Today, 25 February 2013, Afternoon Edition

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    16 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bd/aCorp MONDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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      155 1 BE IT WP’S BLUEPAPER OR PAP’S WHITEPAPER, TREATING THE PUBLIC AS CHILDREN IS NOT HELPFUL TO ADEBATE ON POLICY IDEASCOMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 HOT NEWS• 6 AS FIDEL WATCHES, RAUL CASTRO SAYS HE’LL RETIRE IN 5 YEARS SPORTS• 43 SWEET VICTORY FOR SWANSEA IN LEAGUE CUP Every great shot begins as a
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    ASME raises concerns over WP’s policy paper
    223 1  -  WP’s proposal ‘another blow’ to small businesses here, could lead to ‘fewer jobs forPMEs’ POPULATION PAPER NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The body representing small- and medium-sized firms yesterday voiced concerns over proposals made in the Workers’ Party (WP) population paper, calling the
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    Bringing new life to Woodlands
    138 1  -  WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One precinct will be a lush, green waterfront leisure hub, while the other will be a pedestrianfriendly zone of retail shops. These preliminary plans for Singapore’s third regional centre in Woodlands were unveiled yesterday, as the Government looks to make
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    364 2  - what’s been said.” additional reporting BY WONG WEI HAN AND ALVINASOH WONG WEI HAN AND ALVINA SOH reduction policy changes, the WP has chosen not to address “this very real problem and lumped foreign labour and foreign talent into one big basket”. “The void in the workforce cannot be filled
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  • hot news
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      Govt to make S’pore a model for others
      504 2  -  Careful planning required so that green spaces are not sacrificed: Vivian Balakrishnan SUSTAINABLE LIVING NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government is committed to ensuring that Singaporeans will continue to have a high quality of life, amid concerns over rising population density
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      Lock icon Chinese New Year Garden Party at the Istana
      180 2 S ING A POR E Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Cabinet Ministers hosted some 4,000 grassroots leaders to a Chinese New Year Garden Party yesterday evening on the Istana lawn. Also present was former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, making his
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      A Budget for business?
      848 4  -  BUDGET 2013 COMMENTARY BY CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Conrad Raj is Editor-at-Large at TODAY. Coming in the wake of the White Paper on Population, this year’s Budget will be closely watched to see how it addresses the issues raised by the paper, which said that Singapore could
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      Lock icon Cuban leader Raul Castro to retire in 2018
      508 6 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS HAVANA As his brother Fidel looked on from the sidelines, Cuban leader Raul Castro yesterday announced that he would step down from power after his second term as President ends in 2018, and the new Parliament named a 52-year-old
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      Lock icon Chinese passports used as political cudgel
      1233 8 Government imposes travel restrictions to ‘punish’ dissidents and minorities HUMAN RIGHTS THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —Flush with cash and eager to see the world, millions of middle-class Chinese spent the 10-day Chinese New Year holiday that ended last Monday in places such as
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      106 3 HUNTED! A F&B RECRUITMENT PARTY WE’RE IN THE HUNT FOR: SERVERS, CAPTAINS, RESTAURANT MANAGERS, RESTAURANT SUPERVISORS, COOKS, COMMIS CHEFS, DEMI CHEFS, CHEF DE PARTIE, SOUS CHEFS, AREA CHEFS, BAKERS, PASTRY CHEFS, KITCHEN HELPERS, BARISTAS, BARTENDERS 4 w r THURSDAY 28 FEBRUARY HOUSE 8D DEMPSEY ROAD 7PM-3AM. FREEFLOW FOOD S DRINKS
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    450 4 maintained public housing will always be affordable I am confident because we are the ones who set the price for new HDB flats,” said Mr Khaw. “BTO prices will be linked in relation to the median income of the targeted population, so we can always make sure that new BTO
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      144 5 Enjoy 5% off Tsai Chin “Wonderful Ocean Night” *53 si a a Ui 1 May 2013. Wed. 8pm. Singapore Indoor Stadium $168*, $148*, $128*, $98*, $88* (*excludes SISTIC fee) SISTIC Hotline: 6348 5555 or www.unusual.com.sg Taiwanese diva, Tsai Chin, is back with a spectacular one-night-only performance. Be entertained by an
