Today, 12 March 2012

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  • 20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday March 12, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 476 1 AGENCIES OFUNATO (Japan) With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear rallies, Japan yesterday marked one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands and set off a radiation crisis that shattered public trust in atomic power and
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  • 548 1  -  Younger Singaporeans should not be burdened with taxes: Shanmugam DYLAN LOH dylanloh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has said that the Government does not want younger Singaporeans to be saddled with tax burdens, even as it ensures that the elderly
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 403 2  -  LINETTE LIM, SIM PING KHUAN SINGAPORE Despite a few setbacks, some Singapore-listed and local firms affected by the three disasters that struck Japan the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant leak last year have remained optimistic about prospects in the country and are
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    • 302 2  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE In a surprise move that has prompted widespread speculation, the chairman of the National Day Parade executive committee, Colonel Nelson Yau (picture), resigned last Monday, citing “personal reasons”. The shock departure of Col Yau, who is the
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    • 556 3  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former Attorney-General Tan Boon Teik, the longest-serving A-G in post-independence Singapore, died on Saturday, aged 83. Mr Tan took over from Professor Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim on Feb 1,1967, as acting A-G, before receiving the full appointment on Jan
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    • 384 4 THE GUARDIAN BRUSSELS The number of new nuclear power stations entering the construction phase fell dramatically last year compared with previous years, in the aftermath of the incident at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan last March. From 2008 to
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    • 74 4 Chefs from the Mandarin Orchard hotel serving up their signature chicken rice to participants during ‘Takidashi Day’ yesterday at local restaurant One on the Bund. ‘Takidashi’ loosely translates to ‘cook and give’ and the commemorative event was held to show how victims of
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    • 363 4  -  SHARON SEE sharonsee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —For some Japanese citizens living in Singapore who lost their loved ones or homes to the quake and tsunami last year, the horror and sadness still remains. Ms Miho Miyazaki, 36, is a Fukushima native
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    • 296 6  -  IMELDA SAAD SINGAPORE National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan (picture) has said that his ministry will do more to invest in parks and urged the public to help keep public spaces clean. In his latest blog post, he wrote
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    • 595 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE What started off as playing cards in school for a 15-year-old boy, led to money changing hands outside of school and visits to online gambling sites. The boy eventually gambled away his pocket money and
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    • 413 8 AP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian minister said yesterday she will step down amid accusations that her family misused a RM250 million (S$104 million) government loan meant for a cattle project to purchase condominiums, vacations and a Mercedes. The scandal, dubbed Cowgate, has embarrassed
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    • 242 7 “Ethics and social responsibility challenged me to change the world. After 5,923km, the world changed me.” We all have the power to make a difference in the world. Right from the start, Singapore Management University has been providing ample opportunities for our students to extend a helping hand to the
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    • 400 8 The 12 th edition of Asia Pacific MARITIME Asia Pacific Maritime 2012 14 15 March 2012 www.apmaritime.com Marina Bay Sands (SECC), Level 1 Basement 2, Singapore Shipbuilding Marine Workboat Offshore THIS IS THEqnE Join us at the region’s premier maritime exhibition showcasing the latest in marine equipment, technologies and services.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 943 10  -  PHILIP STEPHENS Philip Stephens is associate editor of The Financial Times, where he serves as chief political commentator. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Mr Benjamin Netanyahu might as well have worn a Mitt Romney campaign pin during his visit to Washington. Israel’s Prime Minister does
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    • 957 12  -  JONATHAN ALTER Jonathan Alter is a Bloomberg View columnist and the author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One. BLOOMBERG Everyone remembers how fast eBay, Facebook, YouTube and other websites that have changed our world grew. It’s almost six years since Twitter was founded.
