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  • 14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp MONDAY, 6 AUGUST 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 714 1  -  National Development Minister takes issue with bank’s offer; urgers buyers not to fallfor it HOUSING LOANS TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Stressing the need for prudence, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday criticised the recent offer of 50-year housing loans by a bank here as
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    • 74 1 WITH A FOOD-PRICE SHOCK A BIGGER THREAT THAN THE EURO MESS, IT’S VITAL ASIA TAKES MEASURES TO PROTECT THE POOR. COMMENT&ANALYSIS 8 LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 24 HOUR COVERAGE ON MEDIACORP CHANNELS NEWS REPORTS, COMMENTARY ANALYSIS ON TODAY, CHANNEL NEWSASIA AND 938LIVE HOT NEWS 2 WHY CHEAPER BIKES WERE NOT
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  • hot news
    • 470 2  -  National Development Minister speaks to press for the first time about NParks episode BICYCLE CONTROVERSY TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Less than two months after the Brompton bike controversy erupted, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday presented 47 bicycles to Sembawang
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    • 521 3  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Starting this month, trainee teachers will be required to give one month’s notice before resigning. In lieu of notice, a trainee who decides to quit will be
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    • 678 4  -  Psychiatrists here also want a national body set up to tackle problem drinking TACKLING ADDICTION NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE To cater to the growing number of addicts here, there is a need to ramp up services and double the number of
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    • 257 4  -  NEO CHAI CHIN Should the authorities consider the use of a medication called suboxone as substitution therapy for some opiate-dependant patients such as heroin addicts, with safeguards in place? The psychiatrists behind the Singapore Medical Journal article believe so. “Basically, some chronic opiate addicts
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    • 471 6 Asian giant censures US State Department remarks on issue, urges it to respect its sovereignty SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE AGENCIES BEIJING China’s Foreign Ministry has called in a senior United States diplomat to protest remarks by the US State Department raising concerns over tensions in the
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    • 377 4 Start Your Own Business But Still Keep Your Day Job! Mr Patrick Cheo is the CEO and co-founder of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group (AKLTG) that has grown into a MultiMillion business today with presence in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, China and Dubai under his leadership. rship. Mr Patrick Cheo
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1006 8  -  ASIA’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK WILLIAM PESEK Tokyo-based William Pesek won the 2010 Society of American Business Editors and Writers prize for commentary. BLOOMBERG If Kim Jim Yong was hoping for a honeymoon, the new World Bank president can forget it: To his headaches
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    • 776 11 BLOOMBERG EDITORS INDIA’S FADING ECONOMIC MIRACLE BLOOMBERG Frequent power failures are routine in India, but last week’s back-to-back blackouts were on a stunning scale. They shut down half the country and raised questions about the competence of India’s government. They also drew attention to broader
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    • 648 13  -  WOMEN IN POLITICS YURIKO KOIKE Yuriko Koike is Japan’s former Minister of Defence and National Security Adviser. PROJECT SYNDICATE This is a year of presidential elections worldwide, and the last to take place on Dec 19 will be in South Korea. That ballot, however, is already
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    • 171 8 /v\ I received -I 4 University offers to read for a law degree based on my provisional i results at Stansfield College!” Michael James Anstey was accepted by University of Manchester, York University, Exeter University and Brown University (US), based on Stansfield’s provisional results and recommendation by our faculty. Michael
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    • 28 8 The triumph of a female President in South Korea would be an important victory, for all who have sought a political environment hospitable to women. YURIKO KOIKE 13
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    • 181 10 f/ m A/ 1H11UII! IN Fill' m Enjoy FREE ADMISSION 50% off i A if you are born in the year 196 or birthdate is 9 August. Proof of identification required on Admission rates brAdmission and Admission Pius tickets only ■f'l How do you think Singapore's future will look like?
