Today, 3 May 2011, Afternoon Edition

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  • 21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday May 3, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 802 1  -  Income ceiling for wider range of HDB flats will be relooked as PAP aims to enlarge middle class TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Amid the “usual hurly-burly of the elections”, voters should not lose sight of the longer-term priority of securing a
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  • 717 1 Revelation of Osama hide-out causes REUTERS WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD (Pakistan) Pakistan faced embarrassing questions from the United States yesterday over how Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was able to hide there in plain view before he was killed by a secret US assault team. The revelation that
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    • 63 1 k Couldn’t be at the rally? Videos of key GE2011 rally moments youtube.com/todaydigital The easy way there: Download the Tag Reader app for your smartphone from http://gettag.mobi and scan this Tag 11,638,700 visitors landed on this d«t last year. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics *fzuji A TRAVELOCITY COMPANY Get ut
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 283 2 I think it’s a good thing for the world that Osama bin Laden is dead. It makes the world a little bit a safer place little bit safer a place although it still remains a pretty dangerous world. Because Osama bin Laden
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    • 291 2 The threat comes from a multi-headed hydra. One, very important head has been cut off. But others are still very much alive, all around the world. Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs PAGE 24 COMMENT: OSAMA’S DEATH MEANS LITTLE TO OUR REGION 28 COMMENT: FIVE DOWNSIDESTO HIS DEATH 28 BUSINESS: US
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  • SINGAPORE VOTES 2011
    • 320 3 In the 2006 General Election, you said that you wanted a strong mandate from Singaporeans because it was your first election as Prime Minister. What is your call to Singaporeans this time around? Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong: In every
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    • 424 4  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged voters to see Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s “repent’’ comment in the right perspective, advising them to think carefully and vote in their own best interests. Asked to
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    • 422 4  -  IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Foreign Minister George Yeo, who is facing a fierce challenge from the Workers’ Party in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC), has been described as “too important a person for the Cabinet to lose” by
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    • 585 4  -  TEO XUANWEI, IAN DE COTTA xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Although about a third of the electorate votes for the Opposition during each General Election this is not a reflection of a desire for elected Opposition MPs those are simply votes cast against
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    • 492 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When he goes on home visits, he can feel the pride parents have when they show him their children’s graduation pictures. But before Singapore increases public university places further, Education Minister Ng Eng Hen (picture)
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    • 465 6  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE He has been accused of being stingy about helping Singaporeans, particularly the less well off. Yesterday, Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told the Opposition: Look at the figures. Speaking last night at the People’s Action
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    • 653 8  -  IAN DE COTTA, ONG DAI LIN ian@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY VIMITA MOHANDAS SINGAPORE Describing the issue of ministerial salaries as the Opposition’s “favourite flogging horse”, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that the “majority” of the population were not concerned about it.
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    • 257 10  -  CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate for Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC), Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, has queried the Hougang Town Council’s silence about its accounts, raising questions about the Workers’ Party’s (WP) ability to run a bigger estate. Speaking to reporters
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    • 510 10  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH, TANYA FONG christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Voting Opposition members into Parliament has its benefits, said Workers’ Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim, citing the 1991 General Election (GE) as an example. That year, she noted, the Opposition took four constituencies Potong Pasir, Nee
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    • 179 12  -  CHEOW XIN YI, NG JING YNG The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) says it has launched a study on its proposal to convert void decks into polyclinics and provide a non-profit bus service as part of its “People’s
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    • 370 12  -  CHEOW XIN YI SINGAPORE Dr James Gomez of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) last night criticised the PAP’s “race-based policies” as relics of Singapore’s colonial past that prevent citizens from forming a common identity. Citing Singapore’s changing demographics with the influx of new citizens and children
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    • 455 12  -  CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Armed with a trained psychiatrist, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) last night sought to allay fears among voters during this General Election as their candidates attempted to help them analyse and tackle the “psychology of fear’’. At the
