Today, 8 August 2011

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    20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday August 8, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Voters’ choice must be respected
    682 1  -  Law Minister Shanmugam dismisses suggestions that only a Government-endorsed presidential candidate can be LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Any suggestions that only a Government-endorsed presidential candidate can be influential as the Elected President “would be wrong”, Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said yesterday.
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      131 1 HOT NEWS 3 TAN CLAN ENDORSES TONY TAN BUSINESS 26 WILL GROWTH FORECAST BE REVISED? COMMENT&ANALYSIS THE COMING ECONOMIC FIRESTORM 10 CREDIT STEROIDS GOT US WHERE WE ARE 12 LESSONS FROM SINGAPORE 14 THE WORLD NEEDS ANOTHER RESERVE CURRENCY 15 CHOOSE ANY 2 ITEMS FOR ONLY PISTlPUpP WAW- Pi*-irJK-Sm^ll limn
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Tottenham's night of carnage
      523 2 AGENCIES LONDON London picked itself up yesterday after some of the worst violence seen in the British capital for years which politicians and police blamed on criminal thugs but residents attributed to local tensions and anger over rising financial hardship. Rioters throwing petrol bombs rampaged overnight
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      Lock icon THE MAN WHOSE DEATH SPARKED A NIGHT OF RIOTING
      291 2 AGENCIES The gritty north London neighbourhood ofTottenham exploded on Saturday night after Mr Mark Duggan (picture), 29, and a father of four, was shot dead by police on Thursday. Protesters gathered in front of the Tottenham Police Station, demandingjustice. A friend
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      PRESIDENT S R NATHAN SPEAKS TO CHANNEL NEWSASIA
      287 3 In a recent wide-ranging interview with Channel NewsAsia’s Augustine Anthuvan, President S R Nathan was asked, among other things, how the President discharges his power to grant pardons to convicts on Death Row. Mr Nathan:The Constitution prescribes that I shall act on
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      Tan clan backs one of its own for President
      500 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Federation of Tan Clan Associations has become the first body to officially endorse a presidential hopeful: Yesterday, the federation, which represents more than 10,000 members, declared its support for former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan’s
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      Lock icon Rainy day reflections
      427 4  -  Ministers Khaw and Teo on lessons from debt crises ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan did not just have the weather on his mind yesterday as he recited the national pledge in the rain with 800 Sembawang residents at Woodlands Crescent Park. Likening
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      Stay united, build consensus, say ministers
      338 4  -  SATISH CHENEY AND DYLAN SINGAPORE As the country prepares to celebrate its 46th birthday, several political leaders yesterday called on Singaporeans to stay united as the world economy undergoes an uncertainty period. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean noted that the US’ problems were
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      Lock icon Standard & Poor's explains rationale for downgrade of US credit rating
      549 6 Standard Poor's explains rationale for downgrade of US credit rating THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The day after Standard Poor’s took the unprecedented step of stripping the US government of its top credit rating, the ratings agency offered a full-throated defence of its decision, calling the bitter standoff between President
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      Lock icon G-7 MINISTERS TO HOLD TALKS
      169 6 AP Financial ministers from the Group of Seven leading economies are to hold a teleconference today to discuss world market stability as Middle Eastern markets tumbled yesterday on the first business day after a historic US credit rating downgrade. Japanese media say deputy finance ministers
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      Lock icon Chinese papers warn of dangers to Asian exporters from US debt crisis
      380 6 REUTERS BEIJING China’s top newspaper yesterday warned that Asian exporters could be among the biggest victims of mounting US economic woes after Standard and Poor’s downgraded the US sovereign credit rating. Although Beijing officials have so far been
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      Lock icon Asian countries likely to retain US Treasury holdings for now
