The Straits Times, 11 January 2011

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 68 1 ALMOST half of the 40 students who scored nine or more A1 grades at last year’s GCE O-level examinations were foreigners. They were mostly scholarship recipients from China, India and Malaysia. Teachers say they find foreign students hardworking and determined qualities that have enabled them to
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    • 61 1 THE bodies of two women were found barely a metre apart at the foot of their Bishan Street 13 block yesterday. One was suffering from depression. The other was believed to have been on her way home. Medicines and food items were discovered by her side. Police
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    • 61 1 CHINA staged a big welcome for United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates, whose visit marks a turnaround in bilateral relations hit by the US’ arms sale to Taiwan last year. The red carpet, however, came with a veiled warning from Beijing that ties could still
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    • 67 1 THE western arc of the Circle Line looks more likely to open in the latter half of this year than any time soon. This assessment is based on contracts the Land Transport Authority has drawn up for some work for the line, although it would
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  • 916 1  -  Cut in supply of COEs to be spread out over three years BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg A LESS drastic than expected cut in the number of certificates of entitlement (COE) for the next six months brought some relief to potential car buyers
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  • 754 1  -  BY LI XUEYING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE cost of living, driven upwards partly by higher food prices, is expected to increase further in the first three months of this year before moderating, cautioned Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. But some relief for Singaporeans hurt
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    • 97 1 ROHIT BRIJNATH Restaurant chains rely on centralised kitchens Weird and wonderful world of Madagascar MONEY, PAGE B26 FAS must now demand discipline and dedication SPORT, PAGE B12 LIFE! PAGES C4&5 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 SOME QUEUED OVERNIGHT, ALL FOR.. LSEE PRIME PAGE
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 74 2 WE SAY As in 2008 when food riots erupted in a number of countries, the present food crisis is really a distortion of the price mechanism by profit seekers. These are mainly the big funds and the agri-food industry itself. Food is available, but poorer nations’ ability
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      • 38 2 COLUMNS Life will go on even as Queensland experiences its worst flooding in decades, says Nick Earls, for such events not only show the stoicism of Australians, but create it. L REVIEW PAGE A22
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      • 36 2 Legendary Hmong leader Vang Pao died in California last Thursday at the age of 81, but his resistance movement had actually ended 20 years earlier, says Robert Karniol. L REVIEW PAGE A24
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      • 40 2 OUR READER SAYS The length of hospitalisation and average hospital bill size cannot be compared meaningfully among hospitals unless the differences in patient characteristics are also taken into account, says Ng Shin Yi. L FORUM PAGE A25
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      • Article, Illustration
        11 2 www.straitstimes.com L Ashleigh Sim shadows a female harbour pilot.
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    • 916 2  -  IDA’s fixed broadband principles should apply to mobile services too BY THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg RECENTLY, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) got tough with telcos that offer Internet broadband services. It wants service providers like SingTel, StarHub and M1 to go beyond advertising
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  • prime.news
    • 729 3  -  About half the 40 who scored nine or more A1s are non-Singaporeans BY JANE NG janeng@sph.com.sg WHEN Chia Pei Yun came here from Selangor two years ago to start her studies in Secondary 3, she did not know what an electron was. But with help
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    • 778 4  -  Beijing rolls out red carpet for US defence chief in sign of thaw BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China and the United States put a symbolic end to a rocky year of bilateral relations yesterday as Beijing rolled out the
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    • 694 6  -  BY FIONA CHAN ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR WORLD food prices have recently jumped to record highs, causing consternation among Asian countries already grappling with the rising inflation that comes with strong economic growth. Fortunately for Singapore, pricier food will cause a smaller
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    • 678 8  -  The lawyers must pass a new foreign practitioner exam BY K. C. VIJAYAN, MAVIS TOH vijayan@sph.com.sg mavistoh@sph.com.sg FOREIGN lawyers will be allowed to practise Singapore commercial law here if they pass a new exam. The move is laid out in a Bill tabled in
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    • 629 8  -  BY MAVIS TOH PRACTICE trainees undergoing pupillage in law firms may be exposed to a wider range of legal work sooner. At the moment, law graduates appear before a judge only in chambers and if they do go to court,
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    • 766 8  -  BY IRENE THAM Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Goh Kai Shi and Neo Wen Tong THEY came with picnic mats, umbrellas and iPads some with maids and babies in tow and waited for hours. They were not queueing for
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    • 623 10 22-year-old could get the death penalty for killing a federal judge ARIZONA SHOOTINGS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUCSON: A 22-year-old man accused of trying to assassinate US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in a bloody rampage that killed six people is to be charged with attempted assassination,
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    • 510 10 THE SUSPECT ASSOCIATED PRESS TUCSON: At an event roughly three years ago, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords took a question from Jared Loughner, the man accused of trying to assassinate her and killing six other people. According to two of his high school friends, the question was
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    • 343 10 THE YOUNGEST VICTIM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUCSON: Christina-Taylor Green, the nine-year-old killed on Saturday, was drawn to politics from the awareness that she was born on Sept 11, 2001, said her parents. At age nine, the dark-haired, brown-eyed girl
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC  -  343 words
    • 394 10 THEVI C TIM S H U S B A ND ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL: The shooting of lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords has left the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) reeling: Her astronaut husband was due to rocket away in just three months
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    • 529 12 Plane was circling for second landing attempt in bad weather ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN: An Iranian passenger jet carrying 105 passengers crashed as it tried to make an emergency landing in heavy snow and fog, killing at least 77. Bad
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    • 291 12  -  BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN CHONG ZI LIANG THE body of a woman suffering from depression was found barely a metre away from that of her 15th floor neighbour at the foot of their Bishan St 13 block yesterday. Administrative assistant Ng Sock Luan (right),
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    • 559 4 The Management and Staff of the Singapore Medical Group Limited 3 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 Lynette Ng, Dr Woo
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  • WORLD.
