The Straits Times, 9 July 2012, Afternoon Edition

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 M O ND A Y J ULY 9 2012 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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    Lock icon One-stop help line for private estates
    571 1  -  PA aims to get all constituencies to run hotlines similar to Ang Mo Kio pilot By LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg A ONE-STOP hotline piloted for residents in private homes to call about estate problems around Ang Mo Kio has been so successful that the People’s
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    Lock icon Nine-year-old S’pore girl treks to Everest base camp
    408 1  -  By LESLIE KAY LIM llim@sph.com.sg LIKE many other primary school pupils, nine-year-old Minnal K. Dhayalan went abroad with her parents during the recent school holidays. But she neither shopped at a mall nor ate at a fancy restaurant. Instead, she climbed a
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    Lock icon Debate over change to British exams
    61 1 BRITISH Education Secretary Michael Gove has radical plans to bring back the GCE O-level examination system, replacing the current General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exam, which he believes has been dumbed down and is worsening the social divide. Question is: will he be
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    Lock icon Webber wins at Silverstone
    80 1 RED Bull driver Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone yesterday, overtaking Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso late in the race to cut his rival’s lead in the Formula One world championship. It was the Australian’s second victory in this unpredictable season, which has seen seven
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon GCE debate rages as study shows UK kids’ maths woes
      717 2/3  -  Study findings come amid education secretary’s ‘idea’ to reinstate O levels By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON English children are half as likely to attain top maths grades in international tests as their peers in other developed countries, a
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      Lock icon PM’S FACE-TO-FACE CHAT WITH SON’S EX-TEACHER MAKES IT TO FACEBOOK
      129 2/3 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong bumped into a familiar face while at Greenwich V mall in Seletar yesterday. It turned out to be his son’s former kindergarten teacher, and he wrote a brief post about the meeting on his Facebook
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      Lock icon Body dumped in water tank: Alleged killer may go free
      522 2/3  -  By K.C. VIJAYAN vijayan@sph.com.sg THE alleged killer of an Indonesian maid whose body was found in a rooftop water tank last year may soon be released from prison a free man. This, after the prosecution gave notice at a pre-trial
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      Lock icon Egypt’s new leader defies court, military
      200 2/3 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO New Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has put himself on a collision course with the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court and military by annulling the court’s decision to dissolve Parliament. Egypt’s official news agency says Mr Mursi has ordered the return of the
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      Lock icon Singaporeans splash more on their plastic
      563 2/3  -  By MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS are charging more to their credit cards, with average monthly balances increasing steadily over the past 10 years. For the first four months of this year, monthly spending per consumer averaged $4,930, up 51 per cent from $3,275 in
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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          Lock icon Hotline scheme a hit
          71 4 A HOTLINE that was piloted for residents in private homes in Ang Mo Kio to call when they had problems in their estates was so successful that other constituencies are planning to do the same thing. Called “One Connect”, it was launched yesterday by the Prime
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          Lock icon Alleged killer may go free
          72 4 THE alleged killer of an Indonesian maid, whose body was found in a rooftop water tank last year, may soon be released from prison a free man. Last week, the prosecution gave notice at a pre-trial hearing that it would apply for a discharge not
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Threat to peace talks
          42 4 TERRORIST splinter groups that are against US-led peace talks with the Taleban are threatening to derail Nato’s planned withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in 2014. These splinter groups have shown their strength recently, with brazen shootings. PAGE A8
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          Lock icon Indonesia’s property boom
          50 4 PROPERTY prices in Indonesia are surging in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors, with about a 31 per cent jump in landed property prices in Jakarta last year over 2010. Despite the distended prices, market observers believe the trend is no bubble in the making. PAGE A12
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          Lock icon Carmakers’ bumpy road
          63 4 THE road to success for German automakers is a bumpy one. While the merger between Volkswagen (VW) and Porsche will bring VW a notch closer to its goal of becoming the world’s largest car manufacturer, Opel is struggling to steer itself back to profit. PAGE A16 Porsche
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        Lock icon Holistic approach to baby deficit
        55 4 OPINION PAST generous handouts to promote marriage and parenthood have not arrested the steady decline in the number of babies. So, any overemphasis on mostly fiscal incentives during the forthcoming review of policies would be misplaced. A determinedly holistic approach instead is required to make
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon More specialist nurses
          60 4 A GROWING number of nurses in Singapore are training to become advanced practice nurses, who are qualified to do physical exams, interpret lab results, and manage patients’ use of medications, among other things. PAGE B1 Advanced practice nurse Chen Wei Ting (left), 32, with caregiver Tay Bee
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          Lock icon Delivery driver shortage
          39 4 DELIVERY drivers are in short supply but it’s not because of low pay. Employers said most Singaporeans are put off by the long hours, shift work and heavy lifting that come with such jobs. PAGE B4
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          Lock icon Bid to replace head of tribunal fails
          39 4 THE High Court has struck down an application by two lawyers to remove former judge G.P. Selvam as president of a disciplinary tribunal tasked to probe a complaint against them. PAGE B9
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Timeframe matters
          46 4 WHETHER you get better returns by investing in property or the Straits Times Index depends on the timeframe. The STI over the past decade has a better showing, but if you had bought property a year ago, you would be sitting pretty. PAGE B10
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          Lock icon ‘Keep money in markets’
          42 4 THE global economic outlook remains uncertain for the second half of the year. But experts say investors should keep their money in the markets, as Asian high-yield stocks and bonds could stand them in good stead. PAGE B10
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        Lock icon LionsXII in fine form
        39 4 SPORT THE LionsXII, who finished second to Kelantan in the Malaysian Super League, are revelling in their fine showing over the six-month campaign. They boast the league’s second-most prolific attack and meanest defence. PAGE B17
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Serious about his music
          52 4 SINGAPORE flautist Rit Xu used to be a model, but he says those days are behind him. Xu, 23, who is performing at The Straits Times Appreciates Readers Concert on Sunday at Gardens by the Bay, wants to be thought of as a “serious, sincere” musician.
