Today, 16 October 2012

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  • 14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp TUESDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 871 1  -  Less-serious homicides could see discretionary sentences of life imprisonment, for example IN PARLIAMENT TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Three months after the Government floated the idea of legislative changes that would “temper justice with mercy”, the wheels to a historic change were set in
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    • 57 1 PAY-TV CROSS-CARRIAGE RULES NEED REFINING IF THEY ARE TO BENEFIT CONSUMERS AND PROVIDERS. HERE’S ONE SOLUTION COMMENT&ANALYSIS 14 84% JUMP IN SALES OF NEW PRIVATE HOMES HOT NEWS 6 PEACE AFTER 40 YEARS Philippines government and rebel group sign preliminary peace pact HOT NEWS 2 Norodom Sihanouk, one of South-east
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    • 195 1 Aberdeen s Rules of Investing #2 Know the difference b een gambling and inv^stm r Aberdeen YUN NAM H A I R C A R E Singapore’s No.1 Hair Care Expert arrange &wm $150.0001# worth of Hair Care Treatments Products' JJ. S "Every time I wash my hair, clumps of
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  • hot news
    • 644 2 Philippine govt, Muslim rebels ink landmark pact to end more than 40 years of violence HISTORIC PEACE AGREEMENT AGENCIES MANIL A Muslim rebels and the Philippine government yesterday overcame decades of bitter hostility and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies,
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    • 49 2 BLOOMBERG is targeting US$1 billion (S$1.22 billion) of investments in the southern island of Mindanao after the signing of the peace accord, Board of Investments head Cristino Panlilio said. The Philippines expects Islamic countries to look more closely at Mindanao after the peace agreement, Mr Panlilio said.
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    • 366 4  -  PROPOSED CHANGES TO MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE Laws targeting those sucking youngsters into the drug trap were introduced in Parliament yesterday. Among the changes proposed to the Misuse of Drugs Act, offenders who provide drugs to anyone below
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    • 219 4  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE The highest court in the land will have to sign off on all death sentences before a criminal is hanged, if changes to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) proposed yesterday are eventually passed. Currently, if a criminal
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    • 445 6 SINGAPORE Sales of new homes in Singapore surged 83.7 per cent last month as the market stirred back to life after the Hungry Ghost Festival, driving total developer sales to a new annual high with three months of the year to go.
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    • 319 6 SINGAPORE As home buyers continued to flock to developers’ showflats, the Government yesterday announced it was releasing five more sites that can yield a total of about 2,880 residential units, reinforcing the message that it would add to supply amid strong demand. Three
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    • 641 6  -  National Development Minister assures Parliament that market has shown signs of stabilising PROPERTY SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Strong demand for residential property is likely to persist which could cause prices to rise beyond sustainable levels, but National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan
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    • 490 12 FORMER CAMBODIAN KING AGENCIES BEIJING Norodom Sihanouk, the revered and often mercurial former king and independence hero who helped navigate Cambodia through a halfcentury of war, genocide and upheaval, died early yesterday in Beijing. He was 89. Criticised throughout his life for dramatic shifts in allegiances,
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    • 623 13 Skydiver breaks 3 world records during mission, opens up future possibilities for astronauts RECORD-BREAKING SKYDIVE THE GUARDIAN ROSWELL (NEW MEXICO) Standing at the edge of space above the deserts of New Mexico, Mr Felix Baumgartner paused slightly. It was a small step away from
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    • 223 4 SEMINAR ■•iij mm 1 Mr. Tan Hua Koon mini! !i!i 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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    • 137 5 SDIC INSURES YOUR DEPOSITS UP TO S$50,000 Safety Net for Your Deposits A Deposit Insurance Scheme has been set up by law to protect the core savings of small depositors in Singapore in the event a full bank or finance company fails. Under the Scheme, SDIC automatically insures the eligible
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  • in parliament
    • 585 7  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s first piece of legislation to protect consumers’ personal data was passed yesterday, but not before Members of Parliament raised a long list of concerns, including how the new law does not specifically protect children nor does
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    • 362 8  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE The National Environment Agency (NEA) is reviewing penalties and fines for those caught littering, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan said yesterday. Responding to a motion tabled by Nee Soon GRC MP Lee Bee Wah on the standard
