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Title Section40 2011-12-14 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Wednesday December 14, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday December 14, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking40 words
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383 2011-12-14 1 AGENCIES LIEGE (Belgium) A man armed with hand grenades and guns yesterday opened fire and threw explosives at shoppers at a Christmas market in the city centre square, killing a 75-year-old woman and two teenagers and wounding at least 75 peopleAGENCIES - 383 words
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Article603 2011-12-14 1 TAN WEIZHEN - Salary increases next year to be same as this year’s, says global management consultancy but some disagree TAN WEIZHEN Weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A salary outlook report released yesterday by a global management consultancy expects workers’ average wages next year to grow at the same rate as603 words
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HOT NEWS
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488 2011-12-14 2 AGENCIES DURBAN Canada has pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, one day after an update was agreed on here, saying the accord will not work. The Canadian Environment Minister, Mr Peter Kent, said Canada was invoking its legal right to withdraw.AGENCIES - 488 words
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369 2011-12-14 2 AGENCIES TORONTO Muslim women will not be allowed to wear face coverings such as the niqab or burqa when they take their oath of Canadian citizenship after the country’s Immigration Minister announced a ban. The niqab is a veil that leaves onlyAGENCIES - 369 words
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Article, Illustration676 2011-12-14 3 SHAMIR OSMAN - Under an agreement, LionsXII will be safe from the drop regardless of performance until 2015 SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SHAH ALAM In 1993, the Singapore football team suffered the ignominy of playing in the second tier of the Malaysia LeaguePHOTO BY SHAMIR OSMAN - 676 words
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Article, Illustration674 2011-12-14 4 LIN YANQIN - At the age of 113, the giant of social services was oldest living person here until her death last week LIN YANQIN yanqinl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite her near-celebrity status for her tireless work in caring for the less privileged, Ms Teresa Hsu had shunned the public eyePHOTO COURTESY HEART TO HEART SERVICE - 674 words
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392 2011-12-14 6 AGENCIES YANGON The Myanmar government has allowed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party to register for a coming by-elec-tion, state media said yesterday, formally returning the pro-democracy group to the political arena. Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) had decided lastAGENCIES - 392 words
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Article, Illustration238 2011-12-14 6 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party has chosen the image of a fighting peacock gazing at a white star as its election symbol to contest Myanmarese elections for the first time in a generation. The image, which is similar to the party’sTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 238 words
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Article, Illustration552 2011-12-14 8 BLOOMBERG LONDON English butlers, synonymous with Reginald Jeeves in the novels of P G Wodehouse, are answering more calls from super-rich Chinese and Russian clients as wealth shifts between east and west. The Guild of Professional English Butlers has trainedBLOOMBERG - 552 words
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499 2011-12-14 10 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It not only denies any copyright infringement, as alleged by the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), but Yahoo! Southeast Asia is also making a counterclaim against the media company. According to defence papers filed in the High499 words
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450 2011-12-14 10 TANYA FONG - TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One of the founders of popular social networking portal Fridae.com has filed a lawsuit against the website’s holding company, subsidiaries and its board of directors. Dr Stuart Koe, who started the website in 2000, is claiming that they owe him450 words
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484 2011-12-14 12 AGENCIES BEIJING China will consider turning to the Seychelles as a resupply port for navy ships taking part in anti-piracy operations off Africa, official media said, rejecting suggestions this would amount to a military base that could unsettle the region.AGENCIES - 484 words
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296 2011-12-14 12 REUTERS WASHINGTON An MF Global employee told regulators that former chief Jon Corzine knew that the brokerage firm used customer money to lend to a European affiliate, a CME Group executive said on yesterday. CME executive chairman Terrence Duffy said his company hasREUTERS - 296 words
