Today, 21 November 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday November 21, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    CPF review for older workers to continue
    810 1  -  Pace and quantum of rate change will take into account economic conditions: Lim Swee Say NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The review with an eye towards raising the employers’ Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates for older workers will continue, inspite of the
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    Singapore economy to slow in 2012
    133 1  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore economy posted a 6.1 per cent expansion on-year in the third quarter, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced this morning. This is a 1.9 per cent gain compared to the 6.4 per cent contraction in the
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Singapore, India deepen links
      458 2 PM Lee, Indian PM Manmohan Singh agree to explore new areas of collaboration SINGAPORE Greater institutional linkages and exchanges between the Republic and India including regular dialogue among lawmakers are on the cards. Yesterday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was in town for a two-day
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      Two arrested over misappropriated FairPrice vouchers
      343 2 SINGAPORE The police arrested two suspects on Saturday for buying S$500,000 worth of NTUC FairPrice vouchers with a dishonoured cheque, a day after the supermarket cooperative issued a press statement to say that 25,000 of its vouchers had been misappropriated. The men, aged 19
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      Lock icon Rustic spots a boon for residents
      736 3  -  Punggol parks an example of the space for quality housing, says DPMTeo MONICA KOTWANI, WAYNE CHAN monicak@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite an increasing population, the Republic can still have good quality housing in “a wonderful setting”, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday. And the
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      Lock icon Singapore-Johor Baru undersea tunnel being studied: Malaysia
      277 3 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR An undersea tunnel has been mooted as a third link between Singapore and Malaysia, according to Johor’s Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA). The Star reported yesterday that a feasibility study is being conducted on constructing a 1km undersea
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      Lock icon M'sia issues national landslide alert
      318 4 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR With Malaysia already bracing for what it expects will be its worst floods in decades, authorities have now put the country on “full alert” for landslides. With the Northeast Monsoon having already set in, experts are predicting more than the annual average
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      Lock icon How China's tune changed under pressure at the East Asia Summit
      802 4 THE NEW YORK TIMES ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE United States President Barack Obama and nearly all the leaders at the East Asia Summit directly confronted China on Saturday for its expansive claims to the South China Sea, putting Chinese
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      Lock icon Narrowing the gap
      945 6  -  Despite progress, wheelchair users still face difficulties with public transport SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Mr Gilbert Tan, 50, is an artist, public speaker, playwright and an equity investor. His packed schedule means he has to shuttle between places frequently. And despite the strides made in the Republic’s
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      Lock icon SAYING ‘I DO’ IN STYLE
      99 6 A couple taking wedding photos at the ‘I Do’ Weddings Waterfront event, organised by the People’s Association and Lianhe Wanbao. Ninety-two couples taking their marriage vows and 10 couples renewing theirs, in the presence of family members and friends across 21 solemnisation points. Into its
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      Lock icon Thaksin will not accept pardon, supports national reconciliation
      390 8 AGENCIES BANGKOK Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that he is ready to “sacrifice my personal happiness” as the government prepares an annual royal pardon coinciding with King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s birthday on Dec 5. Thaksin made the declaration in a handwritten
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      Lock icon Thai floods: Situation much better
      294 8 AGENCIES BANGKOK The death toll from Thailand’s worst flooding in more than half a century passed 600 yesterday. The floods began in late July, fed by heavy monsoon rains and a series of tropical storms. Floodwaters swamped entire towns as they moved south through the
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      Lock icon FUKUSHIMA VOTES ...
      124 10 FUKUSHIMA VOTES AGENCIES Residents of Fukushima prefecture, where the Tokyo Electric Power’s crippled nuclear power plant stands, began casting ballots yesterday for its first local election since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami delayed polls. Public broadcaster NHK said that 10 prefectural and mayoral assembly elections are being held, including
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      Lock icon Any Fukushima cancer increase 'may not be detectable'
      658 10 AP FUKUSHIMA (Japan) Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out. Looking back on those early days of radiation horror, that may sound implausible. But the ordinary rate of cancer
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Do schools really need more tech?
      1011 12  -  Using more technology in our classrooms does not mean more learning takes place RICHARD HARTUNG Richard Hartung is a management consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. Local and international schools alike here are putting more PCs in classrooms and expanding technology usage
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      Lock icon How about better parents?
