Today, 17 October 2011, Afternoon Edition

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  • 22 1 AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday October 17, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 606 1  -  Improve standards at pre-school and explore new ways to engage community, says DPMTeo ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While the People’s Action Party Community Foundation (PCF) has done well over the last 25 years, it has to keep up with “evolving expectations and aspirations”, said
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 166 2 THE BANGKOK POST Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra presided over a ceremony yesterday to launch an operation using motor boats to propel the flows of water along the Chao Phraya River. The ceremony, televised live on Channel 11, was held
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    • 368 2 AGENCIES BANGKOK The government expressed confidence yesterday that Bangkok will escape Thailand’s worst flooding in decades, as the capital’s elaborate barriers held strong (picture) and floodwaters began receding from submerged plains to the north. Agriculture Minister Theera Wongsamut said the largest mass
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    • 474 3 Commentary condemns agreement with Vietnam to explore in disputed South China Sea REUTERS BEIJING India is playing with fire by agreeing to explore for oil with Vietnam in the disputed South China Sea, a major Chinese newspaper said yesterday, advising the Indian company
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    • 209 3 REUTERS China and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen military cooperation, increase contacts between high-ranking officers and establish a hotline for the two defence ministries, in a bid to cool tensions between the communist-ruled neighbours. The two countries, which have a history of distrust,
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    • 366 4  -  VIMITA MOHANDAS vimita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One of Singapore’s oldest hospitals is making a significant move to become Singapore’s largest nursing home operator, in preparation for a spike in demand as Singapore’s population ages. The 101-year-old Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital will increase its in-patient
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    • 575 4  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE When her grandaunt was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2003, Ms Cho Peilin had just started work at a law firm. But she accepted the role of caregiver “because she is family” her grandaunt had looked after Ms Cho and her siblings
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    • 474 6 AGENCIES NEW YORK Thousands of people protesting against corporate greed filled New York City’s Times Square, mixing with gawkers, Broadway showgoers, tourists and police to create a chaotic scene in the midst of Manhattan. “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!” protesters
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    • 439 6 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will announce his Cabinet line-up tomorrow and inaugurate the members the following day, his spokesman said. “Nobody knows the changes of the ministers except the Vice-President,” Mr Julian Aldrin Pasha told reporters at Mr Yudhoyono’s
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    • 523 8  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She grew up in Punggol but, today, Mdm Wee Sah Muay can no longer recognise the area where she had lived for more than 30 years until she moved out in 1975 to Hougang. The 78-year-old, who used
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 1005 10  -  Unless relative economic roles of the market and state are rebalanced, protests will get more severe NOURIEL ROUBINI Nouriel Roubini is chairman of Roubini Global Economics, Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and co-author of Crisis Economics. PROJECT SYNDICATE This
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    • 786 12  -  SIMON TAY Simon Tay is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and author of Asia Alone: The Dangerous Post Crisis Divide from America. Fears about Europe have rippled through the global economy and Asian markets are not immune. At times, assurances
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    • 810 14  -  PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN Pavin Chachavalpongpun is a fellow at Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Thailand is drowning in what are believed to be the worst floods in more than half a century. The north and the central plains have by now been
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    • 881 17  -  PAUL GILFEATHER gilfeather@mediacorp.sg Paul Gilfeather is the principal correspondent at Today. Fleet Street’s finest swooped on Singapore last week with the scent of blood in their nostrils and the British Defence Secretary Liam Fox in their sights. It had emerged that the
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  • VOICES
    • 429 18  -  Ban people from doing so while walking but also enforce such a regulation Letter from Coral Ang I REFER to the report “Govt exploring extension of smoking ban in public places” (Oct 13), an action which is long overdue. The perils of smoking and second-hand smoke are
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    • 151 20  -  Letter from Charlton Wee I RECENTLY returned to Singapore from a trip to Hong Kong and was stopped to have my baggage checked for any undeclared goods. My luggage was packed with herbs for my family, and I was questioned about contents
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    • 55 20  -  HeXiuyun Six days after the Circle Line opened, I took it to Botanic Gardens. When I went to the bus stop, the bus directory was not in place yet. How was this overlooked when the authorities knew the Circle Line would draw the crowds? There should be
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    • 351 20  -  Letter from Noel Chia Kok Hwee I WISH to comment on two aspects raised in the report “Spurring SPED to greater heights” (Oct 11). Firstly, having a centralised body to oversee the coordination of resources, salaries and career development of Special Education teachers is
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    • 163 20  -  Letter from Kee Puay Kiang RECENTLY, StarHub increased its cable television subscription rates for existing customers, including those under contract. As a simple consumer, I expected the contract I had signed would be valid for the two-year period without any increase. When I queried
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    • 161 20  -  Letter from Edward Foo I SHARE Mr Dave Yap’s frustration, in his letter “Why are taxis placed in Category A for COE bids?” (Oct 14), over the current prices of the Certificate of Entitlement (COE). However, having taxi companies bid according to