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501 2011-12-14 14 TEO XUANWEI - TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Study awards for Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students, the promise of fatter pay packets for old hands who complete a skills upgrading programme and on-the-job training for fresh entrants to the workforce these are ways the Government is trying to501 words
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286 2011-12-14 14 AGENCIES LONDON British parliamentarians came under fire on Monday after a Commons committee moved to ease scrutiny on MP’s allowances, while a newspaper reported that MP’s salaries have risen more than twice as fast as the earnings of the average Briton in the lastAGENCIES - 286 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1966 2011-12-14 16 EDWARD LUCE - Middle-skilled jobs that once formed ballast of its middle class are vanishing, replaced by low-skilled, low-paid jobs EDWARD LUCE Edward Luce is the Washington bureau chief of The Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Last week, United States President Barack Obama went to Osawatomie, Kansas, to kickTHE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED; BLOOMBERG - 1,966 words
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Article425 2011-12-14 20 THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED How many electricians does it take to change a light bulb? None. They are too busy emptying your bedpan. That may sound far-fetched. But in Michigan, where hundreds of thousands of mid-career men have lost their jobs in the car plants, nursing isTHE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED - 425 words
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Article, Illustration791 2011-12-14 22 ATIYA ACHAKULWISUT - ATIYA ACHAKULWISUT Atiya Achakulwisut is deputy editor of the Bangkok Post. BANGKOK POST There is no denying that the institution of the monarchy commands reverence among millions of people in Thailand. There is no denying either, that the highly-re-vered institutionBANGKOK POST; REUTERS - 791 words
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885 2011-12-14 23 BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL BLOOMBERG United States President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki had many important issues to discuss on Monday in Washington: The impending withdrawal of the last US troops from Iraq, the fragility of democracyBLOOMBERG EDITORIAL; BLOOMBERG - 885 words
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VOICES
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Article347 2011-12-14 24 Shaun Kwok - A military school need not be run by the Letter from Shaun Kwok MR DEREK Low said in his online letter “The SAF is not an answer to delinquency” (Dec 12) that “the increasing complexities of national defence today require people of significant academic calibre347 words
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82 2011-12-14 24 GEORGE LEE WEE CHIANG - LETTER FROM GEORGE LEE WEE CHIANG I went recently for Remedial Training at Bedok Camp and found that the hockey pitch was being used for running and warm-up exercises. The surface is blistered, making running unsafe as one could easily trip. I82 words
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236 2011-12-14 26 Alan Tan - Letter from Alan Tan Deputy Managing Director (Environmental Sustainability Research), Housing Development Board WE THANK Mr Neil Wilkinson for his feedback, in the letter “Improve access along Punggol Waterway” (Dec 8), and his interest in the waterway. We assure him236 words
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175 2011-12-14 26 Ken Ng - Letter from Ken Ng Senior Vice-President General Manager, Life Insurance, NTUC Income I REFER to the online letter “The public needs better insurance information” (Dec 12) and agree that the public should have more information on Participating Funds in order to assess the175 words
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150 2011-12-14 26 Beverly Wee - Letter from Beverly Wee Assistant Official Assignee, for Official Assignee WE REFER to Mr Phang Kim Wah’s letter “Does IPTO need more powers?” (Dec 7). The Insolvency and Public Trustee’s Office takes a strong stance against bankrupts who flout bankruptcy laws. We investigate all150 words
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Advertisement201 2011-12-14 24 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices opportunities me JENNIFER PAYNE CPA PASSPORT FUTURE BUSINESS LEADER Careers@Singapore 2012 Financial Accounting Services Get noticed, get connected and get ahead. Careers@Singapore 2012: Financial Accounting Services connects you with industry experts and potential employers, enables you to seek201 words
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SINGAPORE
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Article, Illustration315 2011-12-14 28 DYLAN LOH - DYLAN LOH dylanloh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the opening of 12 more Circle Line train stations in October, the police are reviewing National Service manpower needs to keep the country’s rail network safe. Minister of State for Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs,PHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 315 words