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          Lock icon Amuro in control
          80 4 JAPANESE singer Namie Amuro has been in the business for 20 years, making a big splash in her country. But the singer wanted to give up in her teens, as her group was not churning out enough hits. She persevered, went solo, saw her career take off
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      • WHAT’S ONLINE
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          88 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L Ex-Miss S’pore World Ris Low jobless three years after fraud conviction QR code generated L Parliament to discuss City Harvest case L China to set up clearing bank for renminbi in Singapore Top citizen journalism stories www.stomp.com.sg L Beware of upskirt Peeping
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          22 4 www.razortv.com.sg L HDB hostels a hit with backpackers L May the best curd win Lee Passenger well-beingQRcodegeneratedonhttp://qrcode.littlidiot.b neglected during breakdown
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    • Article
      Lock icon What it should have been
      63 4 IN OUR Sunday Times story “Growing hunger for business trusts” on June 17, we said that First Ship Lease Trust (FSL Trust) had a yield of more than 15 per cent partly because it made a one-off distribution. FSL Trust has clarified that the distributions
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      Lock icon HK plans to ramp up new flats to 50,000 a year
      745 5  -  Proposal will benefit many residents but sparks fears of falling prices By LI XUEYING ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR xueying@sph.com.sg With additional reporting by Karen Ha HONG KONG Space-starved Hong Kongers could see a steep ramp-up in the number of new
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      Lock icon HK suspects of break-in syndicate caught here
      252 5  -  By LEE XIN EN xinen@sph.com.sg THREE Hong Kong nationals, suspected of running a transnational housebreaking syndicate, were arrested here on Saturday. They were nabbed in the Tanjong Katong area at about 9pm, during a joint operation mounted by officers from the Police Intelligence
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      Lock icon World leaders pledge $20b in aid to Afghanistan
      559 6 Deal aims to keep country on path towards stability after Nato pullout AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE TOKYO Afghanistan will receive US$16 billion (S$20 billion) in aid as world leaders pledged money to prevent the war-torn country from sliding back into turmoil when foreign combat
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      Lock icon Terror suspect entered London’s Olympic Park repeatedly
      253 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON An Islamist terror suspect in Britain charged with breaking restrictions on his movements crossed through London’s Olympic Park five times, newspapers reported yesterday. The 24-year-old named only as CF is suspected of being a militant for Somalia’s Al-Qae-da-allied Shebab rebels.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon SPLINTER
      616 8 Groups threaten US’ Taleban peace talks ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD As the US and its allies try to negotiate a peace settlement with the Taleban before all combat troops leave Afghanistan in 2014, a new obstacle has arisen. Insurgent splinter groups opposed to the deal are emerging, complicating US hopes
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      Lock icon Some of those opposed to settlement
      153 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS L Jihadi Shura of Mujahideen for Unity and Understanding: It lashed out at Taleban talks with the US in a communique circulated in Pakistan’s tribal areas near the Afghan border. L The Dadullah Front: It is believed to be led by Daddi
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Asean forum to focus on S. China Sea
        702 10 Efforts to ease tensions in area include getting China to accept code of conduct AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES PHNOM PENH Efforts to ease tensions in the South China Sea will dominate this week’s Asian security dialogue in Cambodia, analysts say, while
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        Lock icon MCA v DAP: Slugging it out in English
        465 10  -  By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR The highly anticipated second debate yesterday between Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president Chua Soi Lek and his rival, Democratic Action Party (DAP) secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, was a much more controlled affair than the
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        Lock icon 12 Jiangxi plants shut over lead poisoning
        419 11 Excessive lead levels found in the blood of more than a dozen children in Futan village XINHUA NANCHANG (Jiangxi) Twelve industrial plants in East China’s Jiangxi province have been temporarily shut down after more than a dozen children were found to have excessive
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Islands ‘cannot be bought’
          99 11 REUTERS BEIJING China’s Foreign Ministry said it would continue to take “necessary measures” to safeguard its sovereignty over a number of disputed islands in the East China Sea, after Japan said it was considering a plan to “buy” them from private landowners. “No one will ever
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          Lock icon 8 trapped miners rescued
          87 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING Rescuers yesterday pulled to safety eight of 16 miners trapped underground for more than three days in a flooded coal mine pit in central China, while seven workers in another mine were killed by an outburst of gas. The eight had been trapped
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          Lock icon Airport find: 2 million eels
          78 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Officials have discovered some two million baby eels, thought to have been headed for Hong Kong restaurants, hidden in freight at Manila airport. The eels were stored in plastic bags filled with water and hidden in 46 boxes, said Mr Ben Curativo,
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          Lock icon Maldives mulls tourist tax
          88 11 MALE A voluntary tax on tourists who visit the luxury resorts and white sands of the Maldives could raise up to US$100 million (S$127 million) a year towards the country’s aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2020, President Mohamed Waheed said in an interview with Reuters.
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          Lock icon S’pore boss ‘attacked staff’
          87 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR A marketing manager of a chocolate factory in Serdang near here said his Singaporean employer slashed him with a fruit knife, after he asked for his overdue salary. Mr Chiew Yet Thong, 50, needed 11 stitches on his shoulder and
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      • PROPERTY BOOM IN INDONESIA
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          Lock icon Developers add novel features to condominiums to lure growing middle class
          680 12  -  Indonesia’s economy growing at 6 per cent a year is fuelling a boom in the industrial and commercial property sector, while its burgeoning middle class is rushing to buy residential units. The Straits Times looks at some of the
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          Lock icon High occupancy, rentals in Jakarta’s office towers
          533 12  -  By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg JAKARTA Office rentals in Jakarta are rising at their fastest rate since the 1997 financial crisis, as occupancy rates cross the 90 per cent mark in the central business district, property consultants say. In Jakarta’s central business
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          Lock icon Foreign firms snapping up industrial land
          501 12  -  By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT very wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA From US food giants such as Kraft Foods to Singaporean fish breeders, foreign investors are snapping up industrial land across Indonesia to expand their businesses. Last year, Indonesia’s largest industrial developer, Jababeka, sold 107ha of land,
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      Lock icon ‘Liberals leading’ in Libyan elections
      511 13 If confirmed, this will end Islamist parties’ winning streak in other Arab states AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TRIPOLI Liberals yesterday claimed an early lead in vote counting after Libya’s first free elections following Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster, winning plaudits from the international community. If the trend is confirmed,
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Bride gives birth at wedding
        101 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ANGERS (France) A bride gave birth only minutes after tying the knot at a town hall wedding in western France. The unidentified bride was due to give birth this week but she started getting false alarms just before her wedding ceremony last Saturday
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        Lock icon Massacre survivor to testify
        95 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE HAGUE UN prosecutors will open their case against former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic today, with their first witness telling how he survived the execution of 150 people by Bosnian Serb soldiers. Mr Elvedin Pasic, a 14-year-old Muslim boy when Bosnia’s bitter
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        Lock icon WWI graves vandalised
        83 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REIMS (France) France and Germany marked 50 years of reconciliation yesterday but the desecration of German war graves marred a meeting of their leaders that could ease tensions over the tackling of the euro debt crisis. The vandalism of the graves of 51 German soldiers
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      Lock icon Syria carries out live-fire exercise in ‘show of force’
      236 13 REUTERS BEIRUT The Syrian Navy fired live missiles from ships and helicopters over the weekend, state media said yesterday, in an exercise aimed at showcasing its ability to “defend Syria’s shores against any possible aggression”. Syrian television aired video of a
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      Lock icon Authoritarianism on the rise in Russia?
