Today, 2 July 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • 29 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp MONDAY, 2 JULY 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp SATURDAY, 30 JUNE 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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    • 24 1 EURO2012 SPAIN DEFY CRITICS BY TURNING ON THE STYLE WHEN IT MATTERS SPAIN 4 ITALY 0 EURO 2012 KINGS OF EUROPE AGAIN GETTY IMAGES
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    • 107 1 BUSINESS 28 LIBOR PROBE: BARCLAYS CHAIRMAN TO QUIT YUN NAM H A I R C A R E Singapore’s No.1 Hair Care Expert Yl air Care Treaty I Sr Care SMS:YNm N me IMRIC to 73ZJf v iJ w rrn Yun Nam s customised hair care treatments effectively solve Oily
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  • 224 2 He cited how, statistically, income levels are not proportional to the number of children that couples have. “If money is the only factor, higher income people should have kids,” he said. To tackle the issue holistically, Mr Chan felt that there must be measures to influence outcomes at four different
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  • hot news
    • 468 2  -  More green spaces and blue waters have been integrated into our surroundings: PM Lee SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL WATER WEEK SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It would have been easy for the Republic to “sacrifice longterm environmental objectives for short-term development”, as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong put
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    • 247 4 REUTERS Championship or World Cup final. “My team-mates made history before and now I am doing so together with them in my first European Championship,” said Spain full-back Alba. “I am struggling to believe it but it seems to be sinking in little by little. I told my friends and
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    • 439 4  -  While some turned up to show their support, others wish for more transparency in funds CITY HARVEST CHURCH SCANDAL AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Thousands turned up at City Harvest Church’s (CHC) twohour morning service yesterday, including concerned parents of the church’s youths. And among the churchgoers
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    • 455 4 SINGAPORE They were on their way back to Singapore from Johor Bahru at about 12.45am yesterday, when Ms Rita Zahara stopped her car to buy some fruits from stalls about 3km from the Woodlands Immigration Checkpoint. Seconds after she stepped away from the car leaving
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    • 560 4 EURO 2012 AP KIEV Fatigue finally caught up with Italy. Forced by injuries to end the match with 10 men, the Azzur r i had no answer for Spain’s passing wizardry in the European Championship final. Even “Super” Mario Balotelli could not break free
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    • 266 8 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUAL A LUMPUR Mr Abu Bakar Abdullah has confirmed he lost his job as Director-General of the Public Service Department (PSD) as of yesterday, which sources said was related to Putrajaya’s aborted new pay scheme for civil servants, The Malaysian Insider reported.
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    • 403 8 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian intelligence agents are said to have been hassling diplomats here for meeting opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) officials and observing political events over the past few years since the 2008 election, in what is seen as
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    • 116 4 Be the first amongst your peers to clinch a management trainee position by enrolling into Sakae Sushi’s Learn As You Earn (LAYE) programme. Be employed full-time as a management trainee and gain hands on experience while Sakae Sushi pays for your education. An accredited qualification will be waiting for you
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    • 147 8 SAA GLOBAL The Education Arm of ICPAS BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB) DIPLOMA IN THE COMMON LAW awarded by the University of London Date: 6th July 2012, Friday Time: 7.00pm to 8.00pm BSc (HONS) DEGREES DIPLOMA IN ECONOMICS awarded by the University of London Date: 12th July 2012, Thursday Time: 7.00pm
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    • 414 9 ELECTRICITY TARIFF REVISION (1 Jul to 30 Sep 12) The electricity tariff for households will decrease by 0.7 cents per kWh or 2.4% to 28.08 cents per kWh for the quarter 1 Jul to 30 Sep 12. This will decrease the average monthly electricity bill for families living in four-room
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  • comment & analysis
    • 972 10  -  NOT QUITE A WHITE KNIGHT YURIKO KOIKE Yuriko Koike is Japan’s former Minister of Defence and National Security Adviser. PROJECT SYNDICATE Few recent elections have grabbed world attention in the way that Greece’s vote on June 17 did. Now the key issue for Prime Minister
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    • 831 11  -  CAPITALAND’S CEO HUNT CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Conrad Raj is TODAY’S editor-at-large. One wonders why CapitaLand Holdings is spending money, time and effort engaging a headhunter to look for a replacement for outgoing President and Chief Exe­cutive Liew Mun Leong, who will retire in a year’s
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    • 935 12  -  ASIA’S NEWEST FRONTIER WILLIAM PESEK Tokyo-based William Pesek won the 2010 Society of American Business Editors and Writers prize for commentary. BLOOMBERG In a world of turmoil and gloom, Aung San Suu Kyi is a beacon of optimism. But lately, the pro-de-mocracy icon
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    • 47 13 ACCORDING TO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY HAY GROUP In the United States #1 Apple’s Timothy Cook S$478.9 MILLION #2 Oracle’s Lawrence J Ellison S$98.3 MILLION #3 CBS’ Leslie Moonves S$87.4 MILLION In Japan Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn S$15.8 MILLION In Singapore Unknown S$11.7 MILLION PHOTOS BLOOMBERG
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    • 24 10 What if the real risk to Myanmar’s renaissance isn’t the generals but impatient investors betting on overnight transformations and quick profits? WILLIAM PESEK 12
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    • 220 11 25^ u l am a passionate k traveller, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. 33 David Rockefeller MDIS School of Tourism Hospitality mmm i in i d iSJ on fox new, economy THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. University of Sunderland
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  • voices
    • 437 14  -  FROM DEREK LOW I refer to the letter “Time to increase NSmen’s pay?” (June 27) and the letter “Boost feedback from NSmen” (June 28). Both letters are interesting. The former suggests that it is time to make the average full-time NS serviceman’s pay more
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    • 207 14  -  FROM TAN KIM HOCK I am in full agreement with those who have written in to do away with the “reserved” seats on trains (June 28 and 29), since they do not serve the intended purpose at all. The majority of able-bodied commuters simply ignore the
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    • 385 15  -  FROM JO-ANNE LEE I refer to the letter “Some ways to lure the stork” (June 30). While I agree that amenities and facilities such as infant care and childcare centres need to be in place, the underlying problem is support, or rather, lack of support. And
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    • 114 15  -  FROM CHUA JUN YAN I refer to the train loading trial poster accompanying the report “More discounts for off-peak travel on SMRT” (June 29). While I applaud the efforts to ease train congestion, I find it impossible to discern the different
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    • 165 15  -  FROM RONALD KOH The pricing of petrol is an enigma. The prices go up with the rising price of oil, but do not come down when the cost of petroleum falls. On the other hand, petrol stations give discounts to car owners who possess bank
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    • 315 15 Knowledge w SCHO L CHALLENGE 2012 A FEAST FOR THE MIND V i-.V i ■V At the BBC Knowledge Magazine (Asia Edition) School Challenge 2012, forty teams from various secondary schools battled it out for bragging rights science fiction in B-Ploteyannni National Park A War Of Words and top prizes