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    • 145 11 I don’t design clothes. I design dreams. Ralph Lauren MDIS School of Fashion Design Think. Act. Make. Change. Ranked in the Complete University Guide, University League Table 2013 (Art Design) The university is recognised for producing award-winning students Adidas London 2012 Design Award Collection Hawes and Curtis Shirt Design Competition
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    • 144 12 a ITN 1 X AMEDIACORP SOAP BOX DERBY V59 r MediaCorp proudly presents, RACE ME, Singapore’s first indoor gravity car race! HOW DOES THE DERBY WORK? Contestants are required to construct their own soapbox cars which they will race down an eight-metre ramp. Besides clearing obstacles along the way, they
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  • voices
    • 453 14  -  FROM PHAN YOKE FEI I am intrigued by the attention on Ms Feng Tianwei’s Olympic bronze medal effort, which was inevitably compared with Mr Tan Howe Liang’s silver medal effort in 1960. Ms Feng was born in 1986 in Harbin, China, and
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    • 175 14  -  FROM WEE YONG CHONG I admire Mr Sebastian Tan’s idea in his letter, “How Feng can silence the critics” (Aug 3), for Ms Feng Tianwei to donate a sum of her S$250,000 cash prize to charities. However, would this be a good deed
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    • 179 15  -  FROM ALBERT TENG ANN BOON Co-ordinating Secretary, 14 PAP Town Councils We refer to Mr Dave Yap’s letter “Higher S&CC linked to failed investments?” (Aug 2). We assure him that the increase in service and conservancy charges (S&CC) is not linked to our
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    • 114 15  -  FROM TAMMY TAN Group Corporate Communications Officer, ComfortDelGro Corporation I refer to Ms Felicia Huang’s letter “Give passengers who use credit cards some Comfort, please” (Aug 2). We convey our deepest apologies to her for the anxiety caused as a result of
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    • 87 15  -  FROM LESTER-LEON LEE I refer to the letter “Too few flags being flown” (Aug 3). I believe this is due to the inconvenience and risks. I could get into trouble if I wrongly hang the National Flag, hang it with laundry, hang it
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    • 179 15  -  FROM ALBERT TENG ANN BOON Co-ordinating Secretary, 14 PAP Town Councils We thank Mr Yeow Hwee Ming for sharing valuable feedback in “Keep eye on Town Council spending” (Aug 2). The People’s Action Party (PAP) town councils share his concerns about reducing wastage
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    • 229 14 ArtorVoi€fc( cekbratesQf^ Online searches for Elocution classes have been amongst the most popular search terms since 2011. Many executives and professionals now realise the importance of speaking powerfully and softening regional accents to be better understood. The exciting workshops one to one coaching sessions at Art of Voice will teach
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    • 101 15 TOV SUD PSB Learning Choose certainty. Add value. www.tuv-sud-psb.sg/learning Sailing through audits Understand key requirements, recognise gaps and implement effective measures to breeze through audits achieving exemplary results. Benefit from expert guidance to make your audit process run more smoothly or become an auditor yourself. Sign up for our courses
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  • singapore
    • 365 16  -  PASIR RIS WOODLAND NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE About 200 Pasir Ris West residents turned up yesterday to meet the authorities in a bid to preserve a parcel of forested land that is rich in biodiversity at the junction of Pasir
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    • 69 18 As part of National Day celebrations, more than 20,000 visitors to the Istana yesterday were treated to a variety of performances and the return this year of the Istana Arts and Heritage Village. They also toured booths set up by Singapore’s museums, while children got creative
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    • 355 18  -  Sales tepid after cap on taxi growth rate announced, ahead of new COE quota supply CERTIFICATE OF ENTITLEMENT OLIVIA SIONG oliviasiong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was a weekend of wait-and-see for potential car buyers at the showrooms after the cap of 2 per cent per annum in
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    • 99 19 For 30 kids from the Jamiyah Children’s Home (Darul Ma’wa), breaking fast on Saturday turned out to be extra special. They were in the company of Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, Joo Chiat SMC MP Charles Chong and Marine Parade GRC MP Fatimah Lateef, as
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    • 130 19 SINGAPORE There are many assistance schemes in Singapore’s social safety net, but it may be more important to catch people before they fall, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said at an annual charity event of Darul Arqam (Muslim Converts’ Association of Singapore).
