The Straits Times, 20 March 2012

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 TUESDAY, MARCH 20 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • 690 1  -  Eco-bridge will be built to reduce impact on nature and graves BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg IN WHAT some observers see as a concession to various interest groups, the Government yesterday announced that one-third of a controversial new road across Bukit Brown
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  • 318 1  -  BY CORRIE TAN A SMALL puppet play won big at yesterday’s 12th Life! Theatre Awards. Turn By Turn We Turn, by The Finger Players, picked up the coveted trophy for Production of the Year, as well as a Best Director nod
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    • 648 1 HOT PRODUCT $57 tablet HOT SPOT HOT SPACE Nicaragua’s volcanoes Clampdown at industrial units MONEY, PAGE B20 PRIME, PAGE A3 LIFE! PAGES C4&5 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 88 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Terror alert in Bali INDONESIAN police claim
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 47 2 WE SAY Turning seawater into drinkable water is still hugely expensive. A technological breakthrough might make Singapore self-sufficient sooner than the projected 2061. But till then, there can be no let-up on inculcating habits of responsible water use. L EDITORIAL PAGE A19
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      • 44 2 COLUMNS Coming across the 1950s novel Woman Of Bangkok in a Jakarta bookshop takes John McBeth back to a more innocent time of adventure, when Thailand was, in every sense of the word, still truly “foreign”. L REVIEW PAGE A20
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      • 54 2 OUR READERS SAY The Football Association of Singapore says the LionsXII’s participation in the Malaysian Super League has attracted huge interest here, but Ang Chin Guan says the Kallang Roar won’t return until Singapore fields the kind of multiracial team of the good old days.
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    • 105 2 IN A March 12 Life! story, “When loud ads are a turn-off”, we quoted a Media Development Authority (MDA) spokesman saying it declined to reveal the channel behind a viewer comment about its commercials being too loud. This is wrong. The spokesman did not decline
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    • 1061 2  -  Saudi Arabia, Turkey may join fray, leading to multi-polar Middle East BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com IN AMERICA’S nuclear confrontation with Iran, United States President Barack Obama has declared more than once that “all options remain on the table”. Yet there is one
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    • 177 2 “A holistic and interactive education built my confidence. It also gave me courage to take the plunge in life.” Singapore Management University pioneered a holistic, broad-based and cross-disciplinary form of education in Singapore. Our unique approach emphasises interactive teaching and active participation in small class sizes. GCAs and community involvement
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  • prime.news
    • 859 3  -  Low-cost I-slate ordered for schools BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Thousands of young schoolchildren in southern Andhra Pradesh state will get to use a low-cost electronic educational tablet developed in Singapore when school reopens in June. Called the
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    • 855 4  -  Police kill 5 suspected of plotting robberies to fund attacks; several accomplices still at large Police “are not ruling out” the possibility that the group might launch an attack on Friday, a public holiday to mark the new year on this largely Hindu island, national
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    • 802 4  -  BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SYDNEY: Indonesians have high regard for Singapore and rank the Lion City as one of the most welcome sources of foreign investment, according to a snapshot of Indonesian public attitudes towards their neighbours. The survey findings, to
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    • 596 5  -  Proposed law against spammers to cover instant messaging BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg TEXT messages are likely to be included in the national Do-Not-Call registry, despite resistance from some companies calling for their exclusion. The registry, which will allow people to opt
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    • 394 5 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Labour Department director-general Sheikh Yahya Sheikh Mohamed said there is no “one maid, one task” rule for Indonesian domestic workers and that a miscommunication “in language” during a media briefing may have led to the confusion. He pointed out
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    • 811 6  -  They insist on not having a road across the cemetery BUKIT BROWN PLANS BY GOH CHIN LIAN, ROYSTON SIM chinlian@sph.com.sg roysim@sph.com.sg AFTER more than two hours of listening to officials last night, representatives of several environment and heritage groups emerged from the closed-door meeting unconvinced
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    • 445 6  -  BY MAY CHEN LESTER WONG CHARAVENESWARI Selliah trains twice a week, at least two hours each time, in search of gold. The 28-year-old had to settle for second place at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens last year when she took silver in the
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    • 774 7  -  Retiring judge K.K. Seet, first-time winners share spotlight at Life! Theatre Awards BY CORRIE TAN corriet@sph.com.sg A DONATION of more than 180 hand puppets inspired playwright-director Chong Tze Chien to pen the play Turn By Turn We Turn, which was the big winner at
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    • 808 8  -  Colleagues start donation drive for widow and four children TAXI HIJACK AND FATAL CRASH INCIDENT BY JALELAH ABU BAKER, ELIZABETH SOH jalmsab@sph.com.sg esoh@sph.com.sg THE cleaning supervisor who died after being run down by a taxi at Changi Airport was cremated in Johor Baru yesterday.