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Article, Illustration220 2011-12-14 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A plug-and-play file sharing device invented here, iTwin (picture), has won the “Best of What’s New Award” by Popular Science magazine in the computing category. iTwin won the accolade last month after being reviewed from among 100 new techCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 220 words
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Article, Illustration229 2011-12-14 30 SARA GROSSE - SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE French luxury watchmaker and jeweller Cartier has brought its largest exhibition of timepieces to Asia for the first time. “Cartier Time Art”, which is held at Singapore’s ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, will showcase 159 historicalPHOTOS BY OOI BOON KEONG - 229 words
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351 2011-12-14 30 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE SilkAir, Singapore Airlines’ regional full service airline, will begin a four-times-weekly service between Singapore and Darwin, as part of the recently-approved alliance between Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia. In a joint press release yesterday, SIA and Virgin saidCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 351 words
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322 2011-12-14 33 JOANNE CHAN - JOANNE CHAN SINGAPORE Award-winning Broadway musical WICKED, has opened in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Grand Theatre, featuring an all-Australian cast. Making its South-east Asian debut here, producers have promised an experience to rival that of Broadway. Said Ms Bernadette Hayes,322 words
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Article, Illustration215 2011-12-14 33 SINGAPORE Its “unique interpretation” of Christmas led Orchard Central to edge out eight other participating buildings to emerge as overall winner of this year’s “Best Dressed Building Contest”. The three other winners are ION Orchard, Tanglin Mall and TANGS@Tang Plaza.PHOTO COURTESY ORCHARD ROAD BUSINESS ASSOCIATION - 215 words
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Article344 2011-12-14 34 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Morgan Stanley cannot ask Singapore’s High Court to block investors in the country from suing over their losses on US$154.7 million (S$201.7 million) in synthetic collateralised debt obligations outside Singapore, a judge in New York ruled. The New York-based bank’s attempt is vexatious,BLOOMBERG - 344 words
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272 2011-12-14 34 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A company director was jailed eight weeks for making false declarations in work permit applications. Lim Seong Ong, director of Asia Link Marine Industries, had stated in his applications that his company was making Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributionsCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 272 words
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WORLD
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262 2011-12-14 36 AGENCIES BEIJING A school bus taking primary students home slipped off a country road into an irrigation ditch in eastern China, killing more than a dozen children and highlighting continuing safety problems in the country’s school transport system following a similar tragedyAGENCIES - 262 words
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Article, Illustration261 2011-12-14 36 AP SEOUL Angry South Koreans slammed Chinese fishermen as “pirates” yesterday, while President Lee Myung Bak vowed to spend more on policing the country’s waters after a Chinese boat captain allegedly stabbed a coast guard officer to death. During a protestAP; REUTERS - 261 words
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Article, Illustration269 2011-12-14 41 AP TOKYO Japan’s government has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter to bolster its aging air force and is likely to announce the multibillion-dollar deal by the end of the week, news reports said yesterday. The announcement is expected after a committeeAP - 269 words
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144 2011-12-14 41 AGENCIES A leader of Japan’s main opposition party wants deeper relations with the United States and would consider increasing defence spending because of China’s rising military power. During a visit to the US, Mr Nobuteru Ishihara, seen as a possible future Prime MinisterAGENCIES - 144 words
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99 2011-12-14 41 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Wild monkeys in Fukushima are to be fitted with special radiation-reading monitors in order to measure contamination levels in forests, which is the first-of-its-kind experiment. The new project, conducted by researchers at Fukushima University, will involve monkeys being fittedTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 99 words
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105 2011-12-14 41 AP Philippine police arrested yesterday a former top election official who has been charged with voting fraud along with former President Gloria Arroyo. Former Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos surrendered to a Manila regional trial court in suburban Pasay city and was placed underAP - 105 words
