The Straits Times, 16 August 2010

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 094/11/2009 MONDAY, AUGUST 16 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon Reds bungle 1-goal lead
    47 1 A LATE own goal by Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina cost the Reds victory over Arsenal in an English Premier League match yesterday. Liverpool had been reduced to 10 men following Joe Cole's dismissal just before half-time. The match ended 1-1. SPORT PAGE B14
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    Lock icon Berjaya Air’s Changi move
    39 1 MALAYSIAN leisure carrier Berjaya Air, which has been operating out of Seletar Airport for more than 20 years, is making the move to Changi’s Budget Terminal. The shift is planned for November. HOME PAGE B1
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    Lock icon Graft probe at Apple
    37 1 A SUPPLIER of Apple products in Singapore is suspected of giving kickbacks to an employee of Apple Inc in order to gain information vital for the success of future contracts. HOME PAGE B3
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    Lock icon South Korea urges peace
    54 1 SOUTH Korean President Lee Myung Bak yesterday urged the North to make a “courageous change” towards peace as he outlined a roadmap for reunification of the Korean peninsula. But Pyongyang, furious over a fresh round of United States-South Korea war games, threatened to deal “a merciless
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    Lock icon Bonus for accountants
    67 1 ACCOUNTANCY firms say they are paying more bonuses this year to deserving staff, with one planning to pay out as much as 75 per cent more in bonuses. This comes amid warnings by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore that as many as 25 per
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    Lock icon How S’pore turned improbable into reality
    1057 1  -  Success due to capable leaders, strong armed forces, vibrant economy BY LI XUEYING,TEO WAN GEK xueying@sph.com.sg wangekt@sph.com.sg MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew last night distilled the key ingredients that made Singapore’s survival and progress possible over the last 45 years: a vibrant economy and
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    Lock icon 15 golds bagged on first day of Youth Olympics
    609 1  -  BY LEONARD LIM THERE were winners and there were losers, there were tears of pride and of frustration, there were temporary bruises and memories for life. But above all, history was made yesterday as the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) got
    PHOTO: SPH-SYOGOC/SAMUEL HE; PHOTO: SPH-SYOGOC/GEORGE TAY; PHOTO: SPH-SYOGOC/ CHONG JUN LIANG  -  609 words
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      129 1 GOH ENG YEOW: Bond action for all, please MONDAY INTERVIEW Clean loo crusader BUS-TRAIN PATROLS Over 400 arrests in first year LIFE! PAGE C4 MONEY, PAGE B18 PRIME, PAGE A3 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg
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      8 1 MORE INSIDE: ?Sport Pages B9-13 ?Forum Page A25
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        Lock icon Say ‘no' to Net capture
        81 2 WE SAY Internet users everywhere will lose if Google and Verizon win in their push against Net neutrality. The increasing diversity of content traversing their infrastructure seems to offer a tempting excuse for them to prioritise and price according to data type, as if levying
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        Lock icon Give reassurances
        26 2 COLUMNS REVIEW PAGE A14 Instead of issuing intimidating rhetoric, China should do more to show that its rise is benign, says Goh Sui Noi.
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        Lock icon That cultural connection
        36 2 Rachel Au-Yong sought an overseas education to get exotic friends, but found that the ones she considers as friends for life happen to be close to her geographically and culturally. HOME PAGE B8
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        Lock icon Striking a chord
        39 2 OUR READER SAYS The fresh and inspiring rendition of the National Anthem during the Youth Olympic Games opening will add a stronger and deeper emotional sense of loyalty and patriotism, says Victor Khoo. FORUM PAGE A16
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        19 2 www.straitstimes.com Leslie Koh describes what it is like to accompany a Singapore NGO on a relief mission.