      957 14  -  Studies show those who read a book with their children do as much good as hours of THOMAS L FRIEDMAN Thomas L Friedman is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES IN recent years, we’ve been treated to reams of op-ed articles about how
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      Lock icon Islam offers a third way in Pakistan, Tunisia
      1167 16  -  PANKAJ MISHRA Pankaj Mishra, the author of Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and Beyond, is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG During the worldwide depression of the mid-1930s, the poet and Islamic modernist Muhammad Iqbal, often
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      Lock icon Pea-sized power turns big player
      872 17  -  Qatar’s growing influence in the Arab world is fuelling dislike RICHARD SPENCER Dubai-based Richard Spencer is one of The Daily Telegraph’s Middle East correspondents. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Almost exactly a year ago, Britain’s Queen hosted a state dinner for one of the world’s more colourful
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  • VOICES
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      Anonymous mental health screenings?
      334 18  -  Letter from Raymond Anthony Fernando THE findings of the mental health study conducted by the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), reported in “I am not mad” (Nov 19), are cause for concern. With a global financial crisis looming and as stress levels in our fast-paced society
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      FREE BASIC, SUBSIDISED SPECIALIST DENTAL CARE AT NATIONAL SCHOOLS
      169 18  -  LETTER FROM EU OY CHU SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE, HEALTH PROMOTION BOARD I refer to Mr Dave Yap’s letter “Have dental subsidy for students” (Nov 14). The Health Promotion Board places an emphasis on preventive care and inculcating good
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      SENTENCES SHOULD REFLECT THE TRUE CONSEQUENCES OF AN OFFENCE
      149 18  -  LETTER FROM JOHN CHAN CHI YUNG I refer to the report “Man jailed, fined for fatal accident” (Nov 17), a case involving a five-year-old girl two years ago. The speeding driver was given one week in jail, a five-year driving ban
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      Humble rake trumps noisy leaf blower
      317 18  -  Letter from Leong Tzi Ming I AM glad to read Mr Chin Kee Thou’s timely letter “Leaves are not picked up” (Nov 19) about the rampant and indiscriminate use of motorised leaf blowers at MacRitchie Reservoir Park. These machines are annoying sources of noise
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Growing relations with the Vatican
      492 20 SINGAPORE Relations between the Republic and the Vatican have grown from strength to strength over the last three decades, Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said yesterday as the Catholic community here marked the 25th anniversary of the visit of Pope John Paul II. These ties
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      'Hollywood Dreams' coming to Universal Studios Singapore
      141 20 SINGAPORE From Dec 31, visitors to the Universal Studios Singapore (USS) can witness a parade featuring “intricately detailed floats, special effects, dancers, a custom musical score and some fan-favourite characters”. The Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) said yesterday that the parade which will be
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      Lock icon Clubs for fitness, and for emotional support
      334 22  -  Mayor Teo wants one in two North West District residents to join healthy lifestyle ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From Bukit Panjang to Woodlands, some 30 per cent of residents in the North West District are part of its healthy lifestyle clubs, with the
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      Bedok CC to draw more residents
      245 22  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE The latest upgraded community club now has a new target to meet by 2015: Reach out to half of its constituency’s residents, up from one in three residents now. And Bedok Community Centre hopes to engage those on both ends
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon BLASTS IN DAMASCUS AS ASSAD VOWS CRACKDOWN
      119 24 AGENCIES Residents in the Syrian capital awoke to two loud explosions yesterday amid unconfirmed reports from activists that a major building belonging to the ruling Baath party had been hit by several rocket-propelled grenades. Damascus has been relatively untouched during the eight-month revolution
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      Lock icon Clashes erupt again in Cairo
      361 24 REUTERS CAIRO At least 10 people died as police backed by the army used force yesterday to charge protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square demanding Egypt’s ruling generals hand over power, in some of the worst violence since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. With little more
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      Lock icon N Korea will soon register its 1 millionth mobile phone user
      477 25 REUTERS SEOUL Secretive North Korea is expected to register the one millionth mobile phone user on its new 3G network by the end of the year, barely four years after people were thrown into prison camps, or possibly even
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      Lock icon GANSU SCHOOL THAT OPERATED OVERCROWDED BUS TO CLOSE
