Today, 11 June 2011

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  • HOT NEWS
    • 331 2  -  LOIS CALDERON SINGAPORE Investor lobby group Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) is calling for tighter measures governing the use of funds by Chinese companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). “The time is right for introducing measures to protect the investments of investors
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    • 456 2  -  WAYNE CHAN waynechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They may hope for a green space and an underground water storage tank in Orchard to prevent floods like the one that washed in on Sunday, but for now, the management of one of the buildings badly hit by the
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    • 408 2  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A second lawsuit is now brewing over a botched S$9-million project to bring international nightclub brands Avalon and Pangaea to Marina Bay Sands (MBS). Singapore entertainment management company, Kraze Entertainment, which had worked on bringing in the two
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    • 822 3  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Peer monitoring, training to handle difficult situations with patients and the use of video cameras in patients’ rooms. These are some measures used by nursing homes here to prevent abuse of patients, several operators told MediaCorp yesterday
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    • 427 3 AGENCIES BERLIN German vegetable sprouts caused the E coli outbreak that has killed 31 people and made more than 3,000 people ill, investigators announced yesterday after tracking the bacteria from patients in hospital beds to restaurants and then farm
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    • 849 4 STATEMENT BYTHE MINISTER FOR LAW Recent comments in the media suggest some confusion over what the President can and cannot do. As the Presidential Elections approach, it is important for Singaporeans to understand what the President is elected and empowered to do under the Singapore Constitution.
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    • 567 6  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He was appointed yesterday to the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s board of directors. On Tuesday, he took over officially as president of SAFRA, the recreational club for national servicemen. It is in education, though, where he will straddle two ends
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    • 333 6  -  JOANNE CHAN SINGAPORE The Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) said it expects to spend nearly S$22 million this year, helping some 65,000 beneficiaries. And it will focus on helping families on social mobility, rather than just rendering financial assistance with its limited resources, as
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    • 273 6  -  RYAN HUANG SINGAPORE By 2025, six countries will support more than half of the world’s growth and this, according to a World Bank official, will lead to a more stable global economy. Speaking on the sidelines of an Institute of Policy Studies’ roundtable yesterday,
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    • 486 8  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A faster pace in appointing women to ministerial posts, more gender diversity in high-level positions on Government and private boards these are some areas for improvement here that the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) will highlight
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    • 366 8  -  WAYNE CHAN, EVELYN LAM waynechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There is now new hope for patients who suffer from an infected cornea, with a landmark operation by doctors in Singapore that reconstructs and replaces parts of a patient’s eye with an artificial cornea. While normal
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    • 49 8 IF THE SHOE HITS Protesters hitting against their shoes a defaced poster of Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad during a demonstration to express solidarity with Syria’s antigovernment protesters in front of the Syrian embassy in Ankara, Turkey, yesterday. The words on the poster read: ‘Murderer. Go away’. REUTERS REUTERS
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    • 208 8  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE It was a photograph of her male teacher and her found in the girl’s handphone that brought their close relationship to light, leading to the man being jailed 10 months yesterday for having consensual sex with his underaged student. The court
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    • 215 10 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO Japan has detected radiation above the legal limit in tea grown in Shizuoka, the heart of the nation’s green tea industry, officials said, blaming the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. A tea dealer has started a recall of the dried
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    • 410 10 AGENCIES PHNOM PENH The police around South-east Asia arrested several hundred suspects on Thursday in coordinated raids to bust a gang that swindled victims in China through phone calls over the Internet. The Indonesian authorities said they arrested 177 Taiwanese and Chinese
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    • 283 10 AP WASHINGTON Scientists say they have finally discovered why smokers tend to gain some weight when they kick the habit. It turns out that nicotine can rev up brain cells that normally signal people to stop eating when they are full,
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1873 12  -  Feuding political elites are wielding his image as a weapon, as China stands at the crossroads KATHRIN HILLE, JAMIL ANDERLINI THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED At the heart of the Chinese Communist empire, in an imposing mausoleum in the centre of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the body
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    • 258 12 THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Political battles in China are almost always conducted behind closed doors but, in recent months, the public has been treated to fascinating glimpses of the factional struggles raging behind the walls of the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing. Since
