Today, 18 February 2012

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    17 1 TODAY on Saturday February 18, 2012 www.todayonline.com NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 A PUBLICATION OF MICA (P) 200/02/2011
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    Lock icon The Budget: ‘To build an inclusive society and a stronger Singapore’
    523 1  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Social expenditure is set to rise in the coming years, as the Government tackles the twin challenges of ageing and inequality in order to prevent a permanent social underclass from forming and have seniors
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    Foreign labour curbs tightened
    498 1  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite their incessant cries about the starved labour market, firms will face further cuts in the inflow of foreign workers. For companies facing the double whammy of rising costs and an economic downturn, the various Budget measures announced yesterday to help businesses
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      66 1 SINGAPORE BUDGET 2012 s$3.6 billion in GST vouchers to help poor Page 2 CPF contribution rates to increase for seniors Page 3 More curbs on foreign labour Page 4 800 more buses on the roads within 5 years Page 6 Comment: The worry for business: Will this worsen tight labour
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  • SINGAPORE BUDGET 2012
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      S$3.6b in GST vouchers to help poor
      818 2  -  Initiative to include cash, annual Medisave account top-up and rebates to offset utilities bills NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To ensure that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will not hurt lower-income Singaporeans, the “GST Voucher” will be introduced into the nation’s fiscal
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      Middle-income households to receive healthcare subsidies
      614 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The middle-income group will be getting the largest bite of the pie, as the Government increases subsidies to support those who need intermediate and long-term care. All patients in community hospitals will now qualify for Government subsidies; previously, it was
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      CPF contribution rates to increase for seniors
      701 3  -  ALICIA WONG aliciaw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Workers aged 50 to 65 will see their Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates rise between 0.5 and 2.5 percentage points from September, with employers shouldering the bulk of the increases. In his Budget Statement yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister
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      SILVER HOUSING BONUS FOR SENIORS WHO WISH TO MOVE TO SMALLER HOMES
      442 3  -  AMANDA LEE A Silver Housing Bonus of up to S$20,000 has been introduced for Singaporeans aged 55 and above who wish to sell their existing flats and buy a three-room or smaller HDB flat. Deputy Prime MinisterTharman Shanmugaratnam
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      Lock icon More curbs on foreign labour
      616 4  -  LIN YANQIN yanqinl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Strapped for manpower, some companies here were hoping that the uncertain economy would provide some respite from government measures aimed at further reducing the Republic’s dependence on imported labour. But their hopes were dashed yesterday, as further reductions were announced in
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      Measures to help companies
      442 4  -  Enhancement of Special Employment Credit Scheme For SMEs, enhancement of Productivity and Innovation Credit scheme One-off cash grant pegged at 5% of SMEs’ revenues in Year of Assessment 2012 and capped at S$5,000 Grants for capability development raised from 50% to 70% over next three years
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      Lock icon 800 more buses on the roads within 5 years
      568 6  -  Government to pay for 550 buses and their running costs, transport operators to pay for the rest SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It had taken the public transport operators close to two decades to grow the public bus fleet by 800 buses.
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      Workfare Income Supplement extended to Special Education grads
      595 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When 24-year-old Chen Min Li (picture) first started work at burger restaurant Carl’s Jr last August, she had difficulties with numbers, and would match orders incorrectly with table numbers. She received extra training at the Movement for
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      Lock icon The worry for business: Will this worsen tight labour market?
