The Straits Times, 25 January 2012

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Beyond As for law school
      44 1 THE law faculty at the National University of Singapore is looking at new ways to attract students from a wider range of schools, to ensure greater diversity in the backgrounds, abilities and interests of its undergraduates. LPRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon ‘Teach for Malaysia’ a hit
      70 1 THREE young Malaysians have begun their stint under the Teach for Malaysia programme that aims to get top graduates into teaching. They are among the first batch of 50 assigned to teach for two years at low-performing schools in Malaysia. The teachers have inspired many
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      Lock icon 600 million jobs needed
      63 1 THE International Labour Organisation has sounded the alarm on the global jobs situation calling for urgent attention needed to create 600 million new jobs in the next 10 years. In its latest annual report, it also called for greater coordination of fiscal policies, repair and regulation
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      Lock icon Bad boy Balotelli charged
      41 1 MARIO Balotelli looks set for a four-match ban after the volatile Manchester City striker was charged with violent conduct for stamping on Scott Parker during Sunday’s defeat of Tottenham. City are unlikely to appeal. LSPORT PAGE B7
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    Lock icon Civil defence, narcotics chiefs in CPIB probe
    805 1  -  Both suspended from today; successors to take over from Feb 1 BY LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Civil Defence Force (SCDF) chief Peter Lim Sin Pang and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director Ng Boon Gay have been removed from their posts and are being
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    Lock icon Big smiles at the Istana
    124 1 A PERFORMER from Yuying Secondary School, dressed as a “big head” doll, is the centre of attention for this group of visitors at the Istana yesterday. A total of 17,189 people showed up at the Chinese New Year open house at the Istana grounds. President
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    Lock icon 13th month pay ‘part of basic wage’ in SIA case
    638 1  -  BY K. C. VIJAYAN THE 13th month annual wage supplement is part of basic pay, an English court has ruled, in a case involving Singapore Airlines and a consultant firm. The issue had emerged as a preliminary point to be
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        Lock icon Ins and outs of dengue
        55 2 WE SAY The outbreak of dengue fever in a Siglap enclave is not be taken lightly. Despite the best efforts at disease surveillance by the environmental health authorities, the responsiveness of households in observing precautions is by its nature patchy. It should be an instinctive
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        Lock icon Rate cuts not a given
        45 2 COLUMNS Countries like Australia and Thailand have begun the process of cutting interest rates to head off an expected economic slowdown, says Bruce Gale. But talk of such a move across the region may be premature. L REVIEW PAGE A27
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        Lock icon Careful with technology
        42 2 OUR READER SAYS Technology is no silver bullet, says Tan Jit Khoon. It is important for firms to understand how to adopt the right technology at the right time to avoid a potential investment headache. L FORUM PAGE A28
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      111 2 IN THE Infocomm Development Authority’s (IDA’s) letter on Sunday (“Rules in place to govern mobile service providers”), a sentence implied that the IDA takes steps to authenticate the end user, and ensure that explicit purchase confirmation is received from the end user before the service
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      Lock icon The Dragon Year, in more ways than one
      972 2  -  Similar-sounding words give a glimpse of what has changed in 12 years BY TOH YONG CHUAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg AS THE Year of the Dragon begins, some thoughts come easily to mind: Will there be a boom in dragon babies? Will the
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      Lock icon NUS law school reviews student admission procedures
      750 3  -  It says greater diversity among intake will widen experience of students BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THE majority of law students at the National University of Singapore (NUS) come from a handful of well-known schools, but this may soon change. The law faculty is
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      Lock icon Noda says he will double sales tax
      759 4 Japanese PM tells Parliament the country must cut its public debt AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told Parliament yesterday that he will move to double sales tax, warning that the future of the world’s third-larg-est economy depends on turning the
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      Lock icon Scorsese movie leads Oscar race
      347 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEVERLY HILLS (California): Director Martin Scorsese’s lavish Paris adventure Hugo received 11 Oscar nominations yesterday, just ahead of hotly tipped silent movie The Artist, which scored 10 nods. Tied for third are baseball movie Moneyball starring Brad Pitt, and veteran director Steven Spielberg’s
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  347 words
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      Lock icon Unexpected leadership change at two Home Team agencies
      455 8  -  Leave CPIB to do its work, let’s not jump to conclusions, say MPs BY LEONARD LIM, THAM YUEN-C, ELIZABETH SOH THE public should await the outcome of investigations before passing judgment on the case involving two senior Home Team officers, said MPs
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      Lock icon PETER LIM: He worked hard to get to the top
      397 8  -  BY ELIZABETH SOH FORMER Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) commissioner Peter Lim Sin Pang started out in the force as a fire safety engineer and worked his way up the ranks. He was quietly ambitious and slogged to get to
      PHOTO: MHA  -  397 words
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      Lock icon MHA: Ministry and Home Team will cooperate fully
      277 8 Here is the Ministry of Home Affairs statement, released yesterday afternoon, on the suspension of the two senior officers: FORMER Commissioner Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Mr Peter Lim Sin Pang and former Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) Mr Ng
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      Lock icon NG BOON GAY: CNB chief for less than a year
      396 8  -  BY THAM YUEN-C FORMER Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director Ng Boon Gay began his career in the Singapore Police Force, where he was known to be a tough leader who commanded the respect of his subordinates. As head of the
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      Lock icon DPM TEO: Probe will be full and thorough
      193 8 “All public officers, regardless of their position or seniority, are expected to uphold the highest standards of integrity and conduct. The Government takes a serious view of public officers who misconduct themselves. Any allegations of misconduct made against public officers will be
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      Lock icon China decries overseas reports on Tibet
      588 9 Remarks come after unrest that left 1 dead ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA BEIJING: China yesterday accused “overseas secessionist groups” of twisting the truth about unrest in its volatile south-western region where at least one Tibetan protester died during a clash with security forces.
