Today, 25 July 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday July 25, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Resale prices to stabilise in 3 to 5 years
    628 1  -  This could happen when supply of new BTO flats is completed: Khaw CAROLYN QUEK carolynquek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It could take another three to five years when the supply of new Build-To-Order flats are completed before resale prices stabilise, according to National Development
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    Lock icon Europol task force to investigate non-Islamist threats in Scandinavia
    646 1 AGENCIES LONDON In the wake of the attacks in Norway, the European police agency is setting up a task force of more than 50 experts to help investigate non-Islamist threats in Scandinavia. Europol spokesman Soeren Pedersen said the group, based in
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon An attack that was nine years in the making ...
      632 2 An attack that was nine years in the making AGENCIES OSLO Online postings from Anders Behring Breivik (picture) offer a portrait of a man obsessed with what he views as the threat of multiculturalism and Islam. In a manifesto posted online hours before the killings, Breivik, 32, describes nine years
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      ATTACKS IN NORWAY 'VICIOUS', SAYS DPM TEO CHEE MEAN
      160 2  -  WAYNE CHAN Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Teo Chee Hean, has described Friday’s shooting and bomb attacks in Norway as “vicious”. He said there is almost a model for people who are of that mind to follow.
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      Aussie bus flips over, S’pore tourists injured
      512 3  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At least 19 Singaporeans holidaying in a coastal town north of Perth suffered slight to “very serious” injuries after their bus rolled over in sand dunes at about 11.30am Australian time yesterday. They were among 33 passengers, all tourists
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      Firms face wage pressure as workers expect more because of inflation
      651 4  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Business opportunities for Mr Ong Teck Soon are abundant now, as companies rush to him for e-supply chain solutions to raise their efficiency amid the tight labour market. But meeting the business orders is a
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      Lock icon Clinton calls for global response to rising South China Sea risks
      437 4 AGENCIES BALI United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said “the rest of the world needs to weigh in” on resolving disputes over the South China Sea, where confrontation threatens to disrupt one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
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      Lock icon STEPPING UP TO HELP NEEDY FAMILIES
      118 6 After the success of the inaugural event last year, FairPrice Foundation’s One Community Walk returned yesterday, raising s$1 million worth of food vouchers for needy families through all 87 grassroots organisations (GROs) and selected welfare organisations. For the first time, the foundation worked with
      DON WONG; PHOTO COURTESY NTUC FAIRPRICE  -  118 words
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      Phone scammers impersonating officers
      472 6  -  TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE People are still being tricked by phone scam syndicates despite repeated police warnings and media publicity. Responding to Today’s queries, a police spokesman revealed that four victims aged between 25 and 47 years were cheated of about S$10,000 in this month alone.
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      Lock icon China sacks 3 officials after high-speed trains collide
      399 8 REUTERS WENZHOU China sacked three senior railway officials yesterday after a deadly collision between two high-speed trains in the east of the country killed at least 34 people and seriously injured 12 in the country’s deadliest train disaster since 2008. The crash
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      Lock icon Texas plant cannot keep up with demand for ‘reclaimed water’
      480 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES FORT WORTH At the plant that treats most of this city’s sewage, water sloshes and foams within giant concrete walls. This is cleaned-up sewage, made even purer by processes the plant expanded only a few months
      THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  480 words
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Norway and the right-wing’s rise
      1222 10  -  A wake-up call for security services so focused on Islamic terrorists, they have underestimated domestic radicals NICHOLAS KULISH THE NEW YORK TIMES The attacks in Norway on Friday have riveted new attention on right-wing extremists not only in the country but across Europe, where opposition
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      Lock icon The lines are starting to blur
      1146 12  -  The public service and civil society are beginning to collaborate more and that can only be good for all EUGENE K B TAN Eugene K B Tan is assistant professor of law at the Singapore Management University School of Law. Earlier this month, there
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      Lock icon Make way for the radical centre, coming via the Internet
      845 14  -  THOMAS FRIEDMAN Thomas Friedman has won three Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2002 for commentary. THE NEW YORK TIMES Did I mention that I have signed a pledge just like those Republican congressmen who have signed written promises to
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  • VOICES
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      What about non-fuel cost?
      319 16  -  Letter from David Boey IT IS not surprising that the recent application by the two public transport operators to increase bus and train fares has raised the ire of some commuters. Consumers do not welcome price increases for goods or services for which an alternative is
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      TIME FOR UNDERGROUND LINK BETWEEN CPF BUILDING AND TANJONG PAGAR MRT STATION?