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    • 501 8  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA HONG KONG may be a crowded, noisy and sometimes chaotic city but it seems that professionals living there are fairly happy to stay on, at least according to a new survey. In fact, in percentage terms, markedly fewer Hong Kong professionals
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    • 817 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES TOULOUSE: France was reeling yesterday from the third shooting by a gunman on a motorcycle in a week: This time, it took place in front of a Jewish school, leaving a rabbi, his two small
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  • WORLD.
    • 845 9  -  Two sitting leaders join contest to challenge embattled incumbent BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Two popular sitting local leaders are entering the contest to become governor of Indonesia’s capital city, throwing the field wide open and giving battered incumbent Fauzi Bowo of the
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    • 92 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Earless celebrity bunny in Germany meets untimely demise L Outrage over suicide of Moroccan teen forced to marry rapist L Uganda screenings of Kony film halted after angry protests More Forum
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    • world.regional
      • 512 11 Baby boomers’ children, now 15% of population, at age to buy first home BLOOMBERG TOKYO: Japan’s shrinking economy is poised to get a lift from the children of baby boomers taking out their first mortgages with rates close to a three-year low. As
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      • 359 11 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: The request of Singaporean Eden Wu, the Standard Chartered private banker being detained by police in China since March 6, to meet a lawyer has been passed on to the Chinese authorities, the Singapore Consulate-General in Shanghai said. Staff
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      • 1048 12  -  As the frenzied leadership race in Hong Kong enters its final week, Kor Kian Beng reports from the Chinese territory in the run-up to the crucial polls this Sunday Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph.com.sg HONG KONG: A controversial national security Bill which triggered the downfall of
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      • 743 13  -  Likely scrapping of hike shows govt’s inability to see through reforms due to allies’ pressure NEWS ANALYSIS BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: The Indian railway minister’s resignation on Sunday over a controversial proposal for fare hikes has
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      • 436 13 KUALA LUMPUR: The rising cost of living has forced Putrajaya to suspend its plan for a slew of subsidy cuts that was introduced two years ago to save Malaysia from a debt crisis, according to a government agency. Launched by the Najib
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      • 733 14  -  Two front runners, both former resistance fighters, face second round of voting next month BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta yesterday conceded defeat in a re-election campaign that many predicted he had little chance of winning. The
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      • 296 14 PHUKET: A Singaporean woman is now serving a life sentence in a Thai prison for ordering the murder of a Canadian former model on the island of Phuket, the local media reported. Diana Goh Li Fun (right), 35, who was in real estate,
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      • 706 15  -  Recognition comes after two decades of lobbying BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolyn@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: For more than 20 years, foreign reporters in Malaysia lobbied a suspicious government in vain for official recognition. That ended yesterday with Prime Minister Najib Razak launching the Foreign
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      • 373 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS KATHMANDU: A Chinese company building a crucial hydroelectric power plant in power-starved Nepal has threatened to pull out, an official said yesterday. The China Three Gorges Corporation (TGC) has sent a letter to Nepal’s government expressing concern over a
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    • world.international
      • 695 16 Promotion in China ahead of event works wonders for sales NEW YORK TIMES MAASTRICHT (Netherlands): There is nothing unusual about hearing French, Italian, German or even Russian spoken at the European Fine Art Fair. But this year, as the doors to the cavernous convention
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      • 587 17 Govt may allow more road tolls as it seeks to improve core infrastructure REUTERS BLOOMBERG LONDON: Britain’s cash-strapped government could lease chunks of its road network to the private sector as Prime Minister David Cameron seeks to improve the country’s infrastructure to stop it falling
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      • 312 17 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay): Prosecutors in Uruguay have filed murder charges against two nurses for at least 16 “mercy killings” in a private hospital. The pair, said to have acted individually, were apparently motivated by a desire “not to see human suffering”,
