The Straits Times, 21 October 2010

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon Singapore’s air quality worst since 2006
    821 1  -  Expected rain could bring relief, but situation may worsen, says NEA BY AMRESH GUNASINGHAM amreshg@sph.com.sg HAZE from Indonesia brought Singapore’s air pollution to its worst level in four years yesterday, and the smoke is expected to remain in the air until at least Saturday.
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    Lock icon Tender for Downtown Line opens
    554 1  -  BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE tender to operate the 42km MRT Downtown Line is now open the first designed to prevent public transport companies from slipping into complacency as far as customer service is concerned. For starters, the Downtown Line contract is for only
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    Lock icon HDB allays fears it may block sales
    765 1  -  BY JESSICA CHEAM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT THE Housing Board (HDB) yesterday said that the additional disclosures it is requiring from flat sellers are meant to help them make responsible decisions, not block the sale of flats. Earlier this week, the HDB introduced a seven-day
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      Lock icon PM Lee’s regret
      69 1 IN HINDSIGHT, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he would have started preparing Singaporeans “five, or better still, 10 years earlier” for the challenges of globalisation. Singapore would then “have less of a problem now of workers catching up”, he said last night at a CNN dialogue,
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      Lock icon Saved by bargain-hunters
      63 1 BARGAIN-HUNTERS yesterday helped to avert a sharp selldown in Asian markets as a result of China’s surprise decision to raise its interest rates. Buyers looking for a good deal reversed the tide of selling and enabled the Straits Times Index to pare its opening losses by more
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      Lock icon PSLE passage rewritten
      55 1 THE cloze passage in the PSLE English paper was substantially rewritten from the newspaper article on which it was based, said the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board. It therefore bore little resemblance to similar passages that some pupils had worked on in exercises before the exam, the
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      Lock icon Horrific killings recorded
      54 1 FORMER Canadian air base commander David Russell Williams, exposed as a serial killer, raped and killed two women as they pleaded for their lives, prosecutors said in court giving fresh details of the lurid sex crimes. The married pilot also recorded the women’s last horrific moments on
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      Lock icon Yes, I want out: Rooney
      50 1 MANCHESTER United striker Wayne Rooney confirmed in a statement yesterday that he will not renew his contract with the team when it expires. The statement came just hours after Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini denied making an approach for the star striker. ?SPORT PAGES B11-12
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        Lock icon A challenging path to peace in Afghanistan
        73 2 WE SAY The United States and its Nato allies have little time to break the will of the Taleban in their current offensive against the insurgents’ strongholds. If they are to force the Taleban to come to the negotiating table, they will have
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        Lock icon Asian hubs catching up
        31 2 COLUMNS As the world’s centre of economic gravity shifts east, the balance of financial activity is bound to move with it, says Howard Davies. REVIEW PAGE A30
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        Lock icon Maintenance of parents
        35 2 OUR READER SAYS Should a parent not bear some or most of the responsibility for ensuring he is not an unnecessary burden on the next generation, asks Edwin Han. FORUM PAGE A33
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        11 2 www.straitstimes.com Grace Chng looks forward to more Apple offerings.
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      71 2 IN SATURDAY’S story, “Indonesian tycoon’s foundation funds new NTU professorship”, we said the Bakrie Centre Foundation also offers a master’s programme in international relations, strategic studies or political economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). This is wrong. The programme is offered
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      Lock icon When leaders should say ‘sorry’
      1030 2  -  A heartfelt, well-timed apology goes a long way towards healing rifts BY CHUA MUI HOONG DEPUTY REVIEW EDITOR muihoong@sph.com.sg A SERIES of heartfelt apologies last week has gone some way towards mending the hurts that emerged after a mistake by coach and team manager Ang
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      Lock icon Warning shots in Jakarta
      88 3 Indonesian police officers firing their guns into the air to chase away protesters near the presidential palace in Jakarta yesterday, the first anniversary of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second term in office. Similar small-scale protests took place in several other cities but a presidential spokesman dismissed
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      Lock icon Four more infected by new superbug
      647 3  -  They are likely to have caught the bug locally; more cases may surface BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg ANOTHER four people in Singapore have been infected by the new superbug, the highly drug-resistant New Delhi metal-lo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1), bringing the total to six.