    • 710 14  -  It seeks to become Asia-Pacific education hub and thereby project island’s soft power BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: Taiwan has served notice of its ambition to become the higher-education hub of the Asia-Pacific region, especially in Chinese culture and language, as the island seeks
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    • 218 14 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK FOREIGNERS wanting to learn Chinese in China are unlikely to get the best teachers as poor pay and a lack of regulation drive professionals away from the job, state media reported yesterday. A seminar by the Beijing Language and Culture University
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    • 121 14 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Homeless US man with velvety voice back with mum L Bacteria ate Gulf oil spill methane in four months MOST COMMENTED ON L Couple abort IVF boys in bid for girl. Says Just1more: “When they chose IVF,
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    • world.regional
      • 504 15 Supply hit by freeze set by Indonesia and age-limit rule THE STAR/ASIA STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA: About 35,000 Malaysian families will have to make big adjustments to their lives as the shortage of foreign maids turns critical, with their supply dwindling to a
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      • 272 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH: A Saudi court in Medina has sentenced a woman to three years in prison for stabbing, beating and burning her Indonesian maid with an iron, Saudi newspapers reported yesterday. She was sentenced under the newly enacted anti-human trafficking royal decree, the
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      • 54 15 Pakistani Islamists rally in Karachi on Sunday against the amendment of a blasphemy law. Religious groups blocked a main thoroughfare in Karachi, holding banners in support of the police commando who confessed to killing Punjab governor Salman Taseer on Jan 4 for backing the amendment. PHOTO: AGENCE
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      • 275 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK GEORGE TOWN: An Irish tourist has died after being attacked by two dogs at an organic farm in Teluk Bahang, about 25km from here. The dogs bit off Mr Maurice Sullivan’s ears and almost tore off his chin
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      • 471 16 NEW YORK TIMES HO CHI MINH CITY: Hammer and sickle flags are flying here as this city dutifully marks the start today of the Communist Party’s National Congress. The event is held every five years to chart the course of a country that has
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      • 412 16 KUCHING: The high price of rubber is bringing cheer to farmers with small plantations in Sarawak, but gangsters have been muscling into the trade, said the state’s police chief. The gangsters have been employing migrant workers to tap trees in remote areas, threatening
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      • 578 16  -  They hire graduates as interns to boost their work, in bid to appear professional to voters BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: For a long time, the typical Indian politician has been cast as a rustic, betel leaf-chewing individual who sits back
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      • 631 17  -  New adult numbers at record low, a reminder of country’s failure to solve its population woes BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: The number of young Japanese who turn 20 this year fell to a record low, yet another reminder that Japan
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      • 354 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: South Korea and Japan agreed yesterday to push for talks on forging their first military accord since Tokyo’s brutal colonial rule over the Korean peninsula ended in 1945, officials said. The agreement came as Seoul rebuffed Pyongyang’s proposal
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      • 492 18 Vice-Premier promises fair and more transparent environment for investors REUTERS BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: China is committed to expanding domestic consumption and will continue on its path towards a more open market, its Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said in comments published yesterday. “Reform and opening
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      • 377 18 DEEP FREEZE IN ASIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: The Indian capital of New Delhi endured its coldest day in 40 years on Sunday as temperatures fell to 3 deg C during a cold snap across the country’s north. As thousands of homeless people
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      • 379 18 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS KUNMING: The persistent cold wave in southern and south-west China may freeze and damage crops and kill livestock, the Ministry of Agriculture has warned. From Sunday until Thursday, most of Guizhou province, and parts of neighbouring Guangxi Zhuang
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    • world.international
      • 773 19  -  Cuts to education, health and local funding will hit ethnic minorities hardest NEWS ANALYSIS BY ALISON DE SOUZA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES alisonds@hotmail.com LONDON: Race issues, which rarely get a public airing in Britain, have come to the fore in recent weeks in
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      • 46 19 People in Warsaw wearing heart stickers on Sunday to help raise funds for dialysis equipment for children with urological and nephrological problems. The hearts are a sign of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, one of Poland’s biggest organisations. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      • 768 20  -  Riots in Tunisia, Algeria see Arab states intervene to stabilise economies NEWS ANALYSIS BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: Street riots in Tunisia and Algeria are raising fears in the capitals of both Arab and Western countries over political stability in the strategically
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      • 70 20 Passengers going without skirts or trousers on the subway for the 10th annual “No Pants Subway Ride” in New York on Sunday. Participants had to shed outer garments from the waist down while keeping winter garb on their upper halves. Started in 2002
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      • 366 20 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy took his campaign for greater stability in global food prices and currencies to Washington yesterday, seeking US President Barack Obama’s support for France’s goals as head of the Group of 20 nations. Soaring food prices
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      • 562 21 Four people killed as sudden rainstorm hits severely flooded area ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRISBANE: Flash floods swept through an Australian city yesterday, killing at least four people, trapping others in cars and leaving some clinging to trees as relentless rains brought more misery to
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 120 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: A fengshui master who claims he was the lover of late Hong Kong developer Nina Wang has gone to court again to seek control of the businesswoman’s multi-billion dollar estate. A Hong Kong court ruled in February last year
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        • 76 21 REUTERS JAKARTA: Research In Motion said yesterday that it will filter pornographic Internet content for its BlackBerry users in Indonesia, following government pressure to stop access to porn sites or face having its browsing service shut down. Indonesia, home to about two million BlackBerry users,
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        • 77 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: The US Consumer Product Safety Commission will set up its first office outside the United States in China in a bid to reduce the number of dangerous products reaching the American market. Commission head Inez Tenenbaum told reporters yesterday that the
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    • 24 16 READ ALL ABOUT IT IN DL TOMORROW TABLET TERRITORY Tablets of all forms and sizes ruled the roost at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 446 22 THE last food-price crisis occurred just over two years ago. World production since of staples like grain, meat, sugar and edible oils have been normal meaning fluctuations due to weather disruptions and governments’ hoarding policies and export restrictions were nothing out of the ordinary.