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      • 79 17 Musicians from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform after climbing to the top of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday, to celebrate the sweeping structure’s 80th birthday. Known as the “Grand Old Dame” of Sydney, or more colloquially “The Coathanger”, the bridge was officially opened to traffic
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    • world.at a glance
      • 419 18 SLICEOFLIFE BEIJING: The familiar faces of some high-ranking officials in China may pose obstacles to their attempts to lead a common life after retirement. Mr Li Lanqing (left), 79, a former vice-premier, was turned away when he tried to haggle over the prices
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 125 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: A Beijing court sentenced a Chinese farmer to 13 years in jail yesterday for stealing art pieces from the Forbidden City, the heavily guarded former imperial palace in China’s capital. The official Xinhua news agency said Shi Baikui, 27, was also fined US$2,100
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        • 127 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea accused the North yesterday of trying to develop a nuclear-armed missile through a satellite launch next month, after Pyongyang dismissed international calls to abandon the exercise. “Our government defines North Korea’s so-called working satellite launch plan as a grave provocation to
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        • 99 18 REUTERS PHNOM PENH: A second international judge yesterday resigned from the troubled United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, citing political interference by Cambodia’s government after he tried to investigate more suspects. Swiss reserve co-investigating judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, whose predecessor German Siegfried Blunk quit for similar
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        • 113 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NUKA’ALOFA (Tonga): Tonga was plunged into mourning yesterday at the death of King George Tupou V, an eccentric reformer who relinquished absolute power to bring democracy to the impoverished South Pacific nation. The death at 63 of the monocle-wearing king, who had a
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        • 146 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIRUT: Fierce clashes between rebel fighters and Syrian troops rocked a Damascus district bristling with security facilities yesterday, as experts sent by peace envoy Kofi Annan flew into the capital. Amid international efforts to set up a monitoring mission and initiate a brief daily ceasefire
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        • 142 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu yesterday gave the green light for work to start on a massive nuclear power station stalled for months amid protests over safety concerns, a report said. Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa announced the
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    • 476 11 FOR PROPERTY OWNERS INVESTORS As featured on 19th February 2012 in The Sunday Times Invest WILL NEW MEASURES CRASH THE PROPERTY MARKET? y SECRET TO GET PRIME PROPERTIES WITH EXISTING BUILT-IN PROFIT OF UP TO 30% OR MORE WITH LITTLE MONEY! DISCOVER HOW THE RICH ARE PLAYING THE GAME TO
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 416 19 FRESH validation of Singapore’s water security strategies came at the World Water Forum in France last week, where policymakers heard anew about the benefits of harvesting waste water in a session on recycling. The United Nations’ progress report on water policy, released ahead of the
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    • 819 19  -  BUDGET 2012 REFLECTIONS BY CHAN CHUN SING FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports. MANY people have given us positive feedback on Budget 2012. In particular, the initiatives to help the poor, the disabled and the
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    • 849 19  -  BY TOMMY KOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is the Honorary Chairman of the National Heritage Board. He would be speaking today at the Malraux Seminar, which will bring together French and Singapore culture and heritage professionals in dialogue. IN SINGAPORE, unlike many newly
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    • review.
      • 813 20 A DECADE ago when Mr Hu Jintao and Mr Wen Jiabao were installed as China’s President and Premier, respectively, one could have been fooled into thinking that the process by which they were selected ran like clockwork. Indeed, some apologists for Beijing’s authoritarian rule
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      • 940 20  -  BY YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalised world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse
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      • 834 20  -  BY JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com BROWSING through a Jakarta bookstore the other day, I was delighted to discover that Singapore’s Monsoon Books had republished Woman Of Bangkok, the tale of a callow English salesman and his doomed infatuation with a dancehall hostess. For
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    • forum.