      493 14  -  Liberals point to harassment of protest leaders, new laws as signs By FRED WEIR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES fred.weir2002@gmail.com MOSCOW Prominent Russian liberals are warning that the Kremlin is beginning a wave of prosecutions to punish the leaders of the protest movement that erupted
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      Lock icon ‘Soft repression’ of political opponents
      297 14  -  FRED WEIR MOSCOW The case of Gennady Gudkov, a Duma deputy with the leftish Just Russia party, is cited by liberals as an example of the “soft repression” pioneered during the Putin era, using legal institutions to destroy a political opponent. Gudkov and his son
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      Lock icon U-turn by Netanyahu over military service plan
      278 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he will back a controversial plan to compel ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arab Israelis to complete compulsory military or community service. The decision was an about-turn for Mr Netanyahu, who just last week had dissolved the
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      Lock icon Putin orders probe after floods leave 150 dead
      423 14 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has ordered investigators to find out if enough was done to prevent the deaths of 150 people in floods in southern Russia, after flying there to deal with the first major disaster of his new
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      Lock icon Ikea’s India plans hit snag with sourcing row
      310 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI A dispute over sourcing regulations is clouding plans by Sweden’s Ikea to open 25 of its trademark blue-and-yellow stores in India as it seeks new markets for its flat-pack furnishings. Ikea last month asked India for permission to
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      Lock icon N. Korean economy ‘grows for 1st time in 3 years’
      177 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG SEOUL South Korea’s central bank says the North’s economy grew for the first time in three years, thanks to a boost in agricultural production. The Bank of Korea in Seoul yesterday said North Korea’s gross domestic product
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      Lock icon Wen urges property speculation curbs
      486 15 Premier vows to prevent interest rate cut from pushing up housing prices AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has vowed to prevent an interest rate cut, aimed at stimulating economic growth, from igniting a new bout of real estate speculation that
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      Lock icon VW-Porsche tie-up a long-time dream
      553 16 Merger a step towards overtaking GM as world’s top automaker AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRANKFURT The road to success for German automakers, one of the key engines driving Europe’s biggest economy, is a bumpy one, and while Volkswagen and Porsche are tying the knot, Opel is fighting
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      Lock icon EU ministers under pressure to deliver progress
      521 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers will meet today to build on measures agreed last month to tame the debt crisis, seeking to provide fresh momentum as the economy slows and markets turn sceptical. A June 28-29 European Union summit was hailed
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Probe at Deutsche Bank?
        71 16 REUTERS FRANKFURT Two Deutsche Bank employees were suspended after the bank used external auditors to examine if staff were involved in manipulating interbank lending rates, Der Spiegel magazine has reported. A spokesman for Deutsche Bank yesterday declined to comment. Last Friday, sources close to the matter
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        Lock icon Aussie lenders in US offerings
        72 16 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Australian lenders are cutting borrowing costs by selling mortgage-backed bonds in the US, funding loans for the world’s second-most expensive housing market. Resimac and Members Equity Bank led US$670 million (S$850 million) of sales last quarter. The two lenders say they are
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        Lock icon Iran to skirt EU oil embargo
        74 16 BLOOMBERG DUBAI An association of Iranian oil product exporters will help Teheran bypass European Union sanctions and ship up to 500,000 barrels of crude a day. State-run Mehr news agency reported that Teheran has signed an agreement with the Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical
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      215 7 MORE than $37 million was spent yesterday at Car-nival, the Cats Classified’s car sales event. Held at the Singapore Expo, the annual fair saw sales of 158 new cars and 140 pre-owned cars. Despite the recent rise in certificate of entitlement premiums, car buyers said
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      152 7 A MAN was arrested yesterday on suspicion of being involved in a hit-and-run incident. The Singaporean had apparently hit two 12-year-old boys who were walking across a pedestrian crossing along Tampines Avenue 7 yesterday at about 10am. Both were taken by ambulance to
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      291 9  -  By KEZIA TOH keziatoh@sph.com.sg IT WAS a desolate picture children kicking a soccer ball amid rubble, wrecked cars and broken household items. Yet for third-year Singapore Management University (SMU) undergraduate Alan Hii, 23, the scene at Iwate prefecture in Japan after the
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      904 3 Advertisement European Herbs helped with my hair problems” TK Trichokare Trichologist addresses the complex causes of female hair and scalp problems Contributed by Malcolm Williams With thinning hair and dandruff, Sembawang housewife Jessie Yap had a feeling that all eyes were upon her every time she went out. Dealing a
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      169 6 CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENT Change of Companies' Names With effect from 9 July 2012 HUSSMANN TEMPCOOL HOLDINGS PTE LTD 0 HUEsmnnn TEmPCDOL and its subsidiary companies Hussmann Tempcool (Singapore) Pte Ltd Hussmann Tempcool (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Hussmann Tempcool (HongKong) Ltd will be changed to TEMPCOOL HOLDINGS PTE LTD and its subsidiary companies
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      151 8 RESTAURANT chain Pizza Hut now has an Italian and European-inspired menu created by a pair of Singaporean executive chefs who together have over 45 years of experience. The chief executive officer of Pizza Hut Singapore, Mr Michael Gian, says Chef Jason Lee and Chef
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      155 8 VISITORS to the fourth Singapore Garden Festival can pick up useful gardening tips with the Balcony Garden competition making its debut at the biennial event. Dr Nigel Taylor, director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens at National Parks Board, says: “Given that a large number of Singaporeans
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      182 8 YOU can now use a touch screen to execute common controls for the new Canon EOS 650D DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera. This means you can pinch, zoom and swipe the screen on the camera as you would a smartphone or a computer tablet
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      147 8 INTERCONTINENTAL Singapore’s Cantonese restaurant Man Fu Yuan is marking its 17th anniversary with 17 dishes priced at $17 each. The promotion is now on till Aug 19 for lunch and dinner. Restaurant manager, Mr Patrick Ng, says: “The 17th anniversary special menu covers popular seafood
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        36 8 Electronics store Audio House’s warehouse clearance sale is on from this Friday to Sunday at 72 Bendemeer Road #01-20 Luzerne from 11am to 9pm. On offer are deals for cameras, computers and home appliances.