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    • 622 8  -  Teo Chee Hean says he was anxious to avoid any misunderstanding between Govt and Catholic Church LEAKED LETTER AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Three days before an an-ti-internal Security Act (ISA) rally was held, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean asked to
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    • 384 8  -  AMIR HUSSAIN S I N G A P O R E The consequences resulting from a single incident in Singapore could have a “long lasting impact on the inter-racial and inter-religious bonds built over the years”, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean
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    • 507 9  -  Current designs of nuclea r plan ts pose m ore risks than benefits for Singapore: Iswaran POWER SOURCES WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government has decided, after recently concluding a prefeasibility study, that “nuclear energy is not yet suitable for deployment in Singapore”,
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    • 387 10  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE The exchange rate cannot be used as a tool to manage Singapore’s export competitiveness, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang yesterday. Instead, the Republic’s exports will be competitive in the longer term only through higher productivity and
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    • 467 10  -  S’pore, M’sia to help build up fire detection, suppression capabilities in fire-prone Indonesian provinces THE HAZE WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg Singapore —In light of a spike in the number of hotspots this year, Singapore and Malaysia will expand their joint collaborations with the Indonesian provinces of
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    • 446 11  -  AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Provisional family exclusion orders from the casinos could soon be made if there is a need to act urgently to protect the family from further harm, as amendments to the Casino Control Act were tabled in Parliament
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    • 262 10 REVEALING THE SECRETS OF Self-Made Millionaires By Adam Khoo! You don't have to be a Harvard Business graduate, have good luck or lots of capital to become rich. It doesn't matter if you are heavily in debt, stuck in a low-paying job or averse to taking risks. Join self-made millionaire
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    • 409 12 Be Part of Us to INSPIRE YOUNG LIVES WKL<- IN- INTERVIEW Date: 20 Oct 20 1 2 Time: I 1 .30am to 4.00pm Venue: Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Economics Level 5, Classroom 5.4, 90 Stamford Road S( *****3) (Nearest MRT: Bras Basah Circle Line, Exit C) We are
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  • comment &analysis
    • 777 14  -  PAY-TELEVISION CONTENT DEALS LIM MAY-ANN Lim May-Ann is the Research Director for the Technology Research Project Corporate, a boutique consulting firm which focuses on the economics of telecommunications and information technology in the Asia-Pacific. Soccer fans are up in arms again over their access
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    • 1233 15  -  REGIONAL DIPLOMACY PANKAJ MISHRA Pankaj Mishra is the author of From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia, and a Bloomberg View columnist, based in London and Mashobra, India. BLOOMBERG Preparing for a
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    • 102 14 BRITISH COUNCIL trust SINGAPORE ERF Reg. No.: *****2363R ERF Validity: 17/03/2011 16/03/2015 British Council (Singapore) RESULTS WITH CONFIDENCE Register for our 2013 courses today! Our experienced teachers deliver interactive and stimulating lessons that motivate students to achieve their full academic potential. Academic success is the result of a communicative, student-centred
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  • voices
    • 234 16  -  FROM DENNIS ONG CHIN SIEW Under the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act, the upperfloor unit owner is presumed liable for inter-floor water seepage unless he can show evidence to the contrary, such as that the leakage is from the common property. Parliament
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    • 188 16  -  FROM PETER LEE Drunk passengers are common during the night shift. Some are apologetic when they vomit in the taxi, others act as if they should not be faulted. Either way, cabbies must forgo time and income to clean up and deodorise. In
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    • 185 16  -  FROM VIJAI PARWANI The recent amendments to the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act, to introduce what is known as the lemon law, contains an unusual section, 12E, which is headed “Relation to other remedies, etc” but does not refer to other remedies. It reads: (1) If
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    • 102 16  -  FROM PATRICK SIO As a father of two grown-up boys, I want them to be able to afford a comfortable life when they become independent. In this regard, I suggest that a scheme be introduced to allow flexibility of tenure for new flats sold
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    • 195 17  -  FROM JENNIFER LAM LAI LENG I come from a country where racism is common, where ministers are allowed to call a certain race “comers” and remark that these “comers could go back to where they (their ancestors) came from”. These remarks are directed at
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    • 192 17  -  FROM FRANCES ESS The Amy Cheong saga has reminded me of Aristotle. He had said, “Anybody can become angry that is easy, but to be angry with the right per son and to the right degree and at the right time and for the
