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  • 40 1 Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday March 7, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday March 7, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 487 1  -  AMIR HUSSAIN hussainsamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The monthly National Service (NS) rank allowance will be increased by S$60 across all ranks starting next month, as part of efforts to recognise the contributions of national servicemen, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen in Parliament yesterday.
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  • 586 1  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The water fee structure and charges will not be changed this year, assured Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan during the Committee of Supply Debate yesterday. He was responding to Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang, who charged
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  • PARLIAMENT
    • 485 2  - Smoking ban to cover more places SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Smokers will soon have fewer places where they can have a puff. The smoking ban, which currently covers most indoor public areas and public transport, will be extended in the coming year, announced Senior Minister of State (Ministry of the
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    • 462 2  -  According to the ministry, these locations were chosen due to projected growth and because there are either none, or very few, hawker centres in these towns. SUMITA SREEDHARAN SINGAPORE Seven towns will each get a new hawker centre over the next five years.
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    • 595 3  -  The pay review is part of the Healthcare 2020 Masterplan that Mr Gan laid out, which comprises three key areas expanding capacity in the healthcare system, raising quality of patient care and improving healthcare financing. TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While Health
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    • 621 4  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE Data from copyright-hold-ers show Singapore has one of the highest incidences of online digital piracy in the Asia-Pacific region, Law Minister K Shanmugam told Parliament yesterday. On average, it is estimated there are more than 300,000 cases of illegal downloading each
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    • 341 4  -  AMIR HUSSAIN hussainsamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Noting that the Government is prepared to spend up to 6 per cent of GDP on defence, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen assured Parliament yesterday that “MINDEF only asks for what we need each year”. “Our overall approach is
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 530 6 AGENCIES LONDON World stock markets fell yesterday as negative news flow from the major economies continued to undermine sentiment even as investors awaited key data due later in the week. In the euro zone, Greece’s longrunning debt crisis
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    • 365 6  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It will be a “highly challenging year” ahead for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) due to the geopolitical and economic uncertainties over the next few years, said Minister K Shanmugam yesterday. And even as he expressed confidence
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    • 515 8 AGENCIES PETALING JAYA Up to 80 per cent of operating companies in Malaysia may fold if a blanket minimum wage is introduced, owners of small and medium enterprises warned yesterday, in reaction to the government’s plan to
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    • 391 10 REUTERS CANBERRA Floods across eastern Australia forced more than 13,000 people to evacuate their homes yesterday after record-high summer rains drenched three states over the past week, swelling rivers and forcing dams to overflow. In the worst-hit state of New South Wales, the
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    • 213 10 AP NEW YORK The economic cost of disasters last year was the highest in history with a price tag of at least US$380 billion (S$480 billion), mainly due to earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, a United Nations envoy said on Monday. Ms
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    • 215 10 AP MANILA A moderately strong earthquake cracked buildings and shook homes yesterday in a central Philippine province, injuring at least 10 people, officials said. Dr Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2
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    • 299 12 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A pill that makes alcoholics want to drink less has been developed by scientists. Presented at the European Psychiatric Association Congress in Prague, the drug is thought to work by blocking mechanisms in the brain that give alcoholics enjoyment from
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    • 381 12 REUTERS NEW YORK When it comes to soothing pre-term newborns’ pain during medical pokes and prods, sugar water seems at least as good as breast milk, according to two studies published on Monday. There are currently guidelines recommending sugar
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    • 296 7 SMU made an impact on our lives. Now we’re making our mark in the world.” When our first batch of graduates started their careers in 2004, employers saw a different class of candidates. The students from Singapore Management University were bold, confident, articulate, versatile, well rounded and eager for challenges.
