Today, 24 June 2011, Afternoon Edition

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  • 40 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Friday June 24, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday June 24, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 1115 1  -  Ex-DPM resigns as executive director of GIC and chairman of SPH LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite presidential hopeful Tony Tan’s assertions of his independence, the spectre of his past ties with the People’s Action Party (PAP) loomed large yesterday at
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 454 2  -  Dr Tony Tan’s likely opponents in coming election point out his links to PAP, LEONG WEE KEAT, SATISH CHENEY weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Dr Tony Tan’s two likely opponents in the coming Presidential Election have questioned the former Deputy Prime Minister’s
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    • 284 3  -  LIM JING JING, EVELYN CHOO limjingjing@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Having worked with Dr Tony Tan when he was Defence Minister from 1995 to 2003 and Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence from 2003 to 2005, Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan
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    • 417 4  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) last month rose 4.5 per cent from May last year. While the figure was above the 4.1 per cent median forecast of economists polled by Reuters, analysts MediaCorp spoke to noted that the CPI has
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    • 328 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has launched a chain of grocery shops that sells items at a discount of between 30 to 40 per cent compared to market prices. The 1 Malaysia shops will sell 250 basic grocery items under the
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    • 444 6 AP PARIS The largest economies in the world agreed yesterday to a series of measures to stabilise world food prices after years of sudden fluctuations caused global instability, especially in poorer countries. French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire said the G-20 summit of
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    • 185 8 Temasek Holdings has named two existing endowments under Temasek Cares after two Singaporeans in honour of their roles and contributions in social service and healthcare. They are the late philanthropist Dr Ee Peng Liang and the late former Senior Minister of State Dr
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    • 358 8 AGENCIES LONDON Britain yesterday announced plans for the next generation of nuclear plants, confirming a list of eight sites where new power stations will be built by 2025. It was the first major announcement on the future of nuclear energy in Britain, three
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    • 394 8  -  JONATHAN PEERIS, RACHEL ADRIENNE KELLY SINGAPORE SingTel’s Australian unit Optus has signed a deal with Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), under which it will earn A$800 million (S$1.04 billion) to close down its own infrastructure and transfer customers to the
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    • 376 10  -  SABRINA CHAN sabrinachan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Started in 2005 to encourage service excellence in companies, the Customer Centric Initiative (CCI) has expanded its scope, with a new scheme to support training and consultancy for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to achieve better service levels.
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    • 303 10  -  SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE They are youths from lowincome families but thanks to a culinary apprenticeship programme at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), the 30 teenagers got to spend a few days under the tutelage of professional chefs, learning to prepare dishes like ravioli
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    • 232 10  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A 45-year-old fishmonger has been charged with selling two poisonous substances without a licence at his stall on March 3. Poh Cher Chai was believed to have allegedly committed the offence at Block 254, Jurong East Street 24. He is
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    • 571 12 AP BANGKOK Despite opposition fears of violence, Thailand’s Prime Minister rallied with crowds of campaign supporters yesterday at a Bangkok street intersection that was the centre of last year’s anti-government protests, which ended with more than 90 deaths. No disruptions were reported
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    • 138 12 THE BANGKOK POST TheThai army is gearing up for possible unrest as the political situation may turn ugly after the July 3 general election, an army source said. As the country counts down to the polls, army commander Prayuth Chan-ocha has put the
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    • 584 14 But Afghanistan faces fresh turmoil after court overturns some election results WASHINGTON Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday welcomed United States President Barack Obama’s plan to start withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, while France announced its forces would leave on a similar timetable.