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    • 1080 16  -  JONATHAN STORY Jonathan Story is Emeritus Professor of International Political Economy, INSEAD Business School, and author of China UnCovered: What you need to know to do business in A simple answer to the question of which way world oil prices will move
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    • 794 18 BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL BLOOMBERG Not long ago, United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner described the key ingredient in a sound global financial system: “Capital, capital, capital.” He is right about the ingredient. But when it comes to the world’s banks, he
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    • 469 17 ORAL HYGIENE Mouthwash risk? COULD that daily gargle of mouthwash containing alcohol increase your chances of getting oral cancer? Most mouthwashes bought off the shelves here contain alcohol on average, it makes up about 22 per cent of content. Local dentists told Today that in the first place, they do
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  • VOICES
    • Nursing home incident: Send strong signal on mistreatment
      • 402 20  -  Letter from Joanne Tan I REFER to the report on the mistreatment of an elderly woman at Nightingale Nursing Home (“Nursing home not allowed to take in new patients”, June 10). It is stated that the staff member involved has been disciplined. What sort of measures
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      • 256 20  -  Letter from Dave Yap I was shocked to see, on the news on Thursday night, a video of an elderly woman being mistreated at a nursing home. How long this abuse has been going on and how many other patients have suffered the same ill treatment, is
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    • 191 20  -  LETTER FROM DANIEL KOH KAH SOON The Government has acted in response to urgent calls for the supply of new housing (“More land released for residential units”, June 10). This is clear evidence it is aware of the problem and is working to
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    • 116 20  -  LETTER FROM LEONARD LOO KOK SWEE On Tuesday, I took a public bus with a defective air-conditioning system. The word “hot” was uttered by each commuter who boarded the bus. There were no visible air vents in the bus. Some commuters even attempted to
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 215 24  -  s RAMESH SINGAPORE Former Opposition Member of Parliament Chiam See Tong has confirmed that he would not be contesting in the coming Presidential Election, as he felt that it was unlikely he would meet the criteria to run. In an
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    • 249 24  -  AMANDA FENG amandafeng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The price of fresh chickens might have gone up, but hawkers whom MediaCorp spoke to are pledging to maintain their prices for now. The Poultry Merchants’ Association had earlier said in a report that the higher prices were due
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    • 281 24  -  DYLAN LOH SINGAPORE Singapore adventurer Jane Lee has left to scale Africa’s highest peak, the 5,893m Mount Kilimanjaro the sixth summit in her quest to scale the highest peak in each of the seven continents. She was sent off yesterday morning
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    • 134 24 Another 647 passport holders turned up at the Immigrations Checkpoints Authority (ICA) yesterday to have their passports rectified and verified, two days after ICA reported on a technical glitch which affected 1,280 passports issued between May 23 and June 3 this year. Issuing
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    • 195 25  -  ALVINA SOH An Indonesian woman who abandoned her newborn baby in the rooftop garden of a multi-storey carpark was yesterday jailed 10 weeks and fined S$2,000 for the offence, as well as for over-staying in Singapore for
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    • 250 25  -  LEONG WAI KIT SINGAPORE His hair had just grown back after 15 months of chemotherapy, but 14-year-old cancer survivor Jarenn insisted on having his hair shaved off for Hair for Hope (HfH), the annual affair which raises funds and offers moral support for children with
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    • 131 25 Simultaneous raids were conducted at several locations islandwide including Jurong, Woodlands, Bishan, Hougang and Tampines. The 14-hour operation yesterday saw the police arresting 36 men and 14 women, aged between 18 and 56, for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. Preliminary investigations revealed that
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  • WORLD
    • 369 26 AP HANOI A squabble over territory in the South China Sea escalated yesterday when Vietnam announced a live ammunition drill in an apparent response to China’s demand that the Vietnamese halt all oil exploration in the area. The verbal
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    • 164 26 AP BEIJING A new round of flooding across central China has killed 41 people, state media reported yesterday, bringing the total killed in seasonal flooding this year to at least 95. Torrential rains from Thursday night until early Friday triggered floods and
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    • 270 26 AP BEIJING Seized explosives accidentally went off at a police station in central China, causing a massive blast that killed one officer, injured two others and damaged several buildings, a local official said yesterday. The explosion on Thursday shattered the four-storey
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    • 117 26 AP Survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami need long-term mental health care to protect them from debilitating conditions that could lead to suicide, Japan’s government said yesterday. In its annual policy paper on suicide prevention, the Cabinet Office decided to include
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    • 231 28 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian company with links to Iran tried to buy gyroscopes used for guiding missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles from China, according to a leaked United States diplomatic cable. According to the cable released by whistleblower