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    • 141 17  -  FROM COLONEL WONG YU HAN Assistant Chief of General Staff (Training), Singapore Armed Forces We thank Mr Jeremiah Oon for his feedback in “Conduct more checks on trees” (Oct 12). As part of our efforts to ensure safety within our training areas, regular checks
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    • 207 16 LETTER MAKE CAB PASSENGERS PAY S$20 UPFRONT TO DETER CHEATING Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/cabcheat for the letter from Steve Wang. GET TO THE FOREFRONT OF MARKETING AND BUSINESS Marketing Institute of Singapore Training Centre r.' MISTC Diploma in
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    • 14 16 •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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    • 33 17 LETTER FIRST STEP IS TO EMBRACE RACIAL HARMONY Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ racialharmony for the letter from Terence Fong Wei Sheng.
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  • singapore
    • 503 18  -  No basis for re-trial as court must make decisions on the present case based on current laws says Judge of Appeal DRUG TRAFFICKING KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN spykermankf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed a criminal motion by the lawyers of a convicted drug trafficker to
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    • 154 18 SINGAPORE Four licensed moneylenders were convicted of moneylending offences in the first nine months of this year one more than the number dealt with during the whole of last year. Law Minister K Shanmugam provided this update in a written parliamentary reply
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    • 333 19 SINGAPORE Public transport operator SMRT yesterday announced that it will be increasing the pay of its bus drivers. Singaporean bus drivers will see their basic salaries increase by up to S$400, while Permanent Residents and non-Singaporean bus drivers will receive up to S$175
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    • 190 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of cheating more than 50 online shoppers. The police said in a statement yesterday that they received numerous reports between June and September from victims who had placed online orders for Polaroid
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    • 159 19 FOR SINGLES ONLY HOW TIM HALLOWEEN EDITION AN AFTERNOON OF NIGH TEA, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPOOK! Enjoy the company of new friends over a palatable high tea buffet and get into the mood of Halloween. Play exciting games and stand a chance to win some attractive prizes! Lastly, pluck up your
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  • education
    • 867 20 UK students using customised statements run risk of being caught, universities warn UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS THE GUARDIAN LONDON Students in the United Kingdom are paying up to £350 (S$687) for personal statements written by graduates to help them cheat the university admissions procedure, an investigation by
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    • 204 20 S ING A PORE Republic Polytechnic (RP) will launch a new Diploma in Social Enterprise Management next year to nurture young professionals who are “business-ready and sociallyconscious”. The introduction of the new diploma is in line with the Government’s efforts to boost manpower capabilities
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    • 99 21 SIAS (Securities Investors Association Singapore) 1 3 th Investors’ Choice Awards A Double News Triumph for MediaCorp > f 'V Cl V I X. 4 4 a h X 0* iW* Ik Hu v ,VA A V it X s L 1 fll Special Award Rachel Kelly Presenter/Producer Money Mind
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  • china&india
    • 769 22 BEIJING When Bo Xilai was ousted as Chongqing Party Secretary in March, the man entrusted with the portfolio was Mr Zhang Dejiang (picture), a protege of former President Jiang Zemin. Prior to his fall from grace, Bo who was expelled from the ruling party last month for a
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    • 231 23 AP MUMBAI India’s inflation accelerated to 7.8 per cent last month after the government hiked subsidised fuel prices to rein in the budget deficit. The number released yesterday is worse than expected and gives the central bank little room to
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    • 369 23 AGENCIES BEIJING Benign inflation last month showed China has scope to ease policy even as evidence mounts that earlier pro-growth measures are gaining traction, reducing the pressure on policymakers to act as a leadership transition approaches. Subdued consumer prices leave plenty of space
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    • 203 23 S 111 R T O 111 SERFOOD Daily Hi-Tea Dim Sum Buffet from 3pm 5pm Adult Child (6 -12 years old) $19.80” $13.80 Mondays to Fridays Weekends, Eve of Public Holidays Public Holidays fe l*J r m. Shark’s Fin Soup with Crab Meat $22.80” $16.80” k <• U NickShen Tok
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  • world
    • 358 24 Each party would get less than 5% of the vote in an election according to surveys INDONESIA POLITICS AGENCIES JA K A R TA Two opinion polls have painted a gloomy picture for Islambased political parties in Indonesia, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. None of