      216 25 AP The kindergarten that operated a crowded, makeshift bus that crashed, killing 19 children, has closed and a new public school will open at the same location today, state-run media and a city government reported yesterday. The bus, originally a nine-seat van,
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      Lock icon CHINA LAUNCHES 2 SATELLITES, ONE TO AID DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS
      116 25 AGENCIES China launched two satellites into orbit yesterday, including one to relay data to aid disaster relief efforts, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. The two satellites were put into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-west Gansu
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      Lock icon Symbolic trial hears case against Bush, Blair
      226 26 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The symbolic war crimes trial of former United States President George W Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair got underway in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. However, before actual proceedings of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal could begin,
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      Lock icon Calm in the Philippines after Arroyo's arrest
      375 26 AGENCIES MANILA It is business as usual in the Philippines, with no army unrest or fears of massive street protests despite the dramatic arrest of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and a looming legal battle by her lawyers to seek her release, officials
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      Lock icon Eurocrats threaten strike amidst euro zone crisis
      237 27 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BRUSSELS European Union bureaucrats have been criticised for threatening strike action to protect generous pay and conditions just as the EU is embroiled in the euro zone crisis. Some 40,000 officials are embroiled in a dispute over plans to increase
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      Lock icon Debt-hit Spain set for a change in government
      258 27 AGENCIES MADRID Spaniards began voting early yesterday in general elections dominated by the poor state of the economy, with advance polls indicating that the conservative Popular Party is headed for the biggest majority in almost three decades. Opinion polls give Mr Mariano
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CRIMINALS USE BRITISH WOMEN TO AVOID DEPORTATION
      178 27 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Foreign criminals in Britain are having children with different mothers to use “human rights laws” to avoid being deported from Britain, the UK Home Office has warned. Fathering what one official called “a network of children” allows the immigrants
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      Lock icon Pepper spray used on protesters, video goes viral
      204 28 AP SAN FRANCISCO Protesters sitting on the ground supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement on the campus of the University of California, Davis, took a face full of pepper spray at close range from an officer in riot gear in an incident
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      Lock icon Gingrich surges into lead for Republican nomination
      417 28 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has roared into the lead of the race for the Republican nomination, brushing off concerns about his work for a troubled housing company, a Reuters/ Ipsos poll showed yesterday. Despite allegations of questionable business ties,
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      Lock icon GINGRICH'S ADVICE TO PROTESTERS ...
      100 28 GINGRICH'S ADVICE TO PROTESTERS AGENCIES The six Republican presidential hopefuls who showed up for Saturday’s “Thanksgiving Family Forum” were at pains to prove their Christian and conservative credentials, with the Occupy Wall Street movement offering them a chance to tee-off with a bit of withering wit. Former pizza chain boss
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      Lock icon Victims get chance to confront UK tabloids
      340 29 AP LONDON They have been hacked and libelled, stalked and slandered. Now the public figures whose personal lives have long offered grist for Britain’s news mill have been given a rare chance to confront their tabloid tormentors. Film star Hugh Grant, Harry Potter
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      Lock icon Himalayan nations to work on climate change
      262 29 AP NEW DELHI Four Himalayan nations facing the threat of weather changes have agreed to collaborate on ways to adapt to climate change after a twoday summit in Bhutan. India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan were part of the Climate Summit for a Living
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      Lock icon CELEB HACKING: ACCUSED FACES MORE CHARGES
      141 29 AP A Florida man has been indicted on two additional felony counts for allegedly hacking into an email account belonging to an unnamed actress, according to court documents obtained recently. Christopher Chaney, 35, of Jacksonville, was charged on Tuesday with one count each of
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      453 30  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Dismal corporate earnings in the third quarter portend to further downgrades ahead. And analysts expect another 10 to 15 per cent drop in earnings for the coming quarter as the worsening scenario in Europe and the United States impact companies and overall
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      421 30 BLOOMBERG SEOUL Deutsche Bank chief executive officer Josef Ackermann has said Europe needs a “firewall” to prevent spillover from its debt crisis and should increase the size of its rescue fund. “We need the firewall to cope with the spillover