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    • 1073 14  -  AKASH KAPUR Akash Kapur is the author of the forthcoming India Becoming: A Portrait of Life in Modern India. THE NEW YORK TIMES Another brick has come down in the great wall separating India from the rest of the world. Recently, both Starbucks and Amazon
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  • VOICES
    • 435 16  - PE Play and enjoy I SAY Ho Kong Loon The writer taught for 40 years. Ihave always maintained that the love for outdoor physical activities must be nurtured in early childhood. Children are endowed with immense nervous and physical energy, which should have a meaningful avenue for wholesome expression. I
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    • 100 17  -  LETTER FROM ONG TIONG MENG Most bus bays have space for only one or two buses for passengers to alight and board. To resolve the problem of delays when buses have to wait, especially during peak hours, bus bays should
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    • 241 17  -  Letter from Theresa Tan IT IS encouraging that many food operators are switching to meals with healthier ingredients. I hope that this could be promoted in all school canteens. Children need healthier food options for sufficient nutrition to grow healthily and learn happily. I
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    • 223 17  -  Letter from Ng Lee Koon WHEN I returned to Singapore after being away for nine months, I found a note of demand from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). I called the IRAS and was told not to worry. The money
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    • 96 17  -  LETTER FROM DAVID KWOK NG KAN Are private buses allowed to stop and pick up passengers in bus bays for public buses? At the bus bay in front of Anchorpoint shopping centre, during lunch time and the evening
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 521 18  -  Research in S’pore lagging, while job prospects still a concern for TCM graduates NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A lack of funding has resulted in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) re­search in Singapore lagging behind that in other countries, while job prospects remain a
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    • 448 19  -  OLIVIA SIONG OliviaSiong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A review committee recently suggested that more seniors in Singapore get involved in the arts. Though some activities might stretch them to their limits, many seniors said they are looking forward to these new opportunities. Theatre group
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    • 279 19  -  JESSICA YEO SINGAPORE A group of students from Temasek Polytechnic has created iPhone applications to help the visually-hand-icapped, through a collaboration with the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH). One programme will tell the user exactly what is the value
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  • WORLD
    • 349 20 AP BEIJING Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted women and children across the country last year, the Public Security Ministry said yesterday. Trafficking in women and children is a big problem in China, where traditional preference for male heirs and a
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    • 333 20 AP BEIJING More reforms are needed to China’s judicial system to overcome lingering problems with transparency and corrupt judges, the country’s top judge said yesterday. Supreme People’s Court President Wang Shengjun said in his annual report to the National People’s Congress, China’s Parliament, that
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    • 417 21 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s ruling coalition, the Barisan Nasional (BN), is looking to dump its seat-sharing formula among component parties in order to regain its two-thirds parliamentary majority and some of the states lost in the last general election
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    • 347 21 The China Daily quoted Mr Lu Qizhou, president of China Power Investment Co, which is providing the financing for the project, as saying the company will do all it can to avoid negative environmental impacts. AP BEIJING Chinese officials have urged the
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    • 267 22 AP WASHINGTON Mr Rick Santorum (picture) won the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday and Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney countered in Wyoming, a weekend prelude to suddenly pivotal Southern primary showdowns in the week ahead. Final returns in Kansas showed Mr
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    • 61 23 Afghan National Army soldiers keeping watch inside an American base in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province. An American soldier reportedly killed 15 civilians in a shooting spree in Kandahar yesterday, the Defence Ministry said, in an incident that is likely
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    • 325 23 REUTERS BAGHDAD At least 14 youths have been stoned to death in the past three weeks, in what appears to be a campaign by Shia militants against youths wearing Western­style “emo” clothes and haircuts, security and hospital sources said.
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    • 218 23 REUTERS BEIRUT United Nations peace envoy Kofi Annan said he was optimistic after a se­cond round of talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad yesterday but acknowledged it would be difficult to reach a deal to halt the bloodshed. “It’s going to
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    • 268 24 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH HARIPUR A smart house in a bustling town just over 32km north of Islamabad was lived in by Osama bin Laden and his family in 2004, according to new research and it can be yours for £150 (S$295)
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    • 286 24 REUTERS ATHENS Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Saturday formally submitted his candidacy to lead the Socialist PASOK party, as the focus shifted to elections that are expected once an international bailout deal is cleared. Greece averted the immediate
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    • 251 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON New rules could be introduced in Britain to limit the number of patients cared for by each nurse in hospital. A public inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal, where hundreds died amid “appalling” failures in
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    • 272 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The secret of how sprinters have been able to get faster and faster over the years has been revealed the athletes are getting taller and thinner, according to scientists. While watching the Olympic Games this summer, there may
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    • 119 25 REUTERS People pre-ordering Apple’s new iPad to avoid the release-day crowds at the company’s retail stores will have to wait longer to get their hands on the devices. The latest version of the company’s tablet, which was unveiled last week, is
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    • 111 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Paris will become home to Europe’s highest building after it announced it will build 323m-high twin towers that will trump London’s Shard. The two skyscrapers will be 12.2m taller than the Shard, which is currently under construction in London.