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 811 14  -  BETSEY STEVENSON, JUSTIN WOLFERS Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, professors at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, are Bloomberg View columnists. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is trying out a new communication strategy that has the potential to dramatically change the outlook
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    • 800 15  -  HELENE COOPER Helene Cooper is a White House correspondent with The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIMES President Barack Obama has a new message: America has gotten its groove back. In ways large and small, Mr Obama has seized on a narrative of
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    • 909 16  -  MALCOLM RIFKIND Malcolm Rifkind is a British Member of Parliament and a former Foreign Secretary. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH At the end of the Cold War, the West would have been delighted to know that 20 years hence the Communist Party would again be
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    • 899 18  -  YURIKO KOIKE Yuriko Koike is Japan’s former Minister of Defence and National Security Adviser. PROJECT SYNDICATE On Sunday, a year will have passed since Japan was struck by the triple tragedy of an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. According to figures announced by the country’s National Police
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    • 1512 20  -  North Korea needs hard cash and there’re not many good options of getting it SHEEN A CHESTNUT GREITENS Sheena Chestnut Greitens is a doctoral candidate in government at Harvard and a fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and at the Miller
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  • VOICES
    • 377 22  -  Letter from Chong Lee Ming I REFER to the I Say piece “Buses I use, I pay” (March 3). The binary view of public transport fares as “I use I pay” versus “I use you subsidise my ride” misses the other dimensions of public
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    • 64 22 It was reported in “Fewer, simpler CPF Life plans from Jan” (March 6) that amounts above the Minimum Sum in a person’s Ordinary and Special accounts will automatically be transferred to his Retirement Account. This is incorrect. Amounts up to the Minimum Sum in a person’s Ordinary and Special
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    • 256 23  -  Letter from Brenda Tham A WEEKLY rest day for maids sounds like a good idea. But would this work here? With the employer levy and security bond still in place, will Singapore be competitive with Hong Kong? These restrictions should be removed
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    • 204 23  -  Letter from Aileen Low WHILE I applaud the humanity of the mandatory weekly day off for foreign domestic workers, the move will significantly impact Singaporeans who are highly dependent on maids for many reasons. First, though there is flexibility to pay them in
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    • 222 23  -  Letter from Koh Kok Sin Chairperson, Green Committee, NTUC FairPrice WE REFER to Mr Stephen Tan’s letter “Go for green lanes” (March 3) and thank him for supporting our Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) checkout lanes in our City Square outlet. We will consider including more such
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 369 24  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —To help the elderly and patients who may face difficulty standing up after using the toilet, three final-year Engineering Singapore Polytechnic (SP) students have designed an adjustable toilet seat (picture). By pushing a wireless button, the seat will automatically
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    • 378 24 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —The Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will start the world’s first trial to find the optimal time to deliver electrical shocks to cardiac arrest patients. Doctors will determine if delivering electrical shocks at a specific time during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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    • 279 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The majority of employees in Singapore struggle to achieve work-life balance, due to the widespread use of technology, according to a study by global recruitment HR services provider Randstad. The Randstad Workmonitor Report for Q1 2012, released yesterday, polled 405 employees
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    • 256 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE They knew their foreign workers were housed in rubbish bin centres but they continued to falsely declare the residential address of these workers. For making false declarations in the Online Foreign Worker Address System, 38-year-old general manager Lim Jiun Wei and
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    • 117 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Government paid S$860,000 to human resource company Mercer for its work with the Ministerial Salaries ReviewCommittee, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean in a written answer to Parliament yesterday. This was in response to
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    • 168 26 CHANNELNEWSASIA The Singapore Children’s Society aims to get 1,000 corporate donors to help serve needy children and their families through its “1000 Enterprises for Children-in-Need” programme. To reach out to the business community and encourage stronger corporate participation, the society plans to
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    • 176 26 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Scouts’ Annual Job Week was launched yesterday by President Tony Tan and some scouts got the ball rolling by taking on various jobs at the Istana compound, like sweeping the floor, cleaning the windows and the grand
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    • 133 27  -  ALVINA SOH An IT programmer was fined S$2,500 yesterday for spraying insecticide at her neighbour’s one-year-old son. Kong Yong Meow pleaded guilty to rashly endangering the life of the toddler on June 25 last year. The court heard that the 59-year-old was
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    • 362 27 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A man has been spared the gallows after the Court of Appeal set aside his drug conviction yesterday. Justice V K Rajah said the evi dence was far from suffi­cient to support the conviction of Azman Sanwan and was
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    • 185 27  -  ALVINA SOH A man was jailed 30 months and given six strokes of the cane for molesting his flatmate while she was having a shower. Judge Mathew Joseph yesterday said the 30-year-old Filipino national,
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    • 150 27 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The police have arrested two 17-year-old youths believed to be involved in a case of robbery with hurt. At about 7.30am on Monday, a 38-year-old man reported that he had been assaulted and robbed near Upper Serangoon Road. He alleged
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  • WORLD
    • 415 28 REUTERS NEW DELHI India’s Rahul Gandhi failed spectacularly to deliver a promised comeback for his Congress party in crucial state elections, casting fresh doubt on his capacity to become the next member of a storied dynasty to lead the country. The Congress
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    • 226 28 AP NAYPYITAW (Myanmar) Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ended a campaign trip to Myanmar’s capital yesterday with a reassurance to the military that she seeks no confrontation with it. Ms Suu Kyi spoke yesterday at two rallies on the outskirts of Naypyitaw,
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    • 506 30 REUTERS WASHINGTON Mr Benjamin Netanyahu assured United States President Barack Obama on Monday that Israel has not made any decision on attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, sources close to the talks said, but the Israeli Prime Minister gave no sign of backing away from
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    • 71 30 Security personnel investigating the site of a bomb attack in Thailand’s southern Yala province yesterday. Two soldiers providing security for teachers were severely wounded in the roadside bombing, the authorities said. Initial investigations showed that perpetrators had detonated an improvised explosive device hidden in
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    • 375 31 AGENCIES BEIRUT Syrian forces are carrying out mass arrests and summary executions in Baba Amr, the former rebel stronghold in the city of Homs, according to a growing body of evidence. The accounts of atrocities coincide with the regime’s continued refusal to allow
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    • 263 31 REUTERS CHICAGO The Obama administration asserted on Monday a right to kill Americans overseas who are plotting attacks against the United States, laying out specific details for the first time about a policy that critics argue violates US and international law.