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        66 30 STOCK CALL Underperform s$1.34 CIMB downgrades CapitaMalls Asia to Underperform from Neutral on concerns over its capital expenditure commitments and valuations, and cuts target price to S$1.15 from S$1.17 on lower valuations for subsidiary CapitaMall Trust Management. Says share price has crept up since October although group fundamentals
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      208 32 BLOOMBERG CapitaLand, South-east Asia’s biggest developer, said it will continue to seek opportunities in China amid the government’s property curbs. CapitaLand, with S$10.1 billion of assets in China, will maintain a balance between commercial and residential projects, said its chief operating officer,
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      328 32  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE A more united Europe which speaks as one on political, economic and military issues could be the solution to the region’s woes going forward, said a global business strategist who was in Singapore recently. “It seems like
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      288 34 REUTERS BEIJING A long-term global recession is certain to happen and China must focus on domestic problems, Chinese VicePremier Wang Qishan has said. “The one thing that we can be certain of, among all the uncertainties, is that the global economic recession caused by
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      376 34 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Annual trade talks between the United States and China opened yesterday, with American officials aiming for China to take concrete action to protect intellectual property rights and buy more US products. The 22nd US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and
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      603 35 Research points to new breed of ‘digital omnivores’ consuming Internet content across multiple devices THE GUARDIAN LONDON Tablets such as Apple’s iPad are not just a post-PC device: They are a pre-PC one too, used by people in the morning around breakfast time
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      660 36  -  Badminton champion knows she has so much to do if she wants the kind of success Mingxia has tasted IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The badminton gold medal Fu Mingtian captured in the women’s singles at the 26th SEA Games in Jakarta on Saturday
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      119 36 From school teachers to athletes, journalists and young volunteers, the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta was populated by Singaporeans from all walks of life, celebrating the Republic’s 41-gold showing at the 26th SEA Games. Mr Chan Chun Sing, Acting Minister for Community Development,
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      263 36  -  LOW LIN FHOONG JAKARTA With a day’s action remaining at the 26th SEA Games, Team Singapore’s 413-strong athletic contingent have so far collected 41 gold, 43 silver and 71 bronze medals. Major-General Chan Chun Sing, Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and
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      91 37 selected events Bridge Mixed Pairs: Loo Choon Chou Tan Yoke Lan, Poon Hua Lian Sui Sim, Kelvin Ng Ting Ji Lam ZeYing Synchronised Swimming Final team free combination: Women’s Team Cycling Time trial 1km and final 40km points race: Ang Kee Meng Wushu Final men’s duilian team:
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      199 37 CHARLY SUAREZ Suarez is the man to beat in today’s lightweight boxing final. The 23-year-old, who won by two knockouts before taking the featherweight gold in Laos two years ago, takes on Indonesia’s Matius Mandianga, this time in the lightweight division. The Filipino is the more aggressive
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      640 37  -  Singapore bowling star makes it three golds after a stroll in the women’s masters final LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg JAKARTA Her team-mates burst into song with just four frames to go in the second game of the women’s masters bowling stepladder final. “Oh Cherie Tan, oh
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      583 38  -  MOC joint-secretary general Naw critical of Indonesian organisers and vows next hosts will learn TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG The build-up to the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia was fraught with difficulty, and it has manifested itself during the staging of the region’s biggest mul-ti-sport
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      392 38  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG Bridge has delivered an unexpected gold medal for Singapore here at the 26th SEA Games. Yesterday at the Jayakarta Hotel, the Republic took the women’s pairs event when Seet Choon Cheng and Tan Yoke Lan topped
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      676 40  -  Defending champs upset over treatment by hosts and aim to channel their anger out on the pitch tonight SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SEA GAMES FOOTBALL FINAL Indonesia vs Malaysia Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, 8.30pm (Singapore time) JAKARTA Ong Kim Swee sat in the royal box at
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      293 40  -  TAN YO-HINN PALEMBANG —Top Singapore female weightlifter Helena Wong achieved a personal best yesterday, but came up short in the women’s 53kg category at the 26th SEA Games. The 23-year-old lifted a total of 153kg 70kg for the snatch and 83kg
