The Straits Times, 4 January 2010

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 MONDAY, JANUARY 4 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Woman was in envoy’s car
      52 1 ROMANIAN diplomat Silviu Ionescu sent a Korean woman back to her home in Bukit Timah just 40 minutes before his embassy car was involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident. An eye-witness also saw the two quarrelling in the car outside Peace Centre that night. PRIME
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      Lock icon SAF man hit by van, bus
      45 1 A SINGAPOREAN soldier is in a coma in Taiwan after having been hit by both a van and a tour bus on New Year’s Eve while crossing the road. Police there have arrested both hit-and-run drivers. HOME PAGE B1
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      Lock icon Swansong for bird shops
      37 1 IT’S the last days for bird shops. From 81 shops five years ago, the number has dwindled to just 53 now as both shopowners and customers, are mostly the elderly. HOME PAGE B3
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      Lock icon ‘Allah’ debate rages on
      40 1 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday called for calm as a fiery debate continued to rage over the High Court’s ruling allowing a Christian publication to use “Allah” to denote God in Christianity. WORLD PAGE A9
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      Lock icon FA Cup: Leeds stun Man U
      42 1 THIRD-tier Leeds United produced a major FA Cup upset by knocking Manchester United, holders of a record 11 wins, out of this season’s competition with a 1-0 third-round win at Old Trafford yesterday. SPORT PAGE B10
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  • Article
    Lock icon More go for mediation in big money disputes
    672 1  -  It’s cheaper and more private than going to court for claims BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg LITIGATION is making way for mediation, going by the rising number of high-level disputes involving big money that have been brought before the Singapore
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    Lock icon HEAVY SNOW FREEZES FLIGHTS IN BEIJING
    47 1 A snow-sweeping vehicle clearing drifts of snow at Capital International Airport in Beijing yesterday. More than nine out of 10 flights were cancelled or delayed severely as a result of the heavy snowfall. SEE WORLD PAGE A8 PHOTO: XINHUA PHOTO: XINHUA
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    Lock icon PM to make ‘quiet’ school visits a regular affair
    656 1  -  BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Prime Minister rarely visits a school without the media in tow, but yesterday he revealed he had been doing just that over the past year. Not once, but four times. Mr Lee Hsien Loong also
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      186 1 MONDAY INTERVIEW She sees things differently LIFE! PAGE C4 SPACE SPECIAL REPORT Mixed views on mixed race China aims for the next frontier WORLD, PAGE A7 PRIME, PAGES A4-5 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 IRA INCQC 2010 The Straits Times is taking part
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        Lock icon Quick, go low-carbon while there's time
        65 2 WE SAY Countries should do what they can to adopt low-carbon growth strategies, as China is doing, to mitigate the effects of climate change. The absence of a clear outcome in the Copenhagen climate summit should not be an excuse to stall for time
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      • COLUMNS
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        Lock icon Mother tongue blues
        50 2 OUR READERS SAY It will be more appropriate and helpful to many pupils if the PSLE system is realigned with the entry requirements for junior colleges and universities, so that pupils with poor mother tongue grades will not be excessively penalised, says Francis Oen. FORUM PAGE A18
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        33 2 www.straitstimes.com Niki Bruce reviews a book about the enduring bonds of fighting men. Jessica Cheam test drives a 100 per cent electric car that could be on its way to Singapore.
