The Straits Times, 11 April 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, APRIL 11 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Chinatown gets hip
      52 1 CHINATOWN is attracting younger Singaporeans. New businesses like spas and boutique hotels are proving a carrot while new media is being used to drum up interest. Outreach efforts include a website, Facebook group and Twitter account to issue updates on promotions, activities and new shops. L HOME
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      Lock icon Cut waste the Taipei way
      59 1 TAIPEI’S waste management system has helped halve the amount of waste the city produces in just 10 years. The “pay-as-you-throw” system compels households and businesses to put their waste in government-issued, blue garbage bags. Those who use unauthorised bags can be fined. Recyclables must also
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      Lock icon ‘Fake’ eggs ‘are real’
      46 1 ALL that egg-citement could have been for nothing. A preliminary study on samples of “fake” eggs confiscated in Malaysia by the authorities have found that they were the real thing, and not made from chemicals as widely reported. L WORLD PAGE A17
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      Lock icon Vettel storms to 2nd win
      58 1 WORLD champion Sebastien Vettel dominated the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday with a brilliant drive which maintained his perfect start to the Formula One season. The German steered his Red Bull car from pole position to the chequered flag to win ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button
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    Lock icon Lim Boon Heng stepping down as MP
    940 1  -  MP Wee Siew Kim also leaving; total of 18 PAP lawmakers making way for others BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg PEOPLE’S Action Party (PAP) chairman and Jurong GRC anchor minister Lim Boon Heng yesterday announced his retirement from politics, but quashed rumours that he
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    Lock icon Japan won’t abandon tsunami survivors: Kan
    724 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS ISHINOMAKI: Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan promised yesterday that he will “never abandon” survivors of Japan’s tsunami as he tried to focus attention on the future, despite a high-stakes battle at a nuclear plant. Mr Kan, on his second
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      499 1 MONDAY INTERVIEW: WILLIAM LIM Present Man U team incredibly consistent WAYNE ROONEY INTERVIEW Young at heart and full of ideas LIFE! PAGE C4 Plagued by bedbugs Subscribe to The Straits Times. Get a gift and win cash prizes. Call 6388-3838 SPORT, PAGE B6 HOME, PAGE B1 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT:
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        Lock icon At your service, productively
        80 2 WE SAY Spring Singapore’s $75 million grant for the food services sector comes at a crucial time, with companies here in particular, the food and beverage sector facing rising costs and labour crunches. There has been much hand-wringing from restaurant proprietors about the recent raising of
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          Lock icon Failure of leadership
          30 2 Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan’s rejection of Singapore Exchange’s bid for the Australian Securities Exchange represents a failure of political leadership, says Stephen Kirchner. L REVIEW PAGE A22
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          Lock icon Understanding radiation
          32 2 REVIEW PAGE A23 There is no reason to avoid social contact with a person returning from Japan but be very cautious about eating food from the country, says Andy Ho.
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        Lock icon Look before you leap
        35 2 OUR READER SAYS Property prices are reported to be moderating but the reality is that prices are still increasing albeit at a slower pace, says Rafiq Hamjah. L FORUM PAGE A24
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      34 2 IN A Page 1 blurb in yesterday’s The Sunday Times, the logo used to represent the Singapore Democratic Party was the wrong one. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Banning poco-poco is dancing with division
      1005 2  -  Controversial fatwas by hardline Muslim clerics create rifts in society BY SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg WHEN the Mufti of Perak, Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria, decreed on April 1 that popular line dance poco-poco is haram for Muslims because of its links to Christianity,
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      Lock icon Amber Towers sold for $162m
      459 3  -  It is biggest residential collective sale in 3 years, says broker; owners get up to $4.4m each BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg AMBER Towers, a 35-year-old residential project in the Katong area, has been sold to Resource International Holdings, a unit of China Sonangol Land, for
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      Lock icon Business ‘poor’ at Esplanade Xchange
