Today, 9 October 2012, Afternoon Edition

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    15 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp TUESDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • Article, Illustration
    Sacked less than 24 hours after offensive remarks
    1180 1  -  Amy Cheong’s online rant saw her dismissed by NTUC, rebuked by the Prime Minister RACIST POSTING AMIR HUSSAIN, SUMITA SREEDHARAN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A racist Facebook posting by a senior National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) employee brought swift action yesterday: The labour movement
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    Lock icon IMF cuts global growth forecast again
    433 1 REUTERS TO K YO The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this morning cut its global growth forecast for the second time since April and warned United States and European policy-makers that failure to fix their economic ills would prolong the slump. Global growth is too
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      205 1 IN THE BATTLE FOR INDIA’S RETAIL DOLLARS, THE WEB MAY GIVE THE SMALL GUYS ANEDGE OVER MUCH BIGGER FOREIGN RIVALS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 6 f Im n Aberdeen ules of #3 vesting Don t it ea vo embrace i A Aberdeen it YUN NAM H A I R C A R E
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Maid jailed 20 years for killing employer’s child
      508 2  -  Court should send strong signal about domestic workers venting anger on children: DPP IN COURT AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Indonesian maid Nurhayati (picture) first harboured thoughts of killing her employer as she could not endure his reprimands and looking after the family’s
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    • Article
      AGC seeks legal costs from Hougang resident for by-election case proceedings
      336 2 SINGAPORE The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) is seeking legal costs from a Hougang resident after her application for the courts to declare that the Prime Minister does not have unfettered discretion in whether and when to call a by-election was
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    • Article
      Lock icon ‘If Internet governance ain’t broke, don’t fix it’
      475 3 US envoy to international telecoms convention suggests avoiding controls on Web use AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS GENEVA The best solution to impro­ving oversight of the Internet may be to do nothing at all, a senior United States official said yesterday while briefing reporters
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      Internet users need to learn, say experts
      357 4  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN SINGAPORE As yet another Internet user gets into trouble after making offensive remarks online, the Media Literacy Council (MLC) and social media experts yesterday called on individuals to watch what they say on the Internet —be it on their blogs, Facebook
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      111 4 VIDEO NTUC SACKS ASST DIRECTOR FORFACEBOOK COMMENTS Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ntuc1009 for the video. VIDEO COMMENTS ‘WRONG AND TOTALLY UNACCEPT­ABLE’: PM LEE Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/pmlee1009
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      63 5 IDOCBC Bank WORLD’S STRONGEST BANK Ranked by Bloomberg Markets The confidence to zig when others zag. To speak up for yourself, when no one else does. To quit your job when you’ve stopped enjoying it. We believe that you should be confident of your future. Strive for more onfidence Be
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon Clicks over bricks in India
      721 6  -  HYPERMART THREAT OVERHYPED SANJEEV SANYAL Sanjeev Sanyal is Global Strategist at Deutsche Bank. PROJECT SYNDICATE After years of debate, India’s government recently announced that it will open the country’s retail sector to foreign investment. The move was met with howls of protest from those who
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      Lock icon US trapped in a blind alley over Iran
      1174 8  -  MIDDLE EAST GEOPOLITICS JOERGEN OERSTROEM MOELLER Joergen Oerstroem Moeller is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South-east Asian Studies, Singapore, and Adjunct Professor, Singapore Management University Copenhagen Business School. Over the last four years, the United States has manoeuvred itself into
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      Lock icon Job numbers and that conspiracy theory
      937 12  -  US PRESIDENTIAL RACE PAUL KRUGMAN Paul Krugman is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIMES If anyone had doubts about the madness that has spread through a large part
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      44 6 The furore over Friday’s report on job numbers revealed a political movement that is rooting for American failure, so obsessed with taking down Mr Obama that good news for the nation’s long-suffering workers drives its members into a blind rage. PAUL KRUGM AN 12
