Today, 22 April 2011

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    39 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Friday April 22, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Today MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday April 22, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Workers' Party locks horns with PAP over housing issue
    647 1  -  TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A day after National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan described the Workers’ Party’s (WP) “dangerous” housing proposal as an illegal raid on the reserves, WP chief Low Thia Khiang yesterday tried to turn the tables on the
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    How foreign workers have helped Singapore
    625 1 Without them, Singapore would not have attracted S$3.7b wafer fab investment: PM SINGAPORE With the influx of foreign workers likely to emerge as a hot-button issue in the coming polls, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday cited the opening of a US$3billion (S$3.7-billion) wafer
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  • SINGAPORE VOTES 2011
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      PAP, Opposition parties raise their Internet profiles
      502 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With May 7 now in clear sight, there has been a surge of interest in political party websites and their social media platforms. The number of hits the People’s Action Party website and its constituency microsites have received
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      Lock icon Second batch of WP candidates talk about their passion
      899 2  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They did not need to be persuaded, and they are proud of that fact. Four more Workers’ Party candidates were unveiled yesterday the second batch in two days and they were quick to point out that Opposition
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      Workers’ Party responds to PAP
      541 3  -  TEO XUANWEI xu anwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The People’s Action Party (PAP) amended the Constitution to allow more alternative voices into Parliament because it wants to “preserve its dominance”, Workers’ Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim charged yesterday, in a rebuttal to PAP fire directed at its campaign
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      Netizens close in on another 20-something
      325 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The social media went into overdrive on Wednesday moments after the National Solidarity Party (NSP) named Ms Nicole Seah as the youngest electoral candidate for the May 7 General Election. But the 24-year-old, who was introduced to the media yesterday
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      Lock icon NSP unveils manifesto, Marine Parade GRC team
      573 4  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE This fight is not about Tin Pei Ling and the five-member team is not a suicide squad. The National Solidarity Party (NSP) declared this yesterday at a press conference when it introduced its candidates who will contest Marine Parade
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      Let’s have a clean fight in Marine Parade: SM Goh
      413 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN, SHAMIR OSMAN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has called for a “clean fight” during the coming electoral contest in Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC). What he wants to avoid: Personal attacks and rude language. The
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      Retired PAP MPs focusing on guiding successors to victory
      489 6  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE For the past two nights, newly-retired Member of Parliament (MP) Chan Soo Sen has been spending time at the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Joo Chiat branch office to fill up election nomination forms with his successor Charles
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      Lock icon ‘New media lets SDP portray itself in true light’
      580 6  -  CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Thanks to new media, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) is confident that for the first time it can portray itself in its true light for the coming polls. Besides using new media to reach out directly
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      List of rally sites out after Nomination Day
      143 8  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE The police will release the list of rally sites for the General Election after nomination closes on Nomination Day, next Wednesday. MediaCorp had reported previously that the police was reviewing a list of possible rally sites, including new ones.
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      Lock icon I’m my own man: Kuan
      424 8  -  IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With threecornered fights falling by the day, the single-member constituency (SMC) of Joo Chiat could turn out to be the exception come Nomination Day. After collecting his nomination papers from the Elections Department yesterday, independent candidate Andrew Kuan (picture) told
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      A guidebook for the polls
      460 10  -  Elections Department lays down the rules for candidates and agents ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY S RAMESH SINGAPORE This is one handbook which all election candidates novice or otherwise will find handy. The 60-page guide, entitled Handbook for Parliamentary Election Candidates 2011 (picture),
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      CANDIDATES ‘MUST DECLARE INTENDED ELECTION ADVERTISING PLATFORMS’
      136 10  -  S RAMESH With the advent of online media for the coming General Election, the Elections Department has reminded candidates to make a declaration of the election advertising platforms they intend to use. These platforms may either be maintained by the candidates or someone
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      Lock icon Gomez among those who turned up at Elections Department
      372 10  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE Five years ago, when he walked into the Elections Department to settle the paperwork for his candidacy, then Workers’ Party (WP) member James Gomez triggered controversy that hogged the headlines at the start of the 2006 General
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      Lock icon Ong Ye Kung confident of reaching out to Malay ground
      418 12  -  VIMITA MOHANDAS SINGAPORE New People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate Ong Ye Kung, who will contest in Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC), says that he is confident he can reach out to the predominantly Malay voters in his Kaki Bukit ward.
