Today, 3 January 2013

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  • 14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /AbdiaCorp THURSDAY, 3 JANUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 805 1  -  Analysts cautiously optimistic that global conditions could swing in Republic’s favour ECONOMY WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg AGENCIES SINGAPORE The Republic’s economy grew more than expected between October and December last year, averting a recession as analysts yesterday expressed cautious
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    • 106 1 THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INDIA’S‘RAPE CULTURE’ SHOULD BE LINKED TO THE LARGER FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 16 HOT NEWS 2 RESALE FLAT PRICES CONTINUE TO CLIMB Take time only fory Oil. Try our tempting, creamy tea lattes. Soy Green Tea Latte ipS Starbucks at yoi no matter wK* u are.
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    • 536 2  -  WONG WEI HAN SINGAPORE Prices of private residential property hit a record high in the fourth quarter of last year as low borrowing costs continued to sustain demand, but a slowing pace of increase for the full year suggests
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    • 549 2  -  Amid low-interest rate environment, analysts expect prices to continue to head north PUBLIC HOUSING EUGENE NEUBRONNER eugenen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Resale flat prices continued their climb last year, albeit at a slower rate compared to previous years. According to flash estimates released by the Housing and
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    • 444 4  -  Tenders called for system that will measure vehicle speeds over a distance ROAD SAFETY WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Sharp-eyed speedsters who slam on the brakes when they spot a speed camera may soon not escape a ticket, if a new speed enforcement system due
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    • 141 4  -  WOO SIAN BOON In a separate tender issued last month, the Traffic Police also called for the implementation of a “Digital Traffic Red Light System”.The new system must be able to capture and store digital images of motorists who beat red lights. These will
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    • 563 6 SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE AGENCIES NEW DELHI —The 23-year-old woman was not only repeatedly raped and violated with an iron bar on a moving bus by her six attackers. After she and her 28-year-old boyfriend, who appeared to have been the attackers’ initial
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    • 1100 8  -  Town Councils chief addresses questions about potential conflict of interest and termination clause ACTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The circumstances under which the computer software of the People’s Action Party (PAP) Town Councils was sold to a PAP-owned company, Action Information Management
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    • 233 8 In 2003, PAP town councils wanted to “harmonise” their computer systems and jointly called an open tender for a computer system based on a common platform. NCS was chosen to provide this system from Aug 1, 2003 to Oct 31, 2010, with an option to extend
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    • 716 10 House approves Bill but it does not solve the massive deficit problem facing the US US ECONOMY AGENCIES WASHINGTON —Despite a last-minute deal in the United States Congress yesterday to avoid the “fiscal cliff”, with the House of Representatives passing legislation to
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    • 370 10 AP Income tax rates: Extends decade-old tax cuts on incomes up to US$400,000 (S$488,000) for individuals, and US$450,000 for couples. Earnings above those amounts would be taxed at a rate of 39.6 per cent, up from the current 35 per cent. Extends Clinton-era caps
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    • 563 11 AGENCIES BEIJING The United States deal over tax increases has fixed one problem, but the world’s largest economy must get to grips with a budget deficit that threatens not a “fiscal cliff” but a “fiscal abyss”, China’s Xinhua News Agency said yesterday. In
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    • 277 5 eos DIGITAL Canon Delighting You Always TREAT YOURSELF TO A RARE EXPOSURE Canon penence 4 TO 6 JANUARY CATHAY ORCHARD CINELEISURE Canon Seize this rare opportunity to touch, feel and try out Canon’s highly acclaimed DSLRs, lenses and accessories. Test out the much touted shooting functions of the EOS M,
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    • 213 6 VIDEO INDIAN GOVT INUNDATED WITH FEEDBACK ON ANTI-RAPE LAWS Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/vidrape0103 for the video. COMMENT &ANALYSIS THE LARGER FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN INDIA 16 CHINA&INDIA HUNDREDS OF DELHI WOMEN SEEK GUN LICENCES 30 N V\\l
