The Straits Times, 9 May 2012

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)002/02/2012 WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Beaten up in Malaysia
      43 1 IT WAS meant to be an idyllic weekend getaway but within hours of arriving on the Malaysian island resort of Alang’s Rawa, two expatriates ended up being brutally assaulted by the bodyguards of a local VIP. LPRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon ‘Drips to help students’
      46 1 OFFICIALS in central China’s Hubei province are probing the use of intravenous drips to boost academic performance, according to media reports. This follows the rampant circulation of photographs online showing students hooked up to hanging bottles of amino acids. LWORLD PAGE A20
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      Lock icon Payouts to Felda folk
      55 1 UMNO is sweetening the pot to appeal to one of its most loyal groups of voters. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (above, being greeted by Felda farmers) has announced cash windfalls for settlers and employees of the Federal Land Development Authority or Felda and bonuses for
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      Lock icon More zip at the airport
      39 1 POLICE and other security officers at Changi Airport have started zipping around on Segways and other electric vehicles, instead of patrolling on foot, to allow them to respond faster to incidents. LHOME PAGE B5
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    Lock icon HFMD check before class
    63 1 Four-year-old Chua Kai Jun Zare getting checked for symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) at Berries World of Learning School at Bishan before entering the classroom for Chinese language tuition. The Ministry of Health announced earlier that private enrichment centres will undergo weekly spot
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    Lock icon Fewer people hit by stroke in recent years
    600 1  -  Latest govt data also shows colorectal cancer cases reaching a plateau BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg BETTER treatment, healthier lifestyles, or earlier detection. Whatever the reasons, Singaporeans appear to be pushing back against stroke and colorectal cancer. Latest numbers from the
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    Lock icon OpenNet, SingTel headed for arbitration
    316 1  -  BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT OPENNET appears headed for arbitration with SingTel to settle disputes with the telco over the rollout and activation of Singapore’s ultra-fast fibre broadband network. Mr Khoo Chin Hean, chief executive of OpenNet, yesterday said that it has started a dispute-resolution
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        Lock icon Europe has to pull together
        62 2 WE SAY The arrival of a new French president with bold expansionist ideas about getting Europe on its feet could be too much for an austere Germany, and consequently strain a relationship that has held Europe together. Asia and the United States will get the
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          Lock icon Make PRs’ sons serve NS
          48 2 As a way to help address the simmering tension over the influx of foreigners, Leong Chan-Hoong proposes removing the source of a major complaint of unfairness by making it mandatory for children of permanent residents to serve National Service. L REVIEW PAGE A26
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          Lock icon Cost of universal care
          56 2 The idea of universal health coverage is noble, Lim Meng Kin says, but it does not automatically lead to better care, and countries which have embraced such systems have seen their costs spiralling out of control, fuelled by ageing populations, rising patient demand and advances in
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        Lock icon A flawed commitment?
        63 2 OUR READER SAYS While the great privatisation experiment of the 1990s has had its successes, such as in the telecommunications industry, Hoon Tze Ming says that in the case of SMRT, the post-privatisation story has been one of decline and suggests that when it comes to train
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      Lock icon Online social norms need time to evolve
      1004 2  -  Netizens can and will self-moderate; Govt can help, but less intrusively BY TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg EVEN before its engine could get started, the attempt by the Government to encourage a community-created Internet code of conduct appears to be stalling. Since last November, Minister
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      237 2 “A holistic and broad-based education enhanced my Now I’m flying li To thrive in today’s globalised workplace, university graduates have to appreciate the interconnected nature of the world and be well versed in intercultural communication. That’s why right from the start, Singapore Management University students get ample opportunities for global
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      Lock icon Power to the gongfu sisters
      375 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KATHMANDU: On a hot, cloudless morning, dozens of nuns arrange themselves into lines around a golden Buddhist shrine on the outskirts of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. These devotees are not here to pray or to meditate, but to undergo a rigorous and aggressive martial
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      Lock icon Expats ‘beaten up’ on Malaysian island
      708 3  -  Victims claim attackers were bodyguards of VIP; resorts deny incident BY THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg FOUR men went to an idyllic weekend getaway hoping for a spot of sun and sea. But within hours of arriving on the Malaysian island, two of them ended up
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      Lock icon 2 S’poreans die of altitude sickness in Tibet
      260 4  -  HO AI LI BEIJING: Two Singaporeans have died of altitude sickness while visiting a sacred mountain in the Tibetan autonomous region in China, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed yesterday. They were part of a 10-member tour group visiting Mount Kailash
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      Lock icon Pre-election windfall for settlers
      696 4  -  Felda folk to get cash and other sweeteners as Najib shores up support BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: More than 100,000 settlers in a state-controlled plantation scheme will each receive a windfall of RM15,000 (S$6,100) cash, as well as shares and dividends
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      Lock icon S’pore, China to boost links in crime fight
      650 6  -  Areas of cooperation could include drug trafficking, terrorism BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Singapore hopes to work more closely with China in fighting problems such as cyber-crime, drugs and terrorism, said Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Teo Chee Hean in
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      Lock icon OpenNet explains why it must rely on SingTel
      508 6  -  BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT CUSTOMERS have previously asked why OpenNet does not get more contractors to hook up homes and offices to the ultra-fast fibre broadband network. An explanation came yesterday when OpenNet said its agreement with contractor SingTel may be
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      Lock icon HFMD rising among primary school pupils
      640 8  -  Health officials monitor hygiene in schools but no spot checks done BY LESLIE KAY LIM llim@sph.com.sg ALTHOUGH children in childcare centres and kindergartens are vulnerable to outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), primary school pupils are victims too. Recent data from the
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      Lock icon Researchers working on EV71 vaccines
      465 8  -  BY GRACE CHUA AS THE number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases hits an all-time high, two research groups are working on a vaccine for a virulent strain of the disease. The most common causes of the illness, which typically produces fever, oral
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      Lock icon S’pore looks to ink $542m defence deal
      585 10  -  US transaction will support training of Republic’s F-15 pilots BY JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S F-15SG fighter jet pilots in Idaho will receive a US$435 million (S$542 million) boost, if a proposed investment goes through within a year. The sale is of
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      Lock icon Cross-dressing doc gets probation
      491 10  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH A DOCTOR who dressed up as a schoolgirl before exposing himself to a university student was spared a prison sentence yesterday. Ivan Ngeow Ko Yen (left) was given a year’s probation and ordered to perform 60 hours of community service. The 37-year-old targeted
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      Lock icon Property agencies warned over tactics
      550 11  -  Roadside tents and fliers for motorists a no-no, says council BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg THE property industry watchdog is clamping down on aggressive marketing tactics by some property agencies. After a string of complaints, practices in the firing line include erecting tents by
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      Lock icon China’s ruling party seriously considering delay in congress
      514 11 REUTERS BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party is seriously considering a delay in its upcoming five-year-ly congress by a few months amid internal debate over the size and make-up of its top decision-mak-ing body, sources said, as the party struggles to finalise a
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      Lock icon Euro falls to 10-year low against Singdollar
      507 12  -  It sinks to $1.62 amid austerity backlash in France and Greece BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg EUROPE’S single currency, the euro, was under siege again yesterday as investors reacted to the voter backlash against austerity measures in French and Greek elections