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    • 17 14 >> WHY GIVE UP A TRUMP CARD FOR NOTHING? COMMENT 16 >> POLITICAL CALCULATION TRUMPS SOUND MILITARY JUDGEMENT COMMENT
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1031 16  -  The US should tie troop withdrawals to progress on a political settlement; haste could lead to civil war VALI NASR Vali Nasr is a Bloomberg columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG United States President Barack Obama will want Americans to
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    • 555 18  -  Why negotiate, if all the Taliban needs to do is wait for American troops to leave? And for ordinary Afghans, why side with NATO forces or their indigenous allies if the Taliban will soon return? TOBY HARNDEN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH President Barack Obama’s expected
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    • 851 20  -  The collapse of confidence in some Chinese investments reflects fear that we’re one step from a global crisis replay WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Suddenly finance god John Paulson isn’t looking so omniscient. The New
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    • 984 22  -  EDWARD GLAESER Edward Glaeser is a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Over the past month, we have heard reports that UBS may move the staff of its United States investment bank from Stamford, Connecticut, to Manhattan by 2015. The
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    • 762 25  -  Cyber-activism has its limits it cannot, in the end, deliver either democracy or prosperity PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal is chairman and founder of the Arab Thought Forum and the West Asia-North Africa Forum. PROJECT SYNDICATE There seem to
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    • 127 16 GO BEHIND THE SCENES Stagehands perform a variety of behind-the-scenes functions in many kinds of outdoor events and productions such as theaters, musicals etc. e2i is organizing a Stagehand Job Fair at PALME ASIA Exhibition, South East Asia’s most established International Professional Audio, Lighting, AV and Entertainment Technology Exhibition. Employers
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    • 8 18 Toby Harnden is The Daily Telegraph’s US Editor.
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  • VOICES
    • 483 26  -  Letter from Michele Goh I PURCHASED a Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat in 2009 despite the high premium compared to a Build-to-Order (BTO) flat, based on the assumption that its management by an established private developer would result in intelligent, functional design and professional workmanship. In
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    • 187 26  -  Letter from Tony Lim Kheng Yee SHOULD the Government make it compulsory for maids to get a rest day every week, I hope the Manpower Ministry would also make adjustments concerning the worker’s levy and the security bond. The worker’s levy has inflated
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    • 238 26  -  Letter from Tan Saw Bin I GRANT my maid the day off whenever she requests to go out. I also give her light duties on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays so these are her rest days at home. My previous maid would go out to meet
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    • 301 27  -  What rules apply? Letter from Daniela Morena EVERY time I walk past some of the new bungalows along Jalan Merah Saga and its neighbouring streets, I shudder at the sight of these monsters. Two of them are as tall as the nearby five-storey condo,
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    • 129 27  -  LETTER FROM JOSEPH WONG Every evening at the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC), taxis with the “On Call” sign lit up line the driveway, even as commuters wait in a long makeshift taxi queue hoping to catch a taxi not on call. But why would any taxi driver
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    • 121 27  -  LETTER FROM ONG SENG ENG, DIRECTOR, WASTE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAGENCY We refer to the letters “Bigger recycling effort at IT shows, please” by Mr Saul Sio (June 20) and “What a waste” by Ms Sarah Tan (June 15). Waste paper
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 550 28  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They may not be synonymous with the charity sector but sports bodies have driven the growth of new charities registered here in recent times. So far this year, 26 sports groups were registered as charities, compared to 18 for
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    • 223 28  -  CHEOW XIN YI The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) is embarking on its latest governance review of charities in the arts and heritage sector. As one of five sector administrators assisting the Commissioner of Charities, MICA said it will
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    • 299 29  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Twelve years ago, he was sentenced to nine years’ corrective training and 24 strokes of the cane for housebreaking. But odd-job worker Bay Buck Siong (picture) did not learn his lesson and was sentenced yesterday to 13 years’ preventive
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    • 179 29 SINGAPORE The police said no further action would be taken against British author Alan Shadrake following investigations against him for criminal defamation. Although investigation papers reviewed by the At-torney-General showed the commission of several counts of criminal defamation, these “arise essentially out of
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    • 85 29 SINGAPORE Community Development Councils (CDCs) received S$10.4 million in corporate donations last year. According to a joint press release by the five CDCs, the amount represents a 22-per-cent increase from 2009. The CDCs also said they partnered about 1,700 community and corporate partners last
