Today, 12 December 2011

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  • 20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday December 12, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 363 1 AP BEIJING President Hu Jintao said yesterday that China does not intentionally pursue a large trade surplus and that it will focus on expanding imports in the coming years. In a speech broadcast live on state television, Mr Hu said China’s ultimate aim
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  • 766 1 Countries agree on road map to a legal deal to cut carbon in 2015, but it will only come into effect by 2020 AGENCIES DURBAN (South Africa) After highly-charged, marathon talks that were, at times, on the brink of collapse, a United Nations (UN)
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    • 81 1 @tdysports SPORTS FANS, STAY UPTO DATE ATTWITTER.COM/TDYSPORTS SCORES ANALYSIS NEWS HOT NEWS 4 IN SEARCH OF THE NEXT ANGRY BIRDS HOT NEWS 8 US TEEN ESCAPES FROM CAPTORS IN PHILIPPINE JUNGLE COMMENT&ANALYSIS YAO YANG EUROPE ON ACHINESE SHOESTRING 12 RACHEL CHHOA-HOWARD, SIMON TAY WHAT’S REALLY BEHIND MYANMAR’S REFORMS 14 ANDREW
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 434 2  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The appointments of Ms Diana Chia as president of the National Trades Union Congress and Professor Ivy Ng as chief executive of public health institution SingHealth Group coming just weeks after a survey showed that women were under-represented in the boardrooms
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    • 595 3  -  Johor Premium Outlets targets 3m customers in first year, to grow by 60 stores in ‘very short period of time’ S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg JOHOR BARU Johor’s tourism industry was given a boost yesterday from Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who announced that the Johor
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    • 272 3  -  SARA GROSSE Travel agencies expect their tour groups to Johor Premium Outlets to be fully booked by January, with the majority of their customers from Singapore. The attraction was clear for shoppers whom Channel NewsAsia spoke to at the official opening yesterday: The variety of international
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    • 416 3 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Johor UMNO has called on the federal government to revive the “Crooked Bridge” mooted by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to replace the 88-year-old Causeway to Singapore. Dr Mahathir has pushed hard for the “Crooked Bridge” from
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    • 159 4 About 1,100 needy senior citizens from various constituencies received hong bao of S$30 each at an annual charity luncheon yesterday. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attended the event organised by the Yin Gah Dian temple and construction firm Ley Choon. The organisers also provided the
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    • 828 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With more than 300,000 downloads by users from 26 countries, buUuk a guide to restaurants in Asia and Down Under is probably one of the most popular mobile apps developed here. However, for every buUuk, there are thousands of
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    • 570 6  -  Announcement expected today, call for new tender in the works IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The axe has finally fallen on SG Changi, the consortium which was contracted to build Singapore’s first permanent race track. Sources have told Today the Singapore Sports
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    • 503 6 UK to introduce online rating system for nusing homes THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Care homes for the elderly in Britain are to be given star ratings by the public under a new online system, which ministers say will reveal “the good, the bad and
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    • 173 8  -  JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The search continues for a lorry driver who went missing after his vehicle fell off a barge into the sea off Pasir Panjang Terminal on Saturday. The sunken lorry, which belongs to United Transware, has been
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    • 80 8 A light aircraft crashed into a school building on Saturday near the Philippine capital shortly after take-off, killing the two pilots and at least 11 people, including two children, on the ground. The twin-engine Beechcraft burst into flames after hitting an elementary school, said Mayor Florencio
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    • 301 8 AP MANILA A kidnapped American teenager escaped from suspected Al Qaeda-linked militants and wandered around without shoes for two days in a southern Philippine jungle before villagers found him, officials said yesterday. Kevin Lunsmann, 14, told his four armed captors that he
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    • 555 10 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BRUSSELS Britain faces a wave of hostile legislation battered through the European Union by a new “Euro-Plus” bloc dominated by France and Germany as senior figures call for the British to be driven out of Europe. British Prime Minister
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    • 272 10 AGENCIES British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and senior Liberal Democrats have turned dramatically on Mr David Cameron over Europe, accusing the Prime Minister of endangering the interests of the British economy. Just 24 hours after appearing to back Mr Cameron, sources
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1500 12  -  Market economy status is symbolic, but it matters to China which has made its aid contingent on such recognition Market economy status is symbolic, but it matters to China which has made its aid contingent on such recognition YAO YANG
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    • 974 14  -  Are they more about growing democracy or playing the ‘great power game’ what happens when paths diverge? RACHEL CHHOA-HOWARD SIMON TAY Rachel Chhoa-Howard is a researcher at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA). Simon Tay is chairman ofSIIA. When United States Secretary of State
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    • 865 15  -  Russian leader has made fatal mistake of believing his own propaganda ANDREW WILSON Andrew Wilson is a Senior Research Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and at University College, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Russia has been fixing elections for years, so why has the
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    • 844 16  -  PAUL GILFEATHER gilfeather@ mediacorp.com.sg Paul Gilfeather is Today’s principal You may not remember this, but there was a time when the world believed that in Vladimir Putin, it had finally found a Russian leader who was modern, liberal and westernised.
