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    23 1 A=DIACORP WEDNESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp WEDNESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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      228 2 ROBINSONS www.robinsons.com.sg The First Years City Chic jet stroller UP: $119 Now: $89 8 Cache Cache Assorted apparel Now: $5 $20 Phyto Phytocitrus mask 200ml UP: $58 Kenji Yamamoto 20” Expandable 4-wheel hard trolley case with ISA lock in assorted colours UP: $139 Now: $39 Now: Buy 1 get 1
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  • Article
    Zero tolerance for bus drivers’ illegal strike: Govt
    697 1  -  SMRT lodges police report, Manpower Ministry will look into drivers complaints TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY A SHLEY CHIA WOO SIAN BOON SUMITA SREEDHAR AN AND WOO SIAN BOON SINGAPORE The Government sharply rebuked the SMRT bus drivers who refused to
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    Why the word ‘strike’ was not used initially
    216 1  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For the first time yesterday, the word “strike” was used to describe the actions of the SMRT bus drivers who refused to work in protest against salary increments. Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday explained that the word
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    Lock icon Back at work this morning
    57 1 The SMRT bus drivers who had been on strike for the past two days, causing delays in service, appeared to have returned to work this morning. Two buses picked up the drivers from their Woodlands dormitory to ferry them to their bus depots at 4am
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      156 1 S’PORE JUST PASSED A BILL TO PROTECT OUR PERSONAL DATA ONLINE, BUT THE LAW MAY ALREADY BE OUT OF DATE COMMENT&ANALYSIS 12 V— HelpmunvChild Breakthrough EDGE cmDEEBB ■*****3®. for Complimentary Family Workshop AlfANiYIR GflCM) iHarvewNotinanl n Rteai mMaaieal 1*maU Complete your shopping with a sweet treat from us with a
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      Strike reduced bus service frequency
      405 2  -  Transport Minister says contingency plans are being effected to minimise disruption LABOUR RELATIONS SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The walkout by SMRT’s bus drivers caused service frequency to drop by 10 per cent on Monday, when 171 drivers refused to work, and to 5 per cent
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      Lock icon Strike not the way to air grievances, say commuters
      497 3  -  NEO CHAI CHIN, SUMITA SREEDHARAN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE Commuters’ reactions to the strike by SMRT bus drivers ranged from feeling “unnerved” to sympathetic, with many also taking the transport operator to task for what they viewed as less than
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    • Article
      Lock icon US Congress at an impasse as Obama pushes to raise taxes on rich
      438 4 REUTERS WA S H I N G T O N President Barack Obama yesterday launched a public relations push for his bid to raise taxes on wealthy Americans but US lawmakers remained deadlocked over dramatic, year-end tax
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      Lock icon PM: Singapore will be ‘a retirement home’ without birthrate boost
      771 4 AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG S I NG A PO R E Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said encouraging citizens to have more children is the biggest challenge confronting the Republic if it wishes to remain an economic juggernaut in the developed
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      Lock icon Japan, faced with rising China, shifts its strategy
      796 6 MILITARY AID THE NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO After years of watching its international influence eroded by economic decline, pacifist Japan is trying to raise its profile in a new way, offering military aid for the first time in decades and displaying its
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      Lock icon KKH tightens baby tagging procedures
      641 8  -  Hospital willfurther involve parents in identifying newborns to avoidfuture infant mix-ups BABY MIX-UP TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A PO R E DNA tests have confirmed that two babies given back to their parents are the correct ones, the KK Women’s and Children’s
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      127 10 PROPERTY TAX CHANGES FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED HDB HOMES 3-Room 4-Room 5-Room Executive Annual Property Tax Payable in 2012 (after rebate) S$0-S$41 S$77-S$125 S$125-S$173 S$137-S$185 Annual Property Tax Payable in 2013 after S$40 Owner-Occupied HDB Rebate S$44-S$92 S$128-S$176 S$164-S$212 S$188-S$236 Increase in Property Tax after S$40 Owner-Occupied HDB Rebate S$44-S$51 S$39-S$51* S$39-S$51
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      Higher property tax for most HDB owners in 2013
      279 10 Billfor majority of HDB flat types will increase by up to S$51, after one-off Govt rebate PUBLIC HOUSING SINGAPORE Rising rents of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats since the start of this year will mean a higher property tax for
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      284 2 VIDEO SMRT DRIVERS CONTINUE ILLEGAL STRIKE Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/smrt1128 for the video. I am striving to see the world as the locals do We are taking the unexpected out of the picture TravellerShield Sign up and enjoy
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      217 5 "^Christmas Fold a heart and drop it into any postbox by U Dec 2012. For every heart received, SingTel donates $1 to the Touching Lives Fund. The SingTel Touching Lives Fund supports children and youth with special needs. Join us to raise funds for APSN Chaoyang School, APSN Tanglin School,
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  • comment & analysis
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      Gaps in law protecting our data
      821 12  -  SINGAPORE CONSUMERS’ PRIVACY RICHARD HARTUNG Richard Hartung is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. That caramel latte and a muffin you pick up most mornings might seem to have no connection to your personal data. What the purchase may mean, though,
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      Lock icon Return of emerging market political risk
      922 14  -  GLOBAL ECONOMIC VOLATILITY IAN BREMMER Ian Bremmer is the president of Eurasia Group and the author of Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Geopolitical Risk.
