The Straits Times, 30 May 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, MAY 30 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon ‘Killer cucumbers’
      52 1 A VIRULENT form of E. coli bacteria blamed on infected cucumbers from Spain has killed 10 people in Germany and left 300 sick. European health experts said the outbreak of haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, which affects the blood, kidneys and nervous system, is the biggest of its kind worldwide. LPRIME
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      Lock icon Heritage centre opens
      58 1 INDIAN Muslim artifacts, ranging from wedding saris to money changers’ accounting books that date back 50 years, are just some of those on display at the new Nagore Dargah Indian Muslim Heritage Centre on Telok Ayer Street. The building, which underwent restoration works, was officially opened yesterday
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      Lock icon Vettel’s gamble pays off
      48 1 SEBASTIAN Vettel’s gamble to stay on the same set of tyres helped win him yesterday’s Monaco Grand Prix. The young German (left) beat Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button in a thrilling and incident-packed race that several drivers failed to finish. L SPORT PAGE B11
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      Lock icon Gunmen seize Yemeni city
      61 1 MORE than 200 suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen have wrested control of the south Yemen city of Zinjibar after heavy fighting with security forces that left 16 dead. The Yemeni opposition accused embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh of letting the city fall to the gunmen to raise fears
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    Lock icon PM: Unfair to criticise grassroots activists
    826 1  -  Their feedback is honest but MPs ‘may not have interpreted it correctly’ BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday defended the work of grassroots leaders and volunteers, rejecting charges that they shielded People’s Action Party (PAP) politicians from negative sentiments on
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    Lock icon WELCOME TO POYANG LAKE
    83 1 Two of China’s largest freshwater lakes Jiangxi’s Poyang Lake (above) and Hunan’s Dongting Lake have all but dried up as the country experiences a severe drought that has affected 35 million people in several provinces. Poyang Lake, now a grassland with boats stranded on its bed,
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    Lock icon Fifa suspends 2 top officials amid graft probe
    754 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: Fifa suspended its vice-president Jack Warner and Asian football chief Mohamed Hammam yesterday amid allegations that the two executive committee members bribed voters in the presidential election campaign. However, the Fifa ethics committee cleared Fifa president Sepp
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    Lock icon Khaw: Tens of thousands of rental flats needed
    737 1  -  BY GRACE CHUA SINGAPORE needs to build “tens of thousands” of subsidised rental flats to meet the demand for them the sooner, the better, said new National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. “For rental flats, we are studying, but all I
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      62 1 A model career The woman behind Carrie Models LIFE! PAGE C4 Brilliant Barca An extraordinary night at Wembley SPORT PAGES B9&10 Dying alone What happens to unclaimed bodies HOME PAGE B1 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO
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        Lock icon Dismal science turns touchy-feely
        57 2 WE SAY The OECD’s recent initiative to launch a so-called Better Life Index may be good news. After all, it seeks to get to the heart of a question that has plagued economists for the longest time: why high incomes do not always lead to high
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        Lock icon Impact on jihadists
        44 2 COLUMNS With Al-Qaeda marginalised by the wave of anti-government protests sweeping the Middle East and North Africa, the risk of Osama bin Laden’s death inspiring jihadists across the globe has been substantially diminished, says James M. Dorsey. L REVIEW PAGE A23
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        Lock icon S-chip jitters
        34 2 Some S-chips are being unfairly penalised for the purported wrong-doings of other Chinese companies even as they work hard to maximise earnings for shareholders, says Goh Eng Yeow. L MONEY PAGE B15
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        Lock icon A dangerous trend
        37 2 OUR READER SAYS If a general practitioner wants to perform cosmetic surgery, he or she should enter a proper training programme and get a surgical degree first, says Woffles Wu. L FORUM PAGE A25
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        22 2 www.straitstimes.com L Nirmal Ghosh looks at how reporting on personalities in Thailand can mostly lead to false impressions of journalists.
