Today, 7 June 2011

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    20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday June 7, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Software glitch led to failed flood alerts
    627 1  -  WAYNE CHAN waynechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As retailers count the cost after a flash flood hit some parts of Orchard Road on Sunday, fingers are being pointed at PUB, the national water agency, for its failure to send out alerts to all the affected building
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      42 1 T SECTION PAGE 45 COMMENT&ANALYSIS SIMON TAY JAPAN ITSELF MUST COME UP WITH SOLUTION 12 PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN BACK TO THE OLD DAYS 14 DANIEL GOLEMAN WANT CREATIVE WORKERS? LOOSEN THE REINS, BOSS 16 ALEX SPILLIUS IS AMERICA READY FOR THE HERMINATOR? 17
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      Lock icon Pakistani Taliban vow revenge attacks on US targets abroad
      500 2 REUTERS PESHAWAR Pakistan’s Taliban, a close ally of Al Qaeda, plans to attack American targets abroad to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, said one of its senior leaders. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Taliban Movement of Pakistan, has delivered
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      Lock icon George Yeo hopes to decide in 2 weeks
      502 3  -  Ex-minister’s reps pick up forms for certificate of eligibility to contest Presidential SAIFUL BAHRI ISMAIL saiful@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Representatives of former Foreign Minister George Yeo (picture) yesterday collected forms for a certificate of eligibility on his behalf, paving the way for Mr Yeo
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      Lock icon UN chief Ban Ki Moon almost certain of getting second term
      289 4 AP UNITED NATIONS The worstkept secret at the United Nations is that Mr Ban Ki Moon (picture) wants a second term as SecretaryGeneral and will almost certainly get it, possibly this month. He was expected to launch his re-election
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      Lock icon Strauss-Kahn pleads not guilty to charges
      445 4 REUTERS NEW YORK Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn entered a plea of not guilty yesterday to charges he sexually assaulted a New York hotel maid in a case that cost him his job and a chance at the French presidency. Wearing
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      Lock icon IATA slashes airline profit forecast by more than half
      465 6  -  S RAMESH, TRAVIS TEO travisteo@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCIES SINGAPORE As the official forecast for the profits of the airline industry this year was slashed by half yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam cautioned that the ability of the sector to adapt to
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      Lock icon Walk-through sniffer, pre-flight screenings could speed up airport checks
      448 6 REUTERS SINGAPORE It could be the answer for every weary air traveller, a high-tech screening system that filters passengers according to risk and scans and “sniffs” them as they walk through, taking a fraction of the time of a usual security
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      Lock icon Residents petition against construction work at their doorstep
      435 8  -  Meeting today between MP, LTA and residents to work out solutions NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The residents of a Bukit Timah condominium are upset that construction work for an MRT station is taking place right at their doorstep. While the drilling
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      Free entry for all below the age of three, says Wildlife Reserves S'pore
      445 8  -  Some visitors wrongly charged last week due to ‘internal miscommunication’ NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Setting the record straight on an admission policy blooper last week, Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) said yesterday that all children below the
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      Singapore's air quality rated No 1 in Asia by business leaders
      249 10  -  JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s air quality has come out tops in Asia, beating business powerhouses like Hong Kong and Shanghai. That is according to a research survey from workplace solutions provider Regus, which polled over 220 business
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      Lock icon TOKYO EMPLOYEES START WORK EARLY TO SAVE POWER
      172 10 AP Facing a power crunch and a scorching summer, some of nearly 10,000 Tokyo city government employees started their work shifts an hour earlier yesterday to conserve energy amid shortages spawned by the damage to the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. Tokyo
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      Lock icon Malacca's no-smoking zones mark a first for Malaysia
      285 10 AGENCIES MALACCA The Malaysian state of Malacca will be the first in the country to introduce public no-smoking zones from June 15. The five designated areas are the 4.2 sq km World Heritage City, the Malacca International Trade Centre in Ayer Keroh,
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Japan itself must come up with solution
      865 12  -  SIMON TAY Simon Tay is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and author of Asia Alone: The Dangerous Post Crisis Divide from America. The fact that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan survived last week’s no-confi-dence motion signals that the country’s triple
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      Lock icon Thailand heading back to the old days
      801 14  -  PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN Pavin Chachavalpongpun is a fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Is Thailand ready for its first woman Prime Minister? For the opposition, the nomination of Ms Yingluck Shinawatra as the leader of the Puea Thai Party could not be
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      Lock icon Want creative workers? Loosen the reins, boss
      891 16  -  DANIEL GOLEMAN Daniel Goleman is an author, most recently, of The Brain and Emotional Intelligence: New Insights. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Mr Phillip Glass, the contemporary composer, works on his new compositions only between 11am and 3pm. That is the
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      Lock icon Is America ready for The Herminator?
