The Straits Times, 4 April 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, APRIL 4 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Girl hit by MRT train
      50 1 A 14-YEAR-OLD Thai girl lost both her legs after she fell onto the tracks at Ang Mo Kio MRT station yesterday morning and was hit by a train. The girl reportedly arrived in Singapore just three weeks ago to learn English. L PRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon Anger, betrayal in Japan
      44 1 FUKUSHIMA’S nuclear refugees tell The Straits Times that they believed the stricken plant was safe, and feel betrayed about finding out otherwise. They are also unsure about whether they will ever go back to their homes. L PRIME PAGES A10-11
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      Lock icon Leave S’pore? No thanks
      61 1 A NEW Institute of Policy Studies survey shows that only 20 per cent of young Singaporeans want to emigrate or spend an extended period of time abroad. But the survey of more than 2,000 Singaporeans aged 19 to 30 shows that they have substantial discomfort over
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      Lock icon Blues ‘can beat United’
      76 1 IN THE Champions’ League, that is. Chelsea manager Carlos Ancelotti is confident his side can handle the Premiership’s leaders in Wednesday’s European clash. “I think it’s very difficult (for Chelsea to win the league),” the Italian said after Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Stoke. “In the title
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    Lock icon LIBYAN FIGHT GRINDS TO A STALEMATE
    84 1 LIBYAN rebels climb on top of one another to reach the top of a mast in order to fly their flag near the front line east of Brega yesterday. The country’s civil war is in danger of getting bogged down in a stalemate as
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    Lock icon Ministers may serve just two terms in future: SM
    841 1  -  Creating space in Cabinet for new arrivals is vital for self-renewal, he says BY TEO WAN GEK wangekt@sph.com.sg SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday indicated that the days of Cabinet ministers serving several terms may be numbered. There will come a
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    Lock icon Global tumult leads economists to cut S’pore’s Q1 forecast
    608 1  -  BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT ECONOMISTS are lowering their first-quarter forecasts for the Singapore economy after a tumultuous start to the year. The political crisis in the Arab world, surging oil prices, inflation worries and Japan’s earthquake and tsunami are key
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      125 1 CRICKET WORLD CUP: THE DAY AFTER Man in the middle S’pore Art Museum’s director talks art and censorship Grave concern LIFE! PAGE C4 China’s cemetery bubble haunts the living India celebrates, Sri Lanka seethes WORLD, PAGE A12 SPORT, PAGES B7&8 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS
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        Lock icon Rethinking a man-maid conundrum
        99 2 WE SAY A photograph of a young man dressed in army fatigues being followed by a woman, presumably a maid, carrying his field pack has sparked a fierce debate about a “softer” generation of Singaporeans. The incident is an indictment of societal mores the country’s dependence
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      • COLUMNS
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          Lock icon Better housing policy
          48 2 High property prices in Hong Kong have resulted in young people being unable to buy their first property, while in Singapore, about 90 per cent of households in public housing have bought the deed to their HDB flats, says Wu Muluan. L REVIEW PAGE A20
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          Lock icon Building the S'pore brand
          23 2 Every Singaporean can be a brand ambassador to the national image, says Koh Buck Song. L REVIEW PAGE A21
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        Lock icon Need for diverse voices
        58 2 OUR READER SAYS Vincent Tan does not agree with the arguments from another reader on why Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Khiang should continue to contest in their current constituencies. He says the two opposition leaders should be lauded if they take the bold step
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      Lock icon The land of everyday heroes
      976 2  -  Japan’s grace in crisis has lessons on character and community-building BY SUSAN LONG ENTERPRISE EDITOR suelong@sph.com.sg MANY have remarked on the dignity of the Japanese response to its worst post-war disaster in the aftermath of the 3/11 quake and tsunami. Many governments and commentators have
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      Lock icon Thai teen loses both legs after being hit by MRT train
      504 3  -  14-year-old suffers gruesome injuries after falling onto tracks JALELAH ABU BAKER A 14-YEAR-OLD Thai girl who fell onto an MRT track at the Ang Mo Kio station has lost both her legs. One was severed by a train as
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      Lock icon Afghan riots against Quran burning widen, over 20 killed
      556 4 Demonstrations erupt in Kandahar, Jalalabad and several other cities ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS KANDAHAR: Demonstrations widened in Afghanistan as Western pleas failed to halt a third day of rage over a Florida pastor’s burning of the Quran. The violence was
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  556 words
