Beijing-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) plans to raise between 10 billion yuan (S$1.9 billion) and 12 billion yuan in an initial public offering (IPO) ahead of a Hong Kong listing on April 29, a
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      9 4 >> MOTHER TONGUE EDUCATION TO RECEIVE BOOST FROM FUND 18
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon How Japan's plight worsens global inflation
      872 10  -  It’s not just the supply-chain disruptions but also too much liquidity and surging demand for commodities WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG The economics of production is unpredictable. Just ask Steve Jobs. Stock analysts
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      Lock icon A future in nuclear-powered offshore parks?
      878 12  -  Countries could co-invest in commercial hubs situated some place safe, fuelled by nuclear energy KUA HARN WEI Dr Kua Harn Wei is an Associate Fellow with the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Building, School of Design and
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      Lock icon China's shadow financial world
      1846 14  -  Tough controls on banks have given rise to a growing system of informal loans to the private sector, which are buoying inflation HENNY SENDER THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED John Kuhns was in Hong Kong at the end of January, visiting local branches of his mainland banks
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  • VOICES
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      Create Senior Minister post in key ministries
      207 16  -  Letter from Tan Kok Tim I REFER to the letter “Shorter Cabinet terms for ministers?” (April 4) on the possibility of limiting Cabinet ministers’ terms to two years. Since there are posts of Minister Mentor (MM) and Senior Minister (SM) in the Prime
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      Lock icon Names should tell a (hi)story
      710 16  -  I SAY Liew Kai Khiun, Kevin Y L Tan Dr Kevin Y L Tan is president of and Dr Liew Kai Khiun a member of the Singapore Heritage Society, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Singapore’s history, heritage and identity. The
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      NS RECRUIT REMORSEFUL, COUNSELLED
      112 16  -  LETTER FROM COLONEL DESMOND TAN DIRECTOR, MINDEF PUBLIC AFFAIRS The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has completed its investigation into the recent case of a serviceman who was photographed with his domestic helper carrying his field pack. The serviceman concerned has identified himself to his Commander. He
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      THERE’S HELP FOR CITIZENSHIP JOURNEY PARTICIPANTS
      203 17  -  LETTER FROM NOORITA MD-NOOR DIRECTOR, INTEGRATION DIRECTORATE, NATIONAL POPULATION AND TALENT DIVISION We thank Mr Jeffrey Law Lee Beng for his letter, “Citizenship journey could be too much for some” (March 31). The Singapore Citizenship (SC) journey was rolled out in February this year
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      Not right place to sell complex insurance product
      250 17  -  Letter from Jessie Loy I REFER to the letter by Mr Alex Ang Chung Chung, “An ill-ad-vised plan” (April 2). I sympathise with him and his father, and this incident highlights a number of serious issues. Unlike life insurance, health insurance can
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      Just give the young a field to play
      192 17  -  Letter from Mark Shriner IF SINGAPORE wants to develop top-tier football talent, it does not need more “certified” coaches (“More coaching for coaches”, March 28). It needs more players. And if it wants more players, it simply needs to give a much
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Mother tongue education to receive boost from fund
      356 18  -  EVELYN CHOO evelynchoo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Education Ministry (MOE) will set aside up to S$12 million to develop the use of Chinese language in schools from pre-primary all the way to junior college. This will be in the form of a one-to-one matching
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      ‘Remorseful’ recruit owns up to commander
      353 18  -  TANYA FONG SINGAPORE The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) serviceman who was photographed with his maid carrying his field pack has owned up to his commander. The photograph was widely circulated in recent weeks on the Internet and had sparked a controversy. Apart from making
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      Reformative training for teen found with chopper at Costa Sands
      283 19  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A teenager found in possession of a chopper at Costa Sands Resort in Pasir Ris was sentenced to reformative training yesterday. Nurul Aisyah Osman, 19, will spend between 18 months and three years at a reformative
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      South Korean burglar jailed