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      Our record speaks for itself: Iswaran
      560 12  -  Senior Minister of State welcomes challenge in West Coast GRC TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After enjoying walkovers in the past two General Elections, Senior Minister of State (Trade and Industry, and Education) S Iswaran was bullish over what would be West Coast Group Representation
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      Lock icon Veteran Chiam has a successor in mind
      562 14  -  HOE YEEN NIE, MAY WONG yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As he enters the twilight of his eventful political career, veteran Opposition figure Chiam See Tong has been consistently asked by the media as well as party cadres to identify a successor. And now, Mr Chiam
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      3 members on loan to RP a ‘token’ of friendship: Chiam
      360 14  -  LIN YANQIN yanqinl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was a “lastminute” decision, made in the spirit of Opposition unity, to lend the Reform Party (RP) a hand in the coming General Election (GE). Having already finalised its slate for the GE, the
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      Lock icon Reform Party wants to contest Ang Mo Kio GRC
      493 16  -  Our main concern is to see every seat contested: NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A day after he announced the Reform Party’s contest of West Coast GRC, its secretary-general, Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, revealed its greater ambitions: It hopes to send a
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      64 15 m i SliNGApQ 9 Singapore Decides What’s shaping the general election? What are the key concerns of voters? How will this year's votes reflect the new face of Singapore? Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates and insights. MediaCorp providing the most complete news coverage in Singapore. /AediaCorp
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      43 17 Nomination Day 27 April Polling Day 7 May r &*■<*> '.V v T r n a A S111 1 h.-— y Look out for SPECIAL EDITIONS of TODAY on Sunday 24 April, 1 May and 8 May www.todayonline.com /AedjaCorp Today we set you thinking
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon The IMF needs more than a new leader
      1096 22  -  The organisation has consistently failed to do its job and is due for major reform JAYATI GHOSH Jayati Ghosh is professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and the executive secretary of International Development Economics Associates. THE GUARDIAN In appearing
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      Lock icon The Aussie art of post-disaster PR
      1110 23  -  Missing human factor is tiny flaw as Queensland puts on impressive effort to woo the world back VENESSA LEE venessa@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is a correspondent with Today. Her trip to Queensland was sponsored by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. When Australia’s
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  • VOICES
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      SMRT STAFF ADHERED TO SOP
      137 24  -  LETTER FROM BERNADETTE LOW LETTER FROM BERNADETTE LOW, SENIOR MANAGER, CORPORATE MARKETING COMMUNICATION, SMRTCORPORATION We refer to Valen Luah’s letter (April 18) on an abandoned bag on an MRT train. When a passenger activates the emergency communication button on our train to alert the Train
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      Why hire a foreign coach?
      230 24  -  Letter from Chan Teck Guan AS I read with interest the report “Under-16 boys meet their master” (April 21), I simply cannot understand why the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has once again appointed a foreign coach to take charge of our national youth team.
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      Process encourages individual responsibility for expenses
      301 24  -  Letter from Charity Wai Chief Operating Officer, Singapore National Eye Centre IN his letter “Private doctor was no better at National Eye Centre” (April 14), Mr Chopra noted that there is no difference in the treatment rendered to a patient, whether subsidised or private.
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      12 24 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices
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      96 24 VOICES ONLINE I acknowledge that rising property prices are a global phenomenon and that this is only to be expected in Singapore as well. But this must not be the excuse for not seriously considering WP’s proposal From a letter by Maureen Foo While first-time voters are excited about the
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      114 24 m The Hows t *4 Mr. How 6 P r* Michelle Melissa Peter (f The Neighbors Mr. P Mrs, P I'm really proud of AAa and Pa. They're so dedicated about their jobs and doing so well. k 5 Mrs. Yes, I'm so inspired by them that I'm going to
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  • SINGAPORE
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      NO CHANGE IN EXAM DATES: NTU
      114 26  -  LEONG WEE KEAT The Nanyang Technological University said yesterday that it will go ahead with examinations scheduled for Polling Day (May 7). This follows “student feedback and consultation with various parties”, an NTU spokesperson said. Some students have told the university they had booked
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      SINGAPORE SCIENCE CENTRE’S OMNI-THEATRE REOPENS
      131 26  -  LOIS CALDERON Asia’s largest dome screen, the Omni-Theatre at the Singapore Science Centre, was unveiled yesterday after a facelift which began in January. Senior Minister of State for Education S Iswaran and his family enjoyed watching the 3D movie, Hubble, on a five-storey high screen,
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      Chinese national fined