      480 8  -  COMMENTARY DAVID SANDISON, CHARLES COLLETT David Sandison is a Tax Partner and Charles Collett a Tax Manager at PwC Services LLP. This year’s Budget was introduced as a “Budget for the future” and indeed the timing of its impact may
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      A tilt in favour of the older generation, less fortunate
      511 8  -  EUGENE K BTAN Eugene K B Tan is assistant professor of law at the Singapore Management University School of Law and a Nominated Member of Parliament. Although there are no significant handouts, offsets or goodies generally, there is much to
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      Lock icon Yaw has one week to challenge expulsion or lose Parliament seat
      273 10 SINGAPORE The Clerk of Parliament has written a letter to Hougang Member of Parliament (MP) Yaw Shin Leong (picture) asking him if he intends to appeal against or challenge his expulsion from the Workers’ Party (WP), said Speaker of
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      GREENING THE ROADS WITH CARBON EMISSIONS SCHEME
      234 10  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN A new carbon emissions-based vehicle scheme (CEVS) will replace the Green Vehicle Rebate (GVR) from January next year, said Deputy Prime MinisterTharman Shanmugaratnam in his Budget speech yesterday. Under the scheme, which will be applicable to all new passenger cars, models
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      VEHICLE TRANSFER NOW COSTS ONLY S$11
      91 10  -  NG JING YNG The Additional Transfer Fee levied on used-vehicle transactions will be removed from today. According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), the Transfer Fee for all vehicles will also be revised to S$11, and this will take effect from today. An LTA
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      S$905M MORE FOR TOURISM FUND
      110 10  -  NG JING YNG The Government will inject an additional S$905 million into the Tourism Development Fund to develop distinctive and high-quality tourism offerings and attract higher visitor spending. The Goods Services Tax (GST) Tourist Refund Scheme will also be extended to international cruise passengers departing
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      TAXES UP FOR NON-CIGARETTE TOBACCO ITEMS
      62 10 The Government has raised excise taxes on non-cigarette tobacco products with effect from yesterday. The excise duties on beedies, “ang hoon” and smokeless tobacco were raised by 20 per cent, while unmanufactured tobacco saw a 10-per-cent increase a continuation of government policy to harmonise
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      Government coffers swelled by s$2.4 billion
      417 10  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Buoyed by better-than-expected corporate profits and a buoyant property market, the Government’s coffers swelled by S$2.4 billion, or 5 per cent higher, than initially forecast. According to the Budget Book, which lists Government revenue and expenditure in the past year
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon What the Workers’ Party could have done better
      1031 12  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@mediacorp.com.sg Derrick A Paulo is senior editor (Voices) with Today. When the Workers’ Party (WP) alerted the media last Wednesday afternoon of its press conference later that same day, with no further details, there was an immediate buzz amongjournalists.
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      Lock icon The uptick’s downside
      1029 13  -  Four risks that will deal a blow to global recovery this year NOURIEL ROUBINI Nouriel Roubini is chairman ofRoubini Global Economics, Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and co-author of the book Crisis Economics. PROJECT SYNDICATE Since late last year, a
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  • VOICES
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      What retirement living should be
      436 18  -  Letter from Julia Ng IT IS encouraging to see in recent years that the Government has been restructuring the healthcare system in view of the ageing population. There is also a compelling need to rethink the delivery of retirement living options beyond health-related nursing homes,
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      Why shouldn’t the WP field a candidate?