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    • 156 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Police have alerted the public not to fall prey to phone scams involving Internet security, with 32 reported cases this year. One victim received a phone call in June from someone claiming to be an employee of a well-known software company. She
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    • 183 19 SINGAPORE Spreading the joy of Ramadan festivities while relaying the message of prudence and education this is what volunteers and Malay Members of Parliament did as part of community self-help group Mendaki’s Project Joy. Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim and the MPs visited
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    • 71 19 hr. i m. A I I THOUGHT standing on the top of a ladder was perfectly safe. If only I didn't stand on the top rung of the ladder. Then I wouldn't have fallen. Making assumptions at work can cause accidents. Don't assume safety is someone else's responsibility. For more
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  • youth
    • Article, Illustration
      680 20  -  A meeting with an autistic child got this man running to em brace a good cause FUND-RAISING AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE His wife’s work as a special education teacher at St Andrew’s Autism Centre meant that he had some awareness of what autistic children go through. But it
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    • 306 21  - RUNNING ‘ISN’T EXACTLY EASY’ FOR HER, BUT AMANDA LEE She could barely pass her 2.4km run for the fitness test in secondary school, but MsHoSangJun (picture) is now training diligently for her first full 42km marathon to raise funds for charity. On Aug 26, the 30-year-old will be participating in
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    • 72 21 SINGAPORE WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS SCHOOL OF EDUCATION cert no.: I u Validity: 24/08/2010 23/08/2014 If you love little children, there is a job for you. Call 6337 8338 or visit us at www.klc.edu.sg Over 900 preschool job vacancies to be filled! Course Fe Funding 1st Intake Commencing 14 August 2012
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  • china&india
    • 383 22 Web stores selling discounted brands are circumventing rules on foreign retailers INTERNET SHOPPING REUTERS MUMBA I While India’s politicians dither over rules allowing foreign retailers into the country, some online stores are already selling discounted clothing from companies that have yet to officially
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    • 407 23 THE GUARDIAN NEW DELHI Azam was seven when his mother decided the time had come for him to go out to work. There were too many mouths to feed and no money coming in since her husband deserted her. And there were no opportunities
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    • 172 23 REUTERS BEIJING The Chinese police have detained almost 2,000 people in a nationwide sweep on fake drugs, seizing more than US$180 million (S$224 million) worth of counterfeit products and destroying some 1,100 production facilities, the Public Security Ministry said yesterday. The operation,
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    • 326 24 CONGRATULATIONS TO LEY CHOON GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED ON ITS DEBUT ON THE MAINBOARD OF THE SINGAPORE EXCHANGE i Airport taxiways maintenance works LEYCNOON CONSTNS EMCBC PTg LTD r Microtunneling on NEWater pipe installation Asphalt pre-mix manufacturing plant y m -y fjfc ca Build. Renew. Recycle. Ley Choon Group Holdings Limited
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    • 271 25 HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS FROM: OSKIDMG DMG Partners Securities Re Ltd RHB ICBC (0) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Singapore Branch* 1 RHB Bank Berhad Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited Singapore Standard Chartered Shell Bitumen Shell Eastern Petroleum (Re) Ltd Chevron VOLVO INTERSINO INVESTMENTS LIMITED Volvo East Asia
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  • world
    • 80 26 Opened in October 2010 Has 300 undergraduate and 70 graduate students in its three departments: Electronic and computer engineering, international finance and management and agriculture and life sciences Students picked from the country’s top state colleges Only male students for now but a dormitory
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    • 376 26 Pyongyang’s private university focuses on commercialisation as speculation of reform grows EDUCATION REUTERS SEOUL Capitalism, in hermit North Korea, is normally associated with moral and economic ruin. But a Korea-born American who heads Pyongyang’s only private university is trying to change that. He believes
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    • 252 27 AP JAKARTA Jailed radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has sent a letter to Myanmar’s President threatening to attack the country over the persecution of Muslim Rohingya, a spokesman for his group said yesterday. “We are brothers as Muslims, their pains are our pains,
