The Straits Times, 8 January 2012

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  • 480 1 Rise in consumer confidence, payrolls and manufacturing growth brings hope Bloomberg Washington The United States economy is beginning 2012 on a brighter note, in a sign investors may be too pessimistic. Payrolls rose 200,000 last month, double the gain in November, a Labour
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  • 52 1 A 60cm-high wall (right) has been built along the side and back of Liat Towers to prevent flood waters from entering its basement shops. This comes after the building was inundated by floods last month for the third time in two years. >>Page 3 ST PHOTO:
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  • 743 1  -  Jessica Lim Consumers in China who have taken to the “king of fruits” are muscling in on harvests from Malaysia, the supplier of 90 per cent of durians consumed by Singaporeans. For suppliers, China is a drool-inducing market, given its one billion-plus people.
    ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE  -  743 words
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    • 160 1 SUMIKO TAN is back and in search of calm LIFESTYLE PAGE16 RETAIL BONDS Are they a good investment? INVEST PAGES33&34 FLU SEASON is here again HOME PAGE22 The next big thing in computing? ULTRABOOKS THINK PAGE38 MICHELLE OBAMA The real force behind the White House WORLD PAGE29 Liverpool FC in
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    • 66 1 DRAGON BABIES What’s so special about them? HOMEPAGE10 SHARK’S FIN ATM SKIMMING A global crime that’s as easy as 1-2-3 Has the tide turned? Don’t miss our bumper 28-page POSTGRADUATE STUDIES SUPPLEMENT Don’t know what pwned means? Epic Fail TTM! HOME PAGE12 PRIMEPAGE2 Unscramble this on LIFESTYLEPAGE2 PHOTOS: LILLIAN LIM,
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    • 1153 2/3  -  Experts say magnetic strips are vulnerable to skimming; attacks can happen at shops too Grace Chng Senior Correspondent chngkeg@sph.com.sg The magnetic strips used in ATM cards here utilise a type of technology that is at least 30 years old, said computer security
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    • 475 2/3  -  Poon Chian Hui It is but a simple brick wall lining the side and back of Liat Towers. But if flash floods hit Orchard Road again like they did on Dec 23 last year, this 60cm-high wall will hopefully keep
      ST PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  475 words
    • 562 4 Hot air balloon bursts into flames in New Zealand, killing all 11 on board AFP AP Wellington A hot air balloon burst into flames and crashed in New Zealand yesterday morning after hitting a power line, killing all 11 people on
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    • 274 4 Washington Post Washington The Obama administration has announced a significant expansion of the FBI’s definition of rape, which will now cover several forms of sexual assault and include male rape. Justice Department officials last Friday said the revision would make reporting of the crime more
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    • 97 8 US Navy sailors greeting a crew member of the Iranian fishing vessel Al Molai last Friday after a rescue in the Arabian Sea (above). The fishermen were rescued by the US Navy destroyer (right) last Thursday, more than 40 days after their boat
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    • 639 8 IEA to release record volume from stockpile to replace Gulf oil lost if Teheran blocks strait Reuters London Western powers have readied a contingency plan to tap a record volume from emergency stockpiles to replace Gulf oil that would be lost if
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    • 343 8 New York Times Hong Kong Under growing pressure from the US, some of Asia’s largest economies are reluctantly looking for options to reduce the amount of oil they buy from Iran, a move that would further tighten the economic vice on the Islamic Republic.
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    • 410 8 Reuters Beijing China’s state media has stepped up its criticism of the US’ planned strategic shift into Asia, accusing Washington of being a “troublemaker” responsible for mounting tensions in the region. Yesterday’s commentary in the overseas edition of the People’s Daily echoed the
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      • 1080 10  -  What’s so special about the Dragon Year that some parents are willing to go to great lengths just for a “Dragon baby”? Judith Tan juditht@sph.com.sg Claris Ong and Alexandra Chin, both 11 years old, are “Dragon babies”. Their mothers say that having their children in 2000,
        PHOTOS: COURTESY OF LILLIAN LIM AND VIVIEN KHONG  -  1,080 words
      • 373 10  -  Judith Tan Ms Vanessa Yuen came into the world in 1988 when her older brother was only 18 months old. “Her father and I did not plan for her to be born in the Year of the Dragon. She just came along and we were
        PHOTO: COURTESY OF VANESSA YUEN  -  373 words
      • 318 10  -  Judith Tan Tweenie Ryan Han has everything going for him. Not only was he born at the turn of the millennium and in the year of the dragon, but the 11-year-old is also the first son and grandson in his extended family. His arrival was highly anticipated
        PHOTO: COURTESY OF KUA HWEE CHENG  -  318 words
    • 899 12  -  The traditional delicacy has been falling out of favour, particularly among the younger generation, as concerns over cruelty grow Jessica Lim Siau Ming En limjess@sph.com.sg siaume@sph.com.sg She reaches for a packet of dried shark’s fin at the dried goods store in Queen Street. She’s planning
      PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN  -  899 words
    • 927 14  -  School for polytechnic grads raises total intake to 1,300; new overseas partners for degrees highly ranked Sandra Davie Senior Writer sandra@sph.com.sg The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), which offers degree programmes for polytechnic graduates, will have 300 more places this year,
      ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM  -  927 words
    • 703 15  -  From Jan 15, more Singaporeans will benefit from the enhanced Primary Care Partnership Scheme (PCPS), announced by the Ministry of Health in August last year to lower the qualifying age from 65 to 40 years, and raise the income ceiling up to $1,500 per capita
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    • 337 15 For nine years, Hajjah Habibah Haji Hashim looked on enviously whenever her husband, Haji Tohid Ab. Hamid uses his Community Medical Benefits card issued under the current Primary Care Partnership Scheme (PCPS). “I got my own card in 2010,” says Hajjah Habibah, 66, and a
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    • 242 15 Queenstown resident Lee Sow May has diabetes and high cholesterol. Every month for the past few years, she has been going for regular checks by Dr Pauline Neow at the Mei Ling Clinic just across the road from her home. All her medical records are there
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    • 438 16  -  IT megastore cites lower shopper volume at night and shortage of manpower Siau Ming En siaume@sph.com.sg Challenger Technologies, the IT product megastore, will no longer be open 24 hours a day at Funan DigitaLife Mall from next Sunday. Its spokesman said the decision was based
      ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN  -  438 words
    • 440 16  -  Cai Haoxiang Nurses in Singapore General Hospital’s (SGH) Ward 73 once faced the daily annoyance of dealing with inaccurate meal orders from patients. Not any more. An idea that cost nothing to implement has allowed errors to be corrected on the
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    • 993 18  -  Rod Monteiro plans to share his experience on air and raise public awareness of the condition Judith Tan juditht@sph.com.sg Radio deejay Rod Monteiro has agreed to be an ambassador for stroke prevention, and give a blow-by-blow account to others about his stroke experience, the battery
      ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN  -  993 words
    • 475 19  -  NKF seeking sponsors to bear cost of artificial kidneys Judith Tan juditht@sph.com.sg The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is asking donors to sponsor the cost of artificial kidneys for some needy patients, moving away from donations for a general fund. This is the
      ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN  -  475 words
    • 393 19  -  Poon Chian Hui Needy residents of KembanganChai Chee can look forward to more regular and evenly distributed aid that is, if a plan to coordinate agencies involved in such drives works out. Minister of State for National Development and Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin revealed
      ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE  -  393 words
    • 1498 20/21  -  More companies offering services like food processing and reservation systems to ease manpower woes Jessica Lim limjess@sph.com.sg For a year, Union Farm Eating House could not find anyone who would work as a dishwasher. “We advertised so many times, but no one
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    • 1102 22  -  14,000 cases a week at polyclinics last month; H1N1 is no longer the dominant strain Poon Chian Hui chpoon@sph.com.sg It was a global pandemic in 2009 and caused 30 deaths in Singapore. But the H1N1 influenza strain has since fallen off the chart, making
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    • 416 23  -  In a rush to offer help after a car crashes into the tree, he failed to notice the danger Carolyn Khew kcarolyn@sph.com.sg It was just like any other night on Dec 23 for Mr Lim Jingshun, 30. The education and technical specialist was in
      ST PHOTO: NURIA LING  -  416 words
    • 311 23  -  Carolyn Khew Most people would have seen the Chinese bridal sedan of yore only in period dramas on television or in movies. After all, this mode of transport for weddings was probably last used a century back. But a two-week exhibition that opened last
      ST PHOTOS: DESMOND LIM  -  311 words

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    • 772 24  -  Demand falls as home sales slow and policies to boost spending end Ho Ai Li China Correspondent In Beijing hoaili@sph.com.sg The fat years look to be over for China’shome appliancemakers, asChinese home sales slow and global demand remains tepid. Just two to
      PHOTOS: HO AI LI, REUTERS  -  772 words
    • 363 24 Beijing The North Korean leadership’s appetite for imported luxury goods, highlighted by three Lincoln limousines at Mr Kim Jong Il’s funeral, has spread to growing numbers of the country’s elite, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported yesterday. This, despite the United Nations sanctions
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    • 417 26  -  Ma warns that Tsai’s refusal to recognise ‘one China’ consensus dangerous for island Lee Seok Hwai Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei seokhwai@sph.com.sg Taiwan’s top two presidential candidates battled over the island’s relations with Beijing in their last televised debate, where their opposing views came into
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    • 107 26 These vehicles are among the 10 prototypes produced by vocational high school students in Solo, Indonesia. Although the cars were made for training purposes, they have garnered keen interest after Solo mayor Joko Widodo bought one for office use. The vehicles, which were produced
      PHOTO: AFP  -  107 words
    • 295 26 The Star/Asia News Network KualaLumpur–Parti KeadilanRakyat (PKR) said yesterday that it does not accept the 10 conditions set by police for a rally tomorrow in support of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. It said the conditions were stated only after the party had obtained police
      The Star/Asia News Network  -  295 words
    • 268 28 Reuters Manchester (New Hampshire) Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman and members of his family expressed outrage at an advertisement targeting his adopted daughters by a group supporting rival Ron Paul. An online ad shows footage of Mr Huntsman with daughters Gracie, who was adopted
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    • 920 28  -  Dominant Al Jazeera faces competition from national and pan-Arab networks Jonathan Eyal ST Europe Correspondent In London Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com This year promises to be one of Middle Eastern surprises. There are Arab revolutions that have already succeeded, revolutions that are only now trying
      PHOTO: REUTERS  -  920 words
    • Article, Illustration
      1295 29 She’s the force behind the White House, says new book New York Times AP Reuters Washington First Lady Michelle Obama is a behind-the-scenes force in the White House whose opinions on policy and politics drew her into conflict with presidential advisers, and who bristled at some of the
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    • 285 29 AP Seoul The resemblance is striking: the full cheeks and quick smile, the confident gait, the habit of gesturing with both hands when speaking. North Korea’s young new leader Kim Jong Un appears to be fashioning himself as the reincarnation of Kim Il Sung, his grandfather
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    • 348 30 It steals login details to gain access to sensitive data like online banking London Tens of thousands of Facebook accounts have been targeted by a new type of malicious software that steals login details. Around 45,000 mostly British and French Facebook users have had their
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 90 30 George Town A moneychanger robbed of RM700,000 (S$287,000) outside Penang’s airport is himself in trouble with the police, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. Kitur Mohd Idris, 50, was accosted by three parang-wielding robbers outside the arrivals hall. But police say he should not have
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      • 67 30 Xinhua Jakarta Indonesia is trying to verify information about an incident in which its military aircraft almost collided with a Papua New Guinea (PNG) jet carrying the country’s deputy prime minister on Nov 29. PNG had threatened to expel Indonesia’s envoy from Port Moresby. Indonesia’s Foreign
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      • 61 30 AFP Maiduguri (Nigeria) Members of a radical Muslim sect attacked a church in north-east Nigeria during a service, part of a series of assaults that left at least 13 people dead, officials said yesterday. The Boko Haram members also attacked a beauty salon. The group
