The Straits Times, 16 January 2012

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    20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 MONDAY, JANUARY 16 2012 sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • INSIDE 60 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS
    • Article
      Lock icon Taiwan’s ‘China factor’
      55 1 THE shadow of China loomed large yesterday in the aftermath of the Taiwan election. While state media across the strait hailed the election of Ma Ying-jeou to a second term, the losing camp of Ms Tsai Ing-wen said the China factor was a big reason for their
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      Lock icon He’s feeling the heat
      15 1 FIND out why in... L SPORT PAGE B8 PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      Lock icon Jakarta on flood alert
      58 1 JAKARTA is bracing itself for heavy floods next week, and hundreds of rubber boats and life jackets are being readied as the capital prepares for the worst. Some 600 medical staff have also been put on standby to cope with an expected rise in flood-borne illnesses
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      Lock icon Long wait for ultra-fast link
      39 1 SOME customers who want to get connected to Singapore’s ultra-fast fibre broadband network face an indefinite wait. The problem was previously confined to businesses, but has now spread to homeowners. L HOME PAGE B3
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    Lock icon Better schools, transport, housing on the way: PM
    641 1  -  Slowdown looms, but Singapore is ready for what is to come, he says BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg GLOBAL uncertainties and an economic slowdown in Singapore loom in the coming Year of the Dragon. But the Government is ready for what is to
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    Lock icon ‘Chinese troops opened fire’ after protest on Tibet
    472 1 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Chinese security forces on Saturday fired into a crowd of Tibetans in a restive area of Sichuan, after they tried to take away the body of a Tibetan man who had died after setting himself on
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      88 1 NAKED AND SURREAL TV chef strips in new show A MARINE’S LAMENT Things just got tougher in Afghanistan Take note Banks take steps to fill demand for new notes LIFE! PAGE C3 HOME, PAGE B5 REVIEW, PAGE A19 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28
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      22 1 BINTAN SURVIVOR'S TERRIFYING ORDEAL AT SEA ‘I WAS PRAYING TO GOD, PLEASE SAVE ME.’ L HOME PAGE B1 ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN
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    • VIEW POINTS
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        Lock icon Welcoming gaijin at the gates
        93 2 WE SAY Japan has finally bitten the bullet and made a historic move to attract foreigners to its shores in a bid to kick-start the country’s moribund economy. Its latest move shows that it is cognizant of the global war for talent, as seen in
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      • COLUMNS
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          Lock icon No sea change for US
          36 2 Despite President Barack Obama saying the US is stepping up commitment to the Asia-Pacific, there is little new military substance in this strategic shift, says Robert Karniol. L REVIEW PAGE A18
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        • Article
          Lock icon Avoiding the dire strait
          66 2 East Asia’s three top industrial powers have moved quickly to try to secure Middle East oil supplies as the West tightens sanctions on Iran, says Michael Richardson. But the bigger question is whether, in the unlikely event of a prolonged Hormuz strait closure, there would be
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      • Article
        Lock icon Taxis need a gear change
        68 2 OUR READER SAYS Instead of raising fares to match those of other cab companies here, an enterprising taxi firm should challenge the status quo and even potentially increase the takings of its drivers by resisting the easy way out, says Kim Heok Eng. Right now,
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      Lock icon Economy, not emotion, moved Taiwan’s voters
      1058 2  -  Issues like nationhood held sway in past, but now it’s about stability BY GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg FORMER president Lee Teng-hui, frail from a recent operation for colon cancer, stood on stage on the eve of Taiwan’s presidential election to urge Taiwanese
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      195 2 REALISE YOUR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS with one of the world’s fastest-rising universities. NTU. A fast-rising global university, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been consistently ranked among the world’s top 1% of universities. In 2011, NTU jumped 16 places in the QS World University Rankings to 58th position, making it the Asian
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      Lock icon 3 saved from wrecked ship; captain arrested
      563 3 Many demand answers as search continues for 17 people still missing REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GIGLIO (Italy): Two South Korean honeymooners and an Italian man were rescued yesterday from a cruise ship wrecked off the tiny island of Giglio, as emergency crews searched frantically
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      Lock icon Droughts a bigger worry than flash floods: Vivian
      536 4  -  Features to alleviate flooding woes should store water too, he says BY KEZIA TOH keziatoh@sph.com.sg DROUGHTS are more worrying than flash floods, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan said yesterday, as Singapore approaches the dry spell of the North-east
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      71 4  - 6.39 PM BY ASHLEIGH SIM 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. Workers cutting grass look
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      Lock icon China media hail Ma’s win as a double victory
      721 6  -  They say it signals rising recognition of the ‘1992 Consensus’ on one China BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Kwan Weng Kin in Tokyo TAIPEI: China’s state media hailed the results of the Taiwan presidential election