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      55 9 IDOCBC Bank WORLD’S STRONGEST BANK Ranked by Bloomberg Markets i Consider that hope is not a strategy for wealth. Planning is. Consider doing good. Not bad. And doing more. Not less. We believe that you should consider your future, today. Strive for more onsider Consider your future at any OCBC
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      222 10 SEMINAR ItWL I Mr. Tan Hua Koon J.I.I.W.liilJiMl.ii 1 iiii CEO Chief Trainer, LEAPP Pte Ltd BSc (Honours) in Computer Science,NUS Masters of Engineering in NTU Hua Koon has been involved in mobile applications consultancy and development for more than 10 years and has delivered many projects in a wide
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      14 10 Download #BEINTHEKNOW Like us Follow us FACEBOOK.COM/ TODAYONLINE TWITTER.COM/ TODAYONLINE we set you thinking
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  • voices
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      To stay ahead, students must have firm foundation in subjects
      355 14  -  FROM BRYAN CHOW WENG KEONG I disagree with Mr Gerry Ball that “Rote learning marginalises Singaporeans in new economy” (Oct 4). While our education system has a rigorous curriculum content and is academically demanding, I am surprised he states that
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      Bring breakfast into classrooms
      302 14  -  FROM KELLY NG SIQI The report “Breakfast, the best start to a kid’s day” (Oct 3) on how nutrition is linked to academic performance offers a timely reminder, amid a national conversation on education policies, that a healthy breakfast starts every pupil off on the right
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      Tackle rising number of suicide attempts head-on
      381 15  -  FROM RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO According to the World Health Organization, nearly one million people die from suicide each year. Depression is projected to rank second as a cause of global disability burden by 2020. While some people may take a critical view, we
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      Thank you, Uncle Yap and Uncle Tengku
      234 15  -  FROM DWI AGUSTININGSIH ROWE We recently experienced a day with two super cabbies which needs to be shared. It began when my husband, who called for a cab and was rushing for an urgent meeting, realised he had left his wallet at home
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      Have toilet training via TV
      117 15  -  FROM KOH YAN NEE For Singapore to move towards a more gracious society with regard to the use of public facilities, especially toilets, it would be good to produce short, educational campaigns on television. Nowadays, it is not easy to find clean toilets in places
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      229 14 LETTER STANDARDISE PRESCHOOL, PRIMARY EDUCATION Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ standardschool for the letter from Jimmy Ho. r I GET TO THE FOREFRONT OF MARKETING AND BUSINESS Marketing Institute of Singapore f 7 MISTC Diploma in Sales and Marketing
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      14 14 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Trials under way for ERP 2 system
      404 16  -  On-road testing began in May at the new gantry located along Woodlands Avenue 12 TRANSPORT WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Trials which could yield the next generation of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system are under way along Woodlands Avenue 12. Last year,
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    • Article
      Journalism training centre opens in S’pore
      275 16  -  LEONG WAI KIT SINGAPORE Asia’s first news-train-ing facility has opened its doors in Singapore, with the aim of giving the region’s media industry a boost. Newsplex Asia, a tie-up between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), is
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      Lock icon Better care for those with schizophrenia
      309 19 IMHspearheads community network for the sharing of information on services MENTAL HEALTH CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE People who suffer from schizophrenia could get better support and care with a new community network spearheaded by the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). The Singapore Schizophrenia Network (SSN)
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      Lock icon All 2,200 sheep imported for Korban ritual sold out
      201 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE All 2,200 sheep allocated for Korban in the 16 audited mosques in Singapore this year were sold out yesterday, the fifth day of registration. This is about two weeks ahead of the closing date of Oct 19. The
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      217 19 In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish. JJ mil m DonaldTrump mM*. MDIS Business School I mum 9 hands-ori m rx saiomy. HVv r r i r i THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD MAKING KNOWLEDGE WORK Bradford University