      799 17  -  Herman Cain has no money, no national profile, but that does not seem to affect his presidential ambitions ALEX SPILLIUS Alex Spillius is the Telegraph’s Washington correspondent. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Mr Herman Cain (picture) does not appear to have a lot going for him
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  • VOICES
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      Ministry reviewing maid test
      215 18  -  It will ensure it remains relevant, while taking into consideration feedback received Letter from Farah Abdul Rahim Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to recent letters in Today on the Entry Test for first-time Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs). The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) introduced
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      Let there be transparency in ‘blacklisting’ of workers
      334 18  -  Letter from Stephanie Chok I REFER to the letter, “Foreigners’job history to be made available” (June 3), in which the Ministry of Manpower says it is working to protect employers’ interests by making available the employment history of foreign workers. I hope
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      Cigarette smoke wafts into the flat above
      319 20  -  How about a smokers’ corner at every apartment block at ground level? Letter from Srinivasan Gopi MY FAMILY and I have been putting up with the regular smoking habit of neighbours one floor below us. We cannot afford to keep our balcony glass
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      MORE CONCERTED EFFORT NEEDED TO REDUCE PREVALENCE OF SMOKING
      129 20  -  LETTER FROM LIU I-CHUN I REFER to the report “On a mission to stub out smoking” (June 6). I wish to point out that the 14.3 per cent smoking prevalence in Singapore does not take into account the 36 per cent
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      Is it wise for relatively new properties to be encouraged to go en bloc?
      242 20  -  Letter from Francis Chan SHOULD the authorities take another look at their policies for en bloc sales, particularly of newer properties? In the light of an urgent need to keep a check on rising property prices,
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Govt injects s$6m to train locals in clinical research industry
      269 22  -  EVELYN CHOO evelynchoo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In an effort to groom more locals in the clinical research industry, the Government is investing S$6 million to develop a Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) framework. Launched yesterday, it will allow professionals to attain a postgraduate
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      Full review of test for maids
      500 22  -  IMELDA SAAD ImeldaSA@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is undertaking a full review of the English proficiency test for foreign domestic workers (FDW). In a reply to media queries, the MOM said it had been receiving suggestions and ideas on the entry test
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      A flood of ideas but cost is an issue
      374 23  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH, ESTHER NG hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Now that floodwaters have receded, the spotlight is on the kind of solutions needed. While there are no shortage of ideas, the issue is one of cost. In addition, the solutions must go beyond short-term
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      Lock icon MCYS minister to tackle low fertility rate
      238 23  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE Getting more young people to marry is a challenge, says Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS), Ma-jor-General (NS) Chan Chun Sing. And tackling Singapore’s low fertility rate will be a priority for his ministry, he said during
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      CommunicAsia 2011 to feature more breakthrough solutions
      270 24  -  DYLAN LOH SINGAPORE More than 300 local infocomm and technology firms will showcase their wares at the coming CommunicAsia 2011. The event, which will bring together more than 1,400 mostly foreign exhibitors, is the region’s premier showcase on infocomm and technology. To be
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      Fewer inhalant abusers caught last year but majority are youths
      302 24  -  AMANDA FENG SINGAPORE The number of inhalant abusers caught by the authorities decreased to 499 last year, down from 600 in 2009, according to figures from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB). But youths those aged 20 and below continue to
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      Khaw invites public to solve common issues HDB dwellers face
      365 24 SINGAPORE What is the best way to dry your laundry? How do you stop rain from coming in under the front doors of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats? If you have solutions to such common problems that HDB dwellers