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    • 1086 18  -  British scandal of examiners revealing papers’ contents to teachers is part of malaise in which results count for all ALLISON PEARSON Award-winning journalist Allison Pearson is a columnist and the chief interviewer of The Daily Telegraph. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH My daughter, who is
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  • VOICES
    • 370 20  -  The authorities should ensure full disclosure of derivatives funds, ban the term ‘ETF’ for such funds Letter from Alex LewYan Liang AS A financial service professional and a certified fraud examiner, I wish to highlight the risks of synthetic Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs),
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    • 253 21  -  Letter from Soon Sze Meng I BELIEVE that the Government’s sudden imposition of the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty for private homes will serve many lower-income and middle-class Singaporeans, who have seen public housing resale prices rise by more than 50 per cent in four
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    • 227 21  -  Letter from Oscar Lee Min Xing I AM dismayed at SBS Transit’s apathy toward the maintenance of its buses, some of which have rattling interior fixtures when the vehicle is idle, unacceptable amounts of vibration and jerky gearboxes, to name a few. Most irksome of
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    • 124 21  -  LETTER FROM RASHID OSMAN It saddened me to read the report “Driver killed in Bishan collision” (Dec 6). There was another accident last month, also involving an SBSTransit bus. At the time, it was reported that the driver had beaten a traffic light and
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    • 159 21  -  LETTER FROM JEFFREY JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG The report “English entry test for maids to be scrapped” (Dec 5) is good news for both employers and foreign domestic workers. It is better to attach greater importance to stress management, as
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    • 248 20 VOICES ONLINE The Monetary Authority of Singapore and Life Insurance Association should urge insurance companies to show their yields on their Par Funds policies, so the public can be better informed of the strength of their policies. From Pierre Tan ONLY AVAILABLE AT TODAYONLINE.COM OR ON OUR MOBILE APPS MAKE
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 453 22 Transport, housing, immigration The issues account for 53% increase in online buzz on REACH SINGAPORE They were hot topics prior to the General Election and were even more hotly discussed on the Goverment’s feedback unit after the GE. Transport, housing and immigration issues were three of the reasons accounting for
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    • 295 22  -  JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Shopping centres are all geared up to woo Christmas shoppers with deep discounts and special events. Besides the late night shopping and elaborate decorations, retailers and the malls are focussing on the entire shopping experience. To keep shoppers engaged, ION
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    • 185 24  -  WENDY WONG wendywong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A surgeon from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has become the first in Singapore to perform new colon re-sec-tioning surgery using a glove instead of an expensive port. And the technique could help save patients save money
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    • 199 24 Chicken pies, mashed peas and minced fish cookies these are among the treats that one bakery is giving away this Christmas. And the beneficiaries? Homeless animals that have been abandoned or injured in hit-and-run accidents. Donors can pay for treats from The Barkery Singapore and
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    • 61 24 More than 400 cyclists and volunteers took part in the Ride to Sunrise cycling event around Singapore, one of two mass cycling activities organised over the weekend by the People’s Association Youth Movement and the Community Sports Clubs in celebration of the PAYM’s 40th anniversary. PHOTO
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    • 141 24  -  NG LIAN CHEONG Public transport operator SBS Transit has apologised for an incident last month that led to passengers being stuck for two hours on one of its buses that had strayed from the usual route. The bus driver got lost after
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    • 238 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The police have arrested two males who are believed to be involved in cases of armed robbery in Yishun and Ang Mo Kio estates. The suspects are aged 16 and 22. Between Nov 29 and Dec 8, the police received reports of
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    • 194 25  -  NG LIAN CHEONG SINGAPORE Fewer people were caught for illegally modifying their electric bicycles in the first four months of this year. The number dropped by more than 10 per cent to 264, compared to the same period last year. But some have been
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    • 140 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The police have arrested a 34-year-old man believed to be responsible for a series of cheating cases involving mobile phones. Between August and this month, the police received several reports of mobile phones being stolen from victims by the suspect, whom they