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    • 759 22  -  BY NICK EARLS Nick Earls is the author, most recently, of The True Story Of Butterfish. NEW YORK TIMES THERE was cricket in Sydney last week. The crowd wore pink fluorescent wigs and hats cut from watermelons. Shirts were optional. Australians are fun-loving when there is
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    • 932 22  -  BY TOM SIMKO FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a Canada-based science journalist. IN A replay of cold war rivalries, a new missile race is shaping up but this time America and Russia are joined by India and China. All these
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    • review.
      • 1595 24  -  TABLE TALK WITH FLAVIA PANSIERI BY CHEONG SUK-WAI SENIOR WRITER suk@sph.com.sg WHEN the Republic of Yemen was plagued by a polio epidemic in 2005, United Nations official Flavia Pansieri insisted that her office staff, and not just the volunteers, go from door to door
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      • 863 24  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg I NEVER met General Vang Pao, the legendary Hmong leader who died in California last Thursday at the age of 81, but I witnessed what turned out to be his movement’s last gasp. This was
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    • forum.
      • 70 25 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MS ELIZABETH CHIONA: Spare pet owners the ‘D’ word 2 MR CLEMENT CHUNG: Four points to consider when rating charities 3 MADAM SALINAH MISRI: Hypermart’s poor customer service 4 MS PRISCILLA POH: ‘Lemon’ law should apply to raw deals 5 MR TOW JOON
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      • 216 25  -  James Chen LAST Saturday’s report (“Soon: A means to ‘assess’ charities”) quoted Heartware Network founder Raymond Huang as saying it would be a challenge for smaller charities to participate voluntarily in the National Volunteer Philanthropy Centre’s (NVPC) initiative to assess charities. Would the effectiveness of
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      • 192 25  -  Lee Seck Kay EVERY year, there is a surge in prices of cooked and uncooked items at the market, especially when Chinese New Year nears. This year has been no exception, with the increases kicking in much earlier than usual. Last
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      • 234 25  -  COMPARING HOSPITAL BILLS Dr Ng Shin Yi THE Health Ministry’s move to publish the comparative bill sizes for about 40 common medical conditions is praiseworthy as a tool to improve transparency of hospital bills (“Private hospitals share more bill data”; last Tuesday). However, we should be careful
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      • 288 25  -  Peter Lau I AM a retiree in my mid-70s who uses the computer. Last month, while I was surfing the Net, a pop-up appeared that refused to disappear even when I clicked on the “close” icon. It said I had won a
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      • MY POINT
        • 114 25 “Review MediShield plans to allow a once-off upgrade for citizens aged 55 and above.” MR ARTHUR LIM: “The Government should review the medical insurance coverage for those over 55 years old (‘Private hospitals share more bill data’; last Tuesday). It should review MediShield plans to allow a once-off
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        • 89 25 “Construct an underpass from the station to the hospital complex.” MS SOBHA RAMNATH: “People have to walk a long distance from the Outram MRT station to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Although there are free shuttle buses to ferry people to the hospital, they are not
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      • 88 25 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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    • 1069 1  -  BY JANE NG AMELIA TAN janeng@sph.com.sg ameltan@sph.com.sg A GROUP of China-born students at Crescent Girls’ School powered themselves from F9s to A1s for English in just two years. Asked
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    • 112 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Court told of frantic phone calls L 2 weeks’ leave 11PHs 43 days off MOST COMMENTED ON L HDB clarifies rule on siblings. Says Hillcrest: “Only PR siblings are likely to qualify for HDB resale flats, because
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      • 393 2  -  Crescent Girls student at centre of parents’ cross-border battle scores nine A1s JANE NG SHUTTLED between Singapore and Europe as her parents waged a bitter custody battle, Alexandria Shamini Joseph could have been forgiven for not concentrating 100 per cent on her studies.
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      • 800 3 She is first from her school to get nine A1s; also among top Indian pupils in Singapore BY JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg WITH a score of 256 for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), H. Sharanya Pillai could have gone to almost any well-known secondary school,
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      • 98 3 Cousins Shannon (left) and Daniel Neubronner are the top two Eurasian students to have emerged from last year’s O-level exams. Daniel scored 9 A1s, and Shannon, 7 A1s and an A2. Their fathers are brothers and their families are quite close, said Daniel. The pair studied at
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      • 346 3  -  JENNANI DURAI IN 2009, Pheeraphat Chew made the news when he became the topperforming N-level student with six A1s in his N levels. Yesterday, he made it a double by emerging the top Secondary 5 student of last year’s O-level cohort with four
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      • 104 3 MALAY Muslim students can seek advice on their post O-level options by calling a hotline set up by Malay self-help group Mendaki. The Edu-Advisor hotline number is 6245-5803 and it is in operation from Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 6pm, till Jan 24.