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    • 251 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO AJapanese company has devised an ingenious method to protect buildings from the violent shaking of an earthquake, fitting homes with giant airbags that enable them to “float” through the tremors. Air Danshin Systems is fitting
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    • 448 32 The study is crucial because radiation estimates from the Japanese government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power are as much as 77 per cent less than some estimates from overseas organisations. TheJapanese estimates have been revised twice as
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    • 420 33 REUTERS LONDON More than two billion people have gained access to better drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells, between 1990 and 2010, United Nations (UN) officials said yesterday. The figure means the world has met the
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    • 239 33 AP BEIJING China’s Foreign Minister said yesterday that the often fractious ties between Beijing and Washington are steadily improving, but more trust is needed and the onus is on the United States to respect Chinese interests on issues such as Taiwan
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    • 216 36 AP NEW YORK Egypt’s ultra-conservative Islamic Al-Nour party said on Monday that one of its Members of Parliament, Mr Anwar Al Balkimy (picture), has resigned because he got a nose job and then lied about it, claiming he was beaten. Mr
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    • 347 36 With 419 delegates at stake, states holding contests on so-called ‘Super Tuesday’ offer about a third of the 1,144 delegates required to clinch the Republican nomination at the party’s national convention in late August in Florida. AP WASHINGTON Republicans were voting in 10 states
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    • 130 36 AP The United States Navy will soon begin giving breathalyser tests to its sailors before they report to work aboard a ship. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced the plan on Monday during an “all hands” call from aboard the USS Bataan
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    • 280 37 AP MOSCOW An attempt by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s foes to protest his presidential election victory by occupying a Moscow square ended with riot police quickly dispersing and detaining hundreds of demonstrators a stark reminder of the challenges faced by Russia’s opposition. The harsh
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    • 217 37 REUTERS PARIS The French Prime Minister urged Muslims and Jews to consider scrapping their halal and kosher slaughter laws on Monday as President Nicolas Sarkozy and his allies stepped up efforts to woo far-right voters. Mr Francois Fillon made the suggestion after
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    • 174 37 AGENCIES Thousands of Eurostar passengers faced major disruptions after a cable fault caused delays for up to nine hours and forced the cancellation of four services yesterday. A faulty overhead power cable in northern France was blamed for trains being switched from high-speed
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    • 64 38 Crushed cars and semi-trailers on Highway 20 in the United States, near Iowa’s Webster City, on Monday after chainreaction collisions involving about 30 vehicles. The authorities are blaming the pile-up on poor visibility due to fog and thick black smoke billowing from burning hay bales
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    • 263 38 REUTERS WASHINGTON Black and Latino students across the United States are far more likely to be suspended than white students and far less likely to have access to college preparation courses, according to a study released yesterday by the US Department of Education’s
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    • 219 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Bright students are starting university in Britain unable to structure an essay because of the “damage” caused by test-driven schooling, Cambridge academics warned on Monday. Many undergraduates are struggling to show their natural flair after being ordered to
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    • 255 39 AP MINNEAPOLIS Air passengers in the United States can stop sharpening their elbows: Overhead bins are getting bigger as packed planes and a high volume of carryons are forcing airlines to expand the space above their heads. United and
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    • 46 39 A bride wearing a gown with peacock tails at her wedding banquet in Nanjing, China on Monday. The costume, which costs 100,000 yuan (S$20,000), is about 10m long and 7m wide and is made with nearly 20,000 peacock tails. Reuters REUTERS
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    • 306 39 REUTERS SYDNEY In the pristine frozen continent of Antarctica, scientists fear an alien invasion not from outer space but carried in people’s pockets and bags. Seeds and plants accidentally brought to Antarctica by tourists and scientists may introduce alien plant species that could