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Article, Illustration88 2011-12-14 42 Malaysia’s new king, Kedah Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, was sworn in as Malaysia’s 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong in a nationally-televised ceremony yesterday. Besides being the oldest king in Malaysia’s history, Sultan Abdul Halim is the first to ascend the throne twice having servedAP - 88 words
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117 2011-12-14 42 Malaysia’s Health Ministry said yesterday it will investigate claims that recycled cooking oil is being sold for human consumption at grocery stores and supermarkets across the country. Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said legal action would be taken against errant manufacturers, after117 words
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346 2011-12-14 42 AGENCIES BASEL (Switzerland) An international coalition of environmental NGOs from Malaysia and Europe put pressure on Putrajaya on Monday to arrest Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and his relatives for alleged widespread corruption, warning that the country’s “international credibility is atAGENCIES - 346 words
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245 2011-12-14 44 REUTERS ISLAMABAD A United States Congressional panel has frozen US$700 million (S$911 million) in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances that it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator calledREUTERS - 245 words
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Article, Illustration259 2011-12-14 44 AGENCIES OAKLAND Anti-Wall Street activists trying to shut down West Coast ports on Monday managed to close several terminals, and at times clashed with police, but fell short of mounting the full-scale cargo blockade they had promised. Thousands of demonstrators marched onAGENCIES; REUTERS - 259 words
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240 2011-12-14 45 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Hezbollah has stepped up a public campaign against the CIA in Lebanon, using a television broadcast to name 10 people who it said were CIA officers who worked from the United States Embassy in Beirut in recent years. Friday’s reportTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 240 words
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Article, Illustration338 2011-12-14 45 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama acknowledged on Monday for the first time that a US drone (picture) was in Iranian hands, and said the US has asked Tehran to return the sophisticated spy aircraft. “We’ve asked for it back. We’ll seeAGENCIES; AP - 338 words
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Article, Illustration210 2011-12-14 46 RICK PERRY'S NEW AD GOES VIRAL FOR THE WRONG REASONS AP Maybe Mr Rick Perry should have worn a different jacket. The Republican presidential hopeful’s new campaign ad, “Strong”, has gone viral since it was released last week but not necessarily for the reasons the campaign might have hoped for.AP - 210 words
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126 2011-12-14 46 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney sought to limit the damage caused by his US$10,000 (S$13,000) bet gaffe by describing how he lived in austerity during his time as a Mormon missionary in France. Mr Romney was accused of being “outTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 126 words
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Article, Illustration264 2011-12-14 46 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LOS ANGELES Ms Chelsea Clinton (picture), the once media-shy daughter of former United States President Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has made her debut as a television correspondent for one of America’s biggest networks. The 31-year-oldTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; AP - 264 words
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Article, Illustration106 2011-12-14 48 Female giant panda Tian Tian (right) gazes into the enclosure of male panda Yang Guang at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland on Monday. The two giant pandas have been loaned to the zoo by China, in a move British officials say has strengthened ties between theREUTERS - 106 words
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Article416 2011-12-14 48 REUTERS DAKAR More than nine million people in five countries in Africa’s Sahel region face a food crisis next year, following low rainfall, poor harvests, high food prices and a drop in remittances from migrants, aid agency Oxfam said on Monday. People in Mauritania, Niger, BurkinaREUTERS - 416 words
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162 2011-12-14 50 REUTERS Although the benefits of cancer screening in elderly people are often less certain than the risks, many silver-haired Americans are still getting the routine tests, researchers said on Monday. Researchers from the University of Connecticut used data on more than 4,000 AmericansREUTERS - 162 words
