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1 14 Today
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  • 17 1 TODAY on Saturday June 25, 2011 www.todayonline.com NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 A PUBLICATION OF MICA (P) 200/02/2011
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  • 324 1  -  SATISH CHENEY SINGAPORE The eight-member committee tasked with reviewing ministerial salaries has received some 500 emails and letters from the public and Members of Parliament, after it asked Singaporeans to send in suggestions over a two-week period that ended on Monday. In
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  • 601 1  -  National Development Minister reiterates caution over ‘shoe box’ apartments ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He is not going to secondguess the market but National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan wants to caution home buyers over the phenomenon of “shoe box” apartments here. Writing on
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    • 51 1 COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 EUGENE KBTAN ISTHERE ATRULY INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE? Given that there remains residual unhappiness from the GE, a candidate endorsed by the Government and/or NTUC may be perceived in some quarters to be less independent than the other candidates. A Government ‘blessing’ could end up being a kiss of political
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 374 2  -  SUJADI SISWO sujadi@mediacorp.com.sg JAKARTA The Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) can play a role in managing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said yesterday. The resource-rich waters are being claimed, in part or all, by
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    • 192 2 Former ASEAN Secretary-General Ong KengYong is setto be appointed as Singapore’s new High Commissioner to Malaysia. Today understands that the appointment will take place next week. Mr Ong, 57, who is currently Ambassador-At-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and
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    • 417 2  -  WAYNE CHAN SINGAPORE In another move towards improving governance in the charity sector, a new Charities Accounting Standard (CAS) simplifying the accounting process was unveiled yesterday three years after public feedback was sought for its development. From next month, charities can either
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    • 488 3  -  SHARON SEE, MICHIYO ISHIDA sharonsee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday described Presidential hopeful Tony Tan as an “eminently” suitable candidate, as incumbent President S R Nathan urged Singaporeans to remember when they vote for their Elected President
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    • 202 3 SINGAPORE Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC Tin Pei Ling has suggested that the Housing and Development Board (HDB) take back the right to price units under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) or include a clause
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    • 316 4 REUTERS ATHENS Banks and policy-mak-ers moved closer yesterday to a deal to help Athens avert default ahead of a crucial vote in the Greek Parliament next week on a harsh austerity package which investors fear the government may lose. President Nicolas Sarkozy
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    • 186 4 BLOOMBERG Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi (picture) was named yesterday as the new head of the European Central Bank (ECB) during a summit meeting of European Union (EU) leaders in the Belgian capital, an EU spokesman said. The announcement was made after last-minute
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    • 401 4 REUTERS LONDON China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has sounded his most upbeat note this year on Beijing’s fight against inflation, saying he expects price pressures to decline steadily even as the country keeps up its brisk economic growth. In an opinion piece published yesterday
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    • 252 6  -  MUSTAFA SHAFAWI SINGAPORE A man who jumped bail and fled to Malaysia has been arrested in a joint operation by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and its Malaysian counterpart, while investigations are under way to establish how he left Singapore and entered Malaysia
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    • 421 6  -  AMANDA FENG SINGAPORE The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is embarking on a study to identify gaps in policies and programmes affecting women here, its Minister of State Halimah Yacob said yesterday. Speaking to reporters during a visit to
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    • 399 8 AGENCIES BANGKOK The United Nations anti-drug office has warned that South-east Asia is becoming a major drug hub, driven by soaring production and consumption of new synthetic “designer drugs” as well as heroin. “The international community seems to have taken
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    • Article, Illustration
      58 8 Thai narcotics officials putting bags of methamphetamine pills into a bin in Ayutthaya province, nearly 80km north of Bangkok yesterday. About 5,844kg of drugs, which also included marijuana, heroin and opium, and worth more than 7,400 million baht (s$298.4 million were destroyed to mark Drug-Free Day tomorrow, according
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    • 517 8 AGENCIES BANGKOK A tirade by Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva against ousted former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra could garner more support for his ruling Democrat Party but analysts say they still face an uphill battle to win control of Parliament in the July
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1190 10  -  This could be a key factor for voters in the Presidential Election so how can hopefuls prove themselves? EUGENE K B TAN Eugene K B Tan is assistant professor of law at the Singapore Management University School of Law. With three hopefuls confirming their
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    • 849 12  -  MARIA SIOW The writer is East Asia bureau chief at Channel NewsAsia. Detained prominent Chinese activist Ai Weiwei was released on bail on Wednesday due to what the Chinese authorities describe as good attitude in confessing his crimes, as well as a chronic disease
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    • 1664 14 THE NEW YORK TIMES PROFESSOR Joseph Nye, former Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, were part of a conversation held in London on global power shifts. Here are extracts
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  • VOICES
    • 453 16  -  Less than 0.04 per cent of security bonds for maids are forfeited each year Letter from Farah Abdul Rahim Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry Of Manpower THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) would like to clarify some questions about the security bond posted by employers of foreign domestic
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 332 18  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A shop owner had infringed copyright of close to 15,000 music videos but her lawyer argued yesterday that the sentencing should be based on the number of hard disks the videos were stored in instead. Before a
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    • 291 18  -  SATISH CHENEY SINGAPORE A survey has found that four in five respondents in Singapore frown upon intellectual property (IP) infringements, as the authorities step up efforts to raise awareness of the issue among students. The survey, commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
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    • 322 19  -  NG JING YNG, PANYAPAT PIYATHAMSAWAT jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The father of the Thai girl who lost her legs in a freak Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) accident maintains that he did not know the S$15,000 given to him by SMRT was meant
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    • 100 19 SingTel kicked off the 10th year of its fund-raising programme, SingTel Touching Lives Fund (STLF), with a flag day yesterday with over 800 employees, their family members and friends. The team, led by Group CEO Chua Sock Koong, STLF chairman and Group CFO Jeann Low and
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    • 175 19  -  MONICA KOTWANI SINGAPORE Some 10,000 port industry employees will benefit from the training and skills upgrading under the first Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) collaboration among industry players. An agreement on this was signed yesterday between the Workforce Development Agency (WDA), PSA Corporation and other partners.