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      • 534 4  -  Shanmugam: Recipients of leaks, those publishing them will all be punished BY JEREMY AU YONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg IF SINGAPORE had its own version of the WikiLeaks disclosures, it would not be just the direct culprits taken to task; recipients of the information and
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      • 493 4  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG CHANGES to the Women’s Charter were passed yesterday, but not before MPs suggested tweaks to strengthen protection for former wives, including their ability to claim maintenance from former husbands. One central contention with the proposed changes was what MPs saw
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      • 148 4 CHANGES to the Women’s Charter update marriage laws and aim to stem rising divorce rates. They also impose tighter rules on maintenance defaulters. Key changes include: L New sanctions against former husbands who default in paying maintenance: They must give a banker’s guarantee as a safeguard against defaulting
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      • 346 4  -  ANDREA ONG CLUBS that operate fruit machines will face a new basis for computing private lottery duty under a new law introduced yesterday. There are some 100 venues here with permits for private lotteries, from the Singapore Recreation Club and Singapore
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      • 281 4  -  JEREMY AU YONG IN THE wake of the WikiLeaks saga, Singapore will now have to be “more guarded” in its communications with American diplomats, Foreign Minister George Yeo said yesterday. He was responding to Non-Constituency MP Sylvia Lim, who asked about the impact
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      • 462 4  -  BY ANDREA ONG AMUSEMENT ride operators will have to abide by new and tighter rules under a new law proposed yesterday. The Amusement Rides Safety Bill paves the way for the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) to assume oversight of these rides, which have
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      • 173 4  -  TESSA WONG EVERY year for the past three years, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has rejected about 2 per cent of re-entry permit applications from permanent residents (PRs). This was revealed yesterday in a written answer from Home Affairs Minister K.
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      • 456 5  -  Minister says reducing it from 23 to 21 would not tackle problems BY MELISSA KOK melk@sph.com.sg THE Government will not change the minimum age requirement for maids, despite recent calls from employment agencies to reduce it from 23 years to 21. Responding
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      • 455 5  -  BY CASSANDRA CHEW OCCUPATIONAL therapists, physiotherapists and speech therapists are the first group of allied health professionals to be regulated under a new law passed yesterday. The framework to register, regulate and prohibit false representation of these professionals is expected to be up and running
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      • 245 5  -  TEO WAN GEK THE number of applications for rental flats fell from 3,700 in 2008 to 2,300 each in 2009 and last year. Senior Parliamentary Secretary (National Development) Mohamad Maliki Osman released these figures yesterday, in response to questions from Nominated MP Paulin
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      • 184 5  -  TEO WAN GEK HOUSING Board officers conduct inspections every six months on flats that have been sub-let to tenants. Last year, they carried out 6,700 such inspections. The HDB acted against 88 owners who sublet their flats without authorisation, and a further seven for overcrowding.
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      • 388 5 A LAW that protects children and young persons has been expanded, in a bid by the Government to intervene earlier in families where the young are at risk of neglect or abuse. The new version introduces voluntary care agreements out-of-court plans worked out between parents
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      • 655 5  -  BY TESSA WONG THE Education Ministry will tighten processes used to select teachers and teaching scholarship candidates, as well as better monitor scholars studying overseas. Education Minister Ng Eng Hen told MPs yesterday that apart from this, the ministry will specifically ask the schools
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    • 772 6  -  More nightclubs losing licences because of this with strict enforcement BY TEH JOO LIN joolin@sph.com.sg AT THE New Year weekend, a petite Chinese girl was fussing over her patron at a KTV lounge in the Selegie area when a waiter burst into the
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    • 262 6  -  TEH JOO LIN THE number of public entertainment (PE) outlets ordered to be shut down has hit a record high in three years because of strict enforcement. Last year, the police revoked 45 PE licences, a big jump compared to 26 in 2009 and
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    • 397 6  -  HUANG LIJIE NATIONAL water agency PUB is turning to security cameras as it extends its network of monitors in the flood-prone area of Bukit Timah. It plans to install five closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras along the Bukit Timah Canal and one at the Jalan
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 73 6 EXPANDING the health-care infrastructure and increasing the number of health-care staff were some key ideas suggested by Singaporeans that were implemented by the Ministry of Health (MOH) last year. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan highlighted these and several other ideas on his blog mohsingapore.blogspot.com yesterday.
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      • 64 6 A NEW premium bus service, 761, will run along Ang Mo Kio avenues 1 and 2 before taking the Central Expressway to Anson Road in the Central Business District. Premium service 549’s route will be amended to ply avenues 3 and 4. Both run at 7.50am
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    • 755 7  -  Contracts indicate the 12 stations are unlikely to open any sooner BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg THE western arc of the Circle Line looks more likely to open in the latter half of this year than any time soon. This assessment
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    • 328 7  -  GOH CHIN LIAN AFTER seeing their businesses languish for six years due to the construction of the Circle Line, stall owners at Pasir Panjang Food Centre have one immediate wish. And it is not for the new Pasir Panjang MRT station to open quickly.
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    • 304 8  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER A LORRY mounted a kerb and ploughed into a manicured stretch of pavement along Sunset Heights yesterday, uprooting more than 10 trees there. The driver did not stick around to survey the damage caused. But the resident whose gardening efforts came
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    • 662 8  -  More diners are trying the meat prized for its tender, delicate flavour BY HUANG LIJIE lijie@sph.com.sg THEY are cute, they are furry and they make great pets. But more and more people here are looking to get their hands on a rabbit for a different
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    • 482 10  -  Spotting of forgery uncovers scam to secure credit cards BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg ONE check by a diligent bank worker was all it took to uncover a $760,000 scam. The sharp-eyed officer suspected that a payslip submitted by a credit card applicant was not
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    • 144 10 THE manager of a shoe store outlet who gambled away $20,733 in store takings was jailed for nine months yesterday. Michael Ng (right), 25, who worked in the Charles Keith chain’s Suntec City outlet in Te- masek Boulevard pocketed the store’s takings
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    • 494 10  -  CAROLYN QUEK TO THOSE who knew 90-year-old retired English teacher Kitty Fogh, her life was as colourful as the coffin she had helped design for herself several months ago. Decorated with cheerful illustrations of little boys and girls representing the students
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    • 206 10 A DISTRICT judge said yesterday that he was impressed by a lorry driver’s expression of remorse after his vehicle hit an elderly woman. The 68-year-old had died hours later, from severe head injuries. Judge Low Wee Ping, praising Tan Eng Huat’s sincerity, imposed
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  • SPORT.