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263 2011-12-14 50 REUTERS NEW YORK The radiation and chemotherapy given to young cancer patients do not seem to increase the risk that their own children will have birth defects years later, a United States and Canadian study said. Researchers, whose findings were published inREUTERS - 263 words
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Article, Illustration76 2011-12-14 50 Aussie Playboy bunny Sheridyn Fisher wears a bikini made from lettuce leaves in a new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Australia campaign to encourage people to go vegetarian. ‘Being vegetarian or vegan, there’s a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes,’ sheAP - 76 words
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157 2011-12-14 50 REUTERS Up to a fifth of patients being treated for depression with some medications may do worse than those given a placebo, according to a United States study. The researchers assigned 2,500 patients with major depression to receive Eli Lilly’s drug Cymbalta,REUTERS - 157 words
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Article280 2011-12-14 52 YVONNE CHAN - YVONNE CHAN yvonnechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Bookings for corporate events and meetings in Singapore hotels continued to increase this year despite the global economic uncertainty, with a healthy level of reservations over the holiday season. The outlook for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) bookings for next280 words
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219 2011-12-14 52 AVELYN NG - AVELYN NG SINGAPORE —The road for small- and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been rocky this year, but things are set to improve with several plans lined up by the new president of the organisation for this sector. Mr Chan219 words
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Article176 2011-12-14 53 VENUS HEW - VENUS HEW venushewyk@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore port celebrated a new milestone yesterday when its annual vessel arrival tonnage crossed the two-billion-gross-ton mark. It reached the one-billion-gross-ton mark seven years ago. With the arrival of the MV APL Washington, a container ship of 75,582 gross tons owned176 words
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82 2011-12-14 53 Singapore energy, water and marine group Sembcorp Industries opened its first industrial water reclamation plant in China yesterday. The 106 million yuan (S$21.7 million) facility has a daily capacity of 20,000 cubic metres of industrial water and up to 4,000 cubic82 words
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119 2011-12-14 53 JTC Corp (JTC) will launch a twostage request for proposals on Friday to engage an operator for the first phase of the Jurong Rock Caverns (JRC), Singapore’s first underground hydrocarbon storage facility. The operatorship contract is scheduled to commence in 2013, and will119 words
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Article55 2011-12-14 53 TUESDAY 11,954.90 (-0.55%) Monday 12,021.40 q 1.34% Friday 12,184.30 p 1.55% Thursday 11,997.70 q 1.63% Wednesday 12,196.40 p 0.38% NYSETOP5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 224.7m $5.32 q 2.39% General Electric 73.4m $16.42 q 0.24% Pfizer 69.0m $20.76 p 1.81% Ford Motor 67.2m $10.48 q 3.41%55 words
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Article101 2011-12-14 53 OVERNIGHT Wall St closes lower on Fed disappointment Stocks fell again yesterday after the Federal Reserve gave no hints of new stimulus measures to offset the effects of the worsening European debt crisis. However, it did leave the door open to further easing next year, as it has101 words
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Article13 2011-12-14 53 Ç FTSE100 5,490.15 (+1.15%) È È DAX 5,774.26 (-0.35%) CAC40 3,078.72 (-0.35%)13 words
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Article, Illustration93 2011-12-14 54 MediaCorp announced yesterday the appointment of Ms Ong Lay Hong (picture) as managing director of its subsidiary, Singapore Media Academy (SMA), effective Jan 1. Ms Ong, who has 30 years of experience in the media industry, will also continue in her current position93 words
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94 2011-12-14 54 DOW JONES CapitaCommercial Trust said yesterday it has secured bank facilities to refinance a S$570 million loan due next year. The facilities comprise S$450 million of loan commitments secured without using any property as security, it said. The trust earlier this month issuedDOW JONES - 94 words
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201 2011-12-14 54 DOW JONES DUBLIN Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT), controlled by investment fund Temasek Holdings, has submitted a proposal to restructure its deeply indebted Irish telecom unit Eircom. STT, which owns Eircom with an Employees Share Ownership Trust, has been in discussions for several monthsDOW JONES - 201 words
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112 2011-12-14 54 REUTERS YAOUNDE (Cameroon) A unit of Singapore-listed GMG Global has struck a US$410 million (S$535 million) deal with Cameroon’s government to develop 45,200 ha of palm oil and rubber plantations, officials said on Monday. Sud Cameroun Hevea, 80-per-cent-owned by GMG, saidREUTERS - 112 words