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      Lock icon All is not well with the family in S’pore
      821 2  -  Rise in number of wayward teens show parents need to give them more than cash BY SERENE GOH sereneg@sph.com.sg FOR three days last week, The Straits Times ran articles on teen criminals. But for every story we write on arson, theft
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      Lock icon US, Britain shut embassies in Yemen on security fears
      691 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The two say they will back creation of Yemen force to fight terrorism SAN’A (Yemen): The United States and Britain closed their embassies in Yemen yesterday over security concerns about possible militant attacks after the failed
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; Source: NYT, BBC; ST GRAPHICS  -  691 words
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      Lock icon Blunders by security agencies
      200 3 Source: NYT, Times of London Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of a terror plot on a Detroit-bound plane, had left a trail of clues which no one pieced together. British security services knew three years ago that Abdulmutallab had “multiple communications” with Islamic extremists
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      72 6  -  BY AIDAH RAUF PHOTOJ OURN ALIST 6.39It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 6.39pm. A jogger
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      Lock icon Woman was in Audi before accident
      552 6  -  Romanian envoy says he’ll be back by end-Jan EMBASSY CAR CRASH BY TEH JOO LIN joolin@sph.com.sg THE Romanian diplomat linked to a hit-and-run case was spotted in a car with an Asian woman less than an hour before the accident on Dec 15. The
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      Lock icon Artificial artery ready for trials
      221 6 LONDON: An artificial artery which could potentially help thousands of patients with vascular disease is set to be tested in human trials early this year, reports the BBC. London’s Royal Free Hospital used nanotechnology to develop the small bypass graft from a polymer material which
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      Lock icon Complications of a complex racial identity
      1709 4  -  Eligibility for grants and housing, job prospects, affect people’s choices BY LESTER KOK TEXT: JEANETTE WANG and FENG ZENGKUN lesterk@sph.com.sg FAIZAL discovered he was really a Malay, and not an Indian, at a Hari Raya gathering five years ago. The 32-year-old’s identity card said
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      Lock icon Chinese or Indian? What about Chinese-Indian?
      425 5 SO IS the child of an Indian father and Chinese mother more Indian or more Chinese? Or a mix of both? Some parents feel that they should not have to decide on this at the child’s birth and offer this solution: hyphenated identities. Mrs
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      Lock icon 2010 A CHINESE SPACE ODYSSEY
      756 7  -  Aim is to have space station by 2020 and a man on the moon BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China’s ambitions to conquer space will take a big leap forward this year, as the country embarks on the most extensive space
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      91 7 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE World’s tallest building to open MOST COMMENTED ON US to discuss security with global airports Says Commandoleaderfirstclass: “Airport security has to be designed by elite military forces who are psychologically trained to think like terrorists to effectively nab
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        Lock icon Thousands stranded in snowy Beijing
        516 8 Flights cancelled or delayed and many highways closed REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Heavy snow hit Beijing yesterday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at the Chinese capital’s main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.
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        Lock icon More Chinese govt officials going for a nip, tuck and Botox
        407 8 BEIJING: Chinese Communist Party officials are rushing to have cosmetic surgery as they face ever-growing media attention, reported the Daily Telegraph. More than 500 government officials are now being treated each year at the Plastic Surgery Hospital at Beijing’s
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        Lock icon PM Najib calls for calm as debate rages on
        659 9  -  Govt will appeal against court decision which has bitterly divided Muslims in Malaysia B A N LIFTED O N U S E O F A LL A H BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak
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        Lock icon Not crocodile tears
        69 9 Farmer Ho Su Hung, 62, hugging his family’s pet crocodile, Ah Kong, which he found along Sungai Pegalan in Sabah in 1961. The family marked the reptile’s 50th birthday on New Year’s Day. Mr Ho’s father looked after Ah Kong until his death in 2000. Mr Ho
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        Lock icon Religious intolerance on the wane: Indonesian think-tank
        391 9  -  BY SALIM OSMAN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Religious intolerance appears to be on the decline despite reports of sporadic attacks on churches and prayer houses of minority sects, according to an Indonesian think-tank. One key factor was last year’s legislative and presidential elections that
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      • DISASTERS STRIKE
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          Lock icon Burst pipeline spews oil into China river
          409 10/11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: A burst oil pipeline in north China has spewed thousands of litres of diesel into a major tributary of the Yellow River, the water source for millions of Chinese. Some 700 workers worked overnight into yesterday morning to
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          Lock icon Brazil mudslides: Death toll hits 76
          300 10/11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ANGRA DOS REIS (Brazil): Hopes are fading of pulling out more people buried under Brazil’s worst mudslides that have so far killed at least 76 people in three states. Rescuers using heavy machinery, shovels and bare hands dug for survivors from an
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          Lock icon Tajikistan quake leaves 20,000 without shelter
          362 10/11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DUSHANBE (Tajikistan): An earthquake in the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan has destroyed hundreds of homes, leaving some 20,000 people without shelter in the dead of winter, officials said yesterday. The United States Geological Survey reported that a 5.3-magni-tude earthquake struck 235km east
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          Lock icon Volcanoes in Colombia, La Reunion island erupt
          277 10/11 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BOGOTA: Two volcanoes erupted in Colombia and the French Indian island of La Reunion over the weekend, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries, the authorities said. The Galeras volcano in south-eastern Colombia erupted at 7.43pm
          ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  277 words
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        Lock icon Actress’ tweet on infotainment reporters sparks uproar