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  • singapore
    • 789 16  -  Electronic portal for inmates to communicate with their loved ones is on the cards TECHNOLOGY NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Corresponding with family members electronically, instead of using pen and paper, could soon become a reality for prison inmates here. Over the next few years, the prison
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    • 557 17 S I N G A P O R E The Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) apologised again last Friday to transport operator SMRT over a fabricated report of one of its trains moving off with its doors open. This happened after SMRT
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    • 174 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Two 17-year-olds have been arrested for posting racist remarks online. The arrests came after the authorities received reports on Wednesday that racist remarks were being posted on Facebook and Twitter. The suspects, both boys, were nabbed over the next two days,
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    • 62 18 Members of the public yesterday explored the biodiversity and heritage of the Rail Corridor at an Open Day, which was organised by the Friends of the Rail Corridor and Nature Society (Singapore). Among other activities, the public toured the Tanjong Pagar and Bukit Timah Railway Stations.
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    • 152 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Households will soon see a drop in their electricity bills, with electricity tariffs set to decrease by an average 2.5 per cent for the next three months beginning yesterday. The average monthly electricity bill for those living in a four-room
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    • 102 18  -  IN BRIEF NG PUAY LENG, DYLAN LOH Over 70,000 people visited Gardens by the Bay in the first two days of its opening. Some 300 volunteers have been mobilised to direct visitors and the frequency of waste collection is also being stepped up.
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  • youth
    • 930 20  -  Older youths help guide and interact with younger students in a spirit of volunteerism VOLUNTEERISM AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A POR E The younger brother wanted to be more independent, while the older one wanted to be more vocal and expressive. Over lunches and casual meet-ups with
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  • china & india
    • 110 22 AP BEIJING China’s national legislature adopted a new law on Saturday that will target foreigners who are living and working in China illegally, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The government encourages citizens to inform on suspected illegal workers, it added. The law approved by
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    • 122 22 AP BEIJING A strong earthquake jolted China’s far-western frontier on Saturday, shaking buildings and cutting off electricity in the remote mountainous area and injuring at least 34 people. The United States Geological Survey measured the quake, which hit the Xinjiang region, at magnitude 6.3, while
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    • 271 22 Beijing says preparations going smoothly for party meeting on transformation POLITICS AP BEIJING China said yesterday that preparations are going smoothly for a major Communist Party meeting at which the country’s top leaders will be changed, even though the once-a-decade transformation has been overshadowed by
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    • 187 23 AP GAUHATI (INDIA) Officials say the death toll from monsoon rains in north-east-ern India has risen to 62 and more than 2,000 villages have been inundated as rivers have breached their banks. Assam State Agriculture Minister Nilomoni Sen Deka said yesterday that more than
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    • 392 23 THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING Millions of high school graduates across China have been furiously dialling telephone hotlines or gathering with family members around the home computer in recent days. They are taking part in a nail-biting ritual to find out
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  • world
    • 71 24 territory Protesters waving Vietnamese national flags and anti-China banners while marching along a street in Hanoi yesterday, after a week of growing tensions over disputed territory in the South China Sea. The 200-strong demonstration followed an announcement by China that it will
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    • 540 24 But bitterly con tested reform may cost Julia Gillard her future as Prime Minister CLIMATE CHANGE AGENCIES SYDNEY Australia yesterday joined a growing number of nations to impose a price on carbon emissions across its US$1.4-trillion (S$1.8-trillion) economy in a bitterly contested reform that may
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    • 153 25 AP TOKYO The Governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa is opposing a plan to deploy United States Osprey aircraft there following recent crashes. Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima told Defence Minister Satoshi Morimoto in a meeting yesterday that he could not accept
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    • 198 25 AGENCIES PETALING JAYA While Facebook is still mulling over whether to allow users aged under 13, in Malaysia, nearly 250,000 children, some as young as seven, have already signed up on the world’s biggest social network, The Star reported yesterday. The young Internet
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    • 145 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PARIS New motoring laws have come into force in France making it compulsory for drivers to carry breathalyser kits in their vehicles. As of yesterday, motorists and motorcyclists will face an on-the-spot fine unless they travel with two single-use devices as part
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    • 111 26 If you want to wait for the crowd at The Gardens by the Bay to abate, here are a few gardens you can explore online thanks to Google Street View. Kew Gardens, United Kingdom Houses the largest collection of plants in the world tdy.sg/tdykewgdn Kirstenbosch National
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    • 65 26 A boy plays in the ocean at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Saturday. A heat wave was baking the eastern United States in record temperatures yesterday reaching 41°C in some areas after deadly storms killed at least 12 people, downed power lines
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 73 26 REUTERS Turkey’s armed forces command said yesterday it had scrambled a total of six F-16 fighter jets in three separate incidents responding to Syrian military helicopters approaching the border on Saturday, but there was no violation of Turkish airspace. It said four of the
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      • 72 26 AGENCIES An archaeologist diver claims to have discovered the remains of a sunken Dutch merchant vessel containing RM500 million (S$199.8 million) worth of cultural relics, about three nautical miles off Pulau Besar in Malacca, The Star reported yesterday. The wooden vessel was said to have
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      • 79 26 AP Guinness World Records has declared that a huge crocodile blamed for deadly attacks in the southern Philippines is the largest in captivity in the world. The saltwater crocodile named Lolong, was captured last September in Bunawan town in Agusan del Sur province. It
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    • 258 27 AP CO LU M B U S (O H I O) Cemeteries are joining parks, playgrounds, churches and backyards as targets of the United States shale drilling boom, and that’s an uncomfortable idea for some. Opponents say cemeteries should not
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    • 372 27 AGENCIES hong kong Women in Asia face more barriers than those in the West in reaching the top ranks of corporate management, according to a report to be released today by management consultancy McKinsey Co. This contributes to a shortage of
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 27 28 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.