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      Lock icon Air quality in Muar hits hazardous levels
      399 4  -  BY ELIZABETH LOOI MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: The Johor town of Muar, which faces Sumatra, was the worst hit yesterday by haze, which pushed its air quality to hazardous levels. All schools in Muar were told to close temporarily after the Air Pollutant
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      Lock icon No let-up in Riau forest fires despite crackdown promises
      502 4  -  BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Forest fires in the Riau province on Sumatra island have continued unchecked, despite promises by the Indonesian government to crack down on land owners who set fire to their land, environmental activists said yesterday. This
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      Lock icon PSLE cloze passage was rewritten
      571 6  -  Exam board sees no advantage for pupils familiar with article BY JANE NG janeng@sph.com.sg THE passage used in the English paper for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) was rewritten substantially from the newspaper article on which it was based. It therefore bore little resemblance
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      Lock icon Temasek pumps $520m into energy firm in Brazil
      531 7  -  It is also reportedly selling entire stake in S. Korean bank BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg IT WAS a day of big deals for Temasek Holdings yesterday buying a huge stake in a Brazilian energy firm while reportedly offloading its entire stake in
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      Lock icon Judge persuades lawyer not to discharge himself
      487 8/9  -  State counsel expresses regret at lawyer’s ‘baseless’ allegations BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg THE lawyer representing British author Alan Shadrake said yesterday he could not continue if the Attorney-General threatened him with contempt proceedings. Mr M. Ravi (right) took centre stage during yesterday’s High
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      Lock icon Mrs Wee Kim Wee’s cookbook out next month
      766 8/9  -  BY HUANG LIJIE lijie@sph.com.sg IT HAS taken 21 years but a cookbook featuring dishes that the former president’s wife, Mrs Wee Kim Wee, used to whip up for dignitaries and ordinary Singaporeans will finally be in stores next month. The book, Cooking
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      Lock icon Thai rice may cost more because of floods
      558 8/9 BLOOMBERG REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: The worst flooding to hit Thailand in decades has left about a quarter of the country inundated. This triggered a warning by an industry group yesterday that the world’s biggest rice exporter may have to cut production
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      Lock icon Indonesian rock star charged over porn clips
      227 8/9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: An Indonesian rock star held for more than four months over home-made sex video clips that found their way online was charged yesterday and could face up to 16 years in jail, reports said. Nazril Ariel, 28, has been charged
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      Lock icon What PM Lee would have done differently...
      1237 10  -  He says he would have helped Singapore workers train earlier to face challenges of globalisation BY LI XUEYIN, CASSANDRA CHEW xueying@sph.com.sg casschew@sph.com.sg WITH the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would have started preparing Singaporeans “five, or better still, 10
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      Lock icon Bargain-hunters halt Asian bourses’ slide
      639 10  -  BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT BARGAIN-HUNTERS splashed their cash around yesterday afternoon and helped to avert a sharp sell-down in markets across Asia as a result of China’s surprise decision to raise interest rates. Regional investors were initially spooked by the move, especially after
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      37 6 PHOTOBANK FBO Singapore gymnasts at the Commonwealth Games View and buy published and unpublished photos of people and events in the news in and around town from the Spotlight and Happenings sections of the bank. visit http://www.photobank.com.sq
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      Lock icon Colonel videotaped victims begging for their lives
      632 12 Killer even sent condolences to one victim’s family NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BELLEVILLE (Ontario): Former air force base commander David Russell Williams, already unmasked as a thief and killer, videotaped the brutal rapes and murders of his two victims as
      NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: REUTERS, BELLEVILLE POLICE SERVICE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  632 words
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      Lock icon Less than rosy anniversary for Yudhoyono
      869 14  -  Loud criticism a year into second term BY LYNN LEE INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF lynnlee@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: On the first anniversary of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second five-year term in office yesterday, the national daily Kompas published a cartoon capturing the frustration many Indonesians feel towards
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      106 14 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Officer a serial killer Schoolboy exposes phoney drug Informant dissolved in acid MOST COMMENTED ON HK chief addresses housing concerns. Says csanson2004: “These are sharp and firm measures, a great move to arrest problems. Kudos to Donald Tsang
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        Lock icon Khairy: Time for agenda based on merit