      167 26  -  JO-ANN HUANG SINGAPORE A Chinese national, Shi Yonggang, was fined S$10,600 yesterday for helping another person to register more than 2,500 prepaid mobile phone SIM cards with copies of passports from China. On Tuesday, Shi, 33 had pleaded guilty to assisting Singapore citizen Han Yufei, a former
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      Passenger traffic at Changi Airport up 7.5%
      291 26  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Passenger traffic at Changi Airport saw a 7.5 per cent on-year increase last month, with some 3.71 million transiting through the airport despite declines in the number of passenger movements between Singapore and Tokyo and other Japanese cities. The
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      Lock icon NEW DISCOVERIES
      120 26 MILLET ENRIQUEZ You can see some of the recent plants and animals discovered in Singapore at the HortPark Gallery. About 500 species of plants and animals have been found and about 100 of them are new to science. Some of the new species will be on show at
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      Online game withdrawn
      229 26  -  STELLA LEE SINGAPORE SingTel has taken down game content from its website which a member of the public described as “sexually explicit”. The games, which were listed next to the categories labelled “Disney and Kids”, required neither username nor password to download. This meant that any member
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      Lock icon Tiger continues normal ops in Australia
      382 27  -  TRAVIS TEO travisteo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tiger Airways will continue to operate flights Down Under normally, the mainboard-listed low-cost carrier said yesterday after its wholly-owned Australian unit responded to a warning by Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). In a filing with the Singapore Exchange, Tiger
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      SMRT extends services on eves of public holidays
      301 27 SINGAPORE The SMRT’s train and bus service hours will be extended on the eves of Labour Day and Vesak Day for passengers’. The SMRT said this marks the start of its initiative to extend train service operating hours on the eves of
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      MAN CHARGED WITH S$450,000 ROBBERY AT MBS HOTEL ROOM
      107 27  -  JO-ANN HUANG A man was charged in court yesterday with robbing a businessman of almost half a million dollars in a Marina Bay Sands hotel room last week. Octavius Tok, 37, and an accomplice allegedly robbed Mr Gay Choon Hooi of
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      Two former police sergeants jailed over plan to lay their hands on S$1,000
      275 27  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two former police sergeants who hatched a plan to lay their hands on S$1,000 lying unclaimed in the lost-and-found section were yesterday sentenced to jail terms. On April 2,2008, Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon CANADIAN MAN CHARGED IN WEBCAM MURDER CASE
      122 28 AP A Canadian man has been charged with the murder of a York University student whose frantic boyfriend in China watched on a webcam as she struggled with an attacker, the police said. Toronto police said Brian Dickson, 29, was charged on Wednesday
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      Lock icon CHINA CITES POSITIVE IMPACT AS AID DONOR IN FIRST REPORT
      175 28 AP China yesterday defended its often-criticised role as a foreign aid donor in its first report on the issue, saying its assistance boosts developing countries and provides an alternative to Western donors who impose more conditions on recipients. China said
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      Lock icon FERRY SINKS IN BANGLADESH: 28 DEAD, MORE MISSING
      117 28 AP A ferry carrying about 100 passengers capsized in a river in eastern Bangladesh yesterday, leaving at least 28 people dead and scores feared missing, a police official said. Local police chief Jamil Ahmed said villagers and rescuers plucked 28 bodies from
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      Lock icon Thaksin faces party rebellion
      552 28 Faction nervous about former PM’s ties with anti-govt Red Shirts THE BANGKOK POST BANGKOK Mr Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand and de facto leader of the Puea Thai party, is facing a rebellion by the party’s north-eastern Members of Parliament (MPs), who say
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      Lock icon RIOT AT AUSSIE DETENTION CENTRE
      187 28 Asylum-seekers and other detainees at an Australian immigration centre set fire to several buildings, climbed onto rooftops and hurled tiles at officials who were scrambling yesterday to bring the chaotic protest to an end. Up to 100 people held at Sydney’s Villawood Detention Centre were
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      Lock icon Indonesia on highest alert for terrorists
      211 28 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia ordered all security personnel to go into Alert Status One, the highest level, in anticipation of possible terrorist attacks during the Easter holiday, the Jakarta Globe reported yesterday. “The President has ordered the military and the police and all other institutions
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      Lock icon S$90M BID FOR CRYSTAL PIANO
      72 29 An online bidder has pledged a staggering ¥6 billion (S$90.4 million) for a crystal piano put up for a tsunami charity auction by a heavy metal musician. Yahoo Japan suspended the auction after the bidding price for the piano belonging to Yoshiki of X Japan
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      Lock icon No-go zone declaration leaves Fukushima residents in a bind
      483 29 AP TOKYO Japan declared a 20-km area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone yesterday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety or possibly face fines or detention. The order, due to take effect
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      Lock icon TSUNAMI VICTIMS MOSTLY ELDERLY