      706 3  -  BY JAMIE EE WEN WEI CUSTOMERS are not pulling up at underground shopping mall Esplanade Xchange at the Esplanade MRT station. Tenants lured to take up space because the mall is linked to Raffles City Shopping Centre, Marina Square and Suntec City are complaining of
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      Lock icon Beijing detains 100 church members
      675 4  -  Nabbed as they try to worship outdoors after eviction from building BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Police detained more than 100 church members yesterday morning, foiling plans by one of Beijing’s largest underground churches to hold its service outdoors in defiance of the
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      Lock icon Stay out of our affairs, China warns US
      316 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BEIJING: China has told the United States not to interfere in its affairs, after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the release of dozens of activists rounded up in a growing crackdown on dissent. It rejected an
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      Lock icon ‘I grew up with the sea... but now I can’t look at it any more’
      755 10 A month on, traumatised tsunami survivors can’t bear to return home AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIKUZENTAKATA: One month after a huge earthquake and tsunami devastated their lives, evacuees in north-east Japan are still so paralysed with grief
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      Lock icon Controversial Tokyo governor wins 4th term with focus on disaster
      467 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara won a fourth term yesterday, exit polls showed, putting him back at the helm of a city facing power shortages and radiation fears. He overcame challenges from 10 contenders, including comedian-turned-provincial governor Hideo
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      Lock icon Thank you, says Japan’s PM to the world
      274 11  -  KIZUNA* Naoto Kan Prime Minister of Japan Thank you for the Kizuna (*Kizuna means bonds) One month has passed since an earthquake of unprecedented scale struck Japan, taking thousands of precious lives. Even today, evacuation shelters are still the only refuge for
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      Lock icon Holland-Bukit Timah senior MPs endorse PAP new face
      462 6  -  BY AMRESH GUNASINGHAM, TESSA WONG THE two senior members of the People’s Action Party’s team in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC yesterday welcomed the likely addition of civil service high-flier Sim Ann to the line-up. At a grassroots event last night, Minister for Community
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      Lock icon Tharman unveils Jurong GRC upgrading plan
      402 6  -  CAI HAOXIANG JURONG GRC residents can expect fully upgraded lifts, sports facilities, parks and home maintenance improvements under a new five-year plan entitled “A Better Environment For All”. Launching an exhibition to showcase the proposals at the Jurong East MRT station yesterday was Finance
      PHOTOS: JURONG TOWN COUNCIL and JURONG HEALTH ST GRAPHICS  -  402 words
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      Lock icon PM confirms team in Ang Mo Kio GRC
      380 6  -  CHERYL ONG BARRING Nomination Day changes, the slate of People’s Action Party candidates for Ang Mo Kio GRC at the next general election has been finalised, and it includes three three-term MPs and two new faces. The veterans are incumbent MPs Inderjit
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      Lock icon PAP’s Hougang contender offers student voucher scheme
      369 6  -  AMRESH GUNASINGHAM THE People’s Action Party’s (PAP) prospective candidate for Hougang yesterday launched a help scheme that subsidises the transport costs of needy students in the area. Vouchers, each worth $30, will be given to some 150 students over the next year under
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      Lock icon ‘Dig deeper, ask WP for details’
      600 7  -  DPM Wong says voters should ask how WP will implement its manifesto BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg DEPUTY Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng called on voters yesterday to look beyond attractive proposals in the Workers’ Party’s (WP) manifesto and ask the opposition party for a
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      Lock icon Singaporeans have right to join opposition, says DPM Wong Kan Seng
      387 7  -  RACHEL CHANG EVERY Singaporean has the right to join the opposition, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said yesterday when asked how he felt about a former long-serving grassroots leader’s son mounting an electoral challenge in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.
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      Lock icon Re-employment a better approach, says Gan
      555 7  -  BY CASSANDRA CHEW MANPOWER Minister Gan Kim Yong yesterday dismissed suggestions by the Workers’ Party (WP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) to change Singapore’s retirement-related policies. On Saturday, the WP proposed in its manifesto to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65,
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      Lock icon Another ‘prize catch’ for Chiam?