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      Lock icon Give the liberal arts a vocational slant
      943 2  -  Double-degree options will improve career prospects of students BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg THE new Yale-National University of Singapore (NUS) liberal arts college has attracted accolades from academics and education leaders since its establishment was announced last month. It has been hailed
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      298 2 Joshua Liaw Associate Director, Commercial Real Estate, Standard Chartered Bank. Graduate, Summa Cum Lc Dean's List. President, Economics Society, SMU. Winner, MAS essay competition. JCCI Smgapore-Was chol School of Economics Jovme Loy Assistant Director, External Department* Monetary t Authority of Singapore. Graduate, Magna Cum Laude. List. Winner, Economics Advisory Board
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      74 3  -  BY KEVIN LIM PHOTOJOURNALIST It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages on Monday, entitled 6.39pm. Taking a short break
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      Lock icon Banned dye found in eggs in Malaysia
      378 6 KUALA LUMPUR: Tests on salted and century eggs have found high levels of a banned red dye in them, according to a local agency that promotes health and safety standards. The Malaysian Association of Standards Users tested samples from two common brands sold
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      Lock icon 10 dead in Germany from eating veggies
      660 6 300 more are sick from E. coli bacteria blamed on Spanish vegetables REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: A virulent form of E. coli bacteria blamed on infected cucumbers from Spain has killed 10 people in Germany and left 300 sick, health officials said yesterday
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  660 words
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      Lock icon ‘Slower growth means fewer job opportunities’
      224 10  -  GRACE CHUA IF THE Government came across as if it were pursuing only economic growth, it was because it thought it was important to bring wages to people’s pockets, in order for the country to grow and catch up with other countries, National Development
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      Lock icon ‘Dying’ to live again
      127 12 For a small fee, one can have a go at the ultimate of second chances the chance to die, rise again, and make a fresh start in life. At Wat Prommanee temple in Thailand’s Nakhon Nay ok province, about 100km east of Bangkok, hundreds of Buddhist
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      Lock icon Tobacco firms vow to fight Aussie curbs
      606 12 Strong opposition to Australian government’s plans for plain labelling of cigarette packs ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CANBERRA: Australia faces a smoking-hot battle against big tobacco companies over its plan to remove their last bastion of advertising the cigarette pack. It wants to replace
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT  -  606 words
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      Lock icon China tightens grip on Inner Mongolia
      882 13  -  Party chief seeks to soothe anger over herder’s death; protests planned today BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING: Security was tightened in China’s vast northern region of Inner Mongolia, including the capital Hohhot, yesterday as local officials
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      105 13 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Fresh claims of sex misdeeds L Ash closing in on mainland Europe L Call to ban cellphones and wireless networks in schools MOST COMMENTED ON L Fatal food scandals: It’s death penalty in China. Says goodheavens: “Avenues
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        Lock icon China’s largest lakes drying up
        589 14 Lingering drought sees 4m people struggling to find drinking water XINHUA CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK WASHINGTON POST BEIJING: China’s two largest fresh water lakes are drying up amid a lingering drought that has seen the Yangtze River, the country’s longest, suffer the lowest levels of
        XINHUA; CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; WASHINGTON POST; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  589 words
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        Lock icon Hacker strike exposes Sony’s lack of new ideas
        362 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: As Sony struggles to recover its shredded reputation in the wake of perhaps the largest ever cyber attack, it is facing a more worrying problem, say analysts it has lost the knack of innovation. The hacker thefts of millions
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        Lock icon North Korea celebrates Kim’s ‘successful’ visit to China
        269 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son and heir apparent celebrated the “successful” outcome of his trip to China last week, state media said yesterday, without elaborating on what was achieved. Art performances celebrating the accomplishments of
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        Lock icon China hits back at Vietnam in territorial spat
        302 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BEIJING: China has hit back at claims that it violated Vietnam’s marine sovereignty in a new spat over disputed areas of the South China Sea, accusing Hanoi of harming Beijing’s interests in the region. Vietnam’s state media quoted the