      315 8 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Asian countries are likely to retain their United States Treasury holdings for now and European governments expressed confidence in the world’s largest economy after Standard Poor’s cut the sovereign credit rating of the US to AA+. Russia said
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      Lock icon Japan may sell yen again
      301 8 BLOOMBERG TOKYO A Japanese Finance Ministry official said the government may sell yen again after last week’s move if it sees speculative trades that drive the currency higher. Further intervention would “maintain the effect and warn those who make unusual moves” in the currency market,
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      341 5 SEASTRAND A strand is where the sea meets the sand. The gentle breeze, the undulating sand, the flowing tide. They wash upon the strand, leaving pure bliss in their wake. kJ Rf r S r Bm n HI J A J THOUGHTFULLY CRAFTED LIVING SPACE SEASTRAND offers exciting beach-park lifestyle
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      317 6 Your Passion, Your Business Make it happen at MindChamps Combine your passion for education and business and make a difference to the lives of our future generation Mr Jason Ng (left), receiving MindChamps'Champion of the Year Award from Mr David Chiem (right). Founder, Chairman and Group CEO of MindChamps MindChamps,
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      541 9 COME HOME TO r\ o V F0R more national I ICADAY GOODIES 25 JULY- 31 AUGUST 2011 a s-. r-A 4 v V s I t V A 2 :;:sa rr vs \1 a i 8 26 August 2011 Weekday Celebration! Spend $46* (in a single receipt) at any non-F&B
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon The coming economic firestorm
      1021 10  -  In this grave crisis, the world’s leaders are terrifyingly out of their depth PETER OBORNE Peter Oborne is the Daily Telegraph’s chief political commentator. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Certain years have gone down in history as great global turning points, after which nothing was remotely the same:
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      Lock icon Credit steroids got us where we are
      986 12  -  Only way out of this hole is for United States to rebuild its muscles of growth the hard way THOMAS L FRIEDMAN Thomas L Friedman won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, his third Pulitzer for The New York Times. THE NEW YORK
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      Lock icon Lessons from Singapore
      1366 14  -  British High Commissioner Anthony Phillipson on why his posting here can help Britain to fix its economy PAUL GILFEATHER gilfeather@mediacorp.com.sg Paul Gilfeather is the principal correspondent at Today. If Britain’s new High Commissioner to Singapore is not United Kingdom’s youngest head of mission, he could certainly make
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      Lock icon The world needs another reserve currency
      715 15  -  Dollar scepticism places spotlight on the yuan HENNY SENDER Henny Sender is the FT’s International Financial Correspondent. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Walking through some of the more impoverished cities of Asia, Americans used to be accosted by children begging for dollars while their Japanese
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  • VOICES
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      'Responsible gambling' is a dangerous ploy
      604 16  -  I SAY Willie Cheng Willie Cheng is active in the non-profit space and writes extensively on it. This is an edited extract of an article which first appeared in Salt Online at Recently, I attended a forum on responsible gambling and gaming. The term
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      We examine each worker's claim: HOME
      421 17  -  Letter from Jolovan Wham Executive Director, Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) I REFER to the letter “MOM to NGOs: It’s critical to be objective” (Aug 2). As an organisation dedicated to the rights and welfare of lowwage migrant workers here, HOME runs shelters,
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      80 16 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices V 1 5 t 'I f> v m «an 4 r4 P SAVE v34°/c 4D3N Amber Rp 3 Phuket •^sssxssl 8 GO! TWO rnro ro GO! ‘Vand P^ ket bags by r Zial treatments, tKaVd t>i' ar cle
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Number of neighbour disputes hit high
      724 18  -  Neighbours lack communication and increasingly intolerant: CMC NUMBEROF NEIGHBOUR DISPUTES SEEN BYTHE COMMUNITY MEDIATION CENTRE CAROLYN QUEK carolynquek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From dripping laundry to obstruction at common areas to the cooking of curry, there have been more than 300 cases a year since 2008 of
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      WHEN NEIGHBOURS DISAGREE
