Today, 19 February 2013, Afternoon Edition

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      58 1 TUESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2013 M I C A P) 0 93/0 6/2 0 1 2 Starts this Thursday 9pm on Channel 5 Post your views at todayonline.com/VoicesTODAY email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or tweet using #VoicesTODAY This week’s topic: Whither the Singaporean core? Tell us what you think on Facebook, Twitter and ‘live’
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      200 2 MORE STORIES What makes a Singaporean core? y ij, t s m V Several MPs give their take on the concept on the first day of debate in Parliament O P o o o BYNEOCHAI CHINSINGAPORE A common responsibility felt for one another. Stakeholders and protectors of the country. Citizens
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    16 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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      323 1 A DOCTOR BORN AND RAISED HERE, BUT HE’S TAKEN FOR A FOREIGNER AND ASKED: ARE YOU A ‘NATIONAL SERVICE S’POREAN’? COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 PEOPLE NOT GIVING UP RESERVED SEATS ON TRAIN SHARE YOUR PAIN ATOUCHTHIS.COM Ouch! SPORTS 37 NANI INSPIRES MAN UNITED TO FA CUP WIN 11 Lucky Lunar ~5 Sale!
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  • Article
    Exports up only 0.5% last month
    246 1  -  Weaker than expected increase reverses year-end slump, analysts say prospects may improve in second half of year NODX WONG WEI HAN, DAVID BOTTOMLEY wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s non-oil domestic exports recovered from a massive year-end slump to gain slightly last month, but the increase
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    Lock icon Spotlight on SCDF tender as trial begins
    182 1  -  ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —The first day of the sex-for-contracts corruption trial involving former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Commissioner Peter Lim Sin Pang began with the prosecution zooming in on a tender document the SCDF put out on April 6,2011 —calling
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      27 2 VIDEO EX-SCDF CHIEF PETER LIM’S CORRUPTION TRIAL BEGINS Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/trial19feb for the video.
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    467 2 also knew that Nimrod was a vendor to the SCDF at the time of the alleged offence. “It is also our position that the accused had obtained oral sex from Ms Pang, while knowing that she was aware of his appointment as the Commissioner of SCDF,” DPP Tan added. DPP
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      Lock icon Najib in town for Leaders’ Retreat
      357 2  -  Malaysian Premier, PM Lee to hold discussions, visit sites of joint ventures in S’pore, Johor BILATERAL TIES S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived in Singapore yesterday for a Leaders’ Retreat with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the fourth between the
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      Ng Boon Gay case: AGC to study decision before any appeal
      243 2  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE —Prosecutors in former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay’s case have applied for the full grounds of the court’s decision to be issued. The Attorney-General’s Chambers said in a statement yesterday that it had studied
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      Lock icon Experts call for reform of healthcare financing system
      538 4  -  Core ‘3M’system covers only 15% of total healthcare expenditure: NUS Assoc Prof NUS HEALTHCARE FORUM TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Prominent doctors at a forum on healthcare policy yesterday evening urged the Government to reform the healthcare financing structure and spend more, with
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      Lock icon ‘Better frameworks needed for regional growth, stability’
      437 6 DEFENCE CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —Better frameworks are needed to ensure a “virtuous state” of regional stability, prosperity and growth continues in Asia, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday. Addressing defence officials and security experts at the inaugural Shangri-La Dialogue Sherpa Meeting, Dr
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      Lock icon Reader’s Digest files for second bankruptcy
      415 8 Debt-ridden company is out to ‘simplify and rationalise’ its international business ICONIC MAGAZINE’S WOES BLOOMBERG WILMINGTON —RDA Holding, publisher of the 91-year-old Reader’s Digest magazine, has filed for bankruptcy to cut US$465 million (S$576 million) in debt and focus on North American operations as
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      194 4 I see my future as a place of interest It’s my choice. Aspirations remain elusive without actions to back it up. The University of Bedfordshire’s programmes focus on guiding you in your academic journey, so realising your dreams is just a choice away. Kaplan City Campus Wilkie Edge 8 Wilkie
