The Straits Times, 20 December 2010

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 108/11/2010 MONDAY, DECEMBER 20 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon KL: 2 nuke plants by 2022
    55 1 MALAYSIA plans to build two 1,000MW nuclear power plants by 2022 to counter an “imbalance” in its energy supplies, Energy Minister Peter Chin has said. The government will engage an international consultant to evaluate the locations and requirements for such plants to be built,
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    Lock icon CNY tours selling out fast
    90 1 BARELY into the Christmas break, Singaporeans are already planning for their next holiday on the calendar. Many have made plans for more sightseeing during the Chinese New Year break. With just seven weeks to go, tour packages for the festive period are selling out fast,
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    Lock icon PR makes election vows
    59 1 MALAYSIA’S opposition Pakatan Rakyat alliance yesterday unveiled an election manifesto of sorts, as it sought to combat the perception that it was all rhetoric and no substance. It used its annual convention to present an ambitious set of promises to Malaysians, such as scrapping highway tolls
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    Lock icon Arsenal sign Japanese boy
    33 1 WINGER Ryo Miyaichi, 18, has become the second Japanese footballer to sign for Arsenal. The schoolboy will start with the London club in the new year. LSPORT PAGE B9
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    Lock icon HDB marks one-million-flat milestone
    898 1  -  BY MARIA ALMENOAR mariaa@sph.com.sg MS CHRISTINA Ng and her husband Wang Weiji have never considered themselves particularly lucky. But yesterday was an auspicious day they will remember. The couple, both aged 28, were declared the owners of the one millionth flat built by the Housing Board
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    Lock icon UN meets to cool Korean tensions
    702 1 Russia urges Ban to send special envoy to region REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS YEONPYEONG ISLAND: The United Nations Security Council kicked off an emergency session late last night in a bid to cool tensions between the rival Koreas. Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin
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    Lock icon SING ‘WHITE CHRISTMAS’ ONE MORE TIME, TOM, AND I SWEAR...
    70 1 Workers trying to clear the snow at London’s Heathrow Airport on Saturday, after all flights at the airport were grounded due to blizzards. Britain’s transport network suffered massive disruptions over the weekend, with the country’s major airports closing their runways
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    Lock icon Criminal Procedure Code changes take effect Jan 2
    381 1 THE revised Criminal Procedure Code and the new Coroners Act will take effect on Jan 2, the Ministry of Law said in a statement yesterday. The revised Code was signed into law by President S R Nathan in June this year. Among
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      127 1 MEET THE REAL AUNTY LUCY Dennis Chew is the man behind the persona LIFE! PAGE C4 GROWING OLD AT HOME FANTASTIC FENG First Singaporean to win Pro Tour Grand Finals singles title SPORT, PAGE B8 More can be done to promote home care REVIEW, PAGE A16 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT:
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        Lock icon Naming the past for the future
        54 2 2 The Land Transport Authority has called upon members of the public to suggest names for 13 MRT stations planned for the eastern section of the Downtown Line. In the past, there were complaints that officials sometimes came up with obscure or inappropriate names.
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        Lock icon Hands off our wartegs!
        27 2 COLUMNS Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja finds out why a plan to tax Jakarta’s ramshackle food shacks sparked a public outcry. outcry. L WORLD PAGE A13
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        Lock icon China courts Philippines
        42 2 China providing the Philippine army with engineering and construction equipment is a move that seems aimed at promoting bilateral relations and gaining Manila’s sympathetic ear on select issues rather than undermining Washington, says Robert Karniol. L REVIEW PAGE A17
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        Lock icon Cookie-cutter kids
        45 2 OUR READER SAYS Creativity can be nurtured only by giving a child space and freedom to pursue his strengths and passions, says Kwan Jin Yao, but society treats differences with disdain and expects everyone to turn out the same. L FORUM PAGE A18
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        18 2 www.straitstimes.com L Ernest Luis on ST Online’s new push to prompt readers’ reactions to hot topics.