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      Lock icon European stocks continue slide, Asia bounces back
      418 12  -  BY ALVIN FOO EUROPEAN stocks slid further into the red yesterday, despite modest rebounds across Asia, amid fears that weekend election results could deepen the euro zone debt crisis. Key European markets ended sharply lower as the leader of Greece’s biggest party failed
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      Lock icon Cut your debt gradually, says IMF chief
      305 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged indebted countries in Europe and elsewhere to reduce their budget deficits only gradually to avoid further damaging their economies. Ms Christine Lagarde said in a speech in Zurich on Monday that steep
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      Lock icon A vote against austerity could revive Eurobond proposal
      1024 12  -  NEWS ANALYSIS BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER ANALYSTS are unanimous in their verdict: Voters in Europe are rejecting austerity. That, they say, is the message from the weekend polls in France and Greece. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is singularly responsible for
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      244 4 23 YJZA.H3 J A f immuiiummauin, n HOME LIVING ui. AWARD 2012 VESTA Alkaline Water Ionizer Took USSA by storm! Designed by Samsung engineers in Korea, VESTA is made to please the sophisticated customers’ tastes with stylish design and high performance. Packed with numerous features and incorporated with all the
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      110 4 Primary Secondary levels Chinese Writing School Holiday Program One composition per lesson! We have successfully trained more than 30,000 students from more than 40 Primary and Secondary schools since 2003. Class A 28/05, 29/05, 30/05, 31/05, 01/06 Class B 11/06, 12/06, 13/06, 14/06, 15/06 Timetable: 9.00am 10.30am Primary 5, 6
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      328 11 AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY INVESTORS EXPATRIATES C DEC SPECIAL SEMINAR SERIES TO ATTEND ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN BUDGET SEMINAR Come and find out what the 2012 Australian Budget has in store and assess the impact of the announcements on the Australian economy and political environment. Join us to find out all about this year’s
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon China gets tough with foreign media
      656 14  -  It expels Al-Jazeera reporter with no reason given, but film on prisoners has riled officials BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China has expelled the sole correspondent of Al-Jazeera English, in the first such action since 1998, forcing the Qatar-based international news channel
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      Lock icon Blind activist: Beijing to probe abuse
      481 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Rights advocate Chen Guangcheng has said the Chinese government has quietly promised him it will investigate abuses he and his family suffered at the hands of the local authorities, in a rare instance of Beijing bowing to the
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  481 words
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      88 14 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L French vote result confirms Hollande wins with 51.62% L Wife Skyping with soldier saw bullet hole in wall L Short honeymoon for Hollande after French election win More Forum letters online
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    • world. regional
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        Lock icon S’pore, India look for ‘new areas of cooperation’
        446 17  -  NIRMALA GANAPATHY NEW DELHI: India and Singapore yesterday expressed satisfaction with their bilateral ties. Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam, who is on his first official visit to India, held talks with his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna. He also met Law Minister Salman Khurshid.
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        Lock icon Iran the knotty issue in US-India relations
        419 17  -  Delhi strikes softer note to Clinton’s hard-line stance BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants India to help impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme even as Iranian businessmen are in Delhi seeking to
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        Lock icon Pakistan’s rogue scientist eyes polls
        667 18  -  Father of country’s nuclear programme seen as a hero among masses BY SHAHZAD RAZA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES shahzat.raza@gmail.com ISLAMABAD: Controversial Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has said he wants to contest the country’s next general election. Dr Khan’s declaration at a university convocation
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        Lock icon Dry weather warning at haze talks
        469 19 Asean ministers agree to remain vigilant and step up control efforts BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Environment ministers from Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, meeting here over transboundary haze pollution, have warned about drier weather later this year. They said Asean’s own weathermen had forecast
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        Lock icon Thai man convicted of lese majeste dies in jail
        356 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: A 62-year-old Thai man considered a “prisoner of conscience” by Amnesty International for his 20-year sentence for lese majeste has died in jail, according to his lawyer. Ampon Tangnoppakul was convicted by the Bangkok criminal court
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        Lock icon Japan honours Jayakumar
        111 20 Former senior minister S. Jayakumar meeting former British prime minister John Major after both of them were conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo yesterday. They were among 10 distinguished recipients of
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        Lock icon School ‘used IV drips to boost student focus’
        689 20 Chinese officials launch probe after photos of alleged use posted online BEIJING: Officials in central China’s Hubei province have launched an investigation into a local high school where students reportedly use intravenous drips to boost performance in their studies, Chinese media reported
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        Lock icon China to US: Equal footing for militaries
        568 21 Defence minister calls for ‘new relationship based on cooperation’ BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA WASHINGTON: The US and Chinese militaries should work as equals and avoid the “stereotype” of being confrontational superpowers “predestined for conflict”, Chinese General Liang Guanglie said on his
        BLOOMBERG; ASSOCIATED PRESS,; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; XINHUA; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  568 words
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        Lock icon Beijing warns Manila over shoal stand-off
        256 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BEIJING: China is ready for “any escalation” of a tense maritime stand-off with the Philippines over a disputed shoal. Vice-Foreign Minister Fu Ying delivered the harsh message to Mr Alex Chua, charge d’affaires at the Philippine Embassy in China, on Monday:
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        Lock icon CIA ‘foils Al-Qaeda plot to bomb airliner’
        1018 22 US-bound plane targeted, but bomber was stopped before reaching airport NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), working closely with foreign partners, has thwarted a plot by the branch of Al-Qaeda in Yemen to smuggle an experimental bomb aboard an airliner
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        Lock icon Australia aims for surplus in budget
        621 23  -  Govt announces deep spending cuts coupled with lavish handouts BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY: Australia is set to become the first major developed economy to record a surplus since the global financial crisis began, as it flags its biggest austerity
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        Lock icon Yahoo CEO apologises for bogus degree
        296 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo’s CEO Scott Thompson is sorry for allowing an inaccuracy about his education to appear in his official biography, but not remorseful enough to heed calls for him to resign. Mr Thompson apologised for the uproar caused by the misinformation
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        Lock icon Myanmar to ease rules on international payments
        286 23 BLOOMBERG YANGON: Myanmar plans to scrap all restrictions on international payments and transfers before the end of next year, the International Monetary Fund said, making it easier for companies to buy and sell goods in the country. The government expects to complete the
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        Lock icon HK bank sues investor for $14m in losses
        464 24 Businesswoman taken to court in dispute over high-risk accumulators HONG KONG: A wealthy mainland investor is being sued by a bank in Hong Kong for repayment of more than HK$90 million (S$14.56 million) after she incurred losses on a high-risk investment product
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        Lock icon IMF: China’s high investment rate risky
        522 24 BLOOMBERG BEIJING: China’s investment rate will remain high over the next five years, risking a build-up of excess capacity that may trigger bad loans for banks. Mr Murtaza Syed, the International Monetary Fund’s resident representative in Beijing, yesterday said spending on factories and infrastructure
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Aviva CEO quits following pay revolt
          78 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Mr Andrew Moss, chief executive of insurance giant Aviva, stepped down yesterday, becoming the latest victim of a growing shareholder revolt over pay for top managers. The firm said its incoming chairman John McFarlane would assume executive duties with immediate effect.