      288 18  -  CAROLYN QUEK Case 1: A family, who had just moved here from China, had resorted to mediation because they could not stand the smell of curry that their Singaporean Indian neighbours would often cook. The Indian family, who were mindful of their neighbour’s aversion, had already taken
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      Lock icon A PRESIDENT AND HIS PORTRAIT
      109 20  -  TAN QIUYI President S R Nathan viewing a portrait painted by Loh Min Ru (in spectacles), second-prize winner in the intermediate category of the children’s art competition held at the Istana Open House yesterday. Thousands thronged the Istana to celebrate National Day, and for many
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      MORE TRAINS, BUSES ON NATIONAL DAY
      218 20 SMRT will run more trains and buses, and will extend service hours on all its lines on National Day. Passengers will enjoy shortened waiting times till 1.30am. For the National Day Parade, between 3pm and 8.15pm, waiting times on the East-West Line and the
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      Lock icon PM LEE AT SING-ALONG
      102 20 The Singapore Federation Chinese Clan Associations has played an important role in promoting Chinese culture and language, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at its National Day sing-along yesterday. Mr Lee, who was named as the federation’s first patron in its 25-year history, added: “I hope
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      CHIME TO MARK START OF PLEDGE MOMENT
      76 20 The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will sound a 20-sec-ond “chime” through the islandwide Public Warning System (PWS) at about 8.10pm tomorrow. This isto markthe start ofthe Pledge Moment, to encourage Singaporeans around the island to recite the pledge and sing the National
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      SINGAPORE CELEBRATES ASEAN'S 44TH ANNIVERSARY
      161 20 Singapore will mark the 44th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) today with a flag-rais-ing ceremony at the Indonesian Embassy here. Indonesia is the current chairman of ASEAN. Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said this year’s celebrations are particularly significant as
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      88 21 NATIONAL DAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE Celebrating 46 years of independence and still growing strong, Singapore is ever moving forward with fortitude and dynamism. We, at Global Orion Properties, bears witness to the continuous successes of Singapore and applaud the spirit of Singapore to reach greater heights. Let us come together
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 270,000 ATTEND ISRAEL’S BIGGEST PROTEST
      226 22 AGENCIES At least a quarter of a million Israelis, fed up with the mounting cost of living, poured into the streets of the country’s major cities on Saturday night to demand that their leaders address their plight. The snowballing protest, which started out three weeks
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      Lock icon New anti-China rally in Hanoi
      344 22 REUTERS HANOI Anti-China demonstrators staged another in a series of weekly marches in central Hanoi yesterday, testing the authorities’ tolerance of protests on an emotive issue in Vietnamese society. Up to 200 people singing patriotic songs, carrying banners and flags and chanting slogans drew stares
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      Lock icon SYRIAN TANKS STORM EASTERN CITY
      123 22 REUTERS Syrian troops killed at least 20 people in a tank assault on the eastern city of Deir Al Zor yesterday, an activist group said, despite a direct United Nations appeal to President Bashar Al-Assad to stop using military force against civilians. The assault on
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      Lock icon PAS to meet state official, church body over raid
      322 23 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The PanMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS) will meet the Selangor religious authorities and the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) separately to discuss last Wednesday’s controversial church raid, party president Abdul Hadi Awang said yesterday. He said media
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      Lock icon SHANGHAI SPARED
      108 23 Typhoon Muifa weakened as it approached China’s coast yesterday, avoiding a direct-hit on the financial capital Shanghai and veering north towards a tip of Shandong province that juts into the Yellow Sea. The storm was expected to run parallel to China’s densely populous eastern seaboard while delivering strong
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      Lock icon HIGHWAY PILE-UP KILLS 17 IN JIANGXI