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      • 57 28 BUY (S$1.335) Nomura Equity Research upgrades from neutral and raises target price to S$1.76 from S$1.60. House says while the market is concerned about Wing Tai’s exposure to the tepid prime luxury segment, most of the downside risk is already priced in. It believes the market’s current valuation
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      • 62 28 BUY (S$1.365) DBS Vickers keeps call but cuts target price on to S$1.80 from S$2.40 on lower coal price assumptions. But adds that coal prices might have a mild rebound in the second half, and that downside risk is limited at Sakari’s current share price. House cuts earnings
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      • 59 28 BUY(S$0.915) OCBC Investment Research upgrades the healthcare real estate investment trust from hold and raises target price to S$0.96 from S$0.935, citing the possibility of acquisitions. Says First REIT could see a distribution per unit accretion of 9 to 13 per cent in 2013 fiscal year, assuming that
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      • 81 28 BUY (S$0.695) OCBC Investment Research upgrades from hold and raises target price to S$0.76, citing lower jet fuel prices and expected improvement in the budget carrier’s operations. Estimates Tiger can achieve about S$5 million of savings in fuel costs in the first quarter of 2013 fiscal year, given
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    • 352 28 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS LONDON Barclays Chairman Marcus Agius is set to quit today as the interest rate rigging scandal takes its first major scalp and threatens to widen to other banks, raising questions about the involvement of the Bank of England (BoE). The resignation of Mr
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    • 336 29 Sharp fall in export orders and shrinking new orders suggest recovery is not in sight CHINA ECONOMY REUTERS BEIJING China’s factory downturn worsened last month as a key activity index hit a seven-month low. The official Chinese purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 50.2 last month
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    • 240 29 SINGAPORE Many of the Republic’s rising rich are inadequately insured, unnecessarily exposing themselves to financial risk. According to a research by UOB Wealth Banking, one in four of Singapore’s growing affluent does not have insurance, while one in two are underinsured by industry standards,
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  • management
    • 1031 32  -  MANAGING INFORMATION COMMENTARY BY SHVETANK SHAH, ANDREW HORNE, JAIME CAPELLA Shvetank Shah leads the information technology practice at Corporate Executive Board. Andrew Horne and Jaime Capella are managing directors there. Global businesses have entered a new era of decision-making. The ability to gather,
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  • technology
    • 556 33  -  How the iPhone’s arrival in 2007changed the phone and software industries SMARTPHONES BRIAN X CHEN The author is a technology reporter with The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Friday was the fifth anniversary of the sales debut of
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    • 340 33 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LON DON Twitter has revealed that it is now generating most of its revenues from adverts seen by its users on mobile devices rather than from commercial messages on Twitter.com. However, the story for Facebook is the reverse,
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    • 366 34 REUTERS KIEV The tournament’s build-up left him stressed and tensed, but UEFA President Michel Platini believes European football is the big beneficiary from Euro 2012. Spiralling costs, delays and political instability dogged co-hosts Poland and Ukraine’s preparations since they were awarded the tournament in
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    • 259 34 Our Sports Desk picks the 11 men who have lit up the pitches in Ukraine and Poland throughout Euro 2012 PHOTOS AP, GETTY IMAGES, REUTERS IKER CASILLAS SPAIN Spain have not been at their best, but Casillas has shown why he is considered one of the world’s
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  • sports
    • 623 35  -  Organisers more determined after low turnout LION CITY CUP IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The buzz was lacking and the terraces almost bare at the 8,000-capacity Jalan Besar Stadium during the week-long Canon Lion City Cup that culminated in yesterday’s matches, where Ajax Amsterdam beat
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    • 709 36  -  MediaCorp staff share why they are participating in this year’s run JURONG LAKE RUN 2012 KHOO BEE KHIM Deputy Special Projects Editor khoobeekhim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The reasons for taking up running are varied. But this Sunday, the 10,000 runners participating in the Jurong Lake Run (JLR)
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    • 268 36  -  DAN GUEN CHIN SINGAPORE Daigo Saito, the “King of Formula Drift”, is now also King of the Achilles Formula Drift Singapore 2012. The 32-year-old Japanese produced another masterclass at the Changi Exhibition Centre yesterday to take the crown for the second consecutive year. A consummate
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    • 105 36 SINGAPORE Two more medals, both silver, were won by Singapore at the 2012 World Youth Bowling Championship in Bangkok yesterday. The boys’ team of Basil Low, Keith Saw, Ng Chiew Pang and Mark Wong lost 889-807 to the United States in the final, while