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      Lock icon Walking the walk on Orchard Road
      960 2  -  If ‘pedestrian experience’ is important, then bring back Paterson crossing BY TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg A RECENT appeal to put back a pedestrian crossing along Orchard Road has highlighted just how tricky it is to manage Singapore’s most famous street. Retailers have appealed to the
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      Lock icon Foreign workers take centre stage
      462 3  -  Talent contest at Marina Bay platform marks International Migrants Day BY ELIZABETH SOH esoh@sph.com.sg HE TOILS nameless and unheralded under the tropical sun during the rest of the year, one among thousands of foreign workers in Singapore. But yesterday, Mr Karu Gajarathi Raju’s name rang
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      Lock icon Singaporean dies of suspected hypothermia in HK
      343 3 HONG KONG: A Singaporean man on a trip to Hong Kong to take part in a war game simulation has died of suspected hypothermia after temperatures plunged to a low of 15 deg C. According to local press reports, the death occurred at
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      Lock icon EUROPE ON ICE
      714 6 Heavy snow derails travel plans across continent; cold weather set to continue this week AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Heavy snow continued to disrupt European air travel over the weekend and stranded hundreds of drivers in their cars, as a frosty Christmas appeared increasingly likely for many
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      Lock icon PAP’s Sitoh wants third crack at Potong Pasir
      565 6  -  BY TEO WAN GEK MR SITOH Yih Pin, the People’s Action Party’s grassroots adviser in Potong Pasir, has a New Year wish for 2011: He wants to be fielded again as the ward’s PAP candidate in the coming general election. The 47-year-old
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      Lock icon BoA halts funds flow to WikiLeaks
      766 7 Bank’s website could be next target of hackers following its action against whistle-blower NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHARLOTTE (North Carolina): In a sign of the increasing tension between WikiLeaks and the corporate world, Bank of America has said it will no
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      88 7  -  BY LAU FOOK KONG PHOTOJOURNALIST It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends home, and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages every Monday, entitled 6.39pm. Workers arrange
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      279 4 AMITY GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL SINGAPORE LONDON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO X With Amity's MBA, I benefited from a curriculum tailored not only around my success, but also around my working life. MARIE-JOSEE TREPANIER Student of Part-time MBA, Amity Global Business School, Singapore Senior Legal Consultant Former CEO Dubai, Polygon, DMCC
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      Lock icon Pakatan has grand plans if it wins GE
      925 8  -  New manifesto strives to convince voters it can set aside its infighting, take on ruling coalition BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KEPALA BATAS (Penang): Pakatan Rakyat (PR) yesterday unveiled an election manifesto of sorts, as it sought to combat the
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      Lock icon China PM lauds Pakistan’s efforts in fighting Al-Qaeda
      519 8 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday lauded Pakistan’s efforts to battle Al-Qaeda, just days after the United States said its ally could do more to crack down on militants, especially along the border with Afghanistan. Mr Wen’s comments, made
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      105 8 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Celebrity chef hired homeless men to kill wife MOST COMMENTED ON L Japan to refocus military on China threat. Says RedneckLoo: “It’s also about who starts being assertive first. If China starts being aggressive in the East
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        Lock icon Ex-premier signals presidency intent
        690 10  -  DPP rivals pre-empted again, as Su makes clear aim to run in 2012 polls BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: Former Taiwan premier Su Tseng-chang yesterday signalled that he would contest the 2012 presidential election, throwing down the gauntlet to his rivals in the
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        Lock icon China confirms aircraft carrier plan
        586 10 HONG KONG: China has officially confirmed that it is building an aircraft carrier a project other nations have long suspected, and which will heighten international scrutiny of the rapid expansion of its naval power. According to the annual report of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA),
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        Lock icon Sonia seeks to fast-track graft court cases
        245 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India’s ruling Congress party yesterday vowed to fight corruption by fast-tracking court cases, as the government tried to overcome criticism after a string of financial scandals. The pledge followed a telecoms scandal that deadlocked an entire session of Parliament,
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        Lock icon Malaysia plans to build two nuclear plants
        355 10 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia plans to build two nuclear power plants that will generate 1,000MW each, with the first plant ready for operation in 2021, and the second plant a year later. Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Peter Chin said the government
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        Lock icon South Korea questions trio from capsized Chinese boat
        417 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korean officials questioned three Chinese fishermen rescued from a boat that capsized during a maritime scuffle with the coast guard, an official said yesterday. The 63-tonne Chinese boat sank after ramming into a 3,000-tonne South Korean
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      • CHANGING FACE OF TEXTILE TRADE
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          Lock icon New rags to riches story from scraps
          568 12 Bangladesh firm spins a pretty penny turning cut-offs into green rugs AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HATIBANDHA (Bangladesh): Every year, the garment sector in Bangladesh produces billions of dollars worth of high-street clothes for major Western brands and generates mountains of fabric off-cuts in the process.