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      Lock icon Pastor unrepentant, says he would do it all over again
      423 4 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS GAINESVILLE (Florida): His church’s membership is down to just a few of the faithful. He is basically broke. Some of his neighbours wish him ill. And his head, he said, carries a bounty. Yet Mr Terry
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      Lock icon Thailand flood deaths rise to 45
      523 10 Heavy rains caused by climate change: Expert AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA BANGKOK: The death toll from heavy flooding in southern Thailand has risen to 45, the government said yesterday, with thousands of people continuing to stay in temporary shelters. More than a week of heavy
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      Lock icon PAP’s Sitoh hopes to be 3rd time lucky in Potong Pasir
      678 6  -  He has rejected party’s offer to field him in GRC, expects tough fight BY ELGIN TOH elgintoh@sph.com.sg TWO consecutive defeats at the hands of Mr Chiam See Tong have not discouraged the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Potong Pasir man
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      Lock icon SM Goh’s potential successor makes political debut
      437 6  -  TEO WAN GEK FOR the past week, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has been dropping hints of his potential successor in Marine Parade GRC a strong candidate who can form the core team of Singapore’s fourth-generation leadership. Yesterday, residents of the GRC had
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      Lock icon Chiam’s SPP and NSP closer to tie-up in Bishan-Toa Payoh
      576 6  -  BY JEREMY AU YONG FOR the second time in as many weeks, National Solidarity Party (NSP) leaders were spotted at Mr Chiam See Tong’s walkabout a sign that the two sides are close to joining forces. Yesterday, NSP’s election campaign
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      Lock icon WP’s call to help opposition grow criticised
      302 6  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say last night criticised the Workers’ Party’s (WP) call to voters to help the opposition grow and become a viable alternative to the People’s Action Party (PAP). In a televised political dialogue last night, Mr
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      Lock icon Chiam’s ‘war horse’ to be wheeled out again
      319 6  -  JEREMY AU YONG ONE of opposition veteran Chiam See Tong’s oldest and most trusted campaign allies will be in his team again at the coming polls: his Volkswagen Beetle. The maroon car has been a permanent fixture of his campaigns since he
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      Lock icon Bishan-Toa Payoh gets new five-year makeover plan
      685 8  -  All incumbent MPs likely to run in GRC, says Wong Kan Seng BY ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg THE People’s Action Party (PAP) team in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC is all geared up for battle, with its line-up almost finalised and a new plan for improving
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      Lock icon Going GREEN and ELDER-FRIENDLY
      155 8 Residents in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC can look forward to more greenery, elderand environmentally-friendly features and upgraded facilities in the next five years. Here are some proposed items in the five-year masterplan. Active, Beautiful and Clean Waterway in Bishan Park by July next year Solar panels for
      PHOTOS: BISHAN-TOA PAYOH TOWN COUNCIL ST GRAPHICS  -  155 words
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      Lock icon Clearer picture emerges of PAP’s line-up at several GRCs
      945 8  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG RACHEL CHANG Additional reporting by Amelia Tan, Chua Hian Hou, Royston Sim THE People’s Action Party line-up at several GRCs became clearer yesterday as new candidates are introduced to residents and grassroots leaders by ministers likely to lead
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      Lock icon No accord yet between RP and NSP over three wards
      564 8  -  BY TEH JOO LIN TESSA WONG THE National Solidarity Party (NSP) has shown no signs of acceding to a proposal reiterated by Reform Party (RP) chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam yesterday. The proposal was this: NSP gives up Pioneer and Radin Mas,
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      Lock icon Chen Show Mao plans to move back to S’pore
      1166 9 WP candidate says win or lose, he aims to help build up opposition BEIJING-BASED Workers’ Party (WP) candidate Chen Show Mao plans to return to Singapore for good whether or not he wins at the coming polls because he wants to
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      Lock icon Judge candidates ‘on what they stand for, not policies’
      481 9  -  BY CASSANDRA CHEW VOTERS should judge candidates mainly on what they stand for, rather than on policies, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday. He reasoned that policy solutions do not differ greatly given Singapore’s make-up and therefore may
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      Lock icon Workers’ Party building itself up to give voters better choice: Low
      679 9  -  BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN THE Workers’ Party (WP) is a mature opposition party that Singaporeans can have confidence in to safeguard their country’s future, secretary-general Low Thia Khiang said yesterday. It is also adding depth to its leadership at the
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      Lock icon WP eyeing Sembawang?