      • 79 21 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR DAVID GOH KIA NGAN: Think of another name for social workers 2 MR FOO CHEE CHOONG: Local football Why sponsors may not bite 3 MR TEO KUEH LIANG: Consider air link to Batam too 4 MS JACQUELINE LIM: Set up community clubs
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      • 367 21  -  Dr Ong Siew Chey THE widespread practice of thermal fogging using the insecticide cypermethrin for mosquito control in Singapore is a cause for concern. In some areas, the residents cannot avoid inhaling the chemical several times a week because of frequent fogging
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      • 90 21 LETTERS should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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      • 291 21  -  SOCIAL WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS Sujeeta Elizabeth Menon (Ms) Chair of Public Relations, Singapore Association of Social Workers WE AGREE with National Volunteer Philanthropy Centre chief executive Laurence Lien (“Volunteers play a strong complementary role”; March 10) that volunteers can play a complementary role in providing the care
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      • 162 21 Differentiating social workers from volunteers MR DAVID GOH KIA NGAN: “The use of the term ‘social worker’ to describe a trained social worker, as opposed to a ‘volunteer’ who does good work, has been an issue since social work was
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      • 175 21  -  Benjamin Lau I AM dismayed by how telcos install applications in smartphones without the consent of customers. Many of us have smartphones that allow us to install apps from a community of developers; the point being that we have the option to install
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      • 250 22  -  BACK TO MALAYSIAN FOOTBALL Ridzal Sa’at Deputy Director, Marketing and Competitions Football Association of Singapore WE THANK Mr Nick Bai for his letter (“Returning to M-League a mistake, coach Raddy must go”; Forum Online, March 10). A key aim of the
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      • 292 22  -  Ang Chin Guan FOOTBALL is the only game that can keep the new sports stadium currently under construction packed when it is ready, and enliven the Sports Hub. But this will happen only if the Kallang Roar returns (“Sports sponsorship: Firms should take
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      • 100 22 Sponsorship MR FOO CHEE CHOONG: “Several years ago, when I was the marketing manager of a multinational company, I discussed the possibility of sponsoring football with a senior Football Association of Singapore official (‘Sports sponsorship:
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      • 231 22  -  Jason Salim Vancouver, Canada I DISAGREE with the health-care financing arrangements proposed by the Singapore Democratic Party (“SDP proposes another health care plan”; Sunday). Singapore’s three-pronged approach for healthcare financing Medisave, MediShield and Medifund is fiscally sustainable in the long run
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      • MY POINT


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  • HOME.
    • 942 1  -  Ownership of lot passed on under adverse possession law K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A BUSINESSMAN has failed in the High Court to reclaim a piece of land once owned by his father but which is now fenced up as part of a
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    • 90 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L 20-year-old NSF Guardsman dies; Mindef investigating L NEL train services normal, track inspection continues Friday night L ‘Superman’ expectations of S’pore men in bed More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Updates
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    • 741 2  -  All 20 special education schools to be paired with mainstream ones BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg A PROGRAMME to get special needs and mainstream school students to study and play together will be extended to all 20 special education schools. Currently, eight special
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    • 367 2  -  AMELIA TAN SIX of the 13 new student care centres which will be set up in primary schools by next year have been announced. Three will open this year at East View Primary, Fuhua Primary and Da Qiao Primary. Another three will open
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    • 531 3  -  New one-stop facility offers training and job placement LESLIE KAY LIM AUTISTIC adults can now get help finding jobs at a one-stop resource centre which opened yesterday. The Employability and Employment Centre (E2C) will offer assessment, training, job placement and support to suitable candidates.
