Today, 1 November 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • 15 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp THURSDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 606 1  -  More redundancies and slower job growth in Q3 but construction sector sees a jump SINGAPORE ECONOMY WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Amid gloomy external economic conditions, the latest employment report released yesterday contained several warning signs. Fewer jobs were created in the
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  • 622 1  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After much public discussion in recent weeks, where several Members of Parliament and Ministers including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong weighed in, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said yesterday that the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) will be reviewed, as part of
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    • 54 1 US POLLS: IT’S BETWEEN A MAN WITH MODEST AMBITIONS AND SOMEONE POISED TO COMPOUND FISCAL AND FINANCIAL DEFICITS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 14 SPORTS 64 IN EXTRA TIME, CHELSEA OUST MAN UNITED VIDEO S’PORE’S Q3 JOBLESS RATE REMAINS LOW Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or visit tdy.sg/
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  • hot news
    • 183 2  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN Crest Secondary School, which will admit its first batch of 200 students next year, announced yesterday that it had secured 12 partners to help in four key areas: Curriculum development, student development, financial assistance for needy
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    • 582 4  -  No alcohol or drugs found in driver, foul play ruled out IN COURT TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Before he picked up his friend Wu Wei Wei from a nightclub in Clarke Quay, Mr Ma Chi, 31, had told her he was out “practising”
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    • 595 5  -  AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Eleven hours passed between the time Ms Cecilia Sue was taken to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) and when she was first interviewed, and she only signed her fifth CPIB statement four hours after recording of her statement ended.
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    • 497 6  -  PRO BONO WORK AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Lawyers could soon be required to contribute a minimum of 16 hours of free legal services, as part of a high powered committee’s proposal to make it mandatory for practitioners to
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    • 208 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has stepped up monitoring and intelligence sharing with regional countries on terror networks, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said yesterday. Mr Hishammuddin expressed concerns over international terror organisations such as Al Qaeda linking up with regional home-grown
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    • 595 8 SUPERSTORM SANDY THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK They stepped in the wrong puddle. They walked the dog at the wrong moment. Or they did exactly what the emergency experts instructed them to do they huddled inside and waited for its anger
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    • 531 12  -  Former UN Secretary-General feels Tehran must be part of talks to end conflict which has divided world powers MIDDLE EAST NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Attempts to address Syria’s internal strife have been dubbed by some as a “proxy war” by the glo-
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    • 217 2 VIDEO MOETO REVIEW THEPSLE Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/vidpsle1101 for the video. VOICES ETHICS CLASSES WOULD HELP UNDERGRADS 20 PjOWERflH LEARNING Hmf Give your child a HEADSTART as many parents have “Ruo Wei really enjoyed himself and has learnt
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1178 14  -  US ECONOMY AND THE NEXT PRESIDENT MARTIN WOLF Martin Wolf is Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED If there is one thing on which almost all Americans agree it is that the performance of their economy has been
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    • 729 19  -  QUANTITATIVE EASING MEASURES SUNDARAM JANAKIRAMANAN Sundaram Janakiramanan is Professor at the School of Business, SIM University. The United States Federal Reserve has come under criticism for its third round of quantitative easing or QE3 from many countries, especially emerging ones, who are concerned it will
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    • 191 14 With the US introducing a third round of quantitative easing, Singapore may have to watch out for inflation and further potential increases in property prices. SUNDARAM JANAKIRAMANAN 19 GREAT MEMORIES, GREAT FARES. The Regional Wing of BlI.'&V I Singapore Airlines More journeys to treasure at silkair.com Book your short getaway
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  • voices
    • 338 20  -  FROM SOH YI DA As Education Minister Heng Swee Keat rolls out his vision of a valuesdriven education landscape, this is an opportune time for our universities to consider introducing mandatory virtues and ethics classes for undergraduates. Over the years, our primary and secondary schools
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    • 316 20  -  FROM RAYMOND LEE The Singapore Exchange Securities Trading (SGX-ST) should review Rule 1307 of its Listing Manual to better protect the interests of minority shareholders. In my view, the Rule is prejudicial to this group, especially in cases where the majority shareholder controls more