      73 29 AP New data from Japan’s National Police Agency shows that two-thirds of the victims identified so far in last month’s tsunami were elderly and 93 percent of them drowned. The agency said 65 per cent of the 11,108 confirmed fatalities of known age were 60 or
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      Lock icon PARKED PROTEST
      43 30 Container truck drivers parked their vehicles along an unfinished road near a port in Shanghai early yesterday in a protest against rising costs and surcharges. They were planning a second protest in the afternoon but were dispersed by the police. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Facebook accounts hacked, women’s photos put on adult sites
      149 30 AP MINNEAPOLIS Prosecutors have accused a Minnesota man of hacking into other people’s Facebook and computer accounts and stealing photos of women to post on adult websites. Prosecutors charged Timothy Noirjean, 26, of Woodbury, with 13 counts of identity theft, alleging
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      Lock icon Thai workers ended up as slaves on US farms: Lawsuit
      256 30 AP LOS ANGELES A federal agency has filed lawsuits claiming Thai workers were physically abused and forced to live in ratinfested housing after being recruited by a California-based labour contractor to work on farms in Hawaii and Washington. The United
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      Lock icon TALCUM POWDER SPARKS AIRLINE EMERGENCY
      109 30 AP Officials said the pilot of an American Airlines flight declared an emergency after someone found an “unidentifiable substance” that turned out to be talcum powder. Mr Andrew Sawyer, spokesman of North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport, said late on Wednesday night that emergency responders determined
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      Lock icon ROOM-MATE CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME IN US WEBCAM CASE
      121 30 AP A former Rutgers University freshman who prosecutors said used a webcam to spy on his room-mate’s same-sex encounter was charged on Wednesday with a hate crime and accused of deleting tweets and texts to cover up his tracks. Dharun Ravi,
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      Lock icon Vintage weapons don’t work, but rebels still carry them
      510 31 THE NEW YORK TIMES BENGHAZI (Libya) A PKT machine gun, a weapon designed to be mounted on a Soviet tank and fired electronically by a crew member inside, has no manual trigger, no sights and no shoulder stock. That does not
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      Lock icon TWO WESTERN PHOTOJOURNALISTS KILLED IN LIBYA
      162 31 AP Two Western photojournalists, including an Oscar-nominated film director, have been killed in the besieged city of Misrata while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces. Two others working alongside them were wounded. British-born Tim Hetherington, 40, co-director of the documentary Restrepo about
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      Lock icon PROTESTS PLANNED IN SYRIAN TOWN AS TROOPS PATROL STREETS
      184 31 AGENCIES Plain clothes security forces toting Ak-47s deployed in Homs overnight, a witness said yesterday, as the central Syrian city defied a crackdown following the killing of 21 pro-democracy protesters this week. Residents, expecting more attacks from gunmen loyal to President
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      186 31 AP Though the Arctic, the northern-most region of the Earth, is often pictured as a vast white wasteland, scientists believe a thin layer of soot mostly invisible is causing it to absorb more heat. Soot, or black carbon, is produced by car and truck engines,
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      144 31 AP British oil company BP has sued the maker of the device that failed to stop last year’s calamitous Gulf of Mexico oil spill as well as the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded, alleging that negligence by both helped cause
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      108 31 AP New York City plans to build solar power plants on capped landfills and launch a loan programme to help property owners pay for green energy efficiency upgrades. The initiatives are part of an update to the city’s four-year-old
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      113 31 AP In a financial and technological role reversal, a growing number of Americans are getting rid of their old telephones and using only mobile phones, a trend being led not by the high-tech elite but by people in poorer states as
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      S$3.7b plant a milestone for S’pore chip industry
      390 32  -  One of the largest investments here will bring spin-offs, jobs: PM Lee CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE United States technology giants Intel Corp and Micron Technology yesterday officially opened in Singapore a US$3 billion (S$3.7 billion) fabrication plant of their joint venture, IM
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      Lock icon Seeing opportunity in crisis
      338 32 As others waver, S’pore fortifies position as one of the top financial centres SINGAPORE With every crisis comes opportunity and Singapore has been able time and again to take advantage of global upheavals to fortify its position as a one of the top financial capitals in
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      CAPITAMALLS ASIA’S Q1 REVENUE, PROFIT FALL
      143 32 CapitaMalls Asia (CMA) has posted a 24.2-per-cent fall in net profit to S$49.1 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. Revenue for the quarter was S$50.2 million, down 32.8 per cent from the corresponding period a year ago. CMA attributed the decline
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      MAPLETREE LOGISTICS TRUST SAYS Q1 DPU UP 3.3%
      78 32 Mapletree Logistics Trust said its first quarter distribution per unit (DPU) rose 3.3 per cent year-on-year to 1.55 Singapore cents. Distributable income rose by 21.7 per cent to S$37.5 million as net prop- erty income increased 19.4 per cent to S$54.7 million.
