Today, 29 November 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • 23 1 /A=D!AC0RP THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 706 1  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Bus services operated by SMRT ran as scheduled yesterday as its China drivers got behind the wheel, after a two-day illegal strike over their pay and living conditions. The dust, however, has yet to settle, as 20 of
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  • 623 1 Birthrate needs to rise for Singapore to remain a vibran t city in the developed world SINGAPORE POPULATION SINGAPORE Encouraging Singaporeans to have more children is the biggest challenge facing the country if it wishes to remain a vibrant city in the
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  • hot news
    • 595 2  -  NTUC’s Cham also urges SMRT management to recognise positive role the union can play LABOUR RELATIONS TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Most of SMRT’s foreign drivers are not union members, while the majority of SBS
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    • 464 3 Proposed changes to include allowing urban couples to have second baby even if both parents are not an only child CHINA POPULATION AGENCIES BEIJING China is mulling over changes to its one-child policy, a former family planning official said, with government advisory bodies drafting proposals
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    • 147 3 Tackling the issue of rising property prices will take a while, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong felt it can be done. In an interview with Bloomberg, Mr Lee was asked if he would be addressing the issue of home prices here
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    • 526 4  -  Future increase in interest rates could place households under more financial pressure SINGAPORE ECONOMY WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Households and businesses have borrowed more money this year compared to 2011, attracted by low interest rates, but the Monetary Authority of
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    • 130 4 Growth here has slowed markedly but is still expected to be positive this year and next, the MAS said. Looking further afield, Asia remains vulnerable to sudden surges and reversals of capital flows. This could lead to greater volatility in
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    • 588 6  -  CONSUMER ADVISORIES AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Publications containing mature content should adopt the M18 rating with buyers required to verify their age, while the current age-advi-sory rating on video games should be replaced with the NC16 rating to flag material
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    • 865 8 Khairy stresses importance of younger generation in coming general election MALAYSIAN POLITICS AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR The chief of the ruling party’s powerful youth wing, Mr Khairy Jamaluddin, yesterday positioned the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) as the party of
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    • 209 8 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER A weak United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) will cause the Malays to lose political power and affect the nation’s stability, warned Ms Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, the Chief of Wanita UMNO, the women’s wing of the ruling party. In an attempt
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    • 403 8 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Leaders of the threemember opposition coalition, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR), yesterday dismissed former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s warning that the opposition will resort to street demonstrations if it loses in the coming general election. Ms Nurul Izzah Anwar,
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    • 517 10  -  Olam shares fall 3.85 per cent despite the company ’s 44-page point-by-point defence ACCOUNTING METHODS CONRAD RAJ, WONG WEI HAN conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Olam International came back yesterday to strongly defend its debt position, business strategies and accounting practices against allegations by US-based short
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    • 736 10 DOW JONES NEW DELHI India is planning to start giving cash directly to its poorest citizens starting in January, in a bid to reduce massive corruption that prevents subsidised goods and welfare benefits from reaching those who need them. The project would affect
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1364 12  -  CONSUMPTION TAXES AND SOCIAL SPENDING EDUARDO PORTER Eduardo Porter writes the Economic Scene column for The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIMES Rarely have we experienced such a confluence of arguments in favour of raising taxes on the rich. After
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    • 1089 14  -  TODAY’S UNITED NATIONS VOTE JEFFREY GOLDBERG Jeffrey Goldberg is a Bloomberg View columnist and a national correspondent for The Atlantic. BLOOMBERG The Hamas Prime Minister in Gaza, Mr Ismail Haniyeh, said in a televised speech last week that his group remained committed to a