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    • 394 20  -  FROM TANG LI Mr Robert C Pozen’s commentary (“They work long hours, but what about results”, TODAY-The New York Times International Weekly, Oct 27) reminded me of something one of my first bosses told me. Then, I was keen to show I
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    • 338 23  -  FROM PUI PHUSANGMOOK Senior Vice President General Manager, Group Health Division, NTUC Income Mr James Wong Chee Wah wrote that NTUC Income did not pay his medical claims on the grounds that he did not disclose a condition that has since been cured (“Claims snag
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    • 228 23  -  FROM SOON SZE MENG Our libraries are a public good, allowing all citizens to access reading and audio-visual items without cost. Conversely, Premium Plus members pay an annual fee to borrow 16 items. Regular NLB members can borrow only six items. In our market
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    • 500 21 0 SINGAPORE WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS PRODU INNOVATION A A 2 rd Meet the winners who are leading Singapore 01 new frontiers of productivity Organised by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), the Awards salute the front runners and champions of Singapore’s national productivity drive
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    • 117 24 I: ir 1 SAVING YOURSELF TIME AND MONEY DURING RUSH HOUR. FEELING READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD: PRICELESS L NOW YOU CAN TAP GO WITH MASTERCARD PAYPASS rM ITS FASTER THAN FUMBLING FOR CASH OR WAITING FOR CHANGE. A (Bn And you get 10% CASH REBATE on every ride
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  • singapore
    • 401 25  -  Agency to step up monitoring of canals, improve drainage as flash floods struck yesterday NORTH-EAST MONSOON WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As heavy rains yesterday afternoon triggered flash floods in several areas, national water agency PUB said it will step up monitoring of canals
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    • 163 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA siNGAPORE-The Government has allocated S$80 million to a new clinical trial grant, aimed at supporting innovative and high-impact clinical trials and the development of novel therapies for healthcare needs. The grant will be administered by the National Medical Research Council (NMRC).
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    • 246 27  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH SINGAPORE The Sengkang Punggol LRT will see a 40 per cent increase in capacity to meet rising ridership, as another 16 new train cars will be added, bringing the total fleet size to 57. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will
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    • 345 27  -  Expert witness says there was no apparent physical contact with other commuters before she falls onto MRT train tracks THAI TEEN’S SUIT KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN spykermankf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two videos from Ang Mo Kio MRT Station’s CCTV cameras were shown on the third day of
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  • silver
    • 728 28 RETIREMENT PLANNING In a Q&A with TODAY, author and academic Professor Lewis Mandell warns that the ability to make sound financial decisions deteriorates with age, making seniors vulnerable to financial scams. Your book describes why and how our abilities to make sound
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 33 30 i/v/V JACKPOT Estimated Draw on Thu, 1 Nov 2012 at 6.30pm For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg Ip yi. Always play with care. [responsibiyf Do not bet illegally. RGB Reg No: *****0202G SINGAPORE EJ POOLS
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  • china&india
    • 557 32 Former Chinese envoy says US is using Beijing-Tokyo tensions to expand its influence in Asia CHINA-JAPAN TIES THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG A longtime Chinese diplomat warned on Tuesday that the United States is using Japan as a strategic tool in its
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    • 76 32 AP China yesterday defended its increasingly assertive patrolling near disputed East China Sea islands. The actions constitute “routine patrols and law enforcement in China’s territorial waters around the Diaoyu islands”, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said. “This was a normal official activity intended to
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    • 275 34 CHINA’S POPULATION AP BEIJING A Chinese government thinktank is urging the country’s leaders to start phasing out its unpopular onechild policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015 in a daring proposal. Some demographers see the timeline put forward by
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    • 165 34 AP CHENNAI More than 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes yesterday as a tropical storm hit southern India from the Bay of Bengal, officials said. Rain lashed the region and strong winds uprooted trees in some places. Weather officials said
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  • world
    • 592 38 Storm revives debate of what to do when a natural disaster interferes with an election US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Hurricane Sandy spurred Maryland to suspend its early voting programme for a second day on Tuesday and forced the closing of some