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      Lock icon DPP gained from Tsai’s rousing campaign, say observers
      780 6  -  BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: Opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen’s unsuccessful but rousing bid in the presidential polls won plaudits yesterday, as party wonks blamed her loss on low turnout, the China factor and an enlightened campaign strategy by incumbent Ma
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      Lock icon Taiwan’s ‘Cool Lady’: Wife a boon for re-elected Ma
      352 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: She wears jeans, uses no make-up, and rarely speaks in public. Ms Chow Mei-ching, 59, is not glamorous, but she has captured Taiwanese people’s hearts with her low-key charm. Nicknamed “Cool Lady” by local media for her unconventional
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      Lock icon Golden opportunity for readers at SPH roadshow
      513 8  -  BY ANG YIYING GOLD ruled at an event under a subscription drive by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday at Jurong Point. The six-week drive that began last Thursday lures subscribers with a “guaranteed gold prize”, ranging from a 24k gold-plated medallion to the
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      Lock icon Dubai to ensure S’poreans in trouble get consular help
      879 8  -  This follows cases of wrongful detention of citizens there BY JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg THE authorities in Dubai have given the Singapore Government the assurance that Singaporeans detained in the emirate will be given prompt access to consular assistance. This follows
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      Lock icon ‘I thought I would never be able to get out of there’
      592 8  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER CIVIL engineer Shirley Too (right) and her husband were travelling to Rome from Singapore, but they ended up spending nine months in a deportation centre in Dubai. She also miscarried her 13-week-old baby while there.
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      Lock icon Pilot scheme for elderly: Living together, staying independent
      1042 9  -  The Ministerial Committee on Ageing was set up in 2007 to spearhead Singapore’s preparation to promote active ageing for its greying population. When Health Minister Gan Kim Yong took over as chairman last year, he set up five sub-committees within it. Today,
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      Lock icon India-China border dialogue resumes
      761 10  -  It was halted over presence of Dalai Lama at Delhi event BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: India and China are talking again about their long, undemarcated border, picking up a dialogue unexpectedly cancelled last November when Beijing objected to the Dalai
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      87 10 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L High street bites the dust L Wife lies to airline her husband has a bomb L 2 US Marines in ‘urinating clip’ identified More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES
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        Lock icon China sets pace for smoggy HK, says think-tank
        761 12 Beijing’s move on clean air ‘has embarrassed Hong Kong’ AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Beijing’ s decision to come clean on its dirty air has embarrassed Hong Kong, where smog kills hundreds of people a year, hurts business and drives away talent, a
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        Lock icon Hu may keep key military post after retiring as president
        401 12  -  BY CHING CHEONG SENIOR WRITER HONG KONG: Chinese leader Hu Jintao may follow in the path of predecessors Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin by retiring from two of his three top posts, and stay on as chairman of the all-powerful
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        Lock icon Pakistan PM affirms support for military
        541 13 But he refuses to clarify or retract criticism of army and spy agency REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said yesterday that the civilian leadership fully supports the military, but has refused a demand by the powerful army chief that
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        Lock icon On the road, going nowhere
        68 13 Vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam on a national highway in south-west China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region yesterday. Bad weather caused traffic to tail back for more than 40km along the Hechi section of the No. 210 national highway that links Baotou city in
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        Lock icon Anwar under fire for suggesting review of gay laws
        388 13  -  BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Days after being acquitted of a sodomy charge, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim continued to come under fire from his detractors, this time for appearing to support gay rights. Yesterday, pro-government newspapers slammed Mr Anwar
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        Lock icon Cheers, jeers greet plan to ease film censorship
        826 14  -  Some say this will give industry a boost, but others claim it is not ready to self-regulate MEMO FROM KUALA LUMPUR BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg FOR years, Malaysian movie-goers have lived with the jumpy scene changes, garbled storylines and not-quite
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        Lock icon Jakarta residents brace themselves for major floods
        716 15  -  Medical staff, rescue gear and teams on standby with peak of rainy season next week BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Hundreds of rubber boats and life jackets are being readied as the city’s authorities and residents brace themselves for major floods
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        Lock icon Over 1,000 evacuated on east coast of Malaysia
        226 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: More residents have been evacuated on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia since floods hit Terengganu yesterday morning, raising the number of evacuees there and in Kelantan and Pahang to more than a thousand altogether. Up