      250 19  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A South Korean burglar, who stole more than S$97,000 worth of cash and valuables from victims here, was jailed four-and-a-half years and six weeks yesterday. Choi Hee Soo (picture), 36, will also receive three strokes of the cane. Choi, who pleaded guilty to
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      Student on probation for pimping
      143 19  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A Nanyang Polytechnic student who lived off the earnings of Thai sex workers will be placed on probation for 18 months. Wong Jiong Yang, 18, will also have to perform 100 hours of community service for committing the offence. An online acquaintance,
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      Lock icon Professor receives prestigious Honorary Citizen Award
      162 20  -  SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE For his contributions to Singapore in building its biomedical sciences sector, Professor Edward Holmes has been conferred the prestigious Honorary Citizen Award. He received his award the highest form of recognition given by the Government for outstanding contributions by individuals to
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      Lock icon First baby elephant in 9 years for Night Safari
      345 20 SINGAPORE He is just five-months-old but like most babies, is cute and very much attached to his mother, even as he steps into the limelight at the Night Safari. The park’s first baby elephant in nine years, is making his first
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      Lock icon ONE LUCKY WINNER
      59 21 The winner of the SingTel-UOB Platinum Card Volkswagen Lucky Draw, Ms Esther Lee Kim Poh (centre), accepting her prize yesterday: A Volkswagen Passat CC 1.8 TSI. With Ms Lee are Mr Vincent Tan, UOB’s senior vice-president, Cards Marketing and Co-Brands, and Ms Diana Chen, SingTel’s director of
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      South East CDC launches financial education programme
      231 21 SINGAPORE The South East Community Development Council (CDC) has launched a financial education programme for needy students. A collaboration between the CDC and Citi Singapore, the MoneyWise Matched Savings Programme targets 300 students who are receiving help from the Ministry of Education Financial
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      New water recreation course to develop a range of hospitality skills
      331 21  -  QIUYI TAN SINGAPORE Learning how to pilot various marine craft. Developing a greater appreciation for water safety. These are among some of the waterbased skills that participants can develop from a course in water recreation, offered by the Workforce
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Back on the campaign trail
      445 22 Obama launches re-election bid for 2012 campaign AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama launched his re-election bid yesterday, 20 months before the November 2012 ballot, urging grass-roots supporters to mobilise again to protect the change he has brought in his first term. Mr Obama,
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      Lock icon God spared us tsunami, says Java resident
      264 22 AGENCIES JAKARTA A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit off Indonesia’s main island of Java early yesterday, prompting the authorities to briefly issue a tsunami warning that sent thousands of residents fleeing to higher ground. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Following
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      Lock icon Troops fire on Yemen protest
      231 24 AP SANAA (Yemen) Security forces and plainclothes gunmen opened fire on crowds of Yemenis marching through a southern city yesterday, killing at least six and wounding more than 30, in an intensifying crackdown against the uprising against the 32-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
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      Lock icon IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
      314 24 AGENCIES •Bahrain: The main opposition newspaper resumed publication yesterday after its high-profile editor was replaced by a low-key columnist and board member. Bahrain suspended the Al Wasat newspaper on Sunday, accusing it of falsifying news about sectarian unrestand a government crackdown. The official
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      Lock icon Part of sex video leaked online?
      251 24 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR An excerpt of a sex video purportedly featuring Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was uploaded to YouTube on Sunday and shared on several pro-United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) blogs. The clip, which lasts one minute and 47 seconds, shows two men
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      Lock icon Bodies from 2009 air crash found
      254 25 AP PARIS Underwater search teams have located pieces of an Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009, French investigators said, offering a surprising new glimmer of hope in the protracted hunt for clues to what happened. Some human remains were also
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      Lock icon Weight affects smokers’ breast cancer risk?