      127 16  -  LETTER FROM GURMIT SINGH KULLAR My office recently moved into the CPF Building in Robinson Road. I now join the many workers who traverse three pedestrian crossings each workday, rain or shine, between the Tanjong Pagar MRT Station
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      Landlords are not the only ones held to ransom
      317 18  -  Letter from Erik Wilgenhof Plante THE news report “Some tenants in arrears hold landlords to ransom” (July 21) gives a one-sided view of the rental situation in Singapore. Rising real estate prices have caused a lot of issues for tenants. Landlords
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      Reconsider video recording ...
      444 18  - Reconsider video recording Letter from Lim Ker Sheon I READ with interest the report “Calls for video recording have been considered” (July 22), about a procedure that, to date, still troubles many criminal practitioners like myself, a law firm director. With the greatest respect to the Ministry of Law (MinLaw),
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  • SINGAPORE
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      On the menu: Satay by the Bay
      435 20  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the National Parks Board (NParks) recently calling a tender, plans are closer to the resurrection of the Satay Club a collection of satay stalls which made their name at Esplanade Park decades ago as one of attractions at
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      MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH MURDER
      81 20 A 49-year-old Singaporean has been arrested in connection with a murder at Block 15 Lorong 7, Toa Payoh, on Saturday night. Police said they received a call at about 10.30pm that someone was injured at the block. When they arrived, they found an injured
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      Lock icon ROMANCE ON THE MOVE
      96 20 Forty couples celebrated love and marriage on four SBS Transit buses yesterday. Called “Love is 24/7” to symbolise love all year round, the event was organised by the Family Life Champions of Boon Lay, Clementi, Pioneer and West Coast divisions. Minister of State (Defence and Education)
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      111 arrested for various alleged offences
      128 20 SINGAPORE A two-day operation involving almost 300 enforcement officers saw 111 people arrested over the weekend for various alleged offences. Those arrested comprised 46 men and 65 women, aged between 19 and 60. They were caught for suspected involvement in gang-related ac- tivities, infringements
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon GAMBLING A SICKNESS: MALAYSIAN HEALTH MINISTER
      135 22 AGENCIES Malaysia’s Health Ministry considers gambling a sickness and a serious addiction that needs to be dealt with and it will set up a national council to curb the menace, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. Minister LiowTiong Lai said the council would be set
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      Lock icon JOHOR AIRPORT WANTS TO BE SOUTHERN HUB
      145 22 AGENCIES The Johor government is in talks with airline companies to introduce more international flights from Senai Airport next year, The NewStraitsTimes reported. The move is to cater to an increase in tourist arrivals following the opening of a theme park in Iskandar
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      Lock icon THIRD THAI ARMY ’COPTER CRASHES
      125 22 REUTERS A military helicopter crashed in western Thailand yesterday, killing three people and injuring one, the army said, raising the death toll to 17 from three air accidents in the same area in the past nine days. The Bell 212 helicopter was supporting operations in
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      Lock icon Bersih video footage to be screened on M’sian TV
      207 22 AGENCIES MALACCA Video footage recorded by the police of the Bersih 2.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur on July 9 will be screened on television soon, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the screening would dispel accusations
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      Lock icon THAILAND'S MASSAMAN CURRY LEAVES SINGAPORE'S CHILLI CRAB FAR BEHIND
      131 22 AGENCIES Singaporean specialities chilli crab and chicken rice have featured in the CNNGo website’s list of the world’s 50 most delicious foods. Chilli crab ranks No 35, while chicken rice ranks No 45 on the lifestyle and travel website’s top-50 list.
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      Lock icon Do not question royal commission's conclusions into aide's death: Najib
      278 22 AGENCIES KANGAR Conclusions made by the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into political aide Teoh Beng Hock’s death should not be questioned as this will only defeat its purpose, said Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, The Star newspaper reported yesterday.
