The Straits Times, 1 February 2010

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    21 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS TERRY TIGER,
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      Lock icon Federer wins Aussie title
      48 1 ROGER Federer defeated Andy Murray in the Australian Open final yesterday to extend his record to 16 Grand Slam titles. The Swiss world No. 1 collected his fourth Australian Open crown with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) win over the Scot. ?SPORTS PAGE B11
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      Lock icon RSAF lieutenant charged
      47 1 AN AIR force serviceman who was killed in a car accident in Florida last year was wearing his seatbelt when the crash occurred. The driver, another Republic of Singapore Air Force lieutenant, has been charged in the US with careless driving. ?HOME PAGE B5
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      Lock icon UBS may collapse: Swiss
      43 1 SWITZERLAND’S Justice Minister has warned that top bank UBS could collapse if sensitive talks with the United States over a high-profile tax fraud investigation fall through and the Swiss bank’s licence is revoked in the US. ?MONEY PAGE B19
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      Lock icon S’pore Poly top choice
      35 1 SINGAPORE Polytechnic was the most popular first choice school for applicants this year, but Ngee Ann Polytechnic had the most number of applicants with the best O-level scores. ?PRIME PAGE A7
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      Lock icon KL to tighten visa rules
      52 1 MALAYSIA is reportedly moving to tighten visa rules. Among other things, applicants would need to furnish details about their financial and personal backgrounds as well as a security bond. The reported move follows the recent arrest of several foreigners on suspicion of terror links. ?WORLD
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    Lock icon FLIGHTS OF FANCY:
    150 1 Enthusiasts showing off their impressive kites in a Punggol field yesterday. They were among some 7,000 people that trooped down to Punggol over the weekend to participate in the biggest annual kite-flying event here as well as a range of other family activities. The three-in-one event that
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    Lock icon China calls US arms sale a security threat
    604 1  -  Foreign Minister slams Taiwan deal, and asks US to ‘rescind decision’ BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China ratcheted up its denunciation of planned US arms sales to Taiwan yesterday, with its Foreign Minister calling it a threat to
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    Lock icon Only 121 out of 5,000 casino applicants rejected
    846 1  -  BY LIM WEI CHEAN, JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg weichean@sph.com.sg THE Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) has come out to clear the air over who is allowed to work as a croupier or cashier in the casinos of the two integrated resorts. Responding to queries
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      141 1 FOOTBALL TERRY is a TIGER, too SPORTS, PAGE B9 YOUTH HAITI DECAY and DEATH everywhere How TEENS pass off as ADULTS HOME, PAGE B1 WORLD, PAGES A14-15 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 Eza# INCQC ••M The Straits Times is taking part in the
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        Lock icon Social studies should keep evolving
        73 2 WE SAY As the Education Ministry studies recommendations on the content and scope of social studies, it should assess how well the subject has made students think more national and encourage them to reflect on what being Singaporean means. The subject should keep evolving. Whatever
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        Lock icon One world, 2 universes
        33 2 COLUMNS Beijing’s control of the Internet seems part of a plan to create a different universe one in which China makes the rules, says Nayan Chanda. REVIEW PAGE A19
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        Lock icon Ironing out the details
        26 2 Goh Eng Yeow says President Obama’s proposal to curb banks’ speculative trading activities is in need of further definition. MONEY PAGE A19
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        Lock icon Ex-offenders not targeted
        35 2 OUR READER SAYS Ex-offenders are not automatically ruled out when applying for the special employee license to take up specific casino jobs, says the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore. FORUM PAGE A20
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        27 2 www.straitstimes.com Tan Hui Yee says going organic is a simple act of exercising conscious choice. Reme Ahmad talks about his latest obsession with Bollywood movies.
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      978 2  -  Such a registry gives them a chance to access cutting-edge medicines BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg Ttrials som EACHER Alvin Chew wonders if his father, who died of blood cancer last year, would still be alive today if he had been
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      Lock icon 3G group to give small states a voice
      533 3  -  S’pore working hard to shape global group of 28 nations not part of G-20 BY RAVI VELLOOR velloor@sph.com.sg DAVOS: Now that the Group of 20 (G-20) nations is practically in charge of setting the global agenda, what happens to the dozens of
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      Lock icon Turning on the turbo
      644 4  -  Singapore Airshow 2010 opens as industry begins to take off again SINGAPORE AIRSHOW BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg THE curtains go up tomorrow on Singapore Airshow 2010 the first major global gathering of plane-mak-ers, airlines and other industry players as optimism returns to the industry.
