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Title Section40 2011-11-29 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Tuesday November 29, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday November 29, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking40 words
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Article, Illustration361 2011-11-29 1 HETTY MUSFIRAH - HETTY MUSFIRAH hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two new train stations on the Circle Line extension will open on Jan 14, boosting connectivity to the downtown Marina Bay area, said Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Downtown Line 3 (DTLPHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN - 361 words
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Article767 2011-11-29 1 LIN YANQIN - PM Lee says developments around the world will have deep implications for central bank LIN YANQIN yanqinl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The world is undergoing “a fundamental reshaping of the economic and financial landscape” which Singapore must adjust to, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. Calling this “a767 words
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HOT NEWS
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411 2011-11-29 2 AGENCIES LONDON Stock markets worldwide rallied yesterday amid hopes that euro zone leaders would unveil fresh measures to resolve the two-year-old debt crisis, even as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said the global economic outlook had deteriorated significantly. Late in EuropeAGENCIES - 411 words
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Article, Illustration402 2011-11-29 2 AGENCIES BEIJING Measures introduced to control China’s real estate market are at a “critical stage” and the government should keep the curbs, Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said, Xinhua reported yesterday just hours before the Organization for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentAGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 402 words
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Article314 2011-11-29 2 AGENCIES LONDON The rapid escalation of the euro zone sovereign debt and banking crisis threatens the credit standing of all European government bond ratings, Moody’s Investors Service warned yesterday. “While Moody’s central scenario remains that the euro area will be preserved without further widespread defaults,AGENCIES - 314 words
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Article, Illustration679 2011-11-29 3 JOANNE CHAN - Lee Kuan Yew's s$12-million pledge Former MM Lee hopes fund to expose pre-schoolers to English, mother tongue will swell to s$100 JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has kickstarted a fund to promote bilingualism in education with a pledge to donate S$12 million, and hopes thePHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 679 words
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279 2011-11-29 4 AGENCIES South Korean President Lee Myung Bak said he has turned down the thermostat in his office and will wear thermal underwear during winter to help save energy. He called on fellow citizens to turn off unnecessary lighting, wear warmer clothingAGENCIES - 279 words
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Article, Illustration598 2011-11-29 4 A quarter of the world’s land is now highly degraded: UN AP ROME The United Nations has completed the first global assessment of the state of the planet’s land resources, finding in a report released yesterday that a quarter ofAP; REUTERS - 598 words
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440 2011-11-29 4 REUTERS CANBERRA Australian farmers faced deep cuts to irrigation water use under proposals unveiled yesterday to help drought-proof the country’s vast food bowl, a plan set to spark a new fight for Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s beleaguered Labor government. After angry farmersREUTERS - 440 words
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Article, Illustration288 2011-11-29 6 SINGAPORE While StarHub has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, SingTel mioTV subscribers hoping to catch the football action could also be in luck. This is due to the cross-carriage measure which was introduced byGETTY IMAGES - 288 words
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569 2011-11-29 6 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government’s political and economic reform plans can only take place if the ruling party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), delivers a solid win in the upcoming national polls, Prime Minister Najib RazakTHE MALAYSIAN INSIDER - 569 words
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252 2011-11-29 8 REUTERS NEW YORK For people with low blood levels of Vitamin D, boosting levels with supplements more than halved a person’s risk of dying from any cause compared to someone who remained deficient, a large new study has found. AnalysingREUTERS - 252 words
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489 2011-11-29 8 AGENCIES PALO ALTO (California) Neuroscientists studying a rare syndrome linked to autism have offered new insights into the condition and its origins, the Stanford University School of Medicine said in a release on Sunday. The researchers studied brain cells developed fromAGENCIES - 489 words