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      Lock icon Another agenda at play in Pentagon’s cutbacks
      836 2  -  Relook at deployment of US forces in Europe could benefit Asia-Pacific BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg LOOK more deeply at the recent announcement by American Defence Secretary Robert Gates outlining his plan to prune the United States Department of Defence, and you
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      Lock icon Bus-train patrols: Over 400 arrests
      789 3  -  Wanted persons, addicts among those nabbed by year-old public transport security unit BY MAVIS TOH mavistoh@sph.com.sg HE SAW the man take a picture of an oncoming train at the Bedok MRT station platform, and he did not hesitate to ask him what the photo was
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      Lock icon China mourns mudslide victims; floods continue
      605 4 Coffins in short supply as death toll in Zhouqu climbs to 1,248 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Flags flew at half-mast and public entertainment was cancelled yesterday as China marked a national day of mourning for the more than 1,200 people killed by massive
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTOS: REUTERS, XINHUA  -  605 words
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      Lock icon NTUC school vouchers for 40,000 children
      451 5 Low-income union members can start applying today A FUND that the labour movement set up for lower-income union members and their families will hand out $5 million in vouchers to help some 40,000 children with their school-related expenses. Each school-going child who qualifies will
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      Lock icon Japan’s ministers shun controversial war shrine
      569 6 PM Kan apologises for World War II sufferings instead AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan commemorated the 65th anniversary of its surrender in World War II yesterday without ministerial visits to a controversial war shrine. Such visits in the past had angered its Asian
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      81 6  -  BY CHEW SENG KIM PHOTOJOURNALIST It’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. As dusk approaches,
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      507 4 The Management and Staff of the Singapore Medical Group Limited Mr Felix Huang, Dr Cheryl Baumann, Mrs See-Toh Wai Keong, Ms Tan Chiew Kian, Dr Saw Chit Aung, Ms Ho Mei Teng, Mr Mathew Thomas, Ms Sharlene Lim, Dr Marc Tay, Dr Jon Goh, Dr Ben Tan, Dr Kelvin Chew,
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Make a change for peace
      609 7 Work for reunification, says Lee, but North responds with warning South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (right) urges North Korea to... AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Myung Bak yesterday urged North Korea to end its military provocations, but Pyongyang threatened
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      120 7 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Craigslist a prostitution hub MOST COMMENTED ON More Britons working beyond 65. Says basuki1997: “It’s a myth that Britons are working long after the retirement age. Like in most countries, Britons past 50 find it very difficult to
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      Lock icon Rebuilding gate to proud past
      63 7 People entering Gyeongbok Palace through the rebuilt Gwanghwamun gate (foreground) after a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Korean peninsula from Japanese rule in Seoul yesterday. The gate, unveiled yesterday, is part of a project to restore royal buildings destroyed by
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        Lock icon Glittering celebrations
        41 8 Schoolchildren performing during India’s Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore yesterday. In his address, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed for an end to unrest in Kashmir, urging Maoist rebels to come forward for talks. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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        Lock icon China’s military thinking outmoded, paper warns
        381 8 REUTERS BEIJING: China’s military thinking is outmoded, and it should learn from others, especially the United States, when it comes to modernising, a leading armed forces newspaper said yesterday. A commentary in the Liberation Army Daily said modernising China’s military was central to reforms
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        Lock icon India’s outsourcing goes rural
        747 8  -  Urban costs push firms to villages, challenging rigid rural mindsets BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Six months ago, Ms Suman Yadav stepped out of her rural kitchen and straight into India’s outsourcing industry. She took a job doing data work for a company
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        Lock icon UN chief urges faster foreign aid for Pakistan
        421 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ISLAMABAD: United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki Moon said yesterday the flooding in Pakistan was the worst disaster he had ever seen, and urged foreign donors to speed up assistance to some 20 million people affected. He spoke after flying
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        Lock icon Indonesia seeks release of officers detained by Malaysia
        335 10 JOHOR BARU: Indonesia is seeking the release of three of its fisheries officers who were detained by the Malaysian authorities last week. The officers were on a patrol boat when they came across 15 Malaysian fishermen who allegedly strayed into Indonesian waters,
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        Lock icon ISA trio ‘recruited, raised funds for JI’
        235 10 KUALA LUMPUR: The role of the three suspected militants arrested last Wednesday under the Internal Security Act was to recruit members and raise funds for the Jemaah Islamiah’s activities, the New Straits Times reported on Saturday, quoting a source. Malaysian Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh
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        Lock icon US’ Mekong plan in deep water
        636 10  -  Initiative for Indochina lacks funds and lags behind China’s level of engagement NEWS ANALYSIS BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: Washington’s Lower Mekong Initiative is gathering speed, but it still does not have enough funding and lags behind China’s level of engagement in
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        Lock icon What a loving pear
        49 10 A pear shaped like two lovers was specially cultivated by fruit grower Hao Xianzhang in Lianghexia village, Weixian county, of northern China’s Hebei province. He cultivated 5,000 such pears for the Qixi festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine’s Day, which falls today. PHOTO: XINHUA PHOTO: XINHUA
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        Lock icon All abuzz during fasting month
        634 11  -  As Muslims observe the month-long Ramadan, Straits Times correspondents in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta sample the buzz in local markets Stallholders do brisk business at bazaars BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Risking the drizzle, hungry customers queue up at a popiah stall
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        Lock icon Households stock up on food as prices rise
        632 11  -  BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: The chicken-and-egg question is resolved for housewife Tika Nachrowi. The egg comes first, at least during the fasting month. She found herself using more eggs than meat because food prices have surged, putting her finances,
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        Lock icon New lease of life for Olympic venues
        865 9  -  Beijing fights hard to avoid “white elephant” tag other cities faced BY CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Two years after staging the Summer Games here, China believes it has found a winning formula to manage the many sports facilities it built for the Olympics.