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      Lock icon Chinese gifts are ‘bugged’, claims MI5
      474 6 British spy agency accuses China of spying on business executives AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Britain’s domestic intelligence service MI5 has accused China of bugging British business executives using memory sticks which provide access to users’ computers. MI5 also believes China is setting up “honeytraps” in
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      Lock icon Resilient S’poreans kept jobless rate low
      624 6  -  BY SUE-ANN CHIA PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave credit yesterday to resilient Singaporeans for helping to keep last year’s unemployment rate low. He applauded their willingness to take on any available job to support themselves and their families, and noted that government programmes
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      Lock icon S’pore Poly tops with students
      597 7  -  It receives most applications, but Ngee Ann draws more higher-scoring O-level students BY JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Polytechnic (SP) has regained its spot as the polytechnic of choice among students, after Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) topped students’ lists last year. In the Joint Admissions Exercise
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      Lock icon Her backyard is one big stove
      89 7 An Indonesian woman cooking over a fire powered by natural gas that leaks out of the ground in her backyard in Pamekasan, East Java, on Saturday. Residents who live in rural areas in Pamekasan have never bought kerosene or gas for cooking. All they
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      133 4 PREMIUM LAsik SuRqERy CliNic IS iLASIK FOR YOU? MNOOUl 1 A Forum by Associate Professor Leonard Ang Medical Director Cornea Refractive Surgery Fellowship, Singapore Harvard Medical School, USA Cornea Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, USA Cornea, Refractive Surgery Stem Cell Treatment Fellowship, Kyoto, JAPAN Dates: Agenda: 5 Feb 2010 (Fri) 7pm
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      349 5 HSBC can connect y»u to opportunities N# matter now the investment fr property market turns out Tap on our expertise to find the right fit for your investments. Economic recoveries are rarely straightforward and can take on different shapes and varying time frames. While it is hard to say for
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      455 6 WE'VE COME A Celebrating 50 Years of Public Housing We love our new home and all the things we've done to make it attractive and cosy. It should be that way too for our environment. Caring for the environment is like caring for your own home keeping it clean, keeping
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      33 7 Look out for our Singapore Airshow 2010 picture spread series in the Home section of The Straits Times starting on Feb 3 and you might win Nikon cameras and tickets to the show!
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      120 7 We need to scale new heights in a changed world." Photographed on a trek through the Kuari Pass, India by Professor Tan Education. Professor Tan Chorh Chuan NUS President Be a part of the change you want to see in your life. An education at NUS will give you the
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      Lock icon US boost for Gulf allies
      837 8 Faster deployment of missile systems to deter Iranian attacks AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON: The United States administration is speeding up deployment of new defences against potential Iranian missile attacks in the Gulf. The move involves placing specialised ships off
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      108 8 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Brad Pitt buys bachelor pad American woman sat on boyfriend, killed him MOST COMMENTED ON Obama seeks answers from China over Google. Says kjks: “China also has a long list of questions on the United States spying on
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        Lock icon China powering ahead in clean energy
        553 9 It’s already global leader in manufacture of wind turbines, solar panels NEW YORK TIMES TIANJIN: China vaulted past competitors in Denmark, Germany, Spain and the United States last year to become the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, and is poised to expand even
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        Lock icon UN claim ‘based on student essay’
        219 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: The United Nations climate change panel based claims about ice disappearing from the world’s mountain peaks on a student essay and an article in a mountaineering magazine, a British newspaper reported yesterday. The claims could cause fresh embarrassment for the Intergovernmental
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        Lock icon Saving Asian tigers by next Tiger Year
        966 10  -  Asian nations vow to double number of these big cats in the wild in 12 years MEMO FROM BANGKOK BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg MINISTERS and officials from 13 Asian countries ended a meeting last week in Hua Hin with a pledge
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        Lock icon Thai govt taking death threat claims seriously
        446 11 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: The Thai government is treating seriously claims of death threats against judges and anti-graft officials, after a rogue general warned that the motive could be related to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s 76 billion baht (S$3.2
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        49 11 A Hindu woman priest performing rituals while taking a holy dip during the Maghmela festival at Sangam on Saturday. Sangam is one of Hinduism’s most important centres where thousands immerse themselves in the waters at the confluence of the Ganges, Saraswati and Yamuna rivers. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        Lock icon Japan urged to resolve child custody issues
        229 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Ambassadors from the United States and seven other countries have urged Tokyo to resolve legal custody issues that keep foreign parents from visiting their children in Japan. On Saturday, US Ambassador John Roos, together with ambassadors and envoys from Australia,
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        Lock icon PKR acts against three leaders
        638 12  -  Trio referred to discipline panel after infighting strains coalition ties BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday moved to clamp down on the squabbling in his party by referring three leaders, including former Cabinet minister Zaid Ibrahim, to
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        Lock icon Malaysia lowers speed limit during CNY period
        202 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SEREMBAN: Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat said the speed limit on federal and state roads will be cut by 10kmh during the Chinese New Year period to reduce traffic accidents. The limit will drop from 90kmh to 80kmh from
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        Lock icon Tighter visa rules in Malaysia soon
        568 13 Move will allow govt to reject suspicious characters, trace those who cause trouble later KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is reported to be moving to tighten visa procedures to include “individual assessments”, just days after nine foreigners said to be linked to an international terrorist network
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        Lock icon Man ‘rises from the dead’
        321 13 JAKARTA: The authorities are baffled by the case of a retarded young man in North Jakarta who is said to have reappeared after being buried about 11/2 years ago. Mr Bunyamin, 70, said his son Salim died in September 2008 from acute lung disease. The
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        Lock icon Death looms over Haiti
        1733 14  -  like a permanent haze. You smell it in the air while walking past collapsed buildings and houses, under which dozens if not hundreds of bodies remain buried since the Jan 12 earthquake. As Haiti tries to pick up the pieces after the devastating quake on Jan
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        Lock icon 10 Americans held over bid to take kids across border
        672 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian police have detained 10 Americans as they tried to take 33 children by bus across the border into the Dominican Republic, allegedly without proper documents. The Baptist church members, most of them from Idaho,
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        Lock icon Support group for Germans gone bust
        518 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: One by one, they stood up, introduced themselves only by their first names and spoke about experiences they would not share even with their loved ones. “Hello everyone. My name is Louise. I am 68 years old and I have been
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        Lock icon He’s on a mission for nature
        578 16  -  Banker takes unpaid leave to champion green cause DAVOS DIARY BY RAVI VELLOOR velloor@sph.com.sg DAVOS: Do I need another condominium in Singapore to be truly contented? That is the question Mr Pavan Sukhdev (above) asked himself two years ago when he was chief operating
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        Lock icon Muscat flavour for makeover of Muscat St
        501 17  -  Joint S’pore road project to mark 25-year diplomatic ties with Oman BY JEREMY AU YONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg MUSCAT (Oman): Singapore’s Muscat Street will soon get a makeover and a flavour of the Omani capital it is named after with help from Oman, no less.