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Article, Illustration347 2011-11-29 10 SUMITA SREEDHARAN - SUMITA SREEDHARAN SINGAPORE Motorists heading to the city can look forward to a smoother drive and a 15-per-cent cut in their expected travelling time with the completion of work to widen the Central Expressway (CTE). The stretch of road between Bukit Timah Road and Yio347 words
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Article, Illustration408 2011-11-29 10 ALVINA SOH - ALVINA SOH alvinasoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A probation report has been called on television host Quan Yifeng (picture), after she pleaded guilty yesterday to damaging a taxi meter and the receipt printer, to assess her suitability for probation. District Judge Low Wee Ping said the courtTODAY FILE PHOTO - 408 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration986 2011-11-29 12 JEFFREY D SACHS - JEFFREY D SACHS Jeffrey D Sachs is Professor of Economics and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. PROJECT SYNDICATE A famous claim in economics is that thePROJECT SYNDICATE - 986 words
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Article, Illustration639 2011-11-29 14 SIMON TISDALL - SIMON TISDALL Simon Tisdall is an assistant editor of The Guardian and a foreign affairs columnist. THE GUARDIAN Readers of Dawn newspaper, commenting online, were in no doubt how the Pakistani government should respond to Saturday’s killing by NATO forces of 24 soldiers onTHE GUARDIAN - 639 words
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Article, Illustration1122 2011-11-29 16 BILL KELLER - BILL KELLER Bill Keller is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES I share a virtual neighbourhood with a legion of Times reporters, editors and columnists who know more than I will ever know about businessTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,122 words
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Article, Illustration731 2011-11-29 18 SIMON TAY - 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. This week, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes a historic high-profile visit to Myanmar even731 words
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VOICES
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529 2011-11-29 20 Alex Au - I SAY Alex Au This is an edited extract. The full version is at http://yawningbread.wordpress.com. In 2006, then-Transport Minister Raymond Lim declared a goal of having 70 per cent of morning peak period trips on public transport by 2020, compared to 63 per cent in529 words
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386 2011-11-29 20 Sreedharan Sechachalam - Letter from Sreedharan Sechachalam IT WAS reported in “8,800 PRs served NS in last five years” (Nov 23) that failure to serve National Service “would be taken into account” when permanent residents who renounce their PR status subsequently386 words
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451 2011-11-29 21 Tan Heng Choon - Letter from Tan Heng Choon NOTWITHSTANDING the contrasting opinions by sports editor Leonard Thomas, in “SLeague footballers not good enough”, and reader George Quek, in “Funding a key hurdle to Lions’ success” (Nov 25), both share a common goal: To see progress in Singapore451 words
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158 2011-11-29 21 EMILY TENG - LETTER FROM EMILY TENG I was in the Kampong Glam area on Friday night and was surprised by the proliferation of shisha cafes and restaurants, packed with customers. While I respect the individual’s choice to smoke, it becomes a public concern158 words
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Advertisement148 2011-11-29 21 VOICES ONLINE I would beseech that FAS be objective in reviewing Slobodan Pavkovic’s performance. He is the technical director of football development and should be gauged in that respect. From Elvin Yeo Wee ONLY AVAILABLE AT TODAYONLINE.COM OR ON OUR MOBILE APPS Vi We believe uncertainty creates opportunity. While many148 words
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SINGAPORE
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78 2011-11-29 22 RAYMOND LIM JOINS JOHN SWIRE SONS CHANNEL NEWSASIA Former Transport Minister Raymond Lim has been appointed senior adviser at John Swire Sons (SE Asia) Pte Ltd. The company said yesterday that he will join its newly-found-ed South-east Asian operation. A Rhodes Scholar, 52-year- old Mr Lim graduated with a FirstCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 78 words
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Article293 2011-11-29 22 Customers at 57 CaseTrust spas can now get a refund if they close CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE About a third of the 178 CaseTrust-accredited spas in Singapore have spa protection schemes which enable consumers at these 57 spas to get a refund on the unused portion ofCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 293 words