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    • 570 30  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It seems like Asia is not only the place to be for business, themed environment designers and ride builders have also trained their sights on the region. According to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, 15 parks
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  • WORLD
    • 292 32 THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING Heavy rains in central China last week will help the country produce extra hydroelectric power in the coming weeks but not enough to avoid severe electricity shortages this summer, officials said on Wednesday. Many factories in the country’s export-oriented
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    • 163 32 AP BEIJING A historian jailed in China for leaking military secrets reportedly from books about the Korean War was released two years early yesterday in an increasingly rare act of clemency for a political prisoner here. Mr Xu Zerong, a Hong Kong-based, Oxford-trained political
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    • 172 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Shanghai’s summer will be hot, with occasional showers of broken glass, the local government has said, warning residents to be alert to shoddy windows falling on them from the city’s 5,000 skyscrapers. The city’s 20 million locals should watch out
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    • 320 32 AGENCIES BEIJING China said yesterday that dissident artist Ai Weiwei, 54, who was abruptly released on Wednesday after nearly three months in detention, is still under investigation for suspected crimes, suggesting Beijing will keep up the pressure to stop him from speaking out. Mr
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    • 484 34 THE GUARDIAN RIYADH The authorities in Saudi Arabia have discovered a Sri Lankan maid who had been kept against her will without pay for nearly 14 years by her local employers, in the latest case of abuse of domestic workers in the
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    • 226 34 AP DHAKA —A Bangladesh court yesterday sentenced the fugitive son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to six years in jail for laundering money taken as bribes from two global companies. Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain said in his verdict that Arafat
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    • 360 36 AP WELLINGTON The New Zealand government said yesterday that it will offer to pay thousands of homeowners to leave areas of the country’s second-largest city that were hardest hit by recent earthquakes. Christchurch was struck by a mag-nitude-7.1 earthquake in September
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    • 114 36 AGENCIES MANILA The Philippine authorities evacuated thousands and suspended classes in the eastern Bicol region as the weather bureau warned of flashfloods and landslides due to Tropical Depression Falcon. The storm was 270km north-east of Catanduanes province yesterday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 75kmh
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    • 67 36 Rubbish is set on fire during a protest in downtown Naples yesterday. The chronic problems over waste disposal in Italy’s third-largest city have re-emerged in recent days with thousands of tonnes of rubbish piled up in the streets and furious residents clashing with police
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    • 147 40 BLOOMBERG SYDNEY Qantas Airways, Australia’s largest carrier, cancelled New Zealand services for a second day yesterday because of a drifting cloud of volcanic ash that has stranded thousands of travellers in both nations. Jetstar Airways also cancelled flights to and from New Zealand as
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    • 390 40 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The head of Malaysian election watchdog Bersih (Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections) said yesterday that its July 9 rally will carry on as planned and that “nothing has changed”, even after receiving an SMS death threat on
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    • 169 40 AGENCIES PETALING JAYA Malaysia’s health ministry has ordered another Taiwanese beverage to be taken off the shelves for suspected contamination of the cancer-causing plastic additive diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP). The ministry conducted checks on local company Leton Products and found DEHP contamination in Lennox Firm-Up Collagen
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    • 243 42 REUTERS NEW YORK —The ranks of millionaires in Asia for the first time surpassed Europe and in a few years are expected to overtake the United States, according to the latest annual Merrill Lynch-Capgemini World Wealth Report. Powered by fast-growing China
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    • 341 42 REUTERS TRIPOLI NATO’s chief yesterday rejected a call from Italy for a suspension of hostilities in Libya and tried to reassure wavering members of the Western coalition that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi can be beaten. Italy’s ceasefire call exposed the strain on the
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    • 160 42 THE GUARDIAN Claims that Syrians involved in anti-government protests in Britain have been threatened and intimidated by agents of the regime of President Bashar Al Assad have prompted discussions between Scotland Yard and Foreign Office officials. Syrians who have protested in London said they
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    • 161 44 THE NEW YORK TIMES AMSTERDAM The Netherlands on Wednesday became the first country in Europe and only the second in the world after the United States to enshrine the concept of network neutrality into law by banning its mobile telephone operators from blocking or charging
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    • 330 44 REUTERS WASHINGTON Police in the United States and seven other countries have seized computers and servers used to run a “scareware” scheme that has netted more than US$72 million (S$88.8 million) from victims tricked into buying fake anti-virus software. Twenty-two computers and