    • 547 11  -  10 players hit as team of second stringers are dissolved amid revamp BY LIN XINYI MAY CHEN linxinyi@sph.com.sg maychen@sph.com.sg SEVERAL members of the national badminton Team 2 squad are set to walk out on the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA), after 10 singles players were told to choose
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    • 613 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON: There is debate over Steven Gerrard’s red card on Sunday, but there is little doubt that a fragile Liverpool will miss their captain during his ban. He was sent off for a two-footed challenge on Michael Carrick in the
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    • 171 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Liverpool have appointed former Chelsea assistant manager Steve Clarke as first team coach in the first addition to their backroom staff since Kenny Dalglish replaced Roy Hodgson as manager last weekend. “Steve is a great addition to our backroom team
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    • 206 11 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Disband Lions? Players express shock L Ronaldinho officially cuts ties with AC Milan L Cannabis found hidden inside painting of Adebayor MOST COMMENTED ON L Can Dalglish repeat 1990 feat for Liverpool? Says Superman_1966: “Wasn’t Kenny
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    • 543 12 They fire Peseiro after shock loss to lowly Syria in opening game AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DOHA: Saudi Arabia’s quest for a fourth Asian Cup lay in tatters yesterday after they sacked beleaguered coach Jose Peseiro in the wake of an embarrassing 1-2 loss to Syria in their opening
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    • 861 12  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg A MONTH ago I spent a few days with an Olympic gold medallist. He lives outside Delhi. On a Sunday, he trained from 8am to noon and then we took a flight to Delhi because he
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    • 406 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: New signing Edin Dzeko will make his Manchester City debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. The £27 million (S$54 million) Bosnia international watched from the stands as Roberto Mancini’s big-spenders were held 2-2 by Championship promotion chasers Leicester in a
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    • 290 12 BLOOMBERG BANGALORE: The 10 teams of the Indian Premier League, the world’s richest cricket tournament, spent US$62.8 million (S$81.7 million) to buy 127 players at a weekend auction despite being forced to tighten their strings because of a cap of US$9 million per
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    • 531 13  -  Some feel SSA sending team to Australia to make up for Delhi fiasco BY CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg THE Commonwealth Games men’s 4x200m swimming relay team left for Australia on Sunday for an all-expense paid training-cum-competition trip following their disqualification at the Delhi Games last October.
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    • 460 13  -  BY MAY CHEN SINGAPORE’S windsurfers are about to get the wind back in their sails. Plans to breathe life back into the once-popular sport will kick off this week starting with the Asian Championships. SingaporeSailing wants to ensure that the country’s windsurfers, who once boasted
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 55 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KAPALUA (Hawaii): Jonathan Byrd beat Robert Garrigus in a sudden-death play-off at the Tournament of Champions on Sunday. Both had finished at 24-under 268. Byrd, 32, then parred the second play-off hole to beat his rival. He received US$1.12 million (S$1.46 million) for
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      • 57 13 BUDGET airline Jetstar was named the first official airline partner of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) yesterday. The three-year multi-million dollar sponsorship deal will see it support nine WTA events in the Asia-Pacific region this year. Jetstar customers will get to travel with
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    • 541 14 His late burst rescues Miami, who post their 13th straight away win ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND (Oregon): LeBron James’ crunch-time performance left even teammate Dwyane Wade in awe. James had a season-high 44 points, 13 rebounds and six assists, Wade added 34 points and eight rebounds, and
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    • 186 14 Today Basketball NBA: Detroit v Chicago Bulls (Live, StarHub Ch202, 9am). Football AFC Asian Cup: North Korea v UAE (9pm), Iraq v Iran (midnight) Live, mio TV Ch115. English League Cup, s-final 1st leg: West Ham United v Birmingham City (Live, mio TV Ch112, tomorrow, 3.40am). Tomorrow
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    • 56 14 SEPP BLATTER, Fifa president, on where the World Cup might go after Qatar. He identified Australia, beaten for 2022, as an obvious prospect,
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    • 572 14 Basketball NBA Toronto 118 Sacramento 112, LA Clippers 105 Golden State 91, San Antonio 94 Minnesota 91, Phoenix 108 Cleveland 100, Denver 87 New Orleans 96, Portland 100 Miami 107 (OT), LA Lakers 109 NY Knicks 87. Cricket Only Twenty20 International In Durban: India 168-6 (R. Sharma 53, S.
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    • 308 14  -  BY LIN XINYI EVERY sporting journey has a beginning. For the Singapore Ice Skating Association, yesterday’s launch of a national mass participation programme marked the start of one such journey. About 80 students turned up for the Learn to Skate workshop at the Kallang Ice World
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    • 150 12 LOTTERY HW] Draw No. 2604/2011 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 Results of Draw Winning No. 04 09 20 27 28 29 16 Group 1 Prize *708,065 Next Draw No. 2605/2011 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 Group 1 Prize *600,000 Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6
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    • 575 13 'jo° Wp U TIA/O-Oj $5t OOO*orthofCaeh&mzeeto u 20.10 won! be While the main focus on Saturday will be on the Singers and Songwriters, the S.League footballers will also play their part in this fusion of music and football at *SCAPE. Previous staging of the H-TWO-O Ultimate Move have included 3
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    • 155 18 Be The First To Know Lianne Wanbao/ Shin Min Daily News Soccer r r BI/’ The Straits Times J World ews r r S J The Straits Times Singapore The Business News Times News The New Paper Soccer Lianne .Zaobao ews News SUBSCR BE NOW FOR SPEC AL PR V
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  • MONEY.