      260 25 AP ORLANDO (Florida) Smoking raises the risk of breast cancer for healthy-weight and overweight women but not for those who are obese, new research in the United States suggests. It was a first-of-its-kind finding but researchers say it does not mean that smoking is
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      Lock icon FLOAT DUCKY, FLOAT
      55 25 About 17,000 plastic ducks were released during the 7th annual KinderMourn Hope Floats Duck Race at the United States National Whitewater Center in North Carolina on Sunday. The event is an annual fund raiser to raise money for KinderMourn, a body that helps families who have lost
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      Lock icon iPad 2 popular in the afterlife, too
      236 25 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Apple’s iPad 2 shortage has spread to the afterlife as Chinese families in Malaysia rush to buy paper replicas of the popular new gadget to burn for their dead relatives as part of the centuries-old rite. During the Qingming festival,
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      Lock icon ARTIST MISSING AFTER BEING STOPPED FROM LEAVING CHINA
      129 25 AP One of China’s most famous contemporary artists has been missing for more than a day after he was prevented from leaving the country and the police raided his home, his wife said yesterday. The disappearance of Mr Ai Weiwei comes as
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      Lock icon CRACKS FOUND IN THREE GROUNDED SOUTHWEST PLANES
      100 25 AP Inspectors have found small, subsurface cracks in three more Southwest Airlines planes that are similarto those suspected of causing a jetliner to lose pressure and make a harrowing emergency landing in Arizona, a federal investigator said. Southwest said on Sunday that two
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      Lock icon BOY DIES AFTER FALLING OUT OF ROLLER COASTER IN US
      125 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Three-year-old Jayson Dansby was sitting near the front of the Python Pit roller coaster at the Go Bananas amusement park in Chicago when he got underneath the ride’s safety bar, the police said. In what was described
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      Lock icon S$12.6 MILLION TRIPTYCH SETS CHINESE MODERN ART RECORD
      128 25 AP A three-panel painting by artist Zhang Xiaogang has set a record auction price for Chinese contemporary art, selling for US$10 million (S$12.6 million). Sotheby’s, which ran the Hong Kong auction, said the triptych, Forever Lasting Love, was sold on Sunday, but
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  • BUSINESS
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      SGX to let market decide stock borrowing, lending rates
      415 26  -  RYAN HUANG Ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) plans to expand its Securities Lending and Borrowing programme to boost liquidity and activity in the local market. SGX currently borrows and lends stocks at fixed rates of 4 and 6 per cent
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      HAIG MANSIONS UP FOR EN BLOC SALE
      152 26 Haig Mansions, a freehold development at Haig Road, has been put up for sale by tender by property consultants Credo Real Estate. The owners of Haig Mansions are asking for more than s$21 million, which works out to about s$746 per square foot
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      Bayer to expand S'pore presence
      145 26 SINGAPORE Global health care firm Bayer plans to invest over S$35 million to expand its seed research laboratory in Singapore over the next five years. Bayer CropScience, a subgroup of Bayer, said the facility will cater to increasing demand in the region by supporting the
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      PELIKAT MANSIONS OWNERS EYEING S$70M IN COLLECTIVE SALE
      157 26 Pelikat Mansions, a freehold three-storey commercial cum residential block near Charlton Park, has been put up for collective sale via a public tender, said marketing agent ERA Realty Network. The existing development comprises 34 apartments and 17 shop houses. The 69,552.66 square
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      FAMILY-OWNED LIM TUA TOW ROAD SITE FOR SALE
      164 26 A freehold 28,676 square feet residential site at 28, Lim Tua Tow Road, is up for sale. The site presently accommodates three single-storey houses. Based on the Master Plan 2008, it can be re-developed into a fivestorey project comprising about 43 apartments
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      OCBC BANK’S SIGN-ON BONUS UP TO s$600,000: ANNUAL REPORT
      236 27  -  CONRAD RAJ OCBC Bank is perhaps the only listed company in Singapore to disclose sign-on and severance packages for its employees in its annual report. Its latest annual report showed that last year, 88 employees received sign-on bonuses, the highest of
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      STI
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      12 27 Oil US$108.39 (0.42%) Gold US$1,436.10 (+0.50%) Ç Silver US$38.485 (+2.00%) Ç
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      29 27 US$1 $1.260 £1 $2.030 €1 $1.794 ¥100 $1.499 A$1 $1.309 RM1 $0.417 Rp10,000 $1.449 HK$100 $17.96 RMB100 $19.25 RS100 $2.837 All figures correct as at 9pm last night
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        70 27 (S$8.01) Underperform CLSA keeps rating and S$8.00 price target, saying the market is still giving SGX’s proposed merger with ASX a low probability of success. The house says, “more importantly, in our view, SGX securities turnover continues to undershoot our expectations, with average daily turnover for (fiscal) 3Q11