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          Lock icon Italian town cut up over ‘little China’
          481 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PRATO (Italy): The historic town of Prato in Tuscany is a place the local authorities see as a sort of new Chinese gangland but immigrants defend as a revitalised hub of Italy’s flagging textile industry. Chinese immigrants began arriving in Prato
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      • DEADLY ACCIDENTS
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          Lock icon 8-hour fire kills 15 at budget hotel
          296 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: A fire rapidly swept through a budget hotel in northern Philippines yesterday, burning to death 15 people several crammed into bathrooms where they fled in panic and injuring 12 others. Many of the victims were nurs ing students in town
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          Lock icon Women, kids die in boat crash
          314 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: Rescuers searched for survivors yesterday after an overcrowded boat carrying around 150 people capsized on a river in north-eastern Bangladesh leaving at least 37 dead, all of them women and children. Local police chief Jane Alam said most passengers were asleep
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          Lock icon Boy, six, started Tibet blaze
          316 12 XINHUA CHENGDU: A six-year-old boy playing with matches started a grassland fire that killed 23 people in a south-west China Tibetan area earlier this month, the local authorities said yesterday. The mother of the boy, whose identity was not disclosed, was also killed in the
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        Lock icon Much ado over a humble Jakarta staple
        955 13  -  Planned tax on food stalls shelved as owners and customers voice hearty dissent BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg AT WARMO, customers can tuck into a simple meal of rice topped with an egg and vegetables for as little as 5,000 rupiah (80
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        Lock icon US Senate repeals ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’
        686 14 President Obama to sign Bill lifting ban on gays serving openly in the military WASHINGTON POST TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: The United States military will for the first time in history allow gays to serve openly after the Senate voted
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        Lock icon Iran’s police on alert as food, fuel subsidies are cut
        623 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN: The Iranian government sent squads of riot police to man the major intersections of the capital as sensitive cuts in energy and food subsidies came into effect yesterday. Eyewitnesses reported a heavy police presence in
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        Lock icon Body of female tourist found after assault outside Jerusalem
        328 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: The body of a female tourist, bound and with multiple stab wounds, was found yesterday near a road outside Jerusalem, police said. Her friend, an immigrant from Britain, had reported her missing a day earlier after she also
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        Lock icon Survivors pray for dead behind bars
        468 15 Final figure on missing expected today; boat’s surviving crewmen likely to be charged AUSSIE REFUGEE TRAGEDY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Traumatised survivors of a refugee boat wreck off Australia held a private vigil behind bars yesterday for the 30 people who died, as debate raged
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        Lock icon Squashed and happy for it
        36 15 A boy and his grandfather enjoying a hot spring bath in a 229kg pumpkin at a spa facility in Nyuzen town, Japan’s Toyama prefecture yesterday. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Hotel regrets gems tree
          74 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS ABU DHABI: An Abu Dhabi luxury hotel that boasted an US$11 million (S$14 million) Christmas tree decorated with gold and gems now says its holiday spirit may have gone too far. A statement from the Emirates Palace hotel says it regrets “attempts to overload”
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          Lock icon Killer rapist off to jail
          105 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: The Japanese man convicted of abducting British bar hostess Lucie Blackman and dismembering her body has exhausted his last legal procedure against his life sentence, according to reports. A section of the Supreme Court rejected an objection which the defendant, Joji Obara,
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          Lock icon China cop on graft charge
          114 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A policeman in north China has been arrested for organised crime and millions of dollars in illicit assets were frozen in the latest scandal to hit the graft-plagued nation, state press said yesterday. Guan Jianjun, 41, the former head of a police
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          Lock icon Philippine notes blunders
          133 15 REUTERS MANILA: Geographically challenged Philippine maps and a rare parrot incorrectly coloured have perturbed the country after the central bank rolled out error-filled new editions of its peso bills. The reverse side of the new 500 peso (S$15) bill features the blue-naped parrot, with its red beak
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          Lock icon Taleban strike kills five
          47 15 REUTERS KUNDUZ (Afghanistan): Taleban insurgents launched attacks in Kabul and a major northern city yesterday. Two militants wearing suicide vests attacked a bus carrying Afghan army officers in Kabul, killing five and wounding nine, officials said. The Taleban claimed responsibility for the assault.