      874 8  -  Second ex-senior civil servant may join him in Bishan-Toa Payoh fight BY JEREMY AU YONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg ON A day when former senior civil servant Benjamin Pwee was unveiled as a Singapore People’s Party (SPP) candidate, it appears the party may have a second on its
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      Lock icon NSP may field young ones in Marine Parade
      594 8  -  BY ANDREA ONG, TEH JOO LIN THE National Solidarity Party (NSP) signalled its keen interest in contesting Marine Parade GRC with its first party-level walkabout in the area yesterday. Led by party bigwigs, the 30-strong contingent included five young faces seen as
      ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG  -  594 words
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      Lock icon WP manifesto stems from different philosophy: Low
      735 8  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG, CHERYL ONG THE Workers’ Party (WP) manifesto may mean more government spending or a reallocation of funds, but that is to be expected as it has a different philosophy from the People’s Action Party (PAP), said party chief Low
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      Lock icon Party’s electoral plans ‘transparent’
      398 8  -  KOR KIAN BENG, CHERYL ONG THEY are not saying where they will contest, but Workers’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang yesterday maintained the party is “transparent” in its electoral plans. The Hougang MP used the word thrice, even as he fended off reporters’ questions on
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      450 9 A SINGAPORE WS) WORKFORCE SKILLS M QUALIFICATIONS j w m Y r r m n f f r J > 4 «P Introducing the finalists of this year’s WSQ Awards in the Food Beverage and Hotel Categories. WSQ Most Supportive Employer Award (Food Beverage Category) Organised by the Singapore Workforce
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      Lock icon Thai ‘red shirts’ rally to mark clash
      721 12  -  Marking one-year anniversary, they vow to seek justice for those killed BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: Tens of thousands of “red shirts” gathered at a mammoth rally in Bangkok yesterday evening to mark the first anniversary of clashes with army
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      Lock icon China will use yuan exchange rate to help curb inflation
      408 12 BEIJING: China will use all possible measures, including the yuan exchange rate, to keep prices under control, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency as saying. This is the first time Mr Wen has publicly
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      Lock icon Sputters over gag orders
      1006 13  -  Outcry over British court bans in bid to silence comment BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: Got some embarrassing personal details you wish to keep hidden? Provided you have lots of cash to hire a top lawyer, Britain may be your best bet. For its
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      Lock icon Breaking the silence
      202 13 Three cases where attempts at a super-injunction failed: SIR FRED GOODWIN The former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive made headlines this month after MP John Hemming disclosed in Parliament that he had obtained a secret gagging order that barred the media from even referring to him
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      126 13 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Fears of a serial killer grip New York L Europe’s birth rates on the rise again MOST COMMENTED ON L ‘You can’t afford to live, you can’t afford to die’. Says goodheavens: “It is a realistic future
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        Lock icon Trash war: Sweet smell of success
        1068 14  -  In 10 years, Taipei’s unique system has halved waste produced MEMO FROM TAIPEI BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg GARBAGE is music to the ears of the people of Taiwan’s capital. The sounds of Fur Elise, a Beethoven score; and A Maiden’s Prayer,
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        Lock icon Extortionists target HK business websites
        465 15 Cyber attacks for blackmail growing in number and scale HONG KONG: Attacks on Hong Kong business websites that would stop only with payment of cash have increased and become hard to ward off as they come in an unusual scale that crushes and overwhelms. While
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        Lock icon 6 Hainan isles to become tourist sites
        194 15 XINHUA HAIKOU: China’s southern island province of Hainan is planning to develop six uninhabited islands this year as tourist sites, said local official sources. But the move has to proceed cautiously, as previous cases in the country have led to environmental and ecological
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        Lock icon Najib’s ‘long visit a sign BN is worried’
        668 16 Opposition strikes at PM’s record six-day campaign in state SARAWAK STATE ELECTIONS KUCHING: Prime Minister Najib Razak is leading Barisan Nasional’s (BN) election campaign in Sarawak by spending a record six consecutive days in the state, leading to claims by the opposition
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        Lock icon Christians accept govt deal in Malay Bible row
        300 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of Malay-language Bibles impounded over their use of the word “Allah” are to be stamped “Christian publication” in a bid to end a row with Muslims, the government said yesterday. More than 35,000 Bibles have been confiscated
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        Lock icon Malaysia cracks the case of the ‘fake’ eggs