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    • 169 38 AP President Barack Obama emphasised his role as incumbent for a third straight day yesterday, skipping campaign events in battleground states to visit victims of superstorm Sandy in New Jersey, a state he is confident of winning. The President’s actions have forced
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    • 471 42 AFTERNOON LATEST AP NEW YORK —Flights resumed, but slowly. The New York Stock Exchange got back to business but on generator power. And, with the subways still down, great numbers of people walked across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan in
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    • 243 44 ETHNIC UNREST AGENCIES JAKARTA Hundreds of police and soldiers have been dispatched to restore security in the Indonesian province of Lampung on Sumatra island after 14 people were killed and dozens wounded in ethnic clashes that began on Sunday. National Police spokesman Briga-dier-General Boy Rafli Amar
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    • 118 44 AP Indonesian security forces raided suspected terror hideouts yesterday in central Sulawesi, killing one suspect and arresting two others. Gunfire was exchange during the early morning raids in the villages of Tambarana and Kalora in Poso district, said a national police spokesman in Jakarta. He
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    • 182 46 AGENCIES KABUL President Hamid Karzai took a step towards fulfilling his pledge to hold Afghanistan’s presidential election on time, as the Election Commission announced yesterday that the vote has been set for April 5, 2014. Mr Karzai, who is constitutionally barred from seeking
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    • 404 46 S Korean city plans to transform sleepy offshore village into a giant casino city GAMING AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea’s Incheon city said yesterday it aims to transform a small fishing island off the country’s west coast into a hub of tourism, shopping and
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 27 48 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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      • 73 48 BUY (S$3.27) Maybank-Kim Eng keeps call, raises target to S$4.21 from S$4.14. Recommends stock for its diversity. “We expect the retail property business via CapitaMalls Asia to be a key growth driver for CapitaLand.” House sees opportunities for CapitaLand to monetise some assets, such as the Queensbay Mall in
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    • 370 48 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS DETROIT General Motors (GM) yes­terday posted a surprisingly strong profit on higher sales and vehicle pri­ces, mainly in the United States, and said it was targeting a return to break­even levels in its European operations by the middle
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    • 259 50 SINGAPORE The head of Australia’s competition regulator has said he will examine closely Virgin Australia’s bid to acquire 60 per cent of Tiger Airways’ Australian operations. If the deal goes through along with a separate transaction announced
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    • 288 50 ACQUISITIONS DOW JONES MELBOURNE Singapore-listed Noble Group and South Korean steel producer Posco have abandoned a proposed takeover of Arrium after the steel and iron ore producer spurned a raised bid valued at almost A$1.2 billion (S$1.5 billion). The Asian companies said they
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    • 224 52 REUTERS LONDON Hong Kong was named the world’s top financial centre the second year running by the World Economic Forum (WEF), thanks to the strength of its business environment, infrastructure and favourable tax regime. Singapore retained its fourth position in the
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    • 312 52 But slight third-quarter pick-up may indicate the beginning of a modest recovery ECONOMY REUTERS TAIPEI Taiwan cut its 2012 growth forecast for a ninth time in just over a year yesterday amid Europe’s ongoing woes, concerns over the United States economy and China’s slowdown,
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      • 91 56 Amore Fitness turns 27! To celebrate, it is offering exclusive discounts and complimentary access to its gym and fitness classes at all Amore Fitness outlets from Nov 9 to 13 (by appointment only; contact Amore Fitness for reservations). Experience its signature classes, which have been choreographed to
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      • 186 56 The Hakubi series takes care of skin pigmentation, dry skin, acne, and wrinkles inside and out. To repair skin damage from the inside, Hakubi White C pills contain L-cysteine, vitamin C and calcium pantothenate which helps enhance the whitening effect and promote skin regeneration. The low-calorie
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      • 140 56 There are many reasons to turn up at Gain City Expo Sale 2012 from Nov 2 to 4 at Singapore Expo Hall 5B. You’ll find numerous leading brands of home appliances, electronics and IT goods under one roof. Look out for the hourly specials from these major
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    • 532 62  -  Apple’s scaled-down 7.9-inch tablet offers the same smarts as its popular, bigger brother IPAD MINI HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE I was told that the new iPad mini would fit perfectly in the smaller version of the Chanel 2.55 an iconic luxury handbag for women. Pretty handy, indeed.