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      SUNTEC REIT’S Q1 DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME UP 16.5%
      117 32 Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (Suntec REIT) said its distributable income increased 16.5 per cent to S$52.9 million for the first quarter ended March 31. Distribution per unit for the quarter was 2.388 Singapore cents, down from 2.513 cents in the year-ago period.
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      FRASERS CENTREPOINT TRUST Q2 REVENUE AT S$28.8M
      192 32  -  LINETTE LIM Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT)’s gross revenue inched up 2 per cent to S$28.8 million for the fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2011, helped by higher contributions from Northpoint 2 andYewTee Point. Net property income for the quarter dipped 1.3 per
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      HYFLUX DOUBLES PREFERENCE SHARE OFFER TO S$400M
      132 32 Water treatment company Hyflux has closed its offer of Class A preference shares, after exercising the option to increase the offer by S$200 million to S$400 million. Hyflux said the public offer was about five times over-sub-scribed. The shares, at S$100 apiece, carry
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      PAYA LEBAR COMMERCIAL SITE ATTRACTS S$585.6M TOP BID
      87 32 The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has closed the tender for a commercial site at Paya Lebar Road and Eunos Road after receiving 10 bids, the highest of which was S$585.6 million, coming from joint bidders Siong Feng Development, Guthrie and Sun Venture
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      282 34 AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea said yesterday it would launch inspections of the foreign exchange derivatives trade of banks to see whether they are sticking to rules setting limits on exposure as a surging won threatens to undermine the country’s export-led recovery.
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      57 34 THURSDAY CLOSE +3,194.73 (+0.91%) Wednesday 3,165.80 p 1.29% Tuesday 3,125.37 q 0.60% Monday 3,144.38 q 0.28% Friday 3,153.30 q 0.18% TOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 89,153 $2.210 p 1.38% GoldenAgr 76,837 $0.685 q 1.44% HPH Trust US$ 37,106 $0.950 p 0.53% Noble Grp 30,591 $2.260
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      29 34 HANG SENG 24,138.31 (+1.01%) Ç NIKKEI 9,685.77 (+0.82%) Ç Ç Ç Ç È SHANGHAI 3,026.67 (+0.65%) AUSTRALIA 4,913.80 (+1.13%) MUMBAI 19,602.23 (+0.67%) MALAYSIA 1,526.33 (-0.31%) SEOUL 2,198.54 (+1.32%)
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      21 34 US$1 s$1.234 £1 s$2.043 €1 s$1.807 ¥100 s$1.505 RM1 s$0.410 Rp10,000 s$1.430 HK$100 s$15.88 RMB100 s$18.92 A$1 s$1.328 Rs100 s$2.786
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        65 34 Underperform US$0.95 CLSA starts coverage with a US$1.02 target price, saying the trust is “not the cheapest container port play”. It notes, of HPH Trust’s major holdings, Yantian International Container Terminals lacks the ability to exploit hinterland growth like China Merchant’s ports and Hongkong International Terminals faces declining
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        KEPPEL
        52 34 Outperform S$12.90 Credit Suisse keeps rating and raises its target price to S$15.60 from S$14.00. The house says Keppel’s 1Q11 net profit was 30 per cent of its FY11 estimate on margin strength in the O&M division. The house notes company management expects the market for high-spec jack-ups to
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        ATTENTION OFFICE WARRIORS
        82 35 Sit your assistant down for some culinary delights this Administrative Professionals Week. Between April 25 and 29, show your secretary or assistant just how much you appreciate all the effort he or she puts in. So, head on down to Mandarin Orchard Singapore and choose from a
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        SAY GOODBYE TO OILY SKIN
        65 35 Plagued by oily skin and blemishes? Vichy has launched the new Normaderm Tri-Activ Anti-Imperfection Hydrating Care an even more complete daily skin-care regimen for healthier skin. Specially formulated and tested for Asian skin, it’s light and easily absorbed, and leaves a dry, matte and powdery
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        A BEAUTY REVOLUTION?
        60 35 LMS Spotlights have arrived in Singapore. Specially designed to look like a cosmetic case, LMS Spotlights are sleek, stylish and discreet and come in three sizes for different skin coverage needs. Priced from S$79, LMS Spotlights are available exclusively at Guardian Health and Beauty stores in Singapore.