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    • 147 20 SINGAPORE The former Minister Mentor is joining the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore as a Distinguished Fellow. A statement said both the school and the university are delighted that there will be opportunities for
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    • 349 20  -  NG JING YNG NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A Filipino woman sentenced to 27 months behind bars for being part of a scam to cheat Standard Chartered Bank had her jail term reduced in the High Court yesterday. Hazel Thea Puyaoan Vicente,
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    • 193 20 SINGAPORE Some S$880,000 worth of drugs were seized yesterday from a Malaysian vehicle at the Woodlands Checkpoint when the driver tried to enter Singapore. An estimated 5.4kg of heroin was seized the largest single seizure of heroin in the last three years along
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  • WORLD
    • 244 22 AP YANGON Bombs exploded almost simultaneously in three Myanmar cities yesterday, wounding at least two people, the government and residents said. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks but bombings have become increasingly frequent in Myanmar, where pro-democra-cy activists and ethnic groups
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    • 226 22 AP WASHINGTON Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that the United States is committed to the defence of the Philippines and providing it with affordable weaponry amid mounting tensions in the South China Sea. Mrs Clinton would not comment specifically on whether
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    • 142 22 AP A Malaysian businessman and two former government politicians were fined by a court yesterday for publicly screening a video allegedly showing opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim having sex with a prostitute. Businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Shuib Lazim pleaded guilty in
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    • 201 22 AGENCIES ATaiwanese woman has been ordered to compensate a restaurant NT$200,000 (S$8,549) after complaining on her blog that its beef noodles were “really bad” and “too salty”. LiuYing-hui wrote in 2009 that the shop in the central city of Taichung had cockroaches and
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    • 250 24 AP WASHINGTON As Osama bin Laden watched his terrorist organisation get picked apart, he lamented in his final writings that Al Qaeda was suffering from a marketing problem. His group was killing too many Muslims and that was bad for business.
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    • 277 24 THE NEW YORK TIMES ISLAMABAD The mobile phone of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s trusted courier, which was recovered in the raid that killed both men in Pakistan last month, contained contacts to a militant group that is a longtime asset
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    • 95 24 AP Heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Meari flooded a wide swath of metropolitan Manila and the northern Philippines yesterday. Classes were suspended, government offices shut and dozens of flights cancelled. Over 50,000 residents have fled to evacuation centres, including those living nearthe
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    • 115 24 AP Playboy Indonesia’s former editor, Erwin Arnada, was released from prison yesterday after the Supreme Court overturned his indecency conviction. He was serving a two-year sentence for publishing pictures of scantily-clad women in the now-defunct magazine. His lawyer, Heriyanto Yang, said that the court’s
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    • 120 25 AP Nike is being blasted for replacing its signature ‘Just Do It’ slogan on some T-shirts with the phrases ‘Dope’, ‘Get High’ and ‘Ride Pipe’. The shoe and athletic apparel company said the terms are part of the lingo used by the skaters, snowboarders
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    • 262 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Thousands of older people are being put at increased risk of death or developing dementia by taking combinations of common medicines to treat routine illnesses, according to a new study published in the Journal of the
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    • 194 25 THE GUARDIAN LONDON People who have had obesity-related type 2 diabetes for years have been cured, at least temporarily, by keeping to an extreme 600-calorie diet for two months, British scientists reported yesterday. The discovery, reported by scientists at Newcastle University, overturns previous
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    • 121 25 AP Fears over the health of a young Emperor penguin (picture) stranded on a New Zealand beach have prompted officials to move it to the Wellington Zoo. The penguin’s rare 3,200 km journey from Antarctica has captured the imagination of many.