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      Lock icon Naming the past for the future
      416 16 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has called upon members of the public to suggest names for 13 MRT stations that have been planned for the eastern section of the Downtown Line, as part of ongoing efforts to involve stakeholders in shaping an integral part
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      Lock icon Improving home care
      1049 16  -  BY RADHA BASU SENIOR CORRESPONDENT radhab@sph.com.sg THE Government announced last week that it has begun a survey to find out the kind of support and services older people will need as they live out their twilight years. With 330,000 people here already aged 65 and above a
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      Lock icon Driven round the bend in Jakarta
      687 16  -  BY JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com NOT long ago we ran into a traffic jam while driving down rain-swept Jalan Thamrin, one of Jakarta’s main business district thoroughfares. After crawling along for a few metres, the cause of the hold-up became clear. There were
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        Lock icon WikiLeaks in dubious ‘Battle for the Truth’
        832 17  -  BY ONG WEICHONG The writer is associate research fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. He is attached to the Military Transformations Programme at the school’s constituent unit, the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies. ON JULY 25,
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        Lock icon Chinese military diplomacy reaches far and wide
        821 17  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@gmail.com THE armed forces of the Philippines are the latest beneficiary of Chinese largesse directed at its South-east Asian neighbours that aims to spread Beijing’s influence and temper regional concerns over its military rise. The Chinese will give
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        Lock icon China walking a tightrope on disputed resources
        834 17  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. CHINA’S dependence on increasing oil imports from potentially unstable areas of the Middle East and Africa through shipping channels that could be disrupted or even
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        Lock icon “This habit of coming together has contributed definitively to religious peace.”
        92 18 Inter-religious meet MR M. GURUNATHAN, president, Hindu Centre: “I agree with Mr Ng Junrong (‘Don’t misread census data’; last Thursday) that races and religions should coexist and not compete. During a recent international conference on the concept of service
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        Lock icon “Penalise drivers who cause rear-end collisions.”
        101 18 Road safety MR TAN HOW CHUAN: “I agree with Mr Mateo Furner’s view (‘Blame motorists, lack of police action’; last Tuesday) that obeying the law appears to fly out of the window once a motorist gets behind the wheel, because there are few consequences
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        60 18 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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        Lock icon The road to creativity
        318 18  -  Kwan Jin Yao MR TAN Jiaqi’s letter (“No template for creativity”; last Saturday) makes the excellent observation that the considerable absence of creativity among Singaporeans stems not merely from the pressures within classrooms but also from our socio-economic circumstances. Far from being an exclusive Singaporean problem,
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        Lock icon Buoyant property prices a sign of rising wealth
        178 18  -  Benjamin Ching THOSE who complain about the spike in housing prices seem to have missed the point: We are in this situation precisely because the Government got us out of the recent financial crisis at such a quick pace with prudent policies.