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      Youths charged with robbing, attempting to rob taxi drivers
      240 25  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Three youths were charged in a district court yesterday with robbing and attempting to rob taxi drivers in two separate incidents. In the first case, Yeo Zhao Long, 20, and his female friend, Ngo Shu Min, 17,
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      Mother of three jailed for forging cheques worth S$1.3 million
      358 25  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE She would spend thousands of dollars at Louis Vuitton and Chanel each time she entered the stores. After all, Samantha Chiam Hwee Theng had more than S$1.3 million to spend the amount that she had embezzled by
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon First tests on bean sprouts negative
      318 26 AGENCIES BERLIN In a surprising U-turn, German officials said last night that initial tests provided no evidence that bean sprouts (picture) from an organic farm in northern Germany were the cause of the country’s deadly E coli outbreak. The Lower-Saxony state agriculture ministry said
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      Lock icon Business may be hit, China warns Google over hacking claims
      380 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SHANGHAI China has warned Google that its business could suffer if it continues to suggest that Chinese spies have been targeting the emails of American officials. Google is “trying to provoke a new dispute between China and
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      KL amnesty programme for illegal workers
      257 28 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia, which has about 2 million illegal foreign workers, will launch a large-scale legalisation and amnesty programme next month to reduce the number of such immigrants. It would be the most comprehensive programme introduced by the Home Ministry to cut down the
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      Lock icon As Thai election looms, so does political violence
      181 28 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thai police are gearing up for escalating political violence in the build-up to the country’s July 3 general election, after releasing a new list of potential trouble areas. The move comes after the harassment of a Democrat Party candidate last
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      Lock icon Anwar loses another bid to have judge replaced
      177 28 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim lost his latest attempt yesterday to force the judge in his sodomy trial to step down, causing hearings to be postponed for at least five weeks. Anwar had been scheduled to testify in the
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      Lock icon Australia softens policy on child asylum-seekers
      182 28 AP CANBERRA Australia said yesterday that it has softened its policy on expelling unaccompanied children who sneak into the country to seek asylum, following criticism from United Nations (UN) agencies and activists. All children will be considered on a case-by-case basis before being sent
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      Lock icon India's Supreme Court weighs in on guru protest crackdown
      200 29 AGENCIES NEW DELHI India’s Supreme Court called on the government yesterday to justify why it sent the police to end a peaceful anti-graft protest by a popular yoga guru and thousands of his followers. Around 600 police broke up a hunger
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      Lock icon Calcutta in s$121m bid to be London of the East
      327 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CALCUTTA It already has its own St Paul’s Cathedral and Victoria Monument but now Calcutta is to embark on a renovation project to remodel the former capital of British India on London. A newly-elected city government has
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      Lock icon CHINA, CUBA STEP UP ECONOMIC TIES
      104 29 REUTERS China signed a letter of intent to refurbish a Cuban oil refinery and agreed to give new credit and start drawing up a five-year cooperation plan between the two communist-run countries. In accords signed on Sunday during a visit by Chinese VicePresident Xi
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      Lock icon STRONG AFTERSHOCK STRIKES CHRISTCHURCH
      87 29 AP An aftershock has rattled buildings in the earthquake-ravaged city of Christchurch, New Zealand. No serious damage or injuries have been reported. The United States Geological Survey says the 5.5-magnitude quake struck yesterday 22km west of Christchurch at a depth of just under 3km. Christchurch has
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      Lock icon Berlusconi still holding ‘bunga bunga’ parties
      246 30 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ROME Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has carried on with his so-called “bunga bunga” parties despite being on trial for having sex with an underaged prostitute, it has emerged. The details were revealed in a series of leaked wire taps between