        673 16  -  Umno Youth chief urges party not to just focus on Malay rights BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin yesterday urged his party to set aside its narrow focus on Malay rights, and not fear an
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        Lock icon PKMS lauds Umno call to end racial debate
        491 16  -  BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN LEADERS of Singapore’s Malay-based political party have welcomed the call by Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin for Malaysians to stop racial debate and rhetoric. The Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) leaders said their party has long been mindful of
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        Lock icon Obama may skip temple over headscarf concerns
        634 20  -  US President set to cancel visit to Sikh holy city during trip to India BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Should United States President Barack Obama, whose middle name is Hussein, wear a headscarf that may convey the impression
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        Lock icon Taleban in talks on Afghan peace
        628 21 Officials say Kabul govt is in discussions with rebel leaders; US wary of being too hopeful NEW YORK TIMES KABUL: Talks to end the war in Afghanistan involve extensive, face-to-face discussions with Taleban commanders from the highest levels of the group’s leadership, who are
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        Lock icon Top of agenda at US-Pakistan talks: Ease strained ties
        385 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan met yesterday for the start of three-day talks, in a new bid to smooth out an uneasy partnership. The talks appear to signal Washington’s readiness to offer fresh military assistance to Islamabad, despite
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        Lock icon Casting light on energy crisis
        57 21 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Japan, China, Tibet and other countries release sky lanterns before the 24m-high statue of Buddha at Bodhgaya, a religious site in India’s state of Bihar, on Tuesday in a call to use renewable energy as a solution to the state’s power
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        Lock icon China allays fears over rare earth exports
        710 22 Beijing denies report in state-run newspaper that it will slash quotas REUTERS BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China yesterday denied a staterun newspaper report that the government plans to slash export quotas of rare earth metals next year, seeking to ease international jitters about
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        Lock icon US energy probe ‘a quest to gain votes’
        293 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A United States probe into alleged Chinese subsidies to clean energy firms is driven by a quest for votes in next month’s US elections, the Communist Party’s mouthpiece said yesterday, emphasising Beijing’s anger. The US authorities said last Friday
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        Lock icon Cross-strait ties: Economics first
        538 23 China’s point man says no rush to discuss politics, military with Taiwan REUTERS BEIJING: China is in no rush to begin talks with Taiwan over sensitive military or political issues, Beijing’s top man in charge of policy towards the self-ruled island was quoted as saying yesterday.
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        Lock icon New $2.6b terminal for Taipei airport
        264 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan said yesterday it is planning to spend nearly US$2 billion (S$2.6 billion) to build a new terminal at its main airport that will be capable of handling 27 million visitors a year. Work on the third terminal at Taoyuan International
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        Lock icon Britain unveils huge spending cuts
        827 24 Plan will slash local govt funds and axe half a million public sector jobs BLOOMBERG REUTERS LONDON: Britain’s government unveiled the harshest cuts for decades yesterday, slashing billions of pounds in public spending and axing half a million jobs in a bid to tackle a
        BLOOMBERG; REUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  827 words
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        Lock icon Costly fight for pension reform
        677 25 French authorities try to limit economic fallout from strikes AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved yesterday to restore fuel supplies, shortly after vowing to restore order following days of mounting protests in the country. The police cleared protesters blockading
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        Lock icon Republicans fall short on specifics
        543 26 They blast Democrats’ spending but fail to figure way out of crisis NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: If there is a single message unifying Republican candidates this year, it is a call to grab hold of the federal chequebook, slam it closed and begin to slash
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        Lock icon Saudi prince gets life for murder
        370 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: A Saudi prince, the grandson of King Abdullah, was jailed for life by a British court yesterday for murdering his male servant in a brutal attack at a London hotel after a long campaign of sexual abuse. Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin
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        Lock icon Heiress wins in pre-nup case
        678 28 British Supreme Court ruling gives new validity to such agreements LONDON: Britain’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of a German heiress yesterday in a divorce case that gives new validity to pre-nuptial agreements in England. The case hinged on whether a pre-nup signed by Ms