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Thai drug bust continues
          120 17 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BANGKOK: Police seized 1.6 million yaba tablets and 2kg of Ice worth a total of about 30 million baht (S$1.27 million) from a townhouse in Samut Prakan, south of Bangkok, on Saturday. The huge haul was the latest in a series of
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          Lock icon India eyes Africa energy
          143 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LUANDA: India has stepped up its efforts to gain an economic foothold in Africa in a new scramble with China for the continent’s resources, signing energy deals with top oil producers Angola and Nigeria. Beijing is using its deep pockets to build roads, railways
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          Lock icon Taleban leader dead?
          94 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani army is investigating reports that Pakistani Taleban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a US drone missile strike last month. The army’s announcement came shortly after Pakistani state television reported that Mehsud had died in Orakzai, an area in Pakistan’s
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          Lock icon Peugeot recalls cars
          121 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen is recalling 100,000 cars across Europe to change accelerator pedals on two models. The recall of the Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107 models produced in the Czech town of Kolin, about 60km east of Prague, comes after Japan’s Toyota
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Social studies should keep evolving
      401 18 AS THE Education Ministry considers recommendations of the Committee on National Education on the teaching of social studies, it should assess what impact the subject has made among the young. After more than 10 years, has it succeeded in moulding students into well-informed, thinking and
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      Lock icon Knowledge of glaciers still ice-thin
      830 18  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. THREE years ago, a grim warning from the panel of scientists advising the United Nations on climate change caught the attention of policymakers in Asia. In one
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      Lock icon Military postings are now less political
      879 18  -  INDONESIAN ARMED FORCES BY EVAN A. LAKSMANA The writer is a researcher with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta. AWAY from the glare of the headlines, a fundamental shift has quietly taken place in the Indonesian military (TNI). In the last three
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        Lock icon S’pore: Model of religious harmony
        603 19 THE Singapore Government is watching the situation in Malaysia very carefully to ensure religious tensions there do not spill over into the Republic. Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said last month that the situation in Malaysia underscored the need
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        Lock icon One world, two universes
        808 19  -  INTERNET FREEDOM BY NAYAN CHANDA The writer is the director of publications at the Yale Centre for the Study of Globalisation, and editor of YaleGlobal Online. THE arrival of the Internet in the 1990s was greeted with great euphoria by those who saw it as the
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        Lock icon Japan shifts from symbolism to substance
        778 19  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg JAPAN terminated its refuelling mission for the curiously mandated Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 in the middle of last month. It appears to be a sensible move. CTF 150 evolved from Task Force 150, the latter a United
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        106 20 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR CHUA TECK KEE: Why monetary incentives alone won't help raise birth rate 2 MR ANDY TAN: Two foreigners helped dad after fall but not a S’porean stopped 3 MS PATRICIA CHAN: Thank you Bridget, for helping stressed-out passenger at Changi 4 MR
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        35 20 Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. Please e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg.