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      83 5 “THAT’S MY GIRL. WELL DONE, SON.” NOW THAT YOUR CHILD’S MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STAGE IN LIFE, WHAT CAREER PATH WILL HE OR SHE TAKE? THE OBVIOUS CHOICE YOU’LL APPROVE? OR PERHAPS, SOMETHING MORE? ONE THAT’S SO FULFILLING IT CAN’T BE MEASURED BY JUST MONEY ALONE. WHERE PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
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      64 6 AN EYE FOR DETAIL SHINAGAWA LASIK& Eye Centre um> Come join us: Feb 21 (Thu) 7.30pm Mar 1 (Fri) 8 (Fri) 7.00pm Shinagawa LASIK Eye Centre #05-01 Wheelock Place venue Limited Seats! RSVP at 6738 8222 today! Learn more about LASIK, our public forum Sometimes only the smallest of details
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      149 7 IF IT WEREN’T FOR TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN, EVERY SHAVE WOULD BE TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. THE DOUBLE-EDGE SAFETY RAZOR. INVENTED BY KING CAMP GILLETTE. 1901. Just one of many indispensable inventions that have improved our lives. r 6. V* s I If you have a passion for technology and design,
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    418 8 “The January NODX data was disappointing and marks a sluggish start to Q1 2013 for manufacturing. The main drag was again electronics exports which fell more than expected,” she said, adding that a pickup will only arrive in the second half of this year. The 5.6 per cent on-year decline
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      719 9 BROUGHT TO YOU BY Fair employment at work Resources and recourse are available to address discrimination at work Today, discriminatory race criteria in job ads published in Singapore are almost never seen. This is a huge improvement compared to the 1990s, when one third of all job ads had a
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon The new Singapore team
      717 10  -  IMMIGRATION AND IDENTITY LINGARAJ KRISHNA Dr Lingaraj Krishna is a consultant and assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the National University Hospital. I am a Singaporean and I am proud to be one. Like the previous three generations of my family, I was
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      How SMEs can jump productivity hurdle
      905 12  -  SMALL AND MEDIUM FIRMS TAN KHAY BOON Dr Tan Khay Boon is a Senior Lecturer with SIM Global Education. This rounds up a series on productivity. To read all three articles, go to www. todayonline.com/ Commentary Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone
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      Will extreme weather spur new action?
      533 14  -  PREPARING FOR CATASTROPHE J JACKSON EWING, SALLY TRETHEWIE J Jackson Ewing and Sally Trethewie are, respectively, Research Fellow and Associate Research Fellow with the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies. The month of January saw weather and environmental extremes
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      258 10 Start a New Year with a New Business Opportunity Have you wondered how to run a part time business while keeping your full time job? 1 r "I have experienced many different industries such as Insurance, IT Consultant, MLM and Real Estate but nothing comes close to being a MlndChamps
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      44 10 Bringing in more foreign workers to meet production targets is no longer feasible. Increasing labour productivity is the only way to survive and grow. The million dollar question is how? TAN KHAY BOON 12 VOICES CAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM KEEP UP WITH POPULATION SURGE? 16
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      44 11 All-styles urban dance competition The region’s best will battle it out in Group Choreography Breakdance Free Style Be part of the MOVEMENT TAB, Orchard Hotel 2 March 2013 Admission is free Qualifying rounds: 1pm 6.30pm Finals: 6.30pm 9pm Hosted by The Muttons of 987FM
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      253 14 VOICES THE LOW-PRODUCTIVITY, LOW-WAGE TRAP 16 psb Academy Quality Education Since 1964 Changing your life by degrees psb-academy.edu.sg PSBAcadEmv SINGAPORE Reg. No. *****4825E 20-05-2010 to 19-05-2014 r The University of Nottingham MASTER Business Administration (General) (Part-time) Business Administration (Finance) (Part-time) UNITED KINGDOM CHINA MALAYSIA Preview: 22 Feb 2013 (Friday), 7pm
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  • voices
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      The low-productivity, low-wage trap
      403 16  -  FROM CHONG LEE MING I refer to the commentary “Mind the short-term trade-offs” (Feb 15). Associate Professor Randolph Tan rightly pointed out that “firms should not need increasing amounts of manpower if they were continuing along a stable scale of operations the other possibility is that
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      Can healthcare system keep up with population surge?