    • 722 26  - Recipe for success central kitchens Restaurant chains find they can save space, lower costs BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT franchan@sph.com.sg CHAIN restaurants are relying more on central kitchens to support the operations of their outlets to improve productivity and lower costs. Operators that run popular restaurants like Jack’s Place, Crystal
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    • 129 26 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L S’pore’s boost for Tianjin Eco-city L BA says December snow and ice to cost $100 million MOST COMMENTED ON L No shoebox flats for CapitaLand. Says stvincent2010: “There are other developers who are willing to develop shoebox
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    • money.markets
      • 533 18  -  Fears over higher interest rates in region, Portugal’s debt dampen investor sentiment BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares took a beating yesterday as the initial new year exuberance turned to wariness, with various global economic worries taking centre stage. The benchmark Straits
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      • IN THE KNOW
        • 79 18 WING Tai Holdings chairman Cheng Wai Keung (above) lifted his stake in the property and lifestyle company last week. He bought 3.2 million Wing Tai shares on the open market last Friday at $1.77 each. This raised his shareholding in the firm to 41.24 per
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        • 76 18 THE Capital Group has raised its shareholding in budget carrier Tiger Airways through open market purchases made over a one-month period. Between Dec 6 and Jan 4, the mutual fund manager bought 4.1 million Tiger shares. It did not disclose the prices at which
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        • 89 18 TEE Yih Jia Food Manufacturing has slightly expanded its stake in Catalist-listed Tung Lok Restaurants. Last week, the frozen food manufacturer bought 46,000 Tung Lok shares on the open market. This increased its stake from 15.36 per cent to 15.4 per cent. It
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          99 18 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.13 billion shares worth $1.67 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 188 Losers: 335 Unchanged: 723 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials -3.29 820.34 Utilities -7.07 -3.82 617.93 -7.04 803.74
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        • 214 18 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Friday’s close: 10,541.04 (+11.28) Financial markets in Japan were closed for a public holiday. Trading resumes today. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 23,527.26 (-159.37) Hong Kong shares shed 0.7 per cent on the back of poor United States job data and following a surprise sharp
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 453 18 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 10,2011 Top Rises Jan 10 CENTS DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 517.0 1.7 GLD 10US$ ***** 131.2 0.8 DBXT MSMSIA 10US$ 1318 103.9 6.5 STXPO 100 1330 30.0 2.3 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100
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        • 99 18 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Jan 10 2011 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.332 1.257 Can dollar 1.33 1.279 Euro 1.702 1.637 Sterling pound 2.05 1.972 NZ dollar 1.013 0.965 US dollar 1.315 1.265 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi
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      • 648 20  -  Tao Shing Pee wins Business China Excellence Award BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg AGE is certainly not slowing down property tycoon Tao Shing Pee, who at 94 continues to work tirelessly to help his native China progress. Mr Tao, who moved to Singapore more
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      • 496 20  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA MOVES by banks to lift their cash holdings last year kicked the local bond market into record territory, leaving the more traditional capital-raising options like initial public offerings (IPOs) trailing. There were 144 Singdollar bond issuances, up 17
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    • 777 21 Latest figures could ease pressure for faster yuan appreciation REUTERS BEIJING: China’s trade surplus narrowed last year for the second straight year, giving Beijing grounds to rebuff United States pressure for faster currency appreciation ahead of President Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington
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    • 460 22  -  Move allows it to focus on major projects, promote market competition BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg INDUSTRIAL landlord JTC Corporation has embarked on the second phase of its exercise to sell off many of its industrial properties so it can focus on developing new ideas
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    • 587 22 BLOOMBERG REUTERS SHANGHAI: China is set to further clamp down on the country’s red-hot housing market by imposing a long-debated property tax for the first time in Shanghai and Chongqing, state media reported yesterday. The south-west city of Chongqing may impose a luxury property
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    • 625 24  -  BY JOANNE LEE UBS Asia-Pacific’s new co-chairman, who is also its co-chief executive, has unveiled an aggressive new strategy to court Asian family offices miniasset management companies that manage a single family’s wealth. Mr Alex Wilmot-Sitwell outlined the move to involve
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    • 461 24  -  Ad campaign aims to draw elderly applicants BY GABRIEL CHEN gabrielc@sph.com.sg ELDERLY customers, take note: OCBC Bank says it wants your business and is not interested in only the young and trendy. That is the key message of a new advertising campaign by the Singapore
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        370 2  -  ACTIVITIES BY SERENE LUO Dec 19, 2010 Rats, they’re still here DOTTALK BY AMRESH GUNASINGHAM THE number of rat enclaves here has risen sharply in 2010. No fewer than 1,687 areas were found with rats, a four-fold jump from the 443 found in 2009, the National Environment Agency
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      • 198 3 ACTIVITY MIX AND MATCH Rats are pests animals that can cause destruction to your belongings or make you sick. Here are the names of some other types of pests. Can you match them with the right descriptions? Pests 1. Mosquitoes 2. Caterpillars 3. Termites 4.