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    • 164 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam will be in Myanmar for an introductory visit from today to Wednesday at the invitation of Myanmar Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin. Mr Shanmugam will meet President Thein Sein, Upper House Speaker U Khin
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  • WORLD
    • 656 26 Britain’s King George V proclaimed city as new capital of India in 1911 AP NEW DELHI A century ago from today, in a tent city of 25,000 people built on the plains of north India, a new king stood before princes and maharajahs, soldiers and
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    • 93 26 AP A popular anti-corruption activist ramped up pressure on India’s government for strong measures to fight graft by staging a brief symbolic fast in the capital yesterday. Surrounded by supporters, Mr Anna Hazare held a seven-hour fast to demand sweeping legislation to end India’s
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    • 100 26 AP A number of hospitals across India are reviewing safety procedures after a massive fire killed dozens at a private hospital on Friday. Officials say lax safety standards contributed to the 91 deaths during the fire at AMRI Hospital in Kolkata. Seven hospital
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    • 58 26 AP Officials said yesterday that thousands of people from 50 countries have set two new world records by parading with 3,777flaming torches in Indonesia’s capital. Organiser Freedom FaithnetGlobal said that Guinness World Records officials presented participants with certificates for the largest torch-lit image formed by
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    • 86 26 AP Police said yesterday that an Indonesian student activist has died after setting himself on fire in front of the presidential palace. Sondang Hutagalung, 22, set himself ablaze across from the palace in downtown Jakarta. He died late on Saturday in a hospital where he
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    • 256 28 AP United States presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was accused of being out of touch with ordinary Americans after casually betting his Republican rival Rick Perry US$10,000 (S$12,830) over a policy dispute. Mr Romney, who is thought to have amassed a personal fortune of about
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    • 438 28 Republican defends his calling Palestinians an ‘invented’ people AGENCIES DES MOINES (Iowa) With only three weeks remaining before the Iowa caucuses open the Republican nominating contest, United States presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich (picture) spent most of Saturday’s spirited Iowa Republican debate defending himself.
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    • 263 28 AGENCIES GAZA CITY Israeli aircraft struck the Gaza Strip early yesterday, wounding a 12-year-old girl and her father, according to a Palestinian health official, as the state’s President prepares to travel to Paris to raise his state’s flag at the UNESCO headquarters. The Israeli military
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    • 264 30 AP MOSCOW There was a hint of change in Russia as Saturday’s unprecedented antigovernment protests wound down. Tens of thousands of people had taken to the streets in Moscow and St Petersburg to protest against alleged electoral fraud and to demand
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    • 335 30 AP TEHRAN Iran will not return a United States surveillance drone captured by its armed forces, a senior commander of the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard said yesterday. General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the force, said in remarks broadcast on state television
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    • 146 30 AP A Pakistani Taliban spokesman yesterday denied an earlier announcement by the militant group’s deputy chief that it was holding peace talks with the government. The conflicting claims are a clear sign of splits within the movement, which could make it even harderto end
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    • 125 30 REUTERS Manuel Noriega, Panama’s drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, left Paris early yesterday, headed for a prison in his home country to serve a 20-year term for the murders of opponents during his rule. Noriega, now 77, was toppled in a
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    • 325 30 I r ch the Future. Today. OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY Top 40 UK University in Computer Sciences IT UK Guardian, Good University Guide 2012 The Best Modern University for 10 years in a row The Sunday Times, Good University 2011 91% of its graduates were employed within 6 months Bachelor of
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  • BUSINESS
    • 535 32  -  LINETTE LIM linettelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One of the Republic’s oldest companies is setting its sights on emulating Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company founded by legendary American investor Warren Buffet. Incorporated in 1887, the Straits Trading Company, which began as a tin smelting partnership between a
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    • 200 33 DOW JONES Keppel Corp continues to get enquiries for new vessels after growing its order book by a record this year as the current global oil prices remain supportive of investment in exploration and production, a senior company executive said.
