2013年8月29日星期四

Arsenal vs Tottenham







Arsenal vs Tottenham
1 Sept, Sunday
10:30pm
SCTV Indonesia

2013年8月27日星期二

MediaCorp Subaru Challenge returns for its 12th year

MediaCorp Subaru Challenge returns for its 12th year

Asia's most demanding and largest endurance contest, the MediaCorp Subaru Challenge - The Asian Face-Off, is back for its 12th year. The event is a joint initiative between Motor Image Enterprises and MediaCorp.



Participants at the MediaCorp Subaru Challenge 2012.

Asia's most demanding and largest endurance contest, the MediaCorp Subaru Challenge - The Asian Face-Off, is back for its 12th year.

The event is a joint initiative between Motor Image Enterprises and MediaCorp.

It starts on 26 October at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza.

The competition brings together a total of 400 contestants.

More than 300 will be Singaporeans. The rest come from Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

All contestants will try to outlast one another by placing their right palms firmly within the surface area of palm-shaped decals stuck on the surfaces of several cars.

Contestants will be given a five-minute break once every six hours throughout the competition.

The top prize is the Subaru Forester 2.0i Premium worth S$85,000 without COE.

"The MediaCorp Subaru Challenge has continually evolved over the years,” said Glenn Tan, executive director at Tan Chong International Limited.

"This is one of the reasons it's kept its place among the annual highlights in Singapore's event calendar. As we mark the 12th year in 2013, the challenge has become tougher, more interesting and even more fun, so look out for new twists and bigger rewards."

In addition to being eligible for the grand prize, regional contestants will also compete for additional titles and cash prizes.

The title of Country Winner and a cash prize of S$1,000 will be awarded to the final standing representative of each participating market.

The last standing regional contestant will win the Asian Winner title and walk away with an additional S$5,000 cash. The country or region whose participants have the longest combined standing time will be awarded the Country Team Winner title along with a cash prize of S$10,000, to be equally divided among the team.

To mark the 12th year of the challenge, attractive prizes will also be given away once every 12 hours during the competition.

"On the social media front, new avenues to stay connected with contest updates will be introduced on Twitter and through the official Facebook page. As with every year, we look forward to see if another record time will be established by the ultimate challenge winner," said Erina Cook, senior programme director at MediaCorp’s Gold 90.5FM.

Those who want to take part in the challenge can call in to MediaCorp's radio stations - Gold 90.5FM, Class 95FM or 987FM from 9 September to 11 October to enter the first qualifying round.

This year, five lucky hopefuls can also qualify directly for the challenge through participation in activities organised by Motor Image via its "I LOVE SUBARU" Facebook fan page.

Another five direct entries can be won through activities organised by LostPaws, a free online community service that allows the public to put up pets or abandoned animals for adoption and help reunite lost pets with their owners via their community watch.

Last year's winner was Tholmas Gan Yu Shen, a 42-year-old Singaporean who checked in 78 hours and 30 minutes of standing time.

The current record stands at 81 hours and 32 minutes, held by the 2008 winner, Singaporean George Lee.

~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~

2013年8月21日星期三

Handy way soon to borrow library books

Handy way soon to borrow library books

There will soon be a more convenient way to borrow library books.

With a new application for smartphones and tablets, users will just have to download it to scan the barcodes on library books.

They can then borrow the books and bring them home directly, bypassing the need for identity card or library card and self-service machines.

The application will be ready next year.

The National Library Board showcased the application at the World Library and Information Congress which is taking place from 17-23 August.

Jasna Dhansukhlal, National Library Board's assistant director (library services and management), said: "It's really for people who are on the go, to make it very convenient and accessible to all of them.

"They can check out books, they can renew their loans, they can check whether the book is available at other libraries, they can even look for similar titles.

"This will make it very convenient for people who are not able to come down to the library and would like to use the services that we have in our public libraries."

~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~

2013年8月15日星期四

两菜一肉卖$2 一天卖500盘

两菜一肉卖$2 一天卖500盘



摊位每天推出20多样菜色,让食客选择。(摄影/刘启成)

好心菜饭伯,红山咖啡店经营摊位,见区内老人多,两菜一肉只卖2元,一天可售出超过500盘。

60岁的苏建发从事餐饮业长达30年,育有两女一男的他,本来打算退休在家享清福,却在朋友的力邀下“重出江湖”,在对方位于惹兰红山第1座组屋楼下的咖啡店卖杂菜饭。

他发现,住在附近的居民大多为贫困老人,经济能力有限,为了照顾这些和他一样年过半百的老人家,决定把一盘两菜一肉的杂菜饭定价2元。

“虽然价格便宜,但我并没有偷工减料,所使用的白米都是上等的泰国香米。”

居民和打工族赞:好吃又超值。

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2013年8月14日星期三

StarHub extends deadline for BPL cross-carriage orders

StarHub extends deadline for BPL cross-carriage orders

StarHub on Tuesday extended the deadline for Barclays Premier League (BPL) cross-carriage orders, saying that it is ready to deploy more resources to help subscribers who sign up for BPL matches have their channels activated in time for the new season.

It added that it must receive cross-carriage provisioning orders from SingTel by 15 August 7pm in order to do so.

The new league season begins Saturday with Liverpool playing Stoke City at 7.45pm Singapore time.

StarHub said it is doing this despite the cross-carriage regime which allows it five working days to process all orders.

It received the first batch of valid orders from SingTel on Monday.

Customers who wish to take up the BPL package with StarHub will need to first sign up with SingTel.

SingTel said in a separate statement that customers must sign up by 4pm Thursday to catch first match.

~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~

2013年8月3日星期六

StarHub's prices of packages to be paired with BPL content

StarHub announces prices of packages to be paired with BPL content



StarHub has announced the pricing of its packages to be paired with Barclays Premier League (BPL) matches cross-carried on its platforms.

It said those who sign up or re-contract for one of its two Surf & Watch bundles and register for BPL content to be cross-carried on its platforms will get a S$300 rebate off their bill.

The first bundle comes with 100Mbps fibre/cable home broadband and is priced at S$62.37 per month.

The other, which comes with 25Mbps cable home broadband, costs S$47.37 per month.

The rebate of S$300 applies to both bundles.

Those who want to sign up for the deals will first have to register with SingTel for BPL content to be cross-carried on StarHub platforms, and pay SingTel S$59.90 per month.

This is in addition to the bundle prices.

~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~