Today, 19 November 2012

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    32 1 A=DIACORP MONDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp MONDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2012 M I C A P) 0 9 3/0 6/ 2 0 1 2
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    Lock icon Obama begins Asian tour
    586 1 REUTERS BANGKOK President Barack Obama, who has called himself the United States’ first “Pacific President”, arrived in the Thai capital Bangkok yesterday as part of a three-country Asian tour that, as his first post-re-election trip abroad, will show he is serious about shifting the US strategic
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    Lock icon ASEAN calls for formal talks with Beijing
    657 1 ASEAN must play constructive role in managing tensions, says PM Lee at Cambodia meeting SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE AGENCIES PHNOM PENH South-east Asian nations yesterday displayed a rare show of unity against China’s sweeping maritime claims, calling for the first formal talks with
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      39 1 THE WORLD IS MOVING FROM SOCIETIES ORIENTED AROUND TWO-PARENT FAMILIES TO CAFETERIA SOCIETIES WITH MANY OPTIONS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 8 WHY SOME THINGS ARE PRICIER HERE MAS wants to identify factors that could explain price differentials across countries HOT NEWS 4
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon ASEAN LEADERS WANT MYANMAR TO END SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
      217 2 AGENCIES South-east Asian leaders will put pressure on Myanmar to resolve violence between Buddhists and minority Muslims, said Secretary-General of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN), MrSurin Pitsuwan, yesterday. Myanmar PresidentThein Sein has blamed nationalist and religious extremists for unrest in
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      Lock icon Why some things are more expensive here
      576 4  -  MAS wants to identify factors that could explain price differentials across countries CONSUMER PRODUCTS NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If you have always wondered why that chair from IKEA or that pair of jeans from Gap is priced higher in Singapore than some
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      Lock icon Education is residents’ top concern
      399 6  -  BukitPanjang residents say Singapore should not be a country of tuition teachers, in dialogue with Balakrishnan NATIONAL CONVERSATION TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More education options for slow learners or needy students, relook some schools’ system of assigning the best teachers to the best classes, review
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    • Article
      New code will not deter future educators
      195 6  -  SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE The new code of conduct for teachers will ensure educators discharge their responsibilities, while not deterring those who have a love for teaching from entering the profession, said Education Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday. Asked if the development of the
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      11 2 COMMENT&ANALYSIS PIVOT DEPENDS ON WHAT OBAMA CAN DELIVER AT HOME 12
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Families in the age of possibility
      924 8  -  CULTURE AND A DEMOGRAPHIC DILEMMA DAVID BROOKS David Brooks is a New York Times columnist. THE NEW YORK TIMES At some point over the past generation, people around the world entered what you might call the age of possibility. They became intolerant of any
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      Lock icon Pivot depends on what Obama can deliver at home
      636 12 AMERICA LOOKING TO ASIA BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG EDITORS With his trip to South-east Asia, President Barack Obama is surpassing the oody Allen test of Asian diplomacy: Just showing up. Not only is this his first foreign excursion after his re-elec- tion, it
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      131 8 Returning professionals offer employers a rare opportunity: To hire people with a level of maturity and experience not found in younger recruits, and at a life stage where parental leaves are most likely behind them. CAROL FISHMAN COHEN 32 a£: PAiywa fiWW ir: W i .;ir/\,a Sril /\y i ~S
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      68 9 JOURNALISM INTERNSHIP Your chance to gain valuable practical industry experience in a multi-media newsroom. CHOOSE YOUR PATH NEWS REPORTER Chase down local scoops Break the story on social media 1 2 LAYOUT EDITOR Design newspaper pages Write eye-catching headlines PHOTO/VIDEO JOURNALIST Tell a story in images Add visual depth to
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      176 10 4 o SAA a GLOBAL EDUCATION The Education Arm of ICPAS ACCA JAN 2013 INTAKE J NOW OPEN FOR ENROLMENT it A Preparatory Course for I I Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Examination COURSE PREVIEW Date 22nd November 2012 (Thurs) Time 7pm to 8pm Venue SAA-GE Main Campus Register online
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  • voices
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Better regulate property developers
      304 14  -  FROM RAYMOND LO WAN MOU In a real estate industry, the main players are the property developers, architects, contractors, estate agencies, salespersons, bankers and home buyers. Except for developers and buyers, all are regulated and guided by professional practices. So, why does the Ministry of National