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi won’t rule out taking govt post
        349 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday that she would not rule out taking a government position if she wins a parliamentary seat in upcoming by-elections. “It depends on the circumstances and it depends (on) minister of
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        Lock icon Syrian civil war looms as Arab mission fails
        683 16 Arab League’s failure to staunch violence dims prospects of Assad’s fall NEW YORK TIMES BEIRUT: The failure of an Arab League mission to staunch violence, and a government that is as defiant as its opposition is in disarray, have thrust Syria into
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        Lock icon Romney to trounce rivals in next contest: Poll
        421 16 REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has opened a wide lead over his rivals ahead of the next hurdle in the race for nomination, the South Carolina primary, according to a new opinion poll. A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Mr Romney
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        Lock icon Iraqi forces fight gunmen in govt complex
        413 16 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces yesterday battled gunmen who had blasted their way into a government compound in Anbar province’s capital of Ramadi, about 115km west of Baghdad. Five gunmen wearing military uniforms and explosive-rigged vests stormed the compound
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Thailand ‘safe from terrorism’
          101 17 XINHUA BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday reassured the public and foreign tourists that Thailand was safe from terrorist attacks after 12 nations issued travel warnings about the country. She insisted that all security measures had been taken and all relevant agencies instructed to monitor
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          Lock icon Wen meets top Saudi officials
          135 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held talks with Saudi officials in Riyadh on the first stop of a Gulf tour that would also take him to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, as tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme spark fears of major oil
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          Lock icon Talks to end Nigeria strikes fail
          111 17 REUTERS ABUJA: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and labour unions failed to reach a compromise over government-subsidised fuel prices, but the unions said oil workers would not shut down crude output while the two sides kept talking. It is not clear when talks will resume,
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          Lock icon Female ex-PM leads opposition
          122 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea’s first female prime minister was chosen yesterday to lead the main opposition party in battle against the ruling conservatives in a key election year. Ms Han Myeong Sook, 67, became chairman of the liberal Democratic United Party after winning 25 per
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          Lock icon Panda pair begin French stay
          130 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Two Chinese pandas landed in Paris yesterday for a new life in a French zoo in a loan sealed after years of top-level negotiations between France and China. The “Panda Express”, a Boeing 777 decorated with a panda motif, carried the bears
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        Lock icon Smiling with new face
        298 17 SLICEOFLIFE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH (Texas): Ten months after becoming the first person to get a full face transplant in the United States, a Texas man marvels at recovering facial expression. “The ability to smile and to show emotion on my face, even unintentionally, is such
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Welcoming gaijin at the gates
      428 18 JAPAN has finally bitten the bullet and made a historic move to attract foreigners to its shores in yet another move to kick-start the country’s moribund economy. In the coming years, it will seek to attract 500 or more foreign firms to the country. It
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      Lock icon North Korea: What not to do
      1053 18  -  BY VICTOR CHA The writer is a professor at Georgetown University and senior adviser and Korea chair at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). This article originally appeared as a Pacific Forum CSIS PacNet commentary on Jan 9. THE announcement of Mr
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      Lock icon US’ Asia-Pacific focus not a radical change
      765 18  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg THE American navy chief, Admiral Jonathan Greenert, recently addressed Washington’s new focus on the Asia-Pacific region during his remarks to a forum at the Centre for a New American Security. And some may have been startled by
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        902 19  -  2012 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE BY DAVID BROOKS NEW YORK TIMES THERE are two questions concerning Mr Mitt Romney’s service at the private equity firm Bain Capital. The narrower question is: Did Bain help ailing companies and add value to the economy or did it plunder dying
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        Lock icon How a video made the war even tougher
        977 19  -  BY TIMOTHY KUDO The writer, a Marine captain who served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2009 to 2011, is a senior membership associate with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. LOS ANGELES TIMES-WASHINGTON POST IN MARCH, I returned from Afghanistan’s Helmand province
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        Lock icon Avoiding the dire strait
        800 19  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. EAST Asia’s three top industrial powers, all heavily dependent on imports of Middle East oil, have moved quickly to try to secure their supplies
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        Lock icon KKH reviewing doc’s employment, stepping up data security