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          Lock icon Good news for EU mums
          109 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE STRASBOURG: European lawmakers voting amid a sea of pink and blue baby balloons yesterday gave their blessing to hotly contested plans for all new mothers across Europe to have five months of maternity leave. In a first reading of the proposal, a large
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          Lock icon Court order via Facebook
          78 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Australian police served a court order on an alleged cyber bully using the social networking site Facebook, officials said yesterday, describing it as a national first. Victoria police got court approval to use the site after attempts to serve the order in person,
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          Lock icon No jail for killer mother
          101 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A woman who beat her five-year-old daughter to death while trying to get her to memorise a poem has been spared jail by a Chinese court, state press said yesterday. Tan Hongying was sentenced to three years in prison by a court
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          Lock icon Tibetan students protest
          81 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Tibetan students in western China marched to protest against unconfirmed plans to use the Chinese language exclusively in classes and stop the use of Tibetan, teachers said. Students, probably numbering more than a thousand, went from school to school in the town of Tongren
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          Lock icon Gay recruits for military
          75 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The United States military is ready to accept openly gay recruits for the first time in the country’s history, officials said, as a judge upheld an order ending a controversial ban on homosexuals serving in the armed forces. But the military will tell
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      546 5  -  BY FIONA LOW A NEW procedure that uses robot-assist-ed technology will enable surgeons to remove tumours from early stage lung cancer patients more accurately. Two lobectomies using the technology have been carried out at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) since August, and
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      410 9  -  HUANG LIJIE AFTER graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business, Ms Chia Jia Wen could have opted for a glamorous career in an advertising firm, but she chose instead to work as a fruit and vegetable category manager at supermarket chain Cold Storage.
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      587 10  -  Compensation for condo foul-up must be pegged to market price: Judge BY K.C. VIJAYAN VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A COUPLE who sued a law firm for blowing their chance to buy a $3.5 million flat will get compensation pegged to the market
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      227 10  -  ELENA CHONG A FORMER Singapore Land Authority (SLA) manager accused of conspiring with two other men to defraud the Government of $11.8 million was offered bail of $1.5 million yesterday. But Lim Chai Meng, 37, could not post bail and was remanded in
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      306 10  -  BY ELENA CHONG COURTS CORRESPONDENT A DISMISSED airport customer service agent who had accepted bribes from a Sri Lankan businessman to waive excess baggage fees on three occasions was fined $6,000 yesterday. Murali Gobal Krisnan, 29, was also ordered to pay a
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      406 10  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER MAJOR Wong Kwok Ken had always wanted a meaningful and exciting career that would keep him on his toes. He got what he wanted when he joined the Singapore Civil Defence Force. In July last year, he played a major role
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      299 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOUTHAMPTON (Bermuda): David Toms had a hot start and held on for a one-shot lead over Ernie Els on the first day of the Grand Slam of Golf on Tuesday. Despite bogeys on Nos. 11 and 13, he hit a four-under 67
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      628 14 But fans and sponsors are shying away from the Korean Grand Prix SOURCE: FIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YEONGAM (South Korea): After three years of work, a US$275 million (S$360 million) investment and frantic last-minute building work, Formula One comes to South Korea this weekend on what is touted
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      336 14  -  BY LEE MIN KOK AFTER a month of living in limbo, Khairul Nizam now faces an anxious wait over the next few days to find out if his complete exile from football is finally at an end. Yesterday, the promising striker was among seven players who
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      85 13 LOTTERY L Jfl Draw No. 2581/2010 #iyiy Draw Today. Thursday, 21 October 2010 Group 1 Prize *600,000. Sales close today 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6 Time 6.30pm y Ip Y(i» Always play with care. [responsiblyy Do not bet illegally. No person
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    262 14 OBITUARIES The Family of the Late LEE MAY CHING (MRS YEO ENG SIONG) Called home to be with the Lord on 18 October 2010 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, business associates, colleagues, pastors and church members for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers,