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      • 70 30 Reuters Washington The Obama administration is laying the groundwork for possible retaliation in response to a European law requiring airlines to pay for carbon emissions. There is no consensus yet on what, if anything, the US government should do. The EU law went
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    • 213 30 EMERITUS Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong met key Saudi leaders in Riyadh yesterday, on the second day of a six-day visit. Mr Goh and Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah discussed ways to enhance economic ties. Mr Goh then met Minister
      PHOTO: BERITA HARIAN  -  213 words
    • 235 30 Jakarta Police are investigating the shocking deaths of two young brothers in police custody in West Sumatra, the Jakarta Globe reported yesterday. Police in Sijunjung said 17-year-old Busri and 14-year-old Faisal, who were detained for theft, hanged themselves last week. However, their
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    • 666 31 US President’s call to business leaders to invest domestically could win union support ahead of November re-election bid Reuters AP Bloomberg Washington United States President Barack Obama will press business leaders this week to expand their industries at home rather than
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    • 296 31 AFP Paris The euro zone’s debt-wracked economies have come under renewed pressure as bad economic data undermined leaders’ attempts to reassure markets that an end to the crisis is in sight. Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti met France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris
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  • invest
    • 1316 33  -  Check out the pros and cons of adding corporate bonds to your portfolio Yasmine Yahya yasminey@sph.com.sg There is a rocky year ahead so a well-diversified portfolio is essential, which means it’s as good a time as any to look at adding corporate bonds to
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    • 695 35  -  But analysts predict that gold and soft commodities such as wheat, corn and soya beans may do well Aaron Low aaronl@sph.com.sg If volatility was the main theme for both commodities and equities last year, expect more of the same this year. Commodities started off
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      • 1131 36  -  The Moving Body owner believes in putting her money in her own business Joyce Teo joyceteo@sph.com.sg Ms Audrey D’cotta started her own pilates studio The Moving Body in 2009 after her husband encouraged her to do so. It was a small operation with four staff
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      • 1023 37  -  Life is unpredictable, so follow your dream while you are still able to do so Goh Eng Yeow Senior Correspondent engyeow@sph.com.sg In the recent hit movie New Year’s Eve, actress Michelle Pfeiffer plays an unhappy secretary who enlists the help of a young delivery man to
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    • 288 34 SMU EMBA Typically, most of our students have businesses to run before they get to class. SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE MBA If being away from your businesses is a concern for embarking on a MBA programme, you’re not alone. This is because most of the students in our EMBA programme,
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  • think
    • 940 38  -  Some 2,700 exhibitors to display gizmos at CES expo in Nevada desert from Tuesday Grace Chng Senior Correspondent chngkeg@sph.com.sg It is time for the annual pilgrimage for consumer electronics professionals. About 150,000 of them will head out to the Nevada desert for the
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      892 39  -  Hooray! Companies are realising that 24/7 connectivity can cause employee burnout Roger Cohen In London New York Times Let’s hear it for Volkswagen at the start of 2012. The German carmaker has responded to demands from its works council by agreeing to stop the e-mail server to
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    • 909 39 Three Singapore Youth Award winners share with Koh Joh Ting how they mentor young people to draw out their real talents As mentors to young people, three professionals —Dr Ng Huck Hui, Dr Jonathan Loh YuinHan and Ms Lina Chong have gained valuable insights
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    • 295 40 EDITORIAL Long chastised for being aloof, fathers in Singapore seem to be doing something right. As schools reopened across the island last week, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat noted that more fathers were becoming involved in their children’s lives. Grassroots activities pitched at fathers now train them
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    • 249 40 QUOTES OF THE WEEK “It’s going to be a big battle. I hope you guys are geared up. I’m excited.” BARACK OBAMA, United States President, to his supporters in Iowa via a webcast last Tuesday night on the coming election “Pao Kun used to say: ‘Keep the spark alive so
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      2 40 WORLD VIEW
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      • 195 40  -  Richard Goh The National Parks Board (NParks) says it ensures that potentially dangerous trees are removed, and makes regular checks (“Taking steps to root out falling trees”; Dec 25 last year). I have witnessed contract workers pruning trees along roadsides and noticed that
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      • 108 40  -  Lim Jock Hong (Madam) I also unwittingly took part in the so-called mobile contest recently (“Mobile contest or phone scam?” by Mr Steve Choo; last Sunday). The company is making easy money out of innocent people. My colleague had a shock when she
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      • 288 40  -  Huang Rui Lin (Ms) I read with a mixture of horror and heartbreak last Sunday’s article (“When that hand injury just won’t heal”), which highlighted the case of a foreign construction worker who had fractured a finger at work, and received
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      • 227 40  -  Amy Ang (Ms) Since there is concern about where the next generation of hawkers will come from, why not extend the subsidised leases of those who took up the offers in the 1990s to buy stalls on a 20-year lease, as
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      • 109 40  -  Wong Chee Fatt Like Mr Steve Choo (“Mobile contest or phone scam?”; last Sunday), I too took part in such a contest, only to find out that I had to pay at the end of it. I was charged more than $500. I tried
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      • 95 40  -  Benedict Tan Last Sunday’s article on foreign workers seeking help for botched medical treatment (“When that hand injury just won’t heal”) mentioned that many of the hand injuries were inadequately or unprofessionally treated by private doctors. When these workers did not get any
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      • 189 40  -  Pamela Chan (Madam) As a wife and mother, I fully agree with the views of last Sunday’s letter writers, Madam Maureen Pang (“Walk a mile in the shoes of betrayed wife”) and Mrs Marie Chee (“Have some thought for broken family”), in response