        468 17 Shell-shocked customers relieved as confiscated eggs found to be genuine after all BERNAMA KUANTAN: All that egg-citement could have been for nothing. A preliminary study on samples of “fake” eggs confiscated by the authorities in Malaysia has found that they were the
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        Lock icon Indonesian MP ‘watched porn’ in Parliament
        231 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: An Indonesian lawmaker faces an ethics investigation after he was photographed apparently watching porn on his tablet computer in Parliament, an official said yesterday. Mr Arifinto, who represents the Islam-leaning Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), was caught on camera on Friday looking
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        Lock icon Superhero suits? Bangkok sews them up
        646 18  -  Tiny tailor shops create customised party wear, driven by global market FANCY DRESS TRADE SHIMMERS BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: Deep down two narrow crowded lanes of Bangkok’s Pratunam district, where cobwebs and black cables tangle under a low dark roof,
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        Lock icon Poles mark anniversary of air crash in Russia
        375 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WARSAW: Poland yesterday marked the first anniversary of a plane crash in Russia that killed president Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other high-pro-file Poles, amid bitter political divisions. At 8:41am (0641 GMT) yesterday, the exact time of the April 10,
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        Lock icon Evidence to nail 9/11 suspects revealed
        561 19 Indictment shows US rebuilt chain of events through flight, phone records of five accused AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Prosecutors in the United States compiled lots of evidence against the five men accused of having organised the 9/11 attacks, but not until this week have details
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        Lock icon Italy at fore of Europe’s migrant crisis
        1103 20  -  Calls for help with influx ignored by EU nations; summit takes place today BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: European Union interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg today to discuss the continent’s growing immigration crisis. Since the start of this year, more
        SOURCE: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The data in this report is based on information available as of March 9, 2011. It covers the 38 European and six non-European states that currently provide monthly asylum statistics to UNHCR.  -  1,103 words
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        Lock icon Call for UN action against strongman
        310 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ABIDJAN: Lawyers for Ivory Coast presi-dent-in-waiting Alassane Ouattara demanded yesterday that the United Nations and France “neutralise” forces loyal to his rival Laurent Gbagbo and bring the strongman to justice. The statement, issued in Paris, called Mr Gbagbo’s loyalists “an illegal
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      • Region in revolt
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          Lock icon Govt troops hit rebel town
          137 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LIBYA: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s artillery bombarded Ajdabiyah and his troops forced their way inside yesterday in their most determined assault on the strategic eastern town for at least a week. Rebels cowered in alleyways from sustained artillery and small-arms fire and appeared
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          Lock icon Rally targets military chief
          128 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS EGYPT: More than 1,000 protesters rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir Square yesterday after an overnight sit-in demonstration, when the army backed down on a threat to disperse them. The protesters, who blocked the square with a charred army truck, barbed wire and beams, chanted
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          Lock icon March halted after tip-off
          133 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS YEMEN: At least one anti-regime protester was killed and dozens shot in the cities of Taez and Sanaa, as Yemen’s worried Gulf neighbours prepared to meet in Riyadh yesterday to work out a transition plan. Tens of thousands of people also rallied in capital
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Myanmar’s courtesy call
          99 21 FOREIGN Minister George Yeo received a courtesy call from Myanmar counterpart U Wunna Maung Lwin yesterday on the sidelines of the Special Informal Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the East Asian Summit in Bangkok. This is their first meeting since Mr Lwin’s appointment on March 30. Both
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          Lock icon 800 Puma workers faint
          114 21 REUTERS PHNOM PENH: The Cambodian authorities began an investigation yesterday into the mass fainting of about 800 workers at two factories that produce footwear for German sporting goods group Puma. The workers suddenly fell sick last Saturday night and again yesterday morning at Universal Apparel (Cambodia)
          REUTERS  -  114 words
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          Lock icon Gaza leader’s peace plea
          111 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: A senior member of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement yesterday made a rare appeal to Israelis to halt escalating cross-border fighting, telling an Israeli radio station that Hamas is ready to stop its rocket fire if Israel ends its attacks on Gaza. With fighting