        882 12  -  Swift reactions from public but gossipy TV shows feel backlash too MEMO FROM JAKARTA BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: What started out as an angry Twitter message has quickly escalated into a national debate over the rise of the so-called ‘infotainment’
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        Lock icon Afghan lawmakers reject Cabinet line-up
        349 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Decision is a big setback for Karzai and drags out political vacuum KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai suffered a new blow to his authority with the rejection by Parliament of most of his choices for Cabinet, further prolonging the political crisis in the
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        Lock icon Ex-minister killed in Pakistan blast
        182 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PESHAWAR: A suspected Taleban bomb attack targeted a former Pakistan provincial Cabinet minister yesterday, killing him and three other people in the country’s restive north-west. The bomb exploded in Bagto village, 10km from Hangu town, in an area with a history of sectarian
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        Lock icon Yemen’s woes a boon to Al-Qaeda cell
        617 14 NEW YORK TIMES Group linked to failed airliner bombing is growing in strength SAN’A (Yemen): Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has rapidly evolved into an expanding and ambitious regional terrorist network, thanks in part to a weakened, impoverished and distracted Yemeni government.
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        Lock icon Saudis urge Iran to let Osama’s daughter go
        172 14 REUTERS RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has urged Iran to allow a daughter of Osama bin Laden, who fled house arrest and sought refuge in the Saudi embassy in Teheran, to leave the country if she wishes. Iman bin Laden and five siblings had
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        Lock icon Somali charged with trying to kill Danish artist
        492 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS COPENHAGEN: A Somali man with suspected Al-Qaeda links has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after allegedly breaking into the home of a Danish artist whose Prophet Muhammad cartoon outraged the Muslim world three years ago. The suspect,
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        Lock icon Digital piracy hits the... e-books
        430 15 Problem may worsen with rising popularity of electronic reading devices WASHINGTON: Digital piracy, long confined to music and movies, is spreading to books and may pose a headache this year for the slumping publishing industry. Experts said the problem may only get worse as demand
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Iran reiterates ultimatum
          117 15 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN: Iran said yesterday the West had agreed to wait two months on a proposal to exchange enriched uranium and that a month has now passed, reiterating that it will produce its own fuel for a nuclear reactor if there is no deal. Foreign
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          Lock icon Trains collide head-on
          121 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA: A passenger train crashed head-on into another train in north-western Turkey yesterday, killing one of the engine drivers and injuring at least seven other people. The governor of Bilecik province, located some 400km south of Istanbul, said the accident was caused by an electrical
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          Lock icon H1N1 hitting rural China
          114 15 REUTERS BEIJING: The H1N1 flu strain is rapidly spreading into China’s countryside and there could be a spike in cases around the Chinese New Year period when millions head back to their home towns, its Health Ministry said. “Outbreaks in Beijing, Shanghai, other large cities and
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          Lock icon Historic plane found
          168 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS ADELAIDE: Remains of the first airplane taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers. The Mawson’s Huts Foundation had been searching for the plane for three summers before stumbling upon metal pieces of it on New Year’s Day, the researchers said on
          ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  168 words
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          Lock icon Ex-judge accused of graft
          85 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: One of China’s former top judges will be tried for taking up to four million yuan (S$823,000) in bribes, in one of the nation’s most high-profile graft cases, the state press said yesterday. Huang Songyou, former deputy head of the Supreme People’s Court,
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          Lock icon Senior KL judge dies
          68 15 BERNAMA PETALING JAYA: Federal Court judge S. Augustine Paul (below), who heard the 1998 sodomy and corruption case against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, has died. He died at the age of 65 last Saturday after a long chronic illness. Among those who paid their last respects
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      1352 10/11 world ?regional world ?regional Burst pipeline spews oil into China river BEIJING: A burst oil pipeline in north China has spewed thousands of litres of diesel into a major tributary of the Yellow River, the water source for millions of Chinese. Some 700 workers worked overnight into yesterday morning to
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Quick, go low-carbon while there’s time
      442 16 CHINA, now the world’s largest carbon emitter, has shown its commitment to mitigating global warming. Just days after the world climate talks ended, it adopted a new law requiring grid operators to use up all renewable energy generated. This is despite the fact that
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      Lock icon All’s fine for Obama on the Asian front, except for Japan
      969 16  -  BY RALPH A. COSSA The writer is president of the Pacific Forum CSIS, a Honolulu-based non-profit research institute affiliated with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. WITH one important exception, United States relations with the countries
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      Lock icon US should resist temptation to stay put in Afghanistan
      797 16  -  BY DOUG BANDOW The writer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. WITH Al-Qaeda dispersed, Afghanistan, though a human tragedy, does not matter much to America or its allies. Rather than allow the Afghan mission to slide into na-tion-building, the
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        Lock icon Only air strikes can stop Iran’s nuke ambitions
        857 17  -  BY ALAN J. KUPERMAN The writer is the director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Programme at the University of Texas at Austin. NEW YORK TIMES AMERICAN President Barack Obama should not lament but sigh in relief that Iran has rejected his nuclear
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        Lock icon The electric car is revving up
        881 17  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. IS 2010 the start of a new era in road transport as electricity increasingly takes over from petrol and diesel as the source of power for
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        Lock icon Too much, too soon?