      198 18  -  Suggesting that the WP not field a candidate is naive. Letter from Francis Valentine Tan I WAS intrigued by Mr Jason Lee’s letter “Workers’ Party should not field candidate in Hougang by-election” (Feb 17). He suggested that with seven representatives in Parliament now,
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      Duty of building owners to provide accessible facilities
      263 19  -  Letter from Director, Chin Chi Leong Director, Building Plan and Management Division, Building and Construction Authority WE REFER to the letters “Poser on handicapped parking” (Feb 13) by Mr Adnan Suppiah Muniandy and “More awareness about handicapped parking needed” (Feb 16) by
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      If there is a systemic flaw, it should be fixed
      164 19  -  Letter from Patrick Tan IT IS comforting to note the assurance that “Former SCDF, CNB chiefs removed immediately, could not influence investigations: DPM Teo” (Feb 15). I am proud of the work the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau does. It has
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      CONTRACTORS REMINDED TO FOLLOW SAFETY GUIDELINES
      117 19  -  LETTER FROM TEVA RAJ TEVA RAJ, DIRECTOR (INDUSTRY CENTRE FOR URBAN GREENERY AND ECOLOGY), NATIONAL PARKS BOARD We refer to Mr Chin Kee Thou’s letter “The occupational hazards of a grass cutter” (Feb 17) and share his concern on workplace safety. To ensure that
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      ADDITIONAL CARRIAGE COULD SOLVE OVERCROWDING AT MRT STATIONS
      88 19  -  LETTER FROM YEO CHOON SENG Increasing train schedules will not solve overcrowding at Mass Rapid Transit stations, which were built for six-carriage trains. As ridership increases, the stations may not even cope with the demand. The authorities should extend the length of
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      143 18 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices WP STILL HASAN EDGEINHOUGANG OVEROTHER OPPOSITION PARTIES Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone’s app store (simply search for “QR reader”) and scan the code using the app, or you can visit http://tdy.sg/vgdiet on your browser
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Fewer S’porean bus drivers recruited in past 3 years
      386 20  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number and proportion of Singaporean bus drivers have fallen over the past three years, while public transport operators have found it “increasingly difficult” to recruit younger Singaporeans, said Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo yesterday.
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      COMMUTING UPGRADE FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE NORTH
      113 20  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN A road interchange connecting the Central Expressway (CTE) with Tampines Expressway and Seletar Expressway will be upgraded to cater to residents travelling from the north and to allow Yishun residents to access the CTE directly via Seletar West Link, Transport
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      WANTED THIS YEAR: 1,400 OFFICERS FOR THE HOME TEAM
      118 20  -  AMIR HUSSAIN The Ministry of HomeAffairs(MHA)will be recruiting 1,400 officers this year, Minister of State for Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli told Parliament yesterday. Mr Zulkifli was responding to a query by Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Lina Chiam on the ministry’s plans
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      ‘SAF TAKES SERIOUS VIEW OF TRAINING-RELATED INJURIES, FATALITIES’
      112 20  -  AMIR HUSSAIN Two cases of sudden cardiac deaths occurred during or soon after Individual Physical Proficiency Tests (IPPT) between 2007 and this year. This works out to an incidence rate of 0.35 cardiac fatalities per 100,000 persons, or 3.5 permillion, Defence Minister
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      Probe on nursing home completed: Amy Khor
      287 21  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Police investigations into a case of alleged abuse at the Nightingale Nursing Home (picture) have been completed and legal action will be taken in due course, said Minister of State for Health Amy Khor in Parliament yesterday. Responding
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      FOR THE YOUNG ONES
      69 21 SingTel group CEO Chua Sock Koong (5th from right) and Jeann Low (6th from left), chairman of SingTel Touching Lives Fund (SLTF) and SingTel group CFO, presenting a cheque for S$2.6 million to Community Chest chairman Jennie Chua (centre) in a ceremony held attheAPSN ChaoYang School
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      Lock icon 22 firms plan to lay off staff this year
      180 21 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE At least 22 employers are planning to retrench workers this year and some 230 workers, of which 60 per cent are residents, are expected to be affected. This was revealed by Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Tang refuses to throw in the towel