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    • 377 3  -  FIONA LOW AN ODD-JOB labourer was jailed six months for beating up a 72-year-old man, who died later that day after his heart gave out. The Jan 30, 2010 incident began with Loh Kim Teow, 54, having a meal and beer in a
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    • 602 4  -  Initiative targets patients aged 65 and up; those at risk will be given help BY POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg THE elderly are vulnerable to falls, and the nine polyclinics under the National Healthcare Group will soon roll out an initiative to assess
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    • 400 4  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH WHEN a private school was asked to hand over records such as student particulars and receipts issued, its manager submitted only the course schedules. Yesterday, Ken Yong, 40, pleaded guilty to failing to provide records requested by the Council for
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    • 456 4  -  THAM YUEN-C A LAWYER with 15 years’ experience will face disciplinary action for mismanaging his clients’ money and for being ill-pre-pared in court several times. Mr Leonard Loo, 41, found guilty of grossly improper conduct by a disciplinary tribunal, is slated to go before the
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    • 410 9  -  Morning rush-hour congestion at Boon Lay station JANICE TAI TWO escalators in Boon Lay MRT station broke down during the morning rush hour yesterday, delaying hundreds of commuters, who had difficulty entering and leaving the station. Several passengers on one of the escalators lost their
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  • SPORT.
    • 543 10  -  Rule allowing registering of players aged up to 28 set for review, says FAM BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg ARE the LionsXII about to become victims of their own success? Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) vice-president Hamidin Amin admitted as much yesterday when he told The Straits Times
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    • 532 10  -  FABIUS CHEN THIS time last year, Madhu Mohana’s football future looked bleak at best. Fresh off serving a four-month ban for his part in the infamous 2010 brawl between the Young Lions and Beijing Guoan, the 21-year-old found himself shipped off to
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    • 467 10  -  EYEONEPL BY ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg IT IS honeymoon time at Chelsea again, this time under Roberto di Matteo. Since taking over from Andre Villas-Boas, the Italian has seen his side record four successive wins in all competitions, scoring 12 goals along the way. Compared to
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    • 91 10 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Manchester misery as United, City crash out of Europa League L Manchester United got what they deserved: Evra L Barcelona to face AC Milan in q-finals Get your free breaking news
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    • 534 11 United manager winds up rivals ahead of clash with Chelsea THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Alex Ferguson has claimed the pressure will be firmly on Manchester City before their game at home to a resurgent Chelsea tomorrow, after Manchester United moved four points clear at the top
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    • 888 11  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg IT IS a photograph familiar and unforgettable, revealing and poignant. Rafael van der Vaart of Tottenham Hotspur has his hands folded and he is praying. Petitioning a higher power for help is sporting routine. Players start matches with
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    • 453 11 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Fabrice Muamba is showing small signs of improvement but remains critically ill as the Bolton midfielder fights for his life. The 23-year-old’s heart is now beating without the help of medication, and he is also moving his legs and arms. But his long-term prognosis
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    • 325 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Luis Suarez has attempted to end speculation about his future by insisting that not only does he want to remain with Liverpool, but the club are also looking to extend his contract. The Uruguayan striker has been linked with a move
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    • 761 12  -  More of them selected to get multi-year funding by S’pore Sports Council BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg MORE national sports associations (NSAs) have received in-principle approval for multi-year funding, a move which will better enable Singapore’s sports associations to plan for the long term. A total
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    • 341 12  -  MAY CHEN WHILE some national sports associations (NSAs) were cheered by the increase in their annual grants, others were left baffled at their annual funding allocation or lack thereof from the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) yesterday. The Singapore Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (SBBF) and
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    • 557 12 REUTERS INDIAN WELLS (California): World No. 1 tennis player Victoria Azarenka clinched her fourth title of the year with a 6-2, 6-3 demolition of an error-prone Maria Sharapova in the final of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Sunday. On a cold and blustery day, the Australian
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      • 54 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Manchester United’s Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov, 31, will leave the club at the end of this season, according to his agent. Said Emil Danchev: “United manager Alex Ferguson wants to put more speed in the team. Berbatov is more technical. United’s future
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      • 72 12 REUTERS MOSCOW: The Russian Football Union (RFU) has launched an investigation after a banana was thrown at Anzhi Makhachkala’s Congolese defender Christopher Samba at the end of Lokomotiv Moscow’s 1-0 home win. “The incident was simply outrageous,” RFU president Sergei Fursenko said. Added former Blackburn
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      • 64 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Schoolchildren, charity fund-raisers, war veterans and a centenarian are among 8,000 people who will carry the Olympic flame in the torch relay for the 2012 London Games. Officials unveiled a street-by-street map of the 12,875km route, which begins at Land’s End the
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      • 45 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO: The Samaritano Hospital in Rio de Janeiro yesterday said that former Fifa president and IOC member Joao Havelange, 95, is in serious condition. Last year, the Brazilian resigned from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), citing health reasons.