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        44 8 CookingclassLearn how to make healthy dishes like turkey meatball with lychee at City Gas’ series of cooking classes to be held over five months. The first session is this Saturday at ITE College West from 2pm to 4.30pm. To register, e-mail: cookingclass@citygas.com.sg
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        29 8 SportywatchSeiko’s Criteria watches for men are solar-powered and water-resistant with 1/5-second chronograph that can measure up to 60 minutes. Priced from $571. Available at all authorised dealers.
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      590 10  -  By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE only thing that seems certain about the second half of the year is that the world economic outlook will remain uncertain. With Western economies still fragile and China’s growth slowing, investors can expect more disappointments in
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      760 11 Pitting one employee against another to drive productivity leads to a toxic work environment AT WORK WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg YOU hear the word competition often enough; it’s everywhere and inevitable in the business world, but does it have to affect individuals at the
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      897 12  -  Good of SGX to attract brand names, but they should be actively traded CAI JIN By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg IT WAS difficult for local traders to conceal their dismay when they learnt that English football giant Manchester United had ditched Singapore
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        51 12 LAURIE MCGREGOR BARLOW Appointed as chief executive officer and managing director of AusGroup with effect from July 1. Mr Barlow, 50, had previously been the managing director of mining at Aecom Australia. He will oversee matters related to developing and growing business opportunities across Australia and Asia at
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        49 12 NG CHEE KWOON Resigned as chief financial officer of Popular Holdings with effect from June 15. Mr Ng, 42, leaves to pursue other career opportunities. He was appointed to that role on Aug 8 last year and oversaw the overall financial and accounting matters of the group.
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        91 12 AUDREY MARIE CHIN WEI-LI Appointed chairman and independent director of K-Reit Asia with effect from July 3. Dr Chin, 54, was formerly the chairman of the audit committee at K-Reit Asia. She replaces Dr Tsui Kai Chong, 56. TSUI KAI CHONG Resigned as chairman, non-independent non-executive director and
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      385 12  -  By ALVIN LIM alvinlim@sph.com.sg JAPAN’S Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and PUB, the national water agency, have signed an agreement to expand research and development efforts in the areas of used water treatment and reclamation in Singapore. The agreement was signed
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        745 13  -  Asian markets likely to retreat as US, China, Europe are still in a bind MARKETS INSIGHT By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE exuberance experienced across Asia at the start of sec-ond-half trading last week is likely to evaporate,
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          2407 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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        165 13 MINISTER for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang is in Jakarta to attend the third Asean-Latin Business Forum. The forum, which began yesterday and ends today, is being attended by senior government and trade officials, academics and business leaders from Latin America and South-east
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      128 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS SILVERSTONE International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has ruled out including Formula One as an Olympic sport, saying that the Games are a contest between athletes, not engines. But the Belgian said during a visit to the British Grand
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      343 18 WIMBLEDON ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON One Wimbledon title was not enough for Serena Williams on Saturday. About five hours after the American won her fifth singles title by beating Agnieszka Radwanska, she and sister Venus were back on Centre Court to beat
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      452 15 US Olympic basketball team have versatility, athleticism NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS LAS VEGAS (Nevada) The final pieces of the US Olympic basketball “Dream Team” fell into place on Saturday, and they promise to be even better than the one that won gold four years ago.
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      94 15 Today Cricket 3rd Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan, day 2 (Live, StarHub Ch235 mio TV Ch122, 12.30pm). Cycling Tour de France: Stage 9 (Live, StarHub Ch205, 8pm). Football Singapore Cup q-finals, 2nd leg: SAFFC v Home (Choa Chu Kang, 7.45pm). Tomorrow Basketball Stankovic Continental Cup: 3rd placing
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      324 15 Cricket 3rd and final Test In Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1st day: Pakistan 226 (A. Shafiq 75; T. Perera 4-63, R. Herath 3-40). Sri Lanka 44-3 (J. Khan 2-15). 4th ODI In Chester-Le-Street, England: Australia 200-9 in 50 overs (D. Hussey 70; S. Finn 4-37). England 201-2 in 47.5 overs
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      581 16  -  Sonnen defeated, then invited to barbecue at champ’s house By CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg LAS VEGAS He promised a quick fight and on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight (84kg) champion Anderson Silva delivered. With one swift knee
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      406 16 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KOHLER (Wisconsin) South Korea’s Choi Na Yeon obliterated the field with a stunning sev-en-under 65 to surge six shots clear in Saturday’s third round of the US Women’s Open. On a breezy day with tricky hole locations at Blackwolf Run,
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      703 16  -  ALVIN CHIA Bedok Town Park L Description: A linear park beside the PIE. L Distance: Running tracks cover up to about 2km. L Popular with: Leisure joggers. In our weekly series on runners in Singapore’s favourite running spots, The Straits Times visited Bedok Town Park last week and picked
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      312 16 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS (West Virginia) US Open champion Webb Simpson withstood an unexpected charge by journeyman Troy Kelly to move two strokes clear after Saturday’s third round of the weather-hit Greenbrier Classic. Seeking his fourth PGA Tour title, the American golfer coolly birdied four
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        55 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID Seydou Keita, 32, has told Spanish football club Barcelona that he wants to leave them. The Mali-born midfielder is entering the final season of his contract at the Nou Camp and is expected to become the latest star to join Chinese
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        64 17 REUTERS LONDON Welsh winger Ryan Giggs will captain Britain’s football team at the London Olympics, coach Stuart Pearce said yesterday. The 38-year-old, oldest of the three over-age players in the 18-man squad, is taking part in his first international tournament. He will captain the side
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        58 17 SINGAPORE emerged Division One champions in the team event at the annual sepak takraw King’s Cup World Championships in Bangkok yesterday. The Republic beat Iran 2-1 in the final, after defeating Germany 2-0 in the semi-final. The event was one tier below the Premier Division,
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        70 17 REUTERS BERNE Wladimir Klitschko retained his world heavyweight boxing titles when he knocked down challenger Tony Thompson in the sixth round of a one-sided contest on Saturday. The 36-year-old Ukrainian extended his unbeaten run to 16 fights. Nonito Donaire added the International Boxing Federation super bantamweight
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        41 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LILLE (France) Ivory Coast forward Salomon Kalou has signed a four-year deal with French football club Lille. The 26-year-old was a free agent after seeing out the final year of his contract with Chelsea.