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        Lock icon Vice fears prompt move to ‘map’ spas
        898 16  -  City govt to assess such outlets to see if STD spread is likely MEMO FROM NEW DELHI BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Rising incomes in urban India have spawned a variety of new lifestyle services from facials for
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        Lock icon India plans to improve lives of domestic help
        617 17  -  Far-reaching move hailed; group seen as neglected vote bank BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: India’s middle and upper classes cannot do without the ubiquitous Ramus and Champas, domestic help who do everything from cooking for the household
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        Lock icon UN review of rare earths plant begins
        465 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: A team of United Nations atomic energy experts began a week-long visit to Malaysia yesterday to review the safety of a proposed Australian rare earths refinery that has drawn protests. Following public concerns that radioactive waste from the plant
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        Lock icon India probes luxury car scam involving envoys
        317 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: A Bentley and an Aston Martin have been left abandoned in the Indian capital as the police probe a racket in which luxury vehicles are imported allegedly in the name of Asian diplomats and embassies and then sold off,
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        Lock icon Rolls-Royce for Anwar lookalike hunt
        311 17 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA: Find a man resembling opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and you can drive home a vintage Rolls-Royce with RM10,000 (S$4,094) cash in hand. That is the offer made by Kedah Kita chief Zamil Ibrahim to anyone who can find a
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        Lock icon Taleban resorts to high-profile, small-scale hits
        447 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL: A car with the licence plate of a high-ranking Afghan general approached the gates of the Defence Ministry in Kabul last month. A special “A” pass was also on its windshield, so the guards quickly waved it through. Once
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  447 words
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        Lock icon Pakistan must fight ‘monster of terrorism’
        309 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister has called on Pakistan to wake up and tackle the “monster of terrorism” that threatens not only itself but the South Asian region. “As Pakistan’s neighbour we have great worries about the terror machine that is still
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        Lock icon Rare glimpse into life of a terrorist
        729 18 Court testimony of Mumbai attack plotter has chilling moments and mundane details NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: When the authorities arrested the Pakistani-American who plotted the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, they confiscated two items essential for his next plot: a book titled How
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        Lock icon Payback for two ‘secret’ CIA deaths
        392 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: For a small cadre of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) veterans, the death of Osama bin Laden was more than just a national moment of relief and closure. It was also a measure of payback, a settling of the score for a
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        Lock icon Yemeni city ‘seized by alleged Al-Qaeda forces’
        646 20 Opposition claims Saleh allowed city to fall to gunmen to raise fears AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ADEN (Yemen): More than 200 suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen have wrested control of the southern Yemeni city of Zinjibar after heavy fighting with security forces that left 16 dead, an
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        Lock icon Britain trained Saudi troops sent to quell Bahrain protests
        309 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Saudi troops sent into Bahrain to help quash protests received training from Britain, it was reported yesterday. The Saudi Arabian National Guard was given weapons and public order training by a British military mission, according to documents obtained
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        Lock icon Israel slams Egypt for reopening Gaza border crossing
        427 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: Israeli ministers yesterday slammed Egypt’s decision to reopen its Rafah border crossing with Gaza, warning that terror groups would be able to move weapons and people freely. Israel has warned that reopening the crossing, which Egypt closed
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        Lock icon Match-fixers in Australia could face jail
        679 21  -  Athletes will also be ‘named and shamed’ over illegal betting BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY: Sportsmen could find themselves behind bars and placed on a “name-and-shame” blacklist as the authorities move to crack down on illegal betting. The proposals being
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        Lock icon Where are the grooms?