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      • 322 40  -  Ho Yenn Dar (Supt) Assistant Director (Media Relations) Public Affairs Department Singapore Police Force We refer to the letters by Mr Terence Tan (“Law on cycling two abreast isn’t crystal clear”), Mr Chia Yong Soong (“Cluster cycling doesn’t make good or safe sense”) and
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      465 41 EX-LIBRIS Extracted by Ng Peck Hia from the National Library Board (NLB). The book is available at NLB’s public libraries. Call No.: English 128 LOU The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder Richard Louv Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (2011) In The Nature Principle, Richard Louv,
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    • 987 41  -  Anonymity of new identity gives the courage to put the past behind and start life afresh Alina Simone Alina Simone, a singer, is the author of the essay collection You Must Go And Win. New York Times In June last year, my band
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    • 1154 41  -  THE EX-PAT FILES Akshita Nanda The writer is from India and a reporter with Life! Guo is a short-order cook working in a local cafe. Back home in Guangzhou, she managed a small eatery, but she came to Singapore two years ago to fund
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    • 1152 42  -  Post-war Beveridge Report in Britain led to system that is now widely abused Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent In London Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com Exactly 70 years ago at the height of World War II, a report was presented to the British Parliament. It was bound in a
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    • 697 42  -  Tommy Koh The writer is special adviser to the Institute of Policy Studies. On June 18, 1930, a Dutchman died in the city of Haarlem (now part of Amsterdam), in the Netherlands. In his will, he left his whole estate to Singapore. Who was this
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      303 42 HEADLINERS Saw Phaik Hwa SMRT chief quits A month after two episodes of serious train breakdowns caused a public uproar, public transport operator SMRT’s chief executive officer resigned on Friday, with immediate effect. But Ms Saw, 57, will still assist the Committee of Inquiry in its investigations over the rail
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    • 76 45 TV times BADMINTON Korea Open Finals (Live, StarHub Ch211, noon). BASKETBALL NBA New Jersey v Miami (Live, StarHub Ch202, 8am), San Antonio v Denver (Live, Ch216, 9.30am). FOOTBALL English FA Cup 3rd rd: Manchester City v Manchester United (8.55pm), Peterborough United v Sunderland (11.25pm) Live, mio TV Ch115 HD Ch117.
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    • 536 45 Top stars are hurting ahead of next week’s Australian Open, the season’s first Major AP Brisbane Serena Williams has a badly sprained left ankle, Roger Federer an aching back and Kim Clijsters a sore left hip. Add a limping but “I’ll be OK” Andy Murray and
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    • 343 45 BADMINTON Korean Open In Seoul, s-finals Men’s singles: Lin Dan (Chn) bt Sho Sasaki (Jpn) 21-16 21-14, Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Du Pengyu (Chn) 21-8 21-13. Men’s doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (Chn) bt Ko Sung Hyun/Yoo Yeon Seong (Kor) 21-13 21-14, Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (Kor) bt
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    • 212 45 [SUNDAY PEOPLE] Tiger Woods may have got off lightly when ex-wife Elin Nordegren took only a golf club to smash his car when she found out he had been cheating on her on Thanksgiving day three years ago. This time, the former Swiss model
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    • 288 45 AP Lionel Messi’s remarkable football career with Barcelona began on a napkin. It happened more than a decade ago, when Messi, then just a scrawny 13-year-old boy with plenty of talent, was hoping to earn a contract with Barcelona. “It’s a napkin that myself
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      162 46  -  Text and pictures by Desmond Wee If you or your friends fit into our Hot Bods Series, drop us a line and photo at stimage@sph.com.sg Tyler Qi, 23 Student Height: 1.70m Weight: 68kg Exercise regimen: I work out in the gym once a week, focusing on the chest
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 68 46 Reuters Yaounde Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o has had a 15-match ban reduced to just four. He had been punished for leading a strike in November when the Cameroon team refused to play a friendly in Algeria as they had not been paid their bonuses.
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      • 73 46 AP Hamburg Organisers have abandoned an indoor football tournament after the opening day finished with a mass brawl that had to be broken up by police using tear gas. Hamburg police made 72 arrests. Forty-nine people were injured, including 11 officers, after violence broke
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    • 502 46  -  STTA keen to ensure women paddlers remain world No. 2 for London Olympics Jonathan Wong jonwong@sph.com.sg With just over six months before the Olympics, the race to accumulate vital world ranking points resumes for Singapore’s national paddlers. But, while world No. 14 Li Jiawei and Sun Beibei
      ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG; ST PHOTO: NURIA LING  -  502 words
    • 261 46  -  Jonathan Wong Edwin Lee, the former deputy of ex-Singapore Table Tennis Association president Choo Wee Khiang, who has been charged with corruption, is challenging statements made by Choo’s successor. Mr Lee has sent a lawyer’s letter to current STTA president Lee Bee Wah
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    • 445 46 AP Los Angeles Kobe Bryant’s injured right hand looks like a boxing glove, and his fellow Lakers’ legs are exhausted from a brutal ear-ly-season schedule. That was still not enough to make Bryant flinch while carrying Los Angeles to yet another home victory over the Golden
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    • 600 47  -  And that has seen the swimmer become a dominant force at the Asean Para Games THE STRAITS TIMES STAR OF THE MONTH Chan U-Gene ugenec@sph.com.sg The pool has always been a haven for Theresa Goh. “Being inside the water, I feel weightless,”
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    • 317 48  -  Fabius Chen The LionsXII were yesterday handed a million-dollar boost by SilkPro. The year-long deal was announced at a press conference at the Jalan Besar Stadium. It will see the hair care brand’s name emblazoned across the back of the LionsXII’s shirts, as well as around the
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    • 87 48 Negri Sembilan player S. Kunalan (right in picture) battling with Kelantan’s Mohd Farisham Ismail in yesterday’s Charity Shield clash at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. The curtain-raiser to the Malaysian Super League season saw league champions Kelantan suffer a shock 1-2 loss
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    • 695 48  -  Fans waiting to see if the Singapore side can produce the goods on the pitch SINGAPORE’S RETURN TO MALAYSIA FOOTBALL: THE FANS Eighteen years after Fandi Ahmad lifted the Malaysia Cup, Singapore will re-enter the Malaysian Super League this week. Will football fever return? The