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        A GRAIN IN NEED IS A GRAIN INDEED
        74 35 Thanks to a campaign by Tong Seng Produce and SongHe’s rice producer in Thailand, shoppers can now get a 5kg sack of SongHe rice for S$12.90 (usual price S$14.75), 10kg for S$25.80 (usual price S$28.65) and the New Crop for only S$13.50
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        LUNCHTIME DELIGHTS
        104 35 This Administrative Profesionals’ Week, head down to Marina Mandarin for a sumptuous feast. Be spoilt for choice with a delectable buffet spread at AquaMarine with seafood, Asian delights and toothsome desserts, including favourites such as Braised Sea Cucumber in Abalone Sauce, Drunken Prawns and Warm Chocolate Pudding with
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        KFC LAUNCHES ROASTA BOX MEAL
        77 35 Enjoy double the fun at KFC with its launch of the Ultimate Roasta Box. The Ultimate Roasta Box includes a Roasta Burger, accompanied by a piece of freshly-prepared Original Recipe Chicken and KFC’s signature Whipped Potato. Included in the meal is a Sjora Mango Peach
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        SHOW HER YOU REALLY CARE THIS MOTHER’S DAY
        90 35 Delight your mother this Mother’s Day with a Eu Yan Sang gift set (picture), featuring premium quality bird’s nest products, including a bottle of Premium Concentrated Bird’s Nest with Rock Sugar 150g, a bottle of Premium Concentrated Bird’s Nest Reduced Sugar 150g
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        GET A FRESH NEW LOOK
        63 35 DHC, Japan’s No 1 direct mail skincare brand, is launching two new collections DHC Platinum White Base Makeup Range (picture) and DHC Colored Makeup Range. Both easy to wear and easy on the pocket, with prices starting from S$31.50, the new DHC ranges will be
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      198 34 FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information. 17 shops in Singapore currently. Hong Kong listed company. Open Mini Market. Rental, Renovation, all stock and
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      64 36 The world’s first gaming smartphone, the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY, will be available exclusively with SingTel from today. The phone will also be available in black and white at Sony Ericsson concept stores at S$888. This phone features a PlayStationlike gaming experience with access to PlayStation
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      Lock icon i secretly track your movements
      852 36 Hidden file in iPad, iPhone log where you’ve THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO Apple faced questions on Wednesday about the security of its iPhone and iPad after a report that the devices regularly record their locations in a hidden file. The report came from
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      790 37  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@ mediacorp.com.sg Colin Tan is Head of Research and Consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. The results of a recent survey of tourist destinations released by the Association of Singapore Attractions last week were an eye-opener. In spite of our island city receiving
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      Lock icon Will Japan quake delay listing of world's largest Syariah-compliant REIT?
      391 37 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR The listing of Malaysia’s Axis Global Industrial real estate investment trust (REIT), the world’s largest Syariah-compliant REIT, has been pushed back by about a month after two of its Japanese assets were damaged by the March 11
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      Lock icon Chelsea’s championship roar
      649 38 With Drogba reborn, Ancelotti’s men slide into United’s slipstream AP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea 3 Birmingham 1 LONDON Having emerged as Manchester United’s most credible challengers for the English title, in-form Chelsea look to have regained their early-season swagger ahead of tomorrow’s home game against struggling West Ham.