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Article, Illustration111 2011-11-29 22 President Tony Tan (left, with Mr Wong Ngit Liong, chairman of the National University of Singapore’s board of trustees) was welcomed as NUS’ ninth Chancellor with a lunch yesterday. Dr Tan, who was a student and, later, a lecturer at NUS, was appointed theVIMITA MOHANDAS, PHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 111 words
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94 2011-11-29 22 A former senior journalist of The Straits Times, Mr Warren Fernandez, will rejoin the newspaper in February as its new editor. Mr Fernandez will take over from Mr Han Fook Kwang on Feb 15. Mr Han will become managing editor of Singapore94 words
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193 2011-11-29 23 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The number of mosquito breeding sites in Singapore homes rose by 14 per cent over the past two months compared to the three months between July and September. National Environment Agency (NEA) officers conducted 40,987 home visitsCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 193 words
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Article, Illustration338 2011-11-29 23 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Over the past two decades, Lee Hong Mun (picture) involved himself in charitable acts, such as providing free haircuts and spiritual advice through his dual trade as a barber and a medium. ThePHOTO COURTESY SPF - 338 words
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110 2011-11-29 23 NTUC FairPrice has extended the date for people to make donations of used textbooks from tomorrow to Monday. It said this is because it has hit only about 50 percent of the collection target for the annual FairPrice Share-A-Textbook Project. It hopes to collect110 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration376 2011-11-29 24 AP MANILA Suspected militants detonated a powerful bomb that killed at least three people and wounded 27 others in a budget hotel packed with wedding guests in the southern Philippines, officials said yesterday. Investigators believe the blast and ensuing fire that gutted the two-storey AtilanoAP - 376 words
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225 2011-11-29 24 AGENCIES ISLAMABAD The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers went on for almost two hours and continued even after Pakistani commanders had pleaded with coalition forces to stop, the Pakistani army claimed yesterday in charges that couldAGENCIES - 225 words
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219 2011-11-29 25 AP BEIJING China’s donation of school buses to tiny Macedonia has ignited a torrent of criticism online, where Chinese have called the gift ill-considered, given their country’s poor safety record and a recent crash that killed 19 pre-schoolers. The government’s gift of 23AP - 219 words
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255 2011-11-29 25 AGENCIES SYDNEY A 21-year-old student in Sydney has been found guilty of murdering his mother’s lover in a bid to protect his family’s honour. A New South Wales state Supreme Court jury found Andrew Iskandar guilty yesterday of killing Mr Mohd Shah Saemin,AGENCIES - 255 words
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149 2011-11-29 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Two young men have died and a third is seriously ill in Britain after apparently taking the drug Ecstasy at the same north London venue over the weekend, just days after warnings that the drug is making a comeback inTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 149 words
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Article, Illustration401 2011-11-29 25 AGENCIES CAIRO Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians turned out in droves at voting stations yesterday in their nation’s first parliamentary elections since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The vote promises to be the fairest and cleanestAGENCIES; REUTERS - 401 words
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211 2011-11-29 25 From bananas to tanks, traffic lights to toothbrushes, a dazzling array of weird and wonderful political symbols were on offer to Egyptian voters yesterday as they headed to the polls to elect a new Parliament. The use of symbols to distinguish between rivalAGENCIES - 211 words
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153 2011-11-29 26 AGENCIES MUMBAI India’s new open door policy for foreign retailers suffered a blow as allies joined opposition parties to stall Parliament for a fifth day. In a rare concerted attack on the ruling Congress Party, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s two largest parliamentary partners joinedAGENCIES - 153 words
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Article, Illustration128 2011-11-29 26 AP Protesters braved overnight cold in northern Germany yesterday as they tried to stop 11 containers of reprocessed nuclear waste from reaching a storage facility. Workers transferred the containers early yesterday from the train that brought them to Germany from France to trucks that areAP; REUTERS - 128 words
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127 2011-11-29 26 AP The influential New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper has endorsed Mr Newt Gingrich as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate, snubbing favourite Mitt Romney six weeks before voters in the state cast their ballots in one of the first Republican primaries. “We don’t back candidatesAP - 127 words