        40 21 Women parading in wedding dresses during a Carnival of Brides in the Russian city of Stavropol yesterday. It is open to any married woman who wants to put on her bridal dress again. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        Lock icon Tenacious cyber attack thwarted, says Lockheed
        433 21 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Lockheed Martin Corp, the United States government’s top information technology provider, said it had thwarted “a significant and tenacious attack” on its information systems network a week ago, but was still working to restore employee access. Government officials told US media that
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          Lock icon US to name military chief
          121 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: United States Army General Martin Dempsey, a former literature teacher who commanded an armoured division in key battles in Iraq, is expected to be named new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today, a US source said. The source, who spoke
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          Lock icon ‘Sex case’ minister quits
          112 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: A French junior minister accused of sexual harassment resigned yesterday. Civil Service Minister Georges Tron, accused of sexually harassing staff at the town hall where he is mayor, said in his letter of resignation to President Nicolas Sarkozy that he would disprove the
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          Lock icon No-confidence motion
          105 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’ s centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan, under fire for his handling of the response to the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, faces a threat of a no-confidence motion this week. Although his opponents have only a slim chance of rallying enough support
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          Lock icon 800 ‘quit DAP for MIC’
          101 22 BERNAMA BUTTERWORTH: More than 800 members of the opposition Democratic Action Party who are unhappy with their leaders in Penang have decided to quit and join the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC). “They claimed the party had made promises but failed to fulfil any, even when
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          Lock icon Japan typhoon weakens
          89 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Typhoon Songda weakened into a depression as it churned along Japan’s Pacific coast yesterday, but was still expected to bring heavy rains to the north-east, which was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami. A total of 57 people suffered from storm-related injuries in
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          Lock icon Captain killed in crossfire
          104 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: The captain of a hijacked Taiwanese fishing boat was killed in crossfire between the United States Navy and Somali pirates, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said, voicing concern over the incident. The 80-tonne Jih-chun Tsai 68 was hijacked in March last year while sailing in
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        Lock icon No fishy business – the weather’s to blame
        81 22 No fishy business the weather’s to blame More than 700 tonnes of fish have died at fish farms in a lake near Taal volcano south of Manila, with the authorities blaming it on a sudden temperature drop. The widespread fish deaths started late last week but have since eased. Such
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        Lock icon No more ‘shady’ police
        257 22 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HANOI: Vietnam has banned its police from wearing black sunglasses, chatting, smoking and putting their hands in their pockets while they are on duty in public places. Under a new order from the Ministry of Public Security, police officers must also “keep appropriate
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        264 9 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Alex Ferguson hailed Barcelona as the best side he has ever faced after the Spanish giants outclassed Manchester United in the Champions League final. He said United had been “given a hiding” after the Catalans handed his team a ruthless masterclass
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        443 10 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Instead of ending his career on the high note he craved, Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was left to reflect on the mistakes in his team’s 1-3 defeat by a brilliant Barcelona on Saturday. The Spanish champions
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        93 10 despite FANS at the 89.7 Supper Club coffee shop (right) in Changi Village cheering as Barcelona opened the scoring through winger Pedro in the Champions League final. About 200 of them thronged the 20m stretch, which had five 32-inch television screens, early yesterday
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      70 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS DAKAR (Senegal): World champion Caster Semenya (above) receiving her victor’s bouquet after winning the 800m at the Dakar Grand Prix on Saturday. It was the South African’s first international race of the year and she marked it in style by clocking her fastest
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      305 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: The Sunday Times newspaper says it has seen fresh evidence showing how Qatar plotted to get round Fifa rules in its successful bid to host the 2022 football World Cup. The British newspaper alleged that the Qataris offered voters cash
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      464 11  -  BY CHAN U-GENE KENYAN Richard Habeya ran one of the loneliest races of his life on his way to victory at the Sundown Marathon early yesterday. The lanky 20-year-old, who clocked 2hr 53min 15sec, pulled away from the lead pack, which included Moroccan Ahmad Lamchannak
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        132 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE QINGDAO (China): China demolished Denmark 3-0 to capture their fourth Sudirman Cup badminton title on the trot, and eighth overall, in front of a raucous sell-out crowd of 12,500 last night. The home team won the mixed doubles, men’s singles and men’s
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        46 12 KANAGAWA (Japan): Mok Ying Ren, 22, set a new national 5,000m record with his time of 14min 51.09sec pending the Singapore Athletic Association’s ratification at the Tokai University Time Trials meet on Saturday. He broke N. Ganesan’s 16-year-old record of 14:57.61.