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      Lock icon No time for Portugal’s new govt to take a breath
      341 30 REUTERS LISBON Portugal’s centre-right PSD party was expected to work fast yesterday to form a majority coalition government with its traditional allies, the rightist CDS-PP, to implement the country’s bailout programme. PSD’s convincing victory on Sunday with 39 per cent
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      Lock icon Leftist Humala narrowly wins Peru election
      196 30 AP LIMA A leftist former army officer with questioned human rights credentials narrowly won Peru’s presidency on a second try in a bitterly fought runoff with the daughter of disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori. Mr Ollanta Humala, 48, won on Sunday after softening his radical
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      Lock icon Yemen opposition backs power transfer to VP
      384 31 AGENCIES SANAA Yemen’s main opposition coalition, the Joint Meeting Parties, said it will support a transfer of power to VicePresident Abduraboo Mansur Hadi after the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to Saudi Arabia. “We have no objection that power is transferred to
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      Lock icon US launches more drone attacks against militants
      206 31 AP DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Pakistan) The United States fired missiles at three suspected militant targets near the Afghan border yesterday, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was believed to have killed an Al Qaeda commander, Pakistani
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      Lock icon California girl who was held for 18 years describes day she was kidnapped
      385 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LOS ANGELES Ms Jaycee Dugard described in vivid detail the moment she was kidnapped by Phillip and Nancy Garrido two decades ago in testimony to a grand jury. The testimony, given in September, was
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      76 32 Alaskan firefighter Brian Quimby (middle) rests in a schoolyard after battling a wildfire in Eagar, Arizona, on Sunday. About 2,300 firefighters are battling the blaze, including many from several western states and some from as far away as New York. The 750-sq-km pine forest
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      543 32 AP CLEVELAND The bodies were removed many months ago but the stench of them still clings to the board-ed-up house on Imperial Avenue. The smell surfaces every so often: A reminder of the horrors that unfolded here in November 2009, when
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      256 33 THE GUARDIAN LONDON A promise to reduce the prices of vaccines in developing countries has been announced by a number of big drug companies, ahead of a London conference at which political leaders will consider how to raise funds for
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      370 33 AP JOHANNESBURG From giant palms to mouse-sized lemurs, unique plants and animals are threatened on Madagascar as political deadlock drags on following a 2009 coup. Conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) drew attention to the Indian Ocean island’s natural wealth in a report
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      264 28 Give your Primary 5 Child a HEADSTART FOR 2012 PSLE! We Guarantee Your Child's Success in PSLE or 100% Money Back!* "MindChomps isn't a tuition centre. It's so much more! "Initially I thought MindChamps was going to be another boring tuition centre that would burn my weekends. "Instead, I learnt
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      119 29 Sunset sail Admire the beauty of sunset onboard the Harbour Queen, as you cruise around Southern islands such as St.John, Lazarus, Kusu Island and Sister Island. Let the sea breeze ruffle through your hair and the rhythmic rock of the waves mark your start to a musical Saturday evening. Build
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      226 32 How to Build a Strong Brand, Dominate Your Niche Generate Massive Profits Even if You are an Underdog! Like How the Opposition Parties used a smart Branding Strategy to Win Election Are you thinking of starting a business or creating a brand that commands a premium? Are you struggling squeezed
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        72 34 Buy S$1.51 SC Global is up 4.1 per cent at S$1.52, its fourth straight gain, after the developer’s chairman and CEO Simon Cheong bought 2.26 million shares last week at an average S$1.36 each, increasing his holding to 53.91 per cent. “It is not surprising that Simon Cheong
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        49 34 Underperform S$3.10 CIMB downgrades Straits Asia Resources from Neutral with a target price of S$3.29, saying “we adopt caution on the stock following its sharp appreciation, which in our view has not been supported by significant fundamental improvements”. It notes SAR has climbed to a 52-week high.