      249 9  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN THE Workers’ Party (WP) could make a bid for a fifth group representation constituency (GRC), Sembawang, as it appears to have lined up more potential candidates than needed for the 23 seats it intends to contest. They are in the four-member Moul-mein-Kallang GRC, the five-member
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      Lock icon LOST & BETRAYED
      993 10 / 11  - LOST BETRAYED With no end to the nuclear crisis in sight, evacuees struggle to cope FUKUSHIMA’S NUCLEAR REFUGEES BY NIRMAL GHOSH SENIOR CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal TOKYO: In one of the cold, huge yet minimalist halls of the vast Tokyo Big Sight exhibition and convention centre, prefabricated exhibition partitions have been
      PHOTOS: NIRMAL GHOSH, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  993 words
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      Lock icon Nuclear power entrenched in Japan
      600 10 / 11  -  NIRMAL GHOSH TOKYO: The nuclear power crisis in Japan has given the anti-nucle-ar movement across the world ammunition to bolster its case, with top scientists and even governments reassessing assumptions and plans for nuclear energy. Yet the same is not quite happening in Japan. While
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      Lock icon Nuke crisis ‘may take months’ to control
      471 10 / 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: It could take several more months to bring Japan’s tsu-nami-ravaged nuclear plant under control, a safety agency spokesman said yesterday as engineers tried to find a way to stop highly radioactive water from pouring into the Pacific. The
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      Lock icon SIA cabin crew and pilots resume overnight stays in Tokyo
      351 10 / 11  -  BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) cabin crew and pilots are staying overnight in Tokyo again, two weeks after the airline suspended layovers amid a radiation scare. British Airways, which also pulled its crew out after a massive
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      Lock icon ‘You can’t afford to live, you can’t afford to die’
      698 12 / 13  -  Prices soar for limited graveyard space in China BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China’s notorious property bubble is spreading to the grave, as the same speculative frenzy and soaring prices that plagued the housing market now haunt its
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      20 12 / 13 go renting out houses by day but shift to selling graves sometimes to the same clients by night.
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      114 12 / 13 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Radioactive water leaking into sea L Brain behind bad boy behaviour MOST COMMENTED ON L Radioactive water leaking into sea. Says ageless: “Last year’s BP huge oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is still having a
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        Lock icon Beijing ‘house church’ will soon be homeless
        524 12 / 13 Eviction from makeshift site is sign of China’s drive to quash unrest REUTERS BEIJING: Tears flowed at one of Beijing’s biggest “house churches” yesterday as some 300 Chinese Christians prayed on the last Sunday before they face eviction from their makeshift place of
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        Lock icon Google thrives on advertising sales in China
        308 12 / 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: A year after a public spat with China over censorship, Google says its business with Chinese advertisers is growing even as its share of online searches in the country plunges. A major Chinese portal, Sina.com, said last week it would
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        Lock icon MM Lee meets DPP leaders
        107 12 / 13 Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew chatting separately with top Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leaders Su Tseng-chang (above) and Tsai Ing-wen (top) during his recent vacation in Taiwan. The two DPP leaders shared their views on the current political and economic situation in Taiwan as well
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        Lock icon Building a sense of community spirit
        887 14  -  Taiwan’s community colleges help residents bond through learning MEMO FROM TAIPEI BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg ALL Mr Wang Sheng-tsin wanted when he enrolled in Songshan Community College in Taipei’s Songshan district eight years ago was to learn how to manage his
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        Lock icon Drug trafficking surges in Indonesia
        732 15  -  Number of drug busts has doubled over last 4 years, say authorities BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Drug trafficking has surged in Indonesia, say the authorities, who are cracking down on more smugglers, dealers and producers than ever before. The scourge has seeped
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        Lock icon Java refinery fire spreads to third fuel tank
        486 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JAKARTA: Indonesian firefighters yesterday battled to extinguish a blaze at the country’s largest oil refinery as the fire spread to a third fuel storage tank, police said. Nobody has been injured in the
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  486 words
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        Lock icon Suicide blasts kill 41 at Pakistan shrine
        305 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Two suicide blasts outside a shrine in the central Pakistani province of Punjab yesterday killed at least 41 people, police and administration officials said. The blasts took place outside the shrine of Sufi saint Ahmed Sultan, popularly
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; PHOTO: XINHUA  -  305 words
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        Lock icon Police seize luxury cars from Jakarta bank manager
        275 15 JAKARTA: Indonesian police have confiscated two Ferraris and a Mercedes sports car from a customer relations manager of a foreign bank in Jakarta, who is suspected to have siphoned off some US$2.3 million (S$2.9 million) from her customers. Malinda Dee, 50, had
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        Lock icon Anti-graft raids on Customs staff yield gold
        462 16 Stash discovered in KL crackdown includes posh cars, bags of cash THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BERNAMA PUTRAJAYA: Gold bars and bags of cash containing millions of ringgit have been discovered in the homes of several Customs officers during raids by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption
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        Lock icon Philippine tribesmen free two hostages