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      Change the way we select BTO, SBF flats
      195 14  -  FROM ARTHUR PHUA The system for Build-To-Order flats and Sale of Balance Flats is such that queue numbers are issued to applicants regardless of whether they are aiming for a unit on a high floor or facing a specific direction. It is
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      Neighbourly disputes: Focus on prevention
      244 15  -  FROM HENG CHO CHOON I refer to the report “Govt mulling framework to resolve disputes between neighbours” (Nov 15). The authorities should focus on prevention, rather than the resolution of disputes, which may then have gone beyond the point of healing. In private estates, the
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      Start with park litterbugs
      118 15  -  FROM EDWIN KHOO BOO TECK Recent news articles, such as “Forget fines, use peer pressure” (Nov 14), have suggested that peer pressure groups could stop litterbugs. We should focus on the common problem areas first, namely, our parks. We should tap those who regularly use the
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      Affirm good social norms in a ‘Behaviour Act’
      133 15  -  FROM JAMES KOH LEE MENG Twenty years ago, we had a “fine” city, but it worked. A clean, disciplined society had earned us a good reputation. Now, our Prime Minister has spoken out against our blase attitude, in the report “S’pore greener
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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 Employers ‘must look for quality, not quantity’
      376 16  -  Don’t look atforeign workers as cheap alternatives to local employees: MWC Chairman FOREIGN WORKERS WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Amid complaints from businesses about the tightened inflow of imported labour, Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC) Chairman Yeo Guat Kwang has urged employers to
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      Lock icon Philippines approves export of dolphins to RWS
      176 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Philippine authorities have approved the export of 25 IndoPacific bottlenose dolphins to Resorts World Sentosa’s Marine Life Park. Animal welfare groups in the Philippines had tried to block export of the dolphins in a court case which they lost
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      Lock icon Cabbies to benefit from workplace health initiatives
      329 18 Health corners for taxi association members will be set up at service centres HEALTH AND CABBIES SINGAPORE Some cabbies can now benefit from the Health Promotion Board’s (HPB) workplace health promotion programme, becoming the first self-employed group to be able to do so.
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      196 18 Master of Science in Quantitative Finance The Singapore Management University and Cass Business School of the City University London’s Joint Master of Science in Quantitative Finance (MQF) programme provides a pathway to equip students with the knowledge to tame the risk while staying on top of the game. The curriculum
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  • youth
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      Lock icon When someone irritates you, count to 10...
      718 20  -  Mentorship programme provides support network for youths at risk MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Harry Chia, 14, had difficulties curbing his anger and it was a trait his classmates took advantage of. They would poke fun at him, causing him to lose
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      407 20 Like time, learning never stops. At Kaplan Financial, part of Kaplan Learning Institute, we find ways for you to reinvent yourself in the accounting industry. Our goal is to create an environment where students can create and build their own distinctive identity. A fast track program for ACCA associates to
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Traffic accident sparks protest in Fujian city
      133 22 AP BEIJING Thousands of residents protested in a south-eastern Chinese city after a traffic accident on Saturday, smashing police cars and overturning three police vans, the police and residents said yesterday. The reason for the protest in Fuan city in Fujian province was
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      Lock icon Peaceful funeral for Hindu extremist leader
      106 22 AP MUMBAI Hundreds of thousands of supporters thronged the streets of Mumbai yesterday for the funeral of Bal Thackeray (picture), a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India. He had died on Saturday at the
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      Lock icon Military graft could be Xi’s next challenge
      675 23 CHINA POLITICS THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING An insider critique of corruption in China’s military has warned that graft and wide-scale abuses pose as much of a threat to the nation’s security as the United States. Colonel Liu Mingfu, the author of the
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      182 23 r«aii GC In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish. JJ (■■■I A m C Z IMP Mi Donald Trump r MDIS Business School J *VS r i Iq-nm IbaTrTiiiTiif flSilfli rlflr Tr J Tflif“ M Vi ■TTraillCTilrlrlf ■j! 1/ u
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  • world
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      Lock icon Obama to reinforce Asia pivot during visit