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; XINHUA; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  588 words
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      Lock icon PM gives transport workers a boost
      879 12  -  He thanks them for hard work during a ‘demanding year’ BY TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg AMID public frustration over last month’s train breakdowns, the Prime Minister has urged Singaporeans to understand that SMRT staff are toiling to get at the root of the problem,
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      Lock icon Budget wish: More help for businesses
      633 12  -  BY LENNARD ONG THE head of the main Chinese business chamber wants the upcoming Budget to include measures to help firms in what could be a tough year ahead. Mr Teo Siong Seng, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI),
      ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN; ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN  -  633 words
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      Lock icon Enter the first Dragon babies
      503 13  -  BY JENNANI DURAI THREE babies were born at the stroke of midnight on Monday, making them the first born here in the Year of the Dragon. Newborn babies Jamie Kao, Tristan Chen and Louise Tan were born at Gleneagles, Mount Alvernia and Parkway East hospitals
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      Lock icon China firms splurge on year-end parties
      932 13  -  But controversial guests, obligatory performances attract rising criticism BY KOR KIAN BENG kianbeng@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Carol Feng in Beijing WHEN China’s top search engine Baidu started holding Chinese New Year parties after its launch in 2000, they were cosy banquets for its staff
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      Lock icon Keep the traditions that matter
      2045 16  -  Doing so helps maintain the foundation of a rich community life, says writer Wong Chin Soon THE ST INTERVIEW BY TAN HUI YEE CORRESPONDENT tanhy@sph.com.sg THERE are traditions, and there are traditions. Some, like the burning of joss paper by Chinese to honour dead relatives,
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      Lock icon WANTED 600m jobs in 10 years
      728 17 Urgent action needed with 12.7% of world’s youth unemployed, says ILO REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has sounded the alarm on the global job situation in its latest annual report, saying urgent attention is needed to create 600 million new
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  728 words
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      85 17 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L A story of Kim (dotcom) boom and bust L Speed limits hit a bump Down Under L Olympic toys in “sweat shop” row More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES
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      • NEW CHALLENGES for YOUNG MALAYSIANS
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          Lock icon Planting hope in village schools
          1034 18  -  BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg SIMPANG DURIAN (Negeri Sembilan): Just five minutes away from the Teriang Hilir secondary school in Negeri Sembilan, muddy padi fields are being ploughed for the planting season. Cows and goats wander down dirt lanes, getting in the way
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          Lock icon Net benefits of social media
          858 18  -  They are outliers in a nation where tales of youngsters trying to make a difference are uncommon. In one trend, 50 people have fanned out to villages for a teaching stint. CAROLYN HONG KUALA LUMPUR: Ten years ago, Mr Christopher Tock began blogging for fun.