      333 16  -  FROM DAMIEN LEE A lot has been said about how our roads and transport system have been overwhelmed by the recent population surge, but I think it is more important to ask whether our healthcare infrastructure can meet the expected demand. We
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      Lock icon Psychological Defence seems to be the weakest
      372 17  -  FROM DAVID CHEN I refer to the latest discussion in Voices regarding National Service (NS) recognition (“Beggaring neighbour does not make me rich” and “Spare a thought for senior former NS men”; Feb 18). Most of the suggestions offered in this debate on
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      The 1960s spirit key to toughening the S’porean core
      260 17  -  FROM KEVIN KHO The recent White Paper debate did not address ways to toughen the Singaporean core, which was the secret of how we overcame the odds against us at independence. I have hired service staff for restaurant operations as well
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      172 16 LETTER WHY THE WHITE PAPER MUST NOT FAIL Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/paper19feb for the letter from Ng Ya Ken. TA0383 SARAWAK TOURISM BOARD P Skb h 4D Kuching Discovery Anah Rais (Bidayu) Longhouse Semonggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Sarawak
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      14 16 •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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      186 17 I have what it takes unities MDIS BUSINESS SCHOOL 7 1 4!, m o o m m mcollaborationwim Southern Cross University (SCU) is a member of the Association Southern Cross of Commonwealth Universities and offers programmes at University Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels CRICOS Provider: NSW0124IG, OLD*****E, WA*****K Master of Business
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  • singapore
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      Church group hears ‘multiple viewpoints’ on S377A
      428 18  -  SECTION 377A NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam restated the Government’s stand to keep Section 377A of the Penal Code which criminalises sex between men at a meeting with a group of church leaders last Friday, according
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      Lock icon Off to work? Work out first
      77 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA From March 4, adults can start their day with workout sessions near their offices. Introduced by the Health Promotion Board, the Sunrise in the City programme offers activities such as yoga and will be piloted at six locations: Marina Bay Financial Centre,
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      Kids get schooled on bike safety
      262 18  -  THEN AI PING SINGAPORE —Some 900 primary school students were yesterday given tips on safe cycling as part of this year’s OCBC Cycle Singapore’s Safe Cycling Campaign. Beyond reaching out to cyclists and motorists, this year’s campaign has been expanded to include schoolchildren. National
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      Man jailed two weeks for hiding lover’s death
      412 19  -  Sentence under Coroner’s Act in first case of its kind here IN COURT CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In the first case of its kind here, a man has been jailed two weeks under the Coroner’s Act for not alerting the police to
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      Lock icon CPF interest rate to remain at 2.5%
      159 19 SINGAPORE The interest rate for Ordinary Account (OA) savings in the Central Provident Fund (CPF) will remain at 2.5 per cent from April 1 to June 30, the CPF Board said yesterday. This is because the computed CPF interest rate derived from the
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  • education
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      Lock icon Gifted or just well-prepared?
      852 20 Test prep firms are giving gifted schools a tougher time in their assessment of students PREPARATORY CLASSES THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —When the New York City Education Department announced that it was changing part of its admission exam for its gifted and talented programmes
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      195 20 T SINGAPORE LIPO, BODY FACE CENTRE r V A/W sUm/ v<k* Just ask us how Start the New Year looking great with VASER LipoSelection... This US FDA approved technique removes fat that does not go away with exercise diet. We focus on your stubborn areas such as arms, tummy and
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      21 20 Argentine Tango lessons available daily Group or Private Qi, f‘ m abrazosclub.eom EITIHIL abrazos@tangoeast.com pot° <3° $150 half-day seminar sms 9B37-35I2
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      305 21 QjJSIM UNIVERSITY Manage Your Future LET’S TALK BUSINESS ®UNISIM 23 Feb 2013,8.30am to 11.30am, SIM HQ Blk B, Level 2, Rm 2.37 Leverage the experience of these business leaders for the advancement of your company. The School of Business is proud to bring you; 7 Tips on Building the Right
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon British PM calls on India to ease business rules
      394 22 BILATERAL RELATIONS AP MUMBAI —British Prime Minister David Cameron called on India to further open up to foreign investment and loosen regulations that hamper businesses, saying yesterday that the countries’ “special relationship” could blossom into a powerful economic partnership. On his
