The Straits Times, 2 February 2012

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  • 20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 2012 sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • INSIDE 106 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS
    • 63 1 WORKERS’ Party MP Yaw Shin Leong appeared in a public setting last night for the first time, since news of his alleged extra-marital affair with a party member broke. But he continued to keep mum about the allegation, saying: “I have already said my piece,
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    • 50 1 Young jobless in Europe JOBLESSNESS among young people remains a mounting concern in the European Union. Research shows that while overall unemployment in the 17-member euro zone was at 10.4 per cent in December last year, the rate for those under 25 was at 22 per cent. LPRIME PAGE A8
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    • 59 1 A HOLIDAYMAKER ended up with with a $300 bill after leaving her car at Changi Airport’s Budget Terminal for more than four days. Housewife Amanda Goh, 43, had to pay the hefty fee as a $20 cap on charges was lifted last August to discourage visitors
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    • 37 1 DUTCH hockey star Taeke Taekema (left), one of the sport’s top setpiece specialists, has been roped in to help Singapore realise their dreams of qualifying for the London Olympics. LSPORT PAGE B11
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  • 560 1  -  More trains and new signalling systems will help cut waiting times BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg CONTRACTS worth more than $600 million have been awarded by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and train operator SMRT as part of efforts to improve train services
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  • 68 1 Mr Ken Grenda (centre) and his sons Geoff and Scott decided to share a large chunk of profits when they sold their Melbourne-based bus company paying out A$15 million (S$20 million) in bonuses to their 1,800 staff to thank them for their years of loyalty.
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  • 618 1  -  BY ELIZABETH SOH AMELIA TAN HUI FANG THE number of prison inmates has fallen for the third year in a row thanks to a move to rehabilitate rather than imprison, where possible. Also, more inmates are securing jobs before their release, giving a boost
    ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG  -  618 words
  • 785 1  -  BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT A BUOYANT property market and strong corporate earnings will boost the Government’s revenues for the last financial year beyond earlier forecasts, say analysts. And this will give it the extra cushion needed to boost infrastructure spending or deal with a
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 71 2 WE SAY The PUB has declared it will spend around $750 million over the next five years on 20 drainage projects. These shorter term moves must be complemented by measures for the longer term, including a broadening of flood-risk calculations such as factoring in the effect that
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      • 55 2 COLUMNS The rise of the “blended family” where a couple has at least one child not born to both of them is no bad thing, says Andy Ho, as research demonstrates that children do better when they live with married parents, whether or not everyone is biologically
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      • 54 2 A quick online search for information about The Hunger Games, the teen novel she had just read, plunged Tan Shzr Ee into the universe of fandom and opened her eyes to a world in which viral movements on the Internet have let many different voices blossom.
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      • 49 2 OUR READER SAYS While disappointed with the way in which French club Etoile withdrew from the S-League, Tan Heng Choon says there is still time for its officials to leave a positive legacy but only if they start acting responsibly. L FORUM PAGE A29
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    • 950 2  -  Its evasiveness on shifts in stance, MP’s alleged affair dull its 2011 glory BY CHUA LEE HOONG POLITICAL EDITOR leehoong@sph.com.sg OH, HOW the halo is losing its shine. Nine months ago, in the eyes of many Singaporeans hungry for political rebalancing, the Workers’ Party (WP)
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  • prime.news
    • 729 3  -  Those placed in the six homes will receive specialised attention BY CHERYL ONG JANICE TAI ongyiern@sph.com.sg jantai@sph.com.sg A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy was admitted to a children’s home malnourished, neglected and abused. Traumatised by his experiences, he was unable to speak or walk properly. But
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    • 303 3  -  JANICE TAI THE Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is looking at ways to prepare youngsters for life after being in a children’s home. One way might be to let them stay in a hostel to ease their transition from the homes
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    • 783 4  -  Hougang residents supportive of WP MP’s work BY ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Rachel Chang WORKERS’ Party MP Yaw Shin Leong resumed his Meet-the-Peo-ple Session (MPS) at his Hougang ward last night, appearing in a public setting for the first time
      ST PHOTO: TED CHEN  -  783 words
    • 790 6  -  BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: A giant green locust perched atop a hill looks down ominously at the Fragrant Harbour. Six Chinese characters, each 2.5cm high and rendered in white against a black background, declare that the city is at the end
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    • 848 6  -  BY CHUA CHIN HON U.S. BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney reclaimed his front-runner status following a resounding victory in Florida, though his three rivals pledged to drag out the increasingly bitter nomination race for several more months. Two
      PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  848 words
    • 803 8 Record-high euro zone unemployment as govts cut spending, hike taxes ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG LONDON: Only a few months ago, aggressive austerity programmes were seen as the essential prescription for the debt-strapped euro zone. Now the same belt-tightening measures spending cuts and tax hikes
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG  -  803 words
    • 437 8 LONDON: Joblessness among young people remains a mounting worry in the European Union (EU), with research showing they now have the highest jobless rate within the bloc. Research shows that overall unemployment in the 17-member euro zone held at 10.4 per cent in December, while in
      PHOTO: REUTERS  -  437 words
    • 593 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE: When workers in an Australian bus company checked their bank accounts after payday this week, they thought there was a mistake. Instead of their usual salaries, they got hundreds or thousands of dollars more. Some had A$30,000
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: NEWSPIX  -  593 words
    • 641 11  -  CIMB leads group set to bail out troubled venture BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: A troubled oil terminal project in Johor is set to get a financial lifeline from a consortium led by its main banker, state-controlled CIMB Bank, and
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    • 459 11 MANILA: Philippine-South Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. Mr Benigno Aquino III, the bachelor president of the Philippines, told reporters yesterday that, yes, he is dating again. “Well, we’re seeing each other, okay?” the Filipino leader, who turns 52 next week,
      PHOTOS: THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, REUTERS  -  459 words
    • 424 12  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA TEMASEK Holdings non-executive director Hsieh Fu Hua, 61, has left the board of the Singapore investment company. His exit, effective yesterday, comes just four months after he left as Temasek’s president. Temasek’s brief statement yesterday gave no reasons for his departure from
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    • 771 12 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: The children at Miramonte Elementary School never complained about their third-grade teacher. When he blindfolded them, taped their mouths shut, placed live cockroaches on their faces, and even fed some of them his semen,
      NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTOS: REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  771 words
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  • WORLD.