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        Lock icon Obama qualifies mosque remarks
        484 12 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK TIMES PANAMA CITY (Florida): United States President Barack Obama said his support for the right of a Muslim group to build an Islamic centre near the World Trade Center site is not necessarily an endorsement of the project. “I was not commenting, and
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        Lock icon US widens secret war on Al-Qaeda
        777 12 Such operations are cheaper, less risky than full-scale assault, say officials NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: At first, the news from Yemen on May 25 sounded like a modest victory in the campaign against terrorists: An air strike had hit a group suspected of being
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        Lock icon Gulf Coast beaches get presidential endorsement
        449 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PANAMA CITY (Florida): President Barack Obama declared Gulf Coast beaches clean, safe and open for business, as he took his family to the Florida Panhandle and promised residents the government would not forget them once efforts to stop the oil
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      506 13 It may extend the ban beyond Dec 31 if harvest is bad, Putin warns AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: A ban on Russian grain exports ordered by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin came into force yesterday, with the government battling to keep prices of basic foodstuffs down
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      Lock icon No bull, don’t mess with this animal
      55 13 Residents keeping clear of a bull during the Toro de Cuerda (Bull on Rope) festival in Villaluenga del Rosario, Spain, last Saturday. During the annual festival, a bull restrained by a rope is allowed to run through the streets of the village. PHOTO:
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        Lock icon More protest in Kashmir
        83 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SRINAGAR (India): Thousands of Muslims yesterday held protests against Indian rule in Kashmir, after security forces shot six protesters dead and beefed up security for India’s celebration of independence. Security forces have been accused of killing 57 protesters and bystanders in the past two
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        Lock icon Israel deport debate
        103 13 REUTERS JERUSALEM: A soul-searching debate in Israel over government plans to deport 400 children of migrant workers took a turn yesterday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife pleaded they be allowed to stay. Her appeal was snubbed by Interior Minister Eli Yishai, who advocates whittling down the
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        Lock icon Malaysians doubt media
        74 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: Six out of 10 Malaysians do not trust mainstream media, while only one out of five has access to online news, according to a survey by The Merdeka Centre. According to the Malaysian Insider news website, the survey results also reported 80 per
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        Lock icon China milk scandal
        84 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Experts investigating China’s latest product safety scandal found no link between a brand of milk powder and apparent breast growth in three babies, the Health Ministry announced yesterday. An investigation followed parents’ complaints that the babies in Hebei province developed breasts after drinking formula
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Say ‘no’ to Internet market capture
      416 14 INTERNET users everywhere will lose if Google and Verizon win in their push against Net neutrality. The two American companies issued a joint policy proposal last week that would allow wireless service providers to prioritise and charge according to content type. It would also
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      Lock icon China needs to show its rise is benign
      1007 14  -  BY GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg IF THERE is a symbol of the current bad blood between China and the United States, it is the nuclearpowered aircraft carrier USS George Washington. It was only last November that the super-carrier sailed into
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      Lock icon South China Sea tensions hurt South-east Asian security
      751 14  -  BY DALJIT SINGH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. DEVELOPMENTS in the South China Sea have recently been the subject of much attention. The focus has been on a
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        Lock icon China’s network of places, not bases
        914 15  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. SEAWATER started gushing inland yesterday, as a newly constructed harbour at Hambantota, near Sri Lanka’s southern tip, began filling in readiness for the first ships in
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        Lock icon Beijing’s quest for coal poses concerns for S-E Asia
        827 15  -  BY GEOFFREY PAKIAM The writer is a research associate at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore. FOR two decades running, China has been the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal. The world uses and produces 50 per cent
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        Lock icon ‘Prom’ night for the whole family
        877 15  -  LONDON EYE BY TERESA LIM AFTER two years of forward planning, the day finally arrived. There was no getting out of it. We all four of us were going to the “Proms”. The BBC Proms in London is the planet’s biggest classical music festival,
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    • forum.