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270 2011-12-14 55 REUTERS BEIJING Companies have turned more cautious about plans to hire in China, especially in the lower-wage inland regions, a survey showed yesterday. A survey by the Milwaukeebased Manpower Group showed that companies’ plans to hire were still strong in thoseREUTERS - 270 words
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329 2011-12-14 55 AGENCIES HONG KONG China Petroleum Chemical Corp (Sinopec) and ENN Energy Holdings are offering up to US$2.2 billion (S$2.9 billion) cash for China Gas Holdings, in what could become a rare hostile takeover for a mainland company. They are offering HK$3.50AGENCIES - 329 words
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176 2011-12-14 55 AGENCIES China’s securities regulator is considering introducing rules for city commercial banks to only allow those with at least 100 billion yuan (S$20.5 billion) in assets to be listed, the 21st Century Business Herald said yesterday. About 10 regional lenders, including Bank ofAGENCIES - 176 words
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Article, Illustration405 2011-12-14 57 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK With many schools blocking access to YouTube as a way to protect students from content that is inappropriate, the online video site yesterday opened a new network that only allows access to content that can be used in the classroom. YouTubeTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 405 words
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Article, Illustration209 2011-12-14 57 AGENCIES Taiwanese tech site Digitimes has reported that Apple’s next iPad might be launched in the next three to four months. The website had reportedly obtained the information from supply line sources and found out that Apple will startAGENCIES; BLOOMBERG - 209 words
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Article, Illustration707 2011-12-14 58 MELODY TAN - IKEA lets kids plan an X’mas party and learn about giving back to society MELODY TAN SINGAPORE This festive season, one of the most popular home furnishing retailers here is getting together with its customers to do some good. IKEA has launched an707 words
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Article377 2011-12-14 60 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LONDON Chelsea and Manchester City are set to escape a Football Association probe into an alleged tunnel bust-up following the home side’s 2-1 Premier League victory at Stamford Bridge on Monday. With Chelsea inflicting a first league defeat of the seasonTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 377 words
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Article, Illustration656 2011-12-14 60 The Manchester United midfielder put on ‘extended break’ due to bowel disease THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Manchester United have suffered another serious setback in their defence of the Premier League title amid fears at Old Trafford that Darren Fletcher’s career is on the line becauseTHE GUARDIAN; GETTY - 656 words
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Article, Illustration422 2011-12-14 61 PHILIP GOH - S’pore powerboat racer hopes Nations Cup organisers will settle bills quickly PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was a dream come true for Laurence Wong (picture) when the F1H2O Nations Cup arrived in Singapore last month. While many local fans were content to catch the high-octane422 words
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Article, Illustration559 2011-12-14 62 LOW LIN FHOONG - SBA plots to get SEA Games champ Fu and Gu Juan into the top 16 to qualify for London 2012 LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A gruelling schedule of 10 tournaments in four months looms for Singapore badminton star Fu Mingtian as the SEAPHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL - 559 words
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Article, Illustration611 2011-12-14 63 SHAMIR OSMAN - MSL match dates not released, LionsXII handed easy passage to FA Cup quarter-finals SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SHAH ALAM The Grand Bluewave Hotel here hosted all 14 teams that will participate in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) next year, as well as the 12 sides fromPHOTO BY SHAMIR OSMAN - 611 words
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Article148 2011-12-14 63 AGENCIES Scotland captain and Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher will take an extended break from football because of a bowel disease. News of the 27-year-old’s illness will hit United hard, considering their already lengthy injury list. Fletcher returned to action for his national team in September’sAGENCIES - 148 words
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Article, Illustration649 2011-12-14 64 IAN DE COTTA - But they want SSC to relax rules on specifications, if there is a new tender exercise IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At least five companies will make a bid for the Changi Motorsports Hub, if it is up for tenderPHOTO BY IAN DE COTTA - 649 words