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      540 41  -  Team set to be coached by Sundram will open their MSL campaign in SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After months of uncertainty, the players selected for the Singapore Lions squad have been approached and a clear picture of the year ahead painted for their eyes. The
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      431 41  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE It was their debut in Formula 1 racing, but both the Republic’s powerboat pilots didn’t have a happy time at the inaugural F1H2O Nations Cup yesterday at Marina Bay. Larry Chua and Laurence Wong were eventually
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      591 42 Late winner by defender Glen Johnson condemns the Blues to a second straight home defeat REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Chelsea’s faltering Premier League title challenge suffered another blow yesterday when they lost 2-1 at home to Liverpool following a late winner by defender Glen
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      203 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insists his Premier League leaders will not go through the entire season undefeated despite their 3-1 victory over previously unbeaten Newcastle. Manchester City are the only remaining undefeated side in the top-flight and their impressive
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      487 43 Federer, Nadal survive three-set thrillers to begin season-ending showpiece with a win REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Roger Federer narrowly avoided another Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ambush in London yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) as he began the defence of his ATP World Tour Finals title with a
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      281 43 REUTERS MILAN Juventus took advantage of another bout of Palermo travel sickness to beat the Sicilians 3-0 yesterday and join Lazio at the top of Serie A. Simone Pepe headed Juve in front in the first half before Alessandro Matri and Claudio Marchisio each scored
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      343 44 REUTERS MELBOURNE Tiger Woods delivered the knockout punch to the International team yesterday to silence critics of his early Presidents Cup selection by captain Fred Couples. Following his disastrous start to the tournament, Woods captured the 18th and winning point for his
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      649 44 Internationals outplayed and Couples chides their captain Norman for giving excuses 2011 PRESIDENTS CUP Internationals 15 US 19 MELBOURNE Greg Norman, never one to mince words, had criticised his counterpart Fred Couples for making Tiger Woods a captain’s pick, then watched at Royal Melbourne as
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      66 39 Singapore’s Valerie Wee leaps to a bronze medal in the women’s taiji sword competition. Singapore’s Ang Xuan Yi pins her opponent down before winning bronze in women’s Singapore’s Fu Mingtian smashes her way to gold in the women’s badminton singles. Women’s taiji sword: Part ballet, part combat. Singapore women’s traditional
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      269 42 remain Mancini Roberto Mancini insists through the entire victory over previously remaining undefeated impressive run of 11 wins games is a Premier prompted many can match that went campaign manager will continue have lose We’ve know we can score goals our winning streak.” BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE STANDINGS P W D
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      1057 2  -  Hadv Mirza and Sylvia RatoneVs ride tato a whole new world of theatre MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg LET’S just get it out in the open. Local theatre hearts Singapore Idol. The popular TV talent show hasn’t reared its head in two years, but its talented alumni have been seen
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      231 3  -  MAYO MARTIN It was, pardon our French, one hell of a week. On the awards and prizes side, you had the National Arts Council’s annual Art Awards announcing four Cultural Medallion recipients and six Young Artist Awardees; the APB Foundation’s 2011 Signature Art Prize’s five best artworks from
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      281 3 THEATRE Jack And The Beanstalk An ongoing production for the young ’uns courtesy of Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Little Company. Join Jack on his madcap adventure to outdo the Giant. Until Dec 15, 10am, 11am, 2pm, DBS Arts Centre Home ofSRT.Tickets at S$28 and S$38 from Sistic. Narnia The
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      547 4  -  THEATRE REVIEW: RICHARD III MAYO MARTIN AS THE lights went down, the kind of cheering usually reserved for rock concerts began. But it was no indie rock god here just Kevin Spacey. From the moment he fixed his steely gaze on the
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      258 5  -  ZHANG WEIFANG MEDIACORPTV Channel 8 threw a spectacular two-day road show dubbed Dramatasy to ageold heartlanders, fervent teen fans and curious passers-by at Nex mall over the weekend. The festivities kicked off proper on Saturday, with the casts of the channel’s upcoming drama serials giving fans
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      129 5 REUTERS IN A long and varied film and television career, Elisabeth Shue has played a stripper with a heart of gold, a babysitter lost in the big city and Marty McFly’s love interest. But she’s never nailed a serial killer using DNA evidence while The
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