      96 23 AP A pre-dawn pile-up on a southern Chinese expressway has killed 17 people and injured four others. The state-run Xinhua News Agency said the accident on Saturday in Jiangxi province involved three trucks and a passenger van. It said the pile-up was triggered when
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      Lock icon HACKING ENCOURAGED, EVEN PRIZED, AT VEGAS GEEK FEST
      271 24 REUTERS There was a whole lot of hacking going on in Las Vegas at the weekend and right under the noses of federal agents. But in a sign of a time when cyber security is at the forefront of national security concerns,
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      Lock icon THIS DREAM’S COMING TRUE
      61 24 Boeing rolled the first 787 Dreamliner passengers will see out of the paint hangar in its Everett plant on Saturday. It sported the colours and logo of Japan’s All Nippon Airways. Although Boeing has been flying 787s painted in ANA’s logo for tests, those aircraft are
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      Lock icon Rural US police websites hacked
      301 24 AP LITTLE ROCK (Arkansas) —The group known as Anonymous said it has hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a data breach that at least one local police chief said leaked sensitive information about an ongoing investigation. The loose-knit
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      Lock icon THE INTERNET 'MAKES US MORE SOCIALLY ACTIVE'
      199 24 THE GUARDIAN The commonly held belief that the Internet is turning an entire generation into solitary Webjunkies is a myth, according to new research. The findings may offer succour to parents worried that social-networking sites such as Facebook are reducing their children’s participation
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      Lock icon Do you fancy a trip to see the wonders of the deep?
      239 25 THE GUARDIAN VERO BEACH (Florida) You have the private plane, the luxury yacht and the helicopter. Only one high-tech goody is missing from your list of billionaire playthings a submarine to take you to the bottom of the
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      Lock icon TWINS DEFY THE ODDS
      36 25 Maria de Jesus and sister Maria Teresa Quiej-Alvarez, formerly conjoined Guatemalan twin girls, celebrated their 10th birthday in Malibu, California, on Saturday. The twins have repeatedly defied the odds against survival. AP
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      Lock icon Working in an office is bad for your brain
      233 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Working in an office is bad for your brain, according to a study that found that the hustle and bustle of modern offices can reduce productivity by 15 per cent and lead to a 32 per cent
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      Lock icon CANCER EXPERTS CONDEMN COUNCIL OFFERS OF SUNBEDS
      126 25 THE GUARDIAN Health experts are outraged that councils are profiting from the use of sunbeds in their leisure centres, even though malignant melanoma is the fastest-growing type of cancer in the United Kingdom. A survey by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health found
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      138 25 Encoimt in the Cii Capture m as you explore ihy vt j Learn more about Singapore's history as we celebrate Singapore’s 46 th birthday. Come join your newfound friends in unravelling clues to mystery monuments and uncovering the interesting stories behind them. A delectable buffet dinner and attractive prizes await
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  • BUSINESS
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      Will growth forecast be revised?
      435 26  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The United States credit downgrade from AAA to AA+ by Standard Poor’s for the first time and weak economic data have analysts bracing themselves for the week ahead with a revision of Singapore’s full year GDP expected. Already most are expecting
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      SMEs face difficulties with policies on foreign labour
      368 26 SINGAPORE Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are calling for a more tempered approach towards the Government’s restrictions on foreign labour. A dialogue session held last week also revealed that foreign labour issues rank top most among concerns faced by SMEs here. Mr
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      NEW LOGISTICS FACILITY TO BE BUILT IN BEIJING CAPITAL AIRPORT
      145 26 Global Logistic Properties Limited (GLP) has announced that it has started construction of new logistics facilities with a gross floor area (GFA) of approximately 128,000 square metres at GLP Park Beijing Capital Airport. Scheduled to be completed by August 2012,