        450 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LA PROSPERIDAD (Philippines): Two of 15 hostages taken by armed tribesmen in the Philippines were freed yesterday, hours after the kidnappers failed to show up for talks with government negotiators, police said. The government revised downwards the initial number of hostages
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        Lock icon Sarawak BN’s four leaders to defend seats
        245 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BERNAMA KUCHING: All the four leaders of the component parties of Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) will be defending their respective seats in the upcoming April 16 state election. Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, who is Sarawak BN chairman
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        Lock icon KL’s move to resolve Bible row welcomed
        190 16 PETALING JAYA: The Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) yesterday welcomed the government’s 10-point initiative to resolve the controversy over Malay-language Bibles, reported news website The Malaysian Insider. “BSM deeply appreciates the government’s 10-point solution that, among other things, includes additional safeguards to ensure
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    • world.international
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        Lock icon Deadlock in Libyan civil war
        660 17 Neither side able to gain the upper hand despite Western air support for rebels REGION IN REVOLT REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BREGA: Libya’s civil war is in danger of getting bogged down in a stalemate as neither Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s troops, tanks and artillery
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        Lock icon Yemeni police open fire; 2 protesters killed
        364 17 REUTERS SANAA: Two Yemenis died and dozens were injured yesterday when police used live rounds, tear gas and batons to try to break up protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who called for an end to weeks of unrest. The two dead were
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          Lock icon Bahrain suspends critical newspaper
          101 17 REUTERS BAHRAIN suspended its main opposition newspaper Al-Wasat yesterday, after accusing it of falsifying news about recent sectarian unrest and a government crackdown on protests. “The paper has adhered to lies, falsification and plagiarism as its guiding principles for the sake of deceiving its readers,” the
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          Lock icon Syrian President overhauls govt
          101 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYRIAN President Bashar Assad appointed former agriculture minister Adel Safar yesterday to form a new government, part of a series of overtures towards reform as the country faces a wave of anti-government protests. The 58-year-old, generally regarded as a respectable figure in a government
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        Lock icon US to Gbagbo: Leave to end Ivory Coast conflict
        346 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ABIDJAN: The United States yesterday renewed a call for Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo to step aside as the struggle for control of the Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan entered a fourth day. “The path forward is clear,” US
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        Lock icon Outrage over plans for 9/11 victims’ remains
        577 18 Proposal to put them in museum upsets families who prefer a memorial NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: One of the haunting legacies of the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center is that the remains of 1,123 victims, 41 per
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        Lock icon U-turn on Gaza: Israel ‘didn’t target civilians’
        316 18 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JERUSALEM: The leader of a United Nations panel that investigated Israel’s invasion of Gaza two years ago has retracted the central and most explosive assertion of its report that Israel intentionally killed Palestinian civilians there. Mr Richard Goldstone,
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        Lock icon Woman, 92, oldest on murder rap in Australia
        347 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: A 92-year-old who once lived in Singapore has become the oldest woman committed to stand trial for murder in Australia, accused of bludgeoning and stabbing her wealthy 98-year-old husband to death. Clara Tang, who allegedly killed Mr Ching Yung
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    • world.at a glance
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          Lock icon Sex trial: No TV crews
          61 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN: As Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi prepares for the first hearing in his sex crime trial this week, a voracious media is being kept at bay. Television crews have been banned from the Milan courthouse on Wednesday as the 74-year-old faces allegations
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          Lock icon Cleared of maid abuse
          104 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH: A court has acquitted a Saudi woman who had been jailed for three years after being found guilty of torturing her Indonesian maid, a local newspaper said yesterday. In January, Indonesia said it was appealing against the three-year jail term given to the
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          Lock icon Obama’s re-election bid
          52 19 REUTERS WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is likely to announce his re-election plans and file campaign papers with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as early as today, Democratic officials said over the weekend. Filing with the FEC would allow Mr Obama to start raising money for the
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          Lock icon Dance ruling to come
          81 19 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top Islamic body will decide the fate of a popular dance later this month after a state banned it over claims that it contained “Christian rituals”. Malaysia’s Islamic Development Department head Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz said a National Fatwa Council would be
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          Lock icon Two-hour rescue of Viet icon
          94 19 An injured giant soft-shell turtle being guided into a cage for a health check by handlers at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi. Thousands of onlookers cheered yesterday when some 50 rescuers successfully captured the ailing turtle for treatment, in an attempt that took about two
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          Lock icon Alleged beating: Boy dies
          72 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK ALOR SETAR: A seven-year-old schoolboy died after he was allegedly tied up and repeatedly assaulted by a teacher at a religious school hostel in Perlis. Saiful Syazani Sopfidee was admitted to the hospital with head injuries last Friday and died yesterday. The