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    • 140 25 I tm Grab some inspiration and fun at over 20 museums and galleries! A whole new world beckons as National Heritage Board and Museum Roundtable transforms its museums into playgrounds of fun, inspiration and education for Children's Season 2011. With a variety of unique hands-on activities, games, roving acts and
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  • SCIENCE
    • 353 26 US study indicates that sea levels are rising faster now than any point in last two millennia THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK Sea levels are rising faster than at any point in the past 2,000 years because of the impact of global warming,
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    • 450 26 It’s all in the same swaying motion you use to put fussing babies to sleep THE DAILY TELEGRAPH GENEVA The mystery of why it is virtually impossible to lie in a gently rocking hammock without falling asleep has been solved. An analysis of
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    • 187 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK One of the most obvious signs of ageing could be avoided after scientists claimed to have discovered the root cause of grey hair, paving the way for potential treatment. Hair colour is determined by hair follicle stem cells working in
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  • BUSINESS
    • 303 28  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s manufacturing sector contracted 17.5 per cent last month from May a year earlier, the largest fall in two years and more than twice the consensus expectations of an 8.7 per cent fall, according to data released yesterday by the
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    • 335 28  -  LINETTE LIM SINGAPORE Oil-dependent sectors of the economy such as aviation and manufacturing are set to benefit from the latest plunge in global crude prices. Late yesterday in London, benchmark North Sea Brent crude fell a further 54 US cents to US$106.72 a
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    • 172 29 AGENCIES SHANGHAI Asian stocks soared yesterday, with the region’s key index snapping seven straight weeks of declines, boosted by news that Greece had won the consent of the European Union and International Monetary Fund for a new austerity plan and on speculation China may
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    • 97 29 The Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday released the sales conditions foran industrial site in Gambas Avenue. With a lease of 60 years, the 2.1-hectare land parcel has a maximum permissible gross plot ratio of 2.5. Zoned for Business 1 activities, it can be
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    • 144 29 Singapore and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have strengthened bilateral ties with an investment guarantee agreement. The accord puts in place a framework where investors from one country can be assured of protection when investing in the other country. The UAE was Singapore’s 18th-ranked
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    • 57 29 STOCK CALLS Overweight s$3.12 HSBC upgrades from Neutral on “the opportunity provided by the share price weakness and a decent yield.” The house raises its target price to S$3.54 from S$3.48 after SingTel’s unit Optus agreed on an A$800 million deal to sell its hybrid fibre coaxial cable network
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    • 55 29 FRIDAY CLOSE 3,066.85 (+0.73%) Thursday 3,044.72 p 0.06% Wednesday 3,042.83 q 0.35% Tuesday 3,053.51 p 1.32% Monday 3,013.60 p 0.28% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL LAST CHANGE Artivision 144,124 $0.225 q 2.17% Genting SP 48,574 $1.920 p 1.59% GoldenAgr 39,640 $0.680 p 0.74% Dyna-Mac 33,064 $0.560 p 4.67%
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    • 25 29 HANG SENG Ç 22,171.95 (+1.90%) NIKKEI 9,678.71 (+0.85%) Ç Ç Ç Ç SHANGHAI 2,746.21 (+2.16%) AUSTRALIA 4,508.10 (+0.17%) MALAYSIA 1,564.66 (+0.09%) SEOUL 2,090.81 (+1.70%)
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  • PERSONAL FINANCE
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    • 420 34  -  Stylish Flamengo douse under-15s’ fire, but under-16s advance to the final after penalty controversy SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg FOOTBALL 23rd Canon Lion City Cup SINGAPORE They displayed a brand of football that was pleasing to the eye, and with a new star in the making in
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    • 147 34 Today on 938LIVE’s SportsZone, the spotlight turns on the youth scene in Singapore. Our under-15 and under-16 football teams have done well against top foreign clubs at the 23rd Canon Lion City Cup. Our under-18 hockey boys will be playing
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    • 323 34  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE The Football Association of Singapore’s (FAS) disciplinary committee (DC) issued their verdict on Tuesday, imposing fines and player suspensions on Hougang United and Etoile FC for their part in a pre-match fracas that forced their S-League game to be called off
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    • 263 34  -  PHILIP GOH PERTH It was supposed to be a friendly international, but Australia and China were so determined to post a win and duly served up an intense physical encounter for the fans at the Challenge Stadium. The Australian Boomers will arrive in Singapore today
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    • 764 35  -  COMMENTARY IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp. com. sg Ian De Cotta is F1 Senior Correspondent at MediaCorp NewsHub. FORMULA 1 European Grand Prix The moment he stepped into his McLaren in fourth spot on the starting grid at his first grand prix in Melbourne
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    • 357 35  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Joseph Schooling (picture) is enjoying his week at the Singapore Sports School. Yesterday, he set his second national record at the 7th Singapore National Swimming Championship, when the 15-year-old clocked 2min 00.05sec en route to winning the men’s 200m butterfly at
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    • 506 36 Young Dane claims straight sets victory, eyes Grand Slam AP WIMBLEDON Pursuing another bid for her first Grand Slam title, top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki (picture) made only one unforced error in defeating Virginie Razzano 6-1, 6-3 yesterday to move into the third round of Wimbledon.