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          Lock icon CIMB buys major stake in San Miguel’s bank unit
          72 24 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Group Holdings, Malaysia’s second largest lender by assets, yesterday said it will pay in cash to buy a 60 per cent stake in Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp’s Bank of Commerce for RM881 million (S$360 million). The
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          Lock icon Zynga sues French firm for using ‘Ville’ in game title
          76 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN FRANCISCO: Game developer Zynga is out to strip “Ville” from PyramidVille, a social game by French firm Kobojo, on the grounds that it piggybacks on a line of its titles, including CityVille and FarmVille. The firm filed
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    • world. at a glance
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          Lock icon Santorum backs Romney
          111 25 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum endorsed his one-time fierce rival Mitt Romney on Monday, a move that may help the party’s presumptive White House nominee win over religious conservatives. Mr Santorum said in an unusual late-night statement that the two have differences, but that
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          Lock icon ESM Goh visits China
          145 25 EMERITUS Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit Beijing and Tianjin from today to Saturday to attend the 30th annual plenary meeting of the InterAction Council (IAC). The IAC is an independent international organisation that counts more than 30 former heads of state or heads of
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          Lock icon New Israeli coalition
          83 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday unveiled a revamped coalition government, forming a broad alliance with the chief opposition party that could free his hand to take bold action on peace with the Palestinians and decide whether to attack Iran. In a stunning reversal,
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          Lock icon Court ends Haj subsidy
          87 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court yesterday ordered the government to scrap a state policy of subsidising the travel of thousands of Muslims to Mecca for the annual haj pilgrimage. “We hold that the policy is best done away with and it should be eliminated
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          Lock icon Suu Kyi gets passport
          107 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON: Myanmar has issued opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with a passport, her party said yesterday, as the former political prisoner prepares to travel abroad for the first time in 24 years. The 66-year-old democracy icon, who has spent much of the past
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      467 11  -  BY ALVIN CHIA RAFFLES Institution (RI) are the new queens of football, after shocking Meridien Junior College (MJC) yesterday evening in the A girls’ football final. Under the floodlights at Jalan Besar Stadium, RI came out of their defensive shell in the
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      434 11 TEN finalists have been selected to win a trip to the London Olympics under the McDonald’s Champions of Play programme, but only the top three with the most number of votes will get to go. The finalists must best capture the spirit of
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      570 12 Aging team sweep Jazz, now wait for Clippers or Grizzlies ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY: The San Antonio Spurs were feeling good on Monday after sweeping their first-round National Basketball Association Western Conference series with the Utah Jazz. They also were feeling some pain. “I’m sore,”
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      545 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Linsanity turned the season around for the New York Knicks once, and they are even more desperate for help now. But interim coach Mike Woodson has claimed he is not counting on Jeremy Lin to play today when his short-handed
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      190 12 Today Basketball Women’s National C’ship (Singapore Basketball Centre, 7.15pm). NBA: Play-offs, 1st rd (Live, Ch216, 8am). Boxing World Series of Boxing: Individual C’ships (Live, StarHub Ch201, tomorrow, 4am). Cricket IPL: Mumbai v Bangalore (Live, StarHub Ch231,10pm). Cycling Tour of Italy: Stage 4 (Live, StarHub Ch205, 9.30pm). Football
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      288 12 Basketball NBA Conference play-offs, 1st rd West: Utah 81 San Antonio 87 (San Antonio win series 4-0), Los Angeles Clippers 101 Memphis 97 (OT) (Clippers lead series 3-1). Cycling Giro d’Italia 190km 3rd stage starting and finishing in Horsens, Denmark: 1 Matthew Goss (Aus/Orica) 4hr 20min 53sec. 2 Juan
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      36 12 RUBENS BARRICHELLO, the Brazilian driver with 325 Formula One races, after going 322kmh in his rookie IndyCar test at the Texas Motor Speedway on Monday
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        64 12 An all-round performance by Archit Goenka helped holders Singapore beat Hong Kong by seven runs in their final Group A match in the Asian Cricket Council’s U-16 Elite Cup at the Penang Sports Club yesterday. He top-scored with 35 in his side’s total of 87, and
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        45 12 REUTERS BERLIN: The German town of Halle, known for the tennis event dominated by Roger Federer, has paid tribute to him by naming a street after the 16-times Grand Slam champion. He has won the Halle event five times.
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        39 12 REUTERS MADRID: Spain and Barcelona defender Carles Puyol looks set to miss next month’s Euro 2012 after an injury to his right knee. The surgery will keep him out for six weeks.