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          Lock icon Taiwan tourism discount
          67 19 TAIPEI: In a bid to lure tourists looking for alternatives to tsunami-hit Japan and flood-ravaged Thailand, Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau has unveiled a US$100 (S$126) incentive for couples whose combined age is over 100. They will get a US$100 discount for their tour package or a similar discount
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          Lock icon Chinese artist stopped
          60 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China blocked artist Ai Weiwei from taking a flight to Hong Kong yesterday and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man’s assistant said. It was not clear if the 53-year-old had been detained, the assistant added. Mr Ai has been keeping a tally
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          Lock icon Sumo wrestlers ousted
          52 19 YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK TOKYO: The Japan Sumo Association has ousted 23 sumo wrestlers and elders from the sport over their alleged involvement in match-fixing. Nineteen of the wrestlers were advised to retire. With more punishments set to come, next month’s grand sumo tournament is likely to
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      418 20 LAST week, a photograph of a young man dressed in army fatigues being followed by a woman, presumably a maid, carrying his field pack sparked a fierce debate about a “softer” generation of Singaporeans. Arguably, the young man’s transgression could affect the Singapore Armed Forces’ deterrence
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      1685 20  -  This is an edited translation of an article that appeared in Guangdong’s Time Weekly on March 10. PUBLIC HOUSING BY WU MULUAN AMONG the four “Asian Tigers”, the conditions in Hong Kong and Singapore are the most similar, and the average amount of land
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        807 21  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg SEOUL’S longstanding contest with its northern neighbour Pyongyang is masking a build-up of South Korean military power with implications well beyond the Korean Peninsula. The competition between the two Koreas is real, and potentially catastrophic. The
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        413 22  -  Dr Vincent Tan MR ANG Kok Thiam argues that veteran opposition leaders Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Khiang should contest in Potong Pasir and Hougang respectively as they have done before (“Chiam, Low should stay put”; last Saturday). I do not entirely
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        216 22  -  James Wilson MY WIFE and children were excited to sign up for the Earth Hour organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Singapore at The Promontory Marina Bay, on the night of March 26. We try and encourage environmental
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      798 1  -  Survey also finds better qualified group feels most threatened by foreigners BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg AFTER three years of studying in Britain, Ms Samantha Teo cannot wait to pack her bags and leave Singapore. The 25-year-old, who did economics at
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      111 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L 40,772 motorists caught in bus lanes L Naming trend most evident in education L A young generation of “softies”? MOST COMMENTED ON L A young generation of “softies”? Says lobo-respawned: “Don’t confuse schoolchildren with an NSman. Children
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      66 2 A new record was set yesterday when 375 people painted Easter eggs at an NTUC Club event at Downtown East (left). Among them were (above, from right) Ng Jin Le, his mother Sandy and brother Yong Le. The record for the most number of people painting Easter
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      463 3  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER SINGAPORE’S first “court” was nothing more than a tent, and the very first hearing was convened without a judge. This was in the 1800s, when the island was still called The East India Company’s Settlement Of Singapore. Little-known
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      549 4  -  National Heritage Board grants them $75k to produce online show BY LIM YI HAN limyihan@sph.com.sg AN INTERNSHIP with a digital media outfit led four students on a trail of rediscovery of what Singapore means as home. Now they hope to share it
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      307 4  -  ROYSTON SIM IN FEBRUARY this year, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) interior design student Chew Chee Leong found that his lymph nodes were swollen. Staff at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) suspected he had lymphoma a type of cancer involving cells of the immune system, called
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      87 4 Madam Ang Swee, 86, goes down the catwalk with granddaughter Tracy Ong, 31, in clothes designed by Temasek Polytechnic students at an active ageing carnival yesterday. The great-grandmother was the oldest model in the fashion parade. “I was surprised by the change,” said Madam Ang, who usually
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      656 5  -  Sentosa’s new, improved free-falling simulator takes off after half-year delay BY JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg AN IMPROVED version of Singapore’s indoor skydiving simulator will finally open this month after a delay of about half a year. Costing more than $25 million, iFly Singapore will be
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      399 5  -  ROYSTON SIM WHILE the date for a rule change on the Singapore-Johor taxi service has been firmed up, taxi operators say it is too soon to see what impact it might have. Last week, government ministers from Singapore and Malaysia met and agreed that
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      450 5  -  BY JALELAH ABU BAKER MOST of the stallholders at the Serangoon Avenue 3 wet market that caught fire last month may be able to restart their businesses later this month. The fire broke out at the market, whose owner is E Land
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      55 4 ST 04-04-2010 3 台 x 家本 Many local Japanese spare no efort to support disaster relief in Japan To subscribe, call 6388-3838 or go to sphsubscription.com.sg THIS THURSDAY IN THE BIEBER HAS LANDEDH(IN HOLLYWOOD) FiRST prepares to be deafened by squealing girls as pop moppet Justin Bieber’s debut film
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      231 6 Cooling tea From now till April 7, you can get a box of Fruity Lite 4s worth $2 free with any purchase of Huiji Summer Spring Instant Cooling Tea 10s. Priced at $7.90 for a box of 10 sachets, the cooling tea is available at supermarkets and medical halls.