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    • 309 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH GENEVA The days of having to put down bags of shopping in order to open the car boot could soon be over, after Ford unveiled a door that opens when the car’s rear bumper is kicked (picture). Using sensors in the bumper
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    • 148 40 REUTERS A four-legged robot known as “Cheetah” lived up to its name on Monday, setting a new land speed record for legged robots by running at 29 kmh on a treadmill at a laboratory in Massachusetts, its developer said. The “Cheetah”, being developed
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    • 151 40 AP Call it “McWashington”. A Nebraska woman has sold a three-year-old McDonald’s Chicken McNugget that resembles President George Washington (picture) for US$8,100 (S$10,200) on eBay. The Sioux City Journal in Iowa says bidding ended on Monday morning. Ms Rebekah Speight of Dakota
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    • 182 39 SINGAPORE mantime^/eek 2 0 12 ARE YOU UP TO THE CHALLENGE? The Amazing MaritimeChallenge pits teams in a series of fun maritime-themed games. Held in and around the Maritime Experiential Museum Aquarium, teams will need to strategise and compete in the various stations in order to rack up as many
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  • BUSINESS
    • 466 42  -  CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE DBS Bank chairman Peter Seah is confident that South-east Asia’s largest bank will surpass the record S$3 billion in net profit it made last year despite the current economic uncertainty. “I am reasonably confident that we
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    • 247 42  -  THOMAS CHO thomaschokm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The land systems arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering said yesterday it intends to “vigorously take appropriate actions” to clear its name and defend its reputation, following reports it has been blacklisted by India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) for
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    • 238 42  -  YVONNE CHAN yvonnechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE New electronic gadgets will play a big part in Singapore’s economy, analysts say. Products such as Smart TVs, smartphones and tablets are among items expected to breathe new life into the languishing electronics industry. Brisk sales of such gadgets last
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    • 95 42 A 99-year leasehold residential site at Hillview Avenue received seven bids at the close of the tender yesterday, with the top offer from Kingsford Development at S$243.22 million, according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Kingsford’s offer of S$638 psf ppr for the
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      54 44 TUESDAY CLOSE 2,932.01 (-2.00%) Monday 2,991.80 q 0.06% Friday 2,993.49 p 0.49% Thursday 2,978.84 q 0.51% Wednesday 2,994.06 p 0.82% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE SembMar 80,698 s$5.060 q 6.296% Noble Grp 73,560 s$1.335 q 4.643% TopGlobal 63,601 s$0.012 UNCH GoldenAgr 62,816 s$0.700 q 2.098% Yangzijiang
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    • 33 44 È È È HANG SENG 20,806.25 (-0.63%) È NIKKEI 9,637.63 H AUSTRALIA È SHANGHAI Ç È 2,410.45 A MALAYSIA AUSTRALIA 4,204.70 H SEOUL MUMBAI 17,173.29 (-1.09%) MALAYSIA 1,589.91 (+0.04%) SEOUL 2,000.36 (-0.78%)
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    • 78 44 STOCK CALL Buy S$2.94 CLSA upgrades from Outperform and raises target to S$3.88 from S$2.99. Says: “After missing major asset recycling activities in the past two years, we believe Capitaland is making a comeback with strong ready pipeline.” The house has identified S$4.3 billion in assets that will be
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    • 228 44 AGENCIES BEIJING China could and should widen the daily trading range for the yuan, an adviser to the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said yesterday as the central bank guided the currency to an unusually weak level, suggesting such a move might be
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    • 88 44 Swiber Holdings said yesterday it has secured about US$36 million (S$45.5 million) worth of contracts, with the exercise of all options, for vessel chartering services in the Gulf of Mexico and South-east Asia. The integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry said
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    • 233 44 DOW JONES MELBOURNE Yanzhou Coal Mining and Gloucester Coal are pushing ahead with plans to merge Australian mining assets, although on revised terms that will see Yanzhou take a slightly higher stake in the new company and inject less debt. The companies’ boards
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    • 248 46 AGENCIES ZURICH The Swiss Parliament has approved an amendment to a tax treaty with the United States, making it easier for Washington to identify US taxpayers with undeclared Swiss accounts. Switzerland’s Lower House on Monday passed the proposal by 110 votes to 56 votes,