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        69 27 (S$1.03) Buy DBS Vickers starts coverage with a S$1.21 target price, or 14 times FY11 PE, saying that the current share price weakness provides an attractive entry point. The house says it believes re-rating catalysts include a recovery in crude palm oil output boosting utilisation rates and refining margins;
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        72 27 (S$12.70) Outperform CIMB maintains rating and target price of S$15.00, based on SOTP valuation, noting that Jasper Investments has exercised its option with Keppel to build a second KFELS B class jackup rig for US$180 million (S$226 million). Year to date, Keppel has secured S$4.7 billion or 63
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      GLP shares rebound as concerns over Japan operations ease
      321 28 SINGAPORE Shares of main-board-listed Global Logistic Properties (GLP) closed 3.1 per cent higher at S$1.98 yesterday as concerns eased about its operations in disaster-struck Japan. The rally, on a volume of about 31 million shares, brought it roughly back to the
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      292 28  -  RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE The chief executive officer of United Overseas Bank (UOB), Mr Wee Ee Cheong, was paid a remuneration of between S$8 million and S$8.25 million last year, up from previous year’s range of S$7 million to S$7.25 million. In its annual report,
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      157 28 Mainboard-listed construction group Tiong Seng Holdings said yesterday it won a S$192 million contract from the Housing and Development Board (HDB) for the construction of 1,072 units in the Punggol West development, Waterway Terraces. The building contract includes the construction of electrical
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      224 26 ADAM KHOO Asia’s Top Success Coach Best-Selling Author 2011 is now the third year of recovery from the fi nancial crisis. However, with the recent market downturn, has the stock market reached its peak or are there still opportunities to make huge profi ts? 7th April 2011 THURSDAY 7.00pm 10.00pm
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      565 29 Next evolutionary phase for Google is to be more social AGENCIES IT IS good to be social. But it can also be a nerve-wracking experience, if Google is any indication. According to Mr Steven Levy, a veteran technology journalist, Google’s concern about Facebook’s domination
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      115 29 REUTERS A NEW reality show has given new meaning to the phrase, eagle eye(s) as millions of people logged on to a streaming video of a nesting bald eagle couple in Decorah, Iowa. The idea was hatched by biologist Mr Bob Anderson, who installed a live
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      366 29  -  PETER YEO THE Media Development Authority (MDA), SingTel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise announced a collaboration to establish a strategic incubation programme yesterday. This move is set to boost the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) space in Singapore. Dubbed Blk71, the programme is
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      573 30 Real to risk Ronaldo, Redknapp claims Bale is fit AP MADRID It may only be the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals but Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur are ready to throw caution to the wind by risking key players when they meet tonight (tomorrow morning,
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      328 30 AGENCIES MILAN The Champions League first leg quarter-final between Inter Milan and Schalke 04 at the San Siro today could not have come at a worse time for the two troubled teams. Both clubs are mired in domestic woes ahead
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      591 31  -  After three months and no goals, Torres is running out of excuses COMMENTARY RAZALI ABDULLAH razalia@mediacorp. com. sg Razali Abdullah is sports editor at Today. Perhaps Graham Taylor can be the next England manager. After all, anyone who can get the best out of
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      390 31 AGENCIES MIAMI Nobody has been able to stop Novak Djokovic (picture) all year but the Serbian world No 2, fresh from his latest triumph, said it is too soon to entertain any talk of him as the world’s best. Djokovic beat world
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      352 32  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Five months after she blitzed the continent’s best to win the 50m butterfly gold at last year’s Asian Games, Tao Li’s record-breaking effort will see her receive the bonus due to her under the Singapore National Olympic Council’s (SNOC), Multi-million
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      71 32 Taekwondo exponent Nurul Shafinas and footballer Jeffrey Lightfoot unveiling the Youth Olympic Games’ mural at the Esplanade MRT station yesterday. Made up of 3,088-mosaic tiles, 2,804 of them were each individually designed by athletes and members of the Games’ workforce, and members of the Whampoa Ceramic Club. The