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    • 381 22 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 V Fast Track to a Degree V Career Opportunities Available Degree Pathway Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology Diploma in Counselling Psychology
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    • 289 24 0 SINGAPORE WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS a a workforce WUA agency' ment Singapore CALL FOR PROPOSAL (CFP) The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) invites prospective training providers to submit proposal for: CFP No.: WDA.TD.14.85.7.C.V1 Project Title: CFP for appointment of new Continuing Education and Training (GET) Providers for Tourism and F&B
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    • 84 25 Congratulations to our Outstanding ACCA Graduates December 2011 Examinations Nurturing Top ACCA students in Singapore KMAKE KAPLAN YOUR CHOICE. Cassandra Lo Jia Hui 1st in Singapore Gold Medalist Siddarth Khanna 2nd in Singapore Silver Medalist Zheng Yu Fen 3rd in Singapore Bronze Medalist Kaplan Learning Institute Pte Ltd Kaplan City
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  • BUSINESS
    • 496 26  -  More Singapore companies are tapping into debt markets for funds THOMAS CHO thomaschokm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More Singapore-listed companies are tapping into the debt market to raise funds. Companies are going on a fund-raising spree by issuing debt instruments such as bonds and medium-term notes. Over
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    • 164 26 All 21 units of SingXpress Land’s Charlton Residences have been sold for S$59.6 million, less than four months after the freehold cluster housing project was launched. The project, which consists of 5,350 to 7,696 sq ft homes, is the company’s maiden
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    • 427 28 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Oil climbed for a third day in New York after United States employers boosted payrolls more than forecast, bolstering optimism that the world’s largest economy and fuel demand will grow. Futures rose 0.8 per cent after
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (MARCH 5 TO 9)
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        51 28 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,963.15 (-0.24%) THE WEEKAHEAD Regional markets will likely get an uplift from Friday’s positive US job data when trade opens this week. Markets will also take cue from the coming Fed meeting. Thursday 2,970.38 p 1.96% Wednesday 2,913.16 q 0.64% Tuesday 2,932.01 q 2.00% Monday 2,991.80 q
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      • 26 28 HANG SENG 21,086.00 (-2.21%) È Ç NIKKEI È 9,929.74 (+1.56%) SHANGHAI 2,439.46 (-1.43%) AUSTRALIA È È È 4,212.00 (-0.30%) MUMBAI 17,503.24 (-0.76%) MALAYSIA 1,579.00 (-0.30%)
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      • 5 28 OIL US$107.40 (+0.77%) Ç
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      • 91 28 STOCK CALL Outperform S$0.535 CIMB starts coverage with a S$0.65 target. The house says that “through PCRT’s well-located malls in Tier Two cities, we see potential for strong net asset value growth, backed by an experienced management. China’s 2012 focus on expanding consumer demand could not
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    • 251 29 AP SHANGHAI China’s vehicle sales weakened further in the first two months of this year as the economy slowed and higher fuel prices deterred some buyers. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said on Friday that car sales in January-February
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    • 529 29 AP BEIJING China’s inflation fell sharply last month, giving Beijing more leeway to stimulate its slowing economy. Consumer price inflation declined to a 20-month low of 3.2 per cent from January’s 4.5 per cent, data showed on Friday. Inflation in politically sensitive food
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    • 422 29 Tourism and hospitality industry leader William Angliss Institute delivers specialised training for businesses and individuals From the sleek curves and excitement of Marina Bay Sands to captivating international events like the Formula 1 Night Race, these are just some of the highlights Singapore has for
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  • DIGITAL
    • 949 30 When shoppers prefer an iPad over the personal touch THE NEW YORK TIMES PHOENIX (Arizona) When Ms Nadia Karim goes shopping, she does not wait around for salespeople. She saves items from apps and websites on her cellphone as a shopping list. And as she browses one
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    • 162 31 Samsung and LG, the world’s two biggest TV makers, want to widen their lead over Japanese rivals such as Sony and Panasonic by developing Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) TVs that are thinner than Apple’s iPad and produce images 200 times sharper than current LCD models, said news agency
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    • 317 31 Apple’s Tim Cook seals position with a ‘boom’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SAN FRANCISCO Tim Cook marked his first Apple keynote since the death of company founder Steve Jobs with a boom. “Take a photo using the camera of your iPhone and boom it is pushed automatically and
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    • 236 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH American soldiers have been warned that posting photos on Facebook could give away their location to the enemy and put their lives at risk. The military authorities have highlighted that “geo tagging” technology built into many smartphones can reveal where a
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  • SPORTS
    • 582 32 Premiership top-scorer Robin Van Persie says Arsenal can finish third as talk swirls about his future AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal vs Newcastle LONDON Robin van Persie has never been far from the headlines so far this season. The Dutchman has notched up a remarkable
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    • 337 32 DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp said he was “suicidal” after a third successive Premier League defeat left his side under increasing pressure from north London rivals Arsenal. Spurs lost 1-0 at Everton on Saturday after Nikica Jelavic’s first goal
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    • 179 32 THE GUARDIAN LONDON There is global interest in Scottish football giants Rangers, with potential bids from the Far East and the United States, the club’s joint administrator Paul Clark said yesterday. The parties have yet to declare their hand openly and Clark warned one
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    • 573 33 Rooney strikes twice at Old Trafford, Man City come to grief against Swansea AGENCIES MANCHESTER The noise heard inside Old Trafford yesterday as squeaky bum time kicked off for the season was of Manchester United’s machine whirring smoothly through this first of 11 title run-in challenges.