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      • 69 12 REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea’s volleyball association has banned 11 players, including two women, for life in the latest effort to curb corruption in domestic sport. The men were involved in fixing between one and eight matches in the last two seasons for up to
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    • 326 12 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS INDIAN WELLS (California): Roger Federer has not won a Grand Slam tennis title in more than two years, but he continued his somewhat more subtle assault on the record books on Sunday. On a cold, windy day, the Swiss
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    • 470 13 Solid form in opening race sets stage for battles with Vettel AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE: Jenson Button warned Sebastian Vettel yesterday that he plans to end the days when the German’s trademark bent-finger salute is seen at the end of Formula One grands prix. The 32-year-old Englishman
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    • 358 13 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE: The war of words over the future of Formula One turned into a full-blown battle, as Bernie Ecclestone’s plans for a US$10 billion (S$12.6 billion) flotation of the sport on an Asian stock exchange probably in Singapore
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    • 656 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM HARBOUR (Florida): Luke Donald returned to be No. 1 golfer in the world the same way he got there the first time by winning a play-off. The Englishman rallied from a three-shot deficit on Sunday at the Transitions Championship
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    • 310 13 Today Basketball NBA: Denver v Dallas (Live, StarHub Ch216, 11.30am). Cricket 3rd ODI: West Indies v Australia (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 9.25pm and tomorrow, 1.40am). Football Malaysia Super League: LionsXII v Selangor (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm. Live, StarHub Ch201 HD Ch255 and MediaCorp Ch5, 7.30pm).
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  • 746 13 OBITUARIES 20th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of M.VEERAPPAN (Departed: 20.3.1992) Rest in peace, dear loving father, Twenty long years have passed away; You are gone, but still are living in the hearts of those who stay. Always remembered by loved ones. With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mrs Neela Ramesh
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    • 44 15 BeTheFirstToKnow BreakingNewsSMSAlert LianheWanbao ShinMinDailyNews SoccerNews The Straits Times WorldNews The StraitsTimes SingaporeNews The Business TimesNews 05.03.2012 17:47:11pm ManpowerMinistrywillrrequireaweeklyrestdayeformaids,forallworkopermitsissued/renewednfromJan1,2013.AnnouncedinParliamenttoday.FromSPHTHESTRAITS TIMES Lianhe The NewPaperSoccerNews ZaobaoNews SUBSCRIBENOWFORSPECIALPRIVILEGES!† MONTHLYSUBSCRIPTIONRATEFROMONLY$4.28# Forbillingandotherenquiries,pleasecontact: SingTel1688. M*****. StarHub1633. SingTelmobilesubscribers,call*155 M1mobilesubscribers,smsSPH to*****222 StarHubmobilesubscribers,smsSPHSMSNEWSto***** Formoredetails,visitwww.asiaone.com/mobilenews Thisserviceisavailabletopostpaidmobilephonesubscribersonly.#PriceincludesGST. †StarHubsubscriberswillenjoyafree30-daytrial.M1subscriberswillenjoy50%offsubscriptionforthefirst3months. SingTelsubscriberswillenjoyanominaltrialfeeof$0.10forforthefirst30days. Tounsubscribe,pleasecontactyourmobileserviceprovider. UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS
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    • 821 20  -  Circular to developers aims to ensure buyers are clear on the possible restrictions BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg THE Government has wasted no time in tackling a thorny problem that had sprung up over the wrong type of tenants using factory
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    • 100 20 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L JP Morgan CEO warns staff on schadenfreude after Goldman resignation L India’s Kingfisher shares jump on hope of recovery L US jobless claims fall as labour market improves More Forum letters
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      • 516 15  -  Market mood hit by high oil prices, falling Chinese home values BULLS AND BEARS BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg SHARE prices on the local bourse yesterday started out on a strong note, with the Straits Times Index (STI) nudging up to 3,030 points
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        • 117 15 GLOBAL Logistic Properties has formed a joint venture with Mitsui Fudosan to develop a large-scale multi-tenant logistics facility in Ichikawa City, Chiba prefecture. The Ichikawa Shiohama development project will have a total floor area of 121,000 sq m built on a land site of 53,000 sq m.