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      628 32  -  FAS announce increased cash subsidy, more KPI-based incentives SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The clubs in the Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League asked for more help last year and were duly promised a boost in funding ahead of this year’s campaign. Last month, Teo Ser Luck,
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      102 30 Congratulations to the following winners of Viewers’ Choice 2010 Homeviewers Contest! 1st Prize: $10,000 Ng Sook Poh Sxxxx948C 2nd Prize: $5,000 Bay Boon Peng Sxxx516G 3rd Prize: $2,000 Yang Jianting Sebastian Sxxxx489B Consolation Prize: $500 Noor Zila Bt Abu Samah Sxxxx723A Chua Kheng Swee Melvin Sxxx168Z Cheong Hin Suan Sxxxx795A
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      187 32 Asian Champ Arema Malang Shandong Luneng Tue, 05/04/11 4.30pm Asian Champ Cerezo Osaka Jeonbuk Tue, 05/04/11 6.00pm Asian Champ Jeju Camba Osaka Tue, 05/04/11 6.30pm Asian Champ Tianjin Teda Melbourne Viet Tue, 05/04/11 7.30pm 5.League Combak Hougang Tue, 05/04/11 7.30pm Asian Champ Sydney FC Shenhua Wed, 06/04/11 5.00pm Asian Champ
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      49 33 Remember when you wanted to be a rock star? -Kk I r a in A We all know how that turned out. You got busy with work, life and everything else. Bring back the joy of music with our programmes. arts on okto Every night from 10pm AediaCorp Lid
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      164 34 Terms conditions aply. Results may vary. C07«V /ASIAN I 1\ W£Ml Omni Algae RADIANCE TREATMENT 10 sessions® just $iso Exclusive Foi FIRST 20 Customers with skin problems r 7T IM X "N v y A YOUTHFUL RADIATING CONCOCTION OF ASIAN SKIN SOLUTION Omni Algae Radiance Treatment contains an all natural
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      56 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS S$600,000 APRIL 5, 2011 THAT’S HOW MUCH IT COULD COST WHEN A ROCK STAR CANCELS T3 A PUBLICATION OF HOSSAN LEONG IS 100% LOCAL. DOUBLE CONFIRM! T4 THE SCRIPT THINK MUSIC CRITICS SUCK T5 HEALTH SPICY FOOD COULD
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      277 2 SALES Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Marketing May 18 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Marketing Institute of Singapore EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES MAY 2011 Effective Selling Skills for Maximum Results* May 12 -13 Increasing Sales Appointment Ratios* new. May 26 Negotiation Skills for Sales Marketing Professionals* new May 5 6 Solution Sales Strategies and Skills new! May
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      1565 3  -  Complaints, cancellations and fickle pop stars are just some of the things concert organisers have to bet against CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg LAST month, members of the Esplanade staff were anxiously awaiting the arrival of Charlie Haden.The 73-year-old bass player’s work with jazz greats like
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      241 2 Who I M And What M.I.? The “M.I.” here refers to “musical instrument” and this month features an eclectic series of performances from the likes of CLARQuintet, the Ministry Of Bellz and even gamelan music. Until April 30, various times, Esplanade Concourse. Free.Visit http://www.esplanade.com for more details. The French
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      780 5  -  Irish rockers The Script talk success, life lessons and opening for a Beatle Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg THE place: Flushing Meadows, New York. The occasion: Sir Paul McCartney’s concert marking the opening of Citi Field, the stadium built as a replacement for Shea Stadium. (Shea was the
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      494 4  -  Hossan Leong is well qualified to host new game show We Are Singaporeans May Seah may@mediacorp.com.sg WE ARE Singaporeans has spun off from a surprisingly entertaining segment on The Noose into a full-fledged game show all about Singapore trivia. Premiering tomorrow on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, the
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        One punchy soundtrack
        230 7  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH Sucker Punch Various DID you see Sucker Punch Neither did I. But now that I’ve heard the soundtrack, I feel like watching the movie. And it seems actress Emily Browning isn’t just the star of the “sock ’em, shoot ’em up” movie. She’s also the
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        Deep Cuts Queen
        165 7  -  KEVIN MATHEWS COINCIDING with the reissues of Queen’s first five albums, Universal has released this compilation the first of three featuring non-chart hits, but prime album tracks to tease the younger generation into picking up the new Queen re-issues. And yes, Deep Cuts will make a good
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        Submarine OST Alex Turner
        170 7  -  KEVIN MATHEWS TWO indie entities collide on this EP of graceful songs. Singersongwriter Alex Turner (who fronts muchlauded Brit-indie outfit Arctic Monkeys) has written/recorded the soundtrack music for 2010 British indie film, Submarine. Turner reveals the quieter, more introspective side of his musical persona with these
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        157 7  -  Relooking a classic Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols (1977) CHRISTOPHER TOH SURE, it has Anarchy In The UK, Pretty Vacant and God Save The Queen on it. But the album, while popularising the punk movement, also helped to set it back.