        240 20  -  Professor Ivy Ng Chief Executive Officer KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital UNAUTHORISED access of patient records is an offence under the Computer Misuse Act and a serious breach of professional conduct (“Patient confidentiality: Hospital was remiss” by Mr Lionel De Souza; last
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        Lock icon Shift gear for better taxi experience
        314 20  -  Kim Heok Eng WITH the last of the taxi companies following the lead of Comfort to raise its fares (“Prime Taxis to raise fares too”; Jan 4), I wonder why the deregulation of the taxi business has not created significant product and pricing differentiation
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        Lock icon New normal
        93 20 “The fare for the same trip at the same hour to the same destination had increased by 27 per cent.” MR PETER GOH: “I commute by taxi sparingly, but when I did recently, the fare for the same trip at the same hour to the same destination had
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        Lock icon Make the replacement process easier when ATM swallows card
        348 20  -  Tan San Ling (Ms) LAST Wednesday, I tried to withdraw cash from a POSB ATM in Circuit Road but to my horror, the machine swallowed my card without even prompting for my personal identification number (PIN). I called the hotline number
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        Lock icon FORUM ONLINE
        81 20 1 MR MATTHEW ONG: Crossing the line insist on annual declarations by teachers 2 MR YAP SWEE HOO: Have a code of moral conduct 3 MR PAUL CHAN: Ballot box answer may not work here 4 MR NARAYANA NARAYANA: Show flag-down fare on cab roof 5 MS HO
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        Lock icon Ministerial pay – a view from the outside
        226 20  - Ministerial pay a view from the outside TODAY IN PARLIAMENT David Grant ONE way to look at the national discussion on political contribution and wages may be to step back and consider the Singapore political model from the position of an independent observer. Most outsiders see Singapore as a country
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      397 2  -  BY STACEY CHIA A PROGRAMME that gives middle- and lowerincome Singaporeans access to medical care by general practitioners (GPs) at subsidised rates has been renamed. Previously going by the name Primary Care Partnership Scheme (PCPS), it will now be called the Community Health Assist
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      765 2  -  Scheme lets Cabinet members get better sense of concerns BY TEO WAN GEK wangekt@sph.com.sg THIS year’s series of monthly community visits by ministers to wards other than their own kicked off yesterday with a visit by the youngest Cabinet member, Mr Chan Chun
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      503 2  -  BY JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT THE 30-year-old Temasek Club, a social club for commissioned officers of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), is set to move out of its Portsdown Road site to Rifle Range Road. The move to
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      654 3  -  No fixed date given for home installation; OpenNet says only small number affected BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg FIRST, customers had to wait up to six weeks to get connected to Singapore’s new ultra-fast fibre broadband network. Now, the wait has stretched
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      90 3 Eighty-six Chingay performers bringing the spirit of the annual street parade to the Ion Orchard area (above) yesterday evening. Together with chief executive director of the People’s Association, Mr Yam Ah Mee (in black shirt), they delighted the audience with a dance segment that will
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      676 4  -  Scheme lets them help needy individuals accused of crimes BY CHERYL ONG ongyiern@sph.com.sg IN A case he undertook a few years ago, psychiatrist Lim Boon Leng recalls getting the molestation charges against a man with intellectual disabilities dropped. The man had been arrested
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      360 4 FORMER celebrity hair stylist Roland Chow (right) has died of pneumonia at the age of 85. Mr Chow, born as Zhou Shaohai, was a trendsetter in the fashion industry. He was the first designer to hold a fashion show in Singapore in the 1950s. He was also
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      383 4  -  BY TESSA WONG WHETHER or not veteran opposition figure Chiam See Tong continues at the helm of the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) will be clearer by the end of this month when the SPP holds its party congress. While he is on
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      503 5  -  Special services for CNY include cash delivery, express counters and longer opening hours BY AMANDA TAN, AMELIA TAN HUI FANG tamanda@sph.com.sg ametan@sph.com.sg THE Chinese New Year tradition of giving out red packets filled with crisp, new dollar notes is still going strong
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      674 5  -  BY JUDITH TAN LUCK has run out for pet rabbits as the Year of the Rabbit draws to a close. At least 475 rabbits the animal feted and bought during the Chinese New Year last year were dumped in parks, wooded areas
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      139 6 POPULAR soya bean chain Mr Bean is selling pineapple tarts for Chinese New Year. Specially baked with a light buttery taste, the pineapple tarts are placed in a premium plastic container within a tin canister to ensure maximum freshness of the tarts. The sunflower design on
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        36 6 New Moon premium Braised Abalones with Sauce is newly created for a hassle-free reunion dinner spread simply reheat and serve. Available at Shop N Save, Cold Storage and Giant outlets at $49.80 per can.
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        38 6 This 18k white gold, diamond and green onyx necklace, priced at $52,000, is convertible into a bracelet. Available from On Cheong —meaning“peaceandprosperity” a jeweller established in 1936. Call 6223-***** or visit 251, South Bridge Road, Chinatown.