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          Lock icon Boat seizure: KL protests
          91 21 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has sent Indonesia a letter of protest on the capture of two boats owned by local fishermen in the Strait of Malacca. Malaysia said that the Indonesian Fishery and Maritime Resources boat intruded into its waters and seized the
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          Lock icon 8th China satellite launch
          103 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: China yesterday launched its eighth satellite orbiter as part of its navigation and positioning network, state media reported. The Long March-3A carrier rocket, carrying a navigation satellite, took off before dawn from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in south-west Sichuan province, the China
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          Lock icon Falling birth rates hurt
          106 21 TAIPEI: As many as 75 per cent of Taiwan’s hospitals with obstetrics and gynaecology departments have ceased either service following the decline in birth rates, said medical experts here. Also, according to the Department of Health, a total of 122 hospitals and clinics specialising in the
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        Lock icon Working at full stretch for a good cause
        88 21 Yoga enthusiasts taking part in a “Yogathon” in Hong Kong yesterday to raise funds for the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation and promote public awareness of the disease. The eight-hour event saw dozens of participants performing various yoga poses under the watchful
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        Lock icon Swimsuits from space
        221 21 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: What do surgical staples, shower valves and Olympic-calibre swimsuits have in common? Answer: They originated in space. These and hundreds more are spin-offs from technologies developed for the space programmes that kicked into high gear 50 years ago when Yuri Gagarin became the
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      323 2 THE family of Chinese tourist Nao Xueping is seeking compensation after she died falling from her bicycle last month. Madam Nao, 45, was at Pulau Ubin with her friend, Singapore Chinese chess grandmaster Tay Siang Hock, 76. It is from him that the
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      474 2  -  JANE NG FOOD prices at the Serangoon Garden Market and Food Centre will remain stable, as its stall owners have pledged to maintain prices for the next six months. They are the latest, after stalls in Bedok North, Radin Mas and
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      1054 5  -  News of recent disasters is a push factor, say industry players BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg NOT willing to take chances, more people including younger Singaporeans and foreigners based here are making their wills. Perhaps it is the recurring news of unpredictable events like earthquakes
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      381 5  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN BRISK-WALKING groups in the North-West District received a $250,0 0 0 boost yesterday to get more people living in the area up and, well, walking. A local weight-loss company pledged the sum to the North-West Community Development Council (CDC) to organise 40 walks
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      195 4 SUPPORT is still pouring in for Japan, which was hit by the earthquake and tsunami in March. On March 25, Japanese burger chain Mos Burger launched the Japan You Can campaign to raise funds for victims. In a week, Mos Burger raised $100,000 from the
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      317 4 ENCOURAGED by the success of its inaugural book swop last year, Orchard Central (OC) will be holding the same event from June 3 to 5 this year. Collection of books for this year’s event has started and the response has been good. Bring your used
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      320 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO: Richard Jefferson said the San Antonio Spurs want to finish with the National Basketball Association’s (NBA’s) best record. Then someone told him how many more victories it could take to assure that. “We got to win two more?” Jefferson said. They
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        59 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFURT: Bayern Munich fired coach Louis van Gaal yesterday, after the German football club dropped to fourth place in the German Bundesliga following Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Nuremberg. Three of the 59-year-old Dutchman’s assistants were also sacked, while another, Andries Jonker, will
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        59 8 COLOMBO: Former Singapore national cricket team coach Marvan Atapattu has been appointed the new batting coach of Sri Lanka, reported the Sunday Observer. Sri Lanka Cricket also appointed former captain Duleep Mendis as chairman of the selection committee, whose other members are former Singapore coach
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        71 8 LONDON: Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree was marred by the deaths of horses Ornais and Dooney’s Gate. For the first time in the race’s history, two jumps had to be bypassed on the second lap because the fallen horses could not be removed in time,
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      287 8 SHANGHAI: Sang Lan, a former Chinese star gymnast who broke her neck in the women’s vault competition at the New York Goodwill Games in July 1998, has said that she will sue the event’s organisers and an insurance company. Her attorney Hai Ming said she