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        Lock icon No auto ban on ex-offenders
        363 20  -  CASINO JOBS Vivian Heng (Mrs) Senior Assistant Director (Corporate Communications) Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore I REFER to last Tuesday’s letter by Ms Andrea Kwan, “Axing casino staff sends wrong message”. Most jobs in the integrated resorts (IRs) do not require any licence anyone can
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        Lock icon Fifa has forgotten its mission
        220 20  -  WORLD CUP SAGA Vasanthan Govindasamy WORLD soccer governing body Fifa’s slogan, “For the Game. For the World”, and its mission, “Develop the game, touch the world, build a better future”, hold no water. From the Olympics to the SEA Games, sporting events have brought countries
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        151 20  -  Azri Zainuddin I FIND suggestions that Fifa is acting out of greed too convenient to be true, especially when it appears indifferent to the prospect of the deal collapsing. Rather than believing in conspiracy theories that the whole world is against us it is more rational
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        149 20  -  Dr Khoo Boo Kian FOOTBALL is a bond that binds Singaporeans of all races, religions and economic status. It is something this Tiong Bahru boy-turned-Public Service Commission scholarship holder and doctor shares with neighbourhood hawker assistants to the extent of joining their football club. It is
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        404 20  -  Suzanne Ho (Ms) Deputy Director, Communications Sentosa Leisure Group I REFER to last Thursday’s letter by Mr Rohan Langley, “IR should not be reason for drastic hike in entry fees”, and last Friday’s Forum Online letter by Mr George Tan, “Agreed, Sentosa’s
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        229 20  -  Teo Tze Wei I APPLAUD the employers who pledged to adopt fair employment practices as highlighted in last Tuesday’s report, “Preschools score top marks for fair employment”. I hope the fair practices include non-discrimination based on gender. I am a male preschool educator with
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      685 1  -  They get them cheap and don’t know penalties for offence BY EISEN TEO, P HYLLIS WAN eisenteo@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by David Aw A16-YEAR-OLD Secondary 4 student is in a club on a Wednesday night, while her friend, also 16, buys them drinks from the
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      110 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE 2 NTU students die in 2 weeks YOUR SAY Singapore’s low jobless figure of 2 per cent is a reflection of the right policies implemented and the right attitudes of Singaporeans who are willing to take up any job,
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      344 1  -  EISEN TEO, PHYLLIS WAN A STRAITS Times reporter and two interns went undercover and purchased three fake identification cards from a printing shop at Bencoolen Street. The interns both aged 16 made IDs that reflected their ages as 20 and 21. The reporter, 25,
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      605 2  -  Bencoolen shop churns out forged IDs; teen runs operation from bedroom BY EISEN TEO, PHYLLIS WAN eisenteo@sph.com.sg phyllisw@sph.com.sg TEXT: EISEN TEO ST GRAPHICS IT BOASTS the printing of fliers and brochures among its services. But it is the PVC ID card business
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      584 3  -  Mixed views expressed by those at community event held in Tampines BY ANG YIYING, TAN WEIZHEN ayiying@sph.com.sg tanwz@sph.com.sg MALAYSIAN Voo Chan Khong has applied for Singapore citizenship and he is intending for his three children to have the pink IC too. For the 36-year-old Singapore
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      370 3  -  BY NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI SENIOR Minister S. Jayakumar yesterday stressed the need for Singaporeans to reach out to elderly people, especially those living alone. Grassroots organisations, in particular, should have an idea of where the aged are living on their own and pay
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      687 4  -  Private clinic criticised over claims of ‘painless’ haemorrhoids treatment BY JUDITH TAN, JESSICA JAGANATHAN juditht@sph.com.sg jessicaj@sph.com.sg SOME colorectal surgeons are taking the Aesthetic Surgical Group (ASG) to task for an advertisement in which it claimed that a particular technique for treating haemorrhoids would
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      457 4  -  BY YEN FENG GOT milk? Absolutely. About 11,000 litres of the white, nutritious drink were used during the Thaipusam festival last weekend. In pots big and small, devotees carried the milk on their shoulders during a 4km procession, which began in Serangoon Road
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      435 5  -  RSAF man killed in crash; report says all three were belted up U.S. CAR ACCIDENT BY SUJIN THOMAS sujint@sph.com.sg THE Singaporean driver of the car that crashed in the United States last November, killing a fellow Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) regular serviceman, has
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      1064 6  -  Test schedules, curriculum times being adjusted so students can have ‘good learning experience’ BY LEOW SI WAN,AMELIA TAN siwan@sph.com.sg ameltan@sph.com.sg STUDENTS are revving up to celebrate in August an event that will come only once in their school lives the inaugural
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      138 6 A FIRE raged through the staff room of the Institute of Technical Education College West (Dover Campus) at about 6am yesterday, causing extensive damage to the place. No one was injured in the blaze. Classes at the campus will be suspended today and will resume
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        487 8  -  Broad-based learning will work only if the focus is not on results SOAPBOX BY LEOW SI WAN siwan@sph.com.sg THE process of learning and the ability to produce grades are two very different things and it is a distinction that must be made to
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        1012 8  -  A 2008 survey showed that 23 per cent of youths aged 15 to 24 were volunteers, the highest percentage among all age groups. But are they volunteering for the right reasons, or because they feel obliged? And is that better than not volunteering at all? YouthInk
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        498 8  -  MY THOUGHTS BY EEF GERARD VAN EMMERIK I AM a child of mixed parentage. My mum is a Singaporean Chinese and my Dutch father hailed from Holland. They married in 1983 and had both Chinese and Western wedding ceremonies. I remember practising both Chinese
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      395 1 How do I position myself better for greater success? WE HAVE THE PLAN jyi BUILDING FUTURES One success story at a time KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA CRICOS ***** B Master of Logistics Supply Chain Management Syllabus includes Six Sigma for supply chain Accredited by The Chartered Institute
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      33 2 BATTLE FOR BANKERS Banks are on a hiring spree to beef up their corporate banking teams in Asia, and they are doing so by poaching bankers from rivals Today in THE BUSINESS TIMES
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      39 5 Straits Times artists give their take on recent local news events “Wider gap in health subsidy for citizens, PRs” “Food centre gets rid of ceiling fans” “SingPost’s profits up” Buy netbook Buy phonecard Buy canned abalone Buy digital camera
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      194 6 5||_ >V UNIVERSIDADE DE MACAU \DF 1 0 0 r—7 Admission for Ph.D. Programmes Application Period: 04/01/2010 31/03/2010 Faculty of Business Administration Business Administration (Information Systems, Finance, Management, Accounting) Faculty of Education Education (Education Evaluation, Teacher Education, Educational Measurement) Faculty of Law Public or Political Juridical Sciences Criminal Juridical Sciences
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        48 7 From now till Feb 28, when you sign up for Great Eastern's regular premium plans, you can also choose a gift. You also stand a chance to win $888 cash in. the "Auspicious Angpow Draw". Call 6248-2211 or your Great Eastern Life Planner for more details.