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        535 16  -  Bourse takes early hit from China’s interest rate hike BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE Singapore market did an admirable job of damage limitation yesterday as it clawed back much of the losses from an early session sell-down. The local bourse faced
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          214 16 REUTERS BLOOMBERG Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,381.60 (-157.85) Japan’s Nikkei average fell almost 2 per cent after China unexpectedly tightened credit, prompting concern the global economic recovery may slow. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,486.78 (-1.87) Malaysia shares ended off its low with buying in Genting, AirAsia and
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        428 16 REUTERS NEW YORK: Morgan Stanley yesterday reported a surprising third-quarter loss, suggesting the bank is losing hard-won ground against Goldman Sachs for Wall Street supremacy. The firm’s US$91 million (S$119 million) loss, on weak volumes during one of the most difficult trading quarters in
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          429 16 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: OCT 20, 2010 Top Rises Oct 20 CENTS DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4911 52.3 0.8 JMH 4536 44.4 0.8 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1715 26.1 1.2 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 .***** 20.0 0.2 Genting
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          174 16 By Volume CENTS Vol Genting SP 226 11.0 5.1 223,828,000 GLP 226 -3.0 -1.3 107,607,000 BerlianLaju 5.5 -0.5 -8.3 97,033,000 Genting HK US$ 46.5 3.3 5.7 93,776,000 Transcu Grp 14 1.5 12.0 51,041,000 EuNetworks 2 0.0 0.0 46,021,000 NOL 213 7.0 3.4 45,092,000 Golden Agri 67 -1.5
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          99 16 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Oct 20 2010 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.316 1.242 Can dollar 1.295 1.246 Euro 1.837 1.767 Sterling pound 2.098 2.018 NZ dollar 1.005 0.958 US dollar 1.334 1.283 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi
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        441 17  -  Hotel, property trading income shrink but profit for nine months up 18% BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg KEPPEL Land saw a 10.7 per cent drop in third-quarter net profit to $70.1 million as income from its hotel and resort and property trading segments shrank. Singapore
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        501 17  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK CITI Singapore has risen to No. 2 on the initial public offering (IPO) league table. This came after its investment banking arm was involved in two recent giant-sized offerings: Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) and Global Logistic Properties
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        242 17  -  BY DHEVARAJAN DEVADAS THE first overseas office of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) was opened in China’s main commercial hub yesterday. Singapore’s Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan officially opened the centre, in Nanjing West Road in Shanghai. Minister of
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      493 18  -  It will hire 300 staff by 2013 to cater to growing number of rich investors BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg STANDARD Chartered Private Bank will ramp up hiring over the next three years to capitalise on the growing ranks of wealthy investors in Singapore
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      255 18 THE chief executive officer (CEO) of Fullerton Fund Management has resigned. Mr Gerard Lee is apparently joining investment firm Lion Global, which is part of the OCBC group. He has led the fund since its inception in 2003, and also headed the team since 1999
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      727 19 They accuse banks of creating questionable bonds, demand repurchase REUTERS LOS ANGELES TIMES NEW YORK: The United States mortgage crisis has flared up again with big-name investors now seeking redress from banks over questionable mortgage bonds, and the White House warning that it will
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      687 19 CURRENCY ISSUES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China’s first rate hike since 2007 has laid bare official fears over surging prices, but could also complicate Beijing’s controversial efforts to keep a lid on its currency, analysts said. The move announced by the central bank
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      342 19 REUTERS BEIJING: China shook global markets on Tuesday with its unexpected increase of interest rates, but the surprise was compounded for careful observers by the size of the move. The increase was 25 basis points, the first time in
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      368 19 REUTERS WASHINGTON: A string of United States Federal Reserve officials have indicated the central bank will soon offer further monetary stimulus to the economy, with one saying US$100 billion (S$130 billion) a month in bond buys may be appropriate. While internal
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      514 20  -  Aircraft unit set up; plan may be to fly high rollers to RWS BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT franchan@sph.com.sg GAMING giant Genting Singapore has set up a firm to operate aircraft, in what analysts say could be a move to offer overseas high rollers an
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      291 20  -  FRANCIS CHAN GENTING Singapore executive chairman Lim Kok Thay is $6.1 million richer, thanks to the surging share price of the firm that owns Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore’s first integrated resort. His latest windfall came in the form of 2.97 million stock options that