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    • 444 37  -  ALYWIN CHEW alywin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Budgeting issues that affected Singapore’s hosting of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), which saw the initial budget of S$104 million soar three times, will not happen when the Republic hosts the 2015 SEA Games. Singapore will stage
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    • 258 38 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS BETHESDA(MARYLAND) Tiger Woods overtook Jack Nicklaus in second place on the all-time PGA Tour winners list when he won the AT&T National tournament at the Congressional Country Club yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The former world No 1 captured the 74th
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    • 427 39  -  24TH CANON LION CITY CUP ALYWIN CHEW alywin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They were beaten, but not outclassed. Last night, Singapore’s hopes of silverware at the 24th Canon Lion City Cup ended after the Singapore National Football Academy (NFA) under-16s lost 4-1 to Ajax Amsterdam’s under-15s at
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    • 51 40 THEATRE YOUNG CAST GIVES NEW BOOM RENEWED LIFE 41 BOOKS AUTHOR SETH GRAHAME-SMITH ANDTHE PERKS OF PRESIDENTIAL VAMPIRE-SLAYING 42 MONDAY, 2 JULY 2012 TOMKAT SPLIT WHAT DOES KATIE HOLMES HAVE UP HER SLEEVES? 43 WALL FLOWER GARDENS BY THE BAY ARCHITECT PAUL BAKER ON BUILDING THE URBAN OASIS 40 PHOTO
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      551 41  -  GARDENS BY THE BAY ARCHITECT PAULBAKERON ANTICIPATIONAND EXPECTATIONS SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com. sg You’ve seen the pictures. You might even have been among the swarm of visitors that Bay South, the largest of the Gardens, received during its official opening weekend. But can Gardens By The Bay become a
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      456 42  -  Young actors help Boom make a loud noise THEATRE REVIEW: BOOM KARIN LAI SINGAPORE “Boom” is the sound of property prices reaching another record high, or the sound of Singapore’s development as the cranes and pile-drivers lay the foundations of our sky-scraping future. It could also be
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      203 42 POP LIT BLEEDING GRACE The second half of The Studios 2012 season kicks off with a multidisciplinary work by Teater Ekamatra about two pedestrian lives who meet and make a promise to each other. Stars Eleanor Tan, Fita Helmi and includes collaborations with Fared Jainal, Zizi Azah, Angie
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    • 658 43  -  Author Seth Grahame-Smith on turning history upside down and a new Beetlejuice movie? MAYO MARTIN IN NEW YORK mayo@mediacorp.com.sg NEW YORK “I keep trying to be controversial but I keep failing,” Seth Grahame-Smith sighed in mock exasperation. The 36-year-old best-selling author has been steeling
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    • 431 44 TOMKAT NEUTERED AP LOS ANGELES When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes first got together, he jumped on a couch, she gushed girlishly, and many of their fans said, “Huh?” Their split could cause just as much drama. Not only are the images of two Hollywood
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    • 229 44 CHASING DIAPERS AGENCIES LONDON British Grammy-win-ning singer Adele is expecting her first child with boyfriend Simon Konecki, the singer said on her official website on Friday. “I’m delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear
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      498 44  -  Daniel Dae Kim finds new life on an old island in Hawaii Five-0 PRIMETIME ALVIN CHONG SINGAPORE Daniel Dae Kim has been stuck on Hawaii for eight long years. And not because he’s been lost on an island all this while. The man’s been busy in his
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    • 46 46 As part of Science Fest 2012, the Biorhythm Exhibition allows you to learn and experience how music moves the body and why it is the central part of the human experience through a bazaar of unique sonic installations, experiences and performances. Until~Aug~10,~10am~to~6pm~daily,~Science~ Centre,~Annexe~Building.~For~ticketing~details,~ please~call~6425~2500.~www.sciencefest.sg.~
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    • 25 46 This exhibition features works by senior artists from Ninuku Art Centre and examines therelationshipbetween history and ownership. Until~July~21,~noon~to~7pm~or~by~appointment.~ ReDot~Fine~Art~Gallery,~#02-06~Tanjong~ Pagar~Distripark,~39~Keppel~Road.~Free~ admission.~www.redotgallery.com
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    • 58 46 An exhibition for children as part of the museum-wide Children’s Season. Curated by playwright Chong Tze Chien and designed by local designers Lin Shuxian and Jonathan Yue, the exhibition incorporates interactive displays and storytelling about what it was like to travel on a ship to an island called
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    • 48 46 Presented by ACT 3 International in collaboration with the People’s Association. Features a showcase of kite masters with various kites; a mass kite-making workshop (pre-registration required), and a kite messaging canopy installation exhibiting the public’s handwritten messages on A5-sized kites. Till~Sept~2,~various~times~and~various~ locations.~Free~admission.~~ www.act3international.com.sg.