    • 959 13  -  Volunteers sweep for traps set by tyre repairmen BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: As if fighting the daily menace of jams was not frustrating enough, drivers in Indonesia’s capital now have yet another thing to worry about nail traps. Thousands of
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    • 96 13 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Parasitic twin found in Peru toddler’s stomach L US woman gives birth to 6.2kg baby boy naturally L Afghan man kills wife for giving birth to 3rd daughter More Forum letters
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    • world.regional
      • 735 14  -  Safety requirements imposed but Kuantan residents vow to continue protest against facility BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has granted a controversial rare earth plant in Kuantan a temporary operating licence, despite strident protests by residents and green groups
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      • 401 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday moved to try and calm a rising tide of labour unrest by saying minimum wages must increase to match economic growth and better reward workers. His remarks came as further evidence emerged of
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      • 511 18 Leaked Nato report says militants defiant, have wide support of Afghans AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON: The Taleban in Afghanistan is being directly assisted by the Pakistani security services, said a secret Nato report that was seen by the Times newspaper and BBC. The leaked
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      • 316 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced 10 Islamic extremists to jail terms of between five and eight years over a suicide bomb attack on a police mosque last April. Tried separately, all 10 were sentenced for their parts in the suicide attack
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  316 words
      • 417 18 NEW YORK TIMES KABUL: The anticipated withdrawal of most international forces is still two years away, but Afghans who have depended on the decade-old foreign presence for their livelihood are already feeling tremors as the first troops leave and spending and aid money dries up.
        NEW YORK TIMES  -  417 words
      • 647 19  -  Rafale is lowest-priced in shortlist for the 126-aircraft contract BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: India is poised to hand France the hottest deal going in fighter aircraft contracts as it diversifies its air force weaponry, a move likely
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      • 738 20 Wukan villagers turn up in full force to select election committee REUTERS XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WUKAN (China): Thousands of residents of a restive village in southern China cast their ballots yesterday, participating in what they called their first “transparent, open and fair” elections,
        REUTERS; XINHUA; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  738 words
      • 671 20  -  BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: To push their demands for more local autonomy and other reforms, three small political par- ties, including one to be formed by outspoken Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, are banding together to create a third
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      • 536 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China said yesterday that 25 Chinese workers, kidnapped by Egyptian Bedouins demanding the release of their relatives, had been freed. The incident comes days after 29 Chinese nationals in Sudan were captured by rebels who attacked their
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    • world.international
      • 558 21 Skyscraper being built in New York is now world’s most expensive new office block ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: At 10 years in the making, One World Trade Center, the skyscraper that is being constructed at New York City’s Ground Zero, is now the most expensive
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      • 295 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BUCHAREST: A former Romanian diplomat charged with manslaughter after a deadly 2009 car crash in Singapore yesterday called for a new Romanian witness to testify in court. Silviu Ionescu told the court that the head of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  295 words
      • 1212 22  -  Some Iranian officials more open to making an attack if threat is perceived, he says BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: Iran is likely to launch attacks on US territory if it feels threatened, one of America’s chief spymasters warned. Mr
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      • 55 22 Iran marked the anniversary of its Islamic revolution as women visited the shrine of its revered leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (top) at the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Teheran, yesterday, while current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (above) prayed at his tomb on Tuesday. PHOTOS: REUTERS, AGENCE
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      • 507 22 REUTERS BLOOMBERG UNITED NATIONS: Russia and China warned Western and Arab nations against meddling in the internal affairs of Syria, saying that the crisis can be resolved only through dialogue. United Nations Security Council members are expected to vote on the issue on
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      • 564 25 Thousands of ducks, chickens, birds destroyed in Australia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS XINHUA SYDNEY: Flu fears sparked off fresh global alarm yesterday, resulting in the culling of thousands of birds from Australia to Sri Lanka. Some 24,000 Australian ducks were
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      • 331 25  -  BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT OIL giant ExxonMobil has denied links to an international corruption scandal that has rocked the oil and gas industry and resulted in four men being jailed in Britain. Briton Andrew Rybak, 56, and Belgian Philip Hammond, 58, were convicted
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    • world.at a glance
      • 143 26 A Ukrainian man, covered with a makeshift tent of plastic sheeting for protection from the wind and cold, fishes through an ice hole on the Dnipro river outside Cherkasy, central Ukraine. The death toll from a severe cold spell in eastern and
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      • 332 26 SLICEOFLIFE NEW YORK TIMES SODETO: All but one of 70 households in a Spanish village have a piece of a winning ticket in a lottery’s huge first prize, US$950 million (S$1.2 billion), the biggest ever. Some of Sodeto’s residents, mostly farmers and unemployed construction
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 96 26 JAKARTA: The Indonesian government will begin this year a feasibility study for a 30km bridge to span the Sunda Strait, a top official said yesterday. The planned 125 trillion rupiah (S$17.5 billion) bridge is to connect Java and Sumatra islands, the two most populous islands of Indonesia.