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        Lock icon Thai divide growing over lese majeste law
        750 19  -  Example of student to be charged on Feb 11 a case in point BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: A19 -year-old student at Thailand’s Thammasat University who will be one of the youngest ever to be charged under the country’s lese
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        Lock icon Hydropower driving social change in Laos
        1195 20  -  Challenges in balancing lucrative dam projects, aid for affected villagers BY NIRMAL GHOSH SENIOR CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal VIENTIANE (Laos): At the edge of a vast reservoir on the windy Nakai plateau, Ms Hom, a 54-year-old villager, sits in her wood and rattan home recalling
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        Lock icon Major Tokyo quake ‘could strike in next 4 years’
        502 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: The chance of a powerful earthquake hitting the Tokyo region in the next few years is much greater than official predictions suggest, a new study has said. The study by seismologists from the University of Tokyo’s
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  502 words
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        Lock icon India takes on Norway over kids’ seizure
        916 22  -  It wades in after state takes kids, claiming poor care by Indian parents BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Does feeding your infant with your fingers and letting him sleep in your bed constitute an act of cruelty that
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        Lock icon Militants lay down arms in Assam
        72 22 Weapons being displayed during an arms laying down ceremony in Guwahati, the largest city in north-eastern India’s Assam state, yesterday. About 700 tribal militants representing nine separatist groups surrendered yesterday, including the Kuki Revolutionary Army, the Hmar People’s Convention, the Birsa Commando Force and
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        Lock icon US defends Jay Leno’s Sikh gag as free speech
        382 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The United States has defended late-night TV host Jay Leno’s right to free speech after India said it would protest against a gag that involved Sikhism’s holiest shrine. Sikh activists voiced outrage after Mr Leno showed a photo
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        Lock icon India voices caution over political talks with Taleban
        396 22 WASHINGTON: India has voiced caution about United States-backed efforts to reach a political solution with Afghanistan’s Taleban, warning against a victory for the “dark forces of terrorism”. Ms Nirupama Rao, the Indian Ambassador to the United States, voiced strong support for US-led
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        Lock icon Iran squeezed by fresh sanctions
        653 23 US targets link to Western financial system, EU embargoes Iranian oil AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama tightened the noose on Iran’s battered banking system yesterday and lauded a move by the EU to choke Teheran’s oil exports, amid evidence that sanctions are beginning
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        Lock icon Sanctions imposed so far
        215 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE UNITED NATIONS Since 2006, the UN Security Council has approved four series of sanctions. These include imposing economic and commercial sanctions against entities linked to Teheran’s nuclear and ballistic programmes, and an embargo on Iranian arms purchases and restrictions on loans to Iran. In
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        Lock icon EU to lift travel bans against Myanmar leaders
        522 23 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS: The European Union has agreed to begin easing sanctions on Myanmar, lifting travel bans against the nation’s leaders and pledging further action in return for continued change. Visa bans on the president, vice-presidents, Cabinet and speakers of both
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        Lock icon Fight dementia – Keep teasing the brain
        215 23 Fight dementia Keep teasing the brain REUTERS CHICAGO: People who challenge their brains throughout their life through reading, writing and playing games are less likely to develop protein deposits in the brain linked with Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia, US researchers said on Monday. Prior studies have suggested that
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        Lock icon Romney’s front-runner status shaky
        750 24  -  Once healthy national lead eroded by newly resurgent Gingrich BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg TAMPA (Florida): Stung by a series of political setbacks and a shocking drop in public support, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sought to revive his campaign yesterday by launching
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        Lock icon Romney reports expected tax bill of $8m for 2010-11
        349 24 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Under mounting pressure, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney released details of his federal tax returns yesterday, showing he will most likely pay US$6.2 million (S$7.9 million) in taxes on US$42.6 million in income over
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        Lock icon Obama confident of winning second term
        572 24 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: As President Barack Obama prepares to address the state of the union today, the state of his presidency is improving thanks to encouraging economic news as well as divisive infighting among Republicans. “I’m absolutely confident we’re going to win this
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        Lock icon Sun hurls geomagnetic storm towards Earth
        430 24 REUTERS WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON: The strongest geomagnetic storm in more than six years was forecast to hit Earth’s magnetic field yesterday, and it could affect airline routes, power grids and satellites, the US Space Weather Prediction Centre said. A coronal mass ejection a big
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Fireworks blaze kills 3
          115 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Three people were killed and around 40 injured when fireworks at a Chinese New Year celebration in Thailand caused a huge explosion and set fire to nearby homes, police said yesterday. Flaming shrapnel rained down on a residential area behind the Chinese temple
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          Lock icon Xi Jinping to visit US
          107 25 REUTERS WASHINGTON: China’s Vice-President Xi Jinping will visit the White House on Feb 14, officials said, as the United States seeks to nurture a relationship with the Asian power’s presumptive next leader. Mr Xi will meet President Barack Obama for talks and also meet Vice-President
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          Lock icon German ‘sex tax’ to stay