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        58 7 Savour the goodness of Harvest King Thai Horn Mali Rice and win. From now till Feb 12, stand a chance to win more than $8,000 worth of cash as well as Acer netbooks and Corelle dinner wa re with every purchase of a 5kg or 10kg pack.
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        53 7 Receive a cute tiger-designed handphone strap and an auspicious set of hongbao when you spend $88 at BHG. Receive a Skylight Gift Set worth $42 when you charge a minimum of $168 (maximum of three same-day receipts) to your BHG VISA Card. Limited to one redemption per customer,
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        61 7 From now till Feb 7, the Supermarket at Isetan Scotts Basement brings you the "Winter Hokkaido Fair". Don't miss delicacies like North Fruit Jelly, Karinto dough cookies (below), "Minus 41 Degree" cookie, Scallop Gratin Bread, and Asahikawa Ramen. There are also one- day specials like Dried Scallop Kaibashira
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        66 7 Every pack of BRAND'S Essence of Chicken and BRAND'S Bird's Nest Chinese New Year promotional pack can win you fabulous prizes including reunion dinner for 10, $88 cash and hampers. Simply SMS the 6-digit contest code found on the festive packs along with your details to ***** for
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        54 7 City Gas' new outlet at Woodlands Civic Centre and its flagship store at TripleOne Somerset serve as a onestop hub, handling enquiries on piped gas installation and related issues as well as retailing a wide range of modern and practical gas appliances for households needs and commercial usage.
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      583 7  -  The recovering economy promises more jobs for fresh graduates as companies step up drive to recruit new talents BY i GAYLE QUAH THIS year's crop of fresh graduates can look forward to more job opportunities, with employers on the prowl for new hires amid a recovering
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      299 7  -  BY LAI YI MING FROM Feb 3 to 8, Nikon will be sponsoring a double page spread daily in The Straits Times to showcase the images of the Singapore Airshow 2010 that the paper's photojournalists capture with the Nikon D3S and Nikon
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      257 7 PARENTS can turn to a new series of Asian focus baby guidebooks from MadAboutKids.com, Singapore's leading online portal dedicated to helping Asian parents by providing useful and relevant information for bringing up children. The Survival Kit series consists of Baby Survival Kit and Toddler Survival
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      281 7 JIVE along Orchard Road with Sounds Like Saturday, a weekly thematic performance organised by *SCAPE at the central stage situated between Wisma Atria and Ngee Ann City. Featuring Singapore's young musicians and dancers, the events, which will be held every Saturday till March 27, are
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      150 7 FROM now till Jan 7,50 Tiger Beer fans can stand to win a chance to have their cars done up with an exclusive Tiger Car Art' motif to usher in the Year of the Tiger. They simply need to log on to
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      650 9 Betrayed England colleague Bridge has critical say over whether Terry remains captain LONDON: John Terry’s future as England captain is now in the hands of the man whose girlfriend he cheated with. The lifting of an injunction in Britain’s High Court has exposed Terry’s affair
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      402 9 LONDON: The John Terry scandal is almost as big in Britain as the Tiger Woods scandal is over in America. And tabloids yesterday went to town, digging up sordid headlines. “England captain John Terry got Wayne Bridge’s girlfriend pregnant,” screamed The Mirror. “He then arranged for
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      497 9 Manchester City 2 Portsmouth 0 REUTERS MANCHESTER: Emmanuel Adebayor marked his return to the Premier League, after Togo’s traumatic time at the Africa Cup of Nations, with the opening goal in Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Portsmouth at Eastlands yesterday. Adebayor, who survived the gun
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      178 9 www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Sports legend dies Raikkonen crashes on debut Ronaldo breaks rival’s nose MOST COMMENTED ON Big firms ‘should bid for World Cup TV rights’ Said Mrlightman: “If big firms combine to bid for the World Cup, I think
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      334 10 LIVERPOOL: Despite seeing his side boost their hopes of a spot in next season’s Champions League with victory on Saturday, the future of Rafael Benitez as Liverpool manager remains uncertain. An authoritative report from Italy on Saturday night indicated that the Spaniard had
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      759 10  -  Luka Savic, a youth player with Barcelona, makes debut today BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg HE IS not even 19, but a little-known Serb with footballing credentials from Barcelona and Villarreal is set to light up the S-League this season. Luka Savic, an attacking
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      311 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: A Karim Benzema brace helped Real Madrid end their long drought at the Riazor Stadium with a 3-1 victory over Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday. But the Merengues remained five points behind Barcelona in the Spanish Primera Liga
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      135 10 Tottenham captain Robbie Keane is to join Sunderland in a £10 million (S$22.8 million) deal that will spark a transfer merry go-round. The 29-year-old’s arrival will allow Black Cats boss Steve Bruce to sell Kenwyne Jones to Birmingham or Liverpool. If Jones ends up at Anfield, Dutch winger
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      314 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: Emmanuel Adebayor has called for Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou to quit after the “monstrous” decision to suspended Togo from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. The Manchester City striker was on the Togo