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      StarHub shines amid stock market gloom
      318 27  -  RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE StarHub offered some respite from the bloodletting on the Singapore stock exchange on Friday. The counter came in as one of the top leaders for the benchmark STI, down 0.35 per cent, as the STI sank 3.61 per cent. StarHub’s performance
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      Lock icon CHINA RAILWAY MINISTRY TO ISSUE $3.77 BILLION IN SHORT-TERM COMMERCIAL PAPER
      113 27 REUTERS China’s Ministry of Railways will issue today 20 billion yuan ($3.77 billion) of short-term commercial paper, Xinhua news agency reported, tapping markets after last month’s fatal train crash and adding to an already heavy debt load. The funds
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (AUGUST 1 TO 5)
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        STI
        54 27 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,994.78 (-3.61%) Thursday 3,107.01 q 0.75% Wednesday 3,130.34 q 1.47% Tuesday 3,177.09 q 1.19% Monday 3,215.27 p 0.82% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE GoldenAgr 186,549 $0.675 q 4.930% Genting SP 161,601 $1.780 q 4.043% Digiland 161,351 $0.002 UNCH Noble Grp 92,985 $1.625 q 6.877%
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        ASIA
        27 27 HANG SENG 20,946.14 (-4.29%) È È È È NIKKEI 9,299.88 H AUSTRALIA È È SHANGHAI 2,626.42 (-2.19%) AUSTRALIA 4,105.40 (-1.45%) MUMBAI 17,305.87 (-2.19%) MALAYSIA 1,524.43 (-1.45%)
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        CAPITALAND
        50 27 STOCK CALLS Outperform s$2.67 Credit Suisse maintains Outperform rating; cuts target price to S$3.50 from S$3.82. The target price represents a 20 per cent discount to the stock’s RNAV, which has been reduced to S$4.37 from S$4.77 on its subsidiary CapitaMalls Asia’s new RNAV of S$2.09, down from S$2.59.
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      33 27 FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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      712 28  -  COMMENTARY MICHAEL KISS Michael Kiss is a senior solutions consultant at Verizon Business. Business boundaries are no longer defined in terms of physical space. The increasingly “extended” enterprise has introduced new security concerns. Retailers are opening their networks and data to partners, suppliers and mobile workers, rather
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      94 28 -diaCorp -*^Sj i4 parade to remember Share your favourite NDP 2011 moments live on www.xinmsn.com/ndp2011 •imi* 1. Download the free LiveShare app on your iPhone, Android or WP7, or simply upload photos here by clicking the upload button at the bottom right corner of the gallery. 2. Login using your
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      159 29 AUG 2011 GET IT NOW! THE #1 FASHION MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR by Marketing Magazine V' voted #1 taasM 1 N MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR EVERY AGE, 1 SHAPE Of OCCASIQ SEEL st; 50 WAYS TOLOOK LIKE AN A-LISTER STYLE: TIMEPIECES W* f I i J A 120-PAGE GUIDE TO
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      493 30 English champions just too good for city rivals in a thriller at Wembley AGENCIES COMMUNITY SHIELD Man United 3 Man City 2 LONDON Looking fresh, fit and full of ideas, Manchester United sent a loud warning to the rest of the Barclays Premier League that
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      244 30 LONDON Inter Milan coach Gian Piero Gasperini has confirmed the future of Wesley Sneijder should be decided next week, according to Sky Sports yesterday. The Dutch international playmaker has been heavily linked with a £35-million (S$70-million) move to Manchester United as they look to find a replacement
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      116 30 REUTERS Manchester United have declined to be drawn on a report the controlling Glazer family are planning to sell as much as a 25 per cent stake in the English club. Britain’s Sunday Mirror newspaper quoted an unnamed banking source as saying the proposal was being
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      632 31 Fate of captain Fabregas and midfield spark Nasri still undecided as Newcastle date looms AGENCIES LONDON When asked on Saturday if there was any truth about a potential swoop for Arsenal midfielder Sami Nasri, Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini refused comment, possibly
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      261 31 REUTERS LONDON Striker Danny Welbeck (picture) has been called into the England squad for the first time since March for Wednesday’s friendly against the Netherlands, while Micah Richards has also got the nod following an injury to firstchoice right-back Glen Johnson. There are 11 players from