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      63 6 AN EYE FOR DETAIL SHINAGAWA LASIK Eye Centre Come join us: Mar 1 (Fri) 8 (Fri) 7.00pm Mar 14 (Thu) 7.30pm Shinagawa LASIK Eye Centre #05-01 Wheelock Place Venue Limited Seats! RSVP at 6738 8222 today! Learn more about LASIK, at our public forum Sometimes only the smallest of details
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      30 7 All-styles urban dance competition The region’s best will battle it out in Group Choreography Breakdance Free Style Qualifying rounds: 1pm 6.30pm Finals: 6.30pm 9pm Hosted by The Muttons of 987FM
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      229 8 Advertisement “Millionaire Trader Reveals Her Money-Making Secrets On TV...” How You Can Make Consistent Profits In Up Or Down Markets... Just 30 Minutes A Day! MIRRIAM MacWilliams, ex-Director of Education of the largest US Investors Club, is a self-made millionaire stock trader. In 2 years, she turned US$ 10k to
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      203 9 daily focus china&india world hot news commentary voices MORE STORIES What makes a Singaporean core? Several MPs give their take on the concept on the first day of debate in Parliament *****00 BY NEO CHAI CHIN .BRUARY SINGAPORE A common responsibility felt for one another. Stakeholders and protectors of the
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon White and blue: A tale of two papers
      1596 10  -  THE POPULATION DEBATE DEVADAS KRISHNADAS Devadas Krishnadas, a social and political commentator, is the director of a foresight consultancy. A longer version of this commentary can be found at IPSCommons’ Facebook page. The Workers’ Party (WP) has released its own paper on
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      The false divide
      745 12  -  LOCALS AND FOREIGNERS PARAG KHANNA, NICHOLAS FANG Dr Parag Khanna is a senior fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) and Director of the Hybrid Reality Institute. Nicholas Fang is Executive Director at the SIIA. The projections in the Government’s White Paper have raised concerns
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      Lock icon South Korea’s middle class needs miracle No 2
      1073 14  -  IN NEED OF ECONOMIC REFORM WONSIK CHOI, RICHARD DOBBS Wonsik Choi is Managing Director of McKinsey, South Korea. Richard Dobbs is Director of the McKinsey Global Institute. PROJECT SYNDICATE South Korea’s incoming President Park Geun Hye takes over a country that has
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      28 10 More than half of South Korea’s middle-income households spend more each month than they earn. The signs of social distress are multiplying. WONSIK CHOI AND RICHARD DOBBS 14
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      219 12 FREE WORKSHOP DON’T TRADE until you know this! AVOID THE MOST COSTLY MISTAKES THAT TRADERS MAKE AND DISCOVER WHAT YOU MUST KNOW IN ORDER TO WIN IN THE BUSINESS OF ONLINE TRADING. Get ready to join Singapore’s most trusted and active community of online traders by attending this FREE educational
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      149 14 What will your financial turning point be? Millionaire MIND INTENSIVE TtjCtdSL Discover the Secret Psychology of Wealth at this 3-Day Intensive Course 15th-17th March 2013 FURAMA CITY CENTRE There’s a secret psychology to money. Most people don’t know about it, that’s why most people never become financially successful. A lack
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      11 14 WORLD NUCLEAR CRISIS TO TEST SOUTH KOREAN LEADER’S PYONGYANG POLICY 34
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      112 15 f 1 family an NTUC initiative ct cftdte lAUjj'lt jbr cxrccjdUsr Ignite your love life at this annual couples-only event with stand-up comedy, live band performance, a romantic comedy movie and more! Events Highlights r Chua En Enjoy Stand-up Comedy by i known for his role as Pornsak Sukhumvit in
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  • voices
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      Flexi-work is not just for women
      338 16  -  FROM FOO MEE HAR Member of Parliament (West Coast GRC), People’s Action Party Women’s Wing Treasurer I refer to the report “Women’s group calls on Govt to create pro-family workplace” (Feb 21), which highlighted some responses to the position paper the People’s Action Party
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      Why working from home trumps ‘showing face’ in the office
      355 16  -  FROM VIVIAN TEO The Government has called on companies to embrace flexible working arrangements like working from home. I believe this will only work if companies and managers change their attitudes to working from home. There is still very much
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      More economical for now, but what about the long term?