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        • 119 26 LONDON: A 2,500kg German satellite came within minutes of crashing into Beijing, the European Space Agency has disclosed. New calculations by the agency show that if the Rosat satellite had remained aloft for just seven more minutes after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere last October, it would have
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        • 131 26 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will install high-tech scanners capable of detecting bank notes in luggage at all entry and exit points in the country to curb the illegal outflow of money in billions of ringgit. Customs deputy director-general Zainul Abidin Taib said seven
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        • 88 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: Two European birdwatchers and their Filipino guide were abducted yesterday in the remote southern Philippines where militants frequently kidnap foreigners to extort ransoms, the authorities said. Gunmen seized the men, including a Dutch and a Swiss, on a tiny island that is part of the
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        • 138 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: Russian strongman Vladimir Putin yesterday refused to rule out a run-off in March presidential polls where he will seek a third Kremlin term, but warned a second round risked causing instability. “I understand that a second round run-off is possible, according to the
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        • 81 26 REUTERS YANGON: Myanmar agreed to a ceasefire with ethnic Mon separatists yesterday, a peace mediator said, the latest in a series of tentative peace deals sought by the new government. The ceasefire between the army and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) was the seventh such agreement between
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        • 103 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: A British court has ruled that private investigator Glenn Mulcaire must reveal who ordered him to hack phones, but his lawyer said he will appeal against that ruling. Actor Steve Coogan is suing Mr Mulcaire and Rupert Murdoch’s News International after being told
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 420 27 RESPONDING to public concerns over flash floods, national water agency PUB has announced it will spend about $750 million over the next five years on 20 drainage improvement projects. The capacity of six major canals will be increased by a significant 30 per cent to 45 per
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    • 1194 27  -  BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI The writer was the national security adviser under former US president Jimmy Carter. WASHINGTON POST NOT so long ago, a high-rank-ing Chinese official who had obviously concluded that America’s decline and China’s rise were both inevitable, noted in a
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    • 694 27 ASIA NEWS NETWORK TAIWAN’S first four-year Legislative Yuan opened yesterday. Altogether 113 parliamentarians will be meeting for four years rather than three, as in the past, to tackle the increasingly tough job of legislating for the common good of
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    • review.
      • 826 28  -  BY ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg THE rise of “blended” families is a little-noticed trend in family formation here that bears more study. This is where a couple have at least one child not born to both of them. Over time, an increasing
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      • 940 28  -  BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg A HINT from Germany that fiscally incontinent Greece needs a “budget nanny” has left European politicians aghast. The idea that the government in Athens accepts an outside overseer that can veto its taxation policies and
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      • 788 28  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg ARMS proliferation networks are increasingly adopting techniques pioneered by drug trafficking organisations, a comprehensive new study from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) has found. More startling still, though maritime vessels central to this trade
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    • forum.
      • 240 29  -  Foo-Wu Wen Chee (Mrs) Deputy Director (Consumer Price Index) Department of Statistics MR TANG Jingwei suggested that the Department of Statistics consider adding a housing price index as part of the formulation for consumer price index (“Still paying so...”; Tuesday). The consumer
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      • MY POINT
        • 115 29 “This is retrogressive.” MR ALBERT TYE: “The state of affairs at Hainan Hwee Kuan is regrettable (‘Clan’s dinner row a misunderstanding: VP’; Tuesday). This is retrogressive of the association and runs contrary to its objectives. It is imperative that those involved are reminded of the purposes of clan
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        • 196 29 “The current system continues to be relevant.” MR KOH WEE SING, Head, Public and Internal Communications, Corporate Communications Division, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority: “The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has previously considered suggestions to remove the address field from the national registration identity card (NRIC), but has
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        • 183 29 “We are continually improving our forecasting capabilities.” MS PATRICIA EE, Director, Weather Services Department, Meteorological Service Singapore: “We thank Mr Yeo Choon Seng for his feedback (‘Weather: Advance information should be updated frequently instead of giving long-term predictions’; Saturday). The Meteorological Service Singapore’s short-term weather forecasts are updated
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      • 366 29  -  S-LEAGUE QUITTERS Tan Heng Choon I APPLAUD the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) for putting in place a scheme whereby it could, at its discretion, request foreign clubs to furnish a performance bond which can then be drawn upon should the club default on payments (“Did Etoile
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      • 172 29 “FAS needs to engage new talent to make the difference.” MR ANG CHIN GUAN: “The entry of Singapore’s LionsXII into the Malaysian Super League soccer competition is exciting for fans on both sides of the Causeway hoping to reignite the heady days of the Malaysia Cup (‘One
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      • 213 29  -  K. Kesavapany President Singapore Indian Association DR KEN Kwok’s sentiments (“War monument: A memorial to the Indian National Army in this vicinity disrespects those who died fighting the Japanese”; Tuesday) are understandable. The atrocities committed by the Japanese during their wartime occupation of
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      • 88 29 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR AMARINDER SINGH: Law admissions and the privileged 2 MS JEAN GAN: Unfair policy against external law grads 3 MR SIM KOK CHWEE: Airshow’s promising sign 4 MR CHUE CHOON WAI: Pasir Ris sidewalks good for cyclists, not for pedestrians 5 MR MOHAMMAD
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    • 671 1  -  No $20 cap on charges, unlike at other Changi terminals, because of fewer parking spaces BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg THE flight was budget, and so was the terminal. But holidaymaker Amanda Goh ended up with a parking bill that was sky-high. The housewife
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    • 101 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L NSF got underage girlfriend pregnant again after getting out of jail L Teen gets probation for oral sex with girl L Woman gets 12 months’ probation for sex with own father