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      120 9 LOTTERY L Draw No. 2742/2012 1 Vi V Monday, 7 May 2012 Group 1 Prize: $699,861 No Winner Next Draw No. 2743/2012 Thursday, 10 May 2012 Group 1 Prize *1,500,000. Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6 For detailed match fixtures, please visit Singapore
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    269 12 OBITUARIES “Surely Goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I wil dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Psalm 23:6 GERTRUDE NEUBRONNER Age:91 passedawaypeacefullyon8May2012. Fondlymissedbylovedones. (Husband: Patrick Neubronner, deceased) Children: Spouses: (Ashley, deceased) Jenny Colleen Errol Janice Moira Grandchildren: Spouses: Michelle Nantha Jill
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      68 14 BeTheFirstToKnow BreakingNewsSMSAlert LianheWanbao ShinMinDailyNews SoccerNews TheStraitsTimes WorldNews The StraitsTimes SingaporeNews The Business TimesNews 30.04.2012 10:14:32am Jobs created grew byo 27,400 in Q1 of 2012, moderatingfrom the 37,600 jobs created Q4 2011. Jobless rate rosef to 2.1% in March, upfrom 2% in Dec. From SPH THE STRAITS TIMES SG NEWS Lianhe
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      Lock icon Compliance with new rules costly for banks
      693 22  -  Due diligence processes to identify tax-liable US subjects are ‘expensive’ BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg BANKS across the world are facing an increasingly heavy compliance burden as new rules for the financial industry are rolled out. The first of many is the Foreign Account
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      95 22 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Buffett: Hard to determine Facebook, Google value L Singapore shares higher at midday on Tuesday L Money not a key factor for job-seekers More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Get your
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        Lock icon STI steadies itself after Monday’s fall
        548 14  -  Calm returns to Asian markets, but Europe worries still linger BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE local market calmed down yesterday, steadying itself and even managing a slight rebound after Monday’s sharp falls, which came on renewed Europe fears. The benchmark Straits
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          104 14 COSCO Corp (Singapore) yesterday said its first-quarter net profit fell by 25 per cent to $27.8 million. Sales slipped by 3 per cent to $978.7 million for the three months to March 31. Gross profit fell by 11.8 per cent to $98.8 million, mainly due to lower
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          73 14 DEVELOPER Wing Tai Holdings has posted a 74 per cent fall in third-quarter net profit to $42.3 million, largely due to lower contributions from development properties. Revenue for the three months ended March 31 dropped by 69 per cent to $128.1 million. Earnings per share shrank to
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          54 14 SEMBCORP Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard has won a deal worth US$208 million (S$260 million) to construct a jack-up rig for the Perisai group. The customer, a unit of Malaysia-listed Perisai Petroleum Teknologi, has the right to order a second similar rig from PPL for US$210 million, with adjustment
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          97 14 PROPERTY and hotel group Overseas Union Enterprise yesterday reported a 93.8 per cent drop in first-quarter net profit to $16.6 million. The plunge was mostly the result of accounting treatment as first-quarter earnings last year were boosted by fair value gain on investment properties amounting to $249.2 million. Earnings
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          99 14 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.97 billion shares worth $1.03 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 188 Losers: 193 Unchanged: 398 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Basic materials Points Change 4.13 671.07 445.07 -1.15 1.96 707.87 -2.80 662.04 -0.64 242.74 -1.10 207.81 0.18 202.86 Consumer
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          220 14 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,181.65 (+62.51) Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average rebounded from a three-month low as investors reassessed the immediate impact of the French and Greek elections. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 20,484.75 (-51.9) The Hang Seng Index suffered a fourth consecutive loss as weakness in Chinese
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          192 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 8, 2012 Top Rises May 8 CENTS DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 299.9 1.3 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4253 122.1 2.4 May 8 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2725 66.0 2.0 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5765
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          406 14 Top Rises May 8 CENTS CityDev.ES.1205 1034 6.0 0.6 DBS RB eCW*****8 42 5.0 13.5 SembMar.ES.1205 488 4.0 0.8 DutyFree W*****6 5 2.7 117.4 DBS MB eCW*****2 8.8 1.0 12.8 Juken Tech W*****4 12 1.0 9.1 CN8800MBeCW*****8 11.4 0.8 7.5 DBS MB eCW*****4 12.2 0.8 7.0 SembMar
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          48 14 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS o/o Vol MDR 1.1 -0.1 -8.3 124,468,000 IT Inti 13 6 -0.6 -4.2 110,412,000 By Value CENTS Value CENTS o/o Value DBS Grp 1415 18.0 1.3 88,545,470 Keppel Corp 1065 -13.0 -1.2 65,450,700 SingTel UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS
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          53 14 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY May 8 2012 Selling Buying May 8 2012 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.3 ....1.239 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.284 ....1.223 1.664 Malaysian ringgit 41.575 39.976 2.054 ....1.975 NZ dollar 1.019 ....0.971 Source: United Overseas
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          61 14 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 174 112.5 CapMallsAsia 143 unch ***** 145 141.5 2.1
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          93 14 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 176 101.5 ARA 1465 +1.5 512 94 55
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        477 15  -  Growth for the quarter driven by increase in all revenue segments BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg PROFESSIONAL real estate fund manager ARA Asset Management yesterday announced a 35 per cent jump in first-quarter net profit to $20 million. Total revenue rose by 26 per
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        Lock icon Temasek, RRJ to invest $590m in US LNG plant
        377 15 REUTERS SINGAPORE investment agency Temasek Holdings and Asia-based private equity firm RRJ Capital have agreed to invest US$468 million (S$590 million) in Cheniere Energy to help the US energy firm fund the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant. Houston-based
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        173 15 REUTERS NORWEGIAN shipping and energy lender DNB will stop covering listed companies at its Singapore office and transfer equity research to Norway, in a move that has resulted in the departure of two analysts based here. A third analyst, former head of research Kay
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      Lock icon China stocks look rosy, says analyst
      683 16  -  With property and gold less attractive, Chinese investors will turn to equities BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg STOCKS in mainland China offer promising prospects given their attractive valuations, thanks to substantial de-ratings in recent years and a better than expected economic backdrop, an
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      Lock icon Nielsen lab to study shoppers’ behaviour
      320 16  -  BY GAN YU JIA THE behaviour of shoppers is to go under the microscope at a first-of-its-kind innovation centre being set up by global information firm Nielsen Holdings. The centre NielsenLAB was launched by the company yesterday. It is located in the firm’s local
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        972 18  -  Owner of architectural fittings firm nearly went bust during 2003 crisis BY YUNITA ONG yunitaso@sph.com.sg BUSINESS owner Paul Lawrence knows first-hand just how easy it is for a seemingly successful enterprise to suddenly find itself in perilous waters. His danger moment came in