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    • 249 33 REUTERS LONDON Chelsea’s senior players should not be blamed for Andre Villas-Boas losing his job as the club’s manager, skipper John Terry said yesterday. Villas-Boas was sacked after only eight months in the job last Sunday following Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich
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    • 603 34  -  LionsXII could sign more players from S-League side; sponsors back player development mission SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Courts Young Lions (CYL) 2012 side in the S-League no longer feature Singapore internationals Hariss Harun, Safuwan Baharudin and Izwan Mahbud. The under-23 side lost 13
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    • 325 34 GOLF PGM-CCM-Impian Masters AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Mardan Mamat won the ICTSI Philippine Open on the Asian Tour last month, and followed it up by qualifying for his third British Open. The Singapore No 1 continued his rich vein of form yesterday when
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    • 493 35 American continues to do it his way and is on the brink of victory AP DORAL (Florida) Rory McIlroy thought he might have a chance at 59. Tiger Woods opened with three straight birdies and made a charge of his own. None of this bothered Bubba Watson
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    • 147 35 REUTERS NEW YORK The Minnesota Timberwolves’ Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio will miss the rest of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season and the London Olympics after badly injuring his knee, the team announced yesterday. Rubio’s left knee buckled when he collided with Kobe Bryant
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    • 116 35 SPORTS FIXTURES League I Home Team I Away Team I (sin e date/tle) E Premier Liverpool Everton Wed, 14/03/12 4.00am For fixtures of all UE Champions, E League Champ, Spanish and US Soccer League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE(MARINA BAY SANDS RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA) E Premier
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    • 54 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS WE RE 25! MARCH 12, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF THE NECESSARY STAGE’S ALVIN TAN AND HARESH SHARMA ROLL BACK THE YEARS T2 WEE BENG CHONG’S CALLIGRAPHIC PURSUITS T4 DURAN DURAN’S RETROLICIOUS SHOW T7 DESIGN: ASIAN ART DECO IS
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    • 1490 2  -  The Necessary Stage turns 25 and it’s come a long way, baby MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SOMETIME in May this year,The Necessary Stage (TNS) will officially turn 25 years old. It will have, at that point, survived a quarter of a century of ups and downs, of debilitating controversies
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    • 569 4  -  Pioneer CM recipient Wee Beng Chong continues to take calligraphy to the next level Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg BACK in 1979,Wee Beng Chong became the first visual artist to receive the Cultural Medallion.With slight amusement, he recalled a friendly banter with thenActing Minister for Culture, former President OngTeng
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    • 126 4  -  MAYO MARTIN Light art and design hit the streets with the opening of the second I Light Marina Bay Festival, which brought some 30 light installations around Marina Bay, and the SingaPlural design trail, which is part of the first Singapore Furniture Design Week, respectively.Two other
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    • ARTS GUIDE
      • Article, Illustration
        130 4 Purrealism: Eat. Paint. Love. A solo exhibition by Michelle Chang, who’s familiar with followers of the Catmasutra exhibition, it celebrates the Amsterdam self-taught artist’s decade-long foray in artmaking inspired by her travels, using a variation of the pointillist technique. March 16 to 25, 11.30am to 7pm, Blue Lotus
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      • 182 4 The Three Little Pigs Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Little Company presents this work by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, the team behind the award-winning musical Honk!. Features Celine Rosa Tan, and Sebastian Tan (who’s also assisting director Drewe) as the Big Bad Wolf going up against, ahem, Cha, Siu