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        53 6 EuYan Sang’s festive hampers this year are shaped as golden dragons baskets. Priced from $198 onwards. Order by Jan 18 at the outlets or call 1800-888-1879. Delivery is free. Also enjoy 20 per cent discounts in Weekly Star Buys. Seasonal products include Royal Supreme Abalone Treasure Pot and
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      156 6 THEY have appeared in a Carlsberg telemovie showcase and television commercials. Now, you can catch the Cheng Jing Hui Dragon and Lion Dance Association the winner of numerous accolades such as theGoldAward,2010HongKongInternational Lion Dance Championship and the National Champion in Luminous Dragon Dance (third consecutive winner)
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      215 6 Part2of12 FOUR years ago, Ryan Sheppard leapt off a 14m-high ledge despite his fear of heights. That giant leap proved to be worth it as the Sydney native, who plays Chistery the flying monkey, is the longest staying cast member of the Australian and International tour of
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      Lock icon Etoile players in limbo as club ponder exit
      344 7  -  BY FABIUS CHEN THE weekend has come and gone and yet, Etoile FC’s fate in the S-League remains shrouded in mystery. The French club were expected to confirm yesterday whether they would be pulling out from Singapore’s professional football league but by
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      609 7  -  Sundram’s goal-shy side may be without striker Agu Casmir tomorrow BY LEE MIN KOK mklee@sph.com.sg ALOR SETAR: The LionsXII’s attacking woes look set to deepen after key striker Agu Casmir suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury in the 0-0 draw against Kedah on Saturday. The Nigeria-born hitman,
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      424 7  -  BY SANJAY NAIR EVERY footballer dreams of scoring a crucial goal to rescue his team in the dying seconds of a match. For M. Arvin, 20, that became a reality at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. With his H-Two-O Ultimate Dream Team trailing 1-2 in
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      107 7 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Blow for S-League as French club Etoile set to pull out L Lim’s Olympic leap L Sundram returns to hero’s welcome After a 17-year hiatus, Singapore returns to the Malaysian Super
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      550 8 Leading teams buy top players to fight for titles more quickly, says Platt LONDON: Manchester City have hit back at Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp’s recent taunt that City are top of the Premier League because of the fortune they have spent on players. Last week,
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      271 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Former international football stars like England’s Robbie Fowler and France’s Robert Pires are set to take part in a tournament in India and play alongside local talent, according to organisers. The ageing footballers could earn up to US$600,000 (S$776,000) for
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      239 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Mark Hughes’ debut as Queens Park Rangers manager ended in disappointment, as Leon Best gave Newcastle a 1-0 victory at St James’ Park yesterday. Hughes was appointed by the struggling Premier League side on Tuesday following Neil Warnock’s sacking, but the arrival
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      214 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has defended the under-fire Premier League club’s stance on racism after criticism of their handling of the Luis Suarez affair. The Reds have been stung by condemnation of the way they dealt with the
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      714 8 LONDON: Has Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson’s relationship with Wayne Rooney been irreparably damaged by that Boxing Day episode? The British media seem to think so following the Scot’s latest comments on his star striker following United’s 3-0 Premier League home win over
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      401 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PERTH: India’s horrific tour of Australia got worse yesterday when captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was suspended for one Test by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a slow over rate. The blow came after Australia smashed India by an innings and
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        80 10 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei stormed to his eighth Malaysia Open badminton title yesterday to give himself a confidence boost ahead of this year’s Olympics. He overpowered Japan’s Kenichi Tago 21-6, 21-13 to win the Super Series event in just 37
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        50 10 BERNARD Tey beat Chan Keng Kwang 9-8 to win the National 8-Ball Championships yesterday at New World Centre. Charlene Chai took the women’s title with a 7-1 win over Hoe Shu Wah. In the Under-19 category, Aloysius Yapp beat Ho Cheng Kang 7-2.
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        57 10 NATIONAL fencer Ann Melbye retained her women’s epee title at the Fencing Singapore Challenge yesterday. The two-day event featured more than 200 fencers, including participants from Indonesia and Malaysia. The Republic’s fencers topped all six events. The other winners were Wang Zhihua, Clive Leu, Ruth
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        46 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: Sports apparel company Asics has cancelled its sponsorship contract with French triple jumper Teddy Tamgho, who is currently serving a six-month ban by the country’s athletics federation because of a training camp fight with a female athlete.
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        63 10 AUSTIN: Michael Phelps cruised to his second win in as many days by capturing the 400m individual medley at the Austin Grand Prix on Saturday. The 14-time Olympic champion who had won the 100m butterfly on Friday returned a time of 4min 16.95sec, more than
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        68 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Former Hull City striker Dean Windass has revealed he tried to kill himself this month after battling with drink, depression and the end of his 18-year marriage after his retirement in 2010. Windass, 42, who also played for Bradford City and Middlesbrough in
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      92 10 Indonesia Warriors centre Steven Thomas (left) blocking a shot by Singapore Slingers guard Desmond Oh, during their match at the Singapore Indoor Stadium (SIS) yesterday afternoon. The home side lost their Asean Basketball League season opener, going down 59-79 in a game that was watched by
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      608 10 Star guard helps new team grind out home win over their L.A. rivals ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: On this Saturday night, the city of Los Angeles belonged to the Clippers, not the Lakers. And the brand new guard in L.A., the Clippers’ Chris Paul, was just