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        621 9 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA (Georgia): The body language said it all as Tiger Woods wasted a good driving display with woeful putting to slide out of contention at the Masters in Saturday’s third round. He hunched his shoulders, put his hands up to his
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      406 9 Badminton Australian Open In Melbourne, finals (Jpn unless stated) Men’s singles: Sho Sasaki bt Wong Choong Hann (Mas) 21-1112-21 21-19. Doubles: Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa bt Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato 21-17 21-18. Women’s singles: Liu Xin (Chn) bt Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (Tha) 21-14 21-9. Doubles: Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito bt Chin Eei Hui/Wong
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        71 9 TIGER Woods could face a fine for spitting on the hallowed Augusta National course. After considering a poor tee shot on No. 4 for a few seconds on Saturday, a disgusted Woods spat on the course. It was captured by CBS cameras, reported the
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        88 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARL Schwartzel might have to give Jack Nicklaus a cut of his earnings. The six-time Masters champion gave the South African invaluable advice before his first appearance at Augusta National last year, talking him through the course. Nicklaus “took me through every
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        66 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAPANESE teenager Hideki Matsuyama, who nearly called off his dream trip to the Masters after an earthquake and tsunami devastated his homeland, has delivered the inspirational performance he wanted. “I played very well,” he said. “I wasn’t sure if I would be
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        49 9 REUTERS THE inspired charge that carried Phil Mickelson to victory at last year’s Masters failed to materialise on Saturday. “I putted so well the previous week at Houston, I expected to come out this week and kind of light it up,” he said.
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      39 6 TOP-FOUR TARGET Roberto Mancini has Champions League place firmly in his sights. B7 A POOR FIT Jasmine Ser’s customised shooting jacket is troubling her. B7 BACK-TO-BACK WINS Sebastian Vettel is two for two after winning Malaysian Grand Prix. B8
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      515 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS HONG KONG: The world’s first yuandenominated shares to list on a stock exchange outside mainland China will start trading in Hong Kong on April 29, the issue managers said yesterday. An initial public offering (IPO) for Hui Xian
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      92 15 Transport Minister Raymond Lim (right) and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore chief executive Lam Yi Young viewing an exhibit at the launch of the sixth Singapore Maritime Week at Suntec City yesterday. Singapore Maritime Week runs till Friday and features 25 events involving
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      345 15  -  YASMINE YAHYA CONSTRUCTION and engineering firm SEF Group is still considering when to revive its plans of launching an initial public offering (IPO). The firm had lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in January this year, with an
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        64 15 Au Yeung Fai: Resigning as chief executive and executive director of CitySpring Infrastructure Trust’s trustee-manager, to pursue personal interests. Mr Au Yeung, 45, will relinquish his positions from June 30, after serving more than four years. Mr Tong Yew Heng, 48, chief financial officer of the trustee-manager, will
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        491 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE G OH EDITOR The day after I turned seven, my father decreed: “From now on, you must help your mother carry bags when you go to the market.” That was a big deal back in the nearly maidless 1970s. I remember
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        352 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG Surely you know by now about the photo that sparked a furore and got people wondering if young Singaporeans are too soft. (Okay, if you’re really clueless, it was a picture of a maid carrying the field pack of a full-time national serviceman as
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        192 4 AFP CNN The Guardian Parts of the United States government were set to shut down last weekend because the two main political parties could not agree on how to cut the country’s budget. The shutdown affects millions of Americans. For many, it means that rubbish will not be
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        1042 5  -  BY ANDREW DUFFY WHO are the new faces? The People’s Action Party (PAP) is introducing candidates to stand for election as Members of Parliament (MPs) at the rate of four each week. The aim is to give voters time
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        289 8 / 9 LEADERS: MrToh Ban Sheng, resident choral director of several school choirs, St Joseph Institution’s teachers Adeline Tan and Tan Huiling. SCHOOL CHOIRS INVOLVED: St Joseph’s Institution Vocal Ensemble, Dunman Secondary School Choir, Catholic Junior College Choir, Raffles Chorale, Raffles
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        234 8 / 9 LEADERS: Secondary 3 and 4 student leaders and former Crescentian Jolynn Tjahayadi Tjhia, 18 FUND-RAISING PERIOD: March 30 to April 1 AMOUNT RAISED: $4,000 BENEFICIARY: Embassy of Japan in Singapore WHAT THEY DID: One cup of yogurt at a time: that is how Crescentians
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