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    • 108 44 AP A cyber attack blocked traffic to the website of the Brazilian presidency and two other government sites on Wednesday. The self-styled Brazilian branch of the Lulz Security hacking collective claimed responsibility for the attacks. Lulz members have claimed responsibility for recent attacks on
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    • 125 44 BLOOMBERG South Korea will pursue tougher sanctions against executives and financial companies for future breaches of computer security, the government regulator said yesterday. The government will ask chief executive officers to take responsibility for security accidents and will require financial
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    • 128 48 AGENCIES An unemployed North Carolina man suffering from a herniated disc and arthritis robbed a bank of US$1 (S$1.23) so he could get to see a doctor. Mr James Verone, 59, said he lost his health insurance when he lost his
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    • Article, Illustration
      67 48 An unidentified street artist in Sofia, Bulgaria, struck last weekend, spraypainting a Soviet war memorial and replacing troops with Superman, Robin, Ronald McDonald and other characters. Russian officials have urged Sofia to expose and punish the ‘hooligans behind the vandalism’ and stop the ‘desecration of the memory
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    • 202 48 AP AMSTERDAM A Dutch court acquitted populist politician Geert Wilders of hate speech and discrimination yesterday, ruling that his anti-Islam statements, while offensive to many Muslims, fell within the bounds of legitimate political debate. Presiding judge Marcel van Oosten said Wilders’ claims that Islam is
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    • 386 50 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The E coli bacteria that killed dozens of people in Germany over the past month have a highly unusual combination of two traits and that may be what made the outbreak among the
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    • 32 50 Hundreds of people participated in a synchronised mass exercise at Beijing’s Olympic Forest Park yesterday. The event was part of a government campaign to promote physical fitness. AP AP
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    • 210 50 REUTERS NEW YORK Anyone contemplating Botox treatments for excessive sweating might want to consider the case of an American teenager. The 17-year-old girl, a typical whiz at sending text messages from her phone, had Botox injections to control excessive sweating on her palms. Afterwards,
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    • 539 52 DOW JONES KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking (Maybank) and the CIMB Group, Malaysia’s top two lenders by assets, both said yesterday they had abandoned their separate plans for a merger with smaller rival RHB Capital, in a setback to the country’s ambition to create
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    • 347 52 REUTERS ATHENS New Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos yesterday met officials from the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to address gaps in his austerity plans, with European leaders insisting harsh measures be adopted in return for funding to avert
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    • 308 54  -  JONATHAN PEERIS jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s property market will be likely to experience a strong second quarter, with new home sales volume expected to hit 4,000 units, according to real estate consultancy CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). CBRE said this would make it 11.3 per cent
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    • 218 54 SINGAPORE Developer Boo Han Holdings has submitted the highest bid of about S$175.8 million for a residential site at West Coast Link and West Coast Crescent. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) closed the tender for the site yesterday after receiving 12 bids in
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    • 175 54  -  JULIE QUEK Singapore-listed Global Logistic Properties (GLP) has entered into a partnership with VANCL, one of the largest online apparel retailers in China. To cater to VANCL’s rapid growth and its need for logistics facilities, GLP will work with the online retailer on site selection,
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    • 301 59 AP AFTERNOON NEW YORK The United States and other nations that depend on oil imports will release and sell 60 million barrels of crude from emergency stocks to ease the strain of high oil prices on the global economy. The release
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    • 57 59 THURSDAY CLOSE 12,050.00 (-0.49%) Wednesday 12,109.70 q 0.66% Tuesday 12,190.00 p 0.91% Monday 12,080.40 p 0.63% Friday 12,004.40 p 0.36% NYSETOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 179.4m $10.71 q 0.74% Pfizer 83.4m $20.65 p 1.82% General Electric 68.8m $18.38 q 0.97% Ford 58.9m $13.47 p
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    • 14 59 È FTSE100 5,674.38 H DAX È DAX È 7,149.44 (-2.16%) CAC40 3,787.79 (-2.16%)
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      • 72 59 Dip despite Greek news Stocks closed way off session lows on news Greece agreed to a fiveyear austerity plan, but lingering economic uncertainty ultimately drove the S&P 500 lower, keeping a downward trend in place. “The agreement on the austerity plan, that’s really what got the market going,”
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      • 49 59 Prices hit 4-month low Oil tumbled 6 per cent to a fourmonth low after the world’s top consumers released emergency oil reserves for the third time ever. Brent crude futures for August settled at US$107.26 a barrel, down US$6.95. August US crude dropped US$4.39 to settle at US$91.02.