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    • 350 7 i i X 1 4 u 9**1 AIA FAMILY FIRST ASSURANCE P ROTECTIO N/SAVIN GS You play more than one role. *So should your insurance plan. r > i I* fi «|TY 4.' E 2 A. i 4 fl W Save for the future and protect your loved ones with
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    • 732 9 BACK to SCHOOL 28 Dec 2012-6 Jan 2013 Assessment Everything YouiNfegOU Know to ’7S o 4' JU -r -a* I' .3* Basic Workbook m k resource VesV to prorlJe a wlJe cvfosurc to Jlttereut tert fjy»* 4 fcfcEAT/tyf m i a v. m. ikv 2 Book'. Everything You Need To
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    • 237 11 THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. iliitsi UNIVERSITY OF risK BRADFORD fiaal W' MAKING KNOWLEDGE WORK Si In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish. J J Donald Trump m MDIS Business School Placed within UK's top 20 best young universities in the
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    • 10 11 COMMENT&ANALYSIS FISCAL DEAL BODES BADLY FOR THE NEXT FIGHT 13
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1059 12  -  DOES QUANTITATIVE EASING REALLY WORK? STEPHEN ROACH Stephen Roach, a faculty member at Yale University and former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, is the author of The Next Asia. PROJECT SYNDICATE The politicisation of central banking continues unabated. The resurrection of Mr Shinzo
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    • 644 13  -  POLITICS AND THE US ECONOMY PAUL KRUGMAN Paul Krugman is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIMES To make sense of what just happened, we need
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    • 669 16  -  SEXUAL VIOLENCE PRIYAMVADA GOPAL Priyamvada Gopal teaches in the Faculty of English at Cambridge University. THE GUARDIAN The young woman who died on Saturday in a Singapore hospital, rendered there by an Indian government unnerved by her catalytic power, is unlikely to
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    • 652 17  -  ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGNS ARWA MAHDAWI Arwa Mahdawi is a marketing consultant at Contagious Communications. THE GUARDIAN What’s bulbous, comically gruesome and worth around £2.7 million (S$5.3 million)? The answer is the British government’s new anti-smoking campaign, unveiled last Friday. The initiative is the first of
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    • 30 12 Any analysis of ‘rape culture’ in India should include consideration of the ways in which growing class rage can get displaced on to the bodies of women. PRIYAMVADA GOPAL 16
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    • 100 13 Offl-D OLYMPUS OM-D THE BEGINNING OF THE OLYMPUS I .V V c m a EUJ r wl -PROOF miRRORLESe CAfllERA WORLDS FASTEST A m 73 U 73 HIAIM MUST HAVE \\V AWARDS d review WORLD'S FIRST" DUST E WORLD'S FIRST 5-AXIS IfAAGE STABILIZATION ELECTRONIC UIEWFINDER When the E-M5 is used
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  • voices
    • 110 18  -  FROM DAVY YOUNG PAK NANG I empathise with charities and their beneficiaries overwhelmed by offers of gifts and invitations to parties and outings every December, the traditional month of giving (“Surge in year-end charity ‘too much’”; Dec 20). The suggestion to spread activities throughout the
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    • 343 18  -  FROM BRYAN BRYAN CHOW WENG KEONG I read with interest Mr Heng Wei Xiang’s I Say piece “Strawberry dreams forever” (Dec 28), on talk of polytechnic students wanting a stress-free society. He is right in noting that as our society progresses, we must have more
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    • 258 18  -  FROM TANG FOOK MENG SMRT’s stated mission is to be the “customers’ choice by providing a safe, reliable and friendly travel experience that is enhanced through convenient and innovative services”. I doubt that jointly operating (with NTUC FairPrice) the retail
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    • 308 18  -  FROM NG YA KEN Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said we must never slacken our vigilance or lower our standards in dealing with lapses by persons in senior positions (“Expect slower growth, and embrace right values, says PM Lee in New Year
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    • 341 19  -  FROM DUDLEY AU I am puzzled by the sense of shock in the aftermath of the Connecticut shooting. The sacrosanct freedom to own guns in the United States is a bomb that will continue to explode, to be
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    • 163 19  -  FROM NICHOLAS ANG Many public housing residents have clogged the common corridors with personal items, from shoe racks and potted plants to tables and sofas. However, the authorities only “advise” the offenders to remove their junk. With no threat of harsh fines or
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    • 31 19 LETTER ARMED TEACHERS ARE A BAD IDEA Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ltridea0103 for the letter from Noel Chia Kok Hwee.