      REUTERS  -  922 words
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      Lock icon Click ‘dislike’ for Shinzo Abe’s ideas
      961 16  -  JAPAN’S NEXT PRIME MINISTER? WILLIAM PESEK Tokyo-based William Pesek won the 2010 Society of American Business Editors and Writers prize for commentary. BLOOMBERG For Mr Shinzo Abe, it is not enough to see Sony Corporation and Panasonic Corporation, two icons of industrial Japan, reduced
      BLOOMBERG  -  961 words
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      23 12 Newly empowered citizens are finding their voices just as growth is slowing in most of the leading emerging market economies. IAN BREMMER 14
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      151 13 FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SSt LORD OF THE GS' TR LOGY tv ft r. i« vn IS iS ijHFTWS' f. a •> n r'i* -o# l-V=* TM I 4Xr AN UNEX IN CIN£MA|J2.13.12 SEE IT IN 3D, HFR 3D AND (MAX* 3D a.MGM I IN n RATING TO BE ADVISED
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      524 15 m mm iVliMf m luJJAij n Ch 601 Ch 655 Mission:lmpossible Ghost Protocol Premieres Sunday, 30 December 9pm on HBO HD, 10pm on HBO IBLE or the whole fami Y r i2fantaslic movie channels At a H CONCERT MOVIE 7: i m—- 1 L CAPTAIN AMElTMi THE FIRST AVE IMQEF!
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      188 18 GOOD HEALTH IS TRUE WEALTH Are you rich? 13 Of all the things we own, only our well-being lets us enjoy the richness of life. So ask yourself if you’re full of zest and vitality? Or are you easily fatigued and experience lower levels of energy, or a weak digestive
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      167 19 h 4 N 0 FOURVvlH eeLS ftTHOUSAND JOURNEYS THERE ARE ■~1 iCZJ 1 p y a m =1 i-i 1 'rr as 9a mh m v r>. w. •V vS*. > -r» Sto&sa KfS -i«v iu. r-r w- H B 0 At MSIG, our business has been general insurance for
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  • voices
    • Article
      PSLE is the pursuit of excellence
      258 20  -  FROM JUNIE LOH YU WEI The move to not name the top Primary School Leaving Examination pupils will increase stress levels, as it signifies that pupils not only have to excel academically but that they are also expected to excel in other areas. They
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    • Article
      Nip drivers’ disruptive behaviour in the bud
      115 20  -  FROM COLETTE LIM In Singapore, ignorance of the law is not bliss and the rule of law rules. Workers in essential services, such as transport, water, gas and electricity, are prohibited from going on strike (unless they give 14 days’ notice of their
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      Competitive pay, and nothing more
      131 20  -  FROM EVELYN MOK After accepting the terms and conditions of their employment here, 102 bus drivers breached these at the expense of the travelling public, going against the norm in a country they came to for better pay and living conditions. Our English- and Chinese-lan-guage
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    • Article
      Don’t discriminate on nationality
      44 20  -  FROM FAYE CHAN There should be fair treatment throughout SMRT. If it gives a pay rise to Singaporeans, then it should pay the rest of its staff equally so and not discriminate just to increase profits, which is simply greed.