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    • 278 47 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Films Stars Asia 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show IX 10.00 The Chew 10.45 The Revolution 11.30 Great Ideas From JML 12.30PM Films Stars Asia 1.00 24th Canon Lion City Cup 2012: Semi Finals 3.00 Countdown To London 3.30 The Chew 4.15 The Revolution 5.00
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    • 185 47 CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Tuesday Report 6.30 My Genie II 7.00 Good Morning Singapore 10.00 The Unforgettable Memory NOON Delicious Food All Over China 1.00PM News 8 At One 1.30 Focus 2.00 Diary Of A Boy Scout 2.30 My Fair Lady 3.30 La Femme 4.30 Pay It Forward 5.30 Devotion 6.30
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    • 302 47 CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg 11.00AM Home Shopping 3.00PM Money Week 3.30 From City To City 4.00 Guess Who 5.00 100% Entertainment 6.00 The Silver Chamber of Sorrows 7.00 Jumong 8.00 Tao’s Talkshow 9.30 Life’s Perfectionists 10.00 While We Were Drunk 11.00 News Tonight 11.30 Tao’s Talkshow 1.00AM Life’s Perfectionists 1.30 100% Entertainment
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    • 193 47 programming@channelnewsasia.com HEADLINES 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 3.30pm, 5.30pm, 6pm, 6.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pm, 10.30pm, 11.30pm, 12.30am, 1am, 1.30am HEADLINES/S’PORE UPDATES 9.30am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4.30pm HEADLINES/S’PORE Market Report 10.30am Programmes may be pre-empted due to breaking news 6.00AM Money Mind 6.30 AM Live! Early Edition 7.00 AM Live! 9.00 World Today 9.38
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  • 778 1  -  Chan Chun Sing, touted by some to be the next Prime Minister, gives his take on govt renewal TODAY EXCLUSIVE TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The man touted by some to be the next Prime Minister believes that the Republic’s fourth generation leadership is not
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    • 21 1 NURSING HOMES ARE SEEING A RISE IN BAD DEBTS, BUT IS ABANDONMENT OF ELDERS A BIG PROBLEM HERE? NEWS FEATURE 8
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    • 400 2 Euro zone agrees on bank recapitalisation without adding to government debt WORLD MARKETS AGENCIES LONDON World stock markets rose sharply yesterday after European leaders unexpectedly reached a deal aimed at staunching an escalating financial crisis among the 17 countries that use the euro. The
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    • 515 4  -  Panellists unable to reach consensus on opposing anti-immigrant sentiments IMMIGRATION AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Panellists, including several prominent bloggers, at a recent forum on xenophobia here were unable to reach a consensus on whether they should take a collective stand against such behaviour online. The gridlock led
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    • 361 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Despite the slower economic growth last year, the tight labour market pushed up workers’ total wages, with the increase outpacing inflation marginally. However, real basic wages fell by 0.8 per cent, compared to 2010. Yesterday, the Ministry of Manpower’s
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    • 354 6  -  ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Following the completion of investigations into the outbreak of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis during an international rugby tournament held at Turf City, the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday advised the public to avoid playing sports involving contact with soil or
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    • 1225 8  -  Nursing homes seeing more bad debts with more families defaulting on payment of their elderly relatives’fees MAINTENANCE DEBT NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After telling a nursing home staff he was moving to Johor and would be uncontactable thereafter, the man left his
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    • 1420 12  -  Meet the man bringing to life Guangzhou Knowledge City, the largest mega-project yet between Singapore and China THE ST REGIS PERSPECTIVES TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg The project he is overseeing is still in its infancy what currently stands where the start-up district will be in
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    • 1109 14  -  EXPAT’S INSIGHTS KAY VASEY Kay Vasey came to Singapore in 2009. She is now Director of Arts at The British Council, Singapore and the founder of Mesh Minds, a platform for artists based in South-east Asia and the UK. This article appears in the Singapore
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    • 343 16  -  FROM TEONG PEI LEE I refer to the report “Luring the stork” (June 29). It is reassuring that the Government is taking steps to address the low birth rate. While this is good, there are concerns that are not within the individual’s control that
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    • 319 16  -  FROM PURNIMA SHANTILAL Director (Licensing Investigation) Council for Estate Agencies We refer to Mr John Ow’s letter “Agencies, salespersons unaware of CEA policy” (June 25). During the development of the new regulatory framework, the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) drew up its regulations
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    • 338 17  -  FROM ADALENE LOH Chairman, Woodlands Galaxy CCMC We agree with Ms Michelle Koh, who wrote the letter “CCs must not lose sight of their objectives” (June 23), that the CCs are for residents. They offer a common space for all residents, regardless of
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    • 300 17  -  FROM WONG SOON HENG I refer to Ms Pearline Cher’s response “Yes, do away with ‘reserved’ seat” (June 29) on doing away with “reserved” seats in trains. She probably said it out of frustration, having not been given the priority seats when
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    • 189 18  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN SINGAPORE As construction work on the Downtown Line goes into full swing, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) assures nearby residents that noise mitigation measures are in place. These include an 8m-high noise barrier near HDB flats, as well as noise screens put
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    • 453 18  -  OFFENSIVE VIDEO NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The prosecution yesterday appealed for a jail term for former engineer Gary Yue Mun Yew, who was earlier fined S$6,000 for posting a video clip depicting the assassination of a former Egyptian President on the Facebook page of socio-political
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    • 108 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A lawyer was charged yesterday with paying an underage Vietnamese girl S$300 for sex. Spencer Gwee Hak Theng, 59, was charged with one count of paying the 17-year-old for her sexual services. She was 16 at the time of
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    • 64 19 Students from the Hairdressing and Desktop Publishing courses in Assumption Pathway School, together with theirteachers, visited MediaCorp earlier this week and learnt how they could apply their skills in a commercial setting. As part of their tour of Caldecott Broadcast Centre, the group of 37 also