        804 17  -  VIETNAM S MILITARY B U YING S PREE BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg THERE is a basic precept among defence analysts that is too easily overlooked: the acquisition of some sophisticated platform or system does not necessarily translate into an effective capability. The commissioning in
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        Lock icon Relook PSLE grading system
        406 18  -  MOTHER TONGUE BLUES Dr Francis Oen I REFER to last Wednesday’s report, “Chinese in schools to undergo changes”, on tailoring teaching of Chinese language to a student’s abilities. I applaud the move. As a father who has seen three sons go through the hardships of coping
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        382 18  -  Tan Lee Kiang (Mrs) MY SON, who is 16 now, studied in a mainstream primary school until Primary 5 before being transferred to a special school for those with mild intellectual disabilities. He was unable to cope with English. Last year,
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        133 7 FROM today, Singaporeans visiting, living and working in Johor can go to Singapore’s Consulate-General’s office in Johor Baru for services like replacing lost travel documents. It will also process applications for foreigners who need visas to enter Singapore, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday.
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      1320 4 forumCRISIS The best place to read about different perspectives MYPOINT MM's Malaysia visit "1 am confident plenty of good will come out of this for both countries." MR LIONEL DE SOIJZA: "Wednesday s report, A good meeting with Najib', was heartening. What is admirable about Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's
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      45 5 Straits Times artists give their take on recent local news events “A season of feasting and wasting” “Changi launches Segway circuit” ST ILLUSTRATION: ADAM LEE “Spot a snake? Call experts” ARRRRK! CALL THE EXPERTS! CALL THE EXPERTS! ARRRRRKKK! “Prostitutes retreating from Geylang and appearing online”
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      285 8 THE US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has placed an order for 11 Nikon D3S digital SLR cameras and seven AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lenses to be used for photographic documentation. These will be carried on the Space Shuttle and used to
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      169 8 SINGAPOREANS can fly directly to the Korean city of Busan in January and February. "With more people travelling to Korea comes demand for greater choice, convenience and availability." says Mr Yang Moon Soo, Korea Tourism Organization's director, Singapore office. In 2008, more
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      271 8 CRUISE operator Azamara Club Cruises is marking its presence in Asia again with the return of its ship Azamara Quest to Singapore to kick-start her second Asian season. Azamara Quest will be home-ported in Singapore and Hong Kong, while offering new itineraries and destinations till
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      278 8 TO mark an auspicious start to the New Year, The Singapore Mint has launched a wide array of coins, gifts and collectibles for the festive season. Spearheading these is an exclusive range of coins and medallions that bear the majestic Lunar Tiger
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      199 10 www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Liverpool forced into Cup replay Villarreal hold Barca to draw Murray pulls out of Davis Cup tie YOUR MOST COMMENTED ON Football comes first Says Eagle2004: “After the 1-4 defeat by Oman, Singapore must rise from the
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      571 11 Other youngsters to watch in the Premier League: Paul Pogba, Manchester United. Age: 16 United beat off Arsenal and upset his former club, Le Harve, when they signed Pogba in the summer. Tall, powerful and skilful, the French wonderkid has been
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      376 11 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Barcelona dropped their first home points of the season on Saturday after a disappointing 1-1 draw with Villarreal as the Spanish Primera Liga resumed after its winter break. Pedro put the Catalan giants ahead after just seven minutes but David Fuster
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      431 12  -  Men retain Australian titles but equipment failure costs women BY WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg WHILE Singapore sailors Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng started 2010 on a winning note, their teammates Griselda Khng and Cecilia Low saw their luck desert them just when first place at the Australian