      339 18  -  FROM RICHMOND LEE I refer to Tuas Power’s new Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex, which uses low-sulphur coal to generate power. Oil and gas prices are subject to volatility, and burning coal for power could stabilise our utility bills for now. However
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      Differentiate between productivity of local and foreign manpower
      269 18  -  FROM NG YA KEN I was concerned about some of the comments in the report “Productivity push yet to see results” (Feb 23), because they were made based on productivity statistics derived by dividing gross domestic product by the total number of
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      Active While Single
      906 19  -  It’s OK to be single but It’s not OK to be passive. Written by Dazzling Chong (author of Singapore Dating Guide Book) with Focus on the Family Singapore. I had recently spent a whole public holiday in a horizontal position reading a book. Three books. Not of
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      102 16 FREE ADMISSION YOUR FUTURE BEGINS TODAY 1 3 MARCH 2013 SANDS EXPO AND CONVENTION CENTER, HALLS D, E AND F MARINA BAY SANDS, SINGAPORE Career Education 2013 has established itself as the Longest Running Most Establish Education, Recruitment and Training Exhibition in Singapore and the Region. Visitors can explore education,
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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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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Riders on a safety mission
      91 20 Over 1,500 cyclists gathered at the Longhouse hawker centre at Upper Thomson Road yesterday morning for Safe Cycling Day 2013.Organised by Spectrum Worldwide and OCB C B a n k campaign aims to encourthis yea r’s campaign aims to encoura g e m u t
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      Help for NS smokers to give up habit
      538 20  -  HPB tender for smoking cessation workshops comes after successful pilot among full-time Police NS trainees HEALTH ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is seeking to develop and conduct smoking cessation workshops for uniformed recruits serving their National Service following
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      NTU medical school gets S$20m gift
      348 23 Funds from Toh Kian Chui Foundation to go towards professorship, student award, scholarships VARSITY FUNDING SINGAPORE The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has received a S$20-million gift from the Toh Kian Chui Foundation for the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), with the aim
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      Lock icon U Run scales new heights
      73 23 More than 7,000 runners took part yesterday in this year’s U Run, which took them past landmarks like Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by the Bay and Waterfront Promenade. Organised by the labour movement’s NTUC Club, the race included run-and-climb categories, which saw 3,000 participants finish
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      Lock icon Tray return campaign set to kick off nationwide
      329 25 SOCIAL GRACIOUSNESS CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The national rollout of the National Environment Agency’s (NEA) tray-return initiative has been slated to kick off in the second half of this year, even as Tanglin Halt Market became the ninth hawker centre here to roll
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      Lock icon Lifting awareness of fire hazards
      264 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Lift-door stickers with fire safety messages were unveiled yesterday at Tampines West as part of a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) campaign to generate greater public awareness of the dangers of discarding items at common areas. According to the SCDF, fires involving
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      83 22 VOSNE-ROMANEE, DAVE BRUBECK, BRITTANY LOBSTER AND PIERRE PNG. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF OUR REGULARS. Si 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 MediaCorp. Indulge
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      132 24 NOW YOU CAN AFFORD TO ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS ON TV Attend our free marketing seminar MediaCorp TVConnect 2013 to find out how you can afford to include mainstream television into your marketing mix. In just 45 minutes at one of our seminar sessions you will see our proven marketing strategy
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      194 25 I have what it takes i M m \sk j.L Sheinie Foster MDIS Student (2013) University of Sunderland Bachelor of Science (Hons) International Tourism Hospitality Management Awarded by the University of Sunderland, UK Programme commences May 2013 (Full-time/Part-time) In collaboration with Southern Cross University CRCOS Provider: NSW *****0, OLD *****6.