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    • 1097 18  -  THE ECONOMICS OF GIVING CASS R SUNSTEIN Cass R Sunstein, the Felix Frank­furter Professor of Law at Harvard University, is the former administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. BLOOMBERG Behavioural economists study human errors. People do not always
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    • 31 12 People do not always make the best choices for themselves, so there is good reason to doubt whether they will always make the best choices for others. CASS R SUNSTEIN 18
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  • voices
    • 265 22  -  FROM SARAH TAN HUI ZHEN I refer to the SMRT bus drivers’ illegal strike. While some people sympathise with the drivers on the basis of labour rights, others have strong feelings about the lives of Singaporeans being disrupted and want the drivers
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    • 108 22  -  FROM DANIEL CHAN WAI PIEW Not long ago, there was a series of malfunctions in our train services, and on Monday, SMRT was plagued with another problem. Surely, though, the frustrations of the bus drivers who refused to go to work did not come
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    • 183 22  -  FROM PHILLIP KILPATRICK I read with concern about the illegal strike by the SMRT bus drivers. Disruptions to essential services, such as public transport, are likely to affect hundreds and possibly thousands of lives here. In my view, the penalties in the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions)
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    • 351 23  -  FROM QUEK SOO BENG Last year, a former Member of Parliament left the board of an upcoming public hospital because he disagreed with it being named after a property tycoon. Now, it is reported that “OCBC moves to secure Sports Hub naming
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    • 208 23  -  FROM RATNA DAMAYANTI MOHAMED TAHA I read the report “Higher property tax for most HDB owners in 2013” (Nov 28) with concern. It was mentioned that as Annual Values (AVs) of public flats have increased, the tax will increase, too. Housing and Development Board
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    • 234 25  -  FROM ALVIN LIM Executive (Marketing Communications), National Association of Travel Agents Singapore We apologise to Mr Alvin Ho for not replying sooner to his enquiry (“Travel industry should tackle issue of credit card fees”; Nov 27). As the association of travel agents, we
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    • 147 25  -  FROM SOH YI DA I feel heartened to see fellow Singaporeans highlighting our cherished values and collective ideals, such as a resilient and inclusive society, in Our Singapore Conversation. Notably absent, however, is the theme of politics. For the conversation to be a
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    • 145 25  -  FROM PHILEMON FOO Corporate Communications Executive, StarHub We refer to StarHub Mobile customer Chin Kee Thou’s letter, “No incentive to top up prepaid phone cards” (Nov 27), and thank him for his feedback. We wish to share with him and all readers that our
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    • 123 25  -  FROM DANIEL LOW WEI MENG A few years ago, then Member of Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi organised a meeting with Singapore Expo’s management and the police on noise levels coming from Expo’s Max Pavilion. Singapore Expo promised to embark on a programme to contain the
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  • singapore
    • 415 26  -  Area also has poten tial for accommodation, dining and other leisure facilities TOURIST ATTRACTIONS VIMITA MOHANDAS vimita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The River Safari, where panda couple Kai Kai and Jia Jia will make their public debut today, marks an important step for the development
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    • 313 26 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Twenty-two teams are taking part in the ASEAN-India Car Rally which began yesterday to mark 20 years of relations between the 10-member bloc and New Delhi. A total of 124 participants will be on the road for 22 days,
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    • 314 26  -  ALICE CHIA alicechiash@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Rising medical costs and limited housing options were the key concerns of some 60 seniors who took part in a dialogue session yesterday on issues pertaining to the elderly in Singapore. There were concerns that the number of
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    • 189 28  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE Three chefs have been charged for allegedly accepting a total of S$32,204.40 in bribes from a seafood supplier in exchange for business favours. Chung Yiu Ming, 54, an executive chef at Sheraton Towers Singapore at the time of the offences, faces
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    • 370 28  -  Prosecution had argued that the Court had no jurisdiction to hear Tey’s questions on disclosure of documents SEX-FOR-GRADES CASE NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE The National University of Singapore professor at the centre of the “sex-for-grades” case saw his application to have
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    • 196 30  -  SING GEOK SHAN SINGAPORE Fewer Singaporeans indicated they were “quite happy” but more reported a sense of achievement, in a survey conducted by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School between May and July last year, compared to findings in 2006. Out