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      497 17  -  MSL rivals concede Singapore outfit make them step up their game By SANJAY NAIR year.” nsanjay@sph.com.sg KELANTAN were crowned Malaysian Super League (MSL) champions for a second straight season over the weekend but the LionsXII can take heart from being their one and only
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      87 17 Portugal and Manchester United star Nani (second from left), enjoying a plate of mee rebus at a coffeeshop along Killiney Road yesterday. The footballer is in Singapore at the invitation of billionaire Peter Lim (second from right), and is accompanied by his agent
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      232 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS PORRENTRUY (Switzerland) Thibaut Pinot, the youngest rider in the Tour de France at 22, won the eighth stage, finishing in 3hr 56min 10sec, yesterday. It was his maiden win on his debut after 157.5km of racing over several short but steep climbs
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      199 17  -  SANJAY NAIR FOOTBALL rightfully took centrestage at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night, as Loyola Meralco Sparks and KBZ FC played out an entertaining 2-2 draw in their RHB Singapore Cup quarter-final second-leg clash. Loyola, who advanced 5-3 on aggregate, face S-League champions Tampines
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      296 17  -  By TAN JINHE jinhet@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE and the new Sports Hub at Kallang could host a top fencing tournament in 2015. Fencing Singapore president Nicholas Fang said yesterday that there are plans to bid for the World Junior Championship or the World Cup an Olympic qualification
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      120 18 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS LOTTERY L Draw No 2760/2012 1 V/ J Draw on Monday, 9 July 2012 Group 1 Prize *650,000. Sales close at 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6 Time 6.30pm y For detailed match fixtures, please visit Singapore Pools website
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      22 11 THINGS TO DO: To find out what's happening in and around Singapore, go to www.straitstimes.com CALL US: Life!/SundayLife!, tel: 6319-5416 fax: 6319-8276
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      42 1 MONDAY 09/07/12 RELEASE THE NEWSHOUNDS It’s time to join the ST National Schools Newspaper Comp. RIVER VOICES Boost your literary prowess with IN’s new Lit page. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 Partners with: TRADINGZsAs FORFOR p13 Is homework really making you lose sleep? p10&11
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        524 2  -  The INside Track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR Regret always comes the morning after, it never occurs while I am up during the wee hours. The alarm clock is especially obnoxious when the number of hours of sleep I’ve had can be counted on one hand, and then it
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        243 2  -  BY DEBRA ANN FRANCISCO Over three days, monitor your after-dinner activities right up to the time you get ready for bed. Fill in the log. REFLECTION 1. On average, how many hours of sleep do you have? 2. Can you spot a pattern in your after-dinner activities?
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        749 4/5  -  Church founder and four senior leaders taken to court for allegedly misusing $50 million of church funds Compiled by EILEEN AUNG-THWTN Five senior members of a mega church were arrested and taken to court over the alleged misuse of $50.6 million of
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        380 4/5 The latest figures on marriage and birth rates have left policy makers scratching their heads and scrambling back to the drawing board for ways to reverse the trend. INSIGHT According to figures by the National Population and Talent Division, Singapore’s birth rate last year
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        195 4/5 The free islandwide Wi-Fi network, Wireless@SG, will be getting a capacity boost as two of its three operators iCell Network and M1 have started switching the network’s backend links to fibre broadband. The third operator SingTel declined to reveal its plans, saying that it was
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        563 6 Sources: The Straits Times The Age THE NEWS Latest figures show that the ethnic mix in Australia is shifting, with immigrants from Asia outnumbering those from Europe and Mandarin now the top non-English language spoken. THE CENSUS The figures come from Australia’s latest census a massive
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        150 6 Agence France-Presse Reuters Millions of people in the eastern US were sweltering in the heat last week as their air-conditioners were useless because of a storm which took down power lines in nine states. The June 29 thunderstorms killed at least 11 people and caused some 3.7 million
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        126 6 Agence France-Presse A group of Spanish environmentalists is giving new meaning to the term “junk food”. In a bid to highlight that it is necessary to reduce the 163kg of food that is wasted, on average, per person in Spain every year, the group rummages through the rubbish bins
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        601 7  -  At the Science Centre’s new Cradle learning laboratory, you can design your own experiments reports SHERYL QUEK sherquek@sph.com.sg Get your hands on the high-tech toys professional researchers use in their labs, at the Science Centre Singapore’s new $3 million facility. The Science Centre’s new
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        1019 8 / 9  - Trololo, ripped Ts a hairless trend IN gives you the low-down on what’s hot in your world this week COMPILED BY SHERYL QUEK SIMON’S CAT From pawing his owner awake, destroying the Christmas tree to taunting a frog, Simon’s Cat has won many fans. The animated comic series on YouTube