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    • 196 46 AGENCIES SYDNEY Australia’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged as expected yesterday but kept the door open to future cuts should the world economy weaken. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) held its cash rate target at 4.25 per cent, where
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    • 349 43 i. Dr. Doom Talks Boom at Invest Asia 2012. Gain valuable insights from our special guest speaker renowned investor Dr. Marc Faber as he discusses Asian stock markets. Can the upturn be sustained? Hear the experiences of CEOs on how they leveraged Asia's growth. Join research analysts from Maybank Kim
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    • 751 44 FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information. Warrant Turnover Surges 66% Top Gainers Among Macquarie Warrants Underlying price as of 29 February Underlying change
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    • 103 44 SWISS HOSPITALITY EDUCATION WORLDWID SWITZERLAND SPAIN USA CHINA AUSTRALIA W r i 7 LEADING HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS 1 GLOBAL NETWORK SEMINAR IN SINGAPORE IVIeet: Regional Admissions Director, Dr. Tom Fitzgibbon FRIDAY 3™ MARCH 2012 4-9pm Suntec Convention Centre Level S, IVIR 208/9, Singapore] Places are limited Contact your Education Counselor:
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    • 287 46 GET THE LATEST NEWS TWITTER.COM/ TODAYONLINE 7 Jf+ You learn everything about Korea! Experienced Korean Teachers! Only 3 mins from both City Hall and Bugis MRT Basic Level 1 (2hrsx 10 sessions) value $400 Secondary students (2hrs x 4 sessions) Poly/JC students (2hrs x 4 sessions) Canada Korean Language Center
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    • 150 46 r i?os INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF SINGAPORE Building an Intellectual Property Hub of Asia JUDGING INVENTIONS A Career as a Patent Examiner for Scientists and Engineers Intellectual Property (IP) is the currency in an innovation-driven economy. Effective use of IP such as patents can improve the value of a business
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  • DIGITAL
    • 179 48 Apple users have downloaded 25 billion apps from the ITunes App Store overthe weekend, said the Tech giant.To celebrate the milestone, Apple gave a US$10,000 (S$12,600) iTunes gift card to Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China. The app he downloaded was a free version of Where’s My Water, said
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    • 246 48 Users’ data in the United Kingdom is passed to American ad networks: Study THE GUARDIAN LONDON Advertising networks used by apps in Android devices can get access to user information, according to an investigation by a United Kingdom information security company. MWR Infosecurity found that
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    • 202 48 REUTERS GENEVA Within three months of the launch of the Internet “pornography” domain “.xxx”, 10 cases have been launched against Web pirates registering sites on it using the names of reputable companies and people, insiders said on Monday. Sources at the World
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  • IMPACT
    • 607 50 US dairy industry group hopes a breakfast date with the actress will convince consumers to drink more THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The Milk Processor Education Program, a dairy industry group, has announced the latest version of the National Milk Mustache “Got Milk”
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    • 114 50 PREMIUM DIM SUM AT ITS BEST C N I I E S E jt in W I A N i H A 0 STtURINT Bringing Dim Sum to the next level; Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant now presents you the newly introduced Premium Dim Sum, featuring exquisite and delicate creations by
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    • 64 51 TOP REASONS (GIVE FOR LOOKING Chris Lee WHOA, MAN How to wear a woman’s shirt still look cool TUCK. PPS 1284/06/2012 (*****1) 8 *****7 *****2 S$2.00 (IN CL GST) RM4.90 (Says this Ch I star’s mother I The all-natural FIONA XIE shares why stars don’t like to nip tell gives
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  • SPORTS
    • 707 52  -  Second-half strikes propel LionsXII to within three points of league leaders Kelantan IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was not the best of performances but in a match where they needed a result to boost their championship credentials in the Malaysian Super League (MSL), the
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    • 141 52  -  DAN GUEN CHIN Reigning S-League champions Tampines Rovers lost 3-1 away at Hong Kong’s Kitchee last night in their opening Group F encounter in the 2012 AFC Cup. Kitchee opened the scoring at the Tseung Kwan O Sports Complex through Liang Zicheng in the