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        448 4  -  ACTIVITIES BY ANDREW DUFFY BY ANDREW DUFFY Dec 16, 2010 Korean smokers on TV ‘an unhealthy influence’ BY MELISSA PANG IT IS prime-time television and a pretty young actress lights up in a South Korean drama. Is that likely to make impressionable teenagers do the same? Health Minister
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      • 484 6  -  ACTIVITIES BY ANDREW DUFFY Dec 20, 2010 HDB marks one-million-flat milestone BY MARIA ALMENOAR 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
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      • 449 5 Singapore outlaws BZP, TFMPP and mephedrone, used as substitutes for Ecstasy Sources: Central Narcotics Bureau, The Straits Times The Straits Times AS DRUG abusers turn to new and dangerous substances in order to get “high” (or feel a false sense of happiness), the law has to
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        414 7  -  Find out more interesting facts and trivia about Singapore on this page. This week, we visit Bukit Panjang in the west. By Eisen Teo 2 HOW TO GET THERE: Transfer from Choa Chu Kang MRT station to Bukit Panjang LRT station. Bukit Panjang is one out of only
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      • 196 8  -  Eileen Aung-Thwin brings you news bites from the Eileen Aung-Thwin NATIONAL holidays are hurting businesses in the Philippines. The large number of public holidays in the country is angering business owners and discouraging potential investors from doing business there. WHY IT MATTERS Filipino workers enjoyed
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      • 124 8 THE Beijing government is seeking public feedback on plans to ease traffic jams. It is asking the public’s opinion on its plans to improve traffic flow, which includes measures such as building roads, increasing parking fees, encouraging the use of bicycles, improving public transport
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      • 138 8 A STUDY by Hong Kong’s Consumer Council and Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has found that potato chips might cause cancer. It tested 90 types of snacks and found that 89 of them contained a substance called acrylamide which, when consumed, may increase the risk of
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        532 9  -  Tampines North Primary School honours its young film-makers at its first student film festival. By Sheryl Quek WATCHING the news every night was the easy part. More challenging, for Gracia Tan En Qi, nine, and her group mates from Tampines North Primary School (TNPS), was putting together a
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      • 294 15 LITTLE Red Dot wants you and your class to come up with a plan to improve your school. If we love your idea, you will win shopping vouchers to put it in action. Prizes are worth $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000. The vouchers can be spent at
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      • 123 15 TIP OF THE WEEK Learning to distinguish between a need and a want is very important. It will help you to make a plan and stick to a budget of how much to spend. Needs are things that keep you alive and healthy. They include food, air, water,
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        767 10/11  -  Do you know what has been happening around the world? How do you feel after reading about these incidents? Write in to stdot@sph.com.sg to tell us. By Kimiko Chan By Kimiko Chan ACTIVITY What are some of the benefits of not being afraid of anything, and what
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      • 448 12  -  Forests don’t just look pretty but are very important to us. By Ellen Whyte By Ellen Whyte FORESTS are places that are dense with many trees and plants. Plant and tree leaves absorb carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen. The vegetation helps protect soil.
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      • 486 13  -  What is HIV and Aids and how do they differ? Kimiko Chan finds out Doctors think a risky blood transplant may have cured a man of Aids. ST, Dec 16, 2010 Kimiko Chan AIDS is one of the most deadly diseases on the planet more than 60
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        102 13 There are many different types of germs. The four main ones are: bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa. Viruses need to be inside living cells in order to grow and reproduce (make copies of themselves). They cannot live long outside a living thing, such as a person, animal
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        487 14  -  In ancient Rome, it was common for rich families to keep slaves. Why was this allowed and where did the slaves come from? Here, Little Red Dot shows you a guide to a Roman slave auction that might have been found then. Which parts of it do you
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      • 156 14 1 Bid: a) To sell something for a fixed price, b) To offer an amount of money to buy something, c) To look at something before you buy it 2. Population: a) The number of men in an area, b) The number of slaves in an area, c) The
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      • 341 17 Dec 10, 2010 Bengal tigers getting smaller AFP KOLKATA: India’s endangered Bengal tigers are dwindling not only in numbers but also in stature, according to a recent survey that suggests the big cats are getting physically smaller. “We were surprised that the animals, which otherwise looked healthy,
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      • 414 18 ACTIVITY 1 Fill in the blanks using these choices. a) Canada b) habitat c) global warming d) gases e) ANCHORAGE (Alaska): Two groups of scientists are holding out a sliver of hope for the future of polar bears in a warming world. A study published online
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        305 19  -  Look at the ad on the right and answer the questions below. By Malini Nathan By Malini Nathan ACTIVITY If you were at Orchard Road a few weeks ago, you would have seen the brightly lit streets and trees covered with tinsel. Many people buy decorations and
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      • 138 20  -  Silent and deadly, the submarine patrols the sea. How can such a huge machine rise and dive like a shark? TEXT SERENE LUO Submarines carry ballast tanks throughout, which are filled with either air or water. Depending on what they are filled with, the submarine will
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        119 20 Water is allowed to fill the vessel’s ballast tanks, so that it becomes denser than the seawater. Have you ever noticed how an empty plastic bottle floats on water but sinks when it is filled with sand or liquid? Pour out the liquid, and the bottle floats
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    • 52 2 TEACHINGTIP The content on every page has been carefully created to match ability levels. Each page is categorised as High, Middle or Foundation (Low), and contains activities that correspond to these levels. You will also see icons on each page to indicate activities for: HIGH MIDDLE Listening Speaking Reading Writing
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    • 382 16 Learning Outcomes: Grammar LO2: Use Collective nouns (eg. family, committee, flock, panel) Solve the puzzle ACTIVITY Collect all 11 Big on English pages this term. Read the following statements carefully and complete the crossword puzzle. 9 8 DOWN 1. An elderly woman was attacked by a of bees. She tried
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      • 1291 2  -  Beyond the bustle of Venice beach lies a laid-back and lovely city that visitors seldom see alison de souza stlife@sph.com.sg Bikini-wearing skaters, buskers, fortunetellers, souvenir vendors, and ageing and New Age hippies. This portrayal of Venice Beach’s “bohemian” Ocean Front Walk is such a
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      • 1782 4  -  This colourful island in Africa captivates with its wide array of endemic animal species, friendly locals and tasty cuisine fanny lai stlife@sph.com.sg The writer is the group chief executive officer of Wildlife Reserves Singapore. Every year, my husband and I visit at least one biodiversity hot spot
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      • 124 14 ‘We haven’t really explored everything about each other. We’re taking it slow and just being gentle with each other’ New Kids On The Block’s Joey McIntyre (right) on touring with fellow boyband Backstreet Boys this summer ‘You just get really drunk all the time, which is
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      • 36 14 Goh Koon Peng wins a pair of tickets to any SilkAir destination plus $500 cash for the photograph of Chiangmai (right), published on Dec 14. This month’s winner will be announced on Feb 1.