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        Lock icon Wilful breach of border security can’t be condoned
        430 16  -  Toh Yong Chuan Director (Corporate Relations) Ministry of Home Affairs I REFER to last Tuesday’s letter (“Prosecute human traffickers and protect scam victims”) from the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home). Anyone, regardless of whether he is a foreigner or a local,
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        Lock icon FORUM ONLINE
        99 16 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR ALVIN TAN: Chance for the youth to meet the world 2 MADAM ROZITA MAHMOOD: Wei Jie’s act rekindles faith in the young 3 MR TAN PANG SOON: Consider onsite kitchen for YOG volunteers 4 MR CHEE HOOT PENG: Flag causes a flap
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        Lock icon An awesome spectacle
        155 16  -  YOG OPENING CEREMONY Victor Khoo KUDOS and congratulations to the creative team, performers and everyone involved in the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), for it was simply an awesome show Singapore can be very proud of. It was original, creative and a colourful spectacle
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        Lock icon Broadcast Singaporeans in action
        609 16  -  Chen Tianguo THE inaugural Youth Olympic Games is being held in Singapore and it’s a total shame that the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) and MediaCorp do not seem to think it important to showcase Singaporeans in action. For Singaporeans to catch the games,
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        Lock icon 255 doctors, nurses and health-care professionals won N-Day awards
        237 16  -  Elizabeth Koh (Ms) Group Director, People Matters Ministry of Health MRS Julia Sng, in her letter last Friday (“Not a single doctor in restructured hospitals recognised”), highlighted the need to recognise doctors in our restructured hospitals for their dedication. The Ministry
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        Lock icon ST editorial misrepresented my work, says academic
        297 16  -  Lily Zubaidah Rahim Department of Government and International Relations School of Social and Political Sciences Faculty of Arts University of Sydney I WRITE with reference to the gross misrepresentation of my work (“Demolishing Malay stereotypes”; Aug 2). This misrepresentation has tarnished my reputation
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        88 16 LETTERS should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please
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      572 1  -  Malaysian carrier aims to boost service levels, business with relocation ?Move will make it more accessible to connecting travellers, who now comprise 30 to 40 per cent of Berjaya’s clientele ?Changi Airport offers better passenger facilities and services, and more transport options into the
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      113 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Unusual marriage proposals. MOST COMMENTED ON MPs to question new fare system. Says OneMoment: “(It) is fairer than the previous one but as expected, people will still complain. MPs, please don’t waste precious time over this small issue
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      Lock icon The transformation of Ang Mo Kio
      932 2  -  Nostalgia abounds as 1,400 guests and PM mark 30th anniversary BY ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg FROM a hawker to grassroots leaders to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong himself, everyone had a nostalgic story to tell about Ang Mo Kio’s transformation over the last 30 years.
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      125 2 PRESIDENT S R Nathan leaves for China today on a working visit that will take him to Beijing and Shanghai. The eight-day visit comes as Singapore and China mark the 20th anniversary of bilateral ties this year. In Beijing, the first stop of his trip,
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      328 3  -  He allegedly offered money to Apple Inc employee in exchange for vital information BY TED CHEN tedchen@sph.com.sg A SUPPLIER of Apple products in Singapore has been suspected of giving kickbacks to an employee of California-based Apple Inc in order to gain information vital to
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      344 3 TED CHEN A HINDU priest in his 50s hurt his back after he jumped from the second-floor window of a temple to escape a fire yesterday afternoon. He was among a group which had escaped after the fire broke out at the Sree
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      848 4  -  Some parents here turn to controversial method by US institute for help BY LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg SOME parents of children with special needs here are looking to a controversial American programme to help aid their childrens’ development. The programme, developed by the Philadelphia-based Institutes
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      Lock icon Mendaki starts drive to improve outreach
      493 4  -  BY AMELIA TAN MALAY self-help group Mendaki wants to reach out to more members of the community and change the perception that it serves only the lower-in-come group. It hopes to do this with a new campaign Bersama Mendaki, or Together with Mendaki that
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      Lock icon No quick fix for junk mail menace
      662 5  -  Pasting fliers on common property attracts fine, but flats’ door grilles are a grey area BY JAMIE EE WEN WEI jamieee@sph.com.sg THEY are here, there, everywhere. It’s the invasion of advertising fliers, and Housing Board residents are upset as it seems that very
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      Lock icon Gesture of goodwill in Timor Leste
      509 7  -  NUS graduate with hearing loss wants to develop a sign language for deaf Timorese BY LIM WUI LIANG lwliang@sph.com.sg INSIDE a classroom in Timor Leste, all is quiet except for the whirring of electric fans. Then a student flails her arms and squeals. She