          94 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: A German city that introduced a surcharge on street prostitutes via kerb-side meters said the programme has been a success and would continue. The Bonn government said a “sex tax” covering levies on sauna clubs, “erotic centres” and automated pay stations similar
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          Lock icon Philippine ‘pirate attack’
          83 25 BLOOMBERG MANILA: The Philippine police yesterday blamed pirates and unknown “lawless elements” who frequent waters off the southern island province of Basilan for killing 15 fishermen. The fishermen were aboard three small, wooden-hulled vessels off Sibago Island in Basilan province on Monday when attackers in speedboats fired
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          Lock icon Flailing mission in Syria
          120 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DAMASCUS: The Arab League will suspend its observer mission in Syria today if the Syrian authorities refuse its request for a one-month extension of the mission which ended on Jan 19, the bloc’s deputy secretary Ahmad Helli said. The decision comes as the league
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        Lock icon Spinning a cape of gold
        80 25 Textile expert Simon Peers (left) and fashion designer Nicholas Godley (right) flanking model Bianca Gavrilas as she wears a cape made from the naturally golden silk of the Orb Spider at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Monday. The cape is one of
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        Lock icon NZ’s road menace: Breastfeeding mums
        284 25 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WELLINGTON: New Zealand police said yesterday they were shocked at the number of mothers they found breastfeeding babies while travelling in cars on the motorways in the country’s largest city, Auckland. They were also alarmed by the number of children travelling in
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      440 26 THE incidence of dengue fever in Opera Estate in Siglap since early this month is notified as a cluster. In the language of the National Environment Agency (NEA), the term refers to two or more cases occurring in close proximity to one another within a
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      1856 26  -  BY HO CHING The writer is executive director and chief executive of Temasek Holdings. This is an edited excerpt of a speech earlier this month at the Academy of Principals’ Start of School Year Tea. AS A small, open society in a highly interconnected
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        978 27  -  BY SIMON JOHNSON The writer served as chief economist at the International Monetary Fund in 2007 and 2008 and is now a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management as well as a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
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        971 27  -  BY ROGER COHEN NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE IN THE other election this year, the one more imminent, there are only two words worth remembering. The first is leadership. The second is change. The rest, as the French say, is du blah-blah. If the French decide leadership is
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        776 27  -  BY BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg SHOULD Asian nations cut interest rates in order to head off an expected economic slowdown this year? Countries such as Australia and Thailand have already begun the process. Others widely regarded as preparing to follow suit include
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        351 28  -  Tan Jit Khoon LAST Tuesday’s article (“Advance businesses with technology”) advised companies to adopt new technology to increase productivity. I have been in the printing business for 16 years and have witnessed numerous technological advancements affecting our industry. To name a few: the
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        68 28 1 MR LAU QUEK HONG: Hot and bothered over new cab queue system at Changi 2 MS SULOCHANA DEVI: Smoking area at Esplanade too close for comfort 3 MR WALTER TAN: Punish careless pedestrians for their own good 4 MR TONY LEE: Towards safer and better living in
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        259 28  -  Jeffrey Law FOR elderly Singaporeans with hardly any family support, group living can give them a sense of identity, security and community (“Pilot scheme for elderly: Living together, staying independent”; Jan 16), besides providing them with a comfortable and
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        343 28  -  Su Sicheng MR KENDRIK Hong questioned whether “increasing fares is an acceptable method to decrease demand” (“Implications of equating fare hikes with better service”; last Thursday). He added that this approach “punishes commuters... and masks the inefficiencies of the operators”.
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        125 28 “Is it not more effective to have clearly marked, separate taxi ranks for normal and luxury taxis?” MR DENIS DISTANT: “Changi Airport Group’s (CAG) response (‘Passengers can choose preferred taxis at airport’; last Friday) is of little help to anyone who has not been through the
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        203 28  -  Gerrard Leow THE reason commuters queue for taxis in Singapore when it is the reverse in Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing is that cab fares in Singapore are among the cheapest anywhere (“Shift gear for better taxi experience” by Mr
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      85 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L Pay up or else... L One more dragon in the family this New Year L Chinatown, markets packed with last-minute shoppers this year More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Read reports
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      622 2  -  Judge rejects man’s compensation claim, says he neglected own safety BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A JUDGE has refused an injured technician’s claim for compensation after he fell off a cargo plane, ruling that he was to blame for failing to take
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      364 2  -  KARAMJIT KAUR WHEN he started as an air traffic controller at Changi Airport 27 years ago, there were five people per shift. Today, there are nine. “Before, traffic was more spread out throughout the day and there was hardly any activity after midnight,” said Mr Tony Tan,
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      432 3  -  KKH reviews employment, lodges police complaint BY JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg KK WOMEN’S and Children’s Hospital (KKH) is reviewing the employment of a doctor who accessed the medical records of two former girlfriends and said he is currently “not on active duty”.
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      183 3 THE year’s best gadgets and games will be recognised next month with the launch of The Straits Times Digital Life Awards. The inaugural awards, organised by The Straits Times’ weekly tech pullout, will cover five main categories laptops, smartphones, tablets, cameras and games.