      354 22 AGENCIES HONG KONG Mr Henry Tang, a leading candidate to be Hong Kong’s next Chief Executive, yesterday refused calls to withdraw from the race amid growing criticism over an illegal basement built at a property owned by his wife. The former Chief Secretary
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      Lock icon Pakistan, Indonesia join money-laundering blacklist
      182 22 REUTERS PARIS An international money-launder-ing watchdog added Pakistan, Indonesia, Ghana, Tanzania and Thailand on Thursday to its blacklist of nations. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has found that those five countries were flaunting recommendations made to them toward fighting money-laundering and financing terrorism, its
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      Lock icon XI WRAPS UP US VISIT IN LOS ANGELES
      152 22 AP Chinese Vice-President MrXi Jinping wrapped up a pivotal four-day visit to the United States with a day-long series of events in Los Angeles with his American counterpart, Mr Joe Biden. China’s soon-to-be leader met with Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday and
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      Lock icon German President quits in scandal
      267 22 AGENCIES BERLIN German President Christian Wulff resigned yesterday in a scandal over favours he allegedly received before becoming head of state, creating a major domestic distraction for Chancellor Angela Merkel as she grapples with the euro zone debt crisis. Mr Wulff announced his resignation a
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      Lock icon Top Chinese official heads to Syria after UN assembly votes against Assad
      313 24 REUTERS BEIRUT Syrian President Bashar Assad prepared to welcome a senior Chinese official to Damascus yesterday, a show of support from one of the few foreign friends he still has after the United States General Assembly voted for
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      Lock icon ‘Underwear Bomber’ gets life in prison
      239 24 AP DETROIT A United States court sentenced the “Underwear Bomber” to life in prison on Thursday for trying to blow up a packed jetliner. Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, (picture) was the same remorseless man who four months ago pleaded guilty to all charges
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      Lock icon MALDIVES LEADER SOFTENS STANCE ON ELECTION DATE
      144 24 AP The new Maldivian President, Mr Mohammed Waheed Hassan, has agreed to hold early elections to break a political impasse triggered by his predecessor’s resignation, an Indian diplomat said on Thursday in Male, the Maldives capital. Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, who is
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      Lock icon Iranian bombers partied with Pattaya prostitutes
      484 25 AGENCIES BANGKOK The three Iranian men detained for allegedly plotting bomb attacks in Bangkok on Israeli diplomats had more than terror on their minds in Thailand. The police said yesterday they had also cavorted with prostitutes at a beach resort. The news came as
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      Lock icon THAI AIRPORTS ON HIGH ALERT
      161 25 BANGKOK POST Security has been beefed up at Thailand’s six international airports following a warning by Israel that terrorists may target them, national police chief General Priewpan Damapong said on Thursday. He has asked the Transport Ministry to place the airports on high alert. Airport
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      Lock icon 4,000 travellers stranded after Aussie airline goes under
      225 26 AGENCIES SYDNEY Thousands of travellers were stranded in Hawaii and Thailand yesterday after budget airline Air Australia ran out of money and went into voluntary administration, immediately grounding its five-jet fleet. The Brisbane-based international and domestic airline, formerly known as Strategic Airlines,
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      Lock icon Whitney Houston’s funeral: Fans urged to watch it on television
      388 26 AGENCIES NEWARK (New Jersey) The police plan to cordon off streets today near the private funeral for Whitney Houston in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey and thousands of fans expected to crowd the area have been urged to stay
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      Lock icon NO MORE FORGETTING THAT DAILY DOSE, THANKS TO MICROCHIP IMPLANTS
      170 26 THE GUARDIAN Doctors have hailed the success of a small clinical trial in which patients were given microchip implants that released medicine straight into their bodies. Seven Danish women with the bone disease osteoporosis had the chips implanted under their
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  • SCIENCE
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      Lock icon ‘Singapore is so important right now’