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    • 185 28 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will have to wait for at least another two months before the supply of Indonesian maids resume. Mr Foo Yong Hooi, vicepresident of the Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies, said the time frame was normal because maids first
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    • 85 28 Johor’s RM1.4 billion (S$570 million) Senai-Desaru Expressway, one of the biggest infrastructure projects under the Ninth Malaysian Plan, was completed yesterday, cutting travel time from the Second Link in Tuas to Desaru down to about an hour. Most of the 75-km long highway
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    • 107 28 REUTERS Malaysian police have arrested an Islamist militant suspect who slipped back into the country after being deported to Indonesia for aiding in the escape of a leader of the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah group. Indonesian national Agus Salim Suwastika was arrested
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    • 246 29 THE GUARDIAN LONDON A firestorm among members of the United States right has erupted after it was reported that former Republican vicepresidential candidate Sarah Palin will be denied a meeting with Baroness Margaret Thatcher on the grounds that it
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    • 294 29 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Republican Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s campaign imploded on Thursday as his top advisers resigned en masse, setting off a further exodus of aides and supporters and battering his hopes of a political comeback. Mr Gingrich vowed to carry
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    • 150 29 AP The US State Department shot down a report on Thursday that Secretary of State Mrs Hillary Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about heading the World Bank. “The story is completely untrue,” Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines
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    • 227 30 THE GUARDIAN ABU DHABI Western and Arab governments have pledged more than £800 million (S$1.6 billion) to support Libya’s rebel administration as they seek to keep the pressure on Muammar Gaddafi’s regime and prepare for the era after his
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    • 219 30 AP BEIRUT Syrian troops backed by dozens of tanks massed outside the northern town of Jisr Al Shughour, near the Turkish border yesterday, preparing to move in after protesters and mutinous forces rose up against the rule of President Bashar
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    • 523 31 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK He had never met the young girl, recognising her only through a 15-minute video he had downloaded that showed her being sexually abused by a man. He knew her only as “Vicky”, the self-titled
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    • 126 31 AP American health officials said on Thursday that 39 people have fallen ill from a salmonella outbreak spread through handling baby chicks or ducklings. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says the cases occurred from late February to late May and are spread
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    • Article, Illustration
      80 31 A child plays under the spray of a fire hydrant in Manhattan, New York City, as temperatures soared on Thursday. It was the third day of unseasonable heat which blistered the eastern half of the United States, making tornado clean-up miserable in Massachusetts and sending country music fans
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    • 157 31 Mt 71 m Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in collaboration with Consulate of Monaco presents A The Return of the Little Singers of Monaco W/ i 1 VSF: D 1 I xThe European royal choir returns to Singapore to enchant choral music lovers with 31 angelic Enjoy a programme of
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  • SCIENCE
    • 431 32 New research could lead to pill that could help damaged hearts repair themselves REUTERS LONDON British scientists have managed to transform a type of stem-like cell in adult mouse hearts into functioning heart muscle in research, proving that the heart has dormant repair
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    • 404 32 Biologists have found striking parallels between a peloton of cyclists and a school offish THE GUARDIAN GLASGOW Fish, famously, have no need for bicycles, but schools of fish swim as though they were cyclists. Just like a Tour de France peloton, fish at
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    • 334 32 The French must protect the Great Hamster or face fines, EU rules THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS France was punished on Thursday for not taking proper care of its hamsters. The Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the European Union’s highest court, ruled that France had failed
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    • 514 33 In this issue Media Regent of Publication A Gain a new appreciation for Seoul, East Asia’s most mysterious alpha city Get acquainted with Phnom Penh, a city steeped in history and culture Take in beautiful Dubrovnik, a city on Croatia’s dazzling Adriatic coast Explore Tasmania the best way by road
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  • BUSINESS
    • 332 34  -  RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE Citigroup’s customers in Singapore may have been spared the damaging effects of the latest cyberattack on the bank, but experts say standards need to be ramped up globally by the financial sector to protect consumers online. Earlier this
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    • 474 34  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With concerns mounting that there will be an oversupply in the private home market, property developers will be increasingly selective about the sites for sale under the Government Land Sales programme in the second half of this year, analysts said.