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        Lock icon Education grant denied for want of results slip
        289 18  -  Lui Bee Gek (Madam) MY DAUGHTER stopped studying for a few years after she was unable to get into a course she wanted, but this year she finally got to study at the Institute of Technical Education. But when applying for the
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        51 18 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 POLYCLINIC: Juggling time for quality care 2 DR EVELYN KHONG: Give abandoned pets a second chance 3 LTA: No bus fare discrepancy 4 MR BENNIE CHEOK: Impose stiff penalties for failing to signal 5 MR AJIT SINGH NAGPAL: Start media campaign to improve
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        200 18  -  Kendrick Chew IT WAS in August that I made my first complaint to SingTel regarding poor 3G coverage, call drops and slow data transfer rate in my office in the Bugis area. At first the telco’s staff said they had raised my
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      755 1  -  Bookings made as early as August, compared to Sept/Oct in the past BY NG KAI LING kailing@sph.com.sg THE year-end travel season is not even over, but many Singaporeans have already made plans for more sightseeing during the Chinese New Year break. With just seven
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      106 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L ZoukOut ‘molester’ arrested L More people going nude MOST COMMENTED ON L Eye medicine turns out to be dental paste. Says gundam21: “There’s always a risk especially from complacency or when the layers of checks are ignored.
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      112 2 With just five days to Christmas, retailers are making their final push to entice shoppers with all the trappings of holiday glitz. Heartland mall AMK Hub is drawing crowds with its display of fake snow at Santa’s Village (right), at the mall’s main entrance till
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      734 2  -  BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN IF HE had known the kidney that gave him a new lease of life was donated by his wife’s lover, he would never have accepted it. “I said to her, if there’s something
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      583 2  -  Clubs say bouncers can only restrain rowdy patrons; some claim they are forced to hit back in self-defence BY ELIZABETH SOH, KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN kimspyke@sph.com.sg esoh@sph.com.sg TWO months ago, 21-year-old undergraduate Mellavin Mar was at a Thai club in the Clarke Quay area when he saw
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      347 3  -  JAMIE EE WEN WEI RESIDENTS and grassroots leaders from Zhenghua in Bukit Panjang town took a bold stroke yesterday to stamp out gangs and loanshark activities in their estate. It was the platform for an anti-gang and anti-loanshark campaign that will see over 200 banners,
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      779 3  -  Such a centre could lure more drug firms here BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is studying the feasibility of building a facility to breed large animals like pigs and monkeys, for scientists to test important advances on. The building of
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      250 3 RESORTS World Sentosa (RWS) will proceed with its plan to have a dolphin exhibition in its oceanarium, despite the recent death of two of the seven bottlenose dolphins it has in holding. The news has drawn flak from animal welfare groups, which are
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      924 4  -  More new immigrants doing grassroots work BY MELISSA KOK, TEH JOO LIN, AMANDA TAN melk@sph.com.sg joolin@sph.com.sg tamanda@sph.com.sg ARMED with his laptop and a big smile, German Horst Hagemann spends a day each month going around his Woodlands neighbourhood, knocking on doors. His mission:
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      457 4  -  MELISSA KOK WITH his towering height of two metres and curly blonde hair, it is hard not to notice Dr Ori Sasson, 39. And he stands out even more when he turns up at what seems like the most unexpected place: a Meet-the-People session
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      366 4  - Make the first move she did AMANDA TAN MS JUN Jiang knows how tough it is to adapt to life in a foreign land. Fifteen years ago, she left China to study and work in Singapore. Ms Jun, who was 25 then, came alone, not knowing a single soul here.