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        997 19  -  Companies have to meet the higher expectations or risk losing business BY JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg COMPANIES may be tempted to turn a blind eye to service quality since it is not something that is directly reflected on the balance sheet. Yet consumers especially those
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        1026 19  -  In an eight-part series sponsored by Spring Singapore, we look at how various companies have benefited from initiatives designed to transform their service quality. Joyce Teo finds out more about how Sports Link tackled this challenge. Joyce Teo HOME-GROWN sporting goods chain Sports
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      Lock icon S’pore banks’ credit ratings at stake: Fitch
      527 20  -  Emerging markets offer growth prospects but risks are higher, it says OVERSEAS EXPANSION BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE banks’ growing regional presence is a double-edged sword, says credit rating agency Fitch. In a conference call yesterday, Fitch said that while overseas expansion is
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      557 20 REUTERS LONDON: HSBC beat expectations with an underlying first-quarter profit of US$6.8 billion (S$8.4 billion) as Europe’s biggest bank saw a rebound in investment banking, growth in Asia and a fall in US bad debts. HSBC said yesterday it was making
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      Lock icon ANZ eyes big slice of transaction banking pie
      436 20  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA AS ASIAN firms expand overseas, they need banks to help manage the movement of their money across borders. Australian-based ANZ, with a presence in 14 markets across Asia, is one bank that hopes to capture an increasing slice of
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      Lock icon Growth to pick up in 2nd half: ING Bank
      440 21  -  Singapore could see 2.7 per cent expansion, but inflation may accelerate BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg GROWTH in Asian economies should pick up in the second half of the year, as Europe puts the worst behind it, says a senior economist at
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      Lock icon SingTel unit buys 3-D ad maker AdJitsu
      449 21  -  BY GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT AMOBEE, a wholly owned SingTel unit, has acquired a United States-based company involved in the fast-growing area of advertisements for digital devices for an undisclosed sum. The company, AdJitsu, provides tools to organisations such as media publishers, brands
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      Lock icon Sembcorp unit in Sichuan park tie-up
      288 21  -  MELISSA TAN A UNIT of Sembcorp Industries has inked a 1.86 billion yuan (S$370 million) joint-venture deal with a Chinese partner to set up a company to develop the Singapore-Sichuan Hi-tech Innovation Park in China. Singapore-Sichuan Investment Holdings (SSIH), of which Sembcorp Development is
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      71 1 Bollywood’s serial kisser Dark Shadows Burton and Depp’s eighth film together not their best Emraan Hashmi proves critics wrong Whisky Live More than 100 varieties are available C10 C2 C7 Ada Choi, one of Hong Kong’s most popular actresses, embraces her latest role as an evil royal in the new
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        615 2  -  A daytime TV show from the 1960s gets the Tim Burton treatment and ends up dull reviewfantasy DARK SHADOWS (PG13) 113 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp), the wealthy scion of an 18th-century fishing family, spurns the affections of a maid, Angelique Bouchard
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        999 2  -  tay yek keak “O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention,” Shakespeare wrote in Henry V. Tim Burton has lit that fire with Johnny Depp, his muse and cinematic significant other, a total of eight times. Dark Shadows, a dysfunctional vampire comedy
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        399 3  -  Comedic take on 1980s TV drama scores on down-to-earth humour and great chemistry reviewcomedy 21 JUMP STREET (M18) 109 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill), a nerd, and Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum), a jock, meet in high school and later in the police academy, where
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        643 6  -  Son Ye Jin says TV is better than film in offering roles for women, especially older ones yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Who: South Korean actress Son Ye Jin, 30, known for her roles in popular films such as A Moment To Remember (2004), where she played a
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          164 6  -  BEING FLYNN (M18) 102 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ Boon Chan The film is based on American playwright and poet Nick Flynn’s memoir, Another Bullshit Night In Suck City (2004). Clearly, this was never going to be a barrel of laughs given that it tackles estrangement, suicide and living on the
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          206 6  -  SAFE (NC16) 94 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ Dave Chua At this point in his career, Jason Statham seems content to be perfectly mediocre, starring in one forgettable action thriller after another. For his latest project, directed by Boaz Yakin (Death In Love, 2008), he is thrown into the mix together
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          172 6  -  MY GIRLFRIEND CAN SEE GHOSTS (PG13) 114 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ Dave Chua This South Korean movie switches between horror, romance and comedy without ever intermingling the genres, resulting in a brew that just does not go down well despite the star power of Son Ye Jin (A Moment To
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        Lock icon A monster of a mess
        414 6  -  reviewcrime thriller FAIRY TALE KILLER (PG13) 120 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Jun (Wang Baoqiang), a stutterer with his face painted white, confesses to five murders in a police station but is released as his statement does not add up. But the next day, the brutal
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        Lock icon Not just a serial kisser
        646 7  -  Emraan Hashmi developed a paunch for his role in a political thriller about rapidly modernising India deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Developing a paunch, wearing buck teeth, taking acting workshops. Bollywood’s “serial kisser” Emraan Hashmi is going beyond lip locks for what he calls “one of his
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        Lock icon TV watchdog calls for Stern boycott
        321 7 Reuters Los Angeles A television watchdog group has urged advertisers to boycott hit TV show America’s Got Talent, saying the addition of shock jock Howard Stern to the panel of judges will “likely result in a sharp increase in explicit content”. A week before
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        Lock icon Fashion heroes
        1535 8  -  Next to their abilities, the costume is a superhero’s most defining characteristic. And with the release of The Avengers last week and upcoming comic-book blockbusters The Amazing Spiderman and The Dark Knight Rises MATTHEW WEE dives into the world of crime-fighting fashion to explore the evolution of superhero
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      Lock icon Playing evil is fun
      1630 4  -  Going beyond her past roles of goody-two-shoes types, HK actress Ada Choi is enjoying her current slew of catty characters yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Hong Kong actress Ada Choi seems to have reached a point in her life where the more daring a role, the better.
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      Lock icon Pleasure of period dramas
      1063 5  -  Yip Wai Yee It could be the epic storylines, the lyrical dialogue or the promise of grand spectacle in the sets and costumes. Whatever the reason, Asian period dramas have always garnered a strong and steady following. Housewife Candace Leong, 42, who says some of her
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      793 9  -  A flashback episode finally puts a face to the dead wife of CSI: NY’s Detective Mac Taylor rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg A character who is a major influence in the police procedural CSI: NY is making her appearance only eight years after the show’s debut in 2004.