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      375 34 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Olam International, the commodities trader part-owned by Temasek Holdings, is raising US$600 million (S$738 million) in a share sale to fund acquisitions, according to three people with direct knowledge of the transaction. The company will offer US$200 million of the new shares
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      366 34 DOW JONES HONG KONG Italian fashion house Prada plans to raise up to US$2.6 billion (S$3.2 billion) in a Hong Kong initial public offering, ahead of listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on June 24, a person familiar with the deal said
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      54 34 MONDAY CLOSE 3,113.73 (-1.02%) Friday 3,145.67 q 0.47% Thursday 3,160.60 q 0.39% Wednesday 3,172.87 p 0.41% Tuesday 3,159.93 p 0.62% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Artivision 192.686 $0.175 q 20.455 Genting SP 55,447 $1.97 q 1.005 SwingMedia 38,287 $0.035 p 16.667 GoldenAgr 30.475 $0.68 q1.449 Contel
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      24 34 HANG SENG Closed NIKKEI 9,380.35 (-1.18%) È SHANGHAI Closed È Ç AUSTRALIA 4,569.10 MALAYSIA È MUMBAI 18.420.10 (+0.24%) MALAYSIA 1,552.14 (-0.49%) SEOUL Closed
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      361 35 REUTERS WASHINGTON Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond (picture) is planning to withdraw as a nominee for Federal Reserve governor, after being repeatedly opposed by Republicans. “It is time for me to withdraw, as I plan to inform the White House,” Mr
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      279 35 REUTERS LONDON Greece’s exit from the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), a choice European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet described as the “worst possible option”, may yet be the best solution to the nation’s financial and economic plight.
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      277 36  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The ability of Singaporeans to spend remains one of the highest in the world, according to the Nielsen Consumer Confidence Index, which ranks Singapore at No 7 globally for the first quarter of this year. The index
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      387 36  -  LINETTE LIM linettelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More young Singaporeans are dabbling in shares on the Stock Exchange. These are mainly young professionals under the age of 40. A recent research study by Standard Chartered Bank found that the advent of online or Internet trading is the
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      211 37  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE The SGX-listed Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) has completed the acquisition of a 97.69-per-cent stake in Solomon Breweries for S$21.5 million. The firm says the deal is a strategic fit to APB’s expansion in the South Pacific sector
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      381 37  -  JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The prices of luxury homes in Singapore moderated in the first quarter of this year. This is according to the Asian Luxury Residential Capital Value Index by CB Richard Ellis, which says the property cooling measures announced
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      218 34 PRICES OF S’PORE LUXURY HOMES MODERATED IN Q1 PAGE 37 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. Sr ~T Marketing Institute of Singapore Training
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      306 36 SINGAPORE PARENTING! Oflii CONGRESS 1 SATURDAY, 9 JULY bus\ 1 s °n *a* y s t s ’.yowi *M is e Srr t SorJ e to 6e ENGLISH SESSION 9.30AM 12.30PM Why I love the teenage years Phi! Callaway Writer, Speaker and Editor How to connect with our teens Cathy
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      183 37 Him scar z z w > N f] Cm w scar Him Hiru r I can sit pretty now Hiruscar is my confidence booster n sco\ New and old scars less than 2 years of age 1 ii V--li'i 1 i Zits, cuts, insect bites are all part of my
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      654 38 As data grows, so do storage sites THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO When people had only one or two computers, file sharing was not a big worry. Now, as people gain an arsenal of computers, smartphones and tablets, it has become a chore. The annoyance
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      151 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Apple confirmed earlier this week that its CEO Steve Jobs (picture) will announce iCloud, its online storage service,yesterday at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. Little is known about iCloud but it is likely to allow iTunes users to store
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      66 38 ngntmCapital 95.8FM PSLE Congress 2011 8-10 June 2011, Wed Fri 8.30am 6pm From time management to brain learning theories and revision strategies, the three-day congress is packed with engaging talks and interactive activities to help parents prepare their children forthe all important year-end examination. syjote. rrf'ot'/yjC(£i <o>n jp/e.o.Se. doj/ 6765