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273 2011-11-29 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK The Hotel Sofitel New York where Mr Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of trying to rape a chambermaid issued a point-by-point denial of claims on Sunday that the former French presidential favourite was set up as part of aTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 273 words
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Article, Illustration90 2011-11-29 27 Rio de Janeiro marks the start of the Christmas season with the world’s first floating Christmas tree. One hundred thousand people flocked to see the lights switched on at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon over the weekend. The tree was the centrepiece of an eight minute fireworksREUTERS - 90 words
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310 2011-11-29 27 AP CANBERRA Restaurants around the world will soon use new DNA technology to assure patrons they are being served the genuine fish fillet or caviar they ordered, rather than inferior substitutes, an expert in genetic identification has said. Last month, the United States FoodAP - 310 words
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109 2011-11-29 27 AP An original, autographed drawing by Walt Disney, believed to have been made at around 1920 before he hit it big in the entertainment world, will go up for auction in Reno this week. The whimsical drawing of a cigar-chomping manAP - 109 words
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162 2011-11-29 27 AGENCIES The whistle-blowing website, WikiLeaks, has been honoured at Australia’s premier journalism awards for releasing of “an avalanche of inconvenient truths in a global publishing coup” which has had “an undeniable impact”. Launched in 2006, the controversial website began posting thousands of confidential UnitedAGENCIES - 162 words
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BUSINESS
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364 2011-11-29 30 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Singapore-listed insurer Great Eastern Holdings said yesterday that it will invest US$380 million (S$493 million) in the cornerstone tranche of New China Life Insurance’s Hong Kong share offering. Great Eastern, which is 87-per-cent owned by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp,AGENCIES - 364 words
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Article, Illustration335 2011-11-29 30 AGENCIES SYDNEY Australia’s Qantas Airways flagged a fall in first-half profits of at least 50 per cent as a series of strikes, the grounding of the fleet and high fuel bills take their toll. But the airline, which suspended all flights for two daysAGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 335 words
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270 2011-11-29 30 LYNDA HONG - LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Entrepreneurship in Singapore has taken a hit from the global economic turmoil. Numbers provided to MediaCorp by a consultancy helping startups reveal a slide in company registrations in the latest quarter. A total of 13,934 companies were registered in270 words
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124 2011-11-29 31 Home prices in Singapore inched up 0.9 percent last month from September mainly due to a turnaround in the value of private non-landed residential properties in the central region, according to data from the National University of Singapore124 words
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Article168 2011-11-29 31 REUTERS AFTERNOON NEW YORK Fitch Ratings gave the United States until 2013 to come up with a “credible plan” to tackle its ballooning budget deficit before it downgrades the country’s coveted AAA rating. The ratings agency said yesterday it revised to negative from stable theREUTERS - 168 words
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Article109 2011-11-29 31 OVERNIGHT Wall St ends slippery slide Stocks rebounded yesterday as investors used the latest effort from European leaders to resolve the region’s debt crisis as an opportunity to cover short positions. However, light trading showed skepticism remains high. Fitch Ratings revised to negative the outlook on the United109 words
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Article55 2011-11-29 31 MONDAY CLOSE 11,523.00 (+2.59%) Friday 11,231.80 q 2.05% Thursday 11,257.50 UNCH Wednesday 11,257.50 q 2.05% Tuesday 11,493.70 q 0.46% NYSETOP5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 339.5m $5.25 p 1.55% General Electric 77.0m $14.80 p 0.68% Citigroup 62.8m $25.05 p 6.01% Ford 57.7m $10.00 p 2.56% Sprint55 words
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Article21 2011-11-29 31 Ç FTSE100 5,312.76 (+2.87%) Ç DAX Ç 5,745.33 (+4.60%) CAC40 3,012.93 (+5.46%) All figures correct as at 8am this morning21 words
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61 2011-11-29 31 JTC Corp has awarded the tender for a 60-year leasehold industrial site at Lavender Street/Kallang Avenue to PLC 8 Development for S$218.3 million. The 305,135.3-sq-ft site is zoned for Business-1 White with a 3.0 gross plot ratio and a project completion period of61 words