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      Lock icon Clinton urges Indonesia to be democratic role model
      232 23 AGENCIES BALI United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Indonesia to promote democracy in Myanmar and countries in the Middle East and North Africa in the throes of upheaval. In meetings with senior Indonesian officials yesterday in Bali, Mrs Clinton
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      Lock icon FUKUSHIMA MEMORIAL
      46 23 Under tight government supervision, dozens of people from a town where the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is located ventured into an irradiated no-man’s land yesterday to hold a belated memorial for friends and relatives killed by the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. AP
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      Lock icon Most Japanese back PM’s call to abandon N-power
      137 23 AGENCIES TOKYO More than two-thirds of Japanese support Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s call to do away with nuclear power, a media poll showed yesterday, underscoring growing opposition to atomic energy following the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Earlier this month, Mr
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      Lock icon HUNDREDS WOUNDED IN CAIRO CLASHES
      113 23 AGENCIES One person was killed and 308 wounded in protests in Cairo, Egypt’s capital, Al Arabiya television reported yesterday, without saying where it obtained the information. Egypt’s government sought to restore order after the first major pro- test aimed at Egypt’s transitional military rulers ended
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      Lock icon US invites N Korean minister for nuclear talks
      143 24 AP BALI The United States has invited a top North Korean official to New York for talks on the next steps necessary to resume the long-stalled six-nation discussions aimed at ridding the North of its nuclear programmes. US Secretary of State Hillary
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      Lock icon Pyongyang holds local elections amid succession
      248 24 AP SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (picture) cast a ballot yesterday with his son Kim Jong Un in local elections seen as another step towards strengthening the younger Kim’s power as ruler-in-wait-ing. North Koreans receive ballots that leave them with little choice
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      Lock icon S Korean paedophiles face chemical castration
      113 24 REUTERS SEOUL South Korea has enacted a law allowing the use of “chemical castration” on convicted paedophiles, said the Justice Ministry yesterday, becoming the first Asian country to permit the punishment. The law gives judges the power to order sex offenders who have attacked
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      Lock icon Phone-hacking scandal threatens another UK tabloid
      280 26 AP LONDON One British newspaper has already been felled by the escalating scandal over the interception of voicemails. Now storm clouds are gathering over the Trinity Mirror group, the publisher of Britain’s left-leaning Mirror tabloid. Mr James Hipwell, who used to work at the
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      Lock icon Geithner confident of deal on debt ceiling
      349 26 AP WASHINGTON United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said yesterday it was unthinkable for the US not to meet its debt obligations and he is confident a deal to raise the debt ceiling will get done. President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are
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      Lock icon Gunman kills 5 in Texas
      169 26 AP GRAND PRAIRIE (Texas) A gunman opened fire at a child’s birthday celebration at a Texas roller rink, killing five people, wounding four others and then killing himself as the private party turned to panic and some fled screaming in their skates, police and witnesses
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      Lock icon SHOOTINGS AT CASINO, CAR SHOW IN SEATTLE AREA
      165 26 AP Two apparently separate shooting incidents took place over the weekend in and near Seattle in the United States. Authorities say seven people were wounded, at least two critically, when a gunman opened fire at a casino near Seattle. Auburn Police Commander
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  • BUSINESS
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      Retrofit, not rebuild
      289 28  -  RYAN HUANG SINGAPORE As skyscrapers in Singapore get older, industry players believe it can be more cost-effective to retrofit, instead of rebuild them. They said a key consideration is the rental yield that will be lost during the period of reconstruction. Another reason will be the savings
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      Risks but no stagflation yet
      485 28  -  RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Rising inflation and a likely slowdown in the economy have raised concerns over whether the Singapore economy is headed towards stagflation. Stagflation occurs when prices are growing but the economy is not. Most analysts, however, say that while there are risks
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      SECOND-HALF PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD FOR BUDGET CARRIERS
      290 28  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ Budget airlines are expected to perform better in the second half of this year as analysts say the coming holiday season will bolster demand for leisure travel until the year end. Among the low-cost carriers, analysts are singling out Jetstar Asia
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      Lock icon Boehner to press ahead with short-term debt limit increase
      417 29 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON WASHINGTON House Speaker John Boehner plans to press on with a shorter-term increase in the United States debt limit than President Barack Obama has requested, defying a veto threat and signaling continued stalemate in the US Congress as time
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (JULY 18 TO 22)
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        DOW
        58 29 FRIDAY CLOSE 12,681.20 (-0.34%) THEWEEKAHEAD The uncertainty in the United States has kept markets on edge, as a deal to avoid a default stayed elusive. Investors are also looking at earnings reports and economic data for signs of a US recession. Thursday 12,724.40 q 0.12% Wednesday 12,571.90 q 0.12%
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        US
        9 29 Ç NASDAQ 2,858.83 (+0.86%) S&P500 1,345.02 (+0.09%) Ç
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        EUROPE
        9 29 Ç FTSE100 5,935.02 (+0.60%) Ç DAX 7,326.39 (+0.50%)
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        COMMODITIES
        5 29 OIL US$99.22 (-US$0.65) È
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        SATS
        65 29 STOCK CALLS Hold S$2.62 Deutsche Bank downgrades SATS to Hold from Buy; cuts target price to S$2.75 from S$3.80. Says: “While SATS’ fundamentals remain intact, near-term headwinds could dampen sentiment on the stock.” The house cuts its FY12-14 revenue forecast by 10 to 14 per cent. It assumes FY12
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      813 30  -  A vacation may be the highlight of the year but it can also be distressing for a new business owner COMMENTARY HOWARD LO Howard Lo is the owner of Standing Sushi Bar and a tech-evangelist at Microsoft. He has just returned from a trip and his
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      119 30 SPECTACLE HUT Largest Optical Chain in Singapore Shop at Spectacle Hut with CONFIDENCE Nanz Chong-Komo {Entrepreneur and Founder of Nanzlnc.com) wears MaxiEyes Daily Ring Lens. Sale now on! Dior ZEISS Transitions' Healthy sight in every light* GSSILOR i air i Dailies i. m-OAY ACUVUE i RETAIL OUTLETS Marino Square L2
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      361 31  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Tao Li (picture) failed at her first attempt to become the first Singaporean to qualify for a final at the world swimming championships yesterday. Competing in her first event at the 14th Fina World
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      165 31 REUTERS SHANGHAI Australia’s inexperienced men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team provided a massive upset on the first day of swimming competition at the world championships yesterday. The Australian team, anchored by former world record-holder Eamon Sullivan and including two relative novices in James Magnussen and Matthew
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      687 31 AP AFTERNOON LATEST BUENOS AIRES —Uruguay won the Copa America for a record 15th time after two goals by Diego Forlan and another from Luis Suarez gave them a 3-0 victory over Paraguay this morning (Singapore time). Suarez scored in the 12th minute
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      315 32  -  PHILIP GOH SUPHANBURI (Thailand) There were smiles all around among the student-athletes and staff of the Singapore Sports School here at the Sri U-Thong Hotel, when news filtered through of the Lions’ 5-3 win over Malaysia in the World Cup qualifier on Saturday night.