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    • 211 33 BLOOMBERG JAKARTA Bank Indonesia (BI) governor Darmin Nasution told the nation’s commercial lenders to lower borrowing costs as South-east Asia’s biggest economy looks to domestic consumption to drive growth amid a global slowdown. “Starting in 2012, all banks must include targets for lendingrate
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (DEC 5 TO 12)
      • 55 33 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,694.60 (-1.24%) THEWEEKAHEAD Negotiations on a Greece debt swap are likely to gain investors’ attention. The Bank of Japan will release its quarterly business confidence survey. The Reserve Bank of India may leave its rate unchanged. Thursday 2,728.31 q 1.95% Wednesday 2,782.55 p 1.21% Tuesday 2,749.24 q
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      • 27 33 HANG SENG 18,586.23 (-2.38%) È NIKKEI 8,536.46 H SHANGHAI È È È SHANGHAI 2,315.27 H MUMBAI AUSTRALIA 4,203.00 MALAYSIA È MUMBAI 16,213.46 (-3.76%) MALAYSIA 1,460.13 (-1.94%)
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      • 53 33 STOCK CALL HOLD S$0.275 DBS downgrades from Buy, cuts target price to S$0.33 from S$0.48. House expects consumer sentiment will weaken on expectations of slower economic growth and for discretionary spending to be affected. “Consumer sentiment is expected to weaken, hence we are turning cautious on FJB’s mid-term
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    • 158 34 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Countries should step up oversight, explore counter-cyclical adjustments and strengthen the monitoring of systemic risks and crisis management, said Mr Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of China’s central bank. Nations should be prepared for changes ahead as volatility in global financial markets increases
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    • 474 34 REUTERS TEL AVIV An agreement reached by European countries for deeper economic integration was a step in the right direction but not a complete solution for the euro zone’s debt crisis, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Olivier Blanchard said yesterday. “I’m
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    • 651 38 On the back foot so early, Barca stick to their principles to silence the Bernabeu AP LA LIGA Real Madrid 1 Barcelona 3 MADRID It felt like the balance of power in Spanish football was changing as Real Madrid prepared to host Barcelona
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    • 286 38 REUTERS As his players trudged off the pitch at the final whistle, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho walked over to the Barcelona bench and shook hands with Pep Guardiola’s assistant Tito Vilanova. Vilanova, who was gouged in the eye by Mourinho after their
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    • 246 39 REUTERS ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Sunderland 2 Blackburn 1 SUNDERLAND Sebastian Larsson’s stoppage-time free-kick handed Sunderland a 2-1 victory over Blackburn in the Premier League yesterday as manager Martin O’Neill watched his side come from behind to give him a win in
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    • 616 39 Midfielder’s comments raise eyebrows ahead of the big showdown at Stamford Bridge AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea vs Man City LONDON In comments that will surely increase the frostiness between the two teams, Samir Nasri yesterday insisted that Manchester United posed a more significant
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    • 146 40 Italian team Luna Rossa were crowned 2011 Extreme Sailing Series champions after 10 races on the final day of the programme in the ninth and final leg of the competition at the Marina Bay yesterday. They finished ‘Act 9’ on top of the standings, ahead of The
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    • 307 40 REUTERS Japanese champions Kashiwa Reysol upset Mexico’s Monterrey 4-3 in a penalty shootout yesterday to set up a Club World Cup semifinal against Brazil’s Santos. Locked at 1-1 after extra-time, Ryohei Hayashi smashed home the deciding spot kick to send Reysol through to face
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    • 358 40 Chinese club claim contract agreed and are tying up one final detail REUTERS SHANGHAI Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua have agreed on terms with Chelsea’s French striker Nicolas Anelka (picture), the club announced yesterday. “We have agreed on all the contract details and we