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    • 513 2  -  They pledge operations won’t be affected, amid ongoing graft probe BY LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg THE new chiefs of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) yesterday pledged that their operations will not be affected, amid the intense public scrutiny
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    • 586 2  -  BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT TWO friends who allegedly went on an eight-hour drinking binge to celebrate one’s promotion have ended up on opposite sides of a High Court suit. Mr Hanrence Loo, 25, was a passenger in a car driven by Mr Yaw
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    • 316 2  -  LESLIE KAY LIM A YOUNG doctor who got his friend to do night shifts for him has been censured by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC). Dr Ho Mien, now 35, had a friend take two of his night shifts in 2008, claimed
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    • 565 2  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH A FORMER MediaCorp actor was acquitted yesterday of cheating two men of donations totalling $195,000, in connection with a charity football match he organised three years ago. Delivering her judgment yesterday, District Judge Wong Choon Ning said the prosecution had failed
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      • 1160 4  -  Young Singaporeans lack drive, some CEOs told Education Minister Heng Swee Keat. While the definition of ‘drive’ is debatable, attitudes have definitely changed, say employers BY NG KAI LING STACEY CHIA kailing@sph.com.sg staceyc@sph.com.sg EVEN before he graduated from university, Mr Lawrence Kim was already running a
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      • 349 4  -  STACEY CHIA ASK 26-year-old Kenneth Li if young Singaporeans lack drive, and he will say that yes, some do. “Many of them are from well-to-do families and have not experienced hardship, so they tend to take the easy way out most of the
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      • 324 4 EMPLOYERS here think young Singaporeans need more drive and the confidence to venture out of their comfort zones. Education Minister Heng Swee Keat got this feedback at a meeting he had with a group of chief executive officers earlier this week. He used this
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      • 376 4 DO YOUNG Singaporeans lack drive? Sarah Giam asked some students the question yesterday. L Third-year film and media studies student Foo Yong Chee, 20, from Ngee Ann Polytechnic “I define drive as doing something greater than yourself... Singapore students have no drive... We are not committed
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    • 527 6  -  End of incentive scheme, staff shortage cited as reasons BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg THE number of local workers going for training fell to a seven-year low last year, according to a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) survey. Only 27 per cent received training
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    • 275 6  -  TAY SUAN CHIANG SINGAPORE faces a shortage of bus drivers, the Public Transport Council (PTC) said yesterday. Unless transport operators can attract more recruits, they may not be able to put enough buses on the roads, said PTC chairman Gerard Ee. “Finding enough
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    • 444 6  -  BY HUANG LIJIE TWO Teochew bodies yesterday sought to clear the air over the formation of a new Teochew Federation. But what emerged was that they do not see eye to eye on the issue. On one side is the 83-year-old Teochew Poit Ip Huay
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    • 372 6 VETERAN opposition leader Chiam See Tong yesterday issued a personal statement to rebut charges levelled against him and his Singapore People’s Party (SPP) by six members who resigned last Friday. Mr Chiam, 76, who is secretary-general of the SPP, said that some of the
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    • 288 7 A SALES and marketing supervisor was yesterday fined $7,000 and banned from driving for five years for causing the death of a motorcyclist. Myanmar national Thein Zaw, 35, pleaded guilty last month to causing the death of Mr Radha Krishnan Srinivasan. He failed
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    • 208 7 A RENOVATION worker was yesterday jailed for slashing a man who kept challenging him to an arm-wrestling match during a drinking session. Chong Seow Fook, 42, was jailed for six months for the attack in the void deck of Block 462, Choa Chu Kang Avenue
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    • 473 7  -  Industry has to manage growth while ensuring safety BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg MANAGING the continuing growth of air travel, but without compromising safety and security and inconveniencing passengers, will be a key challenge for the industry. This observation was made by the
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    • 858 8  -  Low use of drug here in palliative care compared with other countries BY POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg IT WAS not the cancer treatment that drove Mr Bernard Ng to depression, but the pain afterwards. At one point, the former police officer harboured suicidal thoughts
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    • 458 8  -  BY MELISSA PANG FOR the past 20 years, breast cancer survivor Khatijah Hassan has visited her doctor for yearly check-ups to ensure the disease has not made a comeback. The 58-year-old’s last two visits, however, have involved more than just that. After
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    • 9 7 thenewpaper Man with wallet fetish talks about his shame
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    • 560 9  -  Chairman rebuts claim that tennis event flop is to blame for club’s woes BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg IN THE latest chapter of the Etoile FC saga, it has emerged that at least part of the former S-League club’s money woes can be traced back to a
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    • 314 9  -  FABIUS CHEN HE WAS officially unveiled as a Home United player yesterday, but John Wilkinson is not yet eligible to play for the club. According to the 32-year-old, who signed a one-year deal with Home after leaving Thailand’s Police United, his International Transfer Certificate (ITC)
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    • 491 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS LONDON: In yet another twist in the title race, Darron Gibson put his former club Manchester United level at the top of the Premier League table by scoring the only goal in Everton’s 1-0 win over Manchester City on
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    • 312 9 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Sickness deprived Manchester United of David De Gea on Tuesday night, but it was Stoke City who were horribly off colour as the champions dispatched them with the minimum of fuss to close the gap at the
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    • 90 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Gary Speed may have killed self accidentally: Coroner L Drogba’s mum cooks up Ivorian favourites for fans L Former F1 driver Sutil convicted of hurting Renault team owner Get your free
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    • 627 10 Misfiring striker paves way for Liverpool, but it is Bellamy who stars THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Andy Carroll gave Liverpool a timely return on their investment on the anniversary of his £35 million (S$69.4 million) move to Anfield by opening the scoring in a
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    • 547 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SWANSEA (Wales): Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas hinted that Fernando Torres is running out of time to end his three-month goal drought after the £50 million (S$99 million) striker endured another goalless night at Swansea to go 1,074 minutes without scoring. It took
