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92/ 7+(1$1<$1* 12 18 09 CHRONICLE ,66112 CATCH ME IF YOU CAN 'HVSLWHWKHIXQDQGJDPHV6XUI16ZHDW HQFRXQWHUHGDIHZSUREOHPV SPORTS | 32 DOWN TO CULINARY EARTH ARTS 3URI.HUU\6LHK 'LVFRYHUWKH DSSRLQWHGÀUVW&KDLULQ UHVWDXUDQWWKDWGRXEOHV 1DWXUDO+D]DUGVLQ$VLD DVDQDUWVWXGLR NEWS | 4 LIFESTYLE | 7 7+(1$1<$1* 92/ 12 18 02 NEWS CHRONICLE 09 News Bites Photography and NTU Dance Beat. Currently, only about 10 per cent Khaw Boon Wan, Dr Khoo brought Joseph Kony. The purpose of the NTU of maids here have a day off each the first dialysis machines to Sin- film was to help keep Kony’s ar- EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER week, and the Ministry of Man- gapore in the 1960s. He chaired the rest a priority in US foreign policy. GIVES SPEECH AT NTU power said it hopes the regulation NKF until 1995, when illness forced Kony has been indicted as the top NEW PROGRAMME TO PRODUCE will promote Singapore’s image as him to retire. war criminal in the International CHINA-SAVVY LEADERS The European Commissioner for a quality destination for maids. Criminal Court for crimes such as Research, Innovation and Science JUICY APPLE DEALS REMOVED child abduction and rape, but has The Future China Advanced Lead- encouraged greater European Un- NEW TERMINAL 4 TO REPLACE FROM IT SHOWS never been brought to justice. ers Programme, a new collabora- ion (EU)-Singapore collaboration in BUDGET TERMINAL IN 2013 tion between Nanyang Business her speech on March 3rd. Here on Vendors have been advised to sell HUNT FOR ESCAPED PENGUIN School and Business China, aims to her first official visit, Mdm Máire A new and improved Terminal Apple products only at approved CONTINUES IN TOKYO nurture China-savvy senior execu- Geoghegan-Quinn, stated that NTU 4 will replace Changi Airport’s stores, not major consumer elec- tives. Business China is a platform is “one of the most active Singapo- Budget Terminal, which will be de- tronics events such as the PC show A Humboldt penguin escaped its launched in 2007 to encourage bi- rean participants in our European molished on September 25th. The in June or Comex in September. Tokyo Sea Life Park aquarium, leav- linguism and bi-culturalism. The research programmes”. Examples of Changi Airport Group said the new Distributors say a reason for the ing behind 134 of its companions. new programme is targeted at lead- joint research centres include the terminal can accommodate up to change is that Apple believes in- Park keepers suspect the penguin ers and managers of organizations Centre for ElectroMobility with the nine million more passengers per volvement with such shows dilutes scaled a rock about twice its own based in Singapore but will have Technical University of Munich and year. Airlines currently operating its image. The only vendors not height and went under the park operations in China. Apart from the Lee Kong Chian School of Med- in the Budget Terminal, such as Ti- affected are the telcos, which can fencing into the city. Staff from the covering know-how on business icine with Imperial College London. ger Airways, will shift their opera- continue to sell Apple iPhones and Park have been combing riverbanks in China, the three week-long pro- tions to Terminal 2 from September iPads with subscription plans. in search of it since March 4th. gramme will provide participants HEALTH-TEE CAMPAIGN IN NTU 25th. Terminal 4 is expected to be with first-hand experiences in Chi- ready by 2013. PRINCE HARRY ‘DEFEATS’ nese tea drinking, calligraphy and WORLD A health campaign, ‘Health-Tee USAIN BOLT IN FOOT RACE cuisine. There will also be a week- NIGHT SAFARI’S GIRAFFE CALF long field visit to China. Me!’, by Youth Advolution for Health (YAH) came to NTU on MAKES ONLINE DEBUT The world’s fastest man took on SYRIAN ARMY DENIES AID Queen Elizabeth’s 27-year-old NEW CAFFE EXPRESS OPENS March 5th. YAH is a youth-led health advocacy programme un- The Night Safari, which welcomed grandson, only to be stricken by Syrian military forces carried out Renovations have been completed der the Health Promotion Board. giraffe calf Nalo three months ago, laughter after the prince made a artillery bombings on the western at Caffe Express, a café located NTU students had their photos has set