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      67 39 Jewellery? /f*j Corrective eye treatment? What is driving the demand for gold? The answer is both jewellery and corrective eye treatment. Every day there are hundreds of business stories. It takes expertise to find the right nuggets of information and craft them from an Asian perspective to give a deeper
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      582 40  -  EDB will collaborate with two schools, including UK’s Loughborough University, to pull it off TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY EXCLUSIVE SINGAPORE Over the next few months, fans here will be served up a treat. Badminton’s best will hit town next week for the Li-Ning
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      416 40  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The national team received a pleasant surprise yesterday when Englishwoman Asha Tett, a former shooter for Singapore and England, was selected to represent the Republic at the Mission Foods Netball World Championship. The tournament will be held at
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      130 40  -  TAN YO-HINN She may head an organisation that has yet to be recognised as an Olympic sport, but Singapore Bowling Federation (SBF) president Jessie Phua could well be leading the Republic’s athletes at next year’s London Games. Sources have told MediaCorp that Phua, 56,
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      548 41  -  Indonesia-based stars out of tonight’s tune-up, but don’t expect new caps in Lions’ first XI SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Singapore vs Maldives Jalan Besar Stadium, tonight, 7.30pm SINGAPORE When they step out onto the Jalan Besar Stadium pitch tonight, it will be the first
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      181 41  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Pacy winger Khairul Amri will not play for the Lions tonight. The Lions star was only released by Indonesian club Persiba Balikpapan last night after their 1-0 loss to Sriwijaya in the Indonesia Super League on Sunday. This despite FIFA’s ruling that clubs are
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      504 42  -  Hendri and Hendra quit, say SBA targets too LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Seven months after they won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, men’s doubles pair Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Hendra Wijaya have quit the Singapore badminton team. Speaking to MediaCorp yesterday, Singapore Badminton
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      297 42  -  EWAN MAH SINGAPORE Local company Sun Investment Pte Ltd have answered the call, and will bankroll the new Singapore under-23/Open Track and Field Championships with S$100,000 over three years. The inaugural meet will be held at Nanyang Polytechnic from June 25 to 26.
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      212 42 AGENCIES The Turkish Football Federation have accepted that their national team manager Guus Hiddink is likely to leave his post to return to Chelsea. BBC Sport reports that a source at the federation said: “(Hiddink) can’t say no to Chelsea, we believe he wants to
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      190 42 AP Manchester United forward Javier Hernandez scored a second-half hat-trick to lead Mexico to a 5-0 rout of El Salvador on Sunday in the opening match for both teams in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Sunday’s other game also had a 5-0 scoreline, with Costa Rica
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      155 42 REUTERS Iran’s dream of competing in the London 2012 Olympic women’s football tournament has been crushed by an unexpected ruling that their Islamic dress broke FIFA rules, a football official in Tehran said yesterday. Iran is complaining to the world football body after
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      124 42 AP An official on Qatar’s 2022 World Cup Committee says the first of its 12 stadiums for the tournament could be ready in four years and will feature a carbon-neutral cooling system as promised. Hassan Al Thawadi, the committee’s secretary-general,
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      573 43 With 10 Grand Slam titles under his belt, Nadal guns for great rival’s 16 REUTERS PARIS If there was any doubt before, there is now no question that Rafael Nadal can and most probably will better Roger Federer’s record of 16 Grand Slam titles
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      284 43 AP BAKU (Azerbaijan) An injurystricken Germany will all but seal their place in next year’s European Championship if they beat Azerbaijan today. Germany have won all six previous Group A matches for their best qualifying campaign and another win would take coach Joachim Loew’s
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      351 43 AP NBA FINALS Dallas 86 Miami 88 (Miami lead series 2-1) DALLAS Dwyane Wade kept soaring and scoring, doing everything he could to get the Miami Heat a crucial win towards an NBA title. Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem provided the final push. Bosh made a
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      123 43 NBA Finals Live (No Betting) Game 4 on 8 June from 9am at Livewire (Resorts World Sentosa) SPORTS FIXTURES h This match is played on neutral ground. For fixtures of all US Soccer League, please visit Singapore Pools website. MOTOR RACING Canada Race Qualifying Final Sun, 12/06/11 1.00am Mon, 1B/06/11