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    • 346 14  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Your vote is secret and nobody will know how you have voted. That was the recurrent theme raised by candidates during the National Solidarity Party’s (NSP) rally in Mountbatten Single-Member Constituency (SMC) last night, echoing the reassurances made by
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    • 275 14  -  ANSLEY NG SINGAPORE His message was for Aljunied residents. But Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s words about voting in the Workers’ Party have surfaced in another ward. In one of the rare times an Opposition candidate was allowed into a condominium’s premises to speak to
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    • 227 14  -  SATISH CHENEY SINGAPORE Under fire from Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and new People’s Action Party candidate Tan Chuan-Jin, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) stuck to its guns yesterday that National Service can be accomplished in one-and-a-half years. NSP candidate Spencer Ng, 31, cited
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    • 417 16  - MR GOH MENG SENG, 41, ON SHERALYN TAY What do you sense are the top concerns of someone turning 40 in Singapore today? My generation is the worst off. We do not enjoy the welfare, the real subsidies, provided to our forefathers. In the ’70s and ’80s when we were
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    • 415 18  - MR BAEYYAM KENG, 40, ON SHERALYN TAY What do you sense are the top concerns of someone turning 40 in Singapore today? That would be someone already with primary school kids. The concern would be, I suppose, the cost of raising children, having to invest a lot of money in
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    • 654 16  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyntay@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE But for the black ribbon pinned to the bright orange polo shirts of the National Solidarity Party’s (NSP) candidates, and the unusual number of people who broke away from the stream of commuters to offer their
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    • 677 18  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyntay@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He may be the newest face canvassing for the support of the residents in Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC), hitting the ground only hours after nominations closed last Wednesday, but Mr Baey Yam Keng
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    • 482 20  -  NG JING YNG, LIN YANQIN ngjingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They might be leveraging the “Chiam factor” but the other members of the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) team for Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) yesterday gave the reassurance that they could hold their own. At
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    • 298 20  -  TAN YO-HINN It is the quality, not quantity, that matters. That was the response Dr Amy Khor, from the People’s Action Party’s (PAP), had for Singapore People’s Party (SPP) chairman Sin KekTong, who had compared his 23 years in
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    • 352 20  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Drawing on the analogy of the Singapore Parliament as a football match where a white-shirted team battles opponents in multi-coloured kits, Ms Grace Fu the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) candidate in the Yuhua Single Member Constituency (SMC)
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    • 175 22  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE Reform Party chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam’s comments in a rally on Saturday that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had said in a condolence letter that his late father, Mr Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, “had to be destroyed” is “completely untrue”, said Mr
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    • 407 22  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government’s housing and labour policies came under fire from the Reform Party’s (RP) West Coast Group Representation Constituency (GRC) team last night, with secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam promising he would scrutinise the budgetary process and debate national
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    • 204 3 Somebody said to me, Mr Chiam is so old, so frail, cannot speak clearly. If we vote for him, (are) you sure he can last five years? People still believe the vote is not secret. People believe the Government will check who voted for whom, but then some people also
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  • WORLD
    • 763 28  -  COMMENTARIES BILVEER SINGH Associate Professor Bilveer Singh is the Acting Head, Centre of Excellence for National Security, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. In South-east Asia, Islamist radicalism and terrorism predated Osama bin Laden. Nevertheless, he played the role of
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    • 382 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH I’ve seen it written that, even if he was no longer a key figure in the operational plans of Al Qaeda, the killing of Osama bin Laden has only upsides and no downsides. That’s clearly wrong. Even
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    • 498 29 THE GUARDIAN LONDON The trail that led the CIA to Osama bin Laden began with his most trusted courier. It had taken the CIA years to discover first his name and then the home where he was hiding
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    • 262 29 AGENCIES While most countries welcomed the news of Osama bin Laden’s death yesterday in Pakistan, at the hands of United States special forces, those who revered him were in disbelief. “Oh God, please make this news not true God curse you, Obama,” said a
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    • 235 30 AP MISRATA (Libya) Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces used tanks to shell the besieged western town of Misrata yesterday, as rumours fuelled fears that the Libyan leader was preparing to use chemical weapons. The most recent barrage of Misrata came after Col Gaddafi’s forces brought