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  • youth
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      Lock icon Simply artistic
      706 26 LASALLE studen ts organise exhibition featuring autistic artists to shift public perception RAISING AWARENESS SINGAPORE Three undergraduates from the LASALLE College of the Arts are launching a visual arts exhibition aimed at raising awareness on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Titled Artism, the exhibition will showcase a wide spectrum
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon China’s new leaders plan govt overhaul
      557 28 Restructuring of ministries and state institutions, and nationwide food safety reform among changes in the works POLITBURO REFORMS BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI —The new leaders of China’s Communist Party will this week discuss plans to restructure ministries and state institutions, paving the way for the first
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      Lock icon War on excess: Soldiers told to save, recook uneaten food
      360 28 DOW JONES BEIJING China’s soldiers are arming themselves in the country’s war on extravagance with a new weapon: Leftovers. The General Logistics Department of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has mandated that all military personnel adopt “frugal diet habits”, according
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      Lock icon Indian PM visits bomb blast sites, ‘shares grief’
      574 31 Mr Singh promises to find jobs for those hurt and disabled in the explosions HYDERABAD BLASTS DOW JONES HYDER ABAD —India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday visited the sites of two blasts in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, as investigators widened
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  • world
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      Lock icon End of Islam under PR rule: Najib
      688 32 M’sian PM warns that voting for opposition will divide Muslim community, destroy their faith MALAYSIA POLITICS AGENCIES K UA L A L U M P U R Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is also the chairman of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN)
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      Lock icon DAP DENIES IT IS ANTI-ISLAM
      232 32 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER The Democratic Action Party (DAP) has denied oppressing Islam, saying yesterday that Prime Minister Najib Razak has no evidence to support his claim. On Saturday, Mr Najib had warned that voting for Parti Keadilan Rakyat and Parti Islam Se-Malaysia will divide the
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      Lock icon N-crisis to test S Korean leader’s Pyongyang policy
      559 34 BILATERAL RELATIONS AP SEOUL —As South Korea’s first woman President Park Geun Hye takes office today, her campaign vow to soften Seoul’s current hardline approach to rival North Korea will be tested by Pyongyang’s recent underground nuclear detonation. Pyongyang, Washington, Beijing and
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      Lock icon I’m following God’s wishes: Pope
      106 35 Thousands of people gathered at Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican yesterday to witness Pope Benedict XVI’s last Sunday address. The Pope said he was following God’s wishes but that he was not abandoning the Roman Catholic Church. The 85-year-old is stepping down on Thursday
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      Lock icon Abe’s US visit yields mixed results
      536 35 AGENCIES WA S H I N G TO N —Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe got through his first diplomacy test with a modest passing grade, claiming some progress on economic policy during his brief United States visit last week but falling a bit short
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      Lock icon Navy ship to try to fetch Filipinos in Malaysia
      189 36 AP MANILA —The Philippines is sending a navy ship to waters off eastern Malaysia to bring back some of about 180 Filipinos who were locked in a standoff with the Malaysian authorities after travelling to the area to claim the territory,
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      Lock icon Italians vote in crucial election for euro zone
      367 36 ITALY POLITICS REUTERS ROME —Italians voted yesterday in one of the most closely watched and unpredictable elections in years, with pent-up fury over a discredited elite adding to concern it may not produce a government strong enough to lead Italy out of
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        70 38 BUY (S$0.635) OCBC upgrades from Hold and raises fair value to S$0.69 from S$0.58. House says the supermarket operator’s FY12 results met expectations, with revenue rising 10.2 per cent y-o-y to S$637.3 million and core PATMI up 14.8 per cent at S$31.3 million. It is positive on Sheng
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        70 38 HOLD (S$1.555) OCBC keeps rating on valuation grounds despite raising its DCF-based fair value to S$1.52 from S$1.33. The casino-resort operator said FY12 revenue fell 9 per cent to S$2.95 billion and net profit plunged 34 per cent to S$677.7 million. It is slightly more upbeat about RWS