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        268 8 / 9  -  Mr Philip Wu Mr Philip Wu, 44, is chief executive of Grid MMS, an organisation which conducts youth outreach programmes. He used to work with SingTel and at a local film studio with film-maker Jack Neo. Wouldn’t it be great to have the wisdom of adulthood
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        1335 10 / 11  -  EISEN TEO finds that bad sleep habits are common but teens accept rather than correct them EISEN TEO eisenteo@sph.com.sg an Jia Yi is one tired soul. With much of her focus spent fighting the Z monster, the 14-year-old student at Nanyang Girls’
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        779 12  -  BY LINETTE LAI It might have been the June holidays but these girls had spent their Sunday afternoons hard at work. Dinie Zainudin, 14, and Talia Tan and Rebecca Dass, both 13, were among 27 girls chosen to play the roles of orphans in the upcoming
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        206 13 Does your school have what it takes to produce a killer publication in 24 hours? Prove it at the eighth annual The Straits Times National Schools Newspaper Competition on Sept 5 and 6, and win $3,000 and an internship at The Straits Times. What is
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        214 13 Although still teenagers, Sophia Joe, 13, and Amni Musfirah Rashid (right), 18, are already seasoned ChildAid performers. The pair are part of an impressive list of performers for Sunday’s The Straits Times Appreciates Readers (Star) concert. The School of the Arts students will rub shoulders
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        1107 14/15  -  Lit Learn is a fortnightly column which features excerpts of poetry, plays and prose with lesson activities By DEBRA ANN FRANCISCO This week, IN looks at two poems from the book From The Belly Of The Carp by Roger Jenkins. It features 96 monologues of people
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        396 16  -  Read the article about a solar-powered light in the Home section Lesson activity by SONIA SNG Great inventors are not relics from the past. Nor do they stay in their laboratories and emerge at some point exclaiming “eureka!”. Inventors are people who closely observe the environment
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        565 17 WHAT THEY SAID The Straits Times, July 3 Greece midfielder Kostas Katsouranis on what it meant to reach the last eight amid the gloom of the euro economic crisis “We wanted to give everybody something to cheer, to celebrate. Everybody in Greece
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        1045 18/19  -  Today, we look at the assumptions people make about this country Lesson activity by SHEILLA CLEMENT Did you read the article “Comparing apples, oranges and S’pore” by Journalist John Lui? It was published on June 24 in The Sunday Times. The writer makes us consider how
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        188 20  -  Medals aren't the the only things at stake at the Olympic games. Tan Xing Qi looks at the fashion honours up for grabs Tan Xing Qi In the third of a four-part series on Olympic stories, IN checks out the cool clothing athletes will be wearing. cool IN
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      311 4 SPORTY, COMFORTABLE A5 3.2 coupe S-line Dec ’08. High OMV. 1 owner. Full agt maintain. Darius *****801 1 OWNER 4/’2011 Audi RS5 4.2FSI Quattro. Agt maintained, full accessories, white, 7000km *****602 V1NCAR *****119 JAN’08 A8L 4.2 FSi QU. *****KM. Brand New Condition. 03/’09 A5. 2.0L. TFSI, sporty silver. Only asking
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      335 4 BMW 523I 3.0 Grey, Beige Interior. OMV $46K, Mthly $2099. Free Insurance 1 Yr Rd Tax. 8233-2868 Tan BMW 523I SUNROOF. Fulfill Your Dream Car With Us Monthly $1695 T C Apply Call James 8282 8897 12/’10 BMW 740IL 3.0 Sunroof. Well kept. Warranty/ svc by PML. OMV $*****. $268.8K.
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      395 4 1 OWNER. ’10 X5 3.0SI XL. Low mileage. PML warranty. Motorway 6468-2200 1 OWNER. ’08 BMW Z4 2.5Si. Low Mileage. Tax til 3/13. Call 6468-2200 05/05 BMW 630CI Mileage :52K KM Sell $102,800 *****633/ *****140 1 OWNER ’07 BMW 730Li Low mileage, Svc by agt. Grey. Orig cond *****515 1
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      402 4 SELLING BELOW Cost Sep ’06, QQ 0.8M OPC. Orange. $9,800 Nego. Hua Yang Credit *****000 ’09 DAIHATSU MATERIA (OPC) White. 1 owner. No repair needed *****080 NEAR ’07 TERIOS 1.5A 1 owner done 46k km. Accident free. Well kept. *****922 1 OWNER 11/’08 Copen A, low km. OMV $16K. $56.8K
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      290 4 WOW! GV 1.99% full inhse loan g’teed. ’07 Stream x $728 mthly only. A1 cond. No payslip/ cash required. Call *****670 JC 10/11 FIT 1.3GF A (OPC) Black 1 owner.5k km only Accident free. $68.8K. 100% Loan 1.88% int. Trade-in avail. 6299-2338 8/09 FREED 1.5A G Black DVD Player/Power Door/
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      424 5 SELLING BELOW Cost Aug ’08 Verna 1.4M OPC Silver. Low Mthly $485 HuaYang Credit *****765 SELLING BELOW Cost Nov ’08 Getz 1.1M 5DR Green. Low Mthly $439 Hua Yang Credit *****993 $1 DRIVEAWAY! END ’06 Avante 1.6A! Agt Maintained, High Loan/ Trade in! Shah 9155 9453 *PROMO! $200 VOUCHERS ’07
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      365 5 07/09 XF 4.2A Supercharged, 1 owner, black colour, low depreciation*****961 ’10 JAGUAR XJ 5.0L. Agt Maintained with warranty. Low mileage. 6468-2200. ***DONE ONLY 1,000KM! July’10 Kia Koup 2.0A SX. 1 Lady Owner. Full Factory Options. Still Smells Like A New Car. Don’t Miss! Call 6465-4468 9686-7489. SELLING BELOW Cost Oct
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      336 5 LATEST MODEL! RANGE Sports V8 Supercharge 510BHP. Upgrade Spec! Wearnes warranty/ svc. 1 owner. View/ Call for friendly discussion. *****027 SEP’10 FREELANDER 2 3.2 HSE Panoramic Sunroof, 1 Careful owner,done 14k km Full svc with 3yrs warranty by Wearnes. High Trade-In. Call *****468/*****489 1ST YEAR INSURANCE free! 06/’08 Freelander 2