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Article, Illustration1192 2011-12-14 2 GENEVIEVE LOH - Robert Downey Jr on working on Sherlock Holmes sequel, Jude Law’s quirks and getting whipped by a GENEVIEVE LOH IN LONDON genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg SO THERE I was, on my way to meet Robert Downey Jr. And I was, apparently, on my way to meet a weirdo. “Oh my god,1,192 words
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Article, Illustration234 2011-12-14 4 CHRISTOPHER TOH - CHRISTOPHER TOH FOLLOWING an impressive performance during sneaks, and an equally impressive opening weekend, Already Famous, the directorial debut of actress Michelle Chong, seems to show no sign of flagging. The movie has raked in S$ 1.04 million at the box office after 11Photo by Jason Ho - 234 words
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Article, Illustration634 2011-12-14 5 Neil Genzlinger - 5 holiday movies somebody ought to make Neil Genzlinger features@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES CHRISTMAS-THEMED movies...you already know the ingredients: A single parent, a plucky child or two, a hardship of some kind, a serendipitous meeting that leads to love. Perhaps a little angelic intervention. Yet, you mayTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 634 words
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Article, Illustration379 2011-12-14 6 GENEVIEVE LOH - MOVIE REVIEW: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL PG-13, 133MIN GENEVIEVE LOH HELLO, readers.Your mission is to enjoy the quintessential Tom Cruise movie, should you choose to accept it. And surprise, surprise you really should. Even if the notion of Mr Hollywood pulling triple duty producing, acting and doing all379 words
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Article, Illustration173 2011-12-14 6 FANS of J-pop group AKB48 will want to pen this down. Golden Village (GV), together with Sony PCL Inc, will be bringing AKB48 Kohaku Utageattsen to Singapore. Unfortunately, the girls themselves will not be here. Instead, Golden Village will be screening the live simulcast173 words
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Article251 2011-12-14 7 MEDIACORP’S Class 95FM DJs are once again zooming around Singapore to raise funds for their adopted charity, Operation Smile Singapore. Operation Smile helps families in developing countries seeking corrective surgery for their children born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities. Unlike in previous251 words
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Article, Illustration146 2011-12-14 7 GENEVIEVE LOH - GENEVIEVE LOH THE DEVIL INSIDE: All her life, IsabellaTorelli believed her mother killed three people because she was clinically insane. After learning that the murders occurred during an exorcism, she sets out to uncover the truth and ends up becoming involved in a series of unauthorised exorcisms. Here146 words
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Article, Illustration182 2011-12-14 8 Alvin Chong, Hiranand Sunny - Enjoy a punchy holiday with the following games Alvin Chong, Hiranand Sunny tech@mediacorp.com.sg ’TIS is the season for game companies to unveil the biggest and baddest games in their arsenal. For children, games such as Kinect Disneyland Adventures for the Xbox 360 should appeal to most,182 words
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Article, Illustration318 2011-12-14 8 Before the film screens next year, satiate your Dark Knight craving with Batman:Arkham City AFTER the insane adventures in Batman: Arkham Asylum, the sequel, Batman:Arkham City takes the crazy to the streets. After the events in the first game, mayor Quincy Sharp expands Arkham318 words
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Article, Illustration425 2011-12-14 8 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 breaks records WHEN a game boasts staggering sales in record time, it is almost a sure winner. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare hit the £1-billion (S$2-billion) mark in just 16 days of sales in the United Kingdom, reported English newspaper The425 words
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Article, Illustration291 2011-12-14 9 Part three of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is a must-buy for die-hard fans ASSASSIN’S Creed: Revelations is the third game in the series to chronicle the tale of master assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the man who waged a war on corruption during the Italian Renaissance. The291 words
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Article623 2011-12-14 10 Cartier Time Art Don’t miss this exhibition which showcases the fine art of Cartier watchmaking —the first in Asia with a display of the largest collection of Cartier time pieces ever displayed in public. Chosen from the Cartier collection, 159 vintage objects will be on display at623 words
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Miscellaneous224 2011-12-14 12 ON MEDIACORP A SONG TO REMEMBER (PG) Channel 8, 9pm Qiao’er wants to get rid ofYu Hong and plans with Ye Jun to hurt Yu Hong. However,Ye Jun eventually shows his true colours when he grabs hold of Qiao’er instead. Qiao’er reveals that she suspected all along that he could224 words
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