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      409 5 Advertisement From $0 To Millions Millionaire trader turned US$10,000 to US$2 million in 2 years with low-risk strategies Mirriam MacWilliams mentored over 5,000 people in Singapore, Asia and USA to trade profitably. Corporate high-flyer Mirriam MacWilliams wanted financial freedom: to leave her job and travel around the world. So she
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      218 5 Dr Ed Sobey will be touring Singapore to Present why “Business is Booming LIVE here in Singapore” ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY! Don't miss your chance. Learn directly from Dr Ed Sobey ‘SECRETS’ how anyone with a passion for education can start a PROFITABLE education business, GET PAID A HIGH INCOME and
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      845 9  -  What you eat can affect your voice WORLD VOICE DAY Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg NO SPICY food or coffee. Forget about fried chicken and roti prata.And don’t even think about having durian. If our voice box was human, it would certainly be one fussy eater. That’s because what
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      257 9  -  Healthy recipes by cancer patients and their families EVELINE GAN WHAT does good food have to do with coping with cancer? Plenty, it seems from the looks of the scrumptious homemade recipes provided by 12 cancer patients and their caregivers in Sharing Plates. The cookbook was put together
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        58 11 Lotions and potions ways to having healthy, beautiful skin Confused by the thousands of skin products available? A dermatologist examines some ingredients behind these beauty lotions. Conducted in Mandarin. Date: Friday Time: 1pm to 2pm Venue: Health Education Hub, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Main Building 1, Level 1, National
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        62 11 Learn more about liver diseases such as Hepatitis B, fatty liver disease and liver cirrhosis at this public forum, as well as the various treatment methods that are available. Date: April 16 Time: 9am to 11am Venue: HDB Hub Convention Centre, Basement 1, Auditorium, 480
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        58 11 Learn more about women health issues and take part in pre-fringe workshops on weight management, bone building and skin rejuvenation. Date: April 16 Time: 10am to 11am (special interactive sessions); 1.30pm to 5.30pm (forum) Venue: Hilton Singapore, Grand Ballroom, Level 3 Fee/Registration: 18 (forum); $5 (special interactive
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      239 9 Parkway East Hospital Getting Pregnant! A Community Health Education Symposium 16 April 2011, Saturday 2.00 pm 5.00 pm Parkway East Hospital, Level 3 Conference Room, Hospital Main Building 321 Joo Chiat Place, Singapore *****0 Programme 2.00 pm Registration 2.30 pm Welcome Address by ParkwayHealth 2.45 pm Are You Ready for
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      557 10 The critically ill need a great deal of love, care and support —and so do their caregivers The idea of facing a critical illness such as cancer, kidney failure or stroke is certainly daunting. In such an instance, what would be foremost on your
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      314 12 1 Get Your Free Scoop Of Ben Jerry’s New Ice Cream! Exclusively for Today readers: Be one of the first 500 readers to flash this page at Ben Jerry’s scoop shop atVivoCity today and a scoop of the ice cream maker’s new flavour, Clusterfluff, is yours free!
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      303 13 ON MEDIACORP ASIA ALARM (Premiere) Channel 5, 9pm If you enjoy surfing the Internet for funny and entertaining commercials, Asia Alarm is your show to catch. It features the funniest and wackiest commercials from countries such as Thailand, India, Hong Kong, Japan, China and Singapore. PINK LIPSTICK Channel U, 7pm
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      215 13 ON MEDIACORP POWER DUET Channel 8, 8pm The first round of quarter-finals begins. Eight teams will sing their hearts out for a chance to get into the semi-finals. OPEN HOUSE SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2011 (Debut) okto, 10pm This series will give you everything you need to make your Singapore Biennale exploration
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      191 14 RADIO ‘As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others Audrey Hepburn, actress and humanitarian RADI Shelves Wback Helping 75 families in our 75th year is MediaCorp radio stations’ way of giving back to society. The initiative
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