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      426 5 AUG ’09 QUATTRO Porte S. White/ Cream leather 12,000km. Call 9111-9650 4/’08 GRANTURISMO 4.2 Auto. Silver. 1 owner. Mint condition. Call 9692 7026 INHSE 1.5%! 1.5%! 1.5%! Full loan g’teed 1.5%! Lowest mthly $588! ’06 Mazda3. No payslip/ guarantor needed. 8102-4813 CANNOT GET BANK loan? Full inhse loan 1.48% Pearl
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      241 5 9/’09 MERC S500L Silver. 33K km. $*****8. AMG body kit. Panoramic roof, 20’’ s/rims, massage seats. Contact 9009-2332 Owner 2/08 E230 AVANTGARDE Grey OMV $55K 1 owner C&C maintained. Done only *****Km. Tip-top cond. $116.8K. Call 6299-2338 MID ’10 SL350 (latest model) Brand new at $455K. Selling only $315K. C&C
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      545 5 4/08 E200K OMV $*****. 1 owner. Avantgarde. fully svs by C&C. Reverse camera $108.8k 6472 2222 4/’07 S300L 1 owner. Full C&C service. *****km. Tip-top cond. 6659-0880 7/’05 BENZ S280. Grey. OMV $86.6K. Ask $83.8K. *****611/ *****222 11/’06 S300L 1 owner. Full C&C service record. Black. $135,800. Call 9661 9134
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      400 5 8/’07 LANCER 20.0A GT Gun-metal grey Full body kit. 17" s/rims Built-in OEM Rockford Fosgate Audio system with sub-woofer. Accident free *****799 7/’05 GRANDIS 2.4A Black. 1 owner. 15k km p.a. DVD player, roof maint monitor, reverse camera. A1 cond No gimmicks 8382-2058 SELLING BELOW Cost Feb ’06 Colt Plus
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      240 5 1/’11 RARE EXOTIC Juke Tur -bo. Only used unit in town Upgrade soundsystem/rim Tan Chong 3 Yrs/ 100k Km warranty. 1 owner. Hi trade in. *****468 *****489 CARTIMES CERTIFIED. LATIO Sport 9/’08 Dynamic, spacious cabin, flawless, 101 yt check, extended warranty Best *****073 2/07 LATIO PREMIUM 1.5A Black Leather seats,
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      449 5 ’06 LATIO SPORTY look. White High OMV. Keyless entry. Low km. 9800 7053 7/’06 CEFIRO 2.3 Silver. 1 owner. New tax. View to offer. Call 6818 8383 10/2006 LATIO PREMIUM. 1 owner. No accident. Full loan available. *****283 10/05 SUNNY. 1.6 EXA. 1 lady owner, leather. No accident. $24,000. *****511
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      340 5 11/10 PEUGEOT 5008, 7 seaters, 1.6 Turbo, Latest model, agent maintained under warranty, 1 owner, showrm cond, low mileage. Hp: *****631 (James) IME DARBY SELECT. RCZ 1.6 Turbo Jan 11. *****km. White. Select Approved Inspection Warranty*. Call 6471 0077. S BEAUTIFUL WHITE 207 1.4A. May 2011. Agt Warranty. $35k Savings.
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      327 6 NEAR ’07, 9-3SC 2.0 Turbo Pristine Cond. Low mileage Electric seats. Bidded no. New Tax. Call *****313 08/07 SAAB 9-5 2.0 LPT 1owner, silver, mileage ***** km, PARF $*****, Selling $61,800. *****282 6/’08 SAAB 9-5 2.0LPT. Full spec. OMV $35K. Well kept. Cheap! 9818-4448 ’05 93 LINEAR Convertible 2.0T. Low
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      403 6 7/’06 GRAND VITARA 2.7A. Agt maintained. $***** neg. Full loan mthly $752. Call Austin *****738 8/’09 SX4 1.6A. Well kept. Agt maintained. $65.8K neg. Mthly $887. Full loan avail. Call Liam 9767-1010 FOR SALE $600/MTH Swift 1.2 XG, Jun 08, Sporty Black, Super Low km, 1 Lady Owner. 9172 8910
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      326 6 BLACK ON BLACK. 4/’08 Mark-X 2.5A. 1 owner. Low km. 100% accident free High OMV/ trade-in. Our cars are pre-checked by Tan Chong. 9188-3065 8/09 ALLION 1.5A White. 1owner. Accident free Leather Seats/ S/Rims. Reverse Camera/ DVD player. $69.8K. 6299-2338 SELLING BELOW Cost Jun ’05 Altis 1.6A. Grey Agent Service.
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      372 6 11/’06 TOYOTA WISH 1.8X Limited Black. 1 owner. Great cond. Accident free Don’t miss! 8455-5799 BLUE 5/’09 ALTIS 1.6A. 1 owner. 29k km only. Leather, s/rims High OMV. High Trade-in. Call 9220-1449 TOYOTA ALTIS 1.6A 10/’07. 1 owner. Good condtion. S/rims,Audio function. Full service record *****328 04/08 TOYOTA RAV4 2.4G
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      543 6 2007 WHITE ALTIS, agt maintained, 1 owner. Mthly $700++. 6366 3322 12/’06 RAV4 2.4 4-WD Blue. 1 owner. Done ***** km. Agt maintain *****311 $35.8K 5/’06 ALTIS 1.6 face lift. Leather, s/rims. 100% loan. *****913/*****822 6/’04 CAMRY 2.4AT. OMV $*****, COE $*****. View To offer. *****779 4/’07 ESTIMA AERAS 2.4
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      396 6 SELLING BELOW Cost 4/’05 Touareg 3.2A High Spec, 20" Rims, Roof. Hua Yang Credit 8606 8182 5/09 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN 2.0T Sports. 1 owner. black, accident free, tax till 05/2013 Call *****282 ’10 GOLF GTI 2.0A White 3dr, low KM, 1 lady owner, warranty still. Free $200 vouchers. Call *****237 8/’07
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      336 6 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM Dec ’09 Metropolitan Blue w/ Cream leather interior 18,000km Eurokars Serviced. Call 9111-9650 RANGE ROVER SPORT 5.0 V8 HSE A. Used Import Silver/ Cream leather w/ full options. New 10 yr COE. Cheap! 9111-9650 ENTLEY CONTINENTAL GTC 6.0. Jun 10. Blue. 9200km. For enquiries, call PPSL 1800-*****77
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      466 6 11/ ’07 PEARL White Suzuki. 1.2 XG (A). 1 owner, Low mileage. $30.8K. *****532 $0 DEPOSIT! 1 owner 12/’06 Picanto 1.1A. Accident free mthly $367. 8383 6627 8/’09 KIA PICANTO 1.1 M. White. Done *****km. Agt svc. $0 deposit. *****115 7/08 PUNTO 1.4M. 5-dr. Red 1 owner. 48K km. A1
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      628 6 Vehicles for Hire Vehicles for Hire Of Think One Leasing Brand New Perfect Van for Rental Ben Ang 9848 0055 Alice Aw *****488 Mable Xiao 8288 1050 HDB season parking S$65/mth Huge storage area G-Plate registration P-Plate registration GVP-Plate registration Pte-Plate registration $40.NISSAN MARCH 1.0A. At Lavender MRT. No deposit.