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    • 341 30  -  IN COURT NEO CHAI CHIN S I N G A P O R E They organised a training stint for 25 aspiring Singaporean footballers in Italy last year, only to have their Singapore partner default on payment. The High Court ruled in
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  • silver
    • 1116 32 Remote care services can cut emergency admissions to hospitals and mortality rates AGEING AT HOME THE GUARDIAN LONDON The situation that Ms Barbara’s family found themselves in was not unusual. She was in her 80s and living alone with moderate dementia, her family were constantly
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    • 245 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Almost a million older people in Britain do not know even their closest neighbours because they do not want to get in the way, a study of attitudes to loneliness showed. The most common reasons given by
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  • china&india
    • 512 38 US voices concern that map in new Chinese passport will cause ‘tension and anxiety between countries SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE AGENCIES BEIJING China said yesterday that people should not read too much into the placement of a new map in its passports that depicts claims
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    • 318 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BEIJING An aspiring Chinese model has been given a suspended sentence of nine months in jail after she was found guilty of falsely impersonating a police officer and posting a series of racy photographs of herself in
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    • 452 40 CHINESE MEDIA AGENCIES BEIJING The online edition of Chinese Communist Party’s flagship paper yesterday deleted an online article about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un being the sexiest man alive, a day after it fell for a parody by The Onion, the American satirical
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    • 188 40 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI India’s government signaled it may agree to opposition demands for a vote on its decision allowing foreign companies such as Wal-Mart Stores to set up supermarkets, as it bids to end protests disrupting Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said
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  • world
    • 238 42 AP MO N Y WA MYA N M A R) Hundreds of Buddhist monks and villagers occupying a copper mine in north-western Myanmar defied a government order to leave by yesterday, saying they will stay until the project is halted. The
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    • 363 42 Opposition’s no-confidence vote fails to topple PM, 3 ministers, after weekend demonstrations THAI POLITICS AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra comfortably survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament yesterday following a heated debate on the government’s rice-pledging scheme and flood management budget. The vote came after
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    • 167 44 AP JAK ARTA Indonesia has certified a Russian-made passenger jetliner as safe to fly in the country six months after the same model crashed into a volcano during a demonstration flight, an official said yesterday. Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said the Sukhoi Superjet-100
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    • 412 44 EGYPT POLITICS AP C A I R O Egypt’s two highest courts of appeal suspended their work yesterday in protest against presidential decrees that give Mr Mohammed Morsi, the country’s Islamist leader, nearly absolute powers. Judges of the Cassation Court decided in
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    • 367 46 BENGHAZI ATTACK AP WA S H I N GTO N The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Ms Susan Rice, told lawmakers on Tuesday that her initial explanation of the deadly Sept 11 raid in Libya was wrong, but her concession failed to
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    • 329 46 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Four military servicewomen, who all served tours in Afghanistan or Iraq, filed a federal lawsuit in San Francisco on Tuesday seeking to end the Pentagon’s ban on women serving in direct combat jobs. The lawsuit asserts that
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    • 672 48 INTERNET ADDICTION AP SEOUL Park Jung In, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear. When the screen beams with a morning alarm, she wakes up, picks up her glasses and scrolls through tens of
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    • 397 50 CLIMATE CHANGE THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK Sea levels are rising much faster than scientists expected exposing millions more Americans to the destructive floods produced by future Sandy-like storms, a new study said yesterday. Satellite measurements over the last two decades found global sea
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    • 541 50 We enjoyed our PSLE! Mehakpreet Kaur Virdi Mohamad Bin Aman> (father) and Nur Atiqah Monica Ong (mother) and Koreen Urn a Reyes Ferdinand (father) and Arcillas Ancel Bianca Pelaez < Samatha Woo (mother) and Enric Sng Sheena Lorainne Lintot Sag u id "I have always enjoyed going for MindChamps classes.