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    • 155 59 BLOOMBERG Facebook, the world’s largest socialnetworking website, appointed Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to its board, adding expertise in the distribution of digital entertainment. Mr Hastings becomes the sixth director at Facebook, the company said. Existing directors include venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and
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    • 242 61 REUTERS BEIJING China should raise benchmark interest rates soon in a bid to tame inflation and accelerate economic restructuring, even though the move could slow growth, the official China Securities Journal said in an editorial published yesterday. China’s real interest
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    • 293 61 REUTERS BEIJING China’s manufacturing sector barely expanded this month even as price pressures eased, an industry survey showed yesterday, reflecting the impact of monetary policy tightening and slack global demand. The flash HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), the earliest available indicator of manufacturing activity,
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    • 222 61 BLOOMBERG LONDON European services and manufacturing growth slowed more than economists forecast this month, adding to signs that the economy is losing some momentum. A composite index based on a survey of euro area purchasing managers in both sectors fell to 53.6 from 55.8 last
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    • 580 62 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has left the door open to a fresh shot of monetary stimulus should the economic rebound he is predicting fail to materialise. The Fed would be “prepared to take additional action, obviously, if
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    • 242 62 BLOOMBERG TORONTO A group of Canadian banks and pension funds have raised their offer for the owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange, intensifying a bidding war hours after the London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) agreed to pay a special dividend should its takeover of TMX
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    • 194 64 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TAIPEI Reports from Taiwan suggest that Amazon would launch its own tablet computer soon. The online IT news site, Digitimes, reported that Taiwan-based component makers were working on a tablet for Amazon with a launch date of
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    • 563 64  -  JUNE YANG SINGAPORE A wide range of unique, well-designed products that tap into mobile trends and have mass appeal. That is how Sony Ericsson plans to stay on top of the Android smartphone market, said executives at the company’s Global Media Conference on Wednesday. The event
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    • 742 70  -  Two playmakers can inspire their teams tonight, and go on to become a devastating combination for the Lions COMMENTARY LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. FOOTBALL 23rd Canon Lion City Cup Perhaps Hanafi Akbar (picture) needs to
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    • 225 70  -  IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE An exciting Causeway battle has arrived a month ahead of a probable clash between Singapore and Malaysia in a pre-World Cup football qualifier. Singapore will take on their arch-rivals in the semi-finals of the Boys’ Under-23 Asia Cup hockey championship
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    • 229 70  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Nearly 8,000 runners have signed up for the Dec 4 Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore, hours after registration opened at 11 am yesterday. Event organisers, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), are targeting a record 70,000 in total over the eight categories (full marathon,
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    • 579 71  -  Chan announces ‘Vision 2030’, an upcoming masterplan to take sports to the next level LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ten years after setting up the Committee on Sporting Singapore (CoSS), the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) and Singapore Sports Council
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    • 237 71  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE With the SEA Games in Indonesia fast approaching, national swimmer Zach Ong (picture) is finding his form again. On Day 3 of the 7th Singapore National Swimming Championship yesterday, Ong clinched the men’s 200m backstroke in a meet record of 2min 04.80sec, with
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    • 342 71  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Hougang United made their dissatisfaction known the very night the guilty verdict was handed down on Tuesday. Late last night, they filed an official complaint with the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) over the way the disciplinary committee (DC)