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    • 109 20 Panasonic ideas for life I Joanne Pen MediaCorp Artiste i 1 > With the Intelligent Eco Sensors developed by Panasonic, ECONAVI home appliances efficiently save energy while allowing me to enjoy the comforts in life. Whether I’m out for work or enjoying a quiet night at home, ECONAVI knows how
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    • 459 21 ADVERTISING FEATURE Panasonic ideas for life Air-Conditioner If you're wondering how to keep your room cool while saving on energy, look no further. Panasonic's ECONAVI air-conditioner is so intelligent, it can sense an empty room from one that is occupied. The human activity sensor detects human movement and cools only
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  • singapore
    • 287 22  -  LEONG WAI KIT SINGAPORE —The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and a member of public have put up a S$2,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of the people who mutilated two kittens in
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    • 535 22  -  Priority will be given to those for whom home support may be weaker: Education Minister EDUCATION MONICA KOT WANI monicak@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —As part of the Government’s efforts to promote social mobility, 14 more school-based Student Care Centres will be set up this
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    • 301 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SING A PORE Mid-career professionals without accounting work experience or accounting-related qualifications can now be hired and trained as accounts or audit professionals under a pilot programme run by the NTUC’s Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and professional accounting body
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    • 416 23  -  ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A lawyer of 18 years’ standing will have to pay a penalty for advising a client to defer declaring some of his assets during divorce proceedings. According to a disciplinary tribunal report released yesterday,
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    • 166 23 CHANNEL NEWSASIA S I N G A P O R E Police have arrested three 15-year-olds for suspected involvement in a series of islandwide loanshark harassment cases involving HDB flats and cars belonging to innocent owners. The trio were nabbed on Dec 19 after
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    • 238 23 TWp NANYANG i I. THE INNOVATIVE POLYTECHNIC 4 January 2013, Friday, 7.15pm Come see what the polytechnic route can offer! Calling parents, secondary school and ITE students! Make a date with Nanyang Polytechnic at this special seminar and let us help you understand the various post-secondary and post-ITE education options
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    • 494 24 HOSTED BY TOP8 tips on HEALTH AND FITNESS MONITORING There are a host of products that can help you monitor your general health. While these are not substitutes for regular checkups at your doctor, they do provide useful information about your well-being. They’re also great for keeping track of your
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  • silver
    • 1041 26  -  Getting the right combination of genes for longevity is like winning the lottery says doctor CENTENARIANS KANOKO MATSUYAMA, MEG TIRRELL BLOOMBERG TOK YO Mr Jiroemon Kimura (picture), who became the world’s oldest man on record last week, can thank a combination of
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    • 153 27 IT TAKES A GREAT TEAM TO GO 24/7 DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? Channel NewsAsia fe COMMITTED TO EXPANDING ITS EFFORTS TO GO FULL 24/7 We need equally committed journalists and producers who will be at the heart of getting great content out to our viewers in Singapore and
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  • china&india
    • 1208 28 Chinese money accounts for some of the biggest cash seizures at US, Canada airports CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS DOW JONES TORONTO —Amid a rush of newly affluent Chinese eager to move money out of China, United States and Canadian border officials are seizing large amounts
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    • 451 30 SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE THE GUARDIAN NEW DELHI —Hundreds of women in the Indian capital have applied for gun licences following the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman by six men in a bus in the city last month. The news underlines