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      227 4 COME Dec 31, a large-scale “international” countdown party will be held at Tiong Bahru Park. The party, organised by the Tanjong Pagar GRC, is expected to attract between 15,000 and 20,000 people. It is the first countdown party here to heavily involve
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      596 5  -  Application for full-time courses will be open till 5pm this Wednesday BY LEOW SI WAN siwan@sph.com.sg TO CATER to unfulfilled industry demand, the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) plans to introduce seven new courses next year. Two of these courses Opticianry and
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      393 5  -  BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT THE owners of three Iranian vessels detained in Singapore have obtained a High Court stay on the auction sale of the vessels due last week. Their Iranian representative here claimed they have settled the alleged
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        602 7  -  Being macho is not about how many opponents you defeat SOAPBOX BY CHONG ZI LIANG ziliang@sph.com.sg AS MY days in university came to an end, I became acutely aware of the plight of the modern day millennial male: We go to work dressed
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        851 7 A recent study shows that nearly 9 per cent of young people in Singapore are “pathological gamers” addicts who spend an average of 37.5 hours a week playing video games. YouthInk writers discuss the nature of addiction and what can be done about it. MY
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        504 7  -  MY THOUGHTS BY EEF GERARD VAN EMMERIK RECENTLY, my family experienced a health scare. My mum started experiencing giddiness in the middle of the night and had difficulty sitting up during these episodes. The doctors told us that she might be experiencing
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      110 3 NAAM RAS KIRTAN DARBAR ("W tidii'd Katha by Gyanni Pinderpal Singh Ji Featuring World-renowned Kirtan Jathas Bhai Balvinder Singh Ji Rangila Bhai Sarabjeet Singh Ji (Darbar Sahib) Bhai Onkar Singh Ji (Una Sahib) Daily Gatka Performance by Award Winning Bir Khalsa Group at 5pm sharp Opening Ceremony Arrival of Guruji
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      157 3 Keep your mind switched on. n i 3 I A bottle a day helps turn work into play. It's late but you need the mental alertness to finish your business proposal for an early morning meeting, compose a love song for your anniversary tomorrow or perhaps to simply stay awake
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      30 5 J FIND THE ONES 1 THAT FIT. Q Recruit the right people through CATS Recruit. Call 1800 289 8822 or email I recruit@sph.com.sg v s\ to advertise. V J www.omy.sg
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      102 6 HE’S known as the big boss of World Express Travel Group and has been lauded for his contribution to the travel industry. On Dec 3, Mr Tan Chee Chye (centre) added another feather to his cap when he received the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Singapore
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      235 6 HSBC customers can enjoy bonus interest rates for their Multi Currency Savings Account and bonus rewards points on their card spending when they purchase a unit trust during the festive season. Existing customers will continue to enjoy a bonus interest of 0.5 per cent
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        35 6 From now till Jan 31, 2011, visit Kim Eng Securities’retail investor centre at Nex shopping mall and pick the best performing SGX stock for February, and you stand a chance to win $8,888.
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        26 6 Buy any two BIO-Ge titanium health bracelets and/or timepieces from Owell this Christmas and receive a dazzling Christmas bear worth $199 while stocks last.
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        46 6 Fly to Okinawa on an exclusive chartered flight on March 7, 2011. The price of $1,888 (subject to taxes and surcharges) includes accommodation, land arrangements, tours and some meals. Go to Airelated Travel, Ik Chin Travel Service(S), JTB Travel Saloon and Universal Travel Corporation.
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        35 6 Pay promotional fares for flights from Singapore to Turkey and over 35 other destinations in Europe as part of Turkish Airlines’ 25th anniversary celebrations in Singapore. Book online at www.thy.com or call 6732-4556.
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        34 6 Spend at least $500 at Gain City to participate in a SureWin Spin, where you can win cash, LCD TV, portable air conditioners and DVD players. Promotion ends on Jan 9,2011.
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        37 6 Enjoy the convenience of two cards with one account when you sign up for the UOB Preferred Platinum Card. You enjoy offers from both UOB Privileges and American Express Selects. To apply, visit uob.com.sg
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      573 6  -  Three winners in the tourism industry show how to do things smarter, make customers happyandreaptherewards BY AHMAD OSMAN DYNASTY Travel has a sophisticated online payment gateway that allows its customers to make payment and book group tours without having to go to the travel agency. Instead
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      Lock icon Spreading cheer to needy children
      135 6 SOME 200 underprivileged children visited Sentosa and watched a musical at VivoCity on Dec 10 as part of CTC Travel’spre-Christmascelebration. The children were from Al Ansar Mosque, Al Mawaddah Mosque, The Ang Mo Kio Family Service Centre, Jamiyah Children’s Home and North Vista Primary School.