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    • 121 52 AP A FIFA investigation has revealed that a notorious match-fixing agent helped organise suspicious friendly matches played by South Africa as it prepared to host the 2010 World Cup. Jailed fixer Wilson Perumal appointed referees, including Niger official Ibrahim Chaibou, after
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    • 201 52  -  LOW LIN FHOONG The Republic will not be represented in the men’s singles of the All England Open Badminton Championships after Derek Wong lost 2-0 to Malaysia’s Daren Liew in yesterday’s qualifiers. Singapore fared better in the men’s doubles where Danny
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    • 593 53  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Six teenage footballers from the Singapore Sports School will leave this Friday for Japan to train with the youth teams of J-League side Albirex Niigata. The stint, a collaboration between the Sports School and the Japanese club’s satellite team Albirex Niigata
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    • 354 54 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16, SECOND LEG APOEL Nicosia vs Olympique Lyon After topping group, Nicosia want to extend dream run REUTERS NICOSIA The GSP stadium is set to be rocked to its foundations by 20,000 frenzied APOEL Nicosia fans today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) when
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    • 330 54 AGENCIES LONDON Rafael Benitez has become the first high-profile candidate to declare an interest in the vacant Chelsea manager’s position and suggested he would be forgiven by Liverpool supporters if he were to return to the Premier League at Stamford Bridge. The
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    • 353 55 Valcke: I’m sorry, but Brazil makes FIFA official persona non grata for ‘kick up the backside’ remark REUTERS BRASILIA FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke (picture) apologised on Monday for saying Brazil needed a “kick up the backside” to be ready for the 2014 World Cup, as the government formally declared
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    • 56 53 m SI 0 @TDYSPORTS ON TWITTER SPORTS SCORES ANALYSIS NEWS CELEBRATE ASIA'S BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AT THE PRESTIGIOUS CHANNEL NEWS AS IA LUMINARY AWARDS ON 9 th MARCH 2012. Catch the highlights of the ceremony on 10 th March 2012, 11:00pm on Channel NewsAsia Platinum Sponsors MJewin Established 1898 Jermyn Street
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    • 105 55 SPORTS FIXTURES Asian FC Cup Home Team Home United Away Team Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Citizen AA Wed, 07/03/12 7.30pm For fixtures of all S.League, Asian Champ, UE Champions, UE Europe, E Cup, E League Champ and Italian League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIREfMARINA BAY SANDS
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    • 175 56 OLE MARCH ISSUE OUT NOW! 1 S' P 1 z IT’S THE PRETTIEST SEASON EVER! H S m H 2012 f A BBT SOME **m ON YOU > WHY THE i OTHER WOMAN IS YOUR ALLY p A Ra 01 2012 rt a »jy« a q a i©. n o
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    • 46 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S BALL LANDS IN AMERICA T7 TECH: X-HILARATING XBOX GAMES FOR EVERY OCCASION T8 MARCH 7, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF TARZAN ON MARS ONLY TAYLOR KITSCH CAN MAKE THIS LOOK WORK T2
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  • MOVIES
    • 1372 2  -  Taylor Kitsch, star of the sci-fi epic John Carter, is ready for his shirtless close-up PHINWONG IN SAN FRANCISCO phin@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU’RE not familiar withTarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulpy 1912 sciencefiction John Carter Of Mars series, the only thing about John Carter you might be familiar
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 418 4  -  MOVIE REVIEW: THE LORAX PG, 87MIN GENEVIEVE LOH “I AM the Lorax, I speak for the trees!” yells the little bizarre orange furry creature (speaking in Danny DeVito’s voice) somewhere in the first quarter of the 3D animated feature The Lorax. With recent box office results
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    • 482 4  -  MOVIE REVIEW: A SEPARATION PG, 123MIN GENEVIEVE LOH A SEPARATION won this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Golden Globe, Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear and every other Best Foreign Film honour during this recent awards seasons.And rightfully so. Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi’s unflashy, moving piece
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      190 6  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS: Here’s the rather preposterous plot:We catch up with Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) some 15 years after their traumatic experience with the gingerbread house.They now brandish cool weapons and make a living as bounty hunters dedicated to exterminating witches.Their
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    • 407 6 MOVIE REVIEW: JOHN CARTER/ PG13, 131MIN THE GUARDIAN EVER since the dawn of the modern blockbuster, circa 1975 with Jaws, the imminent release of a new high-profile movie seems to have become as much a matter of how much cash it’s likely to rake in as