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    • 310 19  -  WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To help support seniors and enhance the quality of their lives, the Hua Mei Training Academy has launched the first community gerontological nursing course to equip nurses working in the community. Compared to nurses in a healthcare facility, where
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    • 174 19  -  OLIVIA SIONG SINGAPORE More can be done to lift the quality of pre-school education in Singapore and give everyone an equal chance early in life, said Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. The Government is working on this and will announce details soon, Mr
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  • world
    • 412 20 Three-person crew, including country’s first woman astronaut, back on Earth safely SPACE PROGRAMME REUTERS BEIJING China’s Shenzhou 9 space­craft returned to Earth yesterday, ending a mission that put its first wo­man in space and completed a manned docking test critical to its goal of
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    • 371 20 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States has cleared Singapore and China from possible economic penalties, citing their sharp cuts in imports of Iranian oil, as a deadline arrived for banks to stop processing petroleum transac­tions with Tehran. US Secretary of State Hillary Clin­ton
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 70 21 REUTERS Chinese airline passengers helped foil an attempt to hijack a plane in the western region of Xinjiang yesterday, where the government says it is facing violent separatists. The police took six people into custody when the plane returned to the remote city of
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      • 59 21 AGENCIES South Korea yesterday postponed the signing of an agreement with Japan to share sensitive military information. This follows growing political pressure on President Lee Myung Bak’s government, which has acknowledged that it has been less than transparent in negotiating the pact. Seoul has
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      • 67 21 AGENCIES The brother of convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff was arrested in New York yesterday as a federal judge prepared to accept his guilty plea to criminal charges in a massive fraud scheme. Prosecutors said Peter Madoff, 66, has agreed to serve 10 years in
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      • 68 21 REUTERS Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing a probe into his alleged involvement with a prostitution ring in France, and his wife, Ms Anne Sinclair, separated about a month ago, a source said. The couple who have been married for 20
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    • 223 21 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The Governor of the Bank of England has launched a scathing attack on “deceitful” investment banking and called for a “real change in the culture of the industry” stretching right to the top, in the wake of the Barclays rate-fixing scandal.
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    • 54 21 A boy rowing a boat to bring his family to a safer place in the flood-affected village of Boramari yesterday. Floodwaters fed by monsoon rains have inundated more than 2,000 villages in India’s north-eastern state of Assam, killing at least 27 people and leaving hundreds of
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  • 156 23 AGENCIES SINGAPORE DBS Group Holdings has tripled the size of its existing US dollar commercial paper programme to US$15 billion (S$19 billion) from US$5 billion, the bank said yesterday in a statement to the Singapore Exchange. The notes have a maximum maturity
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  • 288 23 AGENCIES SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank (UOB), Singapore’s smallest lender by assets, will consider tactical acquisitions, especially in the wealth sector, to grow its assets under management, Citigroup said after an investment conference that UOB participated in. UOB would like to grow its assets
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  • 161 23 AGENCIES SING APORE Total bank lending in Singapore rose 2.2 per cent last month from April, according to provisional data published yesterday by the central bank. Loans and advances by domestic banking units in Singapore amounted to S$445 billion last month, up from S$435.3
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 56 24 Moody’s Investors Service yesterday reaffirmed its Aaa rating on Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings, saying its strong fundamental credit profile is supported by its steady and recurring dividend income as well as its large and high-quality investment portfolio. Furthermore, Temasek maintains low book and market value
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    • 72 24  -  DOW JONES Shopping mall developer CapitaMalls Asia yesterday named Mr Simon Ho as Deputy Chief Executive with effect from July 1, shifting him from his current post as the top executive at CapitaMall Trust. Mr Ho will assist Chief Executive Lim Beng Chee “in
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    • 68 24  -  DOW JONES Singapore-listed STX OSV Holdings said yesterday it had secured contracts worth about 500 million Norwegian kroners (S$106 million) to build two platform supply vessels for Norway’s Island Offshore Group. The ships are scheduled to be delivered from STX OSV’s Norway shipyard in
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    • 71 24 REUTERS China has approved mutual listings of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Hong Kong and mainland exchanges, part of Beijing’s plans to boost markets on both sides, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission said yesterday. Having the new type of ETFs available will “broaden the
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  • 331 24 Lenders found to have mis-soldfinancial products in yet another scandal BANKING SECTOR AGENCIES LO N DO N The United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday said it found “serious failings” in the sale of interest rate hedging products by the country’s four major banks in
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  • euro 2012
    • 505 26 Written off even at home a month ago, Italy are buoyant going into the final FINAL: SPAIN VS ITALY AGENCIES WARSAW The idea of Italy reaching tomorrow’s Euro 2012 final in Kiev would have been quite laughable even in Rome and Milan a month ago. Today,
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    • 266 26 REUTERS WA R S AW Three-time European champions Germany will not undergo a radical overhaul despite their disappointing Euro 2012 exit, leaving them still waiting for their first major international title since 1996. Joachim Low’s side were beaten 2-1 by Italy in the Euro
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    • 54 26 Vishal Singh Kanwar (centre), seen here with Carlsberg ambassador and former Denmark star Peter Schmeichel (right), fulfilled a once-in-a-life-time opportunity as he presented Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo with the Carlsberg Man-of-the-Match award after Italy’s 2-1 semi-final win over Germany at Euro 2012 in Warsaw on Thursday.