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      Lock icon All but over for Arsenal, says Redknapp
      536 38 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Tottenham 3 Arsenal 3 LONDON After yet another disappointing result, Arsenal will have to pick themselves up quickly if the season is not to blow up into a spectacular failure. Arsenal let a two-goal lead evaporate against arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur
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      Lock icon Mourinho’s Midas touch
      512 39 Real boss’ Cup triumph in his first season a perfect riposte to his critics REUTERS KING’S CUP FINAL Barcelona 0 Real Madrid 1 VALENCIA With his brusque style and impressive ego, Jose Mourinho has built up a huge posse of critics in Spain, but the Real Madrid
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      Lock icon Real’s Cup runneth over
      210 39 AP MADRID Real Madrid waited 18 years to win back the Copa del Rey trophy only to drop the cup and watch it get crushed under the wheels of a bus. Hours after beating arch-rivals Barcelona in the domestic cup final in Valencia, Madrid defender Sergio
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      Lock icon Double blow for Barca as Red Devils stay atop Forbes list
      397 39 AP LONDON Hours after losing the Copa Del Rey to arch-rivals Real Madrid, Barcelona learnt their valuation in Forbes magazine had dropped. Manchester United were ranked football’s most valuable team by the magazine for the seventh year in a
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      Lock icon The Black Mamba turns facilitator
      549 40 Usually a points scoring machine, Lakers superstar Bryant does the dirty work to get team going REUTERS NBA PLAYOFFS LA Lakers 87 New Orleans 78 LOS ANGELES In the first half of what is now a 15-year career in the NBA, Kobe Bryant (picture) often
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      Lock icon Chinese shuttlers unhappy in skirts
      196 40 REUTERS BEIJING Badminton’s controversial new dress code has irked some of the Chinese female shuttlers, who insist wearing a skirt hampers their on-court movement. The new Badminton World Federation code comes into effect from May 1 and requires all female players to wear skirts in
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      311 40 LOS ANGELES Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach sounded an ominous warning for Shane Mosley, saying his fighter had never prepared better for a bout ahead of their May 7 showdown in Las Vegas. Roach had been critical of Pacquiao’s focus in the lead-up
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      CHIN HUI MAKES HIS MARK
      184 41  -  LOW LIN FHOONG He won the “A” Division boys’ 400m gold medal at the 52nd National Inter School Track Field Championships 2011 on Wednesday and there was more joy at the finish line for Raffles Institution (Junior College) sprinter Ng Chin Hui. The 17-year-old broke
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      749 41  - It’s down to business SSC CEO Lim out to inspire commitment, engage sports fraternity LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Lim Teck Yin is a man of action. Sitting down for his first interview with MediaCorp since he was named as Singapore Sports Council’s (SSC) new chief executive officer (CEO), he
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      Lock icon Jazreel stars on US college circuit
      372 41  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE It has been a excellent few days for Singapore bowling. On Tuesday, William Woo was named coach of the year while 2010 Asian Games bronze medallist New Hui Fen, 19, took home Sportsgirl of the Year honours. Yesterday, national bowler Jazreel
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      108 39 SPORTS FIXTURES For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish, Italian, German, J League and K League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE(MARINA BAY SANDS RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA) SPORTSBUZZ(POMO) Fri, 22/04/11 7.30pm WORLD SENTOSA) Sat, 23/04/11 2.45am Towards Community No person under the age of
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      236 11 ON MEDIACORP HOLIDAY MOVIE: NATIONAL TREASURE Channel 5, 7pm Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who’ve all hunted for the same thing: A war chest hidden by the state’s founding fathers after the Revolutionary War. Benjamin is close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but
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      602 11 6.00AM Ninja Warrior 6.30 Holiday Special: Rose Parade 9.00 Holiday Movie: Recess: School’s Out 10.45 Holiday Movie: Over The Hedge 12.30PM Holiday Special: Favourites: Avril Lavigne 1.00 Holiday Special: Forbes Top 20 Young Royals 2.00 Holiday Special: CHANNEL 6.00AM Friends Next Door 6.30 Battle Of The Best II 7.00 Good
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      267 11 ON MEDIACORP A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN Channel NewsAsia, 8.02pm The true story of a lion cub sold in a London department store and bought by two of the most understanding men a lion could hope to meet. THE IN-LAWS Channel 8, 9pm Jianhai leaves after leaving the food outside Fei
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      357 10 1 Van Gogh Alive The Exhibition Immerse yourself in more than 3,000 images ofVincentVan Gogh works through an artistically choreographed sequence of sights and sounds in this unique production that fuses art and audio-visual technology. Date: Until Nov 6 Time: 10am to 10pm daily (Last admission at
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      215 10 W«T A COCI5T C PLflZQ JIB!!!!®® <MM!D(iDISl dine shop relax 0 Vov\ Free JS3SS&-1 Jamboree! We have lined up your favourite carnival 'carnWa' J games, performances and many other exciting programmes for your little ones and you. So, mark this date and grab this opportunity to spend some quality time