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    • 236 30 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BEIJING —A Chinese kitchen and bathroom tile magnate has launched his daughter into marriage with a dowry of more than one billion yuan (S$195 million). Mr Wu Ruibiao included as part of his largesse four boxes of gold, a Porsche and a
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    • 1188 34 RAIL PROJECT THE NEW YORK TIMES OUDOM X AI (L AOS Mr Wang Quan, the new Chinese owner of a hotel in this farm town tucked into the tropical mountains of northern Laos, is hoping that the first of 20,000 Chinese workers will arrive here
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    • 115 34 SingHealth Investigational Medicine Unit Q Do you want to make a difference to the future of medicine? A Be a volunteer in a clinical trial. As a volunteer, you can: Help discover new treatments Contribute to a healthier tomorrow SingHealth Investigational Medicine Unit (IMU) is looking for healthy volunteers to
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  • world
    • 545 36 Event to serve as ‘warning to ruling administration not to cheat during coming polls’ MALAYSIA POLITICS THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PETALING JAYA —A huge rally in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 12 being planned by the opposition Pakatan Rakyat and nongovernment groups
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    • 393 36 DOW JONES SEOUL —The number of North Koreans defecting to South Korea after fleeing their impoverished and oppressive homeland fell sharply last year, apparently due to tightened border control. The Ministry of Unification said 1,508 North Korean defectors arrived in South
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    • 307 37 DELI ORGANIC WINES SEAFOOD INTERNATIONAL SELECTIONS Fair Price finest. Bringing the fine life closer to you The freshest produce from farm to fork. mat 1 GREEN CO Korean Mini King Oyster Mushroom 300g U.P. $3.90 $3.45 per pack 2 WANSEIEN Taiwan Tea-Leaf Mushroom lOOg U.P. $2.30 $1.85 per pack There's
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 27 44 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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      • 51 44 BUY(S$1.27) OCBC expects Cache to meet the house’s 4Q earnings forecast comfortably, thanks to the contribution from its newly-acquired Pan Asia Logistics Centre and Pandan Logistics Hub. In the coming year, OCBC believes Cache’s financial performance will remain sturdy. OCBC maintains its Buy call and S$1.30 fair
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      • 59 44 BUY (S$12.99) OCBC says City Developments’ latest launch, the 508-unit Echelon condominium project, put up a strong set of numbers in its first weekend of sales, with over 300 units sold at an average sale price (ASP) of around S$1.7k psf. It maintains its Buy call but with
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      • 59 44 BUY (S$1.445) UBS tips Genting Singapore as its favourite of 2012’s laggard stocks, noting that major investment negatives in 2012 should turn more positive. VIP should benefit from demand growth recovery, especially out of China, whilst the receivables situation is now largely under control, UBS notes. It rates
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      • 81 44 BUY (S$0.785) DBS maintain its Buy call with a raised target price of S$1.20, up from S$1.09. This follows the purchase of the Jiurui Expressway in China. It has a remaining concession period of about 22 years which will lengthen the Group’s average remaining concession period
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    • 346 44 BLOOMBERG LONDON Accelerating world trade means merchant ships will burn the most fuel oil ever this year, driving ship owners’ biggest cost to a record at a time when the industry is facing a glut of capacity that is hitting profitability. Demand
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    • 247 44 REUTERS SINGAPORE —Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi has extended his offer to take over property and drinks conglomerate Fraser and Neave (F&N) for the fifth time until Jan 10. Mr Charoen owns a combined 33.6 per cent of F&N through Thai Beverage and
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    • 561 44 Surveys of purchasing managers suggest that manufacturing is gaining steam after a subdued 2012 PURCHASING MANAGERS’ INDICES DOW JONES S ING A PORE Asia’s economies are showing greater resilience as 2013 gets under way, with a variety of data indicating manufacturing and growth are starting
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  • sme