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    • 379 10 THE TIMES, LONDON REUTERS LONDON: Manchester City were left counting the cost of Carlos Tevez’s continued association with the club on Tuesday after AC Milan shelved their interest in the striker on transfer deadline day. With Tevez considering ending his near-three-month self-imposed exile
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    • 419 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: On his first appearance at White Hart Lane since his trial for tax evasion began, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was literally dancing with delight. Gareth Bale gave him reason to do so with a brace while Luka Modric added another, as
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    • 524 10 REUTERS SYDNEY: An extraordinary switch-hit six from David Warner and a Matt Wade half-century fired Australia to a 31-run victory over India in the first of two Twenty20 (T20) matches yesterday. The hosts’ tally of 171 for four proved too tough a
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    • 517 11  -  Drag-flick ace Taekema to help S’pore prepare for Olympic qualifiers BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg HOCKEY star Taeke Taekema has been roped in to boost Singapore’s prospects at this month’s Olympic qualifiers. The Dutch sensation considered one of the game’s top set-piece specialists will arrive this weekend
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    • 856 11  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg EPIC is a taut word but signifies something far longer and grander. Epic is Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, it is John Milton’s Paradise Lost, it is boxers from an ancient time who fought till one man
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    • 198 11 XINHUA ASSOCIATED PRESS COPENHAGEN: Former world No. 1 women’s tennis player Caroline Wozniacki has fired her coach following the loss of her top ranking, Danish media reported on Tuesday. Wozniacki, who was downgraded from first to fourth place in the WTA rankings on
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    • 159 11 Today Basketball NBA: Dallas v Oklahoma (Live, StarHub Ch202, 9am), Minnesota v Indiana (Live, Ch216, 9am). Golf Qatar Masters: Day 1 (Live, StarHub Ch213, 6pm). Phoenix Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch213 HD Ch255, tomorrow, 5am). Hockey Women’s Champions Trophy, Q-finals: Netherlands v New Zealand (11.30pm), Germany v
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    • 144 11 Basketball NBA Cleveland 90 Boston 93, Indiana 106 New Jersey 99, Toronto 77 Atlanta 100, New York 113 Detroit 86, Memphis 100 Denver 97 (OT), Golden State 93 Sacramento 90, LA Lakers 106 Charlotte 73. Cricket 1st T20 Int’l In Sydney: Australia 171-4. India 140-6. Aus win by 31
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    • 59 11 LAURA ROBSON (right), tennis player, on finding inspiration from darts ahead of Britain’s Fed Cup campaign. The 18-year-old believes
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      • 49 11 REUTERS LONDON: Chelsea football captain John Terry pleaded not guilty yesterday to racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match in October. Terry, who did not attend the court hearing in London, was represented by his lawyer.
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      • 52 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANCEVILLE (Gabon): Gabon sailed into the last eight of the African Nations Cup as the surprise Group C winner on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over Tunisia. In Group C’s other football game, Morocco, who are already out, salvaged some pride with a 1-0 win
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      • 69 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Teenage Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic, 19, will face court later this month after being charged with two traffic offences following a recent stand-off with police outside his home. He was fined twice in the space of an hour while driving his
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    • 261 12 REGISTRATION for the annual Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Schools Relay Championships opens today. The event in its 20th year will be held at the Bishan Stadium from March 10-11. The Championships comprise the 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m and 4x800m relays and will feature boys and girls
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    • 528 12 Reserves take charge as Bryant and Co sit out 4th quarter against Bobcats ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS LOS ANGELES: Having polished off the league’s worst team, the Los Angeles Lakers are turning their attention to a sore spot the road. Kobe Bryant scored 24 points as the Lakers
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      71 12 Singapore Slingers’ Donald Little (far right) battling Philippine team San Miguel Beermen’s Doug Thomson at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night. Slingers won 71-63 for a fourth straight Asean Basketball League victory. The pink jerseys the Slingers wore for the first time were auctioned off last night, with
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    • 300 12  -  BY CHAN U-GENE SINGAPORE Sports School (SSP) yesterday inked a four-year partnership agreement with 10 national sports associations (NSAs) to affirm their commitment in developing elite student-athletes. Eight of the NSAs renewed their previous agreements which were signed in 2007. The two new
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    • 144 11 SPORTS FIXTURES League I Home Team I Away Team I date/t" A League Adelaide Wellington Fri, 03/02/12 5.00pm For fixtures of oil Italian and German League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIREfMARINA BAY SANDS RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA) Italian League Novara Chievo Fri, 03/02/12 B.45am FOR FULL LIVE
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  • 837 12 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 PAGEB12 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 ROGER YUE YIT CHIN Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 31.1.2012 leaving behind loved
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    • 582 18  -  Unit of HK’s Swire Group has put in strong bid: Report BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg COURTS Asia, the largest consumer electronics retailer here with an extensive chain in Malaysia, is up for sale again and has attracted several bids. One bid has come from
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    • 442 18  -  BY MELISSA TAN FACTORY activity here was weaker than in major Asian economies last month, shrinking for a seventh straight month despite a return to expansion in the important electronics sector. The latest reading of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to
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    • 689 18 REUTERS BEIJING: Crumbling global demand restrained factory output in Asia and most of Europe last month, putting pressure on policymakers to shore up growth and counter a spreading malaise, data released yesterday showed. In contrast, the manufacturing sector in the United
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    • 102 18 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Cebu Pacific to launch long-haul flights beyond East Asia L US stocks dive on euro zone crisis fears L Honda out to shake up market with 1st jet next year More
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      • 485 14  -  Singapore market down a touch but trading volume remains high BULLS AND BEARS BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg POOR economic news from the United States and Hong Kong dampened optimism among local investors and sent the local bourse down a touch yesterday.