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    • 568 72  -  With SEA Games in mind, the Courts Young Lions will draft under-23 players from other S-League clubs SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In a move to give the national under-23 team every chance to make the final of the football competition at November’s SEA Games
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    • 450 72  -  PHILIP GOH PERTH The national basketball teams of China and Australia meet this week for a double-header dubbed the Youyi Games. The first test tips off here today, with the second match in Singapore on Sunday. The two regional powerhouses are limbering up
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    • 659 76 Wild card Sabine Lisicki serves up a huge upset THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON LATEST WIMBLEDON French Open champion Li Na squandered two match points and lost in the second round of Wimbledon yesterday to German wild card Sabine Lisicki the biggest upset
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    • 280 76 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON New Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas remains open to the possibility of Didier Drogba extending his contract at Stamford Bridge, even if he does complete the signing of Falcao from former club Porto. Colombian striker Falcao is understood to be
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    • 262 76 AP NEWARK The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Kyrie Irving (picture) with the No 1 pick last night (this morning, Singapore time) in an NBA draft that quickly became filled with international players. Three of the first six players taken were from Europe, capitalising on
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    • 135 76 S.League Ceylang Albirex Fri, 24/06/11 7,30pm S.League SAF FC Gombak Sat, 25/06/11 7.30pm S.League Home United Tampines Sat, 25/06/11 7.30pm Euro Champ U21 Czech Rep U21 Belarus U21 Sat, 25/06/11 9,00pm Euro Champ U21 Switzerland U21 Spain U21 Sun, 26/06/11 2.45am USA 2011 USA Mexico Sun, 26/06/11 9.00am For fixtures
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    • 35 78 Today is published by MediaCorp Press Ltd, Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Annex Building, Level 1, Andrew Road, Singapore *****9 Tel: 6333 3888. Printed by KHL Printing Co Pte Ltd, 57, Loyang Drive, Singapore *****8. Tel: *****222
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    • 1672 2  -  The sweet life is what every one is longing for, if the food shows on TV is to be believed The sweet life is what every one is longing for, if the food shows on TV is to be believed Alessandra Stanley Alessandra Stanley features@mediacorp.com.sg features@mediacorp.com.sg
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    • 592 3  -  Upscale Middle Eastern restaurant Anar brings new flavours to town FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN OUTSIDE of Arab Street (and aside from a popular joint at Holland Village), Middle Eastern fare hasn’t really taken off in Singapore. But posh recent addition Anar looks set to change that, with
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      275 3  -  FOOD NOTES SARAH QUEK DRIFT into durian heaven with Carlton Hotel’s durian buffet promotion. Available until Aug 15, this promotion includes both a brand new weekday A La Carte Durian High Tea Buffet as well as a Durian Dinner Buffet for all you durian fanatics. With 15 new
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    • 482 4  -  Newcomer to Marina Bay Sands, South Coast, serves up an easy, beachy feeling FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN SOUTH Coast is the latest eatery in Marina Bay Sands, but it also has the honour of being quite different from the rest of the restaurants in the sprawling
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    • 431 6  -  Boozy conversations about what makes people smile This round’s on... DON MENDOZA MORE than 40 years have passed since the first vines were planted at Cape Mentelle in Margaret River. But, as established and hugely popular as their wines have grown to be even here in
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    • 471 8 Even the triflest bit of truffles can make all the difference, as Paradise Pavilion’s Group executive chef Fung Chi Keung shows RECIPE: CONTEMPORARY CHINESE Funny how nobody bats an eyelid that a little fungus traditionally revered in France and Italy might find its way
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 215 10 REUTERS Lindsay Lohan, currently serving a home detention sentence, was ordered on Wednesday back to court on an allegation she violated her probation in a drunken driving case, a court official said. The 24-year-old actress who is confined to her home on a separate sentence