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    • 520 27 Only Italy stand in their way of a first ever treble of major international titles FINAL: SPAIN VS ITALY AGENCIES KIEV Think of the world’s greatest football teams. Think of sides like Brazil’s in 1970 and 1982, the Netherlands’ Johan Cruyff-inspired “Total Football” team of 1974 and
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    • 383 27  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Whether you are a professional or amateur player, the comfort, protection and feel offered by your footwear is extremely important. That is why in spite of the myriad of scientific, hi-tech boots promoted with slick marketing campaigns, I saw no reason to part
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  • sports
    • 350 28  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Netball could make a long awaited return to the SEA Games when Singapore plays host in 2015. The sport last featured at the regional games in Kuala Lumpur in 2001 and newly-elected Netball Singapore President Jessica Tan is aiming to bring the
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    • 392 28  -  Singapore NFA under-16s reach final, promise to give Ajax Amsterdam a fight 24TH CANON LION CITY CUP DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ajax Amsterdam may be the masters of passing football, but the Singapore National Football Academy (NFA) under-16s squad have promised the Dutch giants’
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    • 324 28  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Being a referee is often described as the hardest and most thankless job in the world of football and, evidently, heading the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) referees’ department is just as arduous. Yesterday was the last day on the job
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    • 190 30 AGENCIES W IM B LE DON Novak Djokovic is through to the fourth round of Wimbledon after a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win over world No 28 Radek Stepanek yesterday. The Serb, who is seeking to become the first player since Roger Federer in 2007 to win
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    • 338 30  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Italy have shown tactical nous and defensive grit to overcome Germany in the Euro 2012 semi-fi-nals, while highlighting those same deficiencies in their opponents. And it has convinced former German international Dietmar Hamann to back the Azzurri to upset defending champions Spain in
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    • 62 31 NICE WHEELS MORE THAN 40 PER CENT OF NEW CARS BOUGHT HERE THIS YEAR ARE GERMAN LUXURY RIDES 32 THE V40 VOLVO’S FIRST SMALL HATCHBACK IS A HANDSOME LITTLE THING 33 SATURDAY, 30 JUNE 2012 CHEAP EATS CHUBBY HUBBY’S AWESOME BREAKFAST PICKS FOR UNDER S$10 37 NOW OPEN JASON ATHERTON’S
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  • cars
    • 716 32  -  LOCAL CARSALES FIGURES FROM JANUARYTO MAY SHOWTHAT LUXURYSELLS DERRYN WONG features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Never mind Euro 2012, Germany is scoring big on local roads. More than 40 per cent of new cars registered here this year have been from Audi, BMW or Mercedes-Benz, the “Big Three”
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    • NEWS TRACKS
      • 120 33 This gives a whole new meaning to the term “mini-van”. British brand Mini has unveiled a new two-seat, five-door small commercial vehicle called the Clubvan. Based on the extant Clubman model, there are two saloon-style doors on the rear and an extra “clubman door” on the right,
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      • 105 33 BMW’s 6 Series Gran Coupe, will be launched here on July 5. The car, a four-door coupe, is the first all-new addition to the range after the 5 Series GT hatchback. Its rivals include the Mercedes-Benz CLS and Audi A7. Three variants will be available: A 640i
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      • 109 33 On June 22 the Singapore participants in the Shell Eco Marathon Asia were given a grand send-off on their way to 2012’s iteration of the green car “race” at Malaysia’s Sepang Circuit. Shell’s Eco Marathon began in 1939 as a wager amongst its own researchers
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      • 108 33 Birds like red cars Driving a red car? You should know that red attracts birds, or more specifically, their droppings. According to research by UK retailer Halfords which analysed 1,140 cars from cities around Britain, red cars suffered the most avian droppings. 18 per cent were marked, followed by 14
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    • Article, Illustration
      569 33  -  Fortune favours the brave and Volvo has proven its mettle with the V40 hatchback REVIEW DERRYN WONG features@mediacorp.com.sg VERONA (ITALY) Volvo has been most famous for making super-safe cars literally and metaphorically, but that’s changed vastly in the past five years. Its forays into making more fun
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    • 485 34  -  This muscle-bound cruiser is also a surprisingly charming, refined drop-top coupe REVIEW DERRYN WONG SINGAPORE There’s been a huge debate about sportscars here in light of not-so-recent events. Ultimate responsibility, as many safety experts will say, always lies with the driver. After all, a car may be an
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  • food
    • 680 35  -  Chef Atherton’s second Singapore outpost opens with grand anticipation GARDENPARTY DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Star British toque Jason Atherton’s successes to date seem to defy the odds. For a start, the 41-year-old was the first British chef to complete a stage at Ferran Adria’s famously
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    • BITE SIZED
      • 130 36 Standing out in its streamlined design, the arrival of the Suntory’s new and improved premium all malt beer this month is noteworthy addition, particularly if you’re a pilsner fan. Boasting improvements in the brewing process, the addition of Diamond malt (for deeper body) and the use of
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      • 124 36 Fast food doesn’t always deserve its bad rep at least not the latest menu of restaurant-quality main courses and pasta dishes rolled out by Pizza Hut. Collaborating with executive chefs Jason Lee and Victor Tan, who have more than 45 years of culinary experience between them, the pizza
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      493 36  -  Little Saigon offers authentic Vietnamese fare in a chic bar setting REVIEW ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE Until recently, good Vietnamese food in Singapore had been hard to find. One either braved the heat (and the rowdy uncles with their scantily dressed cocottes in tow) at the no-frills eateries along