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      104 10 ‘Justin Bieber (left) is staying at my hotel right now and there are throngs of young girls outside and I came walking out and... they were looking past me to see if he was there. I was like, “Uh, hello?”’ Friends actor Matt Leblanc (right) on
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      592 10  -  Taste about 100 varieties of the brown spirit and attend masterclasses at this year’s Whisky Live rebecca lynne tan year. rltan@sph.com.sg Sniff, swirl and savour rare and fine whiskies at this year’s whisky tasting event, Whisky Live. Making their debut at the annual one-day
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      353 11 Metallic sheen and colourful hues add a bright touch to the red carpet at the Met gala Associated Press New York It is known as one of the most glamorous red carpets of the year, with movie stars, models and even a few star quarterbacks putting on their
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      377 12 Mention sharp-tongued female villains in local Chinese dramas on TV and the name Cynthia Koh would come to many viewers’ mind. The 38-year-old MediaCorp actress has had more than her fair share of unpleasant roles in her 20-year career such as a scheming spendthrift in
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      343 12  -  The voting system for the Star Awards’ Most Popular artists has come under fire but winners are still thankful for the prize kenneth goh kengohsz@sph.com.sg Channel 8 actor Pierre Png took 11 years to win his first popularity award at the Star Awards. His colleague Cynthia Koh needed
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      380 12 According to Pierre Png, he took home his first popularity trophy after acting in Channel 8 drama serials for 11 years only because he has been working hard. The 38-year-old says: “I have always stuck to the formula of concentrating on my acting and
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      355 12 Surreal’ win is reassuring One week after the Star Awards, MediaCorp actress Rebecca Lim, 25, still feels embarrassed about making it into the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes list. She says: “I feel that there are more talented and deserving actresses than me who should have won, such as
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        339 14 Agence France-Presse Reuters Los Angeles John Travolta (right) dismissed as a “baseless lie” on Monday a lawsuit seeking US$2 million (S$2.5 million) for alleged assault and sexual battery of a masseur during a massage session at a Beverly Hills hotel. The masseur, referred to
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        233 14 Taipei Pop star Cyndi Wang (below) was in tears on Monday as she refuted talk that she was the third party who broke up television stars Sonia Sui and How Yao’s eight-year on-off relationship. Fingers were pointed at Wang, 29, who was photographed last year
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          103 14 A trailer for a new Adam Cheng drama had been playing on Hong Kong TV for a week before the Hang Seng Index lost 549 points in Monday’s stock market rout. But Cheng told Apple Daily he did not think that was due
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          55 14 Lost star Matthew Fox was charged with drink driving in Oregon. Police say the actor, who lives in Bend City, Oregon, was stopped early last Friday after an officer noticed him failing to signal properly or stay in a lane of traffic. He was taken
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          79 14 Singer Morrissey called on the Indonesian government yesterday to shut down a zoo in Java where animals have died or disappeared. The vegetarian and animal rightist wrote to Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan before a solo show in Jakarta last Thursday, saying: “Your ministry called for
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          53 14 No Doubt will release their first album in a decade on Sept 25. There is no title yet, but the band revealed last year a few tracks they had been working on, including the “party-ready reggae blast” track Steady Down and ska-pop tune
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          53 14 Actor Dustin Hoffman helped to rescue a jogger who collapsed in London’s Hyde Park. The Sun newspaper reported that Hoffman, who lives nearby, rang 999 and tended to Sam Dempster, 27, while paramedics started his heart again. “The paramedics told me I had been saved by Dustin
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        169 14 Reuters Agence France-Presse New York Supermodel Linda Evangelista’s five-year-old son Augustin is unlikely to lack pocket money after his billionaire father Francois-Henri Pinault (right) made an out-of-court settlement for child support on Monday. The settlement followed two days of tense, often personal court testimony last
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      17 3 Read it in tomorrow EXTREME HEART PALPITATIONS Now she can dance and travel with peace of mind
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      297 3 There's nothing (ike discovering the jreqt outdoors in Sydney Sydneys bountiful natural surroundings and glorious harbour make, it an amazing place to discover the great outdoors. Strike out on foot on a glorious beach or along the coastline, such as the Bondi to Bronte walk, or take a leisurely cycle
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      98 3 top 10 movies SINGAPORE 1. The Avengers 2. (1) Battleship 3. Fabulous 30 4. (2) The Lucky One 5. The Howling: Reborn 6. (3) The Cabin In The Woods 7. House Of Pleasures 8. The Raven 9. (7) American Pie: Reunion 10. Love Bruises Information from Cinematograph Film Exhibitors Association
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      13 4 MAY ISSUE OUTNOW! SINGAPORE’S BEST PARENTING MAGAZINE!* *MAGAZINEOFTHEYEAR(MPASAWARDS2011)& PARENTINGMAGAZINEOFTHEYEAR(MARKETINGMAGAZINE OFTHEYEARSURVEY2012) Visitusonline www.youngparents.com.sg facebook.com/youngparents
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      302 5 Dreamworks' Blockbuster Musical comes to Malaysia! "A big fat hit! A triumph of comic imagination. Altogether irresistible." USA Today .r fc-'.f.o I 11 r*“ v is® NKTworks presents A \ll DltI MtKS SfReK Musical 19-24 June 2012 Plenary Hall, KL Convention Centre, Malaysia TfUu. SI* ly Asia Get ready for
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      129 7 World Premiere of TAJ EXPRESS A Bollywood Musical Extravaganza sK L A publication of Presents L »*tcU xr.-fSC A Musical Journey Through Kaleidoscopic India 2000 Costumes 1500 Props 42 Artistes 7 Shows 1 Venue Esplanade Theatre 6 th 10 th June 2012 2pm 8pm www.sistic.com.sg Shruti Merchant COMPLIMENTARY INVITATION TO
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      60 9 INDIAN JEWELLERY SHOW Arh s m Queens of the Mughal Empire. 5th to 13th May 2012 MANDARIN ORCHARD HOTEL 333, Main Tower, Orchard Road, Singapore *****7 .16th to 20th May 2012 GRAND MERCURE ROXY HOTEL 50 East Coast Road, Roxy Square (Opp. Parkway Parade Shopping Centre) Singapore *****9 1 lam
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      413 12 CUTTING-EDGE STRATEGIES FOR WORKPLACE SUCCESS FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS Who should attend: Sales Managers, Account Managers/ Executives, Social Media Specialists, PMEBs, Directors, Team Leaders and other General Management Professionals 11 May, 2012 (Fri) Register at www.stjobs.sg/seminars Workshop A: 21st Century Sales Leadership Skills SPH News Centre (9.00 am to 5.30 pm) Trainer:
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      3196 13 life!Ltv THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 2012 PAGE starhub tv cartoon network ch316 AM 6.00 The Garfield Show 7.00 Good Morning Scooby-Doo! 8.00 Courage The Cowardly Dog 9.00 Tom Jerry Show 10.00 Oggy The Cockroaches 11.00 Courage The Cowardly Dog PM 12.00 Tom Jerry Show 1.00 Oggy The Cockroaches
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      127 13 The weather Thundery showers over many areas in the morning. SUNRISE 6.56am MOONRISE 10.29pm SUNSET 7.07pm MOONSET 9.53am AIR QUALITY PSI 41 (Good) 31/25 °C FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE SINGAPORE: 6542-7788 OR GO TO www.nea.gov.sg TIDES TODAY FIRST HIGH TIDE 3.1m 12.22am SECOND HIGH TIDE 2.8m
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      175 13 Women who misbehave Singaporeans share their stories of fierce, misbehaving women, after an undergraduate was charged for hitting four policemen outside a club. Editor’s picks Video on demand 1. SINGAPORE NOW Primary 3 maths stumps adults RazorTV challenges adults to answer three Primary 3 maths questions to see how they