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    • 378 48  -  Jonathan Wong Ever since his granddaughters were born, Raziff Yusoff would regale them with tales from the Malaysia Cup and show them old photographs of himself, all decked in Lions red, as he followed his footballing heroes across the Causeway for more than
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    • 331 48  -  Jonathan Wong In less than a week, the LionsXII will begin life on the road as they make the long journey to play their first away Malaysian Super League match against Kedah. But response from local fans willing to make the trip across the Causeway
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    • 554 49 Thierry Henry could not say no to Arsenal but warns fans not to expect too much The Times, London London Thierry Henry has insisted he is not returning to Arsenal to be a hero. The former captain, who finalising his six-week loan from the New York
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    • 112 49 Ba’s clause sparks interest Newcastle striker Demba Ba, with 15 league goals this season, has put top clubs on red alert when it emerged he has a £10 million (S$19.9 million) release clause in his contract. Spurs cannot sign Tevez Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp says he has been
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    • 308 49 AP Reuters Zurich Fifa accused its former vice-president Jack Warner of peddling “inaccuracies and falsehoods” when he claimed last month that he got World Cup television rights for a nominal fee in exchange for supporting Sepp Blatter’s presidential campaigns. Fifaconfirmed Warner’sclaim thathereceived Caribbean
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    • 618 49  -  HORSE RACING Written by j Michael Lee WHILE the New Year has got off to a quiet start on the home front, trainer Steven Burridge may get busier elsewhere in the next couple of weeks. The 2010 champion trainer, who finished fourth in
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    • 300 49 MR BIG is shaping up as a big chance to land the cash in this afternoon's $75,000 Kranji Stakes C race over 1 000m on Polytrack. The former juvenile champion was never able to take a breather at his last run in a Class 2 race
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    • 402 49  -  [OFFSIDE] Tay Yek Keak stsports@sph.com.sg This is the time for New Year resolutions and since everybody in the Premier League is busy trying to win, draw or lose not too embarrassingly to Manchester City, I am going to make resolutions on behalf
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    • 734 50 Police and Liverpool investigate alleged abuse of Oldham defender at Anfield The Times, London London Liverpool found themselves embroiled in another race row on Friday when young Oldham defender Tom Adeyemi was reduced to tears after seemingly being racially abused by a supporter on
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    • 361 50 AFP London Blackburn’s woes just keep on growing. The Premier League relegation strugglers were on the brink of forcing a FA Cup third-round replay with Newcastle yesterday. That was until Jonas Gutierrez scored a stoppage-time winner as home side Newcastle fought back from
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    • 595 50 The Times, London London It is football, the global game, at its most chaotic. A frantic late equaliser in Abuja last October produces a seismic shift in the desperate battle to remain in the Premier League. Five months earlier, in Dakar, a West
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    • 1190 52  -  History tells us not to be too surprised if Ferguson sells Rooney despite the denials HEART OF FOOTBALL Rob Hughes stsports@sph.com.sg On the eve of the big Manchester FA Cup derby that could show how far, if at all, the pendulum has swung City’s way, a
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    • 455 52 AFP London Roberto Mancini has dismissed Alex Ferguson’s claims that Manchester City are not playing the best football in the country as tensions rise before today’s eagerly awaited FA Cup third-round match. Manchester United and City meet at the Etihad Stadium, where the
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    • 76 49 SPORTS BETTING For fixtures of all Spanish, Italian and A League, please visit Singapore Pools website. FOR FULL LIVE TELECAST SCHEDULE AND VENUE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT SINGAPORE POOLS WEBSITE. Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase
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    • 712 1  -  Tey Wee Meng and Ooi Sian Yee successfully juggle work and family commitments to attain their MBA from MDIS-UOB Teo Kuan Yee THE learning journey never ends, even after marriage and parenthood. In the midst of their Master of Business Administration (MBA) course, Mr Tey Wee Meng, 36,
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    • 770 2  -  An internship during her MBA programme at SMU leads Dr Alice Chu to a new career with her dream company Janice Goh AN INTERNSHIP elective course in the Singapore Management University (SMU) Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme landed PhD holder Dr Alice Chu (right) a
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    • 775 3  -  The Singapore Management University Executive MBA programme equips Mr Darren O’Brien with the knowledge to compete in the global markets Janice Goh HE LIVES and works in Melbourne but Mr Darren O’Brien is investing a good part of his time in the Singapore Management University
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    • 762 4  -  Nanyang MBA student Ng Wei Fang looks forward to more career opportunities Hazel Tan MS NG Wei Fang (right) converted her full-time job at SingTel as an SAP information technology analyst to a part-time one so that she could concentrate on completing her Master of Business Administration
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    • 778 5  -  Ms Wu Choy Siong embarks on a new career path after getting her Executive MBA degree from NTU Hazel Tan WHEN the Singapore economy slowed down in 2009, it presented an opportunity for Ms Wu Choy Siong, then chief operating officer of Maccine, a pre-clin-ical contract
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    • 733 6  -  Doing her PhD at NUS helps Ms Suman Ann Thomas clinch a new job as an assistant professor Janice Goh doing her phd at the national university of singapore (nus) Business school has allowed Ms suman ann thomas (right) to achieve her objectives of studying at
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    • 690 7  -  Nurse Dora Lang pursues a master’s degree in clinical science to take on new challenges Jules Teh WHEN she went abroad for a stint as a volunteer nurse a few years ago, Ms Dora Lang Siew Ping (below) was stumped by the differences in
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    • 678 8  -  Taking up an NUSAGE certification programme has enabled engineer Alvin Yang to become a health-care professional April Chong twenty-eight-year-old alvin yang (left) was a process engineer with the semiconductor manufacturing industry when he decided to make a career switch to the pharmaceutical industry two years ago.