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    • 381 10 Tobey Maguire sued over poker REUTERS A group of investors has sued Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire to recoup more than US$300,000 (S$370,200) they say a hedge fund manager embezzled from them and lost to the actor in high-stakes poker games. The lawsuit stems from the criminal
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    • 211 10 REUTERS A week after being jilted by his 25-year-old fiancee, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is making the most of his new “runaway bride” theme. Hefner,85, said in aTwitter message that an aborted TV special about what would have been his third wedding
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    • 472 11 Vettai and Vyjayanthi to duke it out with nine nominations each at Pradhana Vizha 2011 THIS year’s PradhanaVizha, the 12th annual event for recognising the finest talents in the Indian television industry, will see a number of significant changes that will make for an even
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    • 235 12 REUTERS JAMIE Foxx (picture) has emerged as the frontrunner for the title role in Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti Western, Django Unchained. The Oscar-winning Ray star has been in the mix for weeks, but talks have now progressed to a point that Foxx is the sole actor in
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    • 449 12 Harry Potter fever as J K Rowling launches online game leading to real-life prizes THE DAILY TELEGRAPH J K ROWLING’S magical Harry Potter world is set to be revived on Thursday in an online game leading to real-life prizes. It appears the author’s latest project, the
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    • 701 14 Shocking nature of alleged outburst captivates France as John Galliano could face six months in jail THE GUARDIAN THE British designer John Galliano told a Paris court he remembered nothing of an alleged anti-Semitic, racist rant in a bar because of his triple addiction to
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  • CARS
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      454 16  -  We take to Johor’s Pasir Gudang Circuit with BMW M’s latest hot wheels the 1 Series M Coupe CAR REVIEW Daryl Lee in Johor Bahru cars@mediacorp.com.sg BMW’s M sub-brand is associated with motorsport history, awesome engines and general high-performance mayhem. But with the least expensive model, the M3, costing
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    • 500 16  -  Cycle Carriage’s 60 years on the road with Mercedes-Benz JULIAN LOW While Cycle Carriage launches the new Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class this week, the company actually has a more significant milestone to celebrate: its 60th year of putting cars with the three-pointed star on Singapore roads.
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      400 17  -  The Mercedes-Benz C 250 is a sleeper hit in more ways than one CAR REVIEW DERRYN WONG Hey, didn’t we see this same car here last week? In a sense, you did: It’s the new Mercedes C-Class that’s been give a major makeover to deal with middle age.The
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    483 18 Viva La Vegas Watch the sparks fly between Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret in this 1964 classic that promises to be a real scream. Regarded as one of the King’s best, and noted for the on-screen chemistry between the two singing stars, Viva Las Vegas glistens with musical
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    • 933 24  -  Fareena Omar and Veron Lau are making life better for Singapore’s community cats, one sterilisation at a time By Eveline Gan “Wait a minute, let me comb my hair. We don’t want people to say that we’re crazy cat ladies, do we,” asked Cat Welfare Society’s president,
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    • 448 26  -  By Sarah Quek Would you quit your day job as a lawyer or a film editor to open a book cafe? Many would find it almost foolish to dive into uncharted waters, but not these two. Ave Chan, previously a litigator, and her partner Rayner
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    • 619 26  -  Speak up for Singapore’s remaining green spaces, says Nature Society Singapore vice-president Leong Kwok Peng By Eveline Gan Sure, money can buy a lot. However, most people would agree that there are also priceless intangibles that cannot be measured by cold hard cash. For Leong
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    • 71 28 Singapore is more than just concrete high-rises and shopping malls, as this collection of photos of the KTM Railway lands, taken by Today photographer Koh Mui Fong and blogger Daphne Chui, shows. PHOTO BY KOH MUI FONG PHOTO OF LEONG KWOK PENG BY KOH
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    • 216 34 Go shopping and win prizes, enjoy performances and more ORCHARD CENTRAL This weekend, immerse yourself in all things Japanese at Orchard Central’s Little Japan fair. Have fun trawling through more than 30 stalls and pick up a range of cute Japanese items from accessories to food and
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