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    • 512 41 World No 1 makes history by bagging order of merit titles on the PGA and European Tour REUTERS GOLF Dubai World Championship DUBAI Briton Luke Donald became the first player to win the orders of merit on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday,
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    • 388 41  -  FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup 2011 FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup Title Sponsor IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite putting in an even more determined effort in their second meeting with Fiji in four days, Singapore were unable to pull off an upset
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    • 232 42 AP WASHINGTON Hometown favourite Lamont Peterson took a contentious split decision victory over Amir Khan here on Saturday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to seize the WBA and IBF junior welterweight belts, leaving the British fighter feeling cheated. Peterson was helped by referee Joe Cooper
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    • 607 42 NBA’s glamour franchise ditch pursuit of Hornets’ star Paul THE NEW YORK TIMES EL SEGUNDO (California) The Los Angeles Lakers, frustrated in their pursuit of Chris Paul, withdrew from trade talks late on Saturday and turned their focus toward a larger target: Dwight Howard.
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    • 281 42 AP FREMANTLE Three-time Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie (picture) of the UK was disqualified from two races at the world sailing championships here after grappling with a cameraman on a media boat on Saturday. Ainslie, 34, was found guilty of gross misconduct by the International
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    • 49 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS DECEMBER 12, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF CATHERINE DENEUVE’S CARTOON SIDE T4 GIVING AN INCH TO LOCAL MUSIC T6 DESIGN A HAVEN THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES T8 ART ATTACK HOW MUCH VISUAL ART CAN ONE PERSON REALLY CONSUME? T2
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  • ARTS
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      1358 2  -  We take on the local visual art scene with a gruelling one-day gallery marathon MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg HOW much art can one take? It’s a question that might be worth asking given the unprecedented visual art explosion that took place this year. From the inaugural Art Stage Singapore
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    • 111 4  -  MAYO MARTIN The theatre world was stunned by the tragic news of the untimely death of RJ Rosales at the age of 37.The Filipino-Australian actor-singer was a familiar figure in the local stage, first appearing in Chang Eng, and this year for IntoThe Woods and I
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    • 304 4 THEATRE Crazy Christmas 2011 (R18) The annual Christmas concert by theatre stalwarts is back. Selena Tan and George Chan directs this madcap gathering of The Dim Sum Dollies, Broadway Beng, Kumar and other guests. Dec 14 to 23, 8pm, Esplanade Theatre. With 4pm weekend matinees.Tickets at S$37 to S$97
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    • 496 5  -  THEATRE REVIEW: WICKED MAYO MARTIN YOU know you’re definitely not in Kansas anymore when the one who utters the iconic line “There’s no place like home” isn’t a certain girl named Dorothy but her nemesis, the Wicked Witch Of The West. After the successful run of The
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    • 849 6  -  Singer-songwriter Inch Chua talks about new music, new surroundings and, yes, that old Facebook post Christopher Toh christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SPOUTING a tinkly, girly laugh and wearing a salmon-pink dress, Pac Man earrings and a colour-wheel fascinator, Inch Chua hardly cuts a figure of an indie rocker. But the
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    • 229 7  -  ZHANG WEIFANG THIS year’s outing of ZoukOut may lack top billings like last year’s David Guetta andTiesto, but the Zouk crew sure made up for it in the form of luminaries Gui Boratto, Karizma and Carl Craig. Presented by SingTel for the sixth year running, this year’s
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    • 276 12 ON MEDIACORP YOURS TRULY, ASIA X Channel NewsAsia, 3.32pm Melissa Goh explores the land of Borneo, which was once home to ferocious headhunters. In the East Malaysian state of Sarawak, encounter more than 40 sub-ethnic cultures including the sea Dyaks or Ibans and the land Dyaks or Bidayuhs. THE AMAZING
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