      596 24 It is not a bid to contain China but reorientation of policy towards Pacific: White House US PRESIDENT’S ASIA TRIP THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON During the recent election campaign, United States President Barack Obama boasted that he had “brought more trade cases
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      Lock icon Najib pledges more help for Indians
      262 26 AGENCIES SUNGAI SIPUT (PER AK) The Malaysian government will intensify its efforts to help the Indian community if given a new mandate to lead, said Prime Minister Najib Razak ahead of polls which have to be called by April. “If given a new mandate,
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      Lock icon Israel to launch ‘more deadly’ attacks
      474 27 ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT AGENCIES gazacity(Gazastrip) Israeli strikes hit two media centres in the Gaza Strip yesterday, as Israel warned it was widening its range of targets to go after military commanders of the territory’s ruling Hamas group. “The Israeli military is prepared to significantly expand
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      Lock icon SPILLOVER FROM SYRIAN CIVIL WAR
      104 27 AGENCIES Israel’s military fired into Syria on Saturday in what it said was a response to shooting aimed at its troops in the Israeloccupied Golan Heights. A spokesman said it appeared that Syrian soldiers were killed. There were no reported Israeli casualties from the shootings,
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      129 26 Drukpa Singapore is privileged to present: Meditating Into The Bardo Led by Drukpa Master H.E. Gyeltshen Tulku who has completed 3 sets of three years retreat, mastered the six yogas of Naropa. Appointed Retreat Master by the Bhutanese government and HH Gyalwang Drukpa. Meditating into the Bardo Sat, 24 Nov
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  • business
    • STOCK CALL
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        27 28 Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. TODAY cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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        GLOBAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES
        90 28 BUY (S$2.52) Citigroup keeps Buy call, raises target to S$3.24. Says GLP’s Brazil acquisitions mark its first step to becoming a real global player. Brazil’s supply-demand outlook is favourable with less than 20% of existing stock made up of modern facilities, with strong modernfacility demand driving Sao
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      Lock icon Higher new home prices in more Chinese cities
      308 28 35 of 70 cities tracked show gains last month compared to 31 in September PROPERTY BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI China’s new home prices rose in October in more cities than the previous month, indicating the government will refrain from relaxing curbs on the property
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      766 29 ADVERTISING FEATURE 0 SINGAPORE WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS Emotion at the Workplace ■■Emotions are a normal and important part of life, how you think about them and what you do with them is up to you! If Meet Sue. She has the almost supernatural ability to diffuse the tensest situation at
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  • management
    • Article, Illustration
      The 40-year-old intern
      835 32  -  ‘RETURNSHIPS’ FOR BACK-TO-WORK MUMS COMMENTARY BY CAROL FISHMAN COHEN Carol Fishman Cohen is a co-founder of iRelaunch, a company focused on return-to-work issues, and a co-author of Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work. Kathy Bayert has an
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      230 32 Rutgers Rutgers Business School Asia Pacific LEADERSHIP IS NOT JUST AN ASPIRATION. LEADERSHIP IS WHO WE ARE. RUTGERS EXECUTIVE IVIBA Designed for mid-career and senior executives, the Rutgers Executive MBA is challenging and transformational. The EMBA emphasizes on leadership skills, strategy and cross-cultural collaboration that will develop you into a
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  • technology
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Xbox’s SmartGlass is not too clever
      536 33  -  APP REVIEW NICK WINGFIELD THE NEWYORK TIMES NEW YORK One of the most frustrating experiences with using Apple TV, Xbox and almost any other Internetconnected set-top box is text entry. The moment you need to use a conventional remote control or game controller to
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  • sports
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      SCORES
      88 34 NBA Raptors 89 Celtics 107, Jazz 83 Wizards 76, Grizzlies 94 Bobcats 87, Mavericks 103 Cavaliers 95, Hornets 113 Bucks 117, Nuggets 100 Spurs 126, Bulls 80 Clippers 101, Heat 97 Suns 88 Hong Kong Open 265 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Esp) 266 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 268 Marcus Fraser
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      Lock icon CELTIC HAVE SNOOP DOGG JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS
      368 34 AGENCIES GLASGOW American rapper Snoop Dogg says he would be ready to splash his cash and invest in Scottish football champions Celtic. The 41-year-old, who is as well known for his love of sports as he is his music and drugs busts, fell
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      Lock icon UNITED HUNT FOR MEN WITH FLAIR
      427 34 Reports link Red Devils to Leverkusen’s Bender and Palace’s Zaha ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE AGENCIES LONDON Manchester United are out shopping for another midfielder after their shock 1-0 defeat to Norwich on Saturday showed how lacking in creativity their attack is, with reports yesterday linking