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      354 10  -  BY MAY CHEN NATIONAL shooters Poh Lip Meng and Nigel Lim have missed their last shot at qualifying for this year’s Olympics. They failed to make it past the qualifying round of the men’s 10m air pistol event at the Asian Shooting
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      405 10  -  BY CHAN U-GENE SINGAPORE is set to have a fencing referee officiate at the Olympics for the first time. Dennis Leong, 30, will be among a select group of 24 referees who will judge the competition at the July 27-Aug 12 London Games. Officiating
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      579 11 He criticises rival for not campaigning for better conditions for players ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal has criticised Roger Federer for letting other players “burn themselves” by complaining about tour conditions, while maintaining his good reputation by rarely making negative comments about tennis. The Spanish
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      669 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE: The women’s draw for the Australian Open will be one of the most open in years, reflecting the state of flux that the women’s game is currently in. Unlike the men’s competition, which is dominated by Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger
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      411 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFURT: Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil will stand trial at the end of this month for a nightclub fight in China, in which he allegedly attacked and injured the owner of a Formula One team with
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      54 11 LI NA, China’s world No. 6 tennis player, expressing her love for her husband Jiang Shan, who is often the target of a lot
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      112 11 Today Football English Premier League: Wigan v Manchester City (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 4am). Italian Serie A: Napoli v Bologna (Live, StarHub Ch222 HD Ch255, tomorrow, 3.40am). Golf Sony Open: Day 4 (Live, StarHub Ch213 HD Ch255, 8am). Tennis Australian Open: 1st rd (Live, mio
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      471 11 Badminton Malaysia Open In Kuala Lumpur, finals (Chn unless stated) Men’s singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Kenichi Tago (Jpn) 21-6 21-13. Women’s singles: Wang Yihan bt Wang Xin 21-19 21-11. Men’s doubles: Fang Chieh-min/Lee Sheng-mu (Tpe) bt Cho Gun Woo/Shin Baek Choel (Kor) 16-21 21-16 21-16. Women’s doubles:
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      49 7 GUNNING FOR A GRAND SLAM Caroline Wozniacki looking to stand out in an even field at the Australian Open. B11 POWER SHIFT Chris Paul helps Clippers beat mighty Lakers in battle of Los Angeles. B10 www.omy.sg W cling- 0 wV- s9 r* Sr u* I rrcv 41 3r a
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      51 9 A MASTER OF LOGISTICS DELIVERS ANOTHER WIN. UPS may deliver 3.9 billion packages a year, but delivering a tiny ball into a tiny target, over and over again, is a logistical skill even we can only stand back and admire. Congratulations Lee Westwood on winning the Thailand Golf Championship. WE
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      129 10 SPORTS FIXTURES Match KickOff Tue, 17/01/12 7.45pm Wed, 18/01/12 3.30am Wed, 18/01/12 4.00am Wed, 18/01/12 4.00am For fixtures of all other M League. E Premier and Italian League, please visit Singapore Pools website. FOR FULL LIVE TELECAST SCHEDULE AND VENUE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT SINGAPORE POOLS WEBSITE. Draw No. 2710/2012 Draw
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    740 12 OBITUARIES Jesus said: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies and whoever lives in me will never die.” John 11:24-25 roBerT dass s/oanTHony samy dass age:66 was called home to be with the Lord on 14 January 2012, leaving
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      32 14 Small funds gear up for tighter rules Boutique fund managers are bracing themselves for higher costs and other challenges as regulators look set to tighten supervision of the industry THEBUSINESSTIMES Today in
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      816 16  -  BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will be in court today to try and force China Sky Chemical Fibre to comply with its directive to appoint a special auditor. The case is looming as a test for the SGX’s ability to enforce
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      96 16 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Singapore bank stocks ‘not cheap yet’ L Top Aussie banks to axe thousands of jobs: Union L ‘Permanent shift’ likely for banks in tough times More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com
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        520 13  - Bid farewell to the Rabbit with caution S&P downgrades of euro zone nations may hurt investor sentiment MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg AS INVESTORS bid farewell to the Rabbit Year this weekend, those who took to heart Aesop’s tale about the dangers of being complacent would
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        406 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS: The merger of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext, which would create the world’s largest market operator worth over US$17 billion (S$22 billion), looks seriously compromised just weeks from a European Union competition decision. With European anti-trust services setting conditions
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          94 13 Where S$ stands Jan 13 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Jan 12 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2877 +0.44 1.4219 1.2003 Euro 1.6545 -0.57 2.0153 1.6451 FR Jan 12 YR 2011 Yen* 1.6790 +0.10 1.7145 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.49 0.***** 0.***** Jan 13 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Jan
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      1033 14  -  Investors have cause for optimism with financial sector enjoying a revival C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE Year of the Water Dragon will be an auspicious period with bountiful opportunities for investors to make money, according to
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      371 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the Greek government to make good on debt-cutting commitments and banks to uphold their pledges of a debt write-down made in October. Dr Merkel, speaking in an interview with German radio station Deutschlandfunk yesterday,
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      665 14 REUTERS MILAN: When Italian construction group Perego was struggling back in 2008, a white knight flush with cash rode to its rescue. Unfortunately, the “knight” was a powerful mafia organisation, the ‘Ndrangheta, which went on to take control of the
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        39 15 Lim Chai Har: Appointed chief financial officer (CFO) of China Titanium with effect from last Thursday. Ms Lim, 58, was formerly the CFO of four different companies since 2002, including Yongnam Engineering and Construction and Sino-Excel Energy.