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    • 359 7 Coldplay, Russell Brand and The Muppets star in Amnesty-helmed show THE DAILYTELEGRAPH THE Secret Policeman’s Ball made its American debut at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Monday night. Among the performers were Russell Brand, Liam Neeson, Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis,
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    • 283 7 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHINESE dissident artist Ai Weiwei (picture) has sold part of his Sunflower Seeds installation to The Tate Gallery. The gallery has bought around eight million of the 100 million porcelain seeds, which covered the floor of the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in
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    • 200 4 CMI GLOBALLY RECOGNISED PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION FROM UK’S ONE ONLY CHARTERED BODY Mr Steve Couchman BSc (Hons), Dip.NLP, Dip.L.Coach, Dip.Couns, FCMI, MIoD Facilitator A highly qualified professional coach and trainer with over 30 years of management experience in leading organisations across South East Asia, America and Europe. CMI Level 3 AWARD
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    • 187 5 TAKE YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH AFFORDABLE TV ADVERTISING. Register today to attend MediaCorp TVConnect, our free 45 minute seminar which shows business owners, managers and marketing executives how to connect to new customers and grow their business using the enormous power of television. You will see our
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    • 617 6 EXPERIENCE IT IIM IMAX 3D NOW! j WATCH IT NOW A LIDO \UL JOHN SMARTER EXPERIENCE IT IN r V I MAX 3D > 8 MARCH 2012 Advance Ticket Sales Begin Now! Get your LIDO IMAX tickets now to The World's Most Immersive Movie Experience. B facebook.com/shaw.sg MAN ON A
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    • 107 6 CATHAY LIKE US ON facebook.com/cathaycineplexes Buy tickets on iCATHAY Available free on the App Store FOLLOW US ON twitter.com/cathay_cinemas cathay.com.sg IT'S SPY Against Spy a 0 The Cathay 10.40am, 12.45pm, 2.50, 5.00, 7.15, 9.30pm Platinum Movie Suites 1.00pm, 3.05, 5.10, 7.20, 9.45pm Cineleisure Orchard 11.40am, 1.50pm, 3.10, 5.20, 7.30, 9.40pm
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  • TECH
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      759 8  -  X-hilarating and X-citing, these Xbox 360 games will make this year an X-plosive one Peter Yeo peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg I HAVE seen the future.And it is good. Over the last week, myself and a scoop of journalists were given a first look at the upcoming games for the Xbox 360
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    • 313 8 Step into battle with this tank simulation I DECLARE the sleeper hit of the year to be this wonderful game from Capcom. Despite not even appearing on our radar, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor made reporters sit up in attention and it’s not just to give your game
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    • 425 9 Finally, a game that lets you live out your fantasy as a Jedi, or Sith IF THERE is any game that demands Kinect, it is Star Wars. After all, what other characters would need you to wield a lightsaber to cut down enemies, deflect blaster fire and
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    • 260 9 Step into shoes of a spell caster with this Fable FANS of Fable will be glad to lay their hands on Fable:The Journey. So, too, will fans of inertia. As explained by the developer, Lionhead Studios, the game is built to be an easy-playing one.Where the objectives
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    • 111 8 DIPLOMA IN COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY V CPE Registered V Endorsed by Psychotherapy Associaton of Singapore V Endorsed by the Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy (AGIP) V Flexible Installment Schemes Fast Track to a Degree V Career Opportunities Available Degree Articulation Pathway Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology Diploma in Counselling Psychology
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    • 79 9 For more game previews from the Xbox Spring Showcase 2012, scan this QR code 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://qrs.ly/er1q2lg on your browser. GET FOR THE PRICE OF
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  • THINGS TO DO
    • 68 10 Don’t miss this one-night-only concert by the indie-rock band from Seattle. Catch them performing their signature whispery-rock hits such as Transatlanticism, I Will Possess Your Heart and A Lack of Colour as well as songs from their new album Codes and Keys, which
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    • 105 10 Taking inspiration from Kuo Pao Kun’s Spirits Play, The Mother Hen Next Door tells of a mother who lingers in the underworld to waitfor her missing son, only to encounter a stranger who seems to have all the answers. This production is performed