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      681 12  -  WANG MENG MENG ALTHOUGH Iran’s qualification for the 2011 Asian Cup Finals is not assured yet, such is the team’s confidence of reaching the tournament in Qatar that they even played in a friendly quadrangular in Doha last month in preparation for the real thing
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      365 12 SYDNEY: Pakistan took a firm grip on the second Test, after bowling out Australia for a paltry 127 on an extraordinary opening day at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and must have realised his fast bowlers would relish
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      140 12 Today Cricket 2nd Test, 2nd day: Australia v Pakistan (Live, Ch110, 7.28am 10am). Tri-Nations Series, 1st ODI: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (Live, Ch109, 4.30pm). Tennis Hopman Cup: Russia v Germany (10am), Britain v Kazakhstan (5.30pm) Live, Ch24. Tomorrow Cricket 2nd Test, 3rd day: Australia v Pakistan (Live,
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      93 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CORDOBA (Argentina): Spectators and firemen carrying people who were injured after being hit by a car during the opening stage of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally in Alpa Corral on Saturday. A woman was killed and four fans were injured as the Rally lived up
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      303 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRISBANE: Belgium’s Kim Clijsters opened the new year in the best possible style, when she overpowered Italian Tathiana Garbin 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the Brisbane International yesterday. Despite a nervous start to the tennis match when she lost
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      863 13  -  BY JOHN LEICESTER stsports@sph.com.sg ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT Michael Schumacher’s comeback is generating such excitement shows how desperate Formula One is for a bit of good news. In all the breathless headlines about the unexpected return of the sport’s most successful driver, it
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    1173 14 OBITUARIES “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me” John 14:6 HO SENG HUA Age: 69 was called home to be with the Lord on 3 January 2010. (Husband: Tan Geok Hian, deceased) Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Children:
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        537 15  -  Three scenarios from past 10 years offer guide on market directions BULLS AND BEARS BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg A FRESH trading year and incidentally a new trading decade starts today, after a tumultuous 12 months when stock markets across the globe
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        288 15  -  WARRANT WATCH GOH ENG YEOW FOR many warrant traders, the strategy again this year would be to make bets on entire markets, rather than on individual stock movements. This ploy turned out to be a big money spinner last year, as regional bourses swung from their
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      1019 16  -  Local blue chips will have many opportunities to capitalise on amid fresh global challenges C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg Cai Jin runs every Monday and covers financial matters and corporate governance issues that can affect investors. The two Chinese
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      368 16 CAC 40 ETF 1D 28/12/09 40,27 EUR CAC 40 SHORT DAILY ETF 1C 28/12/09 59,46 EUR CURRENCY CARRY ETF 1C 23/12/09 50,25 EUR DAX ETF 1C 28/12/09 59,85 EUR DBLCI OY BALANCED ETF 1C 28/12/09 29,84 EUR DJ EURO STOXX 50 ETF 1D 28/12/09 30,76 EUR DJ EURO
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      55 16 IBOXX EURO SOVEREIGNS EUROZONE TOTAL RET/ INDEX ETF 1C 28/12/09 165,04 EUR IBOXX GLOBAL INFLATION-LINKED TOTAL RETURN INDEX HEDGED ETF 1C 28/12/09 163,42 EUR EMERGING MARKETS LIQUID EUROBOND INDEX ETF 1C 28/12/09 218,90 EUR EONIA TOTAL RETURN INDEX ETF 1C 28/12/09 138,21 EUR EONIA TOTAL RETURN INDEX
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        58 16 NG HING LEE (right): Appointed deputy chief executive of Singapore Post. Mr Ng, 53, continues to serve as chief financial officer. SingPost chief executive Wilson Tan said Mr Ng, who has more than 20 years of leadership experience, in particular in corporate finance, will play
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        40 16 MICHAEL ANG GUAN HWA: Named chief operating officer (COO) of Tiong Woon Crane Transport, a subsidiary of Tiong Woon Corp Holding. Mr Ang, 31, has served as marketing engineer, assistant business development manager and senior manager.