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      903 32  -  With right-back Ismail suspended, the Lions will be under even more pressure IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg WORLD CUP QUALIFIER SECOND ROUND, SECOND LEG Malaysia vs Singapore SINGAPORE They will go into Thursday’s match at the Bukit Jalil Stadium facing a hostile crowd of between 70,000
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      949 33 AP AFTERNOON LATEST PARIS Cadel Evans has been keeping fans back home up all night watching him become the first Australian to win the Tour de France. It’s a victory that has been a long time coming. Over the years, Evans has been better known
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      1292 2 Found dead in her house at 27, Amy Winehouse was the voice of a troubled celebrity obsessed generation AGENCIES FEW artists summed up their own career in a single song a single line as well as Amy Winehouse. “They tried to make me go to rehab,’’ she sang
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      569 6  -  Radio DJsThe Muttons go all out to hook helpful Singaporeans with new TV show Catch Of The Day May Seah may@mediacorp.com. sg HERE’S something you don’t see every day:A pair of sheep going fishing. 987FM DJsThe Muttons, aka Justin Ang and Vernon A, are teaming up with
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      462 6 REUTERS JAZZ musician Herbie Hancock (picture) was appointed a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) goodwill ambassador, pledging to use music to cross cultural boundaries and promote literacy and creativity among youth around the world. The pianist and composer, who
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      224 7 REUTERS BRITISH actor Rhys Ifans (picture), who portrays the villain Lizard in the upcoming movie The Amazing Spider-Man, was arrested and cited for battery at the pop culture gathering Comic-Con on Friday. “He was abusive, belligerent and aggressive, and shoved a female security guard,” San
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      85 4  -  MAYO MARTIN The launch ofTicketCube was pretty much the highlight of the arts scene last week. Singapore Tourism Board’s initiative to set up a “concierge” service in the middle of Orchard Road, housing four different ticketing agents, is a boon for arts patrons. Elsewhere, a group
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      200 4 THEATRE Into The Woods Dream Academy’s new production sees Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack (of the beanstalk kerfuffle) come together in this fairy tale mash-up musical by Stephen Sondheim. Stars Selena Tan, Adrian Pang, Emma Yong, Sebastian Tan. July 29 to Aug 7, 8pm, Esplanade Theatre. With
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      571 4  -  Chow CheeYong’s latest show takes one last look at the Grand Old Dame Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg FOR four to five months, photographer Chow CheeYong went on weekly dates with a certain Grand Old Dame of Kallang. Dressed to impress, he wore a hard hat and safety boots every
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      194 5 Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants for a research study involving marketed medicines used in the treatment of tuberculosis. V The purpose of this study is to determine if a tablet comprising of a combination of four active ingredients is bioequivalent (whether the compounds are pharmaceutically equivalent) to
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      246 12 ON MEDIACORP CATEGORY VI (Debut) Channel 5, 10pm In the wake of a super storm of unprecedented destructive power, a suspicious chain-reaction coast-to-coast blackout threatens to render the country helpless—without communication and vulnerable to the unthinkable. Now it’s up to a select few to save it. ROCK SCHOOL okto, 10pm
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      258 12 ON MEDIACORP MISSION POSSIBLE Channel 8, 8pm This episode follows Dennis Chew and designer Keith Png to Northern Thailand, to a village called Thong Fai. Dennis and Keith will work with the villagers to infuse modern trends into their ethic designs. KELUARGA KAHAR (Debut) Suria, 8.30pm Kaharudin or otherwise known
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