• Mediacorp Pte Ltd Fonds

    Fonds/Collection

  • Mediacorp TV Sub-fonds

    Sub-fonds

  • News and Current Affairs Series

    Series

  • 27/03/2005

    Record Date

  • 27/03/2005

    Broadcast/Release Date

  • 00:30:00

    Recorded Duration

  • English

    Recording Language

  • 2005000088

    Accession No.

  • Audiovisual

    Type

  • Digital Betacam

    Format

  • Access permitted

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  • Synopsis :

    1.  Singapore: Two Acting Ministers, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and Mr Raymond Lim, will be promoted to full Ministers come April 1st. Sound bites of Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and Raymond Lim, Acting Second Finance Minister. (00:02:49)

    2.  Singapore: Two thirds of schools here have done away with continual assessment tests in the first term but others think that it is necessary especially for students beyond Primary 1 and 2. Sound bites of students giving feedback; Agatha Ang, Head of Science and Formative Assessment, Montfort Junior School; Peter Tan, Principal of Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) and Lalita Devi Singh, Teacher at Montfort Junior School. (00:05:00)

    3.  Singapore: More schools will have formal Mandarin reading clubs after the Education Ministry helped train two hundred teachers to set up such clubs. Sound bites of Lim Tian Min, Mandarin Teacher and Chua Ting Ting, Head of Department for Mother Tongue at Pioneer Junior College, and Ng Yong Hao, reading club member. (00:08:04)

    4.  Singapore: Budget carrier Tiger Airways is offering fares of just under $10 one way to all ten cities it flies to. (00:10:14)

    5.  Thailand: Nearly twenty people have been hurt in bombings and a gun battle in southern Thailand. (00:10:59)

    6.  North Korea: North Korea has for the first time confirmed an outbreak of bird flu. (00:12:18)

    7.  Vatican City: Christians around the world are celebrating Easter today. (00:12:49)

    8.  Singapore: A man fractured both his legs after the trailer he was driving crashed into a petrol station. (00:17:25)

    9.  Singapore: Feature on a method of weight loss that involves tying up the stomach. Sound bites of Dr Haridas Ganesan Baladas, Consultant, Department of Surgery at Alexandra Hospital and patient Corrine Doong, who lost 42kg after Gastric Band Surgery. (00:18:00)

    10.  Japan: Nineteen-year-old Singapore singer, Olivia Ong, released her debut album in Japan to rave reviews. Sound bite of Olivia Ong. (00:20:42)

    11.  Singapore: Eight hundred aspiring TV presenters auditioned in Channel NewsAsia's talent quest "Audition Me!". (00:22:41)

    12.  Sports: Results of the World Cup Qualifiers. (00:26:58)

    13.  Sports: Feature on the first "Dreamcars Super Special Rally". (00:29:28)

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