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    • 686 30 REUTERS SHANGHAI The United States collaborated with Saudi Arabia to increase crude oil supplies to China at the expense of Iran, according to US diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks and provided to Reuters by a third party. The move was designed
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    • 342 32 AGENCIES DAMASCUS Security forces arrested hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators in cities across Syria after taking control of the city of Deraa, cradle of the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s autocratic rule. Looking for men under 40 years old, security forces broke into houses
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    • 159 32 AGENCIES Chinese police say they suspect arson was the cause of a fire at a north-eastern hotel early on Sunday that killed 10 people. Investigators quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency say that the blaze, at a hotel in the
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    • 143 33 AP BEIJING China’s ocean monitoring agency says it is adding ships and personnel to beef up enforcement of the country’s vast maritime claims. China Marine Surveillance says it will add 1,000 officers this year to raise staffing to 10,000. It added that it also
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    • Article, Illustration
      83 33 A Thai sifting through his destroyed house yesterday in north-eastern Thailand. Tens of thousands of Thai villagers who fled fighting along the border began returning to their homes after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that, with combat winding down to exchanges of small arms fire instead of
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    • 260 33 REUTERS BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that he wanted to dissolve Parliament this week as planned but he declined to be drawn on an election date despite a report that the vote would probably be on June 26. The Constitutional
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    • 158 33 AP TOKYO Japan’s Parliament passed a ¥4 trillion (S$60 billion) tsunami recovery budget yesterday that will only start to cover the cost of a most expensive disaster. As more budgetary battles lie ahead, mounting frustrations over the government’s response to the tsunami and
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    • 170 34 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A Belgian town has introduced new rules stopping cyclists from riding in a group of 10 or more after road users said they were a danger and dubbed them “cycle terrorists”. Cyclists breaking the rule in Dendermonde risk a fine of
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    • 157 34 JAKARTA Indonesia’s national police said yesterday that a politician may have been behind the foiled plot to bomb a Jakarta church on Good Friday, reports the Jakarta Globe. The police had earlier identified Pepi Fernando, 30, as the mastermind behind the planned bombing
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    • Article, Illustration
      72 34 A pro-democracy protester tries to release a kite with a picture of artist Ai Weiwei during a protest in Hong Kong yesterday. The artist was detained on April 3 as he was about to board a flight from Beijing to Hong Kong. A spate of graffiti appearing across
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    • 230 34 AP WASHINGTON An eight-year decline in press freedom around the world appears to have begun levelling off last year, although the Middle East and North Africa showed a dramatic deterioration in those freedoms last year, according to an independent advocacy group. Among the
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  • BUSINESS
    • 509 36 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK United States stocks retreated, pulling the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index down from the highest level since June 2008, as a slump in commodity producers overshadowed optimism spurred by the death of Osama bin Laden. Energy shares had the
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    • 351 36 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Banks eased lending terms in the first quarter as they forecast improvement in the United States economy and companies sought more loans, according to a Federal Reserve survey. “The April survey indicated that, on net, bank lending standards and
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  • DIGITAL
    • 425 38 REUTERS DUBAI In the early hours yesterday, Mr Sohaib Athar (picture) reported on his Twitter account that a loud bang had rattled his windows in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, saying he hoped “its not the start of
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    • 357 38 Sony freebies soothe ruffled feathers But not all are convinced REUTERS TOKYO Sony has won over some gamers by offering free access to its PlayStation Network to compensate for the leak of personal details of 78 million user accounts, but still has some way to go to regain the trust
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    • 64 39 SINGAPORE Comprehensive online coverage of General Election 2011 Today you thinking lOf Q SINGAPORE VOTES 2011 m. Jr m* f’diry UA* Wmo VOTE2011 West Co.i*l GRC good 01 drvoriity Hng Rung .atest News GE West Coast GRC learn a good JJ mx ol avwiity. says Un Hng Kiang Pc«M Sun
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  • SPORTS
    • 495 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Sir Alex Ferguson has risked Football Association disciplinary action ahead of Sunday’s Premier League showdown against Chelsea by claiming that referees will not award key decisions to Manchester United in the major matches. Although Arsenal were also denied a penalty
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    • 607 40 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL, SECOND LEG Barcelona vs Real Madrid (Barcelona lead2-0) De Bleeckere, a referee on Mourinho’s blacklist, will officiate Barca-Real clash AGENCIES BARCELONA Jose Mourinho has his conspiracy theories but the UEFA suits are clearly unmoved. Frank de Bleeckere, one of the referees on the
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    • 377 40 AGENCIES AFTERNOON PORTSMOUTH Norwich City sealed its return to English soccer’s Premier League with a 1 -0 win at Portsmouth yesterday, its second promotion in successive seasons. Simeon Jackson scored as Norwich moved on to 83 points to take the second