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      • 52 4 Swan Lake Singapore Dance Theatre opens its season with a restaging of the ballet classic to the tunes of Tchaikovsky. Having premiered in 2007, it is helmed by SDT artistic director Janek Schergen. March 15 to 18, 8pm, Esplanade Theatre. With 1pm weekend matinees. Tickets at S$30 to S$90
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    • 620 5  -  First-time author Edmund Schirmer’s novel draws from his family’s life in Singapore CHRISTOPHERTOH WHEN he was a young boy, Edmund Schirmer’s father, Hans, would often tell him stories about growing up in Singapore during the war. “We’d be driving alongTiong Bahru and my dad would
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      835 6 Artist Heizer’s big rock rolls to California museum AP ROCK stars are a common enough sight in Los Angeles but it’s not often when a rock is the star. Los Angeles residents came out to catch a glimpse of a massive boulder that arrived at the Los Angeles
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    • 106 6 JOINING their favourite MediaCorp radio DJs Glenn Ong, Yasminne Cheng, Divian Nair, Angela Lim and Tim Oh, ladies at Women’s Day Out yesterday also picked up tips on how to stay in shape and look good. Spending a fun-filled afternoon with the DJs, they were treated to
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    • 139 6 TAYLOR Swift is No 1 again: The singer is the top act on Billboard’s “Money Makers” list. Swift earned more than US$35 million (S$44 million) last year, according to the Billboard list released on Friday. U2 was second with US$32 million. Kenny Chesney,
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    • 481 7  -  CONCERT REVIEW: DURAN DURAN GENEVIEVE LOH IT WAS 1994 and I was a 15-year-old singing along to Duran Duran at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. As I found myself at the very same place last Saturday night, the “prettiest boys in rock” proved that they’re still that same
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    • 303 7 AP A CALM James Cameron has broken his own record with the world’s deepest solo submarine dive, plunging 8.2km in the Pacific Ocean near Papua New Guinea, the film-maker said last week. Still, he is not satisfied. Later this month he says he plans to
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    • 146 6 TENDER NOTICE MediaCorp Pte. Ltd. invites Submission for: PRE-QUALIFICATION REF NO: 022/2011 Pre-Qualification of Contractors for Air-Conditioning and Mechanical Ventilation Works for the Proposed Erection of a 12 Storey Media Complex comprising 4 Basements, Theatre, Studios, Retails and Other Media Facilities at Mediapolis one-north SUBMISSION CLOSING DATE: 26 March 2012
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    • 108 7 CATHAY LIKE US ON facebook.com/cathaycineplexes FOLLOW US ON twitter.com/cathay_cinemas cathay.com.sg The Cathay -11.05am, 1.35pm, 1.50,4.15,4.30, 7.00, 7.10, 9.45, 9.55pm, 12.15am Platinum Movie Suites -1.45pm, 4.20, 7.00, 9.50pm Cineleisure Orchard 10.25am, 11.00,11.05am, 1.00pm, 1.40, 1.45, 3.30,4.20, 4.25, 6.10, 7.05, 7.10, 8.50, 9.45, 9.55,11.10pm, 1.45am Causeway Point 10.35am, 11.15am, 1.00pm, 1.15,1.55, 3.40,
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    • 834 8  -  Asian Art Deco furniture is finding a wider audience here SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com. sg THE fifth season of Mad Men will return to screens in America on March 25 and whether you’re a fan or not, you have to admit that the vintage furniture seen in
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    • 302 9 A handy list of websites for your interiors and design needs THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 1 apartmenttherapy.com/ categories/before_after Whether you’re stumped by what to do with your ageing furniture, or unsure how to overhaul a tired-looking room, this online zine dedicated to small spaces and green living is
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  • THINGS TO DO
    • 71 10 This exhibition of watercolour paintings by Thai artist Thida Adireksarn presents flowers in a distinct conception of style and colour. Having painted the irises, proteas, lilies and roses in a stable and quiet mood, the artist wanted to offer a difference in style, perception and expression. This