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      90 3 Police examining an SUV after it slammed into the glass doors of a hotel in Balestier Road on Sunday morning. The vehicle was travelling along Balestier Road towards Lavender Road when it mounted the central divider, knocked over a lamppost and crashed into the doors
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      672 4  -  Small group seeing red over crowds the trade draws to Bugis at CNY BY ELIZABETH SOH esoh@sph.com.sg EVERY time Chinese New Year rolls around, housewife Lim Gek Poh makes it a point to take her husband and two children to the same fortune-teller in
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      601 4  -  BY AMELIA TAN HUI FANG AT LEAST five online vendors have been left out of pocket after the closure of The Blog Shop’s three stores. The company shut them down between October and December last year, leaving several vendors with losses
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      447 4  -  BY JERMYN CHOW CIVILIAN fitness instructors have taken over the physical training of operationally ready national servicemen (NSmen) from the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) who fail their annual fitness test. Since last September, civilians have been training
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      518 4  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH FEW motorists would challenge a charge of beating a red light, but Mr Sia Yop Seng did and won. The 63-year-old businessman was acquitted of the offence by a district court last month. However, the prosecution has appealed, and the case
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      548 5  -  Well-known specialist being sued for not removing piece of metal and suture after op BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A WELL-KNOWN doctor claims a patient has threatened to ruin his reputation by posting complaints about him on the Internet. Respected ear, nose and throat specialist
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      658 6  -  2,000 more places to meet surge in demand due to rise in govt subsidies BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S only university aimed at working adults is to boost its number of students to a record 12,000 this year. SIM University (UniSIM) has experienced a
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      583 6  -  BY TAY SUAN CHIANG IT IS no secret that Singaporeans love food, and now a growing number are combining their love of eating well with helping the less fortunate. These food lovers host intimate dinners for their friends, and in return
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      821 6  -  BY LIM YAN LIANG PEOPLE in Singapore are not just consuming computer games, mobile applications and other rich media, but they have been increasingly producing such content as well. A sure sign of this: Growth of the interactive digit- al media (IDM) sector
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      622 7 Balotelli charged for stamp on Parker, set to miss four games THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Mario Balotelli is trouble, of that there is no doubt. The only question is for whom. Last Sunday, he made life wretched for Tottenham, earning and scoring the 94th-minute penalty that
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      174 7 REUTERS REAL Madrid defender Pepe will play in today’s Spanish Cup quarter-final second leg at Barcelona despite the controversy over his alleged stamp on Lionel Messi’s hand in last week’s first game. Pepe denied intentionally treading on Messi in the 1-2 defeat and the incident, caught
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      457 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is demanding an immediate response from his players ahead of a critical week in which they face two huge cup ties with the Manchester sides which could shape their season. Having fallen six points behind fourth place in
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      228 7 LONDON: Chris Smalling believes Manchester City will “crumble” under the pressure if his Manchester United side keep up their pursuit. The 22-year-old defender, who played in United’s 2-1 win at Arsenal which kept them within striking distance of their Manchester rivals, told the Manchester
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      97 7 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Tipping point L Man United lining up swoop for Modric L Defeat hurts, as Li Na breaks down Singapore’s Lions XII are starting to win in the Malaysian League football as
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      250 10 Can the Arsenal manager turn back the tide of criticism? Source: TIMES OF LONDON Arsenal’s early-season struggles have returned. This is the second time they have taken only seven points during a seven-game period, whereas they enjoyed a purple patch in between Arsenal this season First seven
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      699 10 Arsenal manager jeered as Gunners suffer third straight loss in league THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: For Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, the moment he removed Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain during Sunday’s 1-2 loss to Manchester United was the moment it all seemed to change. The substitution left his captain
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      302 10 REUTERS MALABO: Gabon forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, raised at AC Milan and now at St Etienne, produced one of the best individual performances at the African Cup of Nations so far during the co-hosts’ 2-0 win over Niger on Monday. By contrast, Morocco’s Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh
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      374 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Jose Mourinho is so fed up with his poor relationship with his players, the jeers from fans and the repeated losses to Barcelona, that he wants to quit Real Madrid at the end of this season. “Mourinho has let it be
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      407 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: A secret bank account in Monaco codenamed after a bulldog, illicit payments and words like bung, cheat and dishonest the tax evasion trial of Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is as dramatic as Sunday’s 2-3 Premier League loss to Manchester City. Yesterday, the trial’s
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      834 11  -  He’s not what he was before, but his court stats continue to amaze ATTHEOPEN AUSTRALIAN OPEN BY ROHIT BRIJNATH stsports@sph.com.sg MELBOURNE: Overcome by the nuance of Roger Federer’s play and perplexed by his polished sleight of hand, the vocabulary of onlookers tends to fail. Of
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      495 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS MELBOURNE: Caroline Wozniacki lost more than just her Australian Open quar-ter-final match against Kim Clijsters. She is also guaranteed to lose the No. 1 ranking she has held for nearly 67 weeks when the new list comes out on Monday. Yet, it may
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      465 11 REUTERS MELBOURNE: Russian Ekaterina Makarova was scared stiff the first time she played Serena Williams but it was a different story in Monday’s shock thrashing of the American. Makarova’s 6-2, 6-3 fourth-round win in their second match made her only the fifth woman from outside
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      156 11 Today Basketball NBA: Indiana v Orlando (Live, StarHub Ch216, 8am). Football African Cup of Nations, Gp E: Libya v Zambia (midnight), Equatorial Guinea v Senegal (tomorrow, 2.30am) Live, StarHub Ch205. League Cup s-final, 2nd leg: Liverpool v Manchester City (Live, mio TV Ch112, tomorrow, 3.40am). Tennis Australian
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      252 11 REUTERS MELBOURNE: Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm has some simple advice for Kei Nishikori as he prepares for his Australian Open quarter-final against world No. 4 Andy Murray today: Concentrate only on what you can do on court. And enjoy it. Nishikori is the current standard
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      276 11 Basketball NBA Philadelphia 103 Washington 83, Boston Celtics 87 Orlando Magic 56, Chicago 110 New Jersey 95, Atlanta 97 Milwaukee 92, Houston 107 Minnesota 92, San Antonio 104 New Orleans 102, Oklahoma City 99 Detroit 79, Dallas 93 Phoenix 87, Portland 101 Sacramento 89, Memphis 91 Golden State 90.