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      634 6  -  Retailers and consumers are encouraged to become more environmentally conscious this season BY LEONG PHEI PHEI WHEN Ms FeonAngsigned upforthe Earth Hour Green and Gorgeous Party on March 26, all she wanted was to de-clutter her wardrobe by exchanging items she didn’t want for those
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      258 6 ABBOTT’S improved growing-up milk formulations have been given the Healthier Choice Symbol by the Health Promotion Board Singapore. Grow and Grow School with ImmuniGrow nutrients for kids aged three to six and six to 12 years respectively contain 25 per cent less sugar and
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      248 6 WITH more people working from home, having a compact all-in-one printer that is easy to use and which helps to cut costs makes sense. Brother’s new monochrome laser printer HL2270DW is one such ex- ample. The printer has been singled out by Buyers
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      201 6 THECarClub,whichisSingapore’slargestcarsharing operator with a fleet of more than 122 cars and 2,350 members, is looking at expanding its fleet and membership numbers. Its managing director Lai Meng reveals that it plans to double the membership by June 2011. Forty new cars are on order for delivery
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      233 6 THE first-ever range of shape wear for men is now available at Marks Spencer in Singapore. Designed for those who want to battle un- sightly bulges at their convenience without having to sweat it out, the Marks Spencer’s Bodymax range is shaped
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      490 7 Sangakkara forced to defend selection after local media call for probe into loss AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s defeated cricket team returned home yesterday to calls from state-run media demanding a probe into “blunders right from the start”. “Who picked the final XI of the
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      849 7  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH stsports@sph.com.sg INDIA went to sleep on Saturday night to the smell of cordite and to the celebratory soundtrack of horns and fireworks. Yesterday, it awoke to elation. As a sporting nation, India is not relevant in football’s
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      185 7 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Balotelli gets warning after bad challenge on Tevez L Rooney’s first hat-trick in 14 months L Die-hard fans flock to view ‘history’ MOST COMMENTED ON L Rooney’s first hat-trick in 14 months Says TrueBeliever: “Wayne Rooney
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      749 8  -  BY PETER ROEBUCK stsports@sph.com.sg THE air was full of hoots, songs and shouts emerging from lines of cars, motorbikes and scooters moving up and down Marine Parade in Mumbai. Elsewhere in the city, and across the country, exuberant celebrations began the moment
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      686 8  -  Electronic timing system fails, so her national marks aren’t recognised BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg POOR Dipna Lim-Prasad. The 19-year-old sprinter and hurdler was in sizzling form at the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) Track and Field Series 3 at Nanyang Polytechnic yesterday, “breaking” two national records. But
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      435 8  -  BY MAY CHEN SEVERAL Singapore sailors have booked their berths at this year’s Youth World Championships. They include the top 420 pair of Russell Kan, 18, and Jeremiah Yeo, 17; Darren Choy and Nathan Tang (29er), both 17, and 16-year-old Terence Choo
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      86 8 Some 1,400 athletes took to the streets near Anchorvale Link, Sengkang West yesterday morning for the Tribob Singapore Sprint Series Duathlon, the second of a three-race series. About 70 signed up in the Elite category, where they completed a 3km run/15km bike/3km run race. Patrick Poetzsch, 40,
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      269 9 REUTERS LONDON: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will learn today whether he faces disciplinary action from the English Football Association for swearing on television while celebrating a hat-trick. The striker has apologised for shouting an expletive into a camera after completing a
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      645 9 Champions League is only realistic target with EPL title slipping away AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: If there is one positive to be taken from Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Stoke City last week, it is that the Blues can now completely focus on the coveted European crown. The reigning
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      284 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger has refused to concede the Premier League title to Manchester United but he might as well have. The Arsenal manager saw his team lose more ground on the league leaders after being held to a 0-0 draw by Blackburn on
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      70 9 Fulham defender Brede Hangeland getting into a tangle with Blackpool striker Brett Ormerod during an English Premier League match at Craven Cottage yesterday. Bobby Zamora scored two first-half goals for Fulham, who condemned Blackpool to a 0-3 defeat and left them on 33 points, just one above
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      468 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Roy Hodgson was adamant he took no extra satisfaction from defeating former employers Liverpool after seeing his West Bromwich Albion team come from behind to clinch a dramatic 2-1 victory on Saturday. Chris Brunt fired home twice from the penalty spot
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      593 10 They are chasing Spurs for best record after avenging loss to Raptors ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO: Derrick Rose remembered the celebration the last time the Chicago Bulls met Toronto in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was not about to let the Raptors ruin it this time.