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      161 10 LONDON: The Champions League final has overtaken the Super Bowl as the most popular televised event in club sport. An influential report, to be published today, describes it as a “game-changer” in terms of Uefa’s power to make money from TV and give more to clubs, reported
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      647 11 Swiss ace outplays Murray to raise Grand Slam haul to 16 AUSTRALIAN OPEN THE TIMES, LONDON MELBOURNE: Andy Murray was an unfortunate fall guy as Roger Federer once again proved he is a tennis player par excellence. The imperious Swiss added a 16th Grand Slam title
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        86 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS A RECORD number of fans attended the Australian Open this year, where players ordered more than 2,000 pasta dishes and vendors sold 110,000 ice creams every day. The two-week figure for crowd attendance was 653,860, up by nearly 50,000 from the previous record, organisers said
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        50 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROGER Federer was recognised as more than just a tennis champion yesterday. He was recognised as a humanitarian by Australian Open organisers after a charity match initiated by the Swiss world No. 1 to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims raised more than US$600,000 (S$841,000).
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      631 12  -  IA T20 decider hailed as a great advertisement for cricket BY V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR santosh@sph.com.sg ONE Sri Lankan star failed. The other fired. And that was enough for the Eastern Riders to coast home in the inaugural IA T20 Super Challenge cricket tournament yesterday. The 1,000-plus spectators mostly
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      444 12  -  BY LIN XINYI THE Singapore Slingers defeated Satria Muda BritAma 87-68 yesterday to go within a win away from making the inaugural Asean Basketball League (ABL) final. Cheered on by the 1,500-strong crowd at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the hosts never trailed in
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      226 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS: Andre Miller scored a ca-reer-high 52 points, including 25 in the fourth quarter and overtime, to lift the Portland Trail Blazers to a 114-112 victory against the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. Miller missed badly with his first shot in the
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      416 12  -  LIN XINYI THEY started the day in fifth place 313 pinfalls behind leaders Japan in the girls’ team event. But against all odds, Singapore’s Bernice Lim, Gina Lim, Krishna Darshini and New Hui Fen stormed back to claim gold at
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      854 13  -  BY JENNANI DURAI WHEN Shahrul Daniel Jamali first came home and told his mother he wanted to play rugby, she was more than a little concerned. Perhaps with good reason Shahrul, a Primary 5 pupil at West View Primary School, was
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      466 13  -  Participants hail novelty of obstacle-laden endurance event BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg IT WAS rough, it was dirty and it reminded some of their National Service training. But all 1,500 mud-splattered competitors at the inaugural Men’s Health Urbanathlon came out smiling after a one-of-a-kind endurance race
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      80 13 Mr Sam Tan Chin Siong (centre), Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, enjoying a cardio workout at Spinning Singapore 2010 yesterday. The three-day event, which concluded yesterday at Downtown East, was Singapore’s first mass participation
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      84 13 More than 100 triathlon enthusiasts were at East Coast Park yesterday for the first open-sea swim clinic in preparation for the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore Triathlon. Conducted by David Lim, an experienced swim coach and active triathlete, the session was the first of five Aviva is organising
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      586 14 PGA stresses wedges are legal after world No. 2 is accused of cheating ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO: Phil Mickelson has hinted at legal action for being accused of cheating, saying that if the PGA Tour did not do something about him being “publicly slandered”, then he
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      243 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LA JOLLA (California): John Daly has insisted he is not quitting golf, despite saying on Friday that he was “done” with the game. After missing the cut at the San Diego Open following rounds of 79-71, the 43-year-old American, who has played
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      418 14 LONDON: Lewis Hamilton has raised concerns over Formula One’s decision to ban refuelling this season to try to make racing more exciting. “We are sitting on a huge rocket a serious time bomb which could go off any time,” said McLaren’s former world champion. The
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      89 14 Today Football S-League: Young Lions v Woodlands Wellington (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm). English Premier League: Sunderland v Stoke (Live, Ch27 Ch304, tomorrow, 3.55am). Tomorrow Football S-League: Sengkang v Balestier (Hougang, 7.45pm). English Premier League: Hull v Chelsea (Live, Ch27, Wednesday, 3.40am). FA Cup, 4th rd replay: Crystal Palace
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      378 14 Athletics Osaka International Women’s Marathon 1 Amane Gobena (Eth) 2hr 25min 14sec. 2 Marisa Barros (Por) 2:25:44. 3 Mari Ozaki (Jpn) 2:26:27. Basketball NBA Atlanta 86 Orlando 104, Memphis 102 New Orleans 109, Washington 106 New York 96, Milwaukee 95 Miami 84, Dallas 112 Portland 114 (OT), Sacramento 96