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      746 12 Despite injuries, Boston match club record for fewest points allowed ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON: The Boston Celtics’ injuries did not affect what coach Doc Rivers always wants solid defence. Paul Pierce and former Magic forward Brandon Bass each scored 19 points to carry the injury-riddled Celtics to an 87-56
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      438 12 REUTERS VALENCIA: Kimi Raikkonen’s Formula One comeback picked up speed in Valencia on Monday when the Finn, returning with Lotus, tested a grand prix car for the first time since 2009. The “Iceman”, a 2007 world champion with Ferrari and winner of
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        56 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS MILAN: AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been voted the Serie A player of last year by his fellow players, and the club’s Massimilliano Allegri won the best coach award. Udinese were voted the club of the year, while Alessandro del Piero
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        55 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has lifted its suspension of 35 athletes, including double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, following a meeting. The ban was imposed last week after athletes failed to turn up for a training camp for the London Olympics following an abysmal showing
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        48 12 BLOOMBERG INDIANAPOLIS: At least one ticket to the Feb 5 Super Bowl rematch between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots has sold for US$11,883 (S$15,200) the highest price so far in the resale market. The average price is US$4,054.
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      413 12 REUTERS ADELAIDE: After another embarrassing day of test cricket, India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin insisted his side were not fazed by Australia amassing 335-3 and were plain unlucky instead. Captains past and present, Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, scored centuries as Australia laid the foundation for
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      183 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COLOMBO: Tillakaratne Dilshan has resigned as Sri Lanka’s cricket captain in all three forms of the game following the team’s disastrous tour of South Africa. Former skipper Mahela Jayawardene has been reappointed to the role. South African Graham Ford has also been
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      255 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS STATE COLLEGE (Pennsylvania): Students of Pennsylvania State University laid flowers and lit candles on Monday as they mourned the death of Joe Paterno, who won more games than any other US college football coach but saw his legacy tarnished by a
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      47 7 PLUGGING THE HOLES Boston Celtics overcome injury crisis to restrict and then repel Orlando. B12 BY THE NUMBERS Roger Federer stacks up the statistics at the Australian Open. B11 Read it in tomorrow REDUCE GLARE WITH FROSTED GLASS SHADE Ageing eyes can see better with less glare
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      84 13 *9 3 For the loved ones whom you remember. “In Memoriam” BEATS CLASSIFIED PI -V VM: r ix_- Ofe Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are
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      51 14 "In memoriam" is for the loved ones whom you remember... A 3 Obituaries For enquiries, call 1800-289-9988 (office hours) 6319-5192 (after office hours) Bookings made after office hours for next day's publication are subject to space availability. Online advertisement booking for condolences: cat scu 11 n te r@sph .com.sg WATS
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      186 15 Memory wanders as shadows fall Bach to the days of h appiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. o>. m B ecause love never axes. Ji. It has teen sai
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      745 18  -  Analysts predict weak showing in various sectors BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg ANALYSTS expect lacklustre numbers from companies this reporting season, with many tipping that the slowing economy will have an impact on bottom lines. Profit increases could be less common than a year ago,
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        834 16  -  Social networking site Clozette provides space for people to share ideas BY JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg REUNIONS of old colleagues usually involve lots of reminiscing over drinks but occasionally they spark bold new ventures as the founders of online fashion social networking site Clozette demonstrate.
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        1241 16  -  BY GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT US-BASED tech start-up Evernote which has already proved to be a big hit with Singapore consumers wants to reinvent the way people remember. Have you ever looked at a business card and tried to recall where you met the person?
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      456 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve dived into the unknown yesterday with a two-day policy meeting that will provide an interest rate forecast to markets for the first time. No change in the Fed’s current key ultra-low interest rate is expected.