      1158 27  -  He doesn’t have a mobile phone, but he has 34 US patents. ‘You have to be a little crazy,’ shrugs NUS’ Neal Chung PUSHINGTHE BOUNDARIES SPOTLIGHTON NRF SCIENTISTS In the third of a series of interviews with scientists under the National Research Foundation umbrella,
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  • BUSINESS
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      STI
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      ASIA
      26 28 HANG SENG 21,491.62 (+1.01%) Ç Ç Ç Ç NIKKEI 9,384.17 (+1.58%) Ç Ç SHANGHAI 2,357.18 (+0.01%) AUSTRALIA 4,195.90 (+0.33%) MUMBAI 18,289.35 (+0.75%) MALAYSIA 1,557.15 (+0.43%)
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      SINGAPORE EXCHANGE
      95 28 STOCK CALL Neutral S$7.15 JPMorgan upgrades from Underweight; raises target to S$7.90 from S$5.30. House says the strength of the volume increase offers a positive surprise. “At these levels, we see balanced risk-return trade-off for the stock from a 12-month view. In the very near term though, there
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      Lock icon Non-oil exports fell last month
      279 28  -  THOMAS CHO thomaschokm@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCIES SINGAPORE —The Republic’s exports fell for the first time in three months in January on lower electronics and petrochemical shipments, as Europe’s debt crisis crimped demand and the Chinese New Year holiday shortened the working month. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX)
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      Singapore Airshow deals top S$39b
      139 28 SINGAPORE More than US$31 billion (S$39 billion) worth of deals were announced at the Singapore Airshow this year, triple that at the previous exhibition in 2010 and a record for the event, according to the organisers of Asia’s largest aerospace and defence show. Major announcements
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      Lock icon UOB ONE CARD CUSTOMER WINS MINI STRATFORD
      50 28 Ms Wan Siew Hoong (left) on Thursday won a Mini Stratford in a lucky draw in UOB’s One Card promotion. UOB senior vice-president of cards and payment products, personal financial services, MsChooWan Sim, presented Ms Wan with the grand prize. PHOTO COURTESY UOB
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      95 28 DOW JONES Singapore-listed rig-builder Sembcorp Marine said yesterday its subsidiary has won a US$213 million (S$268 million) contract to build a jack-up drilling rig for Safin Gulf FZCO, a unit of Austria’s privately held Safin. PPL Shipyard will build the Pacific class
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      161 28 REUTERS India’s Reliance Communications has appointed another two banks for the coming US$1 billion (S$1.26 billion) initial public offering of its undersea cable unit in what may be the largest IPO in Singapore this year, two sources said. Standard Chartered and
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      181 30 You can now buy Apple products without stepping into one of Epicentre’s physical stores. In conjunction with Paypal and SMRT, Epicentre has launched virtual centres in SMRT train stations, in the form of panels, with QR codes on them. Panels at City Hall and Bugis MRT stations will
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      174 30 FAB DEALS IN FEBRUARY Enjoy feb-ulous deals and bargains at Lot One Shoppers’ Mall, Bukit Panjang Plaza and Sembawang Shopping Centre this month. Fab Flea Market at Lot One Visit Lot One’s first-ever flea market for an afternoon of shopping and great bargains. Pick up knick-knacks, books,
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      103 30 The East Asia Institute of Management (EASB) and its long-time partner Queen Margaret University (QMU) organised a high tea event for its QMU alumni at the Marina at Keppel Bay earlier this month, coinciding with a clipper race event held on the same
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      122 30 ISETAN HOKKAIDO FAIR Visit the largest Winter Hokkaido Fair held outside of Japan at the supermarket in Isetan’s Scotts Basement, in conjunction with Isetan Singapore’s 40th Anniversary. To celebrate its anniversary, customers will get to enjoy the specially created Sutamina Ankake Shoyu Ramen (S$13 a bowl), at the supermarket’s eat-in
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      120 30 Pamper yourself and a loved one with a staycation at the Costa Sands Resort in Sentosa. From now until March 31, enjoy special rates for a Deluxe Room package, which is inclusive of daily breakfast and cable TV. For the public, room rates are at S$159 per night
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      928 32  -  At 31, New Zealand’s World Cup-winning captain says retirement has not crossed his mind TODAY EXCLUSIVE TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It has been nearly four months since Richie McCaw (picture) lifted his greatest sports prize. It was a dizzying moment of redemption when