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        533 14 VISA PERKS ON SINGAPORE AIRLINES If you own a Visa Infinite, Signature or Platinum credit card, swipe it to enjoy discounted air tickets with Singapore Airlines. The promotion is valid for the whole of this year and cardholders will enjoy a series of offers depending on the credit
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      • 714 6  -  MOM-approved auditor CCIS Singapore helps companies work towards achieving their major milestones by lim yann ling COMPANIES across sectors have corporate milestones to meet, and implementing change in an organised manner is important. Civil engineering company KTC Group is one company that acquired ISO 9001 certification, followed
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        706 8  -  Smile Inc. Dental Surgeons uses new technology and the latest techniques to provide value-added services for patients by teo kuan yee IT’S a common perception to think of a visit to the dentist as a scary experience. Smile Inc. Dental Surgeons, which provides both high quality specialist and
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      • 677 9  -  Bioskin has grown to become a household name for skin and body treatments by mike lee MANY would have heard of homegrown brand Bioskin, noted for its products and treatments for the face, body and scalp as well as services and slimming treatments. Its six outlets
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      • 610 10  -  A hands-on approach to its milestone certification process helps Far East Contractor better its performance by mike lee IN THE last year alone, Far East Contractor has achieved the ISO 9001:2008, OHSAS *****:2007 andbizSAFE Star certifications. These milestones set the highest standards in quality, health and safety
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      • 761 11  -  Once a small civil engineering company, Hwa Seng Builder has now achieved A1 grading to handle projects of all scales by april chong A SMALL local company offering civil engineering and construction services has become a leader in the construction industry here. Hwa
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        483 12  -  New York Skin Solutions treats skin ailments with custom-blended botanical products administered by skincare experts by teo kuan yee AS ITS name suggests, New York Skin Solutions is a premium skin treatment company from the United States that focuses on restoring skin to its healthy and perfect state.
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        412 12  -  London Weight Management advocates losing weight in a swift, safe and effective way Teo Kuan Yee LONDON Weight Management was founded in 19 65 by a group of medical researchers, nutritionists, weight management consultants in the United Kingdom who predicted that overweight problems would be a common
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      • 379 13  -  Yun Nam Hair Care offers clients personalised treatments to resolve their hair and scalp problems by mike lee SINCE inception 26 years ago, Yun Nam Hair Care has been helping customers of both genders to resolve hair loss problems, besides other is- sues related to hair
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    • 681 15 Apart from rival sites, many shun it as they prefer Web anonymity New York Times Tokyo–MarkZuckerberg(above, right). Who? The 26-year-old Facebook founder and chief executive may be the man of the moment online. But in Japan, one of the globe’s most wired nations, few people have
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    • 351 15 Associated Press Bloomberg Reuters Los Angeles True Grit seized the reins at the weekend box office with US$15 million (S$19 million), taking the No. 1 spot and becoming the first Western to top the US$100-million mark since the 1990s, according to studio estimates released
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    • 666 16  -  Eateries put up pictures of diners who leave without paying to deter others eunice quek euniceq@sph.com.sg Some eat and saunter to the toilet, never to return. Others claim temporary amnesia, possibly caused by blood rushing from the brain to the stomach after a full meal.
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    • 453 16 Agence France-Presse Beijing China’s famed Shaolin Temple has set up more than 40 companies overseas as it hopes to spread Buddhistinspired martial arts around the globe, state press reported yesterday. But the announcement of a vast business plan to send the temple’s famed warrior
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      • 335 18 Associated Press Agence France-Presse London Team Beckham can soon expect another addition. David Beckham and wife Victoria are expecting their fourth child later this year, the former England captain posted on his Facebook account on Sunday. “I’ve got some great news to tell you all,” he wrote. “Victoria
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      • 78 18 Black Swan star Natalie Portman (right), 29, showed off her engagement sparkler and the beginning of a baby bump at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards last Saturday. Portman, who announced her pregnancy and engagement to co-star Benjamin Millepied, 33, last month, was honoured with the
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        • 68 18 Rihanna took the British pop music charts by storm this week with a No. 1 single, album and two other songs. The Official Charts Company said she is the first female solo artist in chart history to achieve five No. 1 singles in consecutive years with
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        • 65 18 Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian have been sued by a California company which created a prepaid debit card endorsed by the American reality TV starlets. They pulled out of the deal after Connecticut attorney-general Richard Blumenthal said the card’s fees were “predatory”. The suit claims the sisters
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    • 195 7 s'eXajEsXsTi CORPORATE MILESTONE of Bioskin CEO. Mathilda Koh Awarded Successful Entrepreneur 2010 Spirit of Enterprise, Year 2010 Honouree 20/0 SUCCESSFUL A V\A W. "Bioskin stands strong in our philosophy of 'No squeezing, No scarring and No enlarged pores'. We stay true to this mantra and it differentiates our treatments from
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    • 189 9 UCD 1 Iwl-J HWA SENG BUILDER PTE LTD 58 Tuas Basin Link Singapore *****4 Tel: 6560 8698 Fax: 6560 0529 Co Reg No.: *****0384Z Email: hsb@hwaseng.com.sg Website: www.hwaseng.com.sg S T R TUv SOD CERT NO.: 98-2-0889 ISO 9001:2008 CERT NO.: 2006-0349 *****001:2004 CERT NO.: OSH-2006-0148 BS OHSAS *****:2007 I V/.
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