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 277 22  -  TANYA FONG SINGAPORE —Former Presidential candidate Dr Tan Cheng Bock has launched a book about his campaign, adding to the collection of election memorabilia he launched during the campaign. Titled We Took Them On, the book is a photo diary of the events during
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    • 184 22  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE A seven-year-old boy had his big toe severed in an escalator accident at Taman Jurong Market and Food Centre yesterday afternoon. A witness, who only wanted to be known as Mr Soo, told MediaCorp that he was on the escalator at
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    • 378 22  -  HOE YEEN NIE yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When Madam Yeo Guat Ngoo lost her husband to lung cancer three years ago, she relied mainly on her family doctor for support, even though a hospice team was on hand during his final days. “He’s familiar with
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    • 483 24  -  CAROLYN QUEK carolynquek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was not easy to get organisers of mainstream running events to accept her special needs students but one teacher’s perserverance saw 10 students with autism taking part in the North Face 100 Singapore, a long-distance trail run held last Saturday. Three
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  • WORLD
    • 299 26 AP HYAKURI AIR BASE (Japan) Jet fighters bearing the bright red Rising Sun logo roared overhead yesterday as Japan held a once-every-three-years display to showcase one of the best air forces in Asia. The only problem most of its fighters were grounded. Underscoring Japan’s uphill
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    • 195 26 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak assured Gerakan yesterday that United Malays National Organisation (Umno) will never lay claim to the leadership of Penang should Barisan Nasional (BN) win the state from the opposition. “Umno will never claim state
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    • 138 26 REUTERS A young Tibetan man set himself on fire in south-western China, an exiled Tibetan activist said yesterday, the eighth self-immolation this year in a region that has become the centre of defiance of Beijing’s religious controls. The 19-year-old former monk at
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    • 276 28 AGENCIES DUBAI Saudi Arabia has taken a first step to have Iran reported to the United Nations Security Council, a move that could lead to new sanctions, over an alleged plot to assassinate its ambassador in Washington, Saudi-owned newspapers reported yesterday.
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    • 390 28 REUTERS JERUSALEM Israel yesterday made public the names of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners it will free in exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit as part of a deal it reached with Hamas. Israelis who oppose the freeing of the prisoners some serving
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    • 195 28 REUTERS The man who killed the influential half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai three months ago carried out the attack for personal reasons and was not a Taliban fighter, a senior North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) official said on Saturday. Investigations following
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    • 188 28 AP Gunmen shot and killed three miners in the latest attack near the world’s largest gold mine in eastern Indonesia, officials said on Saturday. Four Indonesian miners who worked for the United States company Freeport were hit by unknown gunmen as their car travelled along
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    • 186 30 REUTERS Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain acknowledged yesterday his “9-9-9” tax reform plan would raise taxes on some Americans but denied criticism it would help the rich while hurting the poor. “Some people will pay more. But most people will pay less,”
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    • 499 30 Obama has a dream of fixing the economy THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON LATEST WASHINGTON Promising that “change can come if you don’t give up”, United States President Barack Obama the man who is perhaps the biggest beneficiary of the civil rights movement yesterday called on Americans to use the
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    • 65 32 Participants of the ASEAN Rickshaw Run in front of their rickshaws at the ASEAN Secretariat building in Jakarta yesterday. About 66 people from 12 countries are taking part in the rally from Jakarta to Bangkok. Participants are expected to reach the 3,000km finishing line on Oct
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    • 222 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Streets across Britain are being left in darkness as town halls cut back on lighting to save money. The blackouts are taking place across thousands of streets in rural areas, suburbs and city centres in
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    • 103 32 AP California Governor Jerry Brown issued a proclamation on Saturday declaring yesterday as Steve Jobs Day in California as Apple held a memorial service for Jobs at Stanford University. Invitations had gone out to Silicon Valley luminaries and other people close to Jobs, The
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    • 122 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The world’s first map of Australia which predate Captain James Cook’s “discovery” of the continent by 200 years in 1770 has been put on sale as part of one of the largest collections of such items ever compiled. Two
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    • 108 32 BLOOMBERG Salvage teams were preparing to empty oil from a stranded container ship off New Zealand’s north-eastern coast as volunteers cleaned up crude washed onto beaches, the government said yesterday. “Weather conditions are forecast to remain calm today, allowing the team to
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  • BUSINESS
    • 672 34 Economists polled say consumer prices rose 0.3 per cent last month, the smallest gain in three months BLOOMBERG NEW YORK The cost of living in the United States probably eased last month and the pace of factory production held steady, consistent with
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    • 407 36 DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK The two largest public pension funds in the United States have increased the pressure on Rupert and James Murdoch to step down from the board of News Corporation just days before the Murdoch family faces a
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    • 481 37 REUTERS ~AFTERNOON~LATEST BERLIN Greece’s debt crisis cannot be solved without larger writedowns on Greek debt and governments are trying to persuade banks to accept this, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said yesterday, just days ahead of a key European Union summit.