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        • 69 15 SINGTEL hired Ms Lim Cheng Cheng, former chief financial officer (CFO) of SMRT Corp, this month to manage its investment portfolio. Ms Lim started at SingTel on March 7 and reports to group chief strategy officer Bradley Gambill, the company said in response to questions. Ms Lim, who resigned
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        • 91 15 DESIGNER and shipbuilder of offshore and specialised vessels STX OSV Holdings has secured a new contract for the construction of an advanced subsea support vessel for Island Offshore. The value of the contract amounts to more than 500 million krone (S$101 million). The vessel will have an
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          99 15 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.53 billion shares worth $1.05 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 153 Losers: 254 Unchanged: 371 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Basic materials Points Change Points Change Points Change Consumer goods -4.73 695.04 -6.02 464.94 Real estate Consumer services -5.2
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        • 232 15 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,141.99 (+12.16) Japan’s Nikkei average rose 0.12 per cent, with investors scooping up straggling blue chips as they sought further evidence of a US recovery. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,573.6 (+2.2) Malaysia’s inched up 0.14 per cent in a choppy session as advances
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        • 224 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: March 19,2012 Top Rises March 19 CENTS (0) March 19 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 3842 34.0 0.7 Lyxor Europe 10 US$ 1256 34.0 2.2 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5975 25.2 0.3 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS
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        • 55 15 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY March 19 2012 Selling Buying March 19 2012 Selling Buying 1.363 ....1.299 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.293 ....1.244 Euro 1.687 Malaysian ringgit 42.024 40.408 2.03 ....1.952 NZ dollar Indonesian rupiah 0.0144 0.0131 ....1.017 Source:
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      • 777 16  -  They achieve similar returns to other stocks in current rally BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg REAL estate investment trusts (Reits), often regarded as resilient havens in times of trouble, have been playing catch-up with the rest of the market in the current stock rally.
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      • 423 16  -  YUNITA ONG A SINGAPORE company has formed a joint venture to take one of the oldest industries from this part of the world rubber plantations to a small African nation. Olam International yesterday said it is teaming up with the government of the
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    • 468 17 Asean, Japan, S. Korea, China may double size of facility that helps fight currency volatility CHIANG MAI: South -east Asian nations and Japan, South Korea and China may double the size of a facility created to help each nation fight currency volatility, The
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    • 444 17 REUTERS BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Apple said yesterday it would pay a dividend of US$2.65 (S$3.34) a quarter from July and buy back up to US$10 billion of its own shares, returning some of its $97.6 billion in cash and investments to shareholders. The
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    • 741 18  -  Demand for rental housing outstripping supply, says analyst BY GAN YU JIA yjgan@sph.com.sg RENTAL values are rising faster than underlying house prices in many of the world’s leading cities such as Paris and Hong Kong, according to a report by Savills research
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    • 315 18  -  BY LENNARD ONG NESTLE is marking its 100 years in Singapore with fresh investments in research and development (R&D) here. Nestle chief executive Paul Bulcke said yesterday that the group will invest more than $5.5 million this year to expand its R&D
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    • 483 18 TAKING PULSE Source: ST LOUIS FEDERAL RESERVE Write a three-word report: ‘‘We were wrong.’’ That was the advice the New York-based Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) recently received from Mr Henry Blodget, the former Merrill Lynch technology analyst who was permanently barred nine years
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    • 1227 19  -  Debt in Europe, Japan, US will haunt global economy, he warns BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg THE world’s top trade official used a visit to Singapore yesterday to put a dampener on the cautiously upbeat mood that has emerged in recent weeks over the