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    • Article
      Ornamental, cleansing ponds not suitable for fishing
      203 21  -  FROM CHIA SENG JIANG Director, Parks, National Parks Board We thank Mr Jeremy Wong for his suggestion, “Let’s have more fishing spots” (Nov 23) in our parks. There are several parks with designated recreational fishing spots. They include Bedok Jetty at East Coast
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    • Article
      Dolphins need acres of space to survive
      325 21  -  FROM LOUIS NG Founder and Chief Executive, ACRES I refer to the letter, “RWS’ dolphins can be of educational value” (Nov 27). The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) agrees that certain zoos and marine parks can play an educational role. ACRES
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      94 20 LETTER PSLE MOVE WON’T MATTER IF MINDS DON’T BUDGE Scan the QR code or you can visit tdy.sg/pslebudge for the letter from Oliver Michael. These letters on the bus drivers’ strike were first posted as comments on todayonline.com k fifoect/toxv LAS VEGAS NEVADA Mao King COMEDY MAGIC SHOW 18-23 December
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      14 20 •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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      222 21 SINGAPORE I WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS CALLING ALL GREEN FINGERS, THUMBS AND TOES! JOIN US AT THE LANDSCAPE APPRENTICESHIP MENTORING PROGRAMME (LAMP) OPEN DAY 2012 Discover great careers at the Landscape Apprenticeship Mentoring Programme Open Day 2012 with the potential to blossom into great opportunities. Come and unleash the green potential
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  • singapore
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Large BTO flats in mature estates are favourites
      290 22  -  2.8 applicants for each unit, slightly higher than 2.7 of the previous launch in September PUBLIC HOUSING ALICE CHIA SING A PORE Large flats in mature estates proved the most popular in this month’s Build-To-Order (BTO) exercise. There were three first-time buyers
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    • Article
      Job fair comes to the neighbourhood
      331 25  -  CDAC organises first in Paya Lebar, with more to follow in other areas next year EMPLOYMENT AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE Some 1,200 jobs were available at the Chinese Development Assistance Council’s (CDAC) first Jobs in the Neighbourhood event yesterday, aimed at bringing
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    • Article
      S$1m fund to back those in ‘helping professions’
      331 25 S I N G A P O R E To support the development of skills and leaders in the “helping professions” such as social work and gerontology, the SIM University (UniSIM) has set up its first endowment fund with S$1 million. The
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    • Article
      Lock icon Two lawyers suspended for overcharging clients
      346 26 IN COURT CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Two lawyers who overcharged their clients will be suspended for three months each from January. The penalty was handed down yesterday by Judges of Appeal Chao Hick Tin, Andrew Phang and V K Rajah. They backed the findings of
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  346 words
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      238 25 THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. tt I don't design clothes. I design dreams. J9 Ralph Lauren MDIS School of Fashion Design Think. Act. Make. Change Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Fashion Design Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Fashion Marketing and Branding Awarded by Nottingham Trent University, UK Diploma in Fashion Design
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      521 26 went Ch M Ye. A fff THE YULETIDE SEASON CELEBRATION AT QUALITY HOTEL MARLOW Celebrate this y,uldule season with your loved ones at Quality Uiotel OHarlow. Savour traditional Christmas and ZNew ear buffet favourites like the Oven-baked 'Turkey with Chestnut Stuffings, ZJioney fjlazed Chicken ZHam with pineapple Sauce, ZRoast JZeg
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      68 27 HERE’S TO FESTIVE CELEBRATIONS HERE’S TO TIGER TIME ENJOY RESPONSIBLY ■m*. e 1932 EST Uceo B f£ BEER AGER St, I’VE BEEN GOOD THIS YEAR BECAUSE -A said yes when she wanted to watch Twilight Have you been good this year? You and two friends could win tickets to the
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  • health
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon More seeking help to save their breath
      897 28  -  One hospital here saw 20per cent m ore patien ts suffering from respiratory illness COPD last year, compared to 2010 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For more than a de cade, 78-year-old Alice Ong lived with a nagging cough and
      BLOOMBERG  -  897 words
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      Lock icon Traffic pollution linked to autism risk
      438 30 US study finds evidence that pollution may affect the developing brain of foetuses and babies under one year old CHILDCARE REUTERS NEW YORK Babies who are exposed to lots of traffic-related air pollution in the womb and during their first year of life are
      REUTERS; BLOOMBERG  -  438 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Your diet during pregnancy may impact baby’s long-term health
      556 31  -  EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E It is known that your genes, coupled with an unwholesome lifestyle and diet, can increase your risk of certain chronic illnesses. In recent years, however, scientists have discovered that
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    • Article