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      441 10 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RANCHO MIRAGE (California): Friends were coming out of the woods to root for Tseng Ya-ni at the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Saturday. There was her mother and her mother’s friends who are visiting from Taiwan, and a busload
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        90 10 AUCKLAND: Singapore’s shuttlers took two out of the five titles on offer at the New Zealand International Challenge yesterday. Danny Bawa and Vanessa Neo led the way by beating Japan’s Takeshi Kamura and Koharu Yonemoto 21-14, 21-13 in the mixed doubles final. There was also
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        74 10 SPLENDID spin bowling by Rohan Tripathi (4-43) and Irfan Madakia (2-25) helped Singapore beat Papua New Guinea by 30 runs in a cricket friendly at Kallang yesterday. The visitors, a World Cricket League Division Two side, were skittled out for 175 in
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      312 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS HUMBLE (Texas): Phil Mickelson shot his lowest round in two years on Saturday, tying the course record with a nine-under 63 to share the lead with Scott Verplank after three rounds at the Houston Open. Verplank shot his second straight 65
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      141 10 Today Basketball NBA: New Jersey v Miami (Live, StarHub Ch216, 6am). Football S-League: Geylang v Tanjong Pagar (Bedok), Woodlands v Tampines (Woodlands) 7.30pm. Tomorrow Football S-League: Gombak v Hougang (Jurong West, 7.30pm). AFC Champions League: Jeju United v Gamba Osaka (Live, mio TV Ch115, 5.55pm). Uefa Champions
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      475 10 Badminton New Zealand Int’l Challenge In Auckland, finals (Sin unless stated) Men’s singles: Riichi Takeshita (Jpn) bt Wong Wing Ki (Hkg) 21-19 21-19. Men’s doubles: Danny Bawa Krisnanta/Hendra Wijaya bt Huang Po-yi/Lu Chia-bin (Tpe) 21-15 21-17. Women’s singles: Sayaka Sato (Jpn) bt Gu Juan 21-14 21-13. Women’s doubles: Yuriko
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      59 10 English snooker player Shaun Murphy, attributing his semi-final loss at the World Snooker China Open in Beijing on Saturday to raucous
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      81 7 FOILED BY GLITCHES Electronic timing system robs Dipna Lim-Prasad of national marks. B8 SIGHTS ON EUROPE Carlo Ancelotti confident his team can do well in the Champions League. B9 SINGAPORE’S PREMIER HOME-GROWN CAR MAGAZINE VEHICLE EMISSIONS IN SINGAPORE r r r i I r I TEENY BOPPER AUDI A S
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      101 9 LOTTERY L wC I Draw No 2628/2011 1 Vi V Draw Today. Monday, 4 April 2011 Group 1 Prize *1,500,000. Sales close today 6pm Draw Venue; Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6 Time 6.30pm First Prize $2,200,000 Super Sweep Prize $800,000 Always play with care.
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        499 12  -  All eyes on whether index can clear 3,120 with conviction MARKETS INSIGHT BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg FRIDAY’S better-than-forecast payroll numbers in the United States have given punters hope that the market’s recent strong run can continue. The world’s largest economy added 216,000 jobs in
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          98 12 Apr 1 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Mar 31 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2615 -0.13 1.4219 1.2599 Euro 1.7870 +0.23 2.0153 1.6758 FR Mar 31 YR 2011 Yen* 1.5071 +0.99 1.6205 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.22 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands Apr 1 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Mar
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          211 12 Week's Top Rises CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 560.1 3.5 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6325 451.6 6.0 DBXT E50 10USS 4528 196.8 3.6 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4833 152.6 2.6 IS S&P500 ***** 119.8 0.7 GLO 10USS ***** 104.7 0.6 DBXT FTChina25 10USS 3260 100.9 2.5 DBS BK 4.7%
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          2702 12 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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        404 12  -  WARRANT WATCH GOH ENG YEOW TRADING activity picked up in the warrant market last month, as share prices went on the roller-coaster following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Data from Macquarie Bank, the biggest warrant issuer here, shows that total warrant turnover last
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        498 13  -  Malaysia and Indonesia are next most popular within Asean: Survey BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg VIETNAM, Malaysia and Indonesia are the most popular investment destinations within Asean among Singapore firms, according to a new survey. It found that 49 per cent of the 120
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        353 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN FRANCISCO: Transocean gave its top executives bonuses for achieving the “best year in safety performance in our company’s history” despite the explosion of its oil rig that killed 11 people and spilled 757 million litres of
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      1107 14  -  It may be years before any ebb in cash infusions, but investors must not be complacent C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg JUST three weeks ago, global stock markets appeared to be teetering on the brink of
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      334 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: The devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan is likely to cost Australia around A$2 billion (S$2.6 billion) in lost export earnings, Treasurer Wayne Swan said yesterday. Japan is the country’s second-largest trade partner after China and the March
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      281 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to announce its first interest rate hike since July 2008 this week, even as the euro zone crisis deepens with three members missing key deficit targets. “Only a severe escalation
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      678 15  -  Firms benefit from boost to staff morale, with most donations initiated by employees WORKING LIFE BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg COMPANIES here have opened their hearts and their wallets in the wake of Japan’s devastating earthquake-tsuna-mi tragedy. In many cases, donations from corporations
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      282 15 REUTERS NEW YORK: Private equity firm TPG Capital is selling a 4.5 per cent stake in itself to two sovereign wealth funds, in Singapore and Kuwait, a source familiar with the situation said last Friday. The sovereign wealth funds are the Kuwait
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        51 15 LAWRENCE LUA: Appointed managing director and head of DBS Private Bank’s South-east Asia business with effect from last Friday. Mr Lua (right), 53, will be based in Singapore. He is a 30-year banking veteran who was formerly managing director and senior adviser at Swiss private bank Julius
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        47 15 YORIHISA SHIOKAWA: Appointed managing director of Panasonic Asia Pacific from last Friday. Mr Shiokawa (left)), 59, was previously chief operating officer at Panasonic Europe. Based in Singapore, he succeeds Mr Ikuo Miyamoto, who will take on the role of corporate adviser for Panasonic Corporation.