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        • 167 14 DEVELOPER Tuan Sing Holdings yesterday reported its fourth quarter net profit fell 34 per cent to $25.2 million, from a restated $38.3 million in the same period a year ago. But revenue for the three months to Dec 31 rose 16 per cent to $71.7 million. Profits
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        • 114 14 FIRST quarter distributable income for unit holders of Frasers Commercial Trust grew 21.7 per cent to $9.6 million, the manager of the real estate investment trust (Reit) said yesterday. Net property income for the three months to Dec 31 increased 7 per cent to $24.6 million. The
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        • 140 14 CH OFFSHORE’S net profit for the second quarter fell 18 per cent to US$7.68 million (S$9.64 million), while revenue fell 19 per cent to US$13.8 million. The sale of vessels to Indonesian associated companies and the difficulty in securing charter for one vessel resulted in a lower revenue
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        • 226 14 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 8,809.79 (+7.28) The Nikkei held on to recent gains, edging up 0.08 per cent and brushing off earnings from blue chips like Honda Motor that came in worse than expected. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Tuesday’s close: 1,521.29 (+7.74) Malaysia’s financial and commodity markets were closed
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          • 225 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 1,2012 Top Rises Feb 1 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 193.5 1.5 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 101.2 0.4 Feb 1 CENTS Lyxor LatinAmerica 1 795 39.0 4.1 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2881
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      • 515 15  -  Last year’s disaster cost tech firm $69.7 million; 1,250 workers affected BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg THE devastating floods that struck Thailand last year have forced Singaporelisted tech firm Stats ChipPAC to pull out of the country, it announced yesterday. The “painful but
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      • 301 15  -  ROBIN CHAN FORMER Ogilvy Singapore chairman Stephen Mangham has started his own ad agency, bagging a major client at the same time. Mr Mangham, 50, said the firm is opening with billings of more than $25 million, with Malaysian bank CIMB as its
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      • 342 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BRUSSELS: The European Commission (EC) vetoed yesterday a transatlantic tie-up of the Frankfurt and New York stock exchanges, a decision slammed here as “out of touch with reality” and marking a “dark day” for Europe. “Deutsche Boerse and NYSE
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    • 625 16  -  Singapore firm Anideo seeking funds to promote smartphone apps in US BY GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE technology start-up partially funded by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is bolstering its war chest and gearing up to promote its smartphone apps in the
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    • 343 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG TOKYO: Sony announced yesterday that Welsh-born American Howard Stringer is stepping down as its president and chief executive, giving way to games and music veteran Kazuo Hirai. Mr Hirai will take over on April 1, while Mr Stringer will become chairman of the
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    • 598 17  -  Lights turned off, bins removed one day after master tenant departs BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg BUSINESS operators at Turf City mall thought their problems were over when the High Court issued an injunction to let them keep trading during a month-long changeover of
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    • 105 1 Culture Vulture Pop art show More than 300 Andy Warhol works coming C3 Celebrating The Hunger Games fan The Collectors Show Private collections made public C10 C8 Keepingthe The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival this year addresses the theme of Art And Faith. ADELINE CHIA talks to the participating artists about
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      • 757 2  - No fancy sets just songs In spite of the gloomy prison setting, Irish opera singer Sinead Mulhern relishes the lead in Fidelio akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg The notion of gloomy stage-sets used to put off Irish soprano Sinead Mulhern from performing Beethoven’s opera Fidelio, which is set in a prison, but
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      • 836 2 Associated Press Florida Say goodbye to the twirling carousel, the classic cars, the pianos and jukeboxes. They are selling all the neon signs, slot machines, Tiffany lamps, antique guns and chandeliers. There will be no more rare organs or vintage gas pumps or
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      • 813 3  -  A retrospective of 300 works from March marks the 25th anniversary of Andy Warhol’s death deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Pop artist Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup-can series may be world famous but there is more to him than soup, as an exhibition at the ArtScience Museum sets out
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      • 369 3 Reuters London Christie’s shrugged off the euro zone crisis and slowing economic growth last year to post record revenues, selling art worth £3.6 billion (S$7.1 billion) or 9 per cent more than in 2010. The results were published on Tuesday, a week ahead of a key
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      • 912 4/5  -  A highlight in the M1 Singapore Fringe festival is Tongues, a play about faith and one’s sexual life adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg www.www.facebook.com/chiahta Tongues both a reference to an intense spiritual experience where people speak in a language unknown to them, and the name of a
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      • 447 4/5 GODDESS OF MERCY Walk into the living rooms of two very different families in a new installation art piece at The Substation Gallery. Titled Goddess Of Mercy, the project is by Singaporean photographer Alecia Neo, 26, and showcases two generations in two households. The first
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      • 358 4/5 FENG SHUI Collectors looking for pieces to hang in their houses have many considerations: Price, how much they identify with the art, its decorative value and how it fits into the design of their homes. But a little-acknowledged fact is that people also buy works
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      • 626 4/5 THE TRIPLE GEM Myanmar artist Htein Lin has been through more hardship and oppression in his 46 years than anyone should suffer in several lifetimes. The law graduate was a youth activist during Myanmar’s “democracy spring” in 1988, a movement that preceded the clampdown by the
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      • 523 4/5 IMAM HUSSEIN History is often used in art to illuminate the present, and Mexican theatre troupe Corposcopio Teatro invites people to think about violence with a historical play about a key figure in Islam. The play is titled Imam Hussein, which refers to Prophet Muhammad’s grandson,
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      • 685 4/5 Associated Press Seattle People are already joking it is a good thing the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation is not charging admission for its new visitor center, which showcases Bill Gates’ multibillion-dollar philanthropy, not his computers. But most people do not know what to expect from
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      • 1074 6  -  The Jaipur Literature Fest will be noted for the Rushdie controversy and the presence of Oprah deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Literary festivals are generally celebratory affairs of the written word modest in attitude, if not means and scale marked by occasional verbal spats which are