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      429 14 Lor r n l u l i u 'QTosaic 5 Hiromi attacked the keyboard with a passion that was frenetic and all consuming”. exammer.com t ROM 7/ THE TRIO PROJECT FEATURING ANTHONY JACKSON and STEVE SMITH Pianist-composer Hiromi returns to Esplanade with The Trio Project, which sees her performing alongside
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        624 2  -  Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph.com. sg The 12-year itch is almost at an end. In exactly six days, Diablo III will make its long-awaited return. Having spent the last few months playing the beta version, I found the gameplay to be largely the same, even if the classes
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      Lock icon WHAT FANS SAY
      189 2 Will readers wear Google Glasses if they become available here? I will wear the one made by Valve-Apple instead. Edwin Zeng Forget Google Glasses. I want a Google Monocle so I can talk in faux foppish dandy while entertaining my inner gadget poodle. Larry Leow Hell yeah,
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        171 3  -  By Seow Tein Hee With less than a week before Diablo III is launched here, Digital Life and AsiaSoft are offering readers a chance to win 10 Diablo III standard-edition boxed sets. Sign up on DL’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ DigitalLifeSG to keep track
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          Lock icon Smartphone growth still surging
          94 3 While mobile-phone shipments are expected to grow globally by 6.3 per cent between last year and 2017, smartphones will outpace that growth at 24.9 per cent. So said the international analyst and consultancy firm Ovum, which specialises in global coverage of IT and telecommunications industries. It
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          Lock icon The truth about S’pore’s broadband
          81 3 Be part of the first objective programme in Singapore to give a real-world assessment of the speed and quality of broadband services provided by Internet service providers here. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore commissioned broadband research specialist SamKnows to carry this out. The survey
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          Lock icon More malware aimed at Android phones
          97 3 Security expert Symantec reported that a new Android malware threat is being distributed via infected websites. Although it does seek a user’s permission to install the malicious software, the malware is disguised as a device security update. Devices that allow installation from “Unknown Sources”
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          Lock icon Fire’s blaze tempered
          98 3 Amazon’s Kindle Fire seemed unstoppable when it grabbed 17 per cent of the global tablet market last quarter, despite being launched only last November. But research firm IDC reported that the blaze seems to be waning. The relatively cheap US$199 (S$247) tablet’s share of the market has
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          89 3 Call it a good vibration. Japanese electronic parts maker Rohm has developed a technology that enables sounds to be heard when you press a device, such as a corner of a cellphone, to the ear. Using ear-cartilage conduction, the component, made of a chip and a vibrating
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          Lock icon Win, lose or Draw Something else
          95 3  -  Compiled by Tan Chong Yaw The Pictionary-like mobile game Draw Something, which was downloaded 50 million times in its first 50 days, seems to be losing steam, tech website PCMag reported. In the past month, it has shed four million active users, according to
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      • 10 gift ideas for mum
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          Lock icon 1 Roomba iRobot 780
          379 4  -  Don’t know what to get for the special woman in your life this Mother’s Day? Tech gadgets can be great gifts for mum, say the boys at Digital Life, even if some of their gift choices may seem slyly self-serving By Oo Gin Lee 1RoombaiRobot $1,198
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          Lock icon 2 Nespresso Pixie
          375 4  -  By Tan Chong Yaw 2NespressoPixie$398For a simple way for mum to enjoy that gourmet cup of coffee in the comfort of home, get her a capsule coffee machine like the Pixie. The Pixie equals great coffee, simplified. A barista’s skills are not needed. You know the work
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          Lock icon 3 Eubiq Power Track
          265 6  -  By Oo Gin Lee 3EubiqPower $160 (600mm track and three standard adaptors) For inquiries, call 6372-9393 Even the best-kept kitchen can be marred by a spaghetti of unsightly cables snaking everywhere to and from electrical appliances. And why would you make mum sit her shiny new
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          Lock icon 4 HP Envy 110 e-All-in-One
          438 6  -  By Tan Chong Yaw 4HP $399 Here is a printer for the very important non-techie person in your life your mum. Without her lifting a finger, a love note from her children to her can pop out from this wireless printer. No PC involved. No
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          Lock icon 5 Philips AirFryer HD9220
          365 6  -  By Tan Chong Yaw 5Philips $409 The name says it all. It fries food but without the help of copious amounts of fat. This is perfect for the mother who dotes on you by cooking you choice, fried dishes. The AirFryer provides her the chance to
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          Lock icon 6 Lenovo IdeaCentre A720
          331 8  -  By Seow Tein Hee 6Lenovo $2,699 An all-in-one PC is a great gift for mothers who need a computer that is simple yet powerful. Lenovo’s IdeaCentre A720, powered by Intel’s third-generation Core i7 processor, is packed full of features, promising endless hours of entertainment. The 27-inch
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          423 8  -  By Trevor Tan 7Apple From $658 (16GB, Wi-Fi only) to $1,088 (64GB, Wi-Fi 3G) You may not believe it but 91 per cent of mums would rather have an iPad than flowers, according to a recent survey by TechBargains. Okay, so that is an American website, but
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          Lock icon 8 iHealth Digital Scale
          291 10 / 11  -  By Trevor Tan $149 Oh, she already has an iPad? Why not get her the iHealth Digital Scale to go with it? But only if she’s not going to read this as criticism of her shape. This step-on scale has a reliable tempered glass top with
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          Lock icon 9 Samsung Smart 3-D TV 55ES8000
          311 10 / 11  -  By Trevor Tan $6,499 (with two sets of 3-D specs) Pamper your mum with this smart 55-inch 3-D TV set from Samsung, so you can both watch next week’s Champions League final in full high-definition glory. After the excitement is all over, there will
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          239 10 / 11  -  By Seow Tein Hee $72.90 Cooking will never be the same when you discover the Happy Call pressure pan, which is actually two pans that are locked together as one. It can be purchased online, though there is the risk of shipping delays. If you are
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        707 12 / 13  -  If you have yet to find a gift for Mother's Day, these smartphone apps have got you covered. MAY CHUA reports reports covered. MAY CHUA Build-a-Card: Mothers Edition Free for Android; US$0.99 (S$1.23) for iOS If you cannot spend the day with your mother, e-cards are a
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        1087 14 / 15  -  Research In Motion is overhauling its BlackBerry handsets with a brand-new operating system which promises many new features. SHERWIN LOH reports from the BlackBerry World event in Orlando SHERWIN LOH sherwinl@sph.com.sg Canadian handset maker Research In Motion (RIM), whose BlackBerry handsets have a global following of
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        775 14 / 15 What do we know? It is a whole new operating system (OS) built from the ground up and based on the QNX operating system RIM acquired in 2010. The QNX system is used predominantly in the automotive industry. So BlackBerry 10 is an untested OS? Not really.