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      106 20 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Apple Q4 income soars 70% GLP off to roaring start MOST COMMENTED ON Shutters down for spa chain. Says gemini58: “It appears that when full payment is made upfront, businesses lack the motivation to fulfil obligations or they
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      410 18 r Be A Successful Entrepreneur! r did it? LS o can Boyd Au grew up in the Salvation Army and yet made it as a successful entrepreneur with a 25-year track record. He started a business from scratch, listed the company on the Singapore Stock Exchange and achieved sales turnover
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      187 20 D «partur Final Information Session! Don't Miss It! SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY 10™ ANNIVERSARY *****-2010 "We need more SMU MITB (Service Sector) graduates, right now!" So say these service sector leaders:* Organisations that are best practice leaders and next-practice early adopters are partnering with the School of Information Systems to
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      480 1 CPART THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 2010 The highlight of the Malay arts festival is a spectacular piece of Javanese dance-theatre that tells the story of a village girl who married a prince, defended her country and co-founded a dynasty. AKSHITA NANDA reports. C2&3 From film to canvas Culture Vulture The many
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        1626 2  -  Princess Atilah Soeryadjaya turns writer-director in staging the romantic story of her ancestors akshita nanda Adescendent of Javanese royalty brings the romance of her warrior ancestors to life this week in Matah Ati, a dance-theatre extravaganza that debuts at The Esplanade before going on to tour
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        509 4 NIGHT OF HOKKIEN CLASSICS The Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), in collaboration with Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, presents Hokkien Classics for two nights only, conducted by SCO music director Tsung Yeh (above). Expect popular hits such as Ai Pia Jia Eh Yia performed by Taiwanese singer Christine Hsu as
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        483 5  -  The Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s tour of London and Germany won over critics magdalen ng songyuan@sph.com.sg The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has received four out of five stars from British newspaper The Times for its debut at London’s Royal Festival Hall. For its one-night concert
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        394 5  -  reviewconcert THE SHANGHAI QUARTET Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall Tuesday chang tou liang Asian string quartets are not exactly a new phenomenon. The legendary Tokyo String Quartet has been thrilling audiences since the late 1960s, while the first prominent quartet to emerge
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        795 7  -  Director Tsai Ming-liang’s film Visage has inspired an exhibition of the same name by Malaysian artist Chang Fee Ming adeline chia chiahta@sph.com.sg Taiwanese-Malaysian director Tsai Ming-liang’s challenging and intellectual films have been called works of art by many fans and critics, but now one of his
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        735 8  -  Having sung on the soundtrack of several American movies, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan now focuses on Indian film music deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg He is both a celebrated singer in his home country of Pakistan, and a cross-cultural star who has lent his soulful vocals to soundtracks
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      817 10  -  Top Taiwanese television host Regine can credit her meteoric rise to her wit and ability to connect with her audience foong woei wan woeiwan@sph.com.sg Television host Regine is looking impossibly statuesque in a grey column of a dress, inching across the lobby of the Taiwan Television building. She
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      334 10 Agence France-Presse Tokyo Michelin unveiled on Tuesday its new guide to Japan’s western cities of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, with a novelty: a selection of 106 top restaurants that offer courses under 5,000 yen (S$80.60). The guide, due to hit Japanese bookstores tomorrow in both Japanese
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        351 12 New York Times New York After Avatar, one of James Cameron’s next projects may star actress Angelina Jolie. The director of blockbusters such as Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009) said he is in talks to direct a 3-D movie about Egyptian monarch Cleopatra, adapted from Stacy
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        245 12 Associated Press Reuters Los Angeles Tom Bosley the warm-voiced, roundbodied actor (right, with his real-life wife Patricia Carr Bosley during the filming of a scene of Happy Days) best known for his hugely popular role as the understanding father on television’s nostalgic, hit comedy series Happy
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        393 12 Reuters LosAngeles –SingerJohn Mayeron Tuesday joined Twilight actor Taylor Lautner in the ranks of men thought to be targeted by country pop singer Taylor Swift in her upcoming album, Speak Now. Joe Jonas, music industry critics and Kanye West also appear to feature in what is shaping
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          50 12 Mel Gibson will make a cameo in The Hangover 2, a sequel to last year’s hit, as a tattoo artist, a source close to the production confirmed. The actor might be hoping some comedy improves his tarnished reputation, since the first Hangover film helped rehabilitate Mike Tyson’s image.