      Lock icon New app could help you lose weight
      86 31 REUTERS TORONTO Trying to get fit or lose weight but lacking the motivation and willpower? A new app that acts like a digital personal coach monitors fitness, activity, sleep and diet and provides tips for health and productivity. The app called Larklife gathers
      REUTERS  -  86 words
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      552 29 Advertorial by Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital Trapped in a Body You Can’t Control Michael J. Fox and Mohammad Ali have one thing in common that has changed both their lives forever. They both have Parkinson's disease a condition that affects their movement, them tremor and twitch. When it comes to
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  • china&india
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Leadership change a boost for two rising stars
      849 32 New and youngest Politburo members Hu Chunhua, Sun Zhengcai seen as poten tial President, Premier in 2022 CHINA POLITICS THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING When American diplomats in China scanned the political landscape this year for officials on the fast track to
      THE NEW YORK TIMES; AP, REUTERS  -  849 words
    • Article
      Lock icon New Delhi appoints first Muslim intelligence head
      425 33 THE GUARDIAN NEW DELHI Since the heyday of the British Raj, India’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been watching over the myriad internal threats to the security of the citizens who now number 1.2 billion of perhaps the most varied country in the world.
      THE GUARDIAN  -  425 words
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      221 33 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW DELHI The world’s cheapest tablet computer, the £22 (S$43) Aakash, was hailed by the Indian government as a symbol of national pride when it was launched last year, but the company which launched it has admitted the computer
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      482 34 Ruling party draws contrast with opposition’s aggressive rhetoric ahead of polls JAPAN POLITICS REUTERS Tokyo Japan’s ruling Democrats cast themselves yesterday as the voice of reason on diplomacy and the economy as they headed for a general election, highlighting a contrast with the hawkish rhetoric
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      302 34 AGENCIES SYDNEY Three recent attacks on South Koreans in Australia have sparked outrage in South Korea, fuelling concerns about whether Australia is a safe place to visit, The Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. On Sunday, a 27-year-old South Korean was
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      174 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH KUAL A LUMPUR A Malaysian Muslim political party is demanding that Elton John be barred from performing in the country tomorrow because he is a homosexual. Mr Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi, head of the youth wing of the opposition Parti
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      376 36 Satellite photos show pick-up in activity, indicating preparation for launch MISSILE PROGRAMME REUTERS WASHINGTON New satellite images show a marked increase in activity at a North Korean missile launch site, pointing to a possible long-range ballistic missile test by Pyongyang in
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      183 37 AGENCIES JERUSALEM Israel’s former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has announced she is returning to politics and has told supporters she is forming a new party to run in the January parliamentary election. Ms Livni revealed that her party, called The Movement, would aggressively
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      406 37 AGENCIES JERUSA LEM A top Israeli military spokesman who specialises in social media faces accusations of racism after uploading an image of himself on Facebook, with mud or dark paint on his face, captioned, “Obama style”. Lieutenant Sacha Dratwa, a 26-year-old who emigrated
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      257 38 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS CAIRO Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested yesterday against President Mohammed Morsi in one of the biggest rallies since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, accusing the Islamist leader of seeking to impose a new era of autocracy. The police fired tear
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      398 39 Landmark resolution calls on member states to enforce legislation to prohibit practice HUMAN RIGHTS AP U N IT E D N AT I O N S Campaigners against female circumcision have scored a major victory with the approval by a key
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      184 39 AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea will revoke the honorary consul title given to an American socialite tied to a scandal that forced the resignation of Central Intelligence Agency Director, General David Petraeus. Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun told reporters during a
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        64 40 BUY (S$1.10) OCBC keeps rating and raises its fair value estimate to S$1.25 from S$1.24 after the trust announced it would acquire Mapletree Wuxi Logistics Park in China from its sponsor for 116 million yuan (S$22 million). The trust’s management said the acquisition was expected to be accretive
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        49 40 HOLD (S$0.136) OCBC downgrades from Buy and cuts its fair value estimate to S$0.143 from S$0.178 after Pacific Andes delivered poor fourth quarter results, dragged down by lower earnings from China Fishery. Net earnings plunged to HK$8.9 million (S$1.4 million) from HK$146.1 million in the previous quarter.