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        384 16  -  App: SGCarParks Why it’s cool: Drivers will appreciate its help in finding the lowest parking rates. Price: Free, from the Apple App Store By Seow Tein Hee teinhee@sph. com. sg Driving in Singapore can be challenging when you are trying to find a parking spot
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        728 17  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan @sph. com.sg The most remarkable thing about this product may be that it bears the name of a golfer ranked a lowly No. 58 just six months ago. A recent win has since boosted Tiger Woods back to a respectable ranking
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        684 18  -  By Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph.com.sg By Crom, I swear this game is a copycat of Conan and God Of War. Heads will roll, limbs will fly and blood will spill by the bucketloads in this action game in which one man battles a horde of gods and their minions.
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        436 19  -  By Seow Tein Hee teinhee@sph. com.sg A tablet that transforms into something more is the basis of the Asus Transformer tablet series. The Asus Transformer Pad 300 lacks the aesthetic finesse of its older sibling, the Transformer Pad Prime, though it shares the concentric ring pattern
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        Lock icon Adidas ClimaCool Seduction
        445 19  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com.sg A friend tweeted that despite all the technology in the world, he still has to wash his running socks by hand so that the sweat will not “contaminate” the other clothes in the washing machine. Maybe he should try Adidas ClimaCool Seduction running
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      • Touchy-feely rodents
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          Lock icon Apple Magic Mouse
          312 20/21  -  TREVOR TAN test-drives three touch-sensitive mice to find out which is the right one to buy TREVOR TAN $98 This is the world’s first multi-touch mouse. The Magic Mouse has an elegant and minimalist design with a single white button on top and an aluminium base. Left-handers
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          Lock icon Logitech Touch Mouse M600
          322 20/21 $89 At first glance, this looks like a large black pebble you might have picked up from the beach. On closer inspection, it reveals futuristic-looking patterns on its smooth surface. The M600 provides a comfortable grip, tapering smoothly from head to tail. Its symmetrical design means
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          Lock icon Microsoft Touch Mouse Limited Edition Artist Series
          354 20/21 trevtan@sph.com.sg $99 This mouse, designed by New York-based artist Deanne Cheuk, is part of a limited-edition series. It has some printed motifs that signals a Middle Eastern influence. Personally, I would have preferred it in plain white. But the motifs do guide users
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        Lock icon Olympus Tough TG-620
        481 20/21  -  By Tan Chong Yaw cytan@sph. com.sg The Tough range of waterproof compacts from Olympus is not subtle. These cameras all but shout out that they can take the punishment. Big bolts, rubber-covered controls and large silvery plates are visual declarations that they can take a licking and
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    • NEW PRODUCTS
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        Lock icon Canon PowerShot D20
        78 22 CAMERA $599, available next week This camera is meant for the outdoors. The 12.1-megapixel shooter is armed to the teeth against rough conditions. It is waterproof up to 10m and shockproof up to 10m. And if you are making a trip to temperate countries, the Canon PowerShot
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        Lock icon Raspberry Pi
        100 22 PC BOARD £21.60 (S$43.50) from singapore.rs-online.com This is a credit-card sized system-on-chip computer board, which integrates the central processing unit and graphics processing unit. It comes with output ports such as USB 2.0, HDMI and LAN. A microUSB charger powers the board. The Fedora version of Linux, an
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        Lock icon Nokia Lumia 610
        72 22 SMARTPHONES $379 (without contract) The latest Nokia Lumia 610 is an affordable smartphone. Armed with Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5, this phone is powered by modest hardware specifications such as a 3.7-inch display, a 5-megapixel camera sensor along with 8GB of internal storage to house your photos. The
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        Lock icon Samsung Galaxy S III
        120 22 Price unknown, available by next month The Korean company’s latest Android 4.0 smartphone is poised to succeed its earlier Samsung Galaxy S II. Armed with Samsung’s very own Exynos quad-core 1.4GHz processor and a 4.8-inch HD Super Amoled display with a screen resolution of 1,280 x
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        Lock icon Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E430
        92 22 NOTEBOOKS to 1TB. It a state drive cache to boost its start-up speed. Weighing 2.15kg, the notebook has a 14-inch display and a pair of stereo speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio Enhancement, so it can double as an entertainment system. From $1,249, available next week Lenovo’s
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        Lock icon Sony Vaio E Series 14P
        96 22 From $1,399 The new Sony Vaio E Series 14P has Intel’s third-generation Core i7 processor working in tandem with an AMD Radeon HD 7670M discrete graphics processing unit. It comes with 4GB of DDR3 RAM which can be upgraded to 16GB. A 14-inch display with
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