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      184 31 Europe’s football clubs hate it and the global players’ union think FIFA should stop it. The annual August date protected for national team friendlies arrives on Wednesday probably the least loved fixture on football’s international calendar. On Wednesday, the marquee matches on a 50-game slate include
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      605 32 With an increasingly mature game, Japan’s young golf hero is after his biggest THE NEW YORK TIMES GOLF WGC-Bridgestone Invitational AKRON (Ohio) Ryo Ishikawa (picture), the 19-year-old Japanese star who has carried the golf expectations of his nation since winning his first professional tour event
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      159 33 REUTERS India seamer Zaheer Khan needs surgery for ankle and hamstring problems and has been ruled out for the remainder ofthe England series, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) announced yesterday. Left-arm paceman Rudra Pratap Singh will replace
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      355 33 Under-20 side look to emulate Xavi, Iniesta and co AP FOOTBALL Under-20 World Cup BOGOTA The knockout stage of the Under-20 World Cup was set on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) with Ecuador, Costa Rica and Guatemala completing the field for the round of 16. Ecuador
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      625 34  -  Primed for SEA Games battle, Lim and Sheng Yao set to miss out LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It has been 16 years since an athlete from Singapore won a medal in men’s pole vault at the SEA Games. Chan Chin Wah claimed bronze in 1995
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      336 34  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Sprinters Muhammad Elfi Mustapa and Nadiah Hussein were crowned Singapore’s FAAS-test man and woman yesterday after clocking the quickest time over a 30metre distance. Held along Orchard Road in front of the Knightsbridge, Puma’s Festival of
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      300 34  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE A stirring win in the girls’ 4x100m relay yesterday capped an outstanding outing for the Singapore Sports School at the 45th International Children’s Games in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The quartet of Tallulah Luisa Braganca, Shanti Pereira, Eugenia Tan and Farhana Mohd Thair
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      53 33 Ip A Y(i) Alwa V s play with care. [responsibiyf Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE m RGB
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      55 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS ROLE PLAY THE MANY STAGE LIVES OF LOCAL THEATRE’S KAREN TAN AUGUST 8, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF IT’S A SIGN, SAYS THESE ARTWORKS T4 GETTING ALL GLUM ABOUT GLEE T7 DESIGN PREP UP FOR YOUR NEXT IKEA TRIP
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      1376 2  -  Karen Tan mother, wife, occasional singing harp and the hardest working actor in the biz MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg DURING the last weekend of the recently concluded Beauty Kings, theatre actress Karen Tan (picture) had more on her mind than just dealing with false eyelashes. Her six-year-old daughter had
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      154 3  -  MAYO MARTIN A week of hellos and goodbyes. Writer Li Lien Fung, mother of author Ho Min Fong, died at the age of 88, and indie art space PostMuseum finally closed shop.The Man Singapore Theatre Festival 2011 opened. A couple of events also saw Singaporeans cast
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      232 3 THEATRE Cooling Off Day Man Singapore Theatre Festival’s most awaited play is a result of playwright Alfian Sa’at’s interviews with Singaporeans on their views about the 2011 General Elections.Their views are put onstage and performed by some of the country’s versatile actors playing characters aged 17 to 70. Aug
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      541 4  -  An ongoing show wants you to do a double-take on art Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SO ...WHAT does it mean? It’s a question that seemingly continues to hover over contemporary art in this country, which some observers have ultimately bemoaned as a limiting one. But at the group show
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      377 4 REUTERS THE Edinburgh Fringe Festival swung into exuberant action on Friday as 21,000 performers ranging from street buskers and mimes to top-class singers, actors and cabaret stars set out to entertain in a city whose population doubles in size over the coming month.