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      46 9 NO. 16 FOR FED EXPRESS Roger Federer beats Andy Murray in straight sets at Australian Open. B11 S-LEAGUE KICKS OFF A former Barca youth player is tipped to be a future Singapore star. B10 CLUBS ROW Phil Mickelson hints at legal action after cheating accusations. B14
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      36 9 LOTTERY L Draw No. 2506/2010 f 1V/ J Draw Today. Monday, 1 February 2010 Group 1 Prize Sales close today 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6 Time 6.30pm
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      82 10 Top 10 10 most-watched sport events last year 1 Champions League final: 109 million watched the entire match live at home/206m watched at least part of it 2 Super Bowl: 106m/162m 3 Bahrain F1 GP: 54m/115m 4 World Championship men’s 100 metres final: 33m/95m 5 Wimbledon tennis men’s final: 29m/89m
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      88 11 ROGER FEDERER Goodbye 15. The 2010 season begins with a salute to the unquestionable. Congratulations, Roger Federer, on Grand Slam No. 16, a stunning fourth Australian Open and taking tennis history further than it's ever been. ROLEX. A CROWN FOR EVERY ACHIEVEMENT. /till®! i j illilil} i*i i Tx t
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    319 14 OBITUARIES “Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strenghten you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” Isaiah 41:10 HO BEE LAY Age: 58 went home peacefully to be with the Lord on
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      134 14 Obituaries For booking enquiries, call 1800-289-9988 (office hours) 6319-5192 (after office hours) Bookings made after office hours for next day's publication arc subject to space availability. MATS CLASSIFIED Acceptance of Obituaries News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North Mondays Fridays 8.30am to 9.45pm Saturday, Sundays Public Holidays 12.30pm to 9.45pm Only
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    54 15 OBITUARIES With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the late TAN SONG LIANG Departed on 30 January 2010 From: The Management Staff of WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE ANG CHEOK SAI Departed on 29 Jan 2010 From: The management and
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    536 16 OBITUARIES “I have fought the good fi ght, I have fi nished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Tim 4:7 TAN SONG LIANG Age: 73 was called home to be with the Lord on 30 January 2010 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Koh Teng Kwee Sons: Daughters-in-law: James
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    112 17 OBITUARIES With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the late TAN SONG LIANG Departed on 30 January 2010 From: The Management Staff of Koda Woodcraft Sdn Bhd Jatat Furniture Industries Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the late TAN SONG
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        527 18  -  Concerns over China and US economy could weigh on sentiment BULLS BEARS BY LEE SU SHYAN ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg THE Straits Times Index (STI) capped the last day of the month with a 0.45 per cent drop to end at 2,745.35 points,
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        199 18 Week's Top Rises CENTS DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5550 224.5 3.0 DairyFarm 640 53.3 6.3 Asia Pac Brew 1260 34.0 2.8 Jurong Cement 251 25.0 11.1 HL Asia 364 15.0 4.3 Keppel Corp 837 14.0 1.7 CDL HTrust 180 10.0 5.9 Total Access 108 7.0 4.9 ChasenHldg
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        315 18  -  WARRANT WATCH LEE SU SHYAN ONE of the more active stocks in the market is recent IPO debutante Tiger Airways, which raised $233 million from the market. It started trading on Jan 22 and closed at a high of $1.58, eight cents above its listing
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      694 20 Trans-Pacific Partnership with 7 nations, including S’pore, seen as key to US export and job growth AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Its share of trade dwindling in the Asia-Pacific, the United States is scrambling to drum up support from a sceptical public for a regional trade deal
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      552 20 REUTERS WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will propose trimming or chopping 120 government programmes to help rein in the country’s deficit, the White House said on Saturday, as part of a 2011 budget proposal that a newspaper reported would hit
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      402 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The US$700 billion (S$984 billion) United States government effort to rescue the financial system has failed to meet key goals such as sparking lending and curbing risky activities by banks, a special auditor said yesterday. But the special in-spector-general
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      891 21  -  Trips, flights increasing as economy improves WORKING LIFE BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg IT HAS been a lean year for executives used to jetting about the world at their companies’ expense, but business travel looks set to take off again. Seats at the front of
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      236 21 LISTED office trust K-Reit Asia has made its first overseas purchase with the acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in a building in Brisbane. K-Reit Asia paid A$166 million (S$210.4 million) for the stake in the Grade A commercial development, located in the city’s Central
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      1189 19  -  Obama’s planned curbs will have implications for global financial centres 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 characters marry
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      381 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA: Switzerland’s justice minister warned in an interview yesterday that top bank UBS could collapse if sensitive talks with the United States over a high-profile tax fraud investigation fall through. “The actions of UBS in the United States are very problematic.