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301 2011-11-29 32 REUTERS HONG KONG A Japanese banker who is a key figure in the Olympus accounting scandal was tracked down on Sunday to a luxury apartment block in Hong Kong. Mr Akio Nakagawa’s United States investment firm earned a US$687-million (S$893-million) fee fromREUTERS - 301 words
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Article, Illustration394 2011-11-29 32 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s Commerce Minister plans to lead an investment delegation to Europe next year, hoping to pick up some plum assets on the crisis-hit continent. China has been reluctant to publicly commit to buying additional European bonds, despite pleas for help, but could be muchAGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 394 words
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239 2011-11-29 32 REUTERS SHANGHAI China’s yuan started trading against the Australian dollar and Canadian dollar in the country’s onshore foreign exchange market yesterday, the latest currency pairs to be introduced as part of Beijing’s efforts to promote the use of its currency. Beijing wants toREUTERS - 239 words
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76 2011-11-29 32 REUTERS China’s largest search engine, Baidu, said yesterday that it will invest three billion yuan (S$611 million) by the end of 2015 to help two million small- and medium-sized enterprises expand their businesses. Baidu will groom 100,000 search marketing professionals, help small-REUTERS - 76 words
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Article, Illustration640 2011-11-29 36 LOW LIN FHOONG - After improved outing at recent SEA Games, SAA target to be among region’s top three nations by 2015 LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was two years ago that alarm bells sounded on the rapidly declining state of Singapore athletics after its representatives could onlyTODAY FILE PHOTO - 640 words
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346 2011-11-29 36 LOW LIN FHOONG - LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Race walking is set to make a return to the local track and field calendar after close to two decades, with the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) looking to revive the sport to field athletes at346 words
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Article, Illustration562 2011-11-29 37 TAN YO-HINN - Team’s M-League campaign takes shape as central defender signs on TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The team that will fly the Singapore colours in their return to Malaysian football competitions since 1994 is shaping up into a force capable of challenging for honours. The latest to signTODAY FILE PHOTO - 562 words
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Article334 2011-11-29 37 TAN YO-HINN - TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE After dwelling at the bottom two places in the last five seasons as Sengkang Punggol, they had hoped for a turn of fortune with a name change. It happened: Playing as Hougang United this year, they finished seventh out of 12 teams334 words
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Article, Illustration304 2011-11-29 37 TAN YO-HINN - TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Following the women’s team silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the aim for Singapore’s national table tennis team is another podium placing at next year’s London Games. Speaking after the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, Singapore TableAP - 304 words
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352 2011-11-29 38 AGENCIES LIVERPOOL Manchester City continued their unbeaten streak in the Premier League but the 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time exposed a weak link in the club’s ambition to lift England’s top football prize for the first time inAGENCIES - 352 words
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274 2011-11-29 38 THE GUARDIAN Sir Alex Ferguson will avoid sanction from the Football Association for calling the decision to award Newcastle United a penalty at Old Trafford on Saturday “an absolute travesty”. Rio Ferdinand appeared to claim the ball cleanly from Hatem Ben Arfa with theTHE GUARDIAN - 274 words
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Article, Illustration1137 2011-11-29 2 SERENE LIM - Feist on heartache, astronauts and a very special message for Shia LaBeouf SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg THERE’S something about the way a song can evoke an emotion.Take, for example, the lyrics to singer-songwriter Leslie Feist’s tune, Let It Die: “The saddest part of a broken heart/ Isn’t the1,137 words
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Article, Illustration233 2011-11-29 4 KEVIN MATHEWS - KEVIN MATHEWS Quadrophenia—The Director’s Cut The Who HERE’S yet another “new” presentation of The Who’s 1973 classic rock opera Quadrophenia. Sub-titled “The Director’s Cut” this latest reissue collects remasters of the original double album together with demos of songs which The Who songwriter Pete Townshend originally prepared forPhoto: Bloomberg - 233 words
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