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    • 714 9  -  Nurses with higher qualifications can play a bigger and more active role in the health-care sector Hazel Tan after nearly 20 years of being a nurse, Ms Lim su fee, who works in the rehabilitation medicine department of the singapore general Hospital, felt the need to boost her
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    • 685 10  -  Ms Tania Miglani wants to play an active role in designing the city she lives in Teo Kuan Yee WITH the rapid transformation in Asia due to urbanisation, Ms Tania Miglani, 27, foresees abundant opportunities as the region takes a sustainable path in designing buildings and cities.
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    • 703 11  -  Kaplan Financial graduate Hans Christian Gunawan clinches No. 2 worldwide placing for ACCA Lim Yann Ling KapLaN Financial’s recent graduate Hans Christian gunawan (right) has come in second in the worldwide placing for the association of Chartered Certified accountants (aCCa) examinations. Close to 200,000 students worldwide
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    • 856 12  -  The University of Melbourne’s Executive Master of Arts programme marries management skills with knowledge of the arts Jules Teh AS PART of her Executive Master of Arts (EMA) course at The University of Melbourne, Ms Sarah Fortuna helped to develop a business case for a journalism
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      806 16  -  NTU embraces the multi-disciplinary trend in humanities, arts and social sciences research Lim Yann Ling NaNyaNg technological university’s (Ntu) school of art, design and Media (adM) is launching a new Phd in art, design and Media (animation) this year. With this, all three schools in the College
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    • 513 17  -  NIE rolls out a doctorate programme for those who want to upgrade their knowledge and skills in the education field April Chong as aN educator, Ms Linda Hanington (right) walks the talk by continuing to upgrade herself. the assistant head of the teachers’ Language development
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    • 634 2  -  Karen Teng offers an A to Z guide on what you can expect in the Year of the Dragon Karen Teng Abalone, the premium shellfish remains a festive favourite largely due to its Cantonese name, which means abundance. Buffets served in many hotels during the festive season will
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    • 493 3  -  More eateries are offering non-meat versions of festive dishes Karen Teng POPULAR Chinese New Year staples such as yusheng (raw fish salad) and pen cai are now available in vegetarian versions so that people who abstain from meat for religious or health reasons have more choices. Frequently
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    • 874 6 / 7  -  Festive occasions offer opportunities to dish out new offerings with auspicious names Karen Teng WHEN it comes to new culinary offerings, Chinese New Year offers a good platform for chefs to don their creativity hats. The Golden Peony restaurant at Conrad Centennial Singapore has five new lobster
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    • 772 8  -  Some Chinese Singaporeans keep age-old practices alive in the spirit of the Lunar New Year, but things are changing for the younger generation Mike Lee SPRING cleaning in the house before Chinese New Year (CNY), reunion dinner on the eve and the first day, wearing red
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    • 625 10  -  Baking cookies is a good business and some enthusiasts sell their creations during the festive season Cheryl Tay THE aroma of freshly baked cookies is wafting out of the ovens of baking enthusiasts and schools as the annual baking picks up speed in the days leading
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    • 224 11  -  New year goodies produced by innovative hotel chefs are worth the extra calories, reports Karen Teng reports Karen Teng Bak kwa cornflake cookies Singapore Marriott Hotel The chewy aromatic core with generous bits of barbecued meat is well matched with the crispy cornflakes. $39 for a
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    • 477 12  -  Here’s where to go for Chinese New Year hotel meals Compiled by Karen Teng Greenhouse The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore Highlights: Yusheng with tuna belly sashimi, abalone, hamachi and salmon, longevity noodles and nian gao with ice cream. When: Jan 22 Availability: Dinner only Price: $158 (adult),
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    • 153 12 Pen cai, the popular all-in-one festive dish, is now conveniently sold in vacuum packs at Giant, Cold Storage, Shop N Save and major 7-Eleven outlets islandwide. Canned abalone stalwart New Moon has introduced a pen cai that can be re-heated and enjoyed at home in minutes.
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    • 1751 13  -  People born in the year of the auspicious Chinese zodiac sign are said to be blessed and popular. Karen Teng meets eight people from the various cycles of the dragon year to see what makes them tick Karen Teng PHOTOS: CHONG JUN LIANG Born in 1928 MadaM
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    • 503 14  -  Festive offerings with auspicious meanings to suit all budgets Karen Teng Sweet delight If you have a sweet tooth, Singapore Marriott Hotel has a new mango pudding shaped like a koi fish and priced at $40. It is made using the Golden Horse mango from the
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      • 1345 2  -  Teens are using new terms, some derived from video games, to set themselves apart from adults Kimberly Spykerman kimspyke@sph.com.sg Eavesdrop on two teenagers having a conversation and you just might hear them say they are going to do their homework like a boss, even though
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        1130 4  -  Relax. Contrary to doomsayers, the Mayans did not predict that the world will end in 2012 Cheryl Faith Wee cherylw@sph.com.sg The end is nigh. Time to go on a shopping spree to end all shopping sprees, throw a weepy hand-holding family reunion or simply party like
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      • 1174 6 View photos of Luis (with Liverpool leading the title race 0, in the cesspool of a racist controversy 1,000) Remind Luis to put a dictionary in his pocket when he plays football Tell
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      • 779 8/9  -  Making one’s own wares is all the rage as demand rises for craft classes and craft materials Kimberly Spykerman, Natasha Ann Zachariah and Cheryl Faith Wee kimspyke@sph.com.sg natashaz@sph.com.sg cherylw@sph.com.sg The craft culture here is growing, with Singaporeans turning away from mass-produced items in favour of making their