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        39 16 GUO SANXIANG: Resigned as executive director of Delong Holdings to devote more time to his family. His role has been taken over by Mr Zuo Shuowen, who had been Delong Steel’s general manager since 2003.
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        57 16 JAMES ZHANG MENGYOU: Ceased to be chief executive officer (CEO) of Eagle Brand after deciding not to renew his employment contract, but will continue as executive director and an executive committee (Exco) member. The Exco will advise and help the management in the group’s day-to-day
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        33 16 RAYMOND WONG CHUEN MING: Re-designated as non-executive director of Eagle Brand, from executive director. He will remain as a member of the audit committee and chairman of the Exco.
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        50 16 PU WEIDONG: Resigned as chief financial officer (CFO) of Sinomem Technology to pursue personal interests. Dr Pu, 39, has been replaced by Mr Chan Chung Wai, 40. Among other positions, Mr Chan has worked as group financial controller of Eastern Holdings and chief financial officer of Arianecorp.
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      617 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG TOKYO: The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is launching a high-speed trading system today, scrapping an antiquated, glitch-prone platform for one that aims to compete with major global rivals. The world’s second-largest bourse after the New York Stock Exchange spent the
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      336 16 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz said economists are among those at fault for the financial crisis, which exposed “major flaws” in prevailing ideas. The now-flawed premises include the ideas that economic participants behave rationally and that financial markets
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        761 17 Benefits, revised notions of work are among the concepts that have evolved quietly REVISIONS to the notion of work and the evolution of benefits are two workplace concepts that have quietly changed during the past 10 years. Human Resource Executive Online (HREOnline) magazine, in
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        510 17 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: The worst United States employment slump in the post-World War II era may have ended last month, signalling the recovery will not be jobless much longer, economists said before reports due this week. Payrolls probably fell by 1,000 workers last month, the
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        241 17 HOMEGROWN water treatment company Hyflux said last night that it has been served with a summons by Istithmar World PJSC (IWP), an investment holding company based in Dubai, over a warrants subscription agreement. The summons was served on Thursday. Hyflux said in a statement to the
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      725 18  -  Firms will face challenges in generating new business as govts end stimulus spending CORPORATE LEADERS' APPOACH TO 2010 BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg CORPORATE leaders will be glad to see the back of 2009 after a rollercoaster 12 months that squeezed margins and made survival the key issue
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      111 18 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Japan to up JAL credit line MOST COMMENTED ON British tax on banker bonuses unfair, says JPMorgan Chase CEO. Says pappy: “All the major US banks received some form of capital injection from the Treasury and almost every
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      30 16 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW January 3 2010 FIRST◆3515 SECOND◆3254 THIRD◆2895 STARTERS 0613 0947 1248 1657 2776 6675 6969 8151 8874 9464 CONSOLATIONS 0693 0734 2128 3101 4179 7406 7895 8565 8725 9916
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      229 1 Bare bones Fresh new Westlife Singer Joss Stone keeps it simple Nicky Byrne says the boys are back C5 End of comic duo C2 French Saunders split C5 Artist Chng Seok Tin lost her sight in 1988 but that has not stopped her from travelling solo and exhibiting her works
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        934 2  -  Forget snazzy studios, Joss Stone recorded her new album, Colour Me Free!, in her mum’s pub 8QUESTIONSWITH...JossStone eddino abdul hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg The last decade has been a sea change for 22-year-old soul singer Joss Stone (right), one of Britain’s most successful young female artists. At
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        321 2 Associated Press Taipei A senior Taiwanese official has invited Chinese director Zhang Yimou to produce an outdoor show at the island’s scenic Taroko Gorge, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Mr Fu Kun-chi, chief of Hualien county, was quoted by the China Times newspaper as saying
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        631 3  -  Doing sprints helps with the breathing when he sings, says veteran crooner James Ingram eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg Veteran adult contemporary and soul singer James Ingram has one secret for keeping his trademark husky voice in shape regular runs. And not just
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        229 3 Agence France-Presse Washington Irish rock star Bono (right) yesterday called for tougher controls over the spread of intellectual property over the Internet, arguing that file swiping and sharing hurt creators of cultural products. “The only thing protecting the movie and TV industries from the fate