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    • 152 35 SINGAPORE The Urban Redevelopment Authority has awarded the tender for a residential site at Woodlands Ave 2 and Rosewood Drive to joint bidders Fragrance Group and Aspial Corp. The consortium submitted the highest bid of about S$151.5 million, which translates to around S$3,952
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    • 92 35 SINGAPORE Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister of State for Education and Defence, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The MAS says his term of appointment will be from June 10 this year to May 31,2013.
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    • STOCK CALLS
      • 59 35 Outperform S$1.55 CIMB upgrades from Neutral and keeps its S$2.05 target price, based on 14X FY12 core shipbuilding earnings. The house says the US$700 million (S$861 million) Seaspan order win, potentially US$2.5 billion including options, “is a major milestone for YZJ as it climbs up the value chain with
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      • 47 35 Outperform S$3.08 CLSA initiates coverage with a S$4.16 target price. The house says OUE, its top sector pick, has been “completely transformed since Lippo’s entrance as a controlling shareholder” with properties undergoing major revamps while it has also been successful in making large-scale acquisitions.
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    • 55 35 FRIDAY CLOSE 3,078.35 (-0.62%) Thursday 3,097.57 q 0.17% Wednesday 3,102.98 q 0.42% Tuesday 3,115.95 p 0.07% Monday 3,113.73 q 1.02% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 103,967 $1.940 q 1.52% Contel 46,912 $0.020 UNCH GoldenAgr 42,067 $0.675 q 0.74% HPH Trust US$ 39,900 $0.840 q
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    • 30 35 HANG SENG È Ç 22,420.37 9,***** NIKKEI 9,514.44 (+0.50%) SHANGHAI Ç Ç È Ç 2,705.14 (+0.07%) AUSTRALIA 4,562.11 (+0.27%) MUMBAI 18,268.54 (-1.19%) MALAYSIA 1,556.19 (+0.34%) È SEOUL 2,046.67 (-1.19%)
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    • 620 36 REUTERS BEIJING China posted a smaller-than-expected trade surplus in May of US$13.1 billion (S$16.1 billion) because of soaring imports and weaker global demand growth, giving mixed signals about how the economy fared. China’s export growth to the United States and the European
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    • 270 36 REUTERS NEW DELHI India’s industrial output growth dipped in April, the latest sign that the rising cost of credit is acting as a brake on the economy, which may prompt the central bank to pull back from its aggressive monetary policy tightening. The annual 6.3-per-cent expansion
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    • 143 36 REUTERS AirAsia could buy as many as 200 Airbus planes in a landmark deal that is potentially set to dominate the Paris Air Show, sources said yesterday The Malaysian budget carrier has said it is considering buying at least 150 revamped A320 planes
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    • 214 36 Parkway East Hospital Making Parenthood A Possibility A Community Health Education Symposium 18 June 2011, Saturday, 2.00pm 4.45pm Conrad Centennial Singapore, Ballroom, Level 2 Programme 2.00 pm Registration 2.30 pm Welcome Address 2.45 pm Fertility When Is Help Needed? Dr Abdul Aziz Bin Mohd All Sujak, Obstetrician Gynaecologist Registration Fee
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  • PERSONAL FINANCE
    • 840 38  -  COMMENTARY OOI HUEY TYNG Ooi Huey Tyng is senior vicepresident and head of cards and unsecured loans at DBS Bank. Loans have evolved over time, and while Singaporeans are familiar with secured loans such as mortgage or car loans, they may find themselves less
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    • 592 38  -  COMMENTARY SHRIKANT BHAT Shrikant Bhat is head of wealth management at Citibank Singapore. Unit trusts have been a key feature of the investment landscape since the ’30s. Even after decades of financial innovation, they remain one of the easiest and most effective ways
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  • SPORTS
    • 674 43  -  FAS must know there is nothing like a Causeway derby to stir up the nation COMMENTARY LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is executive sports editor with MediaCorp NewsHub. Malaysia must win. If they do beat Taiwan in the first round, as most expect