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  • education
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      Lock icon Pilot plans to enhance syllabus
      296 20  -  CHARACTER AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For about 15 minutes before school each day, form and co-form teachers at Xin Min Primary School would take time out to speak to pupils to better understand them. The one-to-one interaction, implemented in July as part
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      Lock icon Fostering tech talent
      673 21 Microsoft programme aims to attract more students to pursue careers in computer science COMPUTER SCIENCE THE NEW YORK TIMES SEATTLE Leandre Nsabi, a senior at Rainier Beach High School here, received some bluntly practical advice from an instructor recently. “My teacher said there’s a lot of money
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon India to unveil ‘credible, feasible’ fiscal plan
      263 22 REUTERS NEW DELHI India will unveil a “credible and feasible” fiscal consolidation path for the next five years, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said yesterday, days after a government panel said the economy was on the edge of a fiscal precipice. A slowing economy
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      Lock icon Xi ‘must push through reforms’
      518 22 Experts call for urgent changes with the leadership transition next mon th CHINA POLITICS REUTERS BEIJING China risks economic malaise, deepening unrest and ultimately even a crisis that could shake the Communist Party’s grip on power unless its next leader, Mr Xi Jinping, pushes through
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  • world
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      Lock icon Uphill task for BN, leaders admit
      570 24 Votes cast by youths set to be decisive factor in coming general election MALAYSIAN POLITICS THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER K UA L A L U M P U R Winning a strong mandate in the next general election will be harder due to the changing
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      Lock icon More terror attacks in Indonesia, with locals the target
      428 25 AP BALI Indonesia has won international praise for its counterterrorism efforts, 10 years after terrorist attacks at two Bali nightclubs killed more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists. But an Associated Press analysis shows the number of strikes within the country
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi ‘willing to be Myanmar President’
      202 25 AP YANGON Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday declared her willingness to serve as President and her party’s intention to amend the constitution to allow her to do so. Ms Suu Kyi said it was part of her duty as leader
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      179 24 isn I The Regional Wing of Singapore Airlines More journeys to treasure at silkair.com SILKAIR'S WORLD i JUST GOT BIGGER. FROM 28 th OCTOBER, 3 WEEKLY FLIGHTS TO VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA 578 Singapore to Visakhapatnam Flight Day Depart Arrive MI448 Wed, Fri Sun 2025 2205 All times listed are local Visakhapatnam
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      499 25 Blissful Outdoor Wedding Show eoyjf w n to di ao»* PKp’’ Singapore’s biggest outdoor wedding show is back! Over 40 wedding merchants including the largest selection of venues, leading hotels, bridal designers and much more... Our Merchants: Bliss Bridal Creations Blue Bay Wedding Mss’ adorent La belle Couture WhiteLink Yvonne
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  • business
    • STOCK CALL
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        DISCLAIMER
        27 26 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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        SEMBCORP MARINE
        96 26 BUY (S$4.95) OCBC keeps rating with a S$6.09 target price, after the rig builder signed a letter of intent with Norwegian customer Prosafe for the construction of a semi-submersible platform. Should the LOI turn effective and assuming the price of the latest rig is the same as the
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      Lock icon Europe launches S$797b ESM fund
      411 26 AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG L U X E M B O U R G C I T Y European go­vernments set up a full­time €500­bil­lion (S$797­billion) fund to aid debt­swamped countries and, not for the first time, expressed confidence that the extra financial muscle will not
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    • Article
      Property shares fall sharply on tighter home loan rules
      277 27  -  DAVID BOTTOMLEY SINGAPORE Shares of Singapore property developers posted sharp falls yesterday as the market gave its first reaction to the tighter rules on home loans brought in by the Government to help curb the continued upward pressure on residential prices.