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      332 32  -  TANYO-HINN New Zealand’s World Cup winning captain Richie McCaw could be in Singapore next year with his club side Crusaders. According to the Crusaders’ scrum-half Andy Ellis, the seven-time Super Rugby champions are planning to include the Republic as part of
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        444 33 AGENCIES EUROPA LEAGUE Porto 1 Man City 2 LONDON The racism epidemic which has poisoned English football this season reared its ugly head in continental Europe on Thursday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time), overshadowing Manchester City’s most impressive European performance away from
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        384 34 AGENCIES FA CUP FIFTH ROUND Sunderland vs Arsenal LONDON Arsene Wenger unleashed a tirade at his Arsenal players on Thursday which startled many for its severity. Clearly, the Arsenal boss was out to shock his players out of their lethargy, after a performance he
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      155 34 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Former Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has signed an 18-month deal to take over Anzhi Makhachkala, with the wealthy Russian club expected to confirm the appointment in the next 24 hours. Hiddink has been in Moscow to finalise details as reports in Holland suggested
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      161 34 REUTERS FIFA’s head of security Chris Eaton is leaving football’s governing body in a potential blow to the fight against match-fixing. The former Interpol officer has been at the forefront of FIFA’s campaign against matchfixing and has already pinpointed Malaysia and Singapore as hotbeds of
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      476 35  -  Club chairman Moudden set to propose new payment schedule for salaries owed IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Embattled Etoile FC, the 2010 S-League champions, have scheduled a meeting today with their former players to resolve financial issues. The French club, which had 25 players
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      330 35  -  PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s campaign for a place in the 2012 Uber Cup finals in Wuhan (May 20 to 27) hangs by a thread after a 5-0 drubbing by three-time winners Indonesia in the playoff for fifth place at the Asian Zone
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      300 35 AP HINGHAM Russian driver Vitaly Petrov replaced Jarno Trulli at the Caterham F1 team yesterday, leaving the Italian veteran without a drive after 15 seasons in Formula One. Caterham, formerly known as Team Lotus, said Petrov was at the team’s factory
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        584 2  -  Piaget soars to the skies with its Dragon and Phoenix collection TERENCE LIM LATE last year, Piaget launched its Dragon and Phoenix collection with a majestic and grand gala in Beijing, China.With the watchmaking industry pandering to the Chinese market, it didn’t seem a surprise that the marqué
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        97 3 Highlights from Piaget’s Dragon and Phoenix collection HE SAID With the dragon and phoenix, it’s a sign to the Chinese and Asians that they form an important clientele to us. Piaget’s chief executive officer, Philippe Leopold-Metzger Emperador XL 18K pink gold case, and it features the Manufacture
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        62 3 An in-depth look into the grisalle technique of enamelling The caseback of the Altiplano tourbillon pocket watch features a monochrome painting of a dragon. Two grand feu enamel colours are used: Black for the background and white for the mythical creature. “Stretching” the white enamel forms the grey
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        389 4  -  Slap, slather and spritz on the latest beauty and grooming must-haves ZHANG WEIFANG Neutrogena Hydro Boost Night Concentrate Get the most out of a good night’s sleep with Neutrogena Hydro Boost Night Concentrate. Specially formulated with Neutrogena’s Progressive Release System which actively seeks out dry skin cells to
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        424 4 Latest digs around town HavaianasTop Soul collection For those who can’t decide whether to wear their sporty sneakers or trusty flip flops, why not take a look at Havaianas’ Top Soul collection? The Top Soul entries inject a unique twist to old-school sneakers, and are available in three
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        363 5 Has Sidik, music director of The Lo Behold Group 5 questions with Staying in the music industry for at least a decade is no easy feat, but it’s been rather effortless for Has Sidik, music director of The Lo Behold Group. Besides providing aural pleasure to punters at White Rabbit,