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      Lock icon Kashmir tourism suffers amid tensions
      595 23 AGENCIES SRINAGAR (INDIA) Simmering tensions remain in parts of Kashmir following the relaxation of a week-long curfew over the weekend, with sporadic clashes in Srinagar and in the region’s south a situation that is already hitting tourism. The curfew was put in place after the
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      373 23 NGEE ANN ADELAIDE BSdelaiSe EDUCATION CENTRE gsi A PARTNERSHIP SINCE 1998 '"/ADELAIDE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN SINGAPORE NAA ARE EQUIVALENT TO DEGREES OFFERED IN ADELAIDE THE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH 5 NOBEL LAUREATES PRODUCED 106 RHODES SCHOLARS GROUP OF EIGHT W MEMBER AACSB Accreditation is a Hallmark of Excellence in Business Education
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      Lock icon BN readies itself for polls
      255 26 MALAYSIA POLITICS THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition has begun distributing laptops and mobile phones to operation centres across the country to monitor and mobilise voters ahead of elections that must be called by April. The Election Commission said the
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      Lock icon Stand-off due to Philippine peace deal, says former Sultan
      450 27 REUTERS lahad datu (sabah) A recent peace deal between the Philippines and Muslim rebels has alienated traditional rulers and their followers, and had led to the stand-off between 100 armed men and Malaysian police officers in a village in eastern Malaysia,
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s new security law ‘unconstitutional’
      181 27 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —Lawyers for one of the terror suspects detained this month under Malaysia’s new security law have filed a writ to challenge the arrest of their client, Muhammad Hilmi Hasim. “Our application is based on the fact that SOSMA (Security Offences Act
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      Lock icon A new voice for Indonesian women
      480 28 Social media now brings ‘severe consequences, social sanctions ’to those violating women’s rights and safety SOCIAL MEDIA AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS AP JAK ARTA A judge being interviewed for a Supreme Court job jokes that women might enjoy rape. A local official takes a 17-year-old
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      Lock icon Floods and landslides kill 17 in Indonesia
      68 28 AP Rescuers searching for the victims of a landslide in Manado, capital of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi, on Sunday. The authorities said yesterday seven more bodies were found in the mud, bringing the death toll from flooding and landslides in several
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      Lock icon UK doctors draw up plan to tackle obesity
      454 29 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Britain’s 220,000 doctors are demanding a 20 per cent increase in the cost of sugary drinks, fewer fast-food outlets near schools and a ban on unhealthy food in hospitals to prevent the country’s spiralling obesity crisis from becoming unresolvable.
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      Lock icon Pakistani Shias demand protection from militants
      184 29 REUTERS Q U E T TA Pakistani Shias furious over a sectarian bombing that killed 89 people protested for a second day yesterday, demanding that security forces protect them from hardline Sunni groups. Some 4,000 protesters have refused to bury victims of the attack
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      6 26 SPORTS 38 PATRICK MAKES NASCAR HISTORY
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
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        OCBC
        68 30 NEUTRAL (S$9.97) CIMB keeps rating but cuts its target price to S$10.17 from S$10.70 after trimming EPS estimates for lower margins. The house says OCBC’s 4Q12 net profit may have topped expectations, but net interest income was poor amid a “lousy environment”. It notes: “As a good part of
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        ST ENGINEERING
        69 30 HOLD (S$4.04) OCBC maintains rating but raises its fair value estimate to S$4.12 from S$3.90, saying ST Engineering’s FY12 results were in line with its expectations and well as those of the Street. For FY12, ST Engineering’s revenue rose 6 per cent to S$6.4 billion, profit before tax
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        DISCLAIMER
        27 30 Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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      Lock icon S’pore may scrap US$ Sibor: Sources
      422 30 Move comes as authorities worldwide probe allegations of rigged benchmark rates INTEREST RATES AGENCIES SINGAPORE —The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and banks here are considering scrapping the United States dollar-linked Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (Sibor), according to sources with knowledge of the regulator’s
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      Lock icon Draghi keeps his eye on euro, dismisses currency war
      387 30 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS BRUS S EL S European Central Bank President Mario Draghi sought to take the heat out of a debate about currency wars yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) but said the ECB would still assess the economic impact of