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        68 15 Friven Co DARREN TAN POON GUAN: Appointed chief financial officer at Friven Co with effect from last Thursday. Mr Tan, 40, joined the firm from metals exporter New Tsingyi and will take over from Mr Wee Liang Hiam, 48. KE LIHONG: Appointed non-executive director of Friven Co with effect from
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        37 15 YEO SIEW CHAI: Appointed chief financial officer of the Singapore Medical Group with effect from last Friday. Mr Yeo, 52, replaces Ms Tan Chiew Kian, 37, who has left to pursue other career opportunities.
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        91 15 CHOONG IL SEO: Appointed executive director and deputy president of STX Pan Ocean with effect from last Monday. Mr Choong, 56, will oversee the business division of South Korea’s largest bulk shipping firm. JONG BAE KIM YONG KEUN JUNG: Appointed independent directors and members of the audit committee of STX
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      805 16  -  Demand rises in the wake of govt measures for residential sector BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg IT WAS the Asian financial crisis in 1997 that got investor Anil Thadani interested in the seemingly unglamorous idea of putting money into shophouses. Property prices then were at an all-time
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      120 16 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L More buying into US dollar financing L Property price rises slow down in Q1 MOST COMMENTED ON L Property price rises slow down in Q1. Says gemini58: “The reduced loan quantum for the second property onwards may
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      30 14 Stock options in the spotlight A new research report calling into question the timing of Hyflux's recent stock option grants has whipped up a debate over such schemes Today in
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      30 14 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Apr 03 2011 FIRSTN8247 SECONDN6418 THIRDN2347 STARTERS 1663 2658 6617 6868 6914 8119 8182 8988 9659 9856 CONSOLATIONS 4471 4492 4650 5592 5733 7391 7411 9468 9672 9930
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        443 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR Adults,used to doing things according to familiar patterns, generally prefer tackling problems in ways they understand. Tell them about your issues feeling pressure to keep up with your blog, breaking up with someone you’ve been dating online
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        208 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG Facebook is a good way to interact with others. But, as the editor points out, what is posted there is often only the stuff that people want others to know about. How big a part does Facebook (or any other social media platform) play
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        198 4 Tuberculosis, a disease of the lungs, is normally found where people are crowded together in dirty conditions and with a poor diet. Yet it is still has a foothold in Singapore. There were 2,000 cases of it last year. Of those, around 1,500 were Singaporeans and
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        370 4 The number of animals being smuggled into Singapore has gone up from 305 in 2008 to 1,511 last year, with one case involving 1,200 birds. But the actual number of animals smuggled in may be higher. Popular animals are star tortoises (far left), snakes, monkeys
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        562 6 Sources: AP Huffington Post Technorati PsychCentral.com THE NEWS A controversial new research paper claims that there may be a new condition called “Facebook depression”, which affects teens who spend a lot of time on social networking sites. But many have criticised the study, saying it
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        366 8 / 9  -  BY MATTHEW HUI While organisers are touting the upcoming Lion City Cup as a clash of young football titans, I have just one reaction: Ho hum. In fact, I am dreading what seems to me an inevitable humiliation of our Cubs, for reasons that have nothing
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        55 12 Students and the public gathered for a night of music and star gazing during Earth Hour North West. The evening, organised by the North West Community Development Council, involved 700 people and lasted four hours. It was held at Christ Church Secondary School on March 26. PHOTO
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        604 15  -  BY ANDREW DUFFY Whyare Singaporeans helping Japan? On March 11a massive earthquake destroyed towns, caused the country’s largest tsunami in 1,000 years and also damaged a nuclear power station. Singapore is one of the nations helping the survivors of these disasters. The Government pledged
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