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    • 392 27 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Kelantan Barisan Nasional (BN) has urged all parties not to politicise Putrajaya’s decision to study oil royalty payments to Kelantan, reminding the opposition Parti Islam Se-Malaysia-led state government yesterday that its representative was also invited to participate
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 69 28 AP The United Nations yesterday expressed its support for a proposed law that would provide the Philippine government funding for contraceptives. President Benigno Aquino is up against the influential Catholic church on the issue. The House of Representatives will decide tomorrow whether to end
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      • 68 28 AP A 14-storey office tower tumbled to the ground in just a few seconds during New Zealand’s first controlled implosion. United States demolition experts used 60kg of explosives to blow up Radio Network House in Christchurch yesterday. The building was badly damaged during
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      • 71 28 AP Four Pakistani policemen have been suspended after allegedly parading a man and two women naked in the southern town of Gambat, police officials said yesterday. The man, businessman Mumtaz Mallah, 52, said he was punished for refusing to pay a bribe. A senior local
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      • 68 28 REUTERS Israel is upgrading its Arrow II ballistic missile shield in a United State-backed “race” against Iran, Syria and other regional enemies, a senior Israeli defence official said yesterday. The installation of the new “Block 4” generation of guided interceptor rockets, radars and technologies
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      • 72 28 REUTERS A stone Buddha statue displayed at the Kabul National Museum is part of an 843-piece collection of artefacts dating from the Bronze Age to the Islamic period. The artefacts, which comprise rare coins, pots, stamps, firstcentury elephant ivory and a 3,000-year-old axe, were stolen during
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    • 340 29 AP WASHINGTON The relentless, weath-er-gone-crazy type of heat that has blistered the United States and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare that it cannot be anything but man-made global warming, says a new statistical analysis from a
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    • Article, Illustration
      148 29 NOT JUST A TOY Last month, Rolls-Royce unveiled the world’s first jet working engine made entirely out of Lego bricks. The half-size replica is of a real Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine, which powers the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. tdy.sg/roycelego MORE INSPIRATION A life-size replica of a Volvo SUV
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    • 93 27 V AVA Agri-Food Veterinary Authority of Singapore POOR FOOD HYGIENE CAN BE HAZARDOUS Always observe proper hygiene and maintain a high standard of cleanliness. Togelher Let Keep Food Safe! Wash your hands thoroughly before eating, especially after handling raw food. Wash your hands thoroughly after using the toilet. Clean all
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 27 30 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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      • 97 30 BUY S$4.83 OCBC keeps call and trims fair value to S$5.69 from S$5.71 after tweaking its estimates. Says its soft second-quarter results were not surprising, and that it expects earnings to pick up in the second half. “SembMarine is likely to see higher margins in the later quarters
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      • 51 30 OUTPERFORM S$14.75 CIMB keeps call and S$16.74 target. Keeps DBS as its preferred bank on valuations and a valuable pan-Asian platform, saying its second-quarter net profit was within expectations. Lower provisions and expenses made up for its weak topline, CIMB says, and challenge is in topline growth, not asset
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    • 294 30 MONETARY POLICY REUTERS BEIJING China’s central bank pledged yesterday to intensify its monetary policy fine-tuning in the second half of this year and improve credit policy to bolster the real economy. The comments follow a meeting of China’s top policymakers last week which said Beijing would
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    • 213 31 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Thai Beverage on Friday won a S$2.8 billion loan facility from global banks to finance its proposed purchase of a 22-per-cent stake in Fraser and Neave (F&N). The company known as ThaiBev and wholly owned subsidiary International
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    • 368 31 REUTERS BEIJING China’s Foreign Minister called on Friday for more global cooperation to resolve debt problems in the euro area and the United States, as stock markets around the world tumbled on fears another financial storm may be developing. Mr Yang
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  • management
    • 786 32  -  A RADICAL PRESCRIPTION FOR SALES DANIEL H PINK Daniel H Pink is the author of four books about the changing world of work. His next book, To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, will be published in January. commissionsSome things in life