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      62 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL MISSING MICHAEL A NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR INXS 14 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF MICHAEL HUTCHENCE T2 JUNE 7, 2011 MUSIC MATTERS MATTERED T4 HEALTH GIVE IN TO THE TRAVEL BUG NOT THE FLU BUG T6 WHAT YOU
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      351 2 KittyWu Presents: Arms And Sleepers (US)/Monster Cat (SG). The American indie/electronic duo of Max Lewis and Mirza Ramic go head-to-head with local folk rockers. Well, kind of. June 9, 8.30pm, Home Club.Tickets at S$22 from kittywurecords.com and at the door. The Wailers. Bringing in the reggae tradition made popular
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      1235 2  -  INXS on new music, old music and why they are still dealing with the death of Michael Hutchence almost 14 years later CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg “WE’VE got to end on time because we’re going to have a fire drill,” came the Australian drawl at the other
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      512 4  -  Participants say yes, and they can’t wait for the next KEVIN MATHEWS IT WAS something that many members of the Singapore music scene were looking forward to. Music Matters, held for the first time in Singapore all previous editions were held in Hong Kong
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        227 5  -  KEVIN MATHEWS Cults Cults NOT to be confused with the goth/hard rock outfit The Cult, the newly-installed “next big thing” of the indie-alternative music scene hail from New York City (despite their obvious Anglophile affectations) and consist of erstwhile NYU college mates Brian Oblivion
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        144 5  -  KEVIN MATHEWS WITH an album title like that, you better not be expecting subtlety. Canadian band Sum 41 has been facilitating between punk and melodic hardcore for their entire decade-long career. Which when translated into English roughly means that the band’s main expertise lies in
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      238 5  -  Relooking a classic CHRISTOPHER TOH CosmicThing The B-52s (1989) THE death of guitarist Ricky Wilson in 1985 resulted in the remaining members ofThe B-52s Keith Strickland, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Fred Schneider going on an indefinite hiatus. But during this time, drummer Strickland switched to guitar
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      640 6  -  Don’t leave your health behind this holiday season Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg LIKE many Singaporeans, I usually plan an overseas vacation during the kid-friendly June and December school holidays season. Unfortunately for me, it is also a time when the dreadful flu visits while I’m scrambling
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      434 7  -  EVELINE GAN SINCE late last month, Escherichia coli, or E coli, infection outbreak has claimed 22 lives, at press time. More than 2,000 people have fallen ill in Germany and from various regions in Europe. The Ministry of Health has advised Singaporeans who are travelling
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      220 7 HEALTH BITE NEW research published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, a BioMed Central open access journal, shows that computer games can speed up and improve a patient’s recovery from paralysis after a stroke. Stroke victims often find it difficult to recover hand and
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        62 7 Common hand problems such as trigger digit and Carpel Tunnel Syndrome are on the rise. An expert will discuss about how these problems arise and the treatment options available. Date: Friday Time: 1pm to 2pm Venue: National University Hospital, Health Education Hub, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road,
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        75 7 Learn about communication disorders across different age groups. Choose between forum A, which includes talks on stuttering and autism spectrum disorder, and forum B which touches on facilitating communication for people with dementia. Date: June 18 Time: 11am to 1pm Venue: Room 3 and 4, Postgraduate Medical
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    610 8 Terzett: An Evening of Chamber Music with Lee Shi Mei and Friends Join local violinist Lee Shi Mei and friends for an evening of chamber music. Listen to popular pieces such as the Brahms violin sonatas, and interesting terzett music for two violins and a viola by
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      34 8 SUDOKUplus HOW TO 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. DIFFICULTY RATING: COPYRIGHT UCLICK YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
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      238 9 c&3 c JUNE 11&12 It’s a flea-for-all! TIME: 12PM 8PM VENUEMARINA SQUARE OUTDOOR PLAZA CELEBRITY MEET-AND-GREET Rub shoulders with these stars, then go buy the stuff they’ve donated or vice versa and know your money’s going to a worthy cause. Join us for a fun-filled carnival at MARINA SQUARE with
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