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    • 240 24 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUAL A LUMPUR The Malaysian government had to spend an additional RM3.6 billion (S$1.4 billion) for land acquisition and other costs for the Ipoh-Padang Besar double-track railway line project, the completion of which has been delayed from January next
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    • 191 25 REUTERS YA NGON Thousands of Buddhist monks marched in Myanmar’s two biggest cities yesterday to protest against efforts by the world’s biggest Islamic body to help Rohingya Muslims involved in deadly communal clashes four months ago. The monks, a potent political
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    • 457 25 Pakistani girl shot for her advocacy to receive specialised medical care TALIBAN SHOOTING AGENCIES ISLAMABAD The Pakistani schoolgirl shot by Taliban gunmen for pushing for girls to be educated has been sent to the United Kingdom for medical treatment, a move that will give
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    • 273 25 AP STOCKHOLM Americans Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley were awarded the Nobel economics prize yesterday for research that helps to explain the market processes at work when doctors are assigned to hospitals, students to schools and human organs for transplant to recipients. The Royal
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 116 25 REUTERS British Prime Minister David Cameron and nationalist Scottish leader Alex Salmond signed an agreement yesterday to give the Scottish people a referendum on independence in 2014. The referendum will ask voters whether they want Scotland to remain in the 305-year-old union with England.
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      • 123 25 REUTERS European Union governments agreed on major sanctions against Iran’s banking sector, shipping and industry yesterday, tightening financial pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme amid foundering diplomacy. “Restrictive measures and conclusions on Iran (were) adopted,” said a statement from a meeting of
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      • 135 25 REUTERS Turkey ordered an Armenian plane flying to the Syrian city of Aleppo to land and searched its cargo yesterday, in the latest move to prevent its airspace being used to supply the Syrian military. The plane was allowed to continue on its
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 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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      • 56 26 BUY(S$4.11) Maybank Kim Eng keeps call and raises target to S$4.50 from S$4.43, saying stock offers an attractive yield despite 5.9-per-cent fall in 2012 net profit due to lower investment income. The broker expects SPH to declare a dividend of 25 Singapore cents for 2013 fiscal year,
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      • 77 26 BUY (S$1.565) OCBC Investment Research keeps call and S$1.70 fair value. It says CRCT’s malls in Beijing have good locations and will do well despite growth in retail space supply. While companies are facing revenue contractions, revenues are still climbing. Companies should be able to support continued
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    • 141 26 SINGAPORE Telco firm M1 said yesterday its third-quarter net profit fell 19.5 per cent to S$33.1 million from the corresponding period last year, mainly due to higher handset subsidies. Operating revenue for the three months ended September rose 4 per cent to S$254.7
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    • 231 26  -  IPO LAUNCH WONG WEI HAN WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Shares of Courts Asia made a positive start on their debut on the Singapore Exchange yesterday, ending the day at S$0.785,1.9 per cent above the initial public offering (IPO) price of S$0.77. The stock opened
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    • 122 26 SINGAPORE Retail sales rose 3.2 per cent on-year in August, driven by improved performance in the medical goods and toiletries and supermarkets segments. Excluding motor vehicles, sales were up 2.7 per cent, according to data from the Department of Statistics. Retail sales of
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    • 432 26 JLNUH National University Hospital A member of the NUHS i Health V B ody PPY Women Programme Highlights The Most Common Gynaecology Cancer in Singapore: Be empowered to take charge of your health today! Join us at this interactive Health Forum to learn more about common female conditions and their
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  • impact
    • Article, Illustration
      651 27  -  The industry can be advanced with morality and a passport, says PR guru Lord Chadlington PUBLIC RELATIONS KHOO BEE KHIM khoobeekhim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE What’s the yardstick a doyen of the public relations industry uses to measure success? A good night’s sleep, apparently. Success matters greatly to Weber Shandwick
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  • technology
    • 228 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO The online PlayStation store is to undergo a significant redesign, Sony has announced. The redesign, which has been previewed on the PlayStation blog, will feature a simplified search feature and content listings with more detailed information about games and videos. The store
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    • 454 28 Microsoft’s service to compete with Apple’s iTunes and Spotify INTERNET MUSIC SERVICE BLOOMBERG REDMOND Microsoft’s Internet music service will roll out today on Xbox and next week on computers with the new Windows 8 operating system, as the company looks to compete against Pandora Media and Spotify.