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      Lock icon SCOTT FINALLY GETS HIS WIN
      419 35 REUTERS MELBOURNE Adam Scott cruised to a four-stroke victory in the A$1 million (S$1.27 million) Australian Masters yesterday as Ian Poulter’s title defence fizzled out with a bogey-strewn back nine at Melbourne’s Kingston Heath Golf Club. Scott, ranked world No 5, showed great composure on
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      Lock icon KNICKS NOT MISSING LINSANITY
      362 35 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK After starting the season 6-1, the New York Knicks management are looking brilliant for allowing Jeremy Lin’s departure. The Tai-wanese-American has struggled to mesh with the Rockets’ offence, averaging only 10.9 points and 6.7 assists a game. In contrast, the
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      76 36 Ten thousand people took part in yesterday’s Run For Hope 2012, which featured its first city route allowing runners to enjoy the scenic views of Marina Bay. The event, which raised S$411,846.28, aims to help strengthen local research capabilities and accelerate research to benefit cancer
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      350 36  -  DAN GUEN CHIN SINGAPORE The Harimau Muda team which took the Great East-ern-Yeo’s S-League by storm in their inaugural season this year are set to be back next season, but in a new guise. TODAY has learnt that the Football Association of
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      644 36  -  Pakistan match is Lions coach’s last chance to tinker with squad before Suzuki Cup FOOTBALL LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two successive losses against Japan’s Shimizu S-Pulse (2-0) and the Philippines (1-0), in addition to the fact that the national football team has notched just two
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      33 37 MONDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2012 DESIGNER DINING Buying tableware and getting interior inspiration over a meal 38 ART MOMA NOW OPEN FOR A GARAGE SALE 40 CELEBS OOPS, LINDSAY LOHAN DID IT AGAIN 42
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        609 38  -  HOW A FURNITURE STORE WENT FROM PEDDLING CHAIRS TO SELLING CROSTINIS SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com. sg As if Haji Lane isn’t happening enough, another new tenant, The Crostini Bar, has joined in the hip parade. Actually make that an old tenant The Crostini Bar is owned by the
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        112 40  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE A successful third edition of Affordable Art Fair Singapore took place over four days, while Epigram Books finally launched its muchawaited graphic novel initiative with its first three titles: Scenegapore, Ten Sticks And One Rice, and Monsters, Miracles And Mayonnaise. Meanwhile, Arts NMP
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        320 40 DIVERSECITY 2012 The Singapore International Foundation’s annual arts showcase features around 35 cross-collaborative works by Zakaria Zainal, Mintio, Wee Hong Ling, Ana Prvacki, among others. There’s also a satellite show featuring artists from the region, including Singaporean artists like Ang Song Ming and the Black Baroque Committee. Until
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        451 40 New York’s Museum of Modern Art is holding a garage sale. For real SELLING COMMODITIES NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The Museum of Modern Art has been having a garage sale since last Saturday. It is not a “garage sale” per se, but a piece of
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        258 42 REUTERS Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Paul McCartney, Kanye West and Jon Bon Jovi will perform at a special 12.12.12 Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden next month, according to organisers. The Who, Roger Waters, Billy Joel and Alicia Keys have also signed
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        351 42 Lindsay Lohan slammed as ‘hilariously bad’ in her portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor CELEBRITIES THE DAILY TELEGRAPH It was the role that troubled American actress Lindsay Lohan hoped would relaunch a career derailed by stints in jail and in rehab. Making her comeback as Elizabeth Taylor, the late
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        60 44 The National Museum of Singapore presents an interactive showcase specially designed for children. Let them find out what it is like to be in the shoes of a Chinese merchant, an Indian chettiar or a European surveyor, and learn how life was like in our port city in
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        79 44 The Singapore Media Academy recreates the popular children’s television series in an interactive way, letting kids discover their performing skills to enhance creative and confident expression. Kids get to discover acting fundamentals and willbe able to exercise what they have learnt in a recorded and stimulated
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        56 44 SMTOWN LIVE’ TOUR III The biggest Korean-pop music event to be held in Singapore will feature megapopular artistes such as Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and BoA among others. Fans can look forward to a four-hour concert where they will experience spectacular effects coupled with contagious dance moves and infectious music.