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      • 27 52 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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      • 65 52 HOLD(S$1.09) Maybank Kim Eng maintains Hold rating, cuts its target price to S$1.14 from S$1.20, noting the implied cap rate for MLT (based on 2QFY3/13 results) is 6.1%. The counter currently trades at 6.4% FY3/13 DPU yield, which Maybank believes is almost near the end of its
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      • 59 52 SELL(S$0.57) Lim Tan Securities downgrades stock from Hold to Sell, noting that management blamed the weak 4Q performance on the China Fishery Fleet business which suffered from lower processing trade in the North Atlantic as suppliers were unable to deliver significant volumes of catch. Management warned that
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      • 63 52 HOLD (S$2.67) Maybank Kim Eng maintains S$2.65 target price and Hold rating, noting that third-quarter results were disappointing due to elevated subscriber acquisition costs. Even though fourth quarter should pick up on the back of greater 4G tiered plan take up, Maybank sees no positive catalysts for next financial
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      • 84 52 BUY (S$0.35) OCBC notes that management has said it is still receiving enquiries for ship repair, outfitting and conversion services. MPM expects charter rates for offshore vessels as well as tugs and barges to remain stable. Rolling forward to FY13 earnings with an unchanged peg of 8x,
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    • 803 52  -  Maintaining operating profit margin at current level will be a challenge for airline AIRLINES DAVID BOTTOMLEY Business Editor davidb@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE SilkAir’s profitability may be squeezed as it navigates its way through a period of expansion at a time when the regional economy is slowing
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    • 221 54 AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Hewlett-Packard had its credit rating cut by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited concern about the computer maker’s ability to contend with competition and “execution challenges”. Moody’s cut the company’s longterm credit ratings to Baa1, three
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    • 145 54 REUTERS WASHINGTON The United States government banned BP from new federal contracts yesterday over its “lack of business integrity” in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The suspension, announced by the US Environmental Protection Agency, comes on the heels
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    • marketbuzz
      • 201 56 CapitaLand Group is extending the use of CapitaVouchers across the Group’s five real estate businesses. This means you can now use CapitaVouchers to enjoy a wide array of lifestyle options at CapitaLand’s portfolio of homes, shopping malls, office buildings, serviced residences and
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      • 147 56 Take care of your back by sleeping on a Simmons’ BackCare mattress. Launched in 1977, Simmons BackCare Series of mattresses has expanded to four series: BackCare Series, BackCare e-Ion Crystal Series, BackCare Advanced Series and BackCare Ultimate Series. The range of mattresses is developed with innovative
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      • 121 56 Hop down to Tiong Bahru Plaza, Century Square, Hougang Mall and White Sands this festive season and earn stamps to redeem vouchers. Promotions end Dec 25. Seal of goodness Spend S$100 (S$80 for NETS and NETS FlashPay shoppers) and get one stamp. Redeem two stamps for a S$5
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      • 88 56 Restore your teeth’s natural shine with Darlie Expert White toothpaste. Inspired by professional whitening treatments used in dental care, the new toothpaste is enhanced with Prophylaxis Silica-micro particles an ingredient similar to what dentists use to remove stains, dental plaque and tartar. Darlie Expert White toothpaste forms
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      • 235 56 SMG International Partners (SMG IP), a subsidiary of Singapore Medical Group Limited, and PT Avrist Assurance signed a landmark cooperation agreement in Jakarta, Indonesia, to give SMG IP access to more than one million Avrist customers in Indonesia. This agreement leverages on the resources and expertise of
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        144 56 Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, marking a milestone in Middle East aviation. Qatar Airways is the first airline from the region to take delivery of the 787. To celebrate this occasion, a special ceremony was held in Seattle with Qatar’s Ambassador to
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    • 1028 58  -  Fashion retailer Poney has embarked on a journey of rapid growth, fuelled by franchising UNEXPECTED FRANCHISES FRANCIS KAN todaysme@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tripoli in recently wartor n Libya would not be the first choice for most companies to begin an overseas expansion drive. But when an opportunity
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    • 44 58 CLEARANCE SALE ISIS NEW ENGLAND JERSEY $99 ea. REPLICA JERSEYS FROM $49 ea. POLOS FROM $29.50 ea. TEES FROM $19.50 ea. GLOVES $9 per pair. Plus many more!! CANTERBURY Open Daily: 11am 7pm 3 Coleman Street #02-09 Peninsula Shopping Centre Tel: *****489/*****039 Website: www.canterbury.com.sg
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    • 44 58 Franchising is one way of establishing a profitable enterprise without re-inventing the wheel. This month, we feature a handful of entrepreneurs that have either leveraged an existing brand to make their own mark, or scaled up their business by franchising their brands to others.