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    • 89 10 In celebration of Junction 8’s 18th anniversary, the mall is offering two lucky shoppers the chance to bring home the spoils from a fully-paid S$1,800 shopping spree. The first 18 shoppers every weekday to spend at least S$180 will also receive a S$10 CapitaVoucher. From now
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    • 82 10 Chill out with your kids at Snow City this March holidays. Have fun while bonding with them through the various activities and educational programmes such as ice cream-making, snow manmaking, and ski or snowboarding classes. There are additional holiday activities including snow aerobics performances, snow storytelling
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    • 151 10 This roaming art exhibition is part of Project: Gratitude, a student-initiated campus-wide movement to give thanks to the unsung service staff at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The initial idea was for students to buy a piece of fruit and present it with a note of
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    • 109 10 Presented by The Little Company, this original adaptation of the classic fairytale The Three Little Pig teaches the little ones how success can be achieved through hard work and perseverance. Embark on an adventure with the three little pigs as they battle the Big Bad Wolf
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    • 116 10 UPCOMING The Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) is opening its 2012 season with one of the greatest classical ballets of all time, Swan Lake. In this tale of the ultimate whirlwind romance, the Princess Odette is captured and turned into a swan by the curse 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 SATURDAY’S SOLUTION
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    • 59 11 ON MEDIACORP MEGA MONDAY MOVIE: ANACONDA 3: OFFSPRING (PG-VIOLENCE) Channel~5, ~7.45pm Two~anacondas~held~in~a~scientific~lab~for~ experimentation~break~through~the~enclosure~walls~and~ escape, ~killing~many~innocent~people. NATURE’S DEADLIEST: AFRICA II (LAST EPISODE) okto, ~9pm Africa~is~a~land~of~fearsome~predators. This~episode~ examines~the~killing~techniques~of~these~animals, ~such~as~ the~spotted~hyena, ~the~lion, ~the~puff~adder, ~the~gaboon~ viper, ~the~rock~python~and~the~Nile~crocodile. ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV YES, CAPTAIN ONE~HD~(mio~TV~Ch~39), Mondays~&~Tuesdays, ~9.05pm In~ Yes, Captain, ~Ji~Jin~Hee~plays~Kim~Yoon~Sung, ~a~ skilled~and~perfectionist~pilot, ~while~Goo~Hye~Sun~ plays~Han~Da~Jin, ~his~co-pilot~and~love~interest. ORIGINS OF
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    • 416 11 ~6.00AM~~ Ninja~Warrior ~6.30~~ AM~Live! ~9.00~~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~ IX ~10.00~~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~11.00~~ Films~&~Stars~Asia ~11.30~~ Great~Ideas~From~JML ~12.30PM~~ Light~Years ~1.00~~ The~Pupil~II ~2.00~~ The~Cape~~ ~6.00AM~~ Tuesday~Report ~6.30~~ My~Genie ~7.00~~ Good~Morning~Singapore ~10.00~~ The~Unforgettable~Memory ~Noon~~ Rail~Thrill ~1.00PM~~ News~8~At~One ~1.30~~ Focus ~2.00~~ Our~Children~(Last~Episode) ~2.30~~ My~Lucky~Charm CHANNEL (PG-Action~Violence) ~3.00~~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~4.00~~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~ IX ~5.00~~ Unbeatable~Banzuke ~6.00~~ Million~Dollar~Money~Drop ~7.00~~ America’s~Funniest~Home~
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    • 46 11 ON MEDIACORP SEEDS OF LIFE Channel~8, ~7pm Shi~Jie~succeeds~in~cultivating~hybrid~rice~seedlings, ~and~ breaks~the~news~to~Chang~He. ~Chang~He~and~Qiu~Mei~ praise~him~and~look~forward~to~the~new~batch~of~rice~ MARUPADIYUM Vasantham, ~9.30pm At~the~age~of~18, ~Maheswari’s~entire~life~was~altered~by~ an~arranged~marriage~to~a~man~she~never~met. ~She~tried~ to~end~her~life~more~than~once. ~As~she~overcame~one~ obstacle~after~another, ~she~finally~realised~that~she~was~ the~only~person~who~could~alter~her~own~destiny. ON~STARHUB~CABLE~TV LUCK HBO~(Ch~601), ~10pm From~acclaimed~director~Michael~Mann~and~ creator~David~Milch, ~this~new~HBO ~original~series~ takes~a~provocative~look~at~the~world~of~horse~ racing~—~the~owners, ~gamblers, ~jockeys~and~ diverse~gaming~industry~players. DEADLY 60 BBC~Knowledge~(Ch~407)~, ~7.40pm From~funnel~web~spiders~to~the~golden~poison~ frogs, ~Steve~Backshall’s~latest~adventure~is~a~race~ against~time~to~find~the~creatures~others~spend~a~ lifetime~avoiding.
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