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      340 40 AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON The Obama administration declined to brand China a currency manipulator, while saying the yuan “remains significantly undervalued”. China “has substantially reduced the level of official intervention in exchange markets since the third quarter of last year”, the
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      275 42 DOW JONES BEIJING Profits at China’s major industrial enterprises grew at a surprisingly strong rate last month as margins expanded, adding to evidence that the world’s second-largest economy is recovering. Industrial profits rose 20.5 per cent last month from October a year earlier to
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      408 42 WORLD ECONOMY REUTERS PA RIS The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) yesterday slashed its forecasts for global growth, warning that the debt crisis in the recession-hit euro zone remained the greatest threat to the world economy. In light of the dire
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      539 43 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s likely search for a successor to Mr Zhou Xiaochuan as the People’s Bank of China Governor, as the incoming Communist leadership overhauls top government positions, has analysts focusing on the nation’s banking and securities regulators, with two leading candidates
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      441 44  -  Online shoppers here to do half their X’mas shopping on the Web, PayPal survey claims E-COMMERCE HIRANAND SUNNY SINGAPORE Online shoppers here plan to do half of all their holiday purchases online this year, saving 45 hours as a result, according to a
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      223 44 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SEOUL Samsung’s Galaxy Note II has sold five million units in exactly two months, the mobile phone giant revealed yesterday. Two million of the tablet/smartphone hybrids have been shipped since Nov 2, leading Samsung to predict that it could
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      555 46  -  A win will secure semis berth but Lions wary of Indonesia’s Dutch-born striker van Beukering AFF SUZUKI CUP DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg KUAL A LUMPUR The attacking partnerships that delivered Singapore’s emphatic 3-0 win over Malaysia on Sunday will be tasked with securing the
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      340 46  -  ALYWIN CHEW SINGAPORE Thailand became the first team to reach the semi-finals of the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup yesterday when they thrashed Myanmar 4-0 in their second Group A match at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok. The Thais, who have won the tournament
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      494 47  - 18 COUNTRIES, 19,000KM ALL ON A BICYCLE DEBORAH ONG deborahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Cycling across 18 countries is something not for the fainthearted. But for Erik Ohlson, the experience he gained from his amazing 19,000-km solo expedition from Stockholm to Singapore made the risks worthwhile. The 25-year-old Swede arrived in Singapore yesterday
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      544 48  -  Triathlete Kevin McGregor uses StanChart run to prepare for world’s hardest triathlon STANCHART MARATHON LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There will be many happy faces at the Padang this Sunday as some 53,000 participants celebrate the end of their Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) journey.
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      536 49 AGENCIES LONDON British sailor Ben Ainslie, winner of four Olympic golds and more Olympic medals in total than any other sailor, has ruled out competing at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 35-year-old, who won the Finn class at the London Olympics,
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      294 50 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Chelsea have expressed regret over their handling of aspects of the complaint of racist abuse lodged against Mark Clattenburg, with all parties involved now seeking to draw a line under the controversy ahead of the official’s return to top-flight refereeing tonight. Chelsea chairman
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      368 50 AFTERNOON LATEST AP LON DON Harry Redknapp’s first match in charge of Queens Park Rangers ended in a 0-0 draw at Sun- derland yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), underlining the size of the task facing the former Tottenham manager at
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        72 50 AP Real Madrid eased into the fifth round of the Copa del Rey with a 3-0 win over Alcoyano yesterday and a 7-1 victory on aggregate over the third-division side. Argentina forward Angel di Maria ran onto a perfectly timed pass from Karim Benzema
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        75 50 AP Lazio moved back within stri king distance of third place and the final Champions League place with a convincing 3-0 win over Udinese in the Italian league yesterday. Alvaro Gonzalez gave Lazio the lead in the 17th minute after being set up nicely by
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      28 48 REPORT FOUR GOLFERS WIN LANDMARK CASE AGAINST ASIAN TOUR Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/golferscase for the report.