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      • 444 8/9  -  Kimberly Spykerman Undergraduate Chuah Sun Soon has cycled more than 6,000km across Central Asia on a bicycle made from bamboo one he crafted by himself. The 26-year-old, who is studying business management at the Singapore Management University, says that the idea of a bamboo bicycle came
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        398 8/9  -  Natasha Ann Zachariah Five years ago, Ms Betsy Toh, 33, made a leap of faith: She traded a secondary schoolteaching career to knit, purl and crochet full time. The move has paid off for the former fine arts teacher. Since December 2006, she has been running Knotty Bicsie,
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      • 458 8/9  -  Kimberly Spykerman Mr Jeremiah Ang (above) has an obsession with leather that he cannot quite explain. “The material has so many levels and so much depth... When I first started working with leather, I just knew I wanted to keep doing it,” says the 28-year-old. He was
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      • 503 8/9  -  Cheryl Faith Wee For miniature-food artist Jocelyn Teo, 24, the hardest part about creating a hamburger sculpture the size of your thumb is the sesame seeds. She spends up to an hour getting those teeny tiny seeds on the mini bun to look as realistic
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      • 1192 10  -  Parents pull out the stops to nurture a love of the mother tongue in their children Jane Ng janeng@sph.com.sg facebook.com/ST.JaneNg The designated Speak Mandarin Day on Sundays in Mr Foo Shiang Peow’s family was scrapped after four months. Everyone, including his four-year-old son Keith, for whose
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      • 344 10  -  Parenting 101 Dr Dawn Lim Dr Dawn Lim, who answered this question, is a paediatrician specialising in helping children with allergic conditions. She is based at the Kinder Clinic and the author of Childhood Allergies. QAre milk powder allergies common and what are
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      • 1137 12  -  Kids as young as three years are learning skills taught in primary schools to ensure they can keep pace later Serene Luo serl@sph.com.sg Which of the following can your six-year-old do? Name the dwellings of various animals, rearrange and punctuate mixed-up sentences or read and
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      • 1009 12  -  Seriously Kidding Andy Chen andychen@sph.com.sg I went all the way to Hong Kong and all I got myself was material for this column. Over five days recently, my family and I visited that thriving metropolis of excellent late, late night shopping and
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      • 1108 13  -  Relatively Speaking Huang Huifen hfhuang@sph.com.sg Housewife Jennice Yeong is the driving force behind her three teenage daughters’ sporting excellence. The mother of SEA Games-winning synchronised swimmers Samantha, 19, Stephanie, 16, and Natalie, 14, drives them to and fro, between school and training, making up to 10 trips every
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      • RAISING STARS AN ACTIVITY PAGE FOR KIDS
        • 61 14 ACTION This week, we are going to play a simple word game. There are 10 words in the boxes on the right but they look strange, don’t they? The letters in each word are jumbled up and do not make a lot of sense. Can you unscramble
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          341 14 In this pre-school section, parents and very young learners will find ideas here for practising letter work and nurturing a love of stories through games and fun activities. This week’s story is on Jack And The Beanstalk. Go to http://bit.ly/zBT0Gm or use the QR code provided to watch the
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          125 14 Located just off Orchard Road, Cuscaden Road was named after Captain William Andrew Cuscaden. The Irishman was chief inspector of the Straits Force in 1883 and, later, Singapore’s Inspector General of Police from 1905 to 1913. Today, many hotels, such as The Regent, and restaurant Hard Rock Cafe (above)
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        144 14 This column features readers’ babies. Wedding pictures will appear on the last Sunday of the month. Send photos (at least 300dpi) and your baby's name, age (must be under two years) and gender to stlife@sph.com.sg. Include both parents' names, occupations and contact details, and type Oh Baby in
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      • 350 14 JUST LIKE FAMOUS AMOS HANDS-ON WORKSHOP Learn to make chocolate chip cookies that taste like those at Famous Amos but with your own twist. Where: 78 Marine Drive MRT: Mountbatten When: Friday, 7.30 10.30pm Admission: $65 $80 Tel: 9858-4883 Info: E-mail fongskiz@singnet.com.sg or creativebaking88@yahoo.com.sg THE SINGAPORE CARTOONING INSTITUTE
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      • 1519 15  -  Known for its onsens, Nanao in Ishikawa is also the place to go for good sushi and Japanese pastries Huang Huifen hfhuang@sph.com.sg Nanao, a small city in Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered. The prefecture is on the coast of the
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      • 1156 16  -  Life is too short to be spending it full of foreboding about the future Sumiko Tan sumiko@sph.com.sg I think there must be a message somewhere when two people who care about you give you the exact same self-help book. More than a decade ago, my then-boyfriend
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      • 854 16  -  Sandra Leong stlife@sph.com.sg The first lesson I learnt in 2012 was, never try to outsmart jet lag. Wanting to make the most out of a recent Christmas trip back home, I jumped on a red-eye flight back to London on the very
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      • 761 16  -  Colin Goh “Not a very good omen,” I said, leaning back into my chair, “to break a New Year’s resolution on Day One.” The Wife, Yakuza Baby and I were having dinner with friends at an Italian restaurant to mark the start of 2012, and my vow
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      • 599 17 HIBIKIII: SURGING VIBRATIONS FOR ALL OF HEAVENS AND EARTH Enjoy an evening of traditional Japanese drumming music by Tenko, Singapore’s premier Taiko Ensemble. They will present pieces dating back 450 years and will also feature Japanese dances and other traditional instruments such as the fue
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      • 646 17  -  Compiled by Denise Cheong GISELLE BY THE PARIS OPERA BALLET The Paris Opera Ballet performs the ballet classic Giselle, a two-act masterpiece that follows the tragic journey of a village girl who falls hopelessly in love with the handsome Duke Albrecht. Accompanied by the Singapore Lyric Orchestra.