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      478 17 BLOOMBERG REUTERS WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund yesterday cut its forecast for global growth and warned that the European debt crisis threatens to derail the world economy. “The epicentre of the danger is Europe but the rest of the world is increasingly
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      260 17 TAKING PULSE WITH ANDY MUKHERJEE Last month, the European Central Bank gave overstretched banks in the euro zone a tempting deal: Three-year loans at just 1 per cent a year. The idea was that banks will use the ultra-cheap, long-term funds to
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      92 1 CPART The name game Anuar Zain on why all his albums Organic work WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 2012 Be hypnotised by Danny Yung’s Cultural Revolution C8 are self-titled C6 Few visit moving scroll exhibit C9 Disappointing turnout In Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, the animated cast travel through Europe as part
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        1865 2  -  Life! predicts this year’s 10 top-grossing movies by looking at last year’s box-office champs boon chan media correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg Past performance is the best indicator of future results. This old human resources saying could well be applied to how movies fare at the box office. So before Life!
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        653 4  -  George Clooney is in the race for Oscars with his heartfelt performance as an unglamorous dad reviewdrama THE DESCENDANTS (NC16) 115 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Lawyer Matt King (George Clooney) has to deal with a double whammy. His wife Elizabeth (Patricia Hastie) is in a coma and he
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          256 4  -  I LOVE HONG KONG 2012 (PG13) 97 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ Boon Chan While last year’s I Love Hong Kong was an affectionate celebration of the ties that bind, this year’s follow-up is a more generic comedy with a mixed bag of jokes. Of the cast from last year, Stanley
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          190 4  -  THE MONK (M18) 101 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ Dave Chua Set in 17th-century Spain and based on a 18th-century gothic novel, The Monk features French actor Vincent Cassel (above), who has starred in Black Swan and Ocean’s Twelve. Unfortunately, while he gives a commendable performance, director Dominik Moll is unable
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        418 4 Associated Press Reuters Los Angeles The Artist followed its Golden Globe win by taking top honours at the Producers Guild Awards last Saturday, as the silent black-and-white French film continues its unlikely run towards Oscar night. The comedy, starring Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, is a
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        941 5  -  Eight classics from the country will be screened here in the first bilateral film exchange kenneth goh kengohsz@sph.com.sg Eight classic Mexican films from the 1930s to 1960s will be screened at the National Museum as part of the first bilateral film exchange programme between Singapore and
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        656 11 Documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry which premiered at Sundance humanises the artist Reuters Park City, Utah A new documentary film offers a glimpse into the life of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, conveying a creative, brave yet humble man who has become more cautious following
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        493 11 Associated Press Park City, Utah Peter Jackson is making his hobbits and dwarves march double time in his The Lord Of The Rings prequel, which he is shooting in a faster film speed than the Hollywood standard. He hopes the 48-frames-a-second rate twice the 24
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      132 6 ‘I trust people too easily. But I can’t not do that because losing that feeling of trust is the most fearful and pitiable thing’ Actress Zhou Xun (right) ‘It did sit on the kitchen table for a bit and everyone was interested for a couple of
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      682 6  -  Malaysian singer names his albums after himself instead of songs to avoid offending composers eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg Anuar Zain, one of the most popular solo male crooners in Malaysia, cannot write a tune to save his life and he knows it. “Sometimes I
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      334 6 Associated Press Paris Preparing the biggest homecoming yet of its kind, the authorities in New Zealand on Monday received 20 ancestral heads of Maori ethnic people once held in several French museums as a cultural curiosity. French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand and New Zealand’s ambassador presided
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      639 7  -  The third Austrian Wine Festival will be the biggest yet, featuring dinners at more than 20 eateries rebecca lynne tan rltan@sph.com.sg The Austrian Wine Festival returns next month, and the third instalment of the monthlong festival will be its biggest yet. Wine and food connoisseurs can
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      453 7 Chicago Starbucks Corp, which sells the coffee that helps many Americans get wound up for their day, is offering more of their customers a way to wind down. The world’s biggest coffee chain plans to sell beer and wine in as many as 12
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      701 8  -  Hong Kong’s Danny Yung draws from the novel One Hundred Years Of Solitude to create theatre corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg The Cultural Revolution and Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece, One Hundred Years Of Solitude, have more in common than you might think. For 30 years, Hong
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      421 8  -  adeline chia The principle goes that teachers should lead by example and the members of Beijing’s Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra are great proponents of this principle. The 10 players in the three-year-old Chinese orchestra are all professors or teachers in the China Conservatory, which is
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      798 9  -  With two weeks to go, the digital recreation of a Song dynasty painting fails to draw a crowd denise cheong cdenise@sph.com.sg A$12-million exhibition of a digital interpretation of an 11th-century Song dynasty scroll painting now in Singapore sounds like an ideal show to catch
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      439 9  -  chen shanshan Cultural Medallion recipient Tay Chee Toh, 70, is known for his paintings and sculptures, and he combines the two mediums in a spectacular new art installation, Voyage Of The East. The installation, made up of more than 100 pieces of painted metal plates and
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      1131 10  -  TV food celeb’s diabetes shows perils of on-screen indulgence minus the off-screen restraint frank bruni New York Times The people who invite us to wallow in food seldom remind us to beware. In the pages of their gorgeously illustrated cookbooks or on their delectably
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      739 10 New York Times New York Julie Sahni vividly remembers the first time she had to eat with utensils. Sahni, a New York-based cookbook author and cooking teacher, grew up in India eating the traditional way, with her right hand. Then, in college, she
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      401 12 John Galliano’s right hand man, Bill Gaytten, shows technical mastery at Christian Dior’s spring haute couture collection International Herald Tribune Paris The black and white, filmic Christian Dior haute couture show on Monday marked nearly a year since John Galliano left the brand in disgrace. But Bernard Arnault,
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      406 12 Agence France-Presse New York Times Jaipur, India British author Salman Rushdie was to address an Indian literary event by video link yesterday after he was forced to pull out in person, organisers said. A free-speech controversy has raged at the Jaipur Literature
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        395 14 Hong Kong Heavenly Queen Faye Wong has been dubbed a “former immortal”, after she sounded less than divine performing at the most-watched television event in China on Chinese New Year’s Eve. Weeks after singing off-key at a Hunan TV countdown concert, she crooned Because Of
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          80 14 Hollywood’s award season is going to linger on through April Fool’s Day this year. Organisers of the Razzies, the spoof of the Oscars, have changed the schedule for their nominations and prize ceremony. The Razzies used to announce contenders the night before the Oscar nominations.