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    • 261 64 AP MILAN Defending champion Juventus scored a stoppage-time winner to beat Bologna 2-1 yesterday and extend their unbeaten Serie A run to 49 games. Paul Pogba headed in the winner to cap an excellent game from the young midfielder, who showed exactly why Manchester United
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    • 209 64 AP MADRID Two goals by Karim Benzema and one each from Kaka and Jose Rodriguez gave Real Madrid a 4-1 away win over third-tier club Alcoyano in the first round of the Copa del Rey yesterday. Benzema headed in after Alcoyano defenders Javier Selvas and
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    • 463 64 AFTERNOON LATEST AP LON DON Chelsea rallied to beat Manchester United 5-4 yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) after extra time to reach the League Cup quarterfinals alongside Premier League rivals Norwich and Swansea, who ousted defending champion Liverpool. Goals from Daniel Sturridge and
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    • 348 68  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Reigning Ironman 70.3 world champion Melissa Hauschildt of Australia will be giving local athletes a run for the S$10,000 prize money at stake at next Sunday’s Great Eastern Women’s Run at The Float@Marina Bay. Fresh from her victory at
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    • 549 68 Big names fail to gel as weakened Dallas side grab shock win NBA AGENCIES LOS ANGELES A much vaunted Los Angeles Lakers team, bristling with All-Stars and supposedly sprinting for the NBA Finals, crashed in their first match of the season on Tuesday when they
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    • 263 68 AP NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Sunday’s New York City Marathon is still on despite Superstorm Sandy’s trail of destruction that included transportation shutdown, closed airports, flooded streets and scores of neighbourhoods without power. Organisers yesterday were moving forward. “The marathon has
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      101 70 League Cup 4th round Leeds 4 Southampton 0, Reading 5 Arsenal 7 (aet), Sunderland 0, Middlesbrough 1, Swindon 2 Aston Villa 3, Wigan 0 Bradford 0 (Bradford win 4-2 on pens) Paris Masters 2nd round Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Richard Gasquet (Fra) 7-6 4-6 6-1, Juan Monaco (Arg) bt
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    • 408 70  -  S’pore team must remain a developmental squad in spirit of earlier agreement: FAM MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg K UA L A L U M P U R Although the LionsXII are likely to field a predominately under-23 side in next year’s Malaysian
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      • 1150 2  -  WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT THATSTAYING AT HOME WAS AS FUN AS GOING AWAY? CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg I never used to think much of staycations. After all, as the argument goes, what’s the point of staying in a hotel when you’re not leaving the country, right? ronically, I
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        737 8  -  You shouldn’t envy former 987FM DJ Shan Wee for living in paradise ISLAND WOES SHAN WEE features@mediacorp.com.sg BALI As people keep telling me, I am so lucky to live amidst glorious beach sunsets and lush paddy fields. Yes, I’m living in Bali after an opportunity came up
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      • 600 10  -  JETSETTING WITH... SERENE LIM SINGAPORE As a Frenchman and the chef-owner of Absinthe, Francois Mermilliod knows all about cooking and eating well. And in his vocabulary now, “well” extends to how sustainable your food is even when you travel. “As chefs, we have a mission to make
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      • 294 16 Buyout of Lucasfilm gets mixed reactions from fans THE NEW REPUBLIC REUTERS LOS ANGELES For years, it seemed like another Star Wars movie was just a dream, stillborn in a galaxy far, far away. But down on Earth, the Walt Disney movie studio had different ideas,
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      • 450 18  -  MOVIE REVIEW: SKYFALL (PG, 143MIN) GENEVIEVE LOH SINGAPORE It’s official. Skyfall is very possibly one of the best Bond films ever, a fact made so much more impressive as James Bond’s 23rd jaunt is laden with the weight of 50 glorious years of history. And thanks
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        83 21 OUR PICK Dream World presents this Stephen Sondheim musical about a single man with commitment issues who celebrates his 35th birthday in the company of his friends, all couples with their respective relationship issues. Directed by Hossan Leong and starring Peter Ong, Tan Kheng Hua, Karen Tan, Brendon Fernandez,
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      • 75 21 KINGS OF THE SKIES SHOW JURONG BIRD PARK Catch some of the most magnificent birds falcons, owls, eagles, vultures and hawks at the Kings Of The Skies Show at Jurong Bird Park as these fly ing predators showcase their valour and prowess. You might also have the opportunity to get
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    • 420 20  -  Japanese onigiri are a great way to get kids to eat vegetables BROUGHT TO YOU BY ANNETTE TAN There are many ways to get kids to eat their veggies, and this is one of them, especially if your children are keen on Japanese food. The onigiri or
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    • 251 16 DESIGN THINK TANK EXHIBITION S’pore Discovery Centre Now till 30 December 2012 This exciting exhibition aims to share how design has contributed to Singapore’s growth as a nation; showcasing Singapore’s increasingly exciting design scene with emphasis on Singaporean talents as well as introducing the design thinking process to our audience.
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