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (OCT 10 TO 14)
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        47 37 FRIDAY~ CLOSE 11,644.50 (+1.45%) THE~WEEK~THAT~WAS The benchmark S&P500 posted back-to-back weekly gains for the first time since early July over growing optimism that Europe is on track to resolve its festering sovereign debt crisis. Thursday~ 11,478.10~q 0.35% Wednesday~ 11,518.80~p 0.90% Tuesday~ 11,416.30~q 0.15% Monday~ 11,433.20~p 2.97%
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      • 9 37 Ç NASDAQ 1,224.58 (+1.82%) S&P500 1,224.58 (+1.74%) Ç
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      • 13 37 Ç FTSE100 5,466.36 (+1.17%) Ç Ç DAX 5,967.20 (+0.89%) CAC40 3,217.89 (+0.97%)
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      • 5 37 OIL US$87.52 (+US$0.72) Ç
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      • 82 37 STOCK~CALL BUY~|~s$2.49 OCBC Investment Research keeps its Buy rating and S$2.79 discounted cash flow-based fair value on M1. Expects the telco’s third-quarter results, which will be released today, to be fairly in-line with its forecasts. Also notes M1’s aggressive promotion of its NBN (fiber broadband) services during the recent
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  • DIGITAL
    • 694 38  -  COMMENTARY EFFENDY IBRAHIM Effendy Ibrahim is the Internet Safety advocate and director of Consumer Business, Asia, Symantec. In the last few years, an explosion of devices, platforms and applications has helped consumers to stay connected in their everyday lives. According to the Norton Cybercrime
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  • SPORTS
    • 657 40 Kiwis will be huge favourites to lift their second world crown at Eden Park on Sunday 2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL New Zealand 20 Australia 6 AP AUCKLAND Often accused of being the stern giants of rugby, the All Blacks put their hearts
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    • 413 40  -  TAN YO-HINN Tan Yo-Hinn’s trip to Auckland is courtesy of BlackBerry, an official sponsor of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. This news story was sent with the new BlackBerry PlayBook. AUCKLAND Telecommunications executive Darren Grant was only seven
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    • 413 41 Substitute Ameobi scores their second equaliser in 86th minute THE GUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Newcastle 2 Tottenham 2 NEWCASTLE A draw at home caused excitement rather than dismay for Newcastle United. They preserved an unbeaten record by twice rallying, with the second equaliser arriving thanks to
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    • 231 41 REUTERS MANCHESTER The English FA will investigate an allegation by Manchester United defender Patrice Evra that he was racially abused by Liverpool striker Luis Suarez during Saturday’s 1-1 draw in the Premier League. Local media reported Liverpool had said Uruguay international Suarez “categorically denied” the
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    • 167 42 AP TOKYO Yang Hak Seon (picture) of South Korea won the men’s vault title at the World Gymnastics Championships here in impressive fashion yesterday, pulling off the hardest vault ever attempted. Yang’s handspring front triple twist twisting three times while doing a somersault in
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    • 632 42  -  Club have already presented QPR chairman with a plan for the region TODAY EXCLUSIVE IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg LONDON When Tony Fernandes became the majority owner of Barclays Premier League club Queens Park Rangers after buying the 66-per-cent stake of Formula 1 czar Bernie
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    • 537 43  -  SEA Games team will focus on the process to achieve success in Jakarta PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s sailors scooped seven gold medals at the 2005 SEA Games in the Philippines and were the most successful nation in the competition. In 2007, they bagged four
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        595 4  -  Graphic novel artists exhibit not just paintings but their comic book pages Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg YOU may think graphic novels and fine art make for strange bedfellows. Sonny Liew and Koh HongTeng would disagree. The two comic book artists will be exhibiting both paintings as well as
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        438 4  -  Keagan Kang cuts people down to size in The Pupil MAY SEAH IF YOU thought actor Keagan Kang was intense on stage, you ain’t seen nothing yet.As criminal lawyer Jacob Fernandez in this season of MediaCorpTV Channel 5’s The Pupil, he kicks it up a notch by
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      • 417 5  -  Controversy-ridden drama Love Thy Neighbour wins in ratings May Seah may@mediacorp.com.sg IF THERE’S one major lesson to be gleaned from the recent furore over the MediaCorpTV Channel 8 drama Love Thy Neighbour, it’s this:There’s no such thing as bad publicity. The show, which depicts the
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      • 154 5 FANCY a great night out of art, music and good food from Italy this week? Head for The St Regis Singapore, which is holding Italia Mia —An Italian Arts Celebration. From Oct 19 to 22, the mini-fest commemorates 150 years of Italian unification through the arts, including
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      • 800 6  -  This apartment was transformed from dingy to fabulous thanks to some ingenuity and lots of heart Disa Tan feature s@mediacorp.com.sg VARIETY is the spice of life.And married couple New Nyew and Malcolm Tay have taken this maxim not only to heart but inside their very home.