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    • 272 43  -  SHAMIR OSMAN 2011 RHB SINGAPORE CUP Hougang 1 M’sian Young Tigers 0 (aet) SINGAPORE There has been a dark cloud hanging over Hougang Stadium since the May 23 pre-match altercation with Etoile FC saw the club indefinitely suspended from the S-League. But
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    • 352 44  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The S$380 million Changi Motor Sports Hub project will almost certainly not be operational by the end of the year, but the delay has not stopped organisers here from making a bid to host the Formula Drift world
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    • 644 44  -  Former team principal Dennis can restore British outfit’s shine COMMENTARY IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is senior f1 correspondent with MediaCorp NewsHub. Through the ’80s and ’90s, the McLaren marque was the one that featured most up in the lights in
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    • 522 45  -  After a five-year absence, powerboat racing returns to Marina Bay PATWANT SINGH patwant@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Speed fans here will get to see not one but two Formula 1 races this year. The fourth edition of the Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix will return to
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    • 412 45  -  PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The heart says the Mavericks, but the head says the Heat. That’s the best Australian basketball great Luc Longley (picture) could offer by way of a prediction, on the outcome of the ongoing NBA Finals between the
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    • 259 45 AP If the Miami Heat are going to recover and win this NBA championship, they may want to put the Dallas Mavericks away before the final minutes. Otherwise, they could be in more than a little trouble. Five games into the NBA finals,
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    • 565 46 Arsenal have been silent on the transfer front, now they could lose several key players AGENCIES LONDON He had admitted several times at the end of what had been a disappoint‑ing season that Arsenal needed to spend big this summer. It seems that Arsene Wenger has
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    • 291 46 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Another Caribbean football association has come forward to allege receiving US$40,000 (S$49,300) in cash at the meeting arranged by FIFA’s presidential challenger Mohamed Hammam and one of its vice‑presidents Jack Warner at the heart of the bribery scandal that has rocked the world
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    • 355 46 AGENCIES LONDON Stuart Pearce has heralded new Manchester United recruit Phil Jones as a future England captain and declared that the central defensive partnership that he could ultimately form with Chris Smalling at Old Trafford has the potential to thrive for club and country for
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    • 155 43 SPORTSZONE TALKS ABOUT SINGAPOREAND MALAYSIA Six months after the Lions ‘shock first-round exit from the AFF Suzuki Cup, national football coach Radojko Avramovic has called up a number of new faces in his provisional 33-man squad, as he tries to freshen up the Singapore team. 938LIVE’s SportsZone turns the spotlight
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  • Page 44 Miscellaneous
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    • 57 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS JUNE 11, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF SHOP THE WEB WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK T2 RELAX YOUR WAY TO GORGEOUS SKIN AT THE CLARINS SKIN SPA T6 THE DRUMS’ JONATHAN PIERCE GIVES HIS CLOTHES AWAY T7 TRAVEL SINGAPOPEANS TAKE
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  • STYLE
    • 433 2  -  Shopping goes digital with local online shons in full bloom ZHANG WEIFANG zhangweifang@mediacorp.com.sg LOCAL e-shops fulfill every girl’s wishes (sorry, boys) by offering a plethora of apparel and accessories in hard-to-find styles and low-end prices. And it allows us to shop on our phones over lunch.