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      70 30 WITH SIX DAYS OF GREAT VALUE YOU’LL BE IN VEN TUES WED SAT PORK RIBS $2nTHUR DAY SUN SCHNITZEL 15 FAJITAS s 18 MON SUN STEAK *20CALL 6532 2131 FOR RESERVATIONS DaLLaS RESTAURANT 6 BAR t DALLAS RESTAURANT BAR 31 BOAT QUAY, SINGAPORE TEL: +65 6532 2131 ENQUIRIES@DALLAS.SG WWW.DALLAS.SG This
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      66 31 BUSINESS 96.35 -53.47 84.02 -187.32 As the world’s economic power shifts to Asia, Business Central brings you all you need to know about business and markets in the region. With live updates, expert interviews and top-notch analysis of the day’s business news, this is your one-stop guide to doing business
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      630 32  -  Lucky 8programme lets interns get a taste of working in the advertising industry ADVERTISING KHOO BEE KHIM Deputy Special Projects Editor khoobeekhim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Forget Mad Men. Here’s how real advertising agencies recruit young creative talent: Organise a three-month internship. The agency gets its pick of the
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      70 32 m\ A Year! Happy Lunar New Give Blood. Save Lives. Make this Lunar New Year especially meaningful with a blood donation. To donate, visit Bloodbank@HSA, Woodlands or Dhoby Ghaut. Please visit www.donorweb.org or call *****183 for the opening hours. All donation centres are open on Lunar New Year Eve, 9th
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      19 32 To register, visit MEclub.com.sg today. Download the MEclub App at Google Play and iPhone Store: Like us on www.facebook.com/MEclub.com.sg
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      84 33 IF YOU START SEEING STARS AFTER A SIP OF CHAMPAGNE, YOU ARE PERFECTLY NORMAL. •y. evss ?<■ .-•r Savour fine culinary masterpieces by celebrated chefs Masayasu Yonemura, Laurent Peugeot and Justin Hor. Revel in the company of MediaCorp celebrities. Enjoy the breathtaking baytront view. Attend star-studded previews and galas by
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      628 34  -  From today, Android users will be able to navigate their way around malls using Google’s Indoor Maps LOCATION SERVICES PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Last year, I wrote about the call for collaboration by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) on the development of an indoor loca-tion-aware
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      412 34 Be Part of Us to INSPIRE YOUNG LIVES WALK"-IN-INTERVIEW Date: 23 Feb 2013 Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm Venue: NTUC Trade Union House NTUC Learning Hub, Level 6 Room 6G 6H 73 Bras Basah Road S( *****6) (Nearest MRT: Bras Basah Circle Line, Exit A) We are looking for individuals who
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      308 35 BabyCare Festival 2013 22 24 February 2013, Hall 6, Singapore Expo, Friday Saturday, 11am to 9pm, Sunday, 11am to 8pm FREE ADMISSION SfEVOOAT .abyCare Festival 2013 i Get more details in Mother Baby Feb issue, Facebook and xinmsn.com/ motherandbaby looks FESTIVAL PROGRAMME NTERTAINMENT THAT’S NOT MY MUM! Join Rainbow Bear
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      610 36  -  A point apart, LionsXII’s Sundram wary of Fandi’s Johor MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg JOHOR BA RU —These are exciting times for Johorean football, and it is not lost on the LionsXII that tonight’s Malaysian Super League (MSL) clash against Johor Darul Takzim at
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      374 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PRETORIA —Oscar Pistorius will reportedly be tested for steroids after the banned drug was found at the home where he is accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, on Valentine’s Day. Police asked for blood taken from
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      388 37 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS LONDON —Nani reminded manager Alex Ferguson of his qualities by inspiring Manchester United to a laboured 2-1 home win over Reading in the FA Cup fifth round yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Nani was sent on just before halftime in
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      371 37 AP LONDON Angered by criticism of Arsenal and claims about his future, Arsene Wenger’s irritation boiled over publicly ahead of today’s Champions League showdown with Bayern Munich. Arsenal’s last chance to end a trophy drought stretching back to 2005 is in Europe after
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      430 38 NASCAR AGENCIES FLORIDA —If there was any question whether Danica Patrick (picture) could make an impact in NASCAR’s premier Sprint Cup Series, the answer came on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) with a performance that put her in the record books. Patrick became the first woman
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      129 38 NBA East All-Stars 138 West All-Stars 143 EPL Liverpool 5 Swansea 0 English FA Cup Chelsea 4 Brentford 0, Man City 4 Leeds 0, Huddersfield 1 Wigan 4 Northern Trust Open (US unless stated) 273 John Merrick 68 66 70 69, Charlie Beljan 67 71 68 67 (Merrick wins
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      42 36 The match will be shown live on StarHub TV Ch 201 at 8.30pm today. REPORT SOMPO JAPAN’S BOOST FOR S’PORE DISABILITY SPORTS COUNCIL Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/sompo19feb for the report.