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        100 17 You stand to win a goodie bag worth $250 from Royal Canin if a photo of your pet appears in this column. Send photos (at least 300dpi) and your pet’s name, age, gender and breed to stlife@sph.com.sg. Include your name, age, occupation and contact details, and type
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      • 531 22  -  The reimagination of John F. Kennedy’s assassination in an alternate universe by Stephen King sags in parts Hot Off The Press 11.22.63 By Stephen King Hodder Stoughton/Hardcover/ 740 pages/$34.54/Major bookstores/ John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg There is a lot to like in this ambitious novel about a
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        416 23  -  Denise Cheong Who: Adrian Chiang (below), 33, is the orchestra manager of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, heading the SSO’s operational schedules and concert logistics. He is also resident conductor of many wind instrument bands here, such as the Maris Alumni Wind Ensemble and the Philharmonic Youth Winds. At the
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      • 1001 23 The publishing industry is heralding The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht as the runaway hit of 2011 Washington Post Tea Obreht still dreams in Serbian, but it’s the waking memories of her lost homeland that have captured the public’s literary imagination. The author of The Tiger’s Wife,
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      • 475 23 New York Times Parents of young children are in the enviable position of reading a lot of beautifully drawn and smartly written short stories that fall underthe “children’s books” category. Some time after the 10th reading of a particular book in a day, parents find themselves examining
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      • 1790 24  -  Eateries and bakeries are remaking traditional Chinese New Year treats to usher in the Dragon Eunice Quek euniceq@sph.com.sg Foods such as kumquat, yam and suckling pig may look like traditional fare. But this year, chefs are putting a new spin on old goodies for the upcoming Chinese
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        • 197 24  -  Rebecca Lynne Tan New semi-casual Japanese restaurant Seki opened along Bras Basah Road last month. The omakase or chef’s choice is priced at $128 a person, and includes eight items such as sashimi, sushi and potato salad. There is also another tasting menu that
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        • 83 24  -  Eunice Quek Grab a quick lunch or coffee break at Kohii, a Japanese coffee joint which opened two weeks ago in the Central Business District at One Shenton Way. Try its Japanese chicken curry sandwich ($9.50, above), pesto chicken sandwich ($8.50) or mushroom soup ($9.80) with
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        • 122 24  -  Eunice Quek The long wait is over. Famed French boulangerie Paul Bakery has finally opened at Takashimaya Shopping Centre, next to Books Kinokuniya. It takes over the space previously occupied by Coffee Club. It has a bakery section as well as a 130-seat restaurant area. Items include
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        • 146 24  -  Rebecca Lynne Tan Daisy’s Dream Kitchen has expanded from a humble stall at the food centre in Tiong Bahru Market to a shophouse-restaurant along West Coast Road. Run by Mrs Daisy Tan and her son Ray mother and brother of local comedienne Selena Tan the restaurant
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        1848 26  -  The number of bistros opening here gives diners the option of mid-priced meals in a chic setting Rebecca Lynne Tan rltan@sph.com.sg Singapore’s new class of bistro does not necessarily refer to a moderately priced French eatery that offers only hearty, family-style French fare. Here, the term bistro goes
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        31 27 Raviolacci pasta filled with seafood and mullet roe ($28) Look at it as high-class shrimp dumpling served in lobster bisque, at an equally high price. Worth paying for, though.
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      • 677 27  -  PepeNero’s menu may seem ordinary but familiar dishes get an interesting makeover Eats Wong Ah Yoke ahyoke@sph.com.sg Just one block from busy Telok Ayer Street is Stanley Street, which gets rather sleepy in the evenings and weekends as both foot and road traffic dwindle to a trickle.
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      • 462 27  -  Cheap Good Wang Hui Fen huifen@sph.com.sg Whenever I go to the canteen in my office for lunch, the canteen operator Richard would ask me if I have tried the Chia Keng Kway Teow Mee at Chong Boon Food Centre. Food can be very subjective. However, a
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      • 753 28  -  Ask The Foodie Chris Tan Several readers have asked about making popiah skins at home. As the season for family gatherings and potlucks is nigh upon us, here is a simple recipe for them. The traditional method of making paper-thin wheat flour skins requires a wet, well-kneaded
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      • 328 28  -  Rebecca Lynne Tan Craft beers and zi char Enjoy eight of your favourite zi char dishes with six styles of craft beer at Two Chefs Eating Place in Commonwealth Crescent. Pair coffee pork ribs with a bottle of Danish beer Mikkeller’s Dim Sum Beer, a craft beer that was
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      • 305 29  -  Posh Nosh Foong Woei Wan woeiwan@sph.com.sg It has been raining cupcakes in Singapore, it seems. I talk to friends and they tell me of this or that cupcake shop which has sprung up here or there. Of the three shops that have come to my attention, Plain
        PHOTOS: PLAIN VANILLA BAKERY, CUPCAKE ENGINEER  -  305 words
      • 76 29 I’m trying to wrap my head around the idea of Japanese mango jam. Isn’t mango tropical? Isn’t Japan mainly temperate? Isn’t Japanese mango jam a tad odd? Identity crisis aside, the jam strikes a balance between piquant and mellow, chunky and mushy. It is more
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      • 103 29 Something happens to you in your 30s. Your body clock slows down, your Saturday night in front of your two screens (television and computer) stretches and somehow you find yourself reaching for a drink and maybe a snack to go with it. Peck’s grissini or breadsticks, in
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      • 938 29  -  With fruits or vegetables, you can make your own mixture that tastes great with curries and even on a cracker Hunger Management Cynthia Low cynlow@sph.com.sg When I need chutney, I often pick up a jar from a provision store or supermarket: so easy, so many choices. Yet,
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      • 75 29 Another great snack for Saturday, or any day, really, would be Tsukunaka’s vacuum-packed pellets of cheese and cuttlefish. Each capsule is as briny as you would expect of seafood but also surprises with a meaty sweetness. But believe it or not, ham is not
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      • 983 30  -  Belgian envoy Roland Van Remoortele considers dark chocolate a health food and has to eat it every day Eunice Quek euniceq@sph.com.sg Mr Roland Van Remoortele is used to people asking him about chocolates, and he is proud of his country’s best known culinary produce. Says the Belgian
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