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  • technology
    • 326 34  -  FACEBOOK DATING APP PETER YEO SINGAPORE Mother may know best, but you cannot choose your mother like you do your friends. Is it any wonder, then, that friends tend to share your likes and interests? And, if you think about it, those are the same values you
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    • 8 35 Monday 5.05pm~Women’s 100m Hurdles: Dipna~Lim-Prasad~
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    • 569 35  -  But more young talent must be developed, says paddler Zhan TABLE TENNIS TAN~YO-HINN~IN~LONDON yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg TAN~YO-HINN~IN~LONDON yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg LONDON They are aged 29, 28 and 30 respectively, giving their team an average age of 29. And, after the Singapore trio of Gao Ning, Yang Zi and Zhan Jian
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    • 486 36  -  TAN YO-HINN TANYO-HINN IN LONDON yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg LONDON Colin Cheng not only posted the best finish ever by a Singapore sailor when he finished 15th out of 49 boats in the men’s Laser Standard on Saturday, he also registered the best result by an
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    • 516 36 Chinese player becomes first to defend Olympics singles gold medal BADMINTON AP LONDON China’s Lin Dan became the first man to retain the Olympic badminton singles title after beating Malaysian arch-rival Lee Chong Wei in a final that lived up to the hype yesterday. Lin,
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    • 537 37 AP LONDON In one unforgettable night for a nation, the Olympic Games and their host, Britain, were the best that they could be. Three British athletes winning three gold medals in the Olympic Stadium in a delirious 44-minute spell produced the signature moment of the London
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    • 345 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEYMOUTH He put millions of fans through the wringer as his gold-med-al bid in the single-handed Finn went down the wire. But when it came time to deliver, Ben Ainslie (picture) did, as he won an historic fourth gold medal to become
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    • 40 39 MONDAY, 6 AUGUST 2012 PHOTO FINISH 43 LASTING FITTINGS FURNITURE MAKER LUKE HUGHES SHOWS THE TRUE MEANING OF SUSTAINABILITY ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHY ISN’T JUST ABOUT TAKING PICTURES OF BUILDINGS 40 THEATRE PURPLE COLOURED BY UNEVEN EXECUTION 44 PHOTO COURTESY ALBERT LIM
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        1112 40  -  JUST A ‘BUILDING SHOT’? ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ALBERT LIM AND JEREMY SAN BEG TO DIFFER MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg If you passed by ION Orchard recently, you might have noticed a structure outside. It’s the Timeless Capsule, a gallery that’s currently showing the works of nine of Singapore’s top
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      • 154 42  -  MAYO MARTIN S ING A PORE It was a packed week that included Curating Lab for budding curators; Hao Summit for arts manager; a conference on Indian classical dance by Chowk; and the annual Future Of Imagination performance art festival. The young winners of the Singapore
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        177 42 THEGIFTOFTIME Tanjong Pagar Railway Station opens up to this Hermes show featuring the unusual art installations of American artist Hilton McConnico. Until Aug 12, 11am to 9pm, Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, 30 Keppel Road. Free admission. THE POINT OF VIEW AFTER HEAVEN ON EARTH A presentation of 13
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      • 649 43  -  Luke Hughes is all about making furniture that stands as long as its surroundings QUALITY TREATS SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Watching the beach volleyball games at Horse Guards Parade during the London Olympics, it’s hard not to notice the beautiful history surrounding the arena Buckingham Palace, Old
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        448 44  -  There may be a compelling story here, but it’s trapped under the circus tent THEATRE REVIEW: PURPLE MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE What we’ve got in Purple is a fascinating tale: The true story of Singaporean transsexual Maggie Lai and a whirlwind of a life that takes her
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      • 70 46 Multi-platinum Irish/Scottish five-piece band, Snow Patrol, will be performing for the very first time on our shores, bringing along their highly anticipated Fallen Empires Tour to Fort Canning Park. Catch Snow Patrol charm their way through your hearts as they belt out starkly mesmerising masterpieces
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      • 79 46 Debuting at No 1 on The Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart and No 11 on the Billboard 200, Megadeth’s 13th studio album, aptly titled Th1rt3en, was received with wide acclaim amongst heavy metal lovers and rockers. Catch the American metal bandinthefleshas they
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