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        60 38 BUY (S$3.91) OCBC maintains rating with an unchanged fair value estimate of S$4.29 after Singapore’s largest listed developer reported Q4 PATMI of S$262.7 million, down 45 per cent y-o-y, largely because of the impact of lower fair value gains. House believes CapitaLand’s strategic realignment initiative is proceeding well, with
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        100 38 BUY(S$4.51) OCBC keeps rating with S$5.84 fair value estimate, after the rig builder reported a 38.1 per cent y-o-y rise in revenue to S$1.38 billion and a 27-per-cent fall in net profit to S$167.1 million in Q4 amid lower margins for new-design rigs. House says Sembcorp Marine is
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      201 38 BLOOMBERG S EOU L LG Electronics intends to boost smartphone shipments by 52 per cent this year after a shift away from basic devices ended a streak of two straight annual losses at its phone-making division. The company plans to sell 40 million
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      526 38 AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG S Y D N E Y The yen skidded to a 33-month low this morning on reports that an advocate of aggressive monetary easing could soon head the Bank of Japan (BoJ), while sterling was broadly lower following
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      1218 39  -  FOUR FEARS HOLDING US BACK COMMENTARY BY TOM KELLEY, DAVID KELLEY Tom Kelley is General Manager of IDEO and the author of The Ten Faces of Innovation. David Kelley is Founder and Chairman of IDEO and Founder of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford
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      396 42 AP MAN CITY CHELSEA 2 0 MANCHESTER Manchester City kept alive their slim hopes of retaining the English Premier League crown with a 2-0 win over Chelsea yesterday, thanks to second-half strikes from Yaya Toure and Carlos Tevez. Goalkeeper Joe Hart also
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      537 43 AFTERNOON LATEST AP LO N DO N Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup said winning the League Cup final yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) ranked among his proudest moments because they are such a small club compared to the European giants he
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      403 43  -  DEBORAH ONG SINGAPORE —When Toa Payoh resident Harpit Singh Sindu opened the door of his Toa Payoh apartment at around 6.30pm some time last year, he was greeted by a group of footballers with huge grins. Flashing a pamphlet promoting their
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      350 43 AP MIL AN —Four days after beating Barcelona, AC Milan's mood was tempered yesterday following a 1-1 draw with Inter Milan in a derby that was a tale of two sharply different halves. Milan dominated the first half and took the lead through Stephen
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      251 44 AP LONDON —Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew praised his French contingent after the relegationthreatened side moved six points clear of the drop zone with a 4-2 Premier League victory over Southampton yesterday. Newcastle signed five Frenchmen in the January transfer window
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      214 44 AFTERNOON LATEST AP PA RIS David Beckham celebrated his Paris Saint-Germain debut by helping to create the second goal as the French leaders beat bitter rival Marseille 2-0 yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The 37-year-old former England captain came off the bench in
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        1296 46  -  DESIGN BUFFS ARE SET TO REJOICE NEXT MONTH WITH THE DESIGN SOCIETY FESTIVAL AND SINGAPLURAL SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg The growing design scene in Singapore purposefully marches on with two big events kicking off next month. First up is the inaugural The Design Society Festival, which starts this
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        99 48  -  MAYO MARTIN SING A PORE Last week, Singapore Dance Theatre moved into its impressive new space at Bugis+; the Singapore Film Commission and Objectifs Centre For Photography And Film launched the SGFilmChannel on YouTube, Lasalle College Of The Arts launched the art journal Issue: Land; and
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        241 48 CASCADENCE: SINGAPORE REDUX iPreciation opens its new space with this show featuring Singapore artists Qwek Wee Chew, Goh Beng Kwan, Milenko Prvacki, Lee Wen, Suzann Victor, Michael Lee and Tay Bak Chiang. Feb 28 to March 31, iPreciation, HPL House, 50 Cuscaden Road, #01-01. Free admission. WE ARE
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        387 49  -  TODAY Movement Dance Championships contestants are ready to strut their stuff DANCE SEEN FARAH DALEY SINGAPORE —If anyone needs a mandate about the dance scene in Singapore, they should head down to the TODAY Movement Dance Championships (TDMC) on March 2 at Tab, where more than 300 contestants
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