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        62 12 CHIBA: Singapore’s top golfer Mardan Mamat slipped to a final-round two-over 74 yesterday in the final round of the Diamond Cup at the Umesato Course, to finish joint 38th on one-under 287. The world No. 214 pocketed 516,000 yen (S$7,800). Japanese Koumei Oda won
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        53 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Robert Daley, father of world diving champion Tom, has died of brain cancer at age 40. Robert, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2006, died peacefully late on Friday night with his 17-year-old son by his side, a statement from
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      291 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHENNAI: After a gruelling seven weeks and 74 matches, the Indian Premier League (IPL) came to an end on Saturday amid the usual glitter and glamour but left unanswered questions in its wake. The sight of N. Srinivasan, owner of
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      179 9 Win this Longines watch Longines, the official timekeeper for the French Open, is giving this gent’s timepiece away in a readers’ contest with The Straits Times. To win this $1,760 watch, answer a set of questions from May 29 to June 5. The answers can be found at www.longines.com Your
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      18 9 VETTEL TRIUMPHS Sebastian Vettel rides his luck to win the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time. B11
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    1237 12 OBITUARIES “Surely goodness love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.’’ Psalm 23:6 KOY MAY LENG Age:71 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 May 2011,dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband:ChanYing
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        544 14  -  Disappointing US data, European debt crisis increase risk aversion MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg JUNE trading is likely to get off to a wobbly start this week, as global uncertainties keep investors on the sidelines. While sellers are
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          105 14 Currencies May 27 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR May 26 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2388 +0.48 1.4219 1.2252 Euro 1.7617 +0.04 2.0153 1.6758 ..May 27 CHNG CLOSE FR May 26 Yen* 1.5302 -0.56 1.6205 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** +0.31 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands May 27 CHNG
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          3134 14 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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        392 14 SURFACE Mount Technology (Holdings) has blown a gaping hole in its finance in the fourth quarter, forcing it to seek a debt restructuring. The maker of electronics parts reported last Saturday a widening of its net loss for the three months ended March
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        927 15  -  China’s foot-dragging over corporate scams is costly for sector C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg PANDEMONIUM broke out early last week among the remaining S-chips still favoured by local investors after China’s authorities uncovered irregularities in the financial statements of
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      532 16 REUTERS ATHENS: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Greek government have dismissed reports that an international inspection team had found that Greece missed all its fiscal targets. “Recent media reports claiming knowledge of the findings of the review mission are untrue,” an
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      558 16  -  Firms there could see good earnings growth this year, say analysts BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg INDONESIA may not be the top investment destination for many Singaporeans, but the country offers rich opportunities, said participants at a conference last Saturday. An example is the equities market:
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      655 18  -  Analyst says funds may move back into riskier currencies this week CURRENCIES AND COMMODITIES BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT aaronl@sph.com.sg RISK aversion was the main play of the foreign exchange markets last week, as investors fled to safe haven currencies and commodities.
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      444 18 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS WASHINGTON: The US Treasury has said that China is not manipulating the value of its currency, choosing once again to avoid any escalation in the long-running trade dispute between the two countries. It said last Friday that the yuan
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      601 19  -  Survey of 14 countries finds local employees are also the least loyal WORKING LIFE BY MELISSA HO hmelissa@sph.com.sg HATE your work? Dread going in on Monday? Considering quitting your job? Well, you are not alone. Most of the Singapore workforce is with you, according to one
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      996 19  -  BY CHERYL LIM IT HAS been a long time coming but Chinese shoppers are finally reaping the benefits of the gleaming shopping malls we have taken for granted for decades. Shopping in the mainland has long been a case of visiting the neighbourhood
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        78 19 Saatchi Saatchi Chris Foster: Appointed chairman and regional chief executive officer (CEO) of Saatchi Saatchi Asia Pacific, headquartered in Singapore, effective from Wednesday. Canadian-born Foster (above), 46, has been Saatchi Saatchi’s CEO in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong, general manager of international accounts in Asia Pacific, and global equity
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        22 19 Chan Kin: Appointed non-executive director. Mr Chan, 44, is currently chief investment officer and director of Argyle Street Management.
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        21 19 Poh Boon Nee, Bernie: Appointed acting chief executive with effect from Wednesday, taking over from Dr William Chong, 49.
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        42 19 Peter John Farrar: Stepped down from his post as board member. Mr Farrar, 64, decided to step down as there would be sufficient independent directors on the new board following the company’s proposed acquisition of a stake in Bintai Kindenko.
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        32 19 Priscilla Tan: Resigning as finance manager to pursue other opportunities, effective tomorrow. Ms Tan, 43, was responsible for the financial reporting to the audit committee, shareholders and the Singapore Exchange.