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    • 359 36  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Running a travel business is a 24/7 affair for the Neo family dad Perry Neo, mum Wendy, sons Desmond and Clifford, and daughter-in-law Evon Phua. All bar Wendy are part of travel agency Dynasty Travel International Pte Ltd,
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    • 260 37 Aston Villa has chosen Malaysia hospitality and international leisure group Genting as theirjersey sponsorforthe Barclays Premier League 2011/2012 season. Genting’s United Kingdom subsidiary penned an agreement this week to be the main sponsor for an initial two years, which will see the group’s
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    • 406 37 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Barcelona have launched their first substantive move of the summer for Cesc Fabregas (picture) by directly contacting Arsenal with a bid of €30 million (S$53 million). Arsenal immediately turned down the suggested price, which was tabled informally this week, but
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    • 258 2  -  Dapper dress shirts that'll take you from the office to the clubs ZHANG WEIFANG zhangweifang@mediacorp.com.sg DRESSING up to the nines may seem like a rather daunting task to handle for sartorially well-intentioned boys. But don’t overthink it. Most times, all you need is a great shirt. Fashion
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    • 459 4  -  Even the oiliest skin can be dehydrated, leading to premature skin ageing. Here’s how to fight shine and moisture loss Marianne Wee-Slater features@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE perennial humidity and heat of our little tropical isle, sebum production goes into overdrive, which, in turn, prompts women to reach for
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    • 285 6  -  ZHANG WEIFANG SINGAPOREAN Daniel Koh is one-third ofWanderWonder, a three-year-old menswear label all about a pared-down aesthetic for everyday wear, recently showcasing their latest collection at Zouk’s The Wardrobe Series last Friday. Brought forth by a desire to create something different yet unpretentious for local
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    • 304 6  -  The Uniqlooks street hunt ends tomorrow in Orchard Road ZHANG WEIFANG LAST weekend, style-seekers Felicia Chin, MTV VJ Holly and celebrity stylist Trey Wong prowled the streets with a mobile Uniqlo closet in tow in search for stylish individuals who’d be perfect for Uniqlook, a global digital
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      77 7  -  ZHANG THE inaugural Women’s Fashion Week (WFW) 2011 Singapore is only scheduled for end October, but distinguished guests were treated to a preview of what’s to come at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands. Approximately 800 guests including Taiwanese singer-actor Van Ness Wu, CSI’s Archie Kao, Ng
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    • 136 10  - your entire data system The stuff travelling’s made of SERENE LIM YOU don’t have to lug a whole hard disk around in your luggage when you’ve got the Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive, Cloud Edition from S$229.With this lean mean machine set up, you can easily call up files
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    • 511 10 Jetsetting with Antonio Vargas ANTONIO Vargas is a living legend. Recognised as one of the world’s master flamenco artistes and choreographers, the 71-year-old is still as sprightly and passionate about music, dance and travel as he was when he first started touring around the world at 15. Along the way,
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  • 649 11 Elvis: That’s the Way It Is The King on stage, we’ve all seen footage of that. But about behind the scenes? Don’t miss this documentary, which offers a peek at the intense preparations behind Elvis Presley’s phenomenal Vegas shows. This version is re-edited with 40-per-cent newly-discovered footage
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    • 238 12 ON MEDIACORP STAY HOME SATURDAY MOVIE: UNDERDOG Channel 5, 7.45pm A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend. LAST ONE STANDING Channel U, 7.30pm Chengxi is happy to meet up
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    • 619 12 6.00AM India: A Love Story 9.00 The Martha Stewart Show VI 10.00 The Doctors 11.00 S-League 2011: Geylang United FC vs Albirex Niigata FC 1.00PM V 2.00 The Unit IV 4.00 The Pupil 5.00 23rd Canon Lion City Cup CHANNEL 6.00AM Friends Next Door 6.30 Malaysia A Sensational Experience 7.00
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    • 203 12 ON MEDIACORP BOLLYWOOD MASTI: DIL BOLE HADIPPA Vasantham, 4pm Veera is a young woman who lives in a small village. She dreams of playing cricket in the big league and is extremely talented in the game. Will she be able to overcome the gender discrimination to play cricket? KUNG FU
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