    • 1080 46  -  Ashwin Subramaniam is combining adventure, charity and revenue to create an exciting new business model PROFITABLE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FRANCIS KAN todaysme@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE On a trip over two years ago to document his bank employer’s charitable activities in Cambodia, Mr Ashwin Subramaniam was hit by a
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    • 311 47 wotsons j look good, feel great. watsons.com.sg A member of A.S. Watson Group t) A Hutchison Whampoa Company skin care \\A Maintain Radiant bwn in Between raciatb with Celebrity Beauty Consultant and glowing skin. Th f^:L orp tion of nutrients, painful, and enhance ski tnec ma ny products, an Its
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  • technology
    • 403 48 The revolutionary network used by billions worldwide was born on Jan 1, 1983 WORLD WIDE WEB THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —It is the revolutionary communications system used daily by billions of user s but few know that this Jan 1 is the Internet’s 30th birthday. The
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    • 390 48  -  ALVIN CHONG alvinchonggl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Audiophiles care more about clarity than overwhelming bass, which can muddy sound quality. But there are just some days when you are jacking into some Drum and Bass, R&B, Hip Hop, Eurodance, or just plain Dubstep and you want to be enveloped
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    • 374 48 REUTERS SEOUL LG Electronics started taking orders yesterday for organic lightemitting diode (OLED) televisions, hoping to outdo rival Samsung Electronics in the next-generation technology that could change the face of electronics displays. LG and Samsung showcased 55-inch OLED TVs a year ago
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    • 105 49 n dx a dt djx xd 0L b U CLX. a c a Cx d a |(T) r ri a dt n J (t-T)oC-rn-l d T bl a cx K <x K Cai ou CU IU Honestly, homework’s never been fun; but it can be bearable with the right someone
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  • sports
    • 632 50  -  EOGM to be held this weekend, as member clubs mull formation of breakaway body SINGAPORE SHOOTING ASSOCIATION CONTROVERSY LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More than three months after the Singapore Shooting Association (SSA) was embroiled in a leadership tussle at its annual general
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    • 419 50  -  DEBORAH ONG SINGAPORE In recent years, sepak takraw has struggled to raise its profile in Singapore, partly due to a lack of mass appeal and inconsistent results. But, with the Republic set to host the 2015 SEA Games, the sport’s national
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    • 265 51 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Alex Ferguson (picture) has reacted to stories that this could be his final season in charge of Manchester United by insisting he will remain at Old Trafford for “a bit of time”. Ferguson, who celebrated 26 years in the job
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    • 524 51 Some of the big signings that could happen during the January transfer window AGENCIES DEMBA BA The Newcastle striker is close to signing for Chelsea after it was reported yesterday that the Magpies have given the club permission to speak to Ba about a potential
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    • Article, Illustration
      177 52 NBA Mavericks 103 Wizards 94, Trail Blazers 105 Knicks 100, Kings 97 Pistons 103, Hawks 95 Hornets 86, Clippers 78 Nuggets 92,76ers 103 Lakers 99 EPL West Brom 1 Fulham 2, Man City 3 Stoke 0, Tottenham 3 Reading 1, West Ham 2 Norwich 1, Wigan 0 Man United
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    • 388 52 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP AGENCIES LONDON Arsene Wenger has rejected the possibility of Thierry Henry returning to Arsenal for a second loan spell, even as the Gunners boss admitted that reinforcements are necessary following the disappointing 1-1 draw at Southampton yesterday (Singapore time). Wenger had said
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    • 462 53 World No 1 loses in straight sets to young Aussie ahead of Australian Open AGENCIES PERTH Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat to Bernard Tomic at the Hopman Cup team event yesterday, two weeks before the defence of his Australian Open title. Two days after
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    • 385 53 AGENCIES DENVER The Nuggets brought the Los Angeles Clippers’ franchise record 17-game winning streak to a halt on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) with a 92-78 victory in Denver. The Clippers (25-7), who went 16-0 in December to join the 1995-96 San Antonio Spurs
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