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      440 44  -  An e-book review from ilovebooks.com BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ilovebooks.com Ramesh William Not one for the faint-hearted, this. Blaine Harden’s account of the extraordinary odyssey of Shin Dong-hyuk is easily among the most harrowing biographies of recent times. Harden, then a Washington Post reporter, pursued Shin in
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      127 44 BEST SELLERS FICTION THIS LAST The New York Times E-Book List TITLE AUTHOR WEEK WEEK ~1~ 1~ The~Racketeer~ John~Grisham ~2~ 6~ The~Secret~Of~Ella~And~Micha~ Jessica~Sorensen ~3~ The~Sins~Of~The~Mother~ Danielle~Steel ~4~ 5~ Gone~Girl~ Gillian~Flynn ~5~ 4~ Reflected~In~You~ Sylvia~Day ~6~ 3~ NYPD~Red~ James~Patterson~~ ~~~~and~Marshall~Karp ~7~ Blackberry~Winter~ Sarah~Jio ~8~ 7~ Fifty~Shades~Freed~ E~L~James ~9~ Shadow~ Laurann~Dohner ~10~
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      326 45 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Films Stars Asia 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show X (HD5) 9.45 Just For Laughs Gags IX 10.00 The Dr Oz Show II 11.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos XXI 11.30 Great Ideas From JML 12.30PM Films Stars Asia 1.00 India: A Love Story 2.00 The
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      189 45 CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Silver Servers 6.30 New Dragon’s Inn 7.00 Tuesday Report 7.30 Good Morning Singapore 10.30 Love 12.30PM My Star Guide VII 1.00 News 8 At One 1.30 Focus 2.00 The Story Of Nao Nao 2.30 Ghostcatcher Legend of Beauty 3.30 The Four Brothers of Peking (PG) 4.30 Unique
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      307 45 CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg 11.00AM Home Shopping 3.00PM Money Week 3.30 P.R.D. Walker 4.00 The Stories In China 5.00 Last One Standing (PG) 6.00 Injustice (PG) 7.00 Ice Adonis (PG-Some Violence) 8.00 Running Man 9.30 Festive Faces 10.00 Bread, Love and Dreams (PG) 11.00 News Tonight 11.30 Running Man 1.00AM Festive Faces
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      192 45 programming@channelnewsasia.com HEADLINES 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 3.30pm, 5.30pm, 6pm, 6.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pm, 10.30pm, 11.30pm, 12.30am, 1am, 1.30am HEADLINES/S’PORE UPDATES 9.30am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4.30pm HEADLINES/S’PORE Market Report 10.30am Programmes may be pre-empted due to breaking news 6.00AM Money Mind 6.30 AM AM Live! Early Edition 7.00 AM AM Live! 9.00 World
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      153 45 tellvasantham@mediacorp.com.sg 3.00PM Anjaraipetti III 3.30 Gopuram 4.00 Kalyanam 4.30 Villakku Vecha Nerathilla 5.00 Chinna Papa Periya Papa II 5.30 Panchatantra Kathaigal 6.00 Theem Thakka Theem II 7.00 Abirami 7.30 Samayal Samayal 8.00 Rudhra 8.30 Tamil Seithi 9.00 Kacheri Arambam 10.00 KA 10.30 Vanjam 11.00 Narumugayae 11.30 Tamil Seithi MN Close
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