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      189 6 GUARDIAN’S new outlet in the basement of Nex shopping mall is strategically located to attract the crowds. Its chief operating officer Pierre Olivier Deplanck says: “With almost 500,000 commuters expected to travel via the Circle Line each day and another two million shoppers
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      179 8 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Errant five fined L Fergie bans the snood: ‘Real men don’t wear things like that’ L Let me go or I’ll quit MOST COMMENTED ON L C’mon, play like Lions Says TrueBeliever: “The FAS’ foreign talent
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      512 8  -  She is first S’porean to win Pro Tour Grand Finals singles crown BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg FENG Tianwei held eight championship points against South Korean Seok Ha Jung yesterday. But she needed only one to win 11-5, 11-6, 11-8,11-2, and claim the biggest Pro Tour title
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      263 8 LIN XINYI THERE was no double joy for Singapore at the Pro Tour Grand Finals after Gao Ning and Yang Zi fell in the men’s doubles final yesterday. The 2008 champions lost to Jiang Tianyi and Tang Peng 11-9, 8-11, 7-11, 11-5,
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      248 8 REUTERS PARIS: First it was the English Premier League. Then came the French Ligue and the Dutch Eredivisie. Heavy snowfall ensured that the cancellation of football matches was not confined to just England, as Ligue 1 matches between Lille and Nancy and the bot-tom-of-the-table clash
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      146 8 JAKARTA: The Philippines’ magical run in the AFF Suzuki Cup finally came to an end yesterday, after they lost 0-1 to Indonesia in the second leg of their semi-final at Jakarta’s Bung Karno Stadium. And once again, it was Indonesia’s Christian Gonzales, 35, who did
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      835 9 Tabloid cites possibility while another says Torres will replace him LONDON: Manchester City’s want-away skipper and striker Carlos Tevez is trying to make a return to Manchester United, the club he quit in May last year to join their arch-rivals. Meanwhile, City are attempting
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      309 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Japanese teenager Ryo Miyaichi has signed for Arsenal and will join the English Premier League giants early in the New Year, the club announced on Saturday. A statement on Arsenal’s official website said the 18-year-old winger would start with the club after
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      475 9 REUTERS ABU DHABI: Inter Milan coach Rafael Benitez’s future at the Serie A club is looking very grim after his club president Massimo Moratt blasted the Spaniard for his post-Club World Cup outburst. Having seen his side beat Congo’s TP Mazembe
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      560 9 LONDON: The Qataris are at it again. After securing the hosting rights of the 2022 World Cup at the start of the month, and buying the sponsorship rights to Barcelona’s jerseys just last week, the Gulf state is about to buy itself an
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      696 10  -  ARUNNER’S DIARY BY JEANETTE WANG jwang@sph.com.sg CHRIS McDougall is 2m tall, 48 years old and weighs 91kg, but he is leading me down a long descent on a trail at MacRitchie Reservoir like a ballerina half his height, age and weight. His footwork done in Vibram
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      386 10 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PERTH: A defiant Australia regained their traditional Ashes swagger in Perth yesterday, routing England by 267 runs to level the series while hailing the momentum swinging return of their mercurial pace bowler Mitchell Johnson. Fast bowler Ryan Harris took careerbest figures of 6-47 as
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      53 10 Today Cricket 1st Test, day 5: South Africa v India (Live, mio TV Ch122, 4.30pm). Football English Premier League: Manchester City v Everton (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, Tuesday, 4am). Tomorrow Basketball NBA: Phoenix v San Antonio (Live, StarHub Ch202, 9.30am). Wednesday Basketball NBA: Oklahoma v Charlotte
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      45 10 BERNARD HOPKINS, 45, who was trying to become the oldest boxer to hold a major title. His bout with Jean Pascal, 28, for the WBC and IBO light-heavyweight belts, was drawn
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      686 10 Miami rally to win 12th straight game; need two more to tie own record ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: King James and President Obama. It was a good idea while it lasted. The Washington Wizards were expecting the United States President for Saturday night’s National Basketball Association (NBA) game
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      424 10 Badminton Indian Grand Prix In Hyderabad, finals: Men’s singles: Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (Ina) bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (Tha) 14-21 21-15 21-12. Women’s singles: Zhou Hui (Chn) bt Fransiska Ratnasari (Ina) 21-13 21-17. Men’s doubles: Mohammad Ahsan/Bona Septano (Ina) bt Gan Teck Chai/Tan Bin Shen (Mas) 19-21 21-15 21-14. Women’s doubles:
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      330 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CENTURION (South Africa): The legend of Sachin Tendulkar continued to grow yesterday. The Indian batting maestro hit his 50th Test century and shared a remarkable partnership with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against South Africa.