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        54 15 Lo Wai Kwok: Resigned as deputy chairman and managing director of Surface Mount Technology with effect from July. Dr Lo, 59, stepped down to pursue personal interests. He had been responsible for overseeing the business operations of the company, with specific emphasis on manufacturing, new business development
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        38 15 Kok Ho Leong: Appointed chief financial officer of China Yuchai International last Monday. He had previously worked as the regional commercial manager for Parker Drilling. Before that, he was the CFO of Singapore-listed KS Energy Services.
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      470 15  -  BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER IT IS the week before Chinese New Year and home buyers, while still turning up in healthy numbers at show-flats, prefer to remain cautious and keep their options open. A Straits Times check over the weekend unearthed a steady stream of
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      892 15 Identify what you hope to achieve and have proper follow-ups AT WORK WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg THE idea is laudable: Retreat to a tranquil spot for colleagues to share ideas, work on team building and foster a strong company culture. The
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      223 1 Art fund boost 8 Questions With... TV chef Bob Blumer, who breaks six world records C3 $306,800 raised at charity auction for students Madonna vs Gaga Did veteran singer diss her admirer? C10 Under maestro Yeh Tsung’s leadership, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra has gone from traditional to forward-looking, blurring the
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      838 2  -  A charity auction of works including those by Singaporeans boosted an arts education fund natasha ann zachariah natashaz@sph.com.sg Arts education in schools here received a boost of $306,800 from art collectors and aficionados at the annual Sovereign Asian Art Prize Singapore Charity Auction and Gala dinner
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      662 2 Reuters Associated Press Los Angeles Americans may be gearing up for the 2012 presidential elections, but HBO is revisiting the drama of the 2008 race to the White House in a TV film about Sarah Palin and John McCain. Game Change, starring Julianne
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        1113 3  -  8QUESTIONSWITH...Bob Blumer Canadian celebrity chef smashes six world records in Glutton For Punishment’s new season yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Who needs enemies when you have crew members like Canadian chef Bob Blumer’s? When he was filming the fifth and latest season of his TV show Glutton For
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        2547 4  -  Yeh Tsung’s overhaul of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra has made it contemporary and exciting the monday interview with Yeh Tsung corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg When conductor Yeh Tsung strides into the empty concert hall of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, his resonant laughter wipes out all traces of silence. Amid
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        684 3  -  jon caramanica New York Times Lake Worth, Florida Next Saturday marks the start of the second season of The Vanilla Ice Project, the unlikely DIY Network hit. But even more notable than its popularity is its accessibility and authority. Watch just a few minutes of the
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        1228 7 Stylists share the glow when they dress up stars to stun on the red carpet and grab media attention New York Times Every red carpet has its head-turners dresses that captivate, spark style trends and celebrate turning points in a star’s career. Much the same can be expected
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      695 5  -  But unlike the annual cleaning sessions of other years, it is a minor one this time cheryl faith wee cherylw@sph.com.sg Most icons need a good scrubbing from time to time, but few do so in plain sight of their adoring public and as painstakingly as Singapore’s Merlion.
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      649 5  - Goodbye cowboy hats hello hip-hop cheryl faith wee If you think the line-dancing craze of 10 years ago has long since boot-scooted its way off the dance floors, think again. Line dancing is still alive and kicking, although the boots, cowboy hats and country music have headed off into the
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      480 5 Reuters Henley On Klip, South Africa Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey proudly saw the first class of girls from disadvantaged backgrounds graduate last Saturday from her US$40-million (S$51.7-million) school in South Africa. The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls celebrated the graduation of 72 girls. Wearing white
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      118 6 ‘It’s strange when you meet people who are like, “I met my husband in college”. It’s weird to think about, like, “Is that guy my husband?”’ Actress Dakota Fanning, 17, who is hunting for her husband-to-be at college ‘It’s so much harder for women. I go
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      1010 6 It may no longer be viable to raise funds through benefit New York Times It was never supposed to be this big. When Amnesty International enlisted Mr Jeff Ayeroff and Ms Julie Yannatta to oversee a benefit album celebrating the organisation’s 50th
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      521 8  -  Versatile and competent, Jam Hsiao showed off his talent in an electrifying show singing mostly hits by other artists reviewconcert JAM HSIAO WORLD TOUR 2012 Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Saturday boon chan bchan@sph.com.sg Can a human jukebox be a music star? Somewhat surprisingly, Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao proves
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      550 8  -  reviewconcert FOSTER THE PEOPLE Fort Canning Park Last Saturday yong shu hoong Los Angeles-based Foster The People’s first Singapore gig may not have resolved critics’ debate over whether they are the next big thing or thanks to their wildly popular signature tune, Pumped Up