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      183 19 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DAVOS (Switzerland): Deputy governor Zhu Min of China’s central bank said his government has lined up new measures to rein in overcapacity in the steel, cement and other industries amid a surge in bank lending. “This year is particularly important because the
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      882 22  -  Many have raised funds from equity market; not much bank loan exposure C HIN A S C L A MPD O WN O N B A NK LENDIN G BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg CHINESE companies listed here S-chips are unlikely to be hit hard
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      100 22 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Bankers resigned to reform Toyota chief apologises over recalls MOST COMMENTED ON New flats every month for first half. Says claudetan: “Now that (there are) faster building methods/technology available, why should HDB make Singaporeans wait three to four
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      261 1 Singing a new tune Fantasyfilm-maker 8 Questions With... The imaginarium of Terry Gilliam Criss Angel C2 A-mei gets rockin’ as Amit C3 C7 Hotelier Yenn Wong is not bothered to hear people say her achievements with the JIA boutique hotels in Hong Kong and Shanghai are due to her rich
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        1095 2  -  The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus director Terry Gilliam defends his bad-boy rep boon chan media correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg He has fought studios over his films and had projects aborted due to his uncompromising vision but Terry Gilliam thinks of himself as a pragmatic film-maker. He says:
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        810 3  -  8QUESTIONSWITH...CrissAngel His dad had cancer but outlived doctors’ expectations. Criss Angel draws from that willpower cheryl tan tcheryl@sph.com.sg Calling street magician Criss Angel a mindfreak is most apt. On his television series, Criss Angel: Mindfreak, he stuns the world with death-defying stunts of levitation, escapism and
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        302 3 Reuters Stockholm Former colleagues of best-selling crime fiction author Stieg Larsson (below) have caused a furore in Sweden by questioning his talent as a writer and casting doubt on whether he penned his books alone. He gained mythical status after his death six years ago. His
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        2248 4  -  Hotelier-restaurateur Yenn Wong went through the school of hard knocks although Dad is rich the monday interview with Yenn Wong john lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Yenn Wong knows better than to expect pats on the back when she does something right. At all of 31, she runs two successful
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      408 6 reviewconcert SYMPHONIC FANTASY Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall Last Saturday chang tou liang The Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s only homage to Chopin in the bicentenary of his birth in this current season was a performance of the First Piano Concerto, nestling within a Schumann
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      487 7  -  Even as new-yet-old persona Amit, the Taiwanese rocker proves her mettle reviewconcert AMIT LIVE FIRST WORLD TOUR Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Friday boon chan bchan@sph.com.sg What’s in a name? Plenty, it seems, when it comes to Taiwanese diva A-mei (right). The 37-year-old singer released an
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      425 7  -  reviewconcert RHAPSODIES OF SPRING 2010 Singapore Chinese Orchestra Singapore Conference Hall, last Saturday Samuel Wong Shengmiao The Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s first concert of the season was a peculiar one. Held in conjunction with Y.E.S. 93.3FM’s 20th anniversary, it featured traditional Chinese orchestral
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        387 8 Bloomberg Associated Press Park City (Utah) A drama about an Ozark Mountain girl trying to find her missing father and a documentary about United States soldiers in Afghanistan won top jury prizes at the Sundance Film Fes- tival last Saturday. Director Debra Granik’s (right) Winter’s
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        378 8  -  It was an evening of stargazing for fans and guests at StarHub’s TVB awards gala last Friday jocelyn lee jocelee@sph.com.sg The inaugural StarHub TVB awards held at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore last Friday was a casual yet glamorous affair. Not only did the 10 Hong Kong stars
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        403 10  -  karen tee karentee@sph.com.sg Technology ruled at this year’s Her World Beauty Awards. The annual event recognised the top performing products launched between October 2008 and September last year. “Last year could be considered a year of true innovation for the beauty industry,” said Ms Elisabeth
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        222 10 Hong Kong Cantopop duo Twins will stage their comeback concert in April, two years after member Gillian Chung took a hiatus following her involvement in the Edison Chen sex photo scandal. In its latest issue, Ming Pao Weekly said Chung and bandmate Charlene Choi are
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          43 10 Actor Elmore “Rip” Torn, 78, has been charged with breaking into a Connecticut bank while armed and drunk. The occasional 30 Rock star was arrested on Friday night after police found him inside the Litchfield Bancorp with a revolver.
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          57 10 Kathryn Bigelow on Saturday became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America’s top prize, taking best director for war drama The Hurt Locker. She beat directors including Quentin Tarantino and her ex-husband James Cameron. The DGA boasts that its winner has won the
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          41 10 Michael Jackson won a posthumous Grammy for lifetime achievement at a Los Angeles ceremony last Saturday. It was accepted by his ex-manager Frank DiLeo. The other lifetime achievement honorees included Leonard Cohen, Loretta Lynn and Bobby Darin.
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