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        70 10 SYDNEY: The whirlwind romance between Australian cricket star Shane Warne, 41, and English model Liz Hurley, 45, is over. Hurley, who recently split from her husband Arun Nayar, ended the affair with Warne after learning that he had sent more than 100 raunchy text messages to
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        Lock icon Ong 12th in Qatar, fails to retain title
        66 10 DOHA: Bowler Remy Ong failed to retain his Qatar International Open title after he was eliminated at the Stage 3 finals of the tournament yesterday. The Singapore kegler posted 1,215 pinfalls over six games to finish 12th, 62 pinfalls short of a
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        70 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Champions Barcelona will sit top of the Spanish Primera Liga for the Christmas break after notching a 10th successive league victory with a 5-1 win over Espanyol on Saturday. Rodriguez and David Villa grabbed two goals each with compatriot
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      73 8 KING JAMES Obama fails to make game as LeBron helps Heat edge out Wizards. B10 DESERT STORM Qataris said to be keen to buy Manchester United for $3 billion. B9 ii f rJ J L 1 rr \s SIXn n j FIND THE ONES 1 THAT FIT! J Recruit the
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      15 8 BACK IN BUSINESS Ponting enjoys a happy birthday as Australia rout England in Perth. B10
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      49 9 Ip Always play with care. [responsiblyf Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE m RCB Reg No: *****0202G
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    661 11 OBITUARIES WEEWOON KWEE Age:77 passed away peacefully on 18 December 2010. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:SohTian Kiew Sons: Daughters-in-law: Wee Siew Kim DorothyWee DrWee Siew Bock Dr Chia Foong Lin Wee Siew Chwee Tan Leng Na Wee Siew Hay Joyce Chan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Wee Siew Hong
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        542 13  -  Hope is that year-end window dressing may boost share prices MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg TRADING is likely to be quiet this week as the end of the year approaches, with investors preparing for the Christmas festivities
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        2298 13 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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        203 13 Week's Top Rises CENTS CityDev.ES.1012 1302 24.0 1.9 DBS.ES.1012 1420 20.0 1.4 BukitSem W*****8 236 5.0 2.2 DBS MBL eCW*****3 18 5.0 38.5 DBS BNP eCW*****8 95 4.0 4.4 DBS MBL eCW*****3 50 4.0 8.7 DBS BNP eCW*****7 28.5 3.5 14.0 DBS BNP eCW*****3 11 3.0 37.5
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        197 13 Week's Top Rises CENTS DBXT AUDMM 5SG$ ***** 699.0 2.9 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 334.4 1.9 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3727 245.3 5.3 DBXT iBoxxSvEu 5US$ ***** 128.5 0.4 Lyxor Europe 10 US$ 1275 98.4 6.3 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5686 93.1 1.3 OCC 3.93% NCPS10 9578 58.0 0.6
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        274 13 WARRANT WATCH MASSAGE chair maker Osim International has slipped under the radar for such a long time that until recently few dealers bothered to keep track of it. But investors who kept faith with the stock have been richly rewarded. Since the start of the year,
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      374 14 Move to soften blow of capital flow reversals to go into effect next year REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea will impose a levy on banks’ foreign debt from late next year, the latest capital controls it has adopted to mitigate any impact a sudden
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      945 14  -  C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THERE is near unanimous agreement among our crys-tal-ball gazing analysts that the 21-month-old stock market rally has a further stretch to run. Indeed, they are predicting that the benchmark Straits Times Index will
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      350 14 BLOOMBERG LONDON: British Business Secretary Vince Cable says the government will not be bullied by banks threatening to leave Britain for more favourable tax regimes and has called for real restraint over bonus payments. Executives from Britain’s four largest banks Royal Bank
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