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    • 142 28 AGENCIES According to reports on Friday, Apple will unveil its 7-inch iPad Mini on Oct 23. Pundits had initially set the date on Oct 17 based on sources claiming invites to the event will be sent on Oct 10. As
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    • 52 29 A 1 iSS f I J r /j if *L V > U n a LIVE IN SINGAPORE 29 October 2012 Redeem free tickets only available for MEclub members! Not yet a MEclub member? Sign up now! For full details log on now to www.MEclub.com.sg Promoters 'Live Pte Ltd SNE
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  • sports
    • 635 30  -  STTA plans for local players to take centre stage at the 2013 SEA Games TABLE TENNIS LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) aims to field more local-born paddlers at major competitions like the next Commonwealth and Asian Games both in
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    • 478 30  -  DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One can call it an indictment of Singapore’s lack of striking options, or a testament to his ability to still find the net at his age. Whatever the case, the fact remains that Aleksandar Duric, at the ripe old
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    • 579 31  -  SSC study to improve football, nation-building role SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From the days of Quah Kim Song, S Rajagopal, Samad Allapitchay and Eric Paine in the ’70s to the ’90s where Fandi Ahmad, V Sundramoorthy and Steven Tan ruled the roost, football has united
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    • 437 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has signed a contract with Ferrari and will join the team in 2014, according to British media reports. Fernando Alonso, who vetoed Lewis Hamilton’s arrival at the team earlier this year, is apparently glad that
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    • 699 32  -  Cancer survivor will take part in 10km race to help raise funds for cancer research RUN FOR HOPE DEBORAH ONG deborahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When Run For Hope flags off on Nov 18, Lim Tau Wei will not be focused on winning the event, even though
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    • 519 32 AGENCIES LONDON Roy Hodgson will demonstrate his ruthless streak by making up to six changes to his England lineup for tonight’s (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) World Cup qualifying tie in Poland, despite seeing his hopes of recalling Frank Lampard dashed by his withdrawal with
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 74 31 For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg SB SportsBuzz@Kranji SportsBuzz@PoMo (For 18 yrs and above) LW Livewire MBS Livewire RWS (For 21 yrs and above) Ip A, Y(i) Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. •S' Singapore Pools Account Service. Call 6786 6688 for more details No person
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    • 44 33 PEOPLE’S CHOICE JOHN CLEESE GETS MARRIED YET AGAIN THANKS TO HIS FRIENDS 36 AN IDIOT’S CHOICE KARL PILKINGTON ON WHAT IT MEANS TO TRAVEL THE WORLD 36 TUESDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2012 DEAD TO RIGHTS ANDREW LINCOLN AND THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF FLESH-EATING ZOMBIES 34
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      • 106 38 This travelling art show told in three parts a video documentary, a play and an art installation is based on over 1,000 kopitiam interviews looks at what has changed and what has remained in the dynamic of citizenship and foreign integration that has captured current controversy. Presented by
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