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      453 6  -  Myanmar artist skips the monks and soaks in the view Mayo Martin mayo@m ediacorp.com. sg MIN Wae Aung has been one of Myanmar’s most recognisable artists overseas, thanks in great part for his trademark paintings of monks and nuns. For the past two decades, they’ve become ubiquitous
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      451 7 REUTERS FOX television on Friday confirmed that three lead characters of its high school musical comedy Glee will be “graduating” at the end of the upcoming season, but tried to play down a fan furore over their exit. Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly
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      150 7 REUTERS MR BEAN star Rowan Atkinson left a hospital in the United Kingdom on Friday after a spectacular crash in his McLaren F1 supercar, according to media reports. Atkinson left the Peterborough City Hospital north of London in a wheelchair, said UK broadcaster Sky News. The 56-year-old
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      752 6 (0CATHAY cathay.com.sg n facebook.com/cathaycineplexes THE CATHAY 2 Handy Road, Levels 5 6 CATHAY reaLD)) CAPTAIN AMERICAiTHE FIRST AVENGER* (3D) *£D 11.40am, 2.20pm, 5.00pm RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES* (digital) 12.15pm, 2.30,4.45, 7.00, 7.45, 9.40pm, 12.05am, 2.30am CAPTAIN AMERICA:THE FIRST AVENGER* (digital) 11.40am, 2.10pm, 4.40, 7.10pm RISE OF THE
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      608 8  -  For those anticipating the annual Ikea catalogue, here’s a sneak peek of what to expect SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg DISTRIBUTED every August, the annual Ikea catalogue is currently on its way to most households. It’s like an early Christmas of sorts for homes as Singaporeans troop to
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    453 10 No Place Like Home This exhibition commemorates the 10th anniversary of ONEsingapore Artist programme. In line with National Day, the exhibition has been themed “Homecoming”. Ceramic artist Dr Wee Hong Ling expands on home as the domain, and creates ceramic objects for every room in an exploration
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      96 10 r r r $*> h A x. f President S R Nathan Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Ghok Tong Channel NewsAsia wants you to be a part of this. Share your stories or a personal encounter of how each of the three men has inspired
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      34 10 SUDOKUplus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOW TO PLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. COPYRIGHT UCLICK SATURDAY’S SOLUTION
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      67 11 Jewellery? /f*j Corrective eye treatment? What is driving the demand for gold? The answer is both jewellery and corrective eye treatment. Every day there are hundreds of business stories. It takes expertise to find the right nuggets of information and craft them from an Asian perspective to give a deeper
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      253 12 ON MEDIACORP DIE ANOTHER DAY Channel 5, 6.30pm While on assignment in North Korea, Bond is captured, imprisoned and tortured for over a year. When Bond finally gains his freedom, not everyone in MI6 is certain 007 is capable of doing his job. Zao, the North Korean operative who snared
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      664 12 6.00AM Planet’s Funniest Animals VIII 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 The Martha Stewart Show VI 10.00 The Doctors 11.00 Films Stars Asia 11.30 Asian Eat List NOON Under One Roof V 12.30PM Chemistry 1.00 Triple Nine II 2.00 The Middleman 6.00AM Tuesday Report: Jobs Extraordinary 6.30 Right Frequency III 7.00 Good
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      149 12 ON MEDIACORP KELUARGA KAHAR Suria, 9pm Kaharudin, or Pak Kahar Kengkang, believes that a happy family is essential for living a healthy life. But he finds that some qualities that sound simple in concept are sometimes hard to practise in real life, such as patience, tolerance and the ability to
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      72 13 MEDIACORP WISHES SINGAPORE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY We’re proud to celebrate each of the last 46 years with you. MediaCorp invites all Singaporeans to join in The Pledge Moment from wherever you are to recite the pledge as we honour Singapore’s birthday on 9th August at around 8.10pm. The Pledge Moment
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      614 14 <y 'X'% ;■>, r 'SM: L^i \s 4A sfcl ii. t7 XT WSM |faafinwfrtev V 'W >1 NATIONAL DAY OPEN HOUSE Tue, 9 Aug 2011, 10am-5pm Free Admission to All Galleries Celebrate the nation's birthday at National Museum of Singapore with free entry to all galleries! Follow the Discovery Trail
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