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      • 831 6 Associated Press Brno, Czech Republic It was completed in 1930, a Modernist masterpiece by legendary German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. But Villa Tugendhat’s early history was rocked by the turbulence of the 20th century: The Nazis seized it, then came World
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      • 681 7  -  Chinese orchestra music comes to your doorstep in a 23-day island-wide series of 44 shows corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg Chinese orchestra music will soon run through this town. The 23-day National Chinese Orchestra Marathon starts tomorrow as part of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s 15th anniversary celebrations, with
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      • 611 7 Agence France-Presse Johannesburg Renowned jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela and heavy metal in Botswana feature in Rolling Stone’s take on music in its new South African edition, which hopes to fill a conspicuously empty niche. The American title launched its latest international edition in
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      • 438 7 Associated Press Dana Point, California Legendary rocker Neil Young (below) took his campaign for higher-fidelity digital sound to the stage of a technology conference on Tuesday, saying a giant of the industry was on his side: the late Steve Jobs. Young said the
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      • 124 8 ‘She’s incredible. It’s crazy. Our son is at the Golden Globes, the Oscars, Super Bowl. We can’t get him on the phone anymore’ Actor Ted Danson (right), whose stepson, aspiring director Charlie McDowell, is the beau of Oscar-nominee Rooney Mara ‘If you don’t do it, someone
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      • 1077 8  -  For the Internet generation, it is never just enough to read the book and see the movie, as the online creative flurry over The Hunger Games shows culture vulture tan shzr ee stlife@sph.com.sg Just before Christmas, a friend tossed me a copy of Suzanne Collins’ surprise
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        • 97 8 Burmese artist Aung Kyaw Htet pays tribute to his Buddhist faith in Illuminations, an exhibition which highlights his intricate oil paintings with a contemporary twist. His works feature young Buddhist monks and nuns in Burma and he plays with different shades of grey. His paintings are priced
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        • 109 8 Asian contemporary art house Art Seasons, which first opened its doors in 2001, has a second gallery at Selegie Road. The first show at its new space at PoMo mall is a solo exhibition, called Ordinary People, by Korean artist Seong Tae Jin. His embossed
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        • 100 8 The month-long film series, But Is The Book Better, at The Arts House features some of the most well-known print-to-screen adaptations. These include Stephen King’s The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch (1991) by David Cronenberg, John O’Brien’s Leaving Las Vegas
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        • 97 8  -  Denise Cheong The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts will perform pieces from the Plum Dragon Hymn series, written by Singapore-born composer Jean Y. Foo. Conducting the orchestra for the first time is the academy’s head of orchestral studies and chamber music Lim Yau, who will
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      • 772 9  -  Artist Jason Wee was inspired to create his new installation after being away for 11/2 years deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg A small art gallery in the swanky Raffles Hotel has had passersby and visitors doing a double-take this week. Instead of paintings on the walls
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      • 353 9 Associated Press New York Birds are chirping, the grass is green and tea is being served amid blossoming bushes. Welcome to New York City in January, with a cure for cold-weather blues: a pop-up indoor park that is open until Valentine’s Day. Despite temperate temperatures
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      • 1039 10  - Chimera soars in myths illusions Singapore Art Museum’s well-curated show of art from private collectors focuses on artists who use mythology reviewart THE COLLECTORS SHOW: CHIMERA (ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS) Singapore Art Museum/Till March 25 lindy poh stlife@sph.com.sg Lindy Poh is an art curator and consultant. Museums are
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      • 402 10  -  reviewconcert CONCERTO COMPETITION PRIZEWINNERS’ CONCERT Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Conservatory Concert Hall/Tuesday chang tou liang For this reviewer, one of the highlights of the annual calendar is the pair of concerts given by the winners of the conservatory’s annual concerto competition accompanied by
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      • 398 12 Reuters Los Angeles Vanity Fair unveiled the cover of its annual Hollywood issue on Tuesday, featuring “fresh stars of 2012”, picked for the impact they made through movies, including Oscar-nominees Rooney Mara and Jessica Chastain. “We’re looking for actresses who are doing great work on the
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      • 504 12 New York Times New York Before he starts the second season of The X Factor, Simon Cowell is pressing the reset button. Cowell, the hard-to-please producer and judge of the singing competition on Fox, on Monday ousted two of the judges, Paula Abdul and
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        • 98 12 Actor-singer Aaron Kwok’s model girlfriend Lynn Hung (below) has denied rumours that they will wed in June in Australia. Ming Pao Daily News yesterday reported that Kwok has told his manager that he wants two weeks off in June to go overseas, while insisting
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        • 55 12 British chart-topper Adele, who had to cut her US tour dates late last year to undergo vocal cord microsurgery, will make her live comeback at the Feb 12 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, CBS said. Also appearing will be Coldplay, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Paul McCartney,
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        • 64 12 Director Martin Scorsese has won his fight for an awards nomination for Blackie, the canine star of his movie Hugo, in The Golden Collar Awards. He had complained at the weekend that the Doberman was left out of the nominees list. Contest organisers on Monday said
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        • 76 12 Director Wang Quan’an’s sweeping Chinese epic, White Deer Plain, will round out the list of 18 films vying for gold at the 62nd Berlin Film Festival. The movie, to premiere at the Feb 9 to 19 festival, is based on Chen Zhongshi’s bestseller about the
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    • 123 13 The weather Showers with thunder over northern and eastern Singapore in the afternoon. SUNRISE 7.17am MOONRISE 2.30pm SUNSET 7.21pm MOONSET 2.09am AIR QUALITY PSI: 25 (Good) 31/24 °C FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE SINGAPORE, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO TO www.nea.gov.sg TIDES TODAY FIRST HIGH TIDE 2.4m 4.58am
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      • 229 2 FEB 3, FRIDAY Understanding Cataracts And How To Manage It: Learn what causes the common eye condition, cataract, and how to prevent it. The bilingual seminar will also cover a “spectacle-free” cataract surgery technique, correction of presbyopia (“lao hua”) during cataract surgery and premium lens implant choices. Centre
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      • 274 2  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Editor huichieh@sph.com.sg It is tough being unable to touch and be touched. Star-crossed lovers like the mortal cowherd and the immortal weaving maiden, separated for eternity by the Milky Way in Chinese folklore might know the pain. You would not be able to