up a blog to enable Sin- false start. Both sprinter and prince suburb of Homs in early March. beside the Nanyang Auditorium. taken with youths advocates, who gaporeans to follow the baby gi- struck a pose for cameras after the This was the latest offensive in the Students can now enjoy their meal were wearing shirts featuring large raffe’s growing-up moments. Nalo mock race in Jamaica, one of the government’s crusade against the in an air-conditioned dining area cartoon carrots, as part of a photo means “lovable” in Swahili. It is lighthearted highlights of Prince year-long civilian uprisings aimed with black and white furniture that competition. NTU is the fourth edu- the first giraffe to be born at the Harry’s visit to the country. As part at toppling President Bashir al-As- gives a modern and simplistic feel. cation institute to be visited since Night Safari in three years, and is of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubi- saad’s regime. At least 1,700 people Refurbishment of the café was part the campaign started a month ago. also the tallest baby, standing at lee celebrating 60 years of her reign, of the efforts by the school to up- 1.88m and weighing 75kg at birth. have been killed in the town known British royalty and dignitaries will grade facilities and infrastructure The blog is the first for an animal as the “Capital of the Revolution”. be on such visits over the year. in NTU. SINGAPORE in the Night Safari’s care and pro- Repeated attempts to send humani- vides glimpses into the calf’s life, tarian aid to the stricken town have THOUSANDS EVACUATED AS NTU OPEN HOUSE such as its attempts at walking. been blocked by the military, ac- FLOODS HIT SOUTHEASTERN cording to the Red Cross. MAIDS TO GET MANDATORY AUSTRALIA This year’s open house, L.I.F.E @ REST DAYS EACH WEEK NKF FOUNDER DIES AGED 91 NTU, which took place on March ‘KONY 2012’ MEDIA CAMPAIGN Heavy, continuous rains have 10th featured a new contest LIFE From January 1st next year, a new National Kidney Foundation found- GOES VIRAL caused river swelling and flooding Collection @ NTU. The competi- regulation will require employ- er Dr Khoo Oon Teik died on March in certain parts of New South Wales tion is a platform to showcase NTU ers to give their foreign domestic 5th in hospital after a long illness. A half-hour film made by US- and Victoria. The ‘unprecendented’ students dressed in stylish yet cas- workers a day off weekly, or com- He was 91. Dr Khoo’s abiding inter- based charity Invisible Children amount of rain was anticipated ual clothing suitable for campus. A pensation in lieu. The new law will est was chronic renal failure, after went wildly viral in the first week and evacuation orders were given catwalk took place at the Quad in not apply to existing maids un- his brother, the late Reverend Khoo of March, garnering several million in timely fashion to thousands of the afternoon, where contestants til their permits are renewed after Oon Eng, succumbed to the disease views in the span of a few days. residents. The rains are expected strut their style while students got that date. Employers who break in the 1950s. Described as the “fa- The video calls for the internation- to continue, but herald a ‘bumper to vote their most stylish student. the rules can be fined $5,000, or ther of dialysis treatment in Sin- al community to help raise aware- year’ for crops, according to an Other competitions included U- slapped with a six-month jail term. gapore” by former Health Minister ness about Ugandan war criminal Australian commodity forecaster. 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This was the secret in- tion, have lived by since the club’s Launched in 2005, the annual gredient behind the NTU-Students founding in NTU three years ago. Nanyang Awards are given to in Free Enterprise (SIFE)’s achieve- recognise the outstanding achieve- ment at the Nanyang Awards. ments of faculty, staff and students. The team initiated Gourmet “We are just doing In his opening speech, NTU Guru, a project to enable low-in- something that President Professor Bertil Anders- come housewives to earn a sustain- son thanked all 22 individuals and able income by recruiting them as has potential... two teams who received the Award cooking instructors.