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      Africa a new frontier for S’pore firms
      333 27  -  WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Business Federation will help local companies unlock the potential of emerging overseas markets by sending members on networking trips to countries in Africa, Central Asia and South-east Asia. “We see Africa as the next frontier for
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  • impact
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      Flying kid-free
      483 28  -  AIRLINE BRANDING SIMON BELL The writer is with Landor Associates, a branding firm for 70 airlines. SINGAPORE Child-free seating areas on AirAsia’s aircraft are polarising. Parents may feel slighted by the move, but those without children will consider such areas blissful. For AirAsia, the imaginative offer is a
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  • technology
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      Tenacious to a T
      479 29  -  The Olympus Tough TG-1 compact digital camera is built for extreme conditions and provides peace of mind CAMERA REVIEW PETER YEO SINGAPORE So you do not climb mountains, dive into oceans or careen down ski slopes at breakneck speeds. Then why would you need a camera
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      Top shots
      227 29 Imaging stalwarts Pentax Ricoh and Canon announced new products at individual events last week SINGAPORE Pentax Ricoh revealed its flagship K-5 IIs full-frame DSLR together with the dimunitive mirrorless camera Q10 on Thursday. The K-5 IIs is an update of the original K-5 and maintains the ergonomics of
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  • sports
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      Lock icon ‘KOBE’S MY BOY, BUT I’M MY OWN MAN’
      579 30  -  Coaching nomad Joe Bryant’s next task: Turn Thailand into a basketball powerhouse TODAY EXCLUSIVE DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg JOHOR BARU His son is arguably the National Basketball Association’s (NSA) biggest star. But even though Joe Bryant is very proud of son Kobe
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      Lock icon TWO GAPING HOLES TO FILL AT THE BACK
      456 30  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE With three days before the match to decide the LionsXII’s Malaysia Cup season, head coach V Sundramoorthy has plenty on his mind. And foremost are two gaping holes in the backline to plug before Thursday’s semi-final second-leg against Angkatan
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      ENFORCED REST MIGHT BE TONIC FOR CHRISTIAN
      315 31  -  DEBORAH ONG deborahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Missing last weekend’s Wakefest Singapore might turn out to be a blessing for Sasha Christian. Singapore’s top female wakeboarder withdrew with an injured knee, but with the Palembang leg of the Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup coming up from
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    • Article
      Lock icon CLUBS MUST PAY TO PLAY, SAYS FAM
      185 31 REUTERS KUAL A LUMPUR Malaysian football clubs could face expulsion from next year’s M-League if they fail to cough up deposits. To ensure that players’ wages are paid on time, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) wants topflight clubs to pay a deposit
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      Lock icon RODGERS CONDEMNS ‘VILIFICATION’ OF SUAREZ
      369 32 THE GUARDIAN LO N D O N Brendan Rodgers has condemned the “vilification” of Luis Suarez after the Liverpool striker attracted fresh criticism for diving against Stoke City on Sunday. Suarez was both sinned against and sinner in the goalless draw at Anfield, where he
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      Lock icon SCINTILLATING SPURS NEED CONSISTENCY
      437 32  -  ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP COMMENTARY BY TERRY PATHMANATHAN Former national skipper Terry Pathmanathan, 56, is one of our guest analysts for the new EPL season. He is currently the coach of S-League side Tanjong Pagar United and he also led the national under-23 team to a bronze medal
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      Lock icon FOUL TWEET LANDS COLE IN THE DOCK
      206 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Ashley Cole reported for England duty yesterday afternoon just hours after being formally charged by the Football Association for insulting them in a message on Twitter. The Chelsea left-back had lashed out at the FA on the socialnetworking website
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      Lock icon FALCAO NOT CITY-BOUND
      176 32 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MADRID Atletico Madrid are to resist Manchester City’s attempts to lure striker Radamel Falcao to the Premier League in January. Having underlined his billing as one of the world’s leading strikers by scoring a hat-trick against Chelsea in the Uefa Super Cup in August,
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      39 33 TUESDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2012 NEW DAWN 36 MUSIC MARIE DIGBY ON WHY SHE DIDN’T STOP BELIEVING SHAUN CHEN REVEALS HIS PLANS AS HE EMBARKS ON A NEW JOURNEY 34 MOVIES SUPERCAPITALIST TO OPEN IN SINGAPORE 36 PHOTO JASON HO
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        999 34  -  SHAUN CHEN IS READY FOR A FRESH START MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg Actor Shaun Chen is celebrating a decade in showbiz a feat for any artiste. But this milestone is bitter-sweet. “These 10 years have been a learning time for me learning about life,” said the 34-year-old,
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        541 36  -  For singer Marie Digby, how the future unfolds depends on how you want it to be DESTINY’S SONG CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It’s sometimes funny how things turn out. Take singer Marie Digby, for example. She’d been signed to a record label as far back as 2005, but
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        148 36  -  GENEVIEVE LOH S I N G A P O R E Indie film buffs take note: Supercapitalist and Kinks will be screened exclusively at Golden Village Grand in Great World City on Oct 10 and 24. (There will be an additional Supercapitalist screening on
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        281 37 REUTERS LOS ANGELES Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams will be joined by Christian Bale in “The Untitled David O Russell Project,” the producers announced last Friday. Russell is also writing the film’s screenplay with Eric Warren Singer, based on Singer’s original
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        83 38 OUR PICK Narrated by Meryl Streep, the documentary adventure takes audiences on a journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin seven-year-old cubs. See how their lives are affected by global warming as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call
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        64 38 The Broadway and West End hit is a supercharged Latin and ballroom dance spectacular that has thrilled millions in over 30 countries. Featuring “live” musicians and dancers from around the world, who hold more than 100 championship dance titles between them. Oct 9 to 14, 7.30pm (2pm
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        65 38 Masters Football Asia is an intense ac-tion-packed six-a-side, three-hour indoor tournament, in which four teams of legendary stars from the EPL and Singapore battle it out for the EPL Masters Football Singapore Cup. Featuring teams from Manchester United, Liverpool, All Stars and Singapore Legends.