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    • Article, Illustration
      609 6  -  Can the revamped Clarins Skin Spa combine top-to-toe relaxation with the pursuit of a perfect complexion? MARIANNE WEE-SLATER WHEN your spirit is weary, your skin is the first to show it.The connection between mind, body and skin is central to the philosophy of French beauty giant Clarins and,
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    • 622 7  -  ZHANG WEIFANG JONATHAN Pierce, leader of American rock packThe Drums, started the band with fellow band mate Jacob Graham just like anyone else:They penned their own material and uploaded a couple of tunes on the Internet. Unlike most other aspiring musicians, however, the three lads
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    • 130 7 THESE babies created by Havaianas and Italian fashion empire Missoni have been causing quite a stir in fashion wonderland, and it’s not hard to see why. Specially designed by Angela Missoni, creative director of Missoni and long-time Havaianas fan, these flip flops are
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    • 63 8 SOCIALITES, media cats and fashion kids recently came together to toast the official opening of Prada’s Paragon store. The Milan fashion house presented its Fall/Winter 2011 collection in a sleek store display, while fashion folks sipped on bubbly. Piling on the glitz and glamour was Korean-American heartthrob
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  • TRAVEL
    • 1242 10  -  Two groups of Singaporeans took on Mount Everest and returned to tell the tale SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg YOU can’t blame the world’s highest mountain for being the magnet that it is. Just ask Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Two groups of Singaporeans
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    • 489 11  - Jetsetting with Bryan Jones SERENE LIM THE president of Fairline Boats, a luxury yacht and power cruiser manufacturer, is ironically an airline’s best friend. Jones travels two weeks in a month and racks up approximately 100,000 miles a year, visiting dealers and attending trade shows in the region. Which was
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    • 139 11 along The stuff travelling’s made of WHEN travelling, it is sometimes better to “save face”. Literally. Although you can’t avoid the climate changes and stifling air on the plane when you travel, you can prevent your skin from feeling parched, irritated and itchy due to these factors.
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    544 12 My Monumental Playground at Esplanade Park Learn more about the iconic structures atthe Esplanade Park the Cenotaph, Lim Bo Seng Memorial and Tan Kim Seng Fountain. Come down with your family and enjoy fun-filled activities for everyone from storytelling sessions to an outdoor movie screening of the
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    • 208 12 JUNE 11*12 12PM 8PM m MARINA 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. 1 1 V, YVONNE LIM ALAN SOAK UP STAR GLITTER BY BUYING CELEBS’ PRE-LOVED POSSESSIONS
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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    • 170 13 Save our planet and we save The World is our responsibility and our life line. So make the effort to save it today. Check out these programmes and events in conjunction with Saving Gaia 2011 Channel NewsAsia Saving Gaia Series Restoring the health of Gaia, All New episodes from 15
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 257 14 ON MEDIACORP STAY HOME SATURDAY MOVIE: THE SHAGGY DOG Channel 5, 7.30pm Lawyer Dave Douglas is turned into a dog by accident. In his struggle to become human again, Dave is forced to see life from a new perspective, and he is surprised to learn what he’s been missing. With
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    • 218 14 ON MEDIACORP LOVE KEEPS GOING (Debut) Channel U, 9pm Watch how a cheerful and optimistic girl changes the life of a cool, arrogant and self-centred musician in this popular idol drama. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL CORTEO okto, 10pm Corteo, Italian for “cortege”, is a joyous procession imagined by a clown. This
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