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      • 769 4  -  DR KWEK JIN WEI corporate@nccs.com.sg Dr Kwek Jin Wei is a senior consultant radiologist who leads the magnetic resonance imaging section at the department of oncologic imaging at the National Cancer Centre Singapore. He is collaborating on the magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound surgery trial with Professor
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      • 504 6/7 Reuters People trying to lose weight may swear by specific diet plans calling for strict proportions of fat, carbohydrates and protein, but where the calories come from may not matter as much as simply cutting back on them, a United States study
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      • 377 6/7 Reuters People who often ate canned processed meat had twice as high the risk of developing diabetes as those who ate little or none, a study in the United States has found. Researchers writing in the American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition surveyed 2,000 Native
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      • 291 6/7 Agence France-Presse Measuring blood pressure on both arms rather than only one can reveal an elevated risk of heart disease or even death, based on study findings that were released on Monday. Published in the British medical journal The Lancet, the findings suggest that
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      • 691 8  -  “If you want to make someone hate you, explain to them logically and politely why they are wrong.” Anonymous GARY HAYDEN gary@garyhayden.co.uk Gary Hayden is a philosophy and science writer Have you ever noticed how very difficult it can be to get people to listen to
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      • 818 9  -  Companies can engage consultants to organise health-promoting activities in the workplace. reports Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg Like business consultants, those who design workplace health promotion programmes to whip employees into shape can help firms raise productivity and profits. A healthy workforce leads to higher staff morale and
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      • 943 10 / 11  - She cried every day after havin g her baby Post-partum psychosis strikes one in 1,000 new mothers. One woman shares her story with Lea Wee Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg Four months after she held her baby in her arms for the first time, Mary (not her real name) thought she might
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      • 507 10 / 11 As many as seven in 10 new mothers experience the blues after giving birth. It is an emotional rollercoaster which could be brought on by hormonal or lifestyle changes, as well as the lack of sleep from caring for the newborn. But the blues typically
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      • 1260 12 / 13  -  The demand for occupational therapy is rising steadily, mostly from people weakened by conditions such as stroke and diabetes. More children with developmental and cognitive problems are also being referred to these therapists HE COULDN’T DRESS HIMSELF, GO UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS... NOR
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      • 451 12 / 13 People needing occupational therapy are those with medical conditions or disabilities that have affected their ability to perform the activities of daily life. For instance, patients who have medical conditions such as stroke, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease may be unable to perform daily tasks
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      • 1113 14 / 15  -  It helped reduce his social-behavioural issues so he can now cope in a mainstream environment despite being diagnosed with a form of autism. HE COULDN’T GET A HAIRCUT... NOR EAT CORN reports Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg Madam Karen Soh knew there was something wrong
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      • 469 14 / 15 facebook I volunteer at an autism school where I know a little girl who has shown significant growth in terms of her speech and social interaction. Sessions with an occupational therapist proved helpful she can now convey her feelings and needs and
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      • 608 16  -  No added salt or sugar means bland food? Absolutely not, says Lee Hui Chieh Lee Hui Chieh huichieh@sph.com.sg Say udon and the image it conjures up is that of a bowl of thick, round and white noodles bathing in brown broth. These Japanese wheat noodles are
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        546 17 Heart-healthy vegetables and mushrooms can be turned into heart attack-inducing bombs after they have been fried in artery-clogging oil. Consuming oil that contains more saturated fat, such as ghee, butter and blended vegetable oil, raises one’s risk of developing heart disease. Saturated fat is converted into low-density
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      • 682 18/19  -  DR NATASHA LIM medical director of Singapore Medical Group’s Centre for Eye Surgery and The Lasik Surgery Clinic at Wheelock QI am a 63-year-old woman. Is it safe to use Naphcon-A for my dry eyes once a day? I find using it to be more
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      • 520 18/19  -  DR JENNIFER KIING clinical director of the child development unit at the National University Hospital QMy son, who is 12 years old, behaves like any other child of his age, except that he is extremely hyperactive. He was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder when
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      • 705 22  -  MS LIM LAY BENG traditional Chinese medicine physician at YS Healthcare TCM Clinic QI am a 65-year-old man. I feel hungry three to four hours after each meal, even after I have eaten my fill. I have to wake up at 1 or 2am to eat,
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      • 1022 23  -  Freelance emcee Zhang Tingjun uses adventure to raise funds for charity. reports Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg What do you do to keep fit? I’m pretty lazy, so I trick myself into working out through a combination of routine, variety and fun, which also keeps me from getting
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    • 749 18 PRODUCTION OPERATORS (ASSEMBLY LINE) Estimated monthly Basic Salary other allowances: S$1100 excluding overtime pay Relevant experience not required Training provided To carry out assembly line work Possess good eyesight Able to understand simple English Working location: 11 Ubi Road 1, Level 1, Meiban Industrial Building, Singapore *****3 *ONLY SINGAPOREANS PRS
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    • 356 18 STOREHAND Receiving and check incoming outgoing goods DELIVERY ASST Able to read and write simple English Able to start work immed Singaporean, PR and Malaysian need apply Walk in interview 8 Senoko South Rd, Level 2 Bus No. 169, 856 from Woodlands Interchange Tel: 6755 2262 JOO KOON WAREHSE Hand
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    • 434 19 HELPER *Working period: 30 Jan to 14 Feb *Students housewives are welcome *No experience required *Over time required *Location:565 Thomson Rd (inside Goodwood Florist) Walk in interview: Mon to Fri 4-6pm Bus: 54, 132, 156, 166, 167, 851, 980, 74, 157, 165, 162 MRT:Caldecott (Circle line) Call 9446 8397 PART-TIME
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    • 253 19 1.ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Patrol car parks Enforcement against illegal parking 2.RESPONSE OFFICER Attend to feedbacks Class 2B licence All positions: Singaporean or PR only. Hougang, Sengkang, Clementi, Bt Batok Min Sec 2, no experience needed 6-day week. Day/ night shift Call *****300/ 301 for appointment. Kenzone Singapore Pte Ltd 1. Class
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    • 335 19 SALES ASST PUMP Attendant needed Esso Jurong East. 150 Jurong East Ave 1. S’porean/ PR only. Tel 6561 4033 CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTROLLER/ Experienced Storekeeper needed. Walkin: 100 Jln Sultan #08-06 Sultan Plaza. 9298-3880 GENERAL WORKERS. FIT. Able to work long hours public holidays. Meals provided. $1200-$1400. Immediate. Call 9101 0251
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