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    • 123 41 REUTERS “The good name and the image of the legendary club was damaged by that. To raise suspicions about Barca’s commitment to UNICEF, that is not right, he has overstepped the mark.” Hitzfeld said he had not enjoyed his meetings with
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    • 545 42 Things get physical as Miami and Boston show their dislike for each AP NBA PLAYOFFS Miami 99 Boston 90 (Miami lead 1-0) MIAMI Dwyane Wade knew his reg-ular-season numbers against Boston were lacking. He also knew that wouldn’t matter in the playoffs. And Game
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    • 44 42 It’s all about Tune in to your favourite DJs on Singapore’s No. 1 English Station. The Flying Dutchman Vernetta Lopez Bobby Tonelli Yasminne Cheng Caroline Smith Glenn Ong Jean Danker II ■*> xinmsn. com/class95 0/66. h I M=diaCorp class C) “fm Best Mix of Music
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    • 136 43 SPORTS FIXTURES This match is played on neutral ground. For fixtures of all J League and UE Champions, please visit Singapore Pools website. Turkey Race MOTOR RACING Qualifying Final Sat, 07/05/11 7.00pm Sun, 08/05/11 8.00pm LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIREfMARINA BAY SANDS 8. RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA) SPORTSBUZZ(POMO) J League Asian Champ
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    • 218 11 ON MEDIACORP CRIME INVESTIGATION ASIA Channel 5, 10pm On the night of April 6, 1976, Jean Perera Sinnappa, a 31 -year-old former Malaysian beauty queen, is found brutally murdered in her car off the Federal Highway near Kuala Lumpur. Her brother-in-law and lover, Karthigesu Sivapakiam, is found unconscious behind the
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    • 223 11 ON MEDIACORP LADIES’ NITE (Debut) Channel U, 8pm In this weekly magazine talk show, sassy hosts Michelle Chong and Vivian Lai meet celebrity guests and experts from various fields to share with you the trendiest tips on beauty, fashion, health, fitness and cooking. EMBUN MUTIARA (Debut) Suria, 9.30pm Siblings Embun
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      264 10 TODAY' S top 5 1 Thriller ‘Live’! Michael Jackson fans can relive the King Of Pop’s reign with more than two hours of hit songs including IWantYou Back, OffThe Wall and Beat It. Date: Until May 15 (except Mondays) Time: 7.30pm Venue: Grand Theatre, Marina Bay Sands Tickets: S$90 to
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    • 769 9  -  Osteoporosis can hit young adults, so start building up bone health as early as possible during childhood and adolescence Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg JANICE (not her real name) leads a fun, jet-setting lifestyle as an air stewardess.The svelte, attractive young woman is in the prime of her life.
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    • 137 9 HEALTH LISTINGS Dry eyes and watery eyes: What and why AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST will talk about what causes dry eyes and watery eyes, as well as what can be done to manage these conditions. Date: May 13 Time: 1pm to 2pm Venue: Health Education Hub, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Main
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      • 226 7  -  WALLS AN HORSE KEVIN MATHEWS AN HORSE consisting of Kate Cooper (vocals, guitar) and Damon Cox (drums) have perfected their infectious indie pop interpretation of garage rock to a T. With their sophomore effort, Cooper and Cox carry on the good work found on their debut, Rearrange
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      • 133 7  -  NO MORE IDOLS KEVIN MATHEWS THIS second album from UK electronic duo Chase And Status represents an attempt to capture more mainstream attention by collaborating with high-profile artistes to create the necessary buzz.Therefore, we have Brixton Briefcase, which features Ceelo Green, a visceral track that incorporates elements
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      • 123 6  -  STORIES FROM WONDERLAND KEVIN MATHEWS “MUSIC reminds us of the simple, beautiful things in life,” read the liner notes for this album.And pianistTze has set a certain standard by which to judge the music within. Ironically, the music on Stories From Wonderland is anything but simple,
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        91 6  -  GLEE:THE MUSIC PRESENTS THE WARBLERS CHRISTOPHER TOH ONE good thing about this new release of music from the Glee franchise is that it doesn’t have Lea Michelle singing.With nice renditions of Teenage Dream (Katy Perry), Silly Love Songs (Wings) and even Blackbird (The Beatles), there’s nothing much to
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        218 6  -  Relooking a classic record COMING UP BY SUEDE (1996) CHRISTOPHER WITH the departure of guitarist Bernard Butler, Suede were somewhat written off, until front man Brett Anderson decided to just get back to writing good pop songs.And what a comeback it was. Coming Up featured some of
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    • 484 5  -  Have an intimate, girly chat with Michelle Chong and Vivian Lai in new variety show Ladies’ Nite May Seah may@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN we found ourselves talking about brassieres with Vivian Lai and Michelle Chong, we knew they were sincere in wanting to become everyone’s best gal pals. The
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      235 5 Uke GotTalentV The theme for this fifth instalment of the growing-in-popularity open mic session organised by Ukulele Movement is “mashups”. May 5, 8pm to 11 pm, TAB. Free. Deadmau5 Multiple Juno-winner Joel Zimmerman comes to Singapore for a one-night-only performance. May 6, 8pm at *SCAPE Playspace. Tickets at S$100
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    • 445 4 BLOOMBERG NBC’S The Voice combines game-show dazzle with talent-competition drama, all but declaring this season’s gooey American Idol a lily-livered has-been. Making good on its pledge to showcase contestants’ vocal abilities over style and looks, The Voice unveiled a scorching initial line-up of singers
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