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        79 5  -  ZHANG WEIFANG FLY Entertainment’s head honcho Irene Ang recently expanded her portfolio to include FRY Bistro, her latest venture into the F&B world. Celebrating with an official launch last Wednesday, George Young, Jimmy Taenaka, Jill-Marie Thomas, Alaric Tay and Brendon Fernandez joined in the fun as
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        716 6  -  It’s hard work to get an audience with the four-legged star of The Artist Celia Walden features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH YOU can chart a celebrity’s star status in Hollywood by the number of people cc-ed into their schedule-related emails. One British publicist, two American publicists, a manager and
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        467 7 The Queen of England celebrates author Charles Dickens’ anniversary THE DAILYTELEGRAPH WHILE others were out wining and dining with theirValentines, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated the 200th anniversary of the year Charles Dickens was born, joining actors at a performance which featured
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        1508 8  -  We ask the children of Okto Star where they really want to go for their school holidays SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com. sg THE March school holidays are approaching. And every child knows that’s when they get rewarded with some family bonding time in the form of a
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        652 9  -  SERENE LIM DON’T say that Diego Bunuel is hosting a travel show with his series, Don’t Tell My Mother.The former war correspondent visits spots like Colombia, Lagos, Iraq and Venezuela in a bid to show viewers “the good and the bad” of these countries. “I’m sure
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        144 10 The Singapore Air Show is open to the public this weekend, with a wide array of family-friendly activities planned for visitors. Witness breathtaking flying displays and check out worldclass aircrafts such as the Rebel 300, F15SG and F16C fighter jets, as well as the latest
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        104 10 This year’s Open House, an art walkabout that has artists turning homes and spaces into living exhibition galleries, features the Tiong Bahru estate. There will be 15 artists occupying six houses, a temple and some back alleys. Find out what happens when a longtime community and
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        125 10 Organised bythe National Geographic Channel, the Dog Whisperer Free Pet Shop is Singapore’s largest dog-adoption drive, bringing togetherfour dog shelters Action for Singapore Dogs, Animal Lovers League, Noah’s Ark and Gentle Paws for a weekend where dogs are the stars. Featuring more than 80 dogs
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        Gatsby Dance Competition Singapore Finals
        66 10 Watch eightfinalists battle forthe top spot in the Gatsby Dance Competition. The winner will represent Singapore in the Asia Grand Finals, where they will go against the champions from Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia. Gatsby will also be giving away goodie
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        Life Lessons in Resilience
        74 10 Everyone has the strength to face even the most unimaginable of obstacles. Be inspired to turn adversity into opportunity by unleashing your ability to overcome them and bounce back stronger. Listen to Chew Chor Meng, Bryan Wong, Catherine Sng and others asthey share their personal stories
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        New Word Order Presents The Kamishibai Man
        113 10 Letthe gaito kamishibaiya, or kamishibai storyteller, transport you backto 12th century Japan, when he would cycle into town and enthrall children with didactic tales of adventure. Kamishibai, or paper-theatre, is a form of Japanese storytelling that is conducted through illustrated picture cards. This
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      69 11 ON MEDIACORP STAY HOME SATURDAY MOVIE: GARFIELD Channel~5, ~8pm Jon~Arbuckle~buys~a~second~pet~—~a~dog~named~Odie. When~Odie~is~abducted, ~it~is~up~to~Jon’s~cat, ~Garfield, ~to~ find~and~rescue~the~canine. HUNTER HUNTED okto, ~9pm A~22-year-old~geology~student~is~found~dead~from~an~ apparent~predator~attack~near~a~remote~outpost~in~ Canada. ~Investigators~must~re-examine~the~clues~to~ separate~fact~from~speculation. ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV FA CUP 2011/12: CHELSEA VS BIRMINGHAM CITY (LIVE) STAR~Sports~(mio~TV~Ch~115), ~8.25pm It’s~the~Blues~versus~the~other~Blues~in~the~oldest~ cup~competition~in~the~world. ~Birmingham~City~ has~been~doing~well~in~recent~cup~competitions, having~won~the~Carling~Cup~the~previous~year, while~Chelsea~will~be~looking~to~extend~their~run~ in~the~FA~Cup~as~they~seek~to~reclaim~some~glory~ from~the~days~of~old. MALAM NADA BIRU CONCERT SERIES Astro~Ria~(mio~TV~Ch~34), ~Every~Saturday,
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