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          44 12 Actress Kim Novak, 77, has breast cancer, but doctors says her prospects for recovery are good, her manager said. The cancer “was caught early by a routine yearly mammogram and (she) is undergoing treatment”, Sue Cameron told the Hollywood Reporter.
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          41 12 Donny and Marie Osmond will tread a Broadway stage together for the first time in a show titled Donny Marie A Broadway Christmas at the Marriott Marquis Theatre. The 12-performance run is from Dec 9 to 19.
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          55 12 Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is the first recipient of the 500,000 kroner (S$121,000) Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize. The award was handed out on Tuesday in Odense, Andersen’s hometown. It is given to a person who can be compared with the famed Danish writer
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      140 11 The weather Hazy and showers with thunder mainly over northern, eastern and western Singapore in the late morning and early afternoon SUNRISE 6.48am MOONRISE 5.31pm SUNSET 6.52pm MOONSET 5.11am °C 32/26 AIR QUALITY PSI 80 (MODERATE) FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES DIVISION, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO ONLINE
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        363 2  -  Gloria Chandy Editor gloria@sph.com.sg At the start of Breast Cancer Awareness month two weeks ago, I mused, in this column, over the apathy, fear or prejudice that some older women still have with regard to breast screening. There has been a government-subsidised mammography-based
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        261 6 The New York Times The claim: A soap-and-water rinse is the best way to clean produce. The facts: The prospect of ingesting pesticides and other contaminants can make supermarket produce seem less than appetising. Buying organic produce lowers the risk, but is no
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        945 12  -  The annual incidence rate has been rising for this age group but experts are divided about the benefits of breast screening for these women. JOAN CHEW reports JOAN CHEW joanchew@sph.com.sg You may be past the breast cancer peak age of 50 to
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        412 12  -  Joan Chew While getting dressed for bed one night, 76-year-old Lin Soek Eng discovered something unnerving. Her hand accidentally brushed across her right breast and she felt a “goli” Malay for marble under the skin. The spinster has had no formal education but
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        888 13  -  Lee Hui Chieh Some women with a large tumour in the breast can now have the growth removed without having to lose the entire breast through a new type of surgery. The catch: Only well-endowed women with a bra size of at least a
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        793 18  -  Ophthalmologist Doric Wong has to work with a lot of fine details under the microscope and likens his job to that of a watchmaker. POON CHIAN HUI reports POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg I decided to specialise in ophthalmology because... I sub-specialise in retina diseases, which I suppose
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        312 22  -  DR YEAK HWEE LEE General practitioner, Singapore Medical Group Limited QI am a 30-year-old man. I have a problem with dry lips, especially after eating and participating in sports. This problem started a decade ago. I use moisturisers and lip balms but these provide only
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        198 22  -  DR WONG WAI YEE Specialist in oral maxillofacial surgery at Raffles Dental QMy son is 13. He grinds his teeth loudly at night when he sleeps. Could this indicate an underlying health problem? AThe condition of grinding one’s teeth involuntarily during sleep is known as
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        579 23  -  Fear of having to train with younger army recruits started Dr Shyard Wong on an exercise regimen and he has not looked back since. APRIL CHONG reports APRIL CHONG aprilc@sph.com. sg What do you do to keep fit? I run for one or two hours two
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      313 2 Contents 4 Docs can learn how to starve fibroids 6 New parents get help 7 Fact or fiction: Best way to clean fruit and vegetables 8 Doc Talk: Blocking pain signals 10 Beat the temptation to overeat 11CPR pared down 12 The new face of pharmacies 14Cover Story: Breast cancer
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      629 3 The teenage years What to expect? mm s a young girl approaches puberty between the ages of 8 and 13, her body will go through dramatic changes. Breast development, appearance of body hair, the beginning of her menstrual period, and growth spurt are just a few of the physical changes
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      164 5 The Dental Studio aesthetic and implant dentistry I A Forum by Dr Lynette IMg Prosthodontist (Specialist) BDS (S'pore), MDS (Prosthodontics) (S pore), MRD RCS (Edinburgh), FAMS (Prosthodontics) Dental implant and denture Dates: 27 Oct 2010 (Wed) 6:30pm English forum 30 Oct 2010 (Sat) 2:00pm Agenda: 1. Dentures What are the
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