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      123 38 v* SINGAPORE outh Olympic Festival 2013 7 9 16 to 23 MARCH INDULGE IN EXCELLENCE FRIENDSHIP RESPECT To register, log on to www.syof.sg SIGN UP NOW TO COMPETE AGAINST THE BEST YOUNG ATHLETES in celebration of the Youth Olympic Games 2010 held in Singapore, we are proud to present the
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      81 38 For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg IW IfcifeiBF-i Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 yrs and above) LW Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 yrs and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 yrs and above) Ip Y(i) Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. Singapore Pools Account Service. Call
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        1079 40  -  DESMOND TAN AND JULIE TAN DISSECT THE IDOL DRAMA GENRE BY SPOOFING IT MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg Pretty youngsters pull shots at a coffee bar as romance brews. There’s young love, cool music, cool clothes It could have been straight out of a TV drama produced by a pickled-cabbage-loving
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        493 42 Duchess of Cambridge can help environment by doing so, suggests fashion doyenne Vivienne Westwood LONDON FASHION WEEK 2013 REUTERS LONDON —Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton should re-wear her outfits to help the environment, British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood said on Sunday. The designer advised Middleton, the
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        536 43 REUTERS LOS ANGELES —Hollywood stars wanting to look their best for Tinseltown’s biggest night of the year are being offered beauty treatments ranging from the lavish to plain loony such as US$250,000 (S$310,000) black diamond nail varnish and bird excrement facials. The Academy Awards on
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      437 41 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: On the Shelf An e-book review from ilovebooks.com ilovebooks.com THIS WEEK’S TITLE: “Either taxi driving is the most privileged job in Singapore, or it is the last resort to be reserved for Singaporeans when all other jobs shut them out”, writes Dr Cai Mingjie aka “Singapore’s
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      879 42 nex nex SERANGOON CENTRAL LEVEL 4 JCUBE 2 JURONG EAST CENTRAL 1 LEVEL 4 LIDO SHAW HOUSE LEVEL 5 BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (PG13)(CS) 10:15am, 11:00, 1:40 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 UPSIDE DOWN(CS) 11:00am, 3:00pm, 7:00 HITCHCOCK (PG13) (CS) 10:30am, 12:40, 2:50 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 LES MISERABLES (PG13) (CS) 11:00am, 2:10, 5:20, 8:30
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      143 43 An Original Toggle Production OVE... AND OTHER AD HABITS ZoeTay Chen Han Wei Kym Ng Ian Fang Kimberly Chia George Young Carmen Soo Irene Ang OPENS IN CINEMAS 14 Feb AN ORIGINAL TOGGLE EVE PRODUCTION "LOVE... AND OTHER BAD HABITS" starring ZOETAY CHEN HAN WEI KYM NG IAN FANG KIMBERLYCHIA
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      29 43 HOW TO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 .DIFFICULTY LEVEL: YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION COPYRIGHT UCLICK
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      1182 45 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM The Price Is Right (USA) 7.00 AM Live! 9.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show X (HD5) 10.00 The Dr Oz Show II 11.00 Seriously Funny Kids 11.30 Great Ideas From JML 12.30PM Anything Goes: A Stiff Problem (Ep 1) 1.00 Blackout (PG-Violence) 2.00 Breaking the Magician’s
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      283 46 w/ Singapore 20 YUN NAM H A I R C A R E ARRANGE WIN $150,000 r worth of Hair Care Packages Samsung NoteII! r i t 2:^5 Nov i 7Vf m Dallas WCP o r2Pas m. idr rm "Every time I wash my hair, clumps of hair would choke
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