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        Lock icon That cultural connection
        521 8  -  Shared experiences form basis of forging new friendships far away from home SOAPBOX BY RACHEL AU-YONG auyong.rachel@gmail.com ONE reason I wanted an overseas education was so I could some day own a collage of photographs that looked like ads for the United Colours of Benetton. At the
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        303 8 ARE Russians really that tall? As the Youth Olympic Games go into full swing, follow student reporters from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as they give YouthInk readers a behind-the-scenes pass to the Youth Olympic Village (YOV). @alshahab #yod2010 Reporting should be an Olympic sport! 11.06am, Aug 6, via Web
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        Lock icon Why youth crime is down – and how to keep it down
        625 8 Why youth crime is down and how to keep it down Fewer young people had brushes with the law in the first six months of this year than in the same period last year 2,086 cases this year, down from 2,289. YouthInk writers give their take on why this is
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      Lock icon Buy headphones, get coin bank free
      181 6 AUDIO-TECHNICA (SEA) has purchased 1,000 coin banks from The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (SPMF) and will be giving them out for free with the purchase of Audio-Technica headphones at the upcoming Comex 2010 from Sep 2 to 5. Audio-Technica’s total contribution of
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      Lock icon Notebooks go high on style
      577 6  -  Consumers can choose from models that look great and pack in many features BY GAYLE QUAH COMPUTER manufacturers have found new ways to meet morphing consumer lifestyle demands through style, size and price points. The most recent entrant in the market is the new ASUS
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      Lock icon Brand’s Hope in a Bottle
      290 6 BRAND’S celebrates its 175th anniversary this year by launching the Hope in a Bottle initiative to build homes for the less fortunate using Brand’s Essence of Chicken glass bottles. These bottles were donated by consumers from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Thailand. Additionally,
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      Lock icon The club hotel ties up with entertainment duo
      228 6 IN LINE with the launch of its rooftop bar, the club hotel in Ann Siang Road has secured a partnership with local nightlife and entertainment duo Orhan Ko* and Godwin Pereira. They are presenting a permanent music set, ying yang, at the
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      Lock icon Nissan’s vans are top-sellers
      190 6 TWOofNissan’scommercialvehicles,theNV200 and Urvan, have both emerged as top-sellers in recent figures released by the Motor Traders Association of Singapore up to June this year. From the small van category, the new Nissan NV200 is the only Japanese small van in the market and has exceeded competitors’sales
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        56 6 Fancl’s bestselling FacialWashing Powder and Facial Washing Powder Light now come packaged in alimitededition‘Hula Dance’ design by celebrated Japanese fashion illustrator Licaco. The washing powder forms a creamy and dense foam that thoroughlyliftsdirtand impurities from the skin for soft and smooth skin. Available at all Fancl outlets
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        56 6 my paper, together with Lancaster, will be holding a Savvy Beauty workshop on Sept 4 at the Singapore Press Holdings News Centre Auditorium. Workshop topics include maintaining fabulous skin and eating wisely by speakers like Bibi Chia, dietitian and director of Eat Wise and celebrity-host, Evelyn Tan. Register
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        52 6 FromnowtillSep26,Hill’s Science Diet is offering savings on its premium pet food. Save $30 with every two bags of Science Diet Canine Dry Food (30lbsor35lbs) purchased or $15 with every two bags of Science Diet Feline Dry Food (6kg or 17.5lbs). Available at pet stores and selected veterinarian
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        51 6 F&N Magnolia Smoo milk is newly improved and carries the Health Promotion Board’s Healthier Choice logo. With 50ml more milk goodness in each pack, it boasts higher calcium content, lower saturated fat and is fortified with Taurine and vitamins A and D. Retailing at $4.20 (six-pack) at major
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        61 6 Soo Kee Jewellery has launched the “Mine to Mine” private collection at the Brilliant Rose flagship store at Marina Bay Sands. Designer Roni Namdar created an exquisite collection that features over one carat diamonds as centre pieces of each of the de- signs that merge East and West
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      51 6 Photocontest Korean Air presents its 17th Travel Photo Contest from now till Sept 3.Interested applicantscansubmittheirbest photos at the website photo. koreanair.com and win fabulous prizes, such as international flight tickets.There are several award categories, including the new Echo Photo Award to recognise ecofriendly photography and Kids Pix Award to encourage
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    • SINGAPORE 2010 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
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        510 9  -  Yuka Sato wins girls’ triathlon after race filled with thrills and spills Top story BY ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg JAPANESE triathlete Yuka Sato has never heard of James Conolly, but she and the American are now members of an extremely exclusive club of two. Triple jumper
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        195 9 MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES YOG caterer acts on food Who’s that boy? Cubs send warning Four special night bus services for YOG YOUR SAY Japan’s Yuka Sato won the first gold medal of the Youth Olympic Games on Sunday when she triumphed in the girls’ triathlon at East Coast Park.