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      417 8  -  reviewconcert HAROLD IN ITALY Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall Last Saturday chang tou liang It is a rare occasion that one gets to hear two full-length concertos in a single concert. That luxury was afforded as the two major works by Berlioz and Brahms were
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        338 10 Reuters Los Angeles Lady Gaga has been upfront about her admiration for Madonna. But does Madonna share the love? The Material Girl sounded lukewarm in United States interviews released last Friday, calling her influence on Gaga’s music “interesting” and “amusing”. Sometimes. “I certainly think
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        224 10 Hong Kong Taiwan has been in the grip of election fever but Taiwanese stars such as (from top) singer Jay Chou, director Giddens Ko and actress Michelle Chen seem immune to it, says Apple Daily. The three were among the big names who stayed in China
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        326 10 Associated Press Pasadena, California Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony (both above) were together again last Saturday, at least to promote their new project. The stars, who announced last summer they were ending their marriage after seven years, appeared on a stage last Saturday to
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          67 10 American Idol runner-up David Archuleta says he is “excited” about working on a Philippine TV series. The singer’s Filipino co-stars Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Eula Caballero welcomed him with flower garlands at Manila’s airport last Friday, and fans and journalists jostled to take pictures as he emerged from
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          39 10 Lions Gate Entertainment Corp acquired Twilight producer Summit Entertainment for US$412.5 million (S$533.3 million) in cash and stock, uniting two of Hollywood’s largest independent studios. It is creating a powerhouse focused on young adult audiences.
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          45 10 Rapper Lil Wayne has signed with Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, for the prison memoir Gone Till November. The book will tell of his eight months spent at the Rikers Island complex on a gun possession charge.
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          53 10 Oscar-winner Gene Hackman was briefly hospitalised with bumps and bruises last Friday after a pickup truck bumped him from behind while he was riding a bicycle in the Florida Keys, his publicist said. The 81-year-old was airlifted to a Miami hospital and released several hours later
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          40 10 Former Melrose Place actress Heather Locklear was released last Friday from hospital after she was treated in the intensive care unit for an unknown ailment. The 50-year-old was discharged in the afternoon, a Los Robles Hospital spokesman said.
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        541 2  -  The INside Track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR A cafe manager shook his head as he talked about facing an angry mother recently. “A teenager we hired nearly spilt coffee on a customer, so her supervisor scolded her. She cried. Later, her mother came
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        228 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG 1. Do you consider yourself over-reliant on your parents? To what extent? Why? 2. Under what circumstances would you seek help from your parents? 2. Under what circumstances would you seek help from your parents? deal with them. Do you think this is right?
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        406 3  -  BY SHERYL QUEK Like a scene out of the reality television series MasterChef, cameras were trained on 20 teens as they whisked, sauteed, stirred or tried to fix a tray of cracked puddings with some caramel. But this was no TV show, it was
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        632 5 ‘Chasing the dragon’, or consuming heroin, adversely affects an addict’s body and mind as well as the lives of the people he loves Sources: Central Narcotics Bureau (Singapore) TalktoFrank.com Drug Enforcement Administration (United States) Like all drug addicts, heroin users are chasing a high of
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        731 6 THE NEWS A United Nations (UN) watchdog says Iran has begun enriching uranium at a second site and at a higher grade, making the metal easier to use in nuclear warheads. Iran denies this but gears up for renewed clashes with the international community,
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        119 6 Agence France-Presse Xinhua The murder of a Chinese man and his child sparked marches by 10,000 Chinese immigrants in Rome and Milan to protest rising crime rates and demand better law enforcement. Some 50,000 Chinese live in the capital, Rome. The demonstration began in the immigrant-heavy Piazza Vittorio neighbourhood
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        124 6 Reuters Aboriginal leaders in Canada have found themselves at loggerheads with the Canadian government and oil companies over a CAD$5.5 billion (S$7 billion) oil pipeline project. The pipeline taps into fuel extract- ed from oil sands. The extraction process has been widely criticised for its environmental impact. They say
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        607 7  -  BY TAN XING QI Building schools for orphans and teaching children in Cambodia were experiences which sparked off one undergraduate’s relationship with the country and its people. Ministry of Education officer Grace Koh, 30, said her trips were so fulfilling that she could not help
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        1257 8 / 9 The much-anticipated recommendations by the committee to review ministers’ salaries have been made public. The committee has proposed a new formula to calculate ministers’ pay and a new National Bonus to replace the gross domestic product (GDP) bonus. It has also recommended the
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        222 8 / 9 SMRT Corp chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa stepped down as CEO and president of the transport operator on Jan 6. Her move comes after two massive train breakdowns on Dec 15 and 17, which affected more than 200,000 commuters. The delays resulted in public transport chaos and
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