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      50 51 MUST DO WHY THE TWILIGHT SAGAIS REQUIRED READING 52 MUST SEE WHY UNDEFEATED IS REQUIRED WATCHING 54 MUST DO WHY NEW ZEALAND IS A REQUIRED DESTINATION FOR HOBBIT FANS 57 WEDNESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2012 HAPPILY EVER AFTER Kristen Stewart reaches the end of a fairy tale and smiles 53 REUTERS
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        882 52  -  THERE ARE CRUCIAL LESSONS TO BE LEARNT FROM FIFTY SHADES OF PALE JEREMY FERNANDO features@mediacorp.com.sg Jeremy Fernando is the Jean Baudrillard Fellow at The European Graduate School. You can find his writings at www. jeremyfernando. com. This article first appeared in the Singapore Review Of Books website (http://singapore
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        624 53  -  TODAY EXCLUSIVE GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg LOS ANGELES As the sun sets on the ridiculously popular Twilight saga with the much squealed about finale Breaking Dawn: Part 2, Bella of the ball Kristen Stewart and her onscreen, off-screen beau Robert Pattinson have dutifully circled the globe, graced
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        338 54  -  This sporting life has genuine spirit and heart MOVIE REVIEW: UNDEFEATED (PG,110MIN) GENEVIEVE LOH You know those American football movies, where the super-dedicated, father-figure coach takes a bunch of underdogs from disadvantaged backgrounds and transforms them into inspirational winners, culminating in a super exciting life-changing football
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        376 54  -  Lee Ang’s adaption is a visual journey worth taking MOVIE REVIEW: LIFE OF PI (PG,127MIN) GENEVIEVE LOH Yann Martel’s revered Man Booker Prize-winning fable Life Of Pi has long belonged to the elite club of exquisite works coveted by many a movie maker, yet seemingly
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        404 56  -  Three print-to-screen adaptations to watch out for in the coming year THREE TO SEE GENEVIEVE LOH SINGAPORE Despair not, teens and coming-of-agers. The Twilight Saga might have ended, but a slew of upcoming young adult book-to-film adaptations are set for our silver screen next year.
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        340 57 REUTERS WELLINGTON New Zealand’s major city was rushing to complete its transformation into a haven for hairy feet and pointed ears on Tuesday as stars jetted in for the long-awaited world premiere of the first movie of the Hobbit trilogy. Wellington, where director Peter
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        116 58 OUR PICK Catch a star-studded cast, a great big band and a bevy of dancing girls, the Merry Miss-el’toes, in this annual must-see production. The show gets even bigger, better and brighter as Singapore’s finest entertainers like Adrian Pang and Selena Tan “mingle” with the likes of
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        75 58 Add to your dining enjoyment by learning about the physics of food. This talk will cover many questions in the gastronomic universe such as the difference between baking pizza in a traditional wood oven and in an electric one, how beer foam
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        91 58 This series of photographs by Jaina Mishra are palimpsests of expressions of tribal identity. Tribes express their identity through signature elements of lifestyle that wow the world with their difference, but beneath all these, all humans are the same, This “difference” and “sameness” are presented simultaneously through 40
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        121 58 This miniature exhibition frames NAFA alumnus and recipient of the Colombo Plan Scholarship 1963, Foo Chee San’s artistic journey from the 1960s to 2008, using a section of works from his Master’s studio in NAFA. His fourth solo show features more than 50 works
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        65 58 This award-winning Broadway hit follows the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history by writing their own songs and inventing their own sounds. (Some coarse language, not recommended for children under 12 years old.) Until Feb 17,2013, 8pm (2pm
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