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        Lock icon Big hair for cancer research
        154 9  -  Golden heart BY FRANKIE CHEE MIGUEL Breault-Mallette is hard to miss. His flame-red locks make the Canadian look like a lion. He even needs his fencing mask to be two sizes bigger to accommodate his hair. But it is all for a good cause. The
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        Lock icon Home crowd’s support kept Stefanie going
        157 9  -  Brave show BY JEFF ANG STEFANIE Tan took a year’s break from school to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games. Yesterday, at the Kallang Tennis Centre’s centre court, her tournament ended after 90 minutes. She had no regrets at all. “None,” said Singapore’s lone
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        44 9  -  JASMINE ALKHALDI, freestyle swimmer from the Philippines “I used to think that people from all over the world will be very different, but now I’ve learnt that we are all pretty much the same. We just live in different places.”
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        Lock icon Every reason to be proud
        117 9  -  Olympic spirit BY CHAN U-GENE LESOTHO’S Nts’Eke Setho, 17, got one of the biggest cheers at the Singapore Sports School yesterday. Not because he finished first in his 100m breaststroke heat. It was because he finished. He came in 18sec after his nearest rival. “I
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        446 10  - SWEET REUNION FOR S’PORE SHUTTLER DAD They meet for first time in 6 years as Huang Chao upsets 2nd seed BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg THERE was no way Huang Chao was going to lose his opening match in the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) badminton competition yesterday. Not with 700 home
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        Lock icon Tuvalu shuttler’s travails
        170 10  -  TERRENCE VOON TUVALU’S debut in an international badminton tournament lasted just 12 minutes yesterday, when their lone shuttler was beaten 1-21, 0-21 by Thailand’s Sapsiree Taerattanachai in the girls’ singles. Tiaese Tapumanaia, 17, was disconsolate after the thrashing and refused to speak to the media. She is
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        Lock icon China glitter in pool as crowd roars
        396 10  -  BY LEONARD LIM THE opening day of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) swimming competition ended the way it began with the crowd checking the split-times at every turn, several anxious moments and victory for the Chinese by a hair’s breadth twice. But the
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        Lock icon Iran in contention for semi-final spot
        402 10  -  BY FABIUS CHEN IRAN kept their hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) girls’ football competition alive with a 1-0 win over Papua New Guinea last night. A 2-4 defeat by Turkey in their opening Group A encounter had left
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        Lock icon IN THE SPORT LIGHT
        400 10 TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVES What turns you on Taiwanese TV drama or sport? For those who love both, some may have wished that the Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony on Saturday was beamed live on Channel 8. Instead, popular Taiwanese soap opera Love was allowed to
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        Lock icon Russia, ex-allies dominate
        267 10  -  BY JEFF ANG THE fact that the post-event press conference was conducted in Russian showed who the powers in world wrestling are. All five golds in wrestling (Greco-Ro-man) yesterday at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre were snapped up by wrestlers from the former Soviet Union.
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        Lock icon SCENES FROM DAY1
        266 11 The Games puts on its Sunday best with thrills and spills NIKON MOMENTS Tuncer Seyma (left) of Turkey and Shir Jahani Maryam of Iran trading kicks during their girls’ -44kg taekwondo preliminary match. PHOTO: XINHUA/SYOGOC-POOL PHOTO: XINHUA/SYOGOC-POOL Girl rowers competing in the lightweight single sculls event at
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          70 12 BRITAIN’S diving world champion Tom Daley expected to be one of the biggest stars at the Youth Olympic Games will come to Singapore despite injuring his triceps. The 16-year-old was forced to withdraw from last week’s European Championships in Hungary, but will leave for
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          Lock icon S’pore weightlifter out with injury
          68 12 TEAM Singapore weightlifter Joel Law, 17, has withdrawn from the YOG due to a hairline fracture in a rib. He picked up the injury about two weeks ago during training. “I’m very disappointed as I’ve been training close to two years for this,” he said.