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    • 203 37 TheAteGroup’s co-founder Aun Koh works ha rd at making the day’s first meal an equally tasty deal. After a year off from blogging, Aun Koh has re-launched his phenomenally popular gourmet-travel blog, Chubby Hubby (www.chubbyhubby. net) with an upgraded and more visually stimulating
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      607 37  -  New kushikatsu restaurant Han proves deep-fried food can be delicately elegant REVIEW ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE It is not often that a newly opened, non-celebrity-chef restaurant garners the kind of hype that Japanese kushikatsu restaurant Han has well, on my Facebook newsfeed, at least. Over the last fortnight, a
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  • culture & lifestyle
    • 685 38 Channing Tatum goes from making girls cry in The Vow to making them cry out in Magic Mike IN THE FLESH AP LOS ANGELES The waxing, the thongs, the perils of topless typecasting. Playing strippers taught the men of Magic Mike something about women. Matthew
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      387 40 Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr on giving birth without the drugs HOT MOTHER THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Miranda Kerr is seemingly the woman who has it all: A heartthrob husband (Orlando Bloom), a beautiful baby boy (18-month-old Flynn), an incredible body which has secured her top contracts with
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  • things to do
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        70 41 Organised by Three Legs Good, an animal welfare group which aims to give injured and disabled dogs a second chance in life, the exhibition naturally centres on pictures of mongrels by photographers Jean Qingwen Loo, Colleen God and Teo Keng Beng. Jul 4 to 16, 11am to 7pm for
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      • 56 41 Held as part of the Shine Youth Festival, this dynamic youth parade by Mascot Parade Limited sees the streets of Orchard Road filled with characters such as superheroes and villains played by youths and volunteers from various comics, manga and video games. Today, 5.30pm to 6.30pm. Civic Plaza,
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      • 42 41 It’s a opera night out as renowned names like Australian baritone Michael Lewis, tenor Yu Jixing, soprano Li Guohua and mezzo soprano He Lingling. Today, 7.30pm, Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets priced from S$35 to S$80 from Sistic. www.baihesingers.org.
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      • 55 41 One of Japan’s bands rising to greater prominence, the quartet formed in 2005 and their brand of emo, rock and heavy mental have won them plenty of fans from all over the world. Today, 7pm. *Scape Warehouse. Tickets priced at S$88
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      • 62 41 Popular Malay radio station Ria 89.7FM is organising another Charity Flea market this year with belongings from Michelle Chong, Hady Mirza, Taufik Batisah up for auction to benefit RIA’s adopted Charity, Pertapis Children’s Home. Special appearances by Aide Iskandar, SleeQ and Suhaimi Yusof. Today, 10am to
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      • 70 41 Check out the new music space by Spa Esprit called Broadcast HQ in Little India. Saturday’s themed night is titled House and resident DJ George Grover is on the decks to spin a mish mash of rollicking tracks from indie, electronica and old skool rock and pop as
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      • 70 41 Still hopping after all these years is Hong Kong pop trio Grasshopper as Remus Choy, Calvin Choy and Edmond So show off their slick dance moves while belting out their biggest hits like Baby, I’m Sorry, The Price of Love and Samba. Today, 8pm, Resorts
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    • 29 41 HOW TO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. DIFFICULTY LEVEL: YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION COPYRIGHT UCLICK
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    • 292 42 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Heartland Getaways 6.30 The Big Shot II 7.00 Small And Beautiful 7.30 Gotcha 8.00 The Martha Stewart Show VI 9.00 The Dr Oz Show 10.00 Malaysia Super League 2012 12.15PM Countdown To London 12.30 Don’t Forget The Lyrics III 1.30 Football Action: MUTV 4.30 24th Canon Lion
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    • 157 42 CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Don’t Worry Be Happy IV 6.30 Scissors, Paper, Stone 7.00 Love Is All Around 8.00 Zheng He Voyages To the West Seas 8.30 Panda Fanfare 9.00 Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf III 9.30 Doraemon 10.00 Jacky Chan’s Fantasia 10.30 The Young Sleuth 11.00 Switch! 11.30 Journey
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    • 304 42 CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Home Shopping 10.00 Guess 11.30 Life Reconstructed NOON Unique Discovery 1.00PM Ladies First 2.00 Super Taste 3.00 Three Brothers 5.00 Tokyo Walker 5.30 Power Sunday 7.00 Money Week 7.30 Man In Charge 9.30 Princess Prosecutor 11.00 News Tonight 11.30 Million Singer 1.00AM Momo Love 3.00 End of
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    • 142 42 tellvasantham@mediacorp.com.sg 1.00PM Vasantham Gold: Panjavarna Kili 4.00 Bollywood Masti: Fanaa 7.00 Sangeetha Mahayutham 8.00 Ha Ha Ha Sirippu 8.30 Tamil Seithi 9.00 Tamil Silverscreen: Muppozhuthum Un Karpanaigal MN Tamil Seithi 12.30AM Close BOLLYWOOD MASTI: FANAA Fanaa is a 2006 Hindi romance film, starring Aamir Khan and Kajol in pivotal roles.
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    • 316 43 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Art Of Health 6.30 Same But Different II 7.00 Table For 3 7.30 The Martha Stewart Show VI 8.30 The Dr Oz Show 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show IX 10.30 Major League Gaming Weekly 2012 11.00 America’s Cup Magazine Television Series 11.30 The Contenders 12.30PM Countdown To
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    • 170 43 CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM World Of Laughs 7.00 Love Is All Around 8.00 Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf 8.30 Ori Princess 9.00 Disney’s Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Year 3 9.30 Doraemon 10.00 Chinese Moral Education Stories Series II 10.30 Today I Am (Debut) 11.00 Fun Lab (Debut) 11.30 Home of United
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