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      • 74 8 Visit Novena Square 2 for all things Korean. Sample popular Korean dishes atthe atrium and shop your fill from the wide selection of food products available. There will also be a showcase of modern and traditional Korean art and culture, with performances
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      • 77 8 Check out seven temporary installations which architects and designers have developed in the Hub to Hub public art programme, organised in conjunction with the Singapore ArchiFest 2011. These installations showcase their alternative ideas forthe usage of public spaces to enliven our city’s urban and forgotten spaces in
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      • 93 8 Wantto learn howto inject justthe right amount of terror and fear in your storytelling? Let seasoned storyteller and writer Verena Tay teach you in her unique fashion howto make your stories come to life vocally and physically. Drawing on 20 years of experience in acting, directing and acting for
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      • 96 8 Examine the predominant themes of modern Myanmar fiction in their postindependence period with speaker Dr Thant Thwa Kang. Topics such as the clash of traditional and Western cultures in Myanmar, hardships from the Japanese occupation and civil wars as well as
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      • 118 8 Don’t throw those runners away if they are still usable and clean. Do your part for Project Love Sneaker and donate your footwearto needy communities in rural India. All donated shoes will be transported to India via Jet Airways and will benefit people such as mountain porters,
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        • 90 8 Adapted by Tim Kelly and directed by Susan Penrice Tyrie, this is a modern adaptation ofthe classic tale of Sir Henry, heir to the Baskerville fortune and family curse. Afanged killer beast stalking the misty moors will be Sir Henry’s downfall. Only Sherlock Holmes, with
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        • 88 8 Catch the Madden twins, Joel and Benji, along with the rest of their band in this one-night only concert presented by Jack Daniels and The JD Set. They will be performing songs from their latest album, Cardiology, which includes hits such as Like It’s Her
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    • 76 10 ON MEDIACORP BEHIND EVERY JOB 2 Channel~8, ~8pm Mark~tries~his~hand~at~being~a~zoo~keeper~cum~presenter, while~Bryan~takes~on~the~job~of~K9~unit~trainer. FRAMES Channel~NewsAsia, ~4.33pm Manhua, ~or~Chinese~ comics, ~was~once~ a~propaganda~ tool. ~Now, ~it~is~ a~commercial~ enterprise. When~ modern~comic~ books~landed~with~a~ bang~in~China, ~local~ artists~faced~a~crucial~ question: ~Should~ comics~be~seen~as~ an~art~form~or~a~ product~for~mass~ consumption?~In~Shanghai, ~three~comic~book~artists~ are~walking~the~tightrope~between~art~and~commerce. No~matter~where~they~lean, ~their~choices~shed~light~ on~China’s~fledgling~comic~book~scene~and~the~market~ forces~shaping~the~development~of~the~manhua~form. ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV THE FEMALE CONSTABLE Jia~le~Channel~(mio~TV~Ch~88), Weekdays~7pm~ The~Female~Constable~is~a~new~hit~series~ that~stars~popular~TVB~artistes~Charmaine~ Sheh~and~Bobby~Au~Yeung.
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    • 96 10 ON MEDIACORP THE AMAZING SPIEZ! (Debut) okto, ~6.30pm Four~middle-school~ siblings, Tony, ~Marc, Lee~and~Megan~Clark, have~been~secretly~ selected~by~the~World~ Organisation~Of~ Human~Protection~ (WOOHP)~to~ become~international~ spies. Together, ~these~ young~spies~juggle~the~ daily~life~of~an~average~ 12-year-old~and~ intense~spy~missions. NUR KASIH DI JABAL RAHMAH Suria, ~8.30pm Wanda~is~ secretary~to~ Mr~Gilly~Smith, the~CEO~of~an~ international~ shipping~company~ in~Malaysia. ~She~ finds~Mr~Gilly~ very~loving~and~ caring~towards~ his~wife, ~and~ thus~dreams~ of~marrying~a~ Caucasian~guy. She~comes~across~
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