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  • 269 60 AGENCIES H E L S I N K I BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has lost a dispute over the use of Nokia patents, in a case that could halt the sale of RIM products if it does not reach a new royalties deal
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  • 481 60 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS BELLEVUE WASHINGTON) Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer defended his company’s record on innovation and financial performance at the annual shareholders’ meeting, but conceded that he should have moved faster to get into the booming tablet market dominated by Apple’s
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    • 745 62  -  Under pressure Lions must now beat Laos to reach semi-finals AFF SUZUKI CUP DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg INDONESIA SINGAPORE 1 0 K UA L A L U M P U R How things can change in just 72 hours. Three days after their
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    • 349 62  -  ALYWIN CHEW SING A PORE Malaysia bounced back from their opening match defeat to Singapore as they romped to a 4-1 victory over Laos in the AFF Suzuki Cup last night. Malaysia’s Safee Sali was a constant threat in a largely one-sided match and almost put
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    • 339 64 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand coach Winfried Schafer has hailed Teerasil Dangda as one of the best players in Asia after the striker’s hat-trick against Myanmar in an ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup Group A match on Tuesday. The 24-year-old former Manchester City
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    • 579 64  -  National floorball players must fork out for half of travel costs; four will be sponsored by team manager FLOORBALL LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s men’s floorball team will have to fork out money from their own pockets to co-pay for
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    • 409 66 AP M A NCH ES TER Robin van Persie's first-minute strike earned Manchester United a nervy 1-0 win over West Ham yesterday, keeping the team top of the Premier League by a point ahead of archrival Manchester City. The Netherlands striker grabbed his
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    • 218 66 AP MADRID Two goals by David Villa yesterday eased Barcelona into the fifth round of the Copa del Rey with a 3-1 home win against Alaves to advance 4-1 on aggregate. Alaves silenced the Camp Nou ahead of celebrations to mark its 113th birthday later
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    • 375 66 AFTERNOON LATEST AP LONDON Chelsea were held to a second straight 0-0 draw under interim manager Rafa Benitez as Fulham claimed a deserved point at Stamford Bridge yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), dropping the hosts further off the pace in the Premier
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    • 263 66 AP LO N D O N Defending champion Manchester City remained a point behind their neighbours United thanks to a 2-0 victory at Wigan, courtesy of goals by Mario Balotelli and James Milner yesterday. Tottenham climbed to fifth place by beating Liverpool 2-1, with
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    • 651 68 Hammam claims conspiracy to blame for his suspension from football activities GRAFT IN SPORTS AP SEOUL A divided Asian Football Confederation (AFC) gathers for its annual awards ceremony in Kuala Lumpur today amid an increasingly toxic atmosphere, with suspended chief Mohamed Hammam calling
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    • 386 68  -  DAN GUEN CHIN KUALA LUMPUR Tampines Rovers are set to compete in next year’s Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League (ACL). But the Great Eastern Yeo’s S-League champions’ place at the main table of Asian football is not guaranteed, as they must negotiate a
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    • 45 1 IT’S NOT FILTH TWO AND A HALF MEN STARAPOLOGISES FOR REMARKS 10 THE UNMELTABLES CADBURY’S NEW CHOC DON’T MELT 16 BY DESIGN VALENTINO TALKS ABOUT WELL, EVERYTHING 18 THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2012 THE SKY’S THE LIMIT THERE’S NO END TO SYDNEY’S RENAISSANCE 2 SION TOUHIG
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      • 1566 2  -  AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO HOW THE LOCALS ARE CELEBRATING A REJUVENATED CITY PHIN WONG PHINWONGINSYDNEY phin@mediacorp.com.sg There is a particular spot in Sydney’s King’s Cross area that quite perfectly encapsulates the city’s growing urbaneness. I like to call it “the corner of Hooker Lane and Cocktail Alley”. To