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    • 483 9  -  reviewconcert IN SONATA FORM Singapore National Youth Sinfonia Mrs Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall/Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)/Sunday marc rochester In the world of youth orchestras, the Singapore National Youth Orchestra can hold its own with the best of them. So too, it would seem, can its
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    • 113 10 ‘He texted me before we started shooting and said, “It’s called The Hunger Games, not The Eating Games”’ The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth (right), whose brother, Thor star Chris Hemsworth, motivated him to drop 7kg before filming ‘I'm trying to be nice but I really
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    • 856 10 Military stories by US Navy Seals make it to the top of the bestseller lists and box New York Times New York Now that United States involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan is winding down, the warriors are telling their stories. Bookstores have been flooded with
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    • 412 10  -  reviewconcert MIXED DOUBLES Singapore Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall/Sunday chang tou liang Not even the most torrential of rainstorms could dim the determination of a couple of hundred music-lovers who braved the elements to venture westward for this Sunday afternoon chamber concert by
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    • 596 11  -  Technical hitches, rusty performances and a tipsy singer aside, Elbow put on an endearing show reviewconcert ELBOW Esplanade Concert Hall/Sunday eddino abdul hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg British band Elbow’s maiden show in Singapore did not exactly go down smoothly. It was plagued by technical problems and singer Guy Garvey’s bouts
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    • 554 11  -  reviewconcert BLIND PILOT Esplanade Recital Studio/Sunday andy chen One of the first things a newbie may notice about American folk band Blind Pilot is that their drummer uses the snare drum a lot more than usual in a six-piece set-up. It all makes sense when you
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      231 11  -  Chen Shanshan “I went to five other gigs at Mosaic, but this was the best. The only thing that I’m disappointed about is that there’s no signing session because I wanted to get their autographs. Ms Dhilshad Qadir, 21, student “I wish they played their earlier songs, but
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      • 173 14 Los Angeles Days after announcing her adoption of a baby boy, actress Charlize Theron (right), 36, was out promoting two of her new movies. And, of course, she was asked about little Jackson, now four months old. At the WonderCon convention in Anaheim, California, last
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        • 70 14 In the face of falling ratings, Simon Cowell is considering axing Britain’s The X Factor talent show if this year’s show, the ninth, is unsuccessful. Speaking ahead of the launch of the latest series of Britain’s Got Talent this Saturday, he said: “I’d rather
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        • 64 14 Comedian and film-maker Jerry Lewis turned 86 quietly last Friday, by flying into New York from Las Vegas for an hour-long celebration. He followed an onstage interview in Manhattan with a bash at the Friars Club, where hundreds sang happy birthday to him. His three-tiered
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      • 128 9 Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing has been listed as Asia’s richest man according to a ranking by Forbes magazine. The 83-year-old tycoon is worth US$25.5 billion (S$32 billion) and ranked the ninth richest in the world. WHY IT MATTERS Mr Li started out
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      • 121 9 Cambodia’s rich virgin forests are being sold by the government to Chinese businesses. About 340 sq km of the Botum Sakor National Park (right) in south-west Cambodia is being developed into a gambling resort the size of a city. WHY IT MATTERS Environmentalists say Cambodia’s
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      • 452 15  -  Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. By Malini Nathan By Malini Nathan ACTIVITY PART A A Hindu trust in India has started a 10-year project to build a replica of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat on the banks of the Ganges. A foundation-laying ceremony was held
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      • 385 16 The boys from Primary 6 Loyalty of St Gabriel’s Primary School have been busy with all sorts of vegetables. They used lady’s fingers and potatoes, cut into various designs, and printed patterns on paper. What sort of shapes can you see? Wong Yu Ting,
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