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    • 65 10 Drop by the Esplanade to catch aspiring local band Off the Cuff perform live a series of familiar jazz hits which they guarantee will delight, tantalise and provoke, all atthe same time. Songs they will perform include Bye Bye Blackbird, Alice in Wonderland and The
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    • 81 10 Art encourages selfexpression, self-discovery and emotional growth. A collaboration between Silver Ribbon Singapore and the National Library Board, this exhibition provides a platform for people with mental illness and clients of mental health organisations to showcase theirtalents. Check outtheir pieces of art, which, through the
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    • 76 10 Exploring the social fabric of contemporary Hong Kong, this photographic exhibition showcases 100 photographs by artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu. The photos focus on Filipino domestic workers who have become a prominent and integral part of Hong Kong society. Until March 18, 10am to 6pm, closed
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    • UPCOMING
      • 67 10 The NUS Theatre Studies Programme turns 20 this year, and will be performing a stage adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit, a classic children’s tale about discovering one’s identity and the redemptive power of love. March 15 to 17,8pm with extra 3pm show on March 17, The Arts
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      • 105 10 In celebration of International Women’s Day, the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore is organising a discussion panel featuring some of the most powerful women in Asia. Join Carolyn Chen, a partner in Heidrick Struggles Singapore, Georgette Chen Adamopoulos, Group Head of Communications of
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    • 33 10 SUDOKUplus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOWTO PLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. COPYRIGHT UCLICK YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
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    • 63 12 ON MEDIACORP WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE: TRUE LIES (PG-VIOLENCE) Channel~5, ~10.20pm Harry~Tasker~is~a~secret~agent~for~the~United~States~ government. ~For~years, ~he~has~kept~his~job~from~his~ wife, ~but~is~forced~to~reveal~his~identity~when~they~are~ kidnapped~by~nuclear~terrorists. POLAR BEARS LIVING ON THIN ICE okto, ~9pm Despite~being~well~adapted~for~the~Arctic, ~life~for~polar~ bears~is~still~tough. This~documentary~shows~how~a~ female~polar~bear~and~her~two~cubs~fight~to~survive~in~ the~harsh~Arctic~environment. ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV COOKED S4 (EXCLUSIVE TV PREMIERE) Life~Inspired~(mio~TV~Ch~22), Wednesdays, ~8pm~ Justin~Bonello~is~a~South~African~film-maker, ~chef~ and~television~personality~who~has~combined~ his~three~favourite~things~—~Southern~Africa, food~and~friends~—~into~his~daily~work. ~Join~this~ culinary~genius~and~his~team~as~they~make~their~ way~across~South~Africa~visiting~a~variety~of~ beautiful~locations, ~whilst~storming~up~a~selection~
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    • 426 12 ~6.00AM~~ Films~&~Stars~Asia ~6.30~~ AM~Live!~ ~9.00~~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~ IX ~9.45~ Just~For~Laughs~Gags~IX ~10.00~~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~11.00~~ GP~Racing~On~Track~2012 ~11.30~~ Great~Ideas~From~JML ~12.30PM~~ Light~Years ~1.00~~ The~Pupil~II ~2.00~~ Knight~Rider ~6.00AM~~ Frontline ~6.30~~ Stars. ~Beat~It!~ ~7.00~~ Good~Morning~Singapore ~10.00~~ The~Unforgettable~Memory ~NOON~ Sizzling~Woks~III ~12.30PM~~ HDB~Tai~Tai~III ~1.00~~ News~8~At~One ~1.30~~ Shall~We~Talk? ~2.00~~ See~The~World CHANNEL ~3.00~~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~4.00~~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~ IX ~5.00~~ Unbeatable~Banzuke ~5.30~~ Ultimate~Parkour~Challenge
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    • 74 12 ON MEDIACORP SEEDS OF LIFE (DEBUT) Channel~8, ~7pm Sekinchan~rice~supplier~Luo~Chang~He~has~two~sons. His~elder~son, ~Shi~Cong, ~is~a~prideful~and~ambitious~ young~man~who~fights~to~win~his~father’s~trust~in~hopes~ that~the~rice~mill~will~be~passed~on~to~him. ~Luo~Chang~ He’s~younger~son, ~Shi~Jie, ~is~more~grounded. ~Chang~He~ holds~a~celebration~in~honour~of~being~re-elected~as~ the~chairman~for~the~rice~trader~committee~for~the~ fifth~time. ~Shi~Jie~misses~the~celebration, ~much~to~Chang~ He’s~displeasure. ~But~after~Chang~He~finds~out~that~Shi~ Jie~missed~the~celebration~as~he~was~trying~to~solve~the~ insect~infestation~in~the~fields, ~he~is~proud~of~Shi~Jie~and~ even~praises~him. HELLO DOCTOR II VASANTHAM, ~9pm This~week, Vishnu~and~Indra~discuss~breast~cancer~and~ arthritis~with~the~doctors. ~In~the~fitness~segment, ~the~ hosts~learn~more~ about~carrying~ weights~and~fitness~ training. ~Plus, ~a~treat~ for~all~adventure~ enthusiasts~as~the~ hosts~discover~an~ exciting~new~sport~in~
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