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        72 38 An exhibition featuring 100 artworks in a variety of media by 25 Royal Academicians and 25 prominent artists from Asia. Among these are Paul Huxely, Ai Weiwei, Richard Deacon, Tabaimo and Ian Woo. Participating artists and curators will also speak at a series of
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        71 38 Eric Clapton once called this two-time Grammy nominee “the greatest guitarist I have ever seen”. The guitar maestro is one of Australia’s most respected musicians and in his five-decade career has played with many notable musicians, including Chet Atkins, Les Paul and Clapton. He was also voted Best
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        117 38 The region’s only Universal Studios theme park features rides and moviet hemed att ract ions i nclud i n g T ra nsformers The Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle. Rock out at the Hollywood After Party every Saturday night with performances by home-grown bands like Enigma, Raw
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      119 36 CATHAY CE /cathaycineplexes HOmE DF LATE I1IEHT mOVIES cathay.com.sg /cathaycineplex TAKEN 2 The Cathay 12.30pm, 2.30,4.35, 5.25,6.40, 7.30, 8.45, 9.40pm Platinum Movie Suites -2.50pm, 5.00, 7.15, 9.30pm Cineleisure Orchard -11.00am, 1.00pm, 2.15, 2.50, 3.35,4.20, 5.00, 5.40, 6.25, 7.05, 7.45, 8.30, 9.10, 9.50,11.15pm, 1.15am Causeway Point 12.00pm, 12.50,1.30, 2.00, 2.50, 3.30,4.00,
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      337 39 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Gurmit’s Small Talk II 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show IX (HD5) 10.00 The Chew 11.30 Great Ideas From JML 12.30PM Police And Thief IV 1.00 India: A Love Story 2.00 Million Dollar Listings III 3.00 The Dr Oz Show 4.00 The Chew 4.45 Just
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      189 39 CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Silver Carnival Embracing Life 7.00 Focus 7.30 Good Morning Singapore 10.30 The Unforgettable Memory 12.30PM Street Smart 1.00 News 8 At One 1.30 Frontline 2.00 The Story Of Nao Nao 2.30 The God of Medicine 3.30 The Four Brothers Of Peking (PG) 4.30 Unique Flavor (PG) 5.30
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      275 39 CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg 11.00AM Home Shopping 3.00PM Happy Family 2009 3.30 Guess 5.00 Angel Lover 6.00 Moonlight Resonance 7.00 Jumong (PG-Some Violence) 8.00 Style: Check-in 9.00 TesTube (Live) 10.00 Bread, Love and Dreams (PG) 11.00 News Tonight 11.30 Style: Check-in 12.30AM Why Icarus Can’t Fly 1.30 Angel Lover 2.30 End of
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      196 39 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 Asian Home News 6.30 AM Live! Early Edition 7.00 AM Live! 9.00 World Today
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      148 39 tellvasantham@mediacorp.com.sg 3.00PM Suvai Arusuvai 3.30 Gopuram 4.00 Kalyanam 4.30 Villakku Vecha Nerathilla 5.00 Chinna Papa Periya Papa 5.30 Chhota Bheem 6.00 Masthaana Masthaana I 7.00 Abirami 7.30 Nimirnthu Nil (PG) 8.00 Rudhra 8.30 Tamil Seithi 9.00 Rusiyai Thedi IV 9.30 Oor Kuruvi II 10.00 Nila Surian 10.30 Vanjam 11.00 Puthaiyal
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