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      • 586 8 JETSETTING WITH... SINGAPORE How does someone go from being an office drone to an award-winning photographer and, later, a TV host? Just ask Scott Woodward. The Singapore-based Canadian gave up his job as a marketing man for American Express in Singapore when something
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        449 8 How to spend S$101 (you big spender, you) in a day in Madagascar TRAVEL 101 Antananarivo, or Tana for short, is the capital of Madagascar. Surrounded by 12 hills, it is also known as “the city of one thousand warriors”, a name derived from when King Andrianjaka sent 1,000
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      • 491 10 Teenage star of Two And A Half Men sorry for denouncing show HALF MAN SHORT THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LOS A NG E LE S Angus T Jones, the 19-year-old star of CBS comedy, Two And A Half Men, had pleaded with viewers not to watch the
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      • 473 14  -  Armando Reed turns up the heat on Hot Guys Who Cook 2 DINE WITH ME MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Hang on to your oven mitts, boys and girls, because Hot Guys Who Cook is back for a second
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      • 318 16 Cadbury’s has developed chocolate that can resist warm temperatures SWEET NEWS THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BIRMINGHAM Food scientists working at Cadbury’s research plant in Bournville, near Birmingham, claim their new Dairy Milk bars will remain solid even when left in 40°C heat for three hours. But the
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      • 240 16 REUTERS LOS ANGELES Popular TV actress Amber Tamblyn will make her Broadway debut in The Miss Firecracker Contest in the role made famous by Holly Hunter in the 1989 film version of Beth Henley’s play. Tony Award-winning actress Judith Ivey will also make her
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      • 1236 18  -  Italian king of couture Valentino on skinny models, Downton Abbey and his own brilliant career DESIGNER DUDE DECCA AITKENHEAD features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN LONDON Cadogan Square is one of the premier addresses in London’s Knightsbridge, but it looks like a Dickensian slum once you step
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      392 20  -  For a no-fuss dish such as this, using the best ingredients is essential BROUGHT TO YOU BY ANNETTE TAN A whole fish baked in salt makes for an impressive party dish, but anyone who’s ever tried it at home will attest that it doesn’t always turn out to
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    • things to do
      • 33 21 The spunky K-Pop foursome perform all their hits and then some. It’s their New Evolution Global Tour, you know? Dec 1, 7pm, Singapore Indoor Stadium. Tickets from S$148 to S$288 at Sistic.
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      • 60 21 That’s Jennifer Lopez to you. The actress/singer/erstwhile American Idol judge hits the stage once more in what’s only her second major tour in her entire career. Expect to hear hits such as Let’s Get Loud and Waiting For Tonight. Dec 4, 8pm, The Meadow Gardens
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      • 114 21 OUR PICK The Giant Panda Forest will be one of the highlights at the River Safari, which is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2013. However, panda fans will be delighted to get a first look at Kai Kai and Jia Jia at the panda
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      • 121 21 Anthony Shaeffer’s classic 1970 stage hit is at once a black comedy, a farce and an astute psychological thriller that will set audiences thinking, questioning and guessing till the very end. Andrew Wyke, a successful crime fiction author, invites his wife’s lover, Milo Tindle, to his grand manor. There,
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      • 78 21 Don’t miss out on great deals for a comprehensive array of delicious Halal dishes from South-east Asia. There will be health food, pastries, snacks, spices, frozen and dried food, kitch- enware and much more on display. Visitors can also look forward to the Kecoh-kecoh Dapur Expo competition
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    • 75 14 mm DEFENCE SCIENCE REVEALED Science Centre Singapore 20 OCT 2012 -17 FEB 2013 WWW.SCIENCE.EDU.SG WWW.fflCEBOOK.COM/DEFENCESCIENCEREVEALED IN 3 EXCITING ZONES SC Surveillance Science Armour and Stealth of Flight and Protection Discover the science behind the military world at Defence Science Revealed exhibition. Get ready to be amazed by more than 80
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