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          72 14 This is why Hollywood keeps churning out sequels. The fourth movie in the Underworld vampire series, Underworld Awakening, was an easy No. 1 at the North American box office over the weekend, taking in about US$25.4 million (S$32.2 million) despite winter storms that
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          73 14 30 Rock cast member Tracy Morgan, 43, has been released from hospital after collapsing during the Sundance Film Festival. His publicist said he suffered from exhaustion and altitude sickness in Park City, a ski resort where the elevation is 2,140m. The actor posted a
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          43 14 Yoko Ono, Debbie Harry, Jackson Browne and Willie Nelson are among dozens of artists contributing to Occupy This Album to raise money for the Occupy Wall Street movement against economic inequality. The album will be released in spring.
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        315 14 Associated Press Agence France-Presse New York Singer Seal and supermodel Heidi Klum (both below) have announced that their storybook marriage is coming to the end. In a statement on Sunday night, they announced their separation after rumours swirled over the weekend that a divorce was
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        223 14 Associated Press New York “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin has called off her engagement. A statement released on Monday by her representative said her wedding to fiance Willie Wilkerson, 65, was not going to happen. “Will and I have decided we were moving a little too
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          108 5 Moving up three spots, Google has claimed top spot in Fortune magazine’s list of the 100 Best Companies To Work For in the United States. Fortune noted that employees of the search giant raved about the companies mission, culture and perks. Google offers its employees
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          66 5 Blizzard, the makers of the highly anticipated Diablo 3, has confirmed that this role-playing game will be available on consoles. Blizzard community manager Micah Whiple broke the news via Twitter but did not mention any specific platforms or a release date. Rumours of console versions
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          78 5 Researchers at IBM have successfully created a data bit using only 12 atoms. They believe it is the world’s smallest magnetic memory bit. Currently, it takes over a million atoms to store a bit on a modern hard disk. They believe the breakthrough opens up
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          61 5 Tech giant Apple has announced a new range of tools and services it claims will “reinvent the textbook”. It aims to drive the use of digital textbooks in the classroom by making it easier for publishers to create interactive titles. Leading names in educational resources have
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          80 5 Eastman Kodak (below) has announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 business reorganisation in New York. The once-dominant imaging giant has secured a US$950 million (S$1.21 billion) 18-month loan from Citigroup to keep it going. Its chairman and chief executive Antonio M. Perez said: “The
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          69 5 Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has quit all his posts in the company and stepped down from its board. His resignation comes two weeks after the company hired former PayPal executive Scott Thomson to be its new chief executive. Mr Yang, who also quit the boards
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          59 5 One of the world’s largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload, has been shut down by the United States federal authorities and its founders charged with violating anti-piracy laws. Copyright owners have accused the site of costing them more than $500 million (S$637 million) in lost revenue. The news comes
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          80 5  -  Compiled by Ng Zhong Wei Local telco M1 has introduced iPhone 4 and 4S models without cameras for national servicemen. The phones were modified to conform with Minstry of Defence regulations barring cameras in army camps. Prices listed by M1 for these modified phones are
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        7198 6  -  After research and fan nominations, we present 48 great free software filed into eight categories Tan Chong Yaw cytan @sph. com. sg Freeware is software that is absolutely free yet packed with great value. We scoured the Internet. We researched. We asked you, DL
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        828 15  -  So you’ve seen the top 48 freeware for PCs. But wait, you have a Mac? No problem, NG ZHONG WEI shows you 10 free software for the Apple computer NG ZHONG WEI zhongwei@sph.com.sg 1SoundCloudAspiring musicians looking for a platform to distribute their creations,
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