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      32 10 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 SOLUTION
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      Vrooming to a new beet(le)
      545 9  -  We find out just what has gone intoVW’s new generation Beetle Andy Hum Andy Hum in Shanghai cars@mediacorp.com.sg “DESIGN a new original.”That was the target set by Walter de Silva and Klaus Bischoff the heads of design for the Volkswagen Group and Brand, respectively forVW’s
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      The essence of style
      637 9  -  Marketing a new sub-brand is no easy task but Citroen’s funky DS line is a success story Daryl Lee Daryl Lee in Shanghai cars@mediacorp.com.sg FRENCH auto-maker Citroen wants everyone to look at it in a wildly different, sexy and slightly elevated way with its DS line
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      Getting back
      498 8  -  Here comes Kia’s best-seller, now with an extra door CAR REVIEW DERRYNWONG HEY, look it’s a Kia Cerato Forte. Wait a minute… Yes, you saw right.As once urged by a certain Sir Paul McCartney, the popular Cerato Forte has gotten back to where it once belonged back to
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      The Orchard Road Bull run
      96 8 NEWS Red Bull Racing will showcase its F1 car with David Coulthard at the wheel this Sunday. After thrilling Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur with the shriek of a race-tuned engine, Red Bull Racing is bringing its F1 show to Singapore.The Red Bull Street Speed event
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      160 8 WE 9 PEN TILL LATE SO YOU WON’T BE LATE 1 y STA VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTRE EXTENDED OPERATING HOURS TO Unable to find a time for vehicle inspection due to tight schedule during office hours? Don’t worry. STA has extended its operating hours to 9pm on weekdays! Now you have
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      Keeping it safe to savour
      445 7  -  RAISING with Don Mendoza with Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg BY ALL accounts, I am a rational man. I wear only comfortable shoes. And I never waste good money on bad wine. Besides, life’s too short to consume anything that doesn’t make us happy. I also get
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      Something old, something new
      120 7  -  BITE-SIZED DON MENDOZA EASTER confections are not just about egg-shaped candies, chocolates and cakes.Traditionally, the Italians dig into something equally pretty but much more relevant to the true meaning of Easter. The Easter Dove Cake, or Colomba, by Cova Pasticceria–Confetteria (S$78+ for a 750g cake,Tel: 6733
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      Raw green curry of young coconut
      533 6  -  Chef Amanda Gale whips up the quintessential ode to supper on Earth Day RECIPE: COOKING FOR ONE DON MENDOZA CHANGE begins with the individual. Think about that the next time you decide to put together a quick and tasty meal for one. To wit,
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      This round's on... Bart Lim
      398 5  -  Boozy conversations about what makes people smile DON MENDOZA CARLSBERG recently unveiled its brand new positioning, sporting a novel face and voice that the brand believes will speak to a younger market. It’s something its general manager Bart Lim understands is necessary given the changing
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      Easter feaster
      294 5  -  BITE-SIZED DON MENDOZA THERE are probably few reasons as good as Easter to bring the family out for a fun-filled Sunday brunch. But if you’re worried that the little tykes might be less than restaurantfriendly, fret not. Kid-friendly or, more accurately, kid-ready options are popular this year. Mandarin
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      Good eating, mate
      521 4  -  Stylishly laid-back Aussie eatery Bronte makes its mark on the Greenwood stretch ANNETTE TAN THE waiters at Greenwood neighbourhood newbie Bronte are exceptionally tall and young. All the better, we’re guessing, to move swiftly about the often-crowded white-brick-walled dining room. On Saturday evenings, these waiters (and the
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      Consuming passion
      808 3  -  Earth Day revellers enjoy a mix of keen culinary cunning and lots of free muffins Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY is Earth Day, an annual celebration founded in the United States in 1970 aimed at encouraging global awareness and a vested interest in protecting our dwindling natural resources. It
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      Simply good
      603 2  -  Modern, lively and fuss-free riverside Italian wine bar and restaurantIncontro sticks to this winning formula with its new menu FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN THE convivial Incontro Wine Bar Ristorante is the creation of Singaporean sommelier Amy Oh and Italian beauty Ornella Farago. Now 17 months old, the contemporary
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      730 6 1900 912 1234 www.gv.com.sg m.gv.com.sg VIVOCITY TIONG BAHRU PLAZA MARINA SQUARE JURONG POINT TAMPINES MALL GRAND, GREAT WORLD PLAZA SINGAPURA GVmax ARTHUR*▲ 11.15am 1.45 4.15 6.45 9.15 11.45pm 2.15am YISHUN A CHINESE GHOST STORY*▲+ MAND 7.00 9.30pm 12.00am A CHINESE GHOST ARTHUR*▲ 11.50am 2.20 4.10 4.50 6.40 7.20 9.10 9.50
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      515 5 'THE MOST THRILLING MOVIE OF THE YEAR! Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV PULSE-POUNDING and w ENTERTAINING AS HELL. Richard Reaper, REELZCHANNEL c V Genevieve Loh, TODAY m 51 \AVJ < SGANISATION J 87 Years Of Entertaining The World e 6738 0555W nex Ilex SERANGOON CENTRAL, LEVEL 1 SOURCE CODE* 11:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30,
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