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          Lock icon Tough outing for local cagers
          80 12 SINGAPORE’S cagers endured a disappointing outing in their opening preliminary matches yesterday at *scape Youth Space. The girls were beaten 22-33 by Germany while the boys fell 17-25 to the Central African Republic. Things will not get any easier for the quartet of Hannah Ng,
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          Lock icon Easy taekwondo gold for Israel
          54 12 ISRAELI Gili Haimovitz walked away with the boys’ 48kg title on the first day of the taekwondo competition without having to land a kick in the final. The 17-year-old was handed the victory after Iran’s Mohammad Soleimani, 16, pulled out moments before the final with
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          Lock icon Golding off to great tennis start
          58 12 BRITAIN’S Oliver Golding, the former child actor, made a superb start to his tennis campaign with victory over the top seed. The 16-year-old beat the world No. 1 and Wimbledon boys’ champion Marton Fucsovics of Hungary 7-5, 6-3 yesterday. “It’s one of the best
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          Lock icon Vietnam’s gold extra special
          55 12 KIM Tuan Thach cleared 140kg on his third and final attempt in the boys’ 56kg clean-and-jerk yesterday to secure Vietnam’s first gold medal in any Olympic competition. His earlier lift of 116kg in the snatch gave him a total weight of 256kg to secure the gold
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          Lock icon China take time for moment of silence
          66 12 XINHUA THE China delegation paid a silent tribute here yesterday to victims of a massive mudslide in Zhouqu county in north-west China’s Gansu Province. Cai Zhenhua, the chef de mission, led a total of 38 officials and athletes at the Youth Olympic Village
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        553 12  -  He wants youngsters to understand that sport is not all about winning BY JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg THE one question that former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe wishes he could avoid will surprise you. And it has nothing to do with his famous rivalry with compatriot Steve Ovett, the
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        248 12 Basketball Prelims: Boys and girls (9am) *scape Singapore’s female cagers are in action against the fancied United States at 11.30am, while the boys face Turkey in a high noon showdown. Swimming Boys’ 200m freestyle final (6.30pm) Singapore Sports School South African Chad le Clos, a two-time Commonwealth
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        Lock icon Tickets finally to watch daughter play
        296 12  -  BY LEE MIN KOK LIKE any proud parent, Annette Henson’s dream was to watch her daughter, Amber, play in her opening basketball match of the Youth Olympic Games. But, for an hour yesterday, the 47-year-old was frantic with worry. The reason tickets were sold
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        Lock icon Timothy won’t get flustered
        311 12  -  BY LIN XINYI THE last time he watched Britain’s Sam Oldham compete, Timothy Tay had his eyes glued to a YouTube video. Today, the two will cross paths at the Bishan Sports Hall, where the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) boys’ artistic gymnastics competition will begin. “I
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      Lock icon FIRE AND WATER
      144 13 The YOG opening ceremony, the biggest sporting show which Singapore has staged, was an extravaganza melding youthful vigour, and fire and water effects NIKON MOMENTS Singapore’s Darren Choy, two-time sailing world champion, sets in motion the lighting of the cauldron. PHOTO: SPH-SYOGOC/BRYAN VAN DER BEEK Spectacular fireworks
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      Lock icon REINA’S COSTLY BLUNDER
      468 14  -  Goalie’s late own goal allows Arsenal to earn 1-1 draw with Liverpool Liverpool 1 Arsenal 1 BY RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg THERE were debuts to remember at Anfield yesterday. For Joe Cole, sent off on his league bow for Liverpool. For Laurent Koscielny, dismissed on his Arsenal bow.
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      Lock icon Ferguson to focus on Euro glory
      358 14 MANCHESTER: Manchester United will open their English Premier League season against Newcastle with manager Alex Ferguson claiming the Champions League will be his priority this season. In a break from his usual stance, the Old Trafford boss has outlined his desperation to make up
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      Lock icon Ancelotti promises better performances from Chelsea
      348 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti insists his Chelsea squad are now complete following the arrival of Ramires and claims his side are not at their peak yet despite the champions’ 6-0 thrashing of West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday. The Blues
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        Lock icon Indian PM makes promise
        36 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised a successful Delhi Commonwealth Games yesterday, a day after he intervened to rescue the event that has been beset by many issues.
