Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Clementi Mall to officially open on May 21
Clementi Mall to officially open on May 21
By Cheryl Lim
CLEMENTI Mall, the first mixed-use development integrating housing board flats with a shopping mall, will officially open later in May.
Located at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue West and Clementi Avenue 3, the mall is owned and operated by CM Domain, a joint venture between NTUC Fairprice Co-operative, NTUC Insurance Co-operative and a unit of Singapore Press Holdings.
Two blocks of 388 flats form part of the development, a mix of three and four-room flats.
The project was designed and built by HDB with the commercial mall component later sold to CM Domain.
Giving an update on the mall's progress since its soft launch in January 2011, CM domain said the bus interchange on the first level would be opening sometime the middle of 2011.
Two brands- Samuel and Kevin, and Baskin Robbins- are also marking their re-entry into the Singapore market with an outlet in the mall. The mall's official opening will be on May 21.
- wong chee tat :)
Coffee Reduces Breast Cancer Risk, Study Suggests
Coffee Reduces Breast Cancer Risk, Study Suggests
ScienceDaily (May 10, 2011) — Recently published research shows that coffee drinkers enjoy not only the taste of their coffee but also a reduced risk of cancer with their cuppa. More detailed research published May 10 in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research shows that drinking coffee specifically reduces the risk of antiestrogen-resistant estrogen-receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer.
Researchers from Sweden compared lifestyle factors and coffee consumption between women with breast cancer and age-matched women without. They found that coffee drinkers had a lower incidence of breast cancer than women who rarely drank coffee. However they also found that several lifestyle factors affected breast cancer rates, such as age at menopause, exercise, weight, education, and a family history of breast cancer. Once they had adjusted their data to account for these other factors they found that the protective effect of coffee on breast cancer was only measurable for ER-negative breast cancer.
The group from Karolinska Institutet explained that, "There is often conflicting information about the beneficial effects of coffee -- when we compared our results to that of a German study we discovered that their data showed the same trend, but the relationship was much weaker. We suggest that this may have something to do with the way the coffee was prepared, or the type of bean preferred. It is unlikely that the protective effect is due to phytoestrogens present in coffee since there was no reduction in the incidence of ER-positive cancer in this study."
So while it is evident that coffee may have beneficial effects in protecting women from ER negative breast cancer the exact mechanism and compounds involved are not yet clear and not all types of coffee are the same.
- wong chee tat :)
SingTel to offer iPad 2 from May 14
SingTel to offer iPad 2 from May 14
Posted: 11 May 2011 1918 hrs
SINGAPORE : SingTel has said it will offer Apple's iPad 2 with Wi-Fi and 3G in Singapore from May 14.
The telco said the tablet will be offered to consumers with selected tariff plans on a two-year contract, as well as a range of attractive data plans without a contract.
iPad 2 is the second generation of Apple's revolutionary new device, featuring an entirely new design that is 33 per cent thinner and up to 15 per cent lighter than the original iPad.
It features Apple's new dual-core A5 processor for faster performance and includes two cameras - a front-facing VGA camera for FaceTime and Photo Booth, and a rear-facing camera that captures HD video.
SingTel said even though the tablet is thinner, lighter, faster and packed with new features, iPad 2 still delivers a battery life of up to 10 hours that users have come to expect.
- CNA/al
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