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      814 20  -  Spotlight on minority shareholders’ welfare as firms delist without providing exit offers BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg MARKET watchers are once again focusing their attention on companies that delist from the local bourse without providing exit offers, now that Catalist firm E3
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      107 20 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Rental gap set to widen L Putting a new spin on laundry MOST COMMENTED ON L More HDB flats and at a faster rate. Says nicholaskoh222: “With economies of scale in building a high number of flats,
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      44 16 A new business, a new name, and an exciting future Congratulations to Duty Free International Limited (DFI) on your successful name change: Interlocal Exim Pte Ltd DFI is listed on the Catalist Board of the SGX-ST. Get to know more about DFI at www.dfi.com.sg
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      666 16 BROUGHT TO YOU BY SHAREINVESTOR Hear From the Investment Expert Working mother picks forex trading as second income for professionals Working mother, and successful entrepreneur, Binni Ong, is the Chief Trainer of financial trading education company, TerraSeeds Market Technician Pte Ltd. She has trained many students since 2005. This working
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      320 17 A new business, a new name, and an exciting future Duty Free International Limited (DFI), formerly Esmart Holdings Limited, has changed its name to reflect its new stature as one of the leading and fastest-growing duty-free retailers in Malaysia. DFI, which now owns DFZ Capital Berhad as well as DarulMetroSdnBhd,willhavespecialisedbusinesses
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      46 20 A new business, a new name, and an exciting future Congratulations to Duty Free International Limited (DFI) on your successful name change: ACACIA DUTY FREE SUPPLIES SDN. BHD. DFI is listed on the Catalist Board of the SGX-ST. Get to know more about DFI at www.dfi.com.sg
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        484 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR Someofthe most enduring and useful skills I have in my arsenal of “street smarts” roughly above average by Singaporean standards, but nothing next to online scammers from Nigeria I picked up during my school holidays. For a week during
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        238 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG Spending school holidays well is all about achieving the right balance. You do not want to go wild for 31/2 weeks and then work your guts out the last few days rushing through your assignments; nor do you want to mug your way through
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        494 3  -  This year, the Good Neighbour Award will be given to 80 students for going the extra mile for their neighbours. By THERESA TAN It does not take extraordinary effort nor superhuman abilities to be a good neighbour. All it requires is a willingness to extend
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        193 4 / 5 In February, the Singapore Government announced $6.6 billion worth of benefits for Singaporeans. A $3.2 billion “Grow and Share” Package made possible by last year’s spectacular 14.5 per cent growth will help Singaporean households cope with inflation this year. WHY IT MATTERS The average lower-income,
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        245 4 / 5 In January, the Land Transport Authority announced details of the 15.9km northern stretch of the 21km North-South Expressway (NSE) from Admiralty Road West to Toa Payoh Rise. The LTA also revealed that the Government will acquire 71 lots of land amounting to 5.6ha or eight football fields
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        266 4 / 5  -  EILEEN AUNG-THWIN rounds up some of the biggest local news in the first half of the year EILEEN AUNG-THWIN Under a scheme by the newly formed Retail Price Watch Group (RPWG), more than 1,000 hawkers and three supermarket chains NTUC FairPrice, Sheng Siong
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        241 4 / 5 As part of the government’s efforts to fight inflation, Singapore’s central bank the Monetary Authority of Singapore has allowed the Singapore dollar to strengthen against the United States dollar. On April 14, it only took a record $1.248 to buy US$1. One
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        246 4 / 5 Last month, Singapore launched its first liberal arts college a tie-up between the United States’ Yale University and the National University of Singapore (NUS). When the Yale-NUS College opens in August 2013, it will accept 150 students followed by 250 students every year after
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        1084 6 / 7 The IN CROWD brings you the best ideas to enjoy your June vacation The June holidays are upon us once again. All that time (once the homework is out of the way, of course) and not enough to do. There are only so many movies
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        1154 8 / 9  -  The truth behind pre-exam rituals and superstitions and wh> students practise them. By SHERYL QUEK During exam time, IN Crowder Madihah Hamid, 15, eats exactly 13 almonds in the morning before she sits for her paper. "I have no idea why the number 13 comes
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        717 10  -  In the final part of a four-part series on cyber wellness, MATTHEW HUI looks at how compulsive gaming can interfere with your daily life and health MATTHEW HUI If this June holidays, you find yourself a) forgetting to shower, b) wanting to pay for food