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        Lock icon HK pull out after shooting
        35 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS CARACAS (Venezuela): Hong Kong pulled out of the women’s baseball World Cup on Saturday, a day after a player was wounded by a stray bullet during a game.
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      Lock icon Scudamore defends new squad rule
      297 14 LONDON: English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has hit back at Arsene Wenger’s criticism of the league’s new rules on squad numbers. In an effort to boost British talent, top-flight clubs must now have eight “home-grown” players in their 25-man squad, with no limit
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      Lock icon City’s huge loss on duo
      257 14 LONDON: After spending more than £100 million (S$213 million) on new players, Manchester City are ready to make one of football’s biggest giveaways. The English Premier League club, backed by Abu Dhabi riches, are set to cut their losses on British record signing Robinho by
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      Lock icon Becks’ sister on the dole
      124 14 LONDON: David Beckham is one of the world’s richest sportsmen he is estimated to be worth more than £125 million (S$267 million) and earned a staggering £26 million last year. But his older sister Lynne is claiming £64.30-a-week income support following the break-up of her
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      Lock icon FENG STUNG IN FINAL
      449 15  -  She fails to convert 2 match points, falls to No. 56 Shen in Korea BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg WORLD No. 2 Feng Tianwei paid the price for failing to convert either of her championship points at the Korea Open yesterday. Spanish paddler Shen Yanfei, ranked 54
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      Lock icon Liang breaks course record
      378 15 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS KOHLER (Wisconsin): Asked about the biggest hurdles they faced last week at the United States PGA Championship, most golfers spoke of the frustrating fog delays at Whistling Straits or the precarious winds off Lake Michigan. Liang Wenchong had a different
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      Lock icon Betrayed by putter, Woods 10 shots behind
      308 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS SHEBOYGAN (Wisconsin): All the moves golfer Tiger Woods made in Saturday’s third round of the United States PGA Championship were in the wrong direction, leaving him 10 strokes off the lead. After pulling within five strokes of the lead in the
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      177 15 Today Cricket Clydesdale Bank 40: Somerset v Lancashire (Live, mio TV Ch123, 11.38pm) Football English Premier League: Manchester United v Newcastle (Live, mio TV Ch102, tomorrow, 2.30am) Tennis Western Southern Financial Group Masters: 1st rd (Live, Ch211,11pm, and tomorrow, 7am) Tomorrow Baseball MLB: Detroit Tigers v New
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        2692 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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      493 1 DIY album Plenty of glitz Musical debut The Click Five go indie C6 Rahimah Rahim starts from scratch C2 Coco Lee’s Vegasinspired concert C3 Jack Sim started the World Toilet Organisation to improve sanitation facilities worldwide. The tireless campaigner tells AKSHITA NANDA how he is making the subject sexy. DESIGN:
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      983 5 New York Times Ashikaga, Japan On a December morning in 1991, Toshikazu Sugaya’s quiet existence in this sleepy city north of Tokyo ended abruptly with a knock on his door. It was the police. They wanted to question Mr Sugaya, then a 45-year-old
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        225 10 Beijing Her new album is titled Myself. But at its launch last Friday, singer Jolin Tsai had to fight off accusations that she looks more like Lady Gaga in the album art, said Apple Daily. Publicity images of Myself show Tsai in a top
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      155 12 CUSTOMER RELATION OFFICER Min'O' level Service oriented Working hours 12noon 9pm Immediate employment Only S'porean/PR need apply Send resume expected salary to: paagency@ecgproperty.com 742 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE 742 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE ASSISTANT RESTAURANT MANAGER Requirements: Min. 2 yrs of relevant work experience in western restaurant Wine knowledge would be an advantage Possess
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      155 13 758 GENERAL PRODUCTION 758 GENERAL PRODUCTION Production Department: requires QC INSPECTORS OPERATORS Singporean/ PR Malaysian Only Walk in interview From 2.30 5pm 39 Kaki Bukit View #03-00 or Call 6741-1181 (No agent please) TAMPINES NEW FTY urgently requires: QA (10 vacancies) 5 day work week With w/o experience Transport provided
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