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        2421 4  -  the monday interview with Chng Seok Tin Blind artist creates delicate artworks, publishes books and travels the world alone akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg A white cane leans against the door of the studio in Telok Kurau but for the first-time visitor surrounded by delicate dancing
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        699 5  -  Westlife member Nicky Byrne’s good friend, Boyzone member Stephen Gately, and father both died suddenly last year jocelyn lee jocelee@sph.com.sg For Nicky Byrne, a member of popular Irish pop band Westlife, 2009 has been an annus horribilus. His good friend, Boyzone member Stephen Gately, 33, died
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        569 5 London Britain’s most successful female comedy duo, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, are said to be splitting after a 24-year partnership in the business. Their final project together the BBC sitcom Jam And Jerusalem has been axed after three series despite rising ratings, the Daily Mail
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        1066 8 New York Times Tokyo’s chic fashion trends have gone global, but not the designers Tokyo Japan’s trailblazers of street fashion are the envy of Western designers, spawning websites filled with snapshots of Tokyo youngsters in the latest distressed jeans or psychedelic stockings. With city sidewalks
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      724 6  -  Malay pop royalty Siti Nurhaliza and M. Nasir had the sold-out concert audience under their spell reviewconcert BAGAIKAN SAKTI M. Nasir Siti Nurhaliza Esplanade Theatre/Last Friday eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg One is Malaysia’s top pop queen while the other is a veteran Singapore-born
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        336 10 New Year woes #1 Hong Kong The new year got off to a bad start for Golden Horse award-winner Francis Ng (below), who was arrested on Friday night for causing hurt in a case of assault. But Ng, 48, said shortly after he was released
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        174 10 New Year woes #2 Taipei Jan 1, 2010, turned out to be a day of sorrow for Taiwanese singer Elva Hsiao. Her 53-year-old mother Ye Shou Lin died at a hospital, hours after the singer fulfilled her mum’s wish by holding her debut solo concert at
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          54 10 Soundgarden will reunite for concerts this year, Billboard.com reported frontman Chris Cornell as saying on Twitter. The US rock quartet have not played live since splitting up in 1997. Sources said the band are weighing offers from major music festivals. Reunion talk started after they performed with
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          63 10 Elton John said he has been helping Eminem fight drug problems for 18 months. He told BBC Radio last Saturday that the rapper is succeeding in his fight against substance abuse. John said that as a recovered drug abuser, he is happy to help people,
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        252 10 New Year buzz New York Jennifer Lopez was the talk of the town after performing in Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show in New York on Dec 31 in a see-through, bejewelled catsuit (above). Host Ryan Seacrest told her, “That outfit has made my year”, but
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        217 2 Bad times more bad teens Economic downturns do not affect just breadwinners: More teens join gangs, run away from home or steal and shoplift during bad times, experts say. Parents are clocking in more time at the office, or working extra jobs to make ends meet. More often than not,
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        91 2 Many charities will have to dip into their reserves to make up for the fall in donations they received last year. Not only did their takings fall, but the economic crisis also meant more people turned to them for help increasing their burden. WHY IT
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        137 2 Waste collectors report a jump in waste, particularly food waste, in the end-of-year festive season. It adds up to an extra 187 tonnes daily or the weight of some 35 grown elephants. Most of the waste is food left over from the big meals
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        353 3 Sources: New York Times BBC News WHY IT MATTERS Experts say that if he had successfully ignited the explosive, it could have blown a hole in the aircraft and caused a crash. The consequences would have almost certainly been fatal. In comparison, the Sept 11
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        66 3 Sources: BBC News Reuters Anti-government protests broke out during a Muslim religious festival in Iran last week, leaving at least eight people dead and dozens more injured. These are the most violent protests the country had seen since its June presidential election, when the victory by President Mahmoud the
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        67 3 Sources: BBC News Reuters Seatrade Asia Online A Singapore-flagged container ship that had been captured and held by Somali pirates for almost 10 weeks has been released. The Kota Wajar was seized near the Seychelle islands on its way from from Singapore to Kenya. Reuters quoted pirates as saying
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        394 6  -  BY PHYLLIS WAN Optometry students checking the eyesight of NorthLight School children last month found something startling: Two in three of them had uncorrected eyesight problems. It was discovered that 27 per cent of the students experienced double vision when looking at objects for long
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