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        464 11  -  BY MARDIANA ABU BAKAR The knock-knock joke is one of the best-used formats of the pun. It is a role play, with someone acting as the fun maker or the pun maker and the other person acting as the recipient of the pun. It is told
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        1006 12/13  -  Get inside an English teacher’s notebook. By GERAINT WONG Over the past two weeks, we encountered several odd-sounding English words. Although the words may come across as rather funny, they can be used in respectable contexts, as the examples from The Straits Times below illustrate. Now test yourself
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        520 14  -  Lesson activity by ANDREA D. WOOLHEAD of the British Council by ANDREA D. WOOLHEAD The long mid-year holidays are here and while some of you may be going on exotic jaunts, the rest of us must make do with sunny Singapore. Do we
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        494 15  -  BY ANDREW DUFFY Here is a fairly grisly story adapted from The Straits Times. Read through it and do the three vocabulary exercises. Apri1 12, 2011 Man found with corpse in sealed container. Bangladeshi survivor taken to hospital after being rescued EXERCISE 1 In this section, fill in
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        1005 18 / 19 LEARNING OUTCOMES This activity has been designed to let you practise the following skills: G Part 1 Reading and viewing: apply critical reading and viewing by focusing on implied meaning, higher-order thinking, judgment and evaluation (LO3); read or view a text closely and offer interpretations of it; solve
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      52 2 EDITOR’S PICK WIN! One of the things you can do this holiday is win this beautiful sports watch worth $1,110. Turn to Page 7 and find out how to win this watch from Longines, the official timekeeper of the prestigious French Open tournament. LEGEND No sweat! Hmmmm.... Put on those
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      163 6 / 7 WIN THIS LONGINES WATCH Start your holidays off on the right note by winning this beautiful watch worth $1,110 from Longines. Longines, the official timekeeper for one of the most prestigious competitions in tennis, the French Open, is giving this ladies’ sporty timepiece away in a readers’ contest in IN.
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      224 20 Faces places& Can you remember the people and places that made the foreign news headlines since the start of the year? Try this quiz by GERAINT WONG 5 6 1 CLUES Note: The answer to a person’s name could be just the given name or surname. If an answer consists
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      358 1 No more tours The good life Talk of the town Sakura Ting just wants to be a grandma Raymond Wong lives it up C5 Buzz over Cecilia Cheung’s marriage C10 C2 Linda Teo has built Carrie Models into one of the strongest modelling agencies here as well as extending its
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      1099 2  -  8QUESTIONSWITH...SakuraTing Sakura Ting’s ongoing tour is probably her last because she misses her granddaughter too much yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Evergreen singer Sakura Ting is touring again after a hiatus of more than two years, and suffering from granddaughter withdrawal. In a recent hour-long interview, chatty Ting keeps
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      389 2 Xinhua Beijing A Hollywood movie was met with an awkward situation last Saturday in China. While fans queued to watch the first show, others advocated a boycott on the American film with Chinese story elements. After Kung Fu Panda, a cartoon movie about a
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      775 3  -  Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta says children’s books can promote a peaceful future akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Timor Leste’s President Jose Ramos-Horta is known for the political advocacy that led to his winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996 and to his country’s independence six years later.
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      274 3 Agence France-Presse Beijing The Forbidden City, China’s ancient imperial palace museum, is to loan more than 100 works to the Louvre in Paris, some of which have never left China. The group of about 130 artefacts includes arms, clothing, bronzes, pieces of jade, lacquerware,
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      341 3 Agence France-Presse Washington US museums are facing delicate choices as they strive to meet a growing interest in China, cooperating with counterparts across the Pacific despite alarm over the detention of top Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Directors of museums across the United States said in interviews
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        2341 4  -  the monday interview with Linda Teo Linda Teo of Carrie Models is at the top of her game but shows no signs of letting up john lui johnlui@sph.com.sg People who know Linda Teo call her a “real” person. And indeed, she is telling this writer that she is
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      108 5 ‘I have never been a huge fan of flying. It’s scary and boring, not two of my most favourite emotions’ Actor Christopher Plummer (right) ‘I always say I’m a singing lady, rather than a singer. Singer is a big word for me. My interpretation of a
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