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      643 7 01/’98 TOYOTA DYNA 10ft. Low COE. Good cond. Price neg. Call 6256-7600 96 DAIHATSU V98RD 10ft Tipper. New paint tax, trade in avail. 6467 3300 ’06 ISUZU NPR71L 14ft Tipper. New paint, easy loan trade in. Call 6467 3300 11/04 K2700 10FT lorry New paint tax. Cheap $14,800. Call 6555
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      627 7 ’05 KIA PREGIO 2.7 Manual. $65 Car park. Selling $13,800, Call 6555 3300 $65 CAR PARK. ’01 Toyota Hiace Manual 12 seaters, COE 7/2021. 6555 3300 $65 CAR PARK ’99 Toyota Hiace. New paint tax, tip top. $19,300. 6555 3300 10-SEATER MINIBUS MB100 for sale. Interested please call 9422-8997 COE
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      466 7 8/97 DAIHATSU S100RV M. 2 owners. COE 3/2017. Excellent cond. 6555 3300 05/04 SUZUKI EVERY 660A Re-con, well maintained Easy loan. Call 6555 3300 6/’03 TOYOTA LITEACE. Diesel. Inhouse loan/ trade in. Ask $8.8K. *****147 11/99 TOYOTA LITEACE 5-dr Petrol, A1 cond, high trade in easy loan 6555 3300 BELINGO
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      338 7 Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for
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      242 7 KATONG CORNER TERRACES Pte prominent. 3-8 bdrms 1-3.5 sty. 1-8 cars. A&A new. Land 1K-5K sqft. Built up 2K-6K sqft. $2.5M-$6M. TY Ong 9066 9973 RS SIGLAP LAND 6900 sqft broad, flat best to build your dream home! Good 9-6pm RealStar *****000 CLUSTER HSE THE Springfield (Bedok). 3-sty landed hse
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      150 7 EON SHENTON RES+OFFICE 1 Min to MRT! Hotel Style facilities, cobroke welcome tanmary.com 8200 8900 SCOTTS HIGHPARK, 2 rm, 1141 sqft. F’hold, next to Newton MRT. $2.65m, 4% Rental Yield. Openhse 57pm: *****070 DUPLEX PENTHOUSE BY the River! 2600 sqft. 4+1/ roof terrace/tasteful/mint cond isabelredrup.com/ir10.php 99 yr/$4m. *****055 Sue 4+1
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      50 7 SUITES NEWTON F’hold. 19 sty. 1/2/2 penthse. No noon sun. mins to MRT. Low quantum. Good layout I ND I V I DUALS] COMPET ITI VE Find the best talents for your company through CATS Recruit in The Straits Times. Call 1800-289 8822 or email recruit@sph.com.sg to advertise. MATS RECRUIT
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      17 7 ***NEW LAUNCH! SUITES Newton 1 2 bdrms. F’hold. Walk to Novena Newton MRT. Pool, gym. $1.0xM up!
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      28 7 SPRINGDALE 999 YRS, 2 rm 956sqft, Low flr, Nice Unit Douglas Lee 9423 4841 RC D.14 GEYLANG 3-STY bldg. Good for redevelopment, Near Kallang. Freehold. $5.xxM. Lynn 9799-9966
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      155 7 LAST PENTHSE FOR grab!! Balestier, 1130sqft fr $12xx only. Lowest quantum with highest yield. *****003 **PX PROPERTY ELITES Div Cascadale 3+1/ Tropicana 3+1 Duplex. F’hold. Future MRT. Anthony *****009 BAYSHORE PK. 2/3/4/5+1. Renovated, seaview. Facilities. Andrew 9170 8888 DE CASALLE 1250 sqft F’hold Ground flr, $1.5m Peter Lee *****983 PX
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      1448 8 3’NG’ BLK 525 Bedok N. 3’NG’ BLK 525 Bedok N. #04. Reno. Move in cond. Val $325K. *****888 Nor EM BLK 469. #08. Corridor. Reno. Lift level. All races. MRT/amenities. Val $600K COV. Lathme *****585 5’I’ DESIGN Build 986A High flr. Move in. MRT. Val $518K. *****888 Nor 3’I’ BLK
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      290 8 $200 UP! SEMBAWANG, Toa Payoh, Jurong, Woodlands AMK, Hougang, Tampines, Boon Keng. Lim *****127 ALJUNIED, HOUGANG, AMK, Punggol, Sengkang, Toa Payoh Tampines, Yishun, T Blangah. 9380-2800 Elsie JURONG/ WOODLANDS/ S’GOON/ Tampines Yishun/ etc. AJ David 8282 1529 COMMON RM-JURONG W St 71. With/w/o aircon. Pioneer mall. Dave *****937 JURONG/ BUGIS/
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      824 8 CSV Factory/lndustrial AVI Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent ffg Space for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Enterprise One Unit size of 2,250 sq ft Suitable for warehouse cum showroom/office use Exclusive car parking lots at door step Food court within building Easy access to PIE/ ECP/ KPE Call *****422
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      350 8 D14 WINTECHCTE *****458 Karen. Ubi 6% Rent Yield! 1453/1918 sqft. renovated near MRT Call 9070-2148 NOVELTY BIZ CTR, F’hold B1 Factory/Warehse. w/condo facilities Paya Lebar. MRT. *****023 Murugan ENTERPRISE CENTRE, 3595 sqft ramp-up, from $1M up. WCEGA Plaza, 2411 sqft, $670K TJ Choo 9692 6219 UBI. VERTEX. B1. 2809 sqft.
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      585 8 Tagore Lane μ Hi-tech Serviced/Fitted off μ Sizes from 100 sq. ft. μ Broadband internet μ Monthly rental μ 24-7 access security μ Many Optional facilities μ Free Shuttle Bus Service provided www.singaporegodown.com Call *****944 SAMSUNG HUB 3 CHURCH STREET Grade A. Raffles Place (MRT) High Floor. Column Free. Raised
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      1319 9 ®Kr I Ossa” |®Kr Ifflajr Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES NOVENA Specialist Center Located in Novena medical hub Surrounded by reputable medical institutions 69 purpose-built medical suites Size from 549 to 1,442 sq ft, amalgamated units available Linked to Square 2, Novena MRT Station and Oasia Hotel Singapore For
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      460 9 DHOBY GHAUT MRT Restn for takeover. Profitable. 1500 sqft. Rental $6.2K+. Takeover $120K. Fully fitted. Steven Liu 8202-1111 LITTLE INDIA. F/RENO, aircon, fitted restn. 1700 sqft. Heavy traffic. No takeover fees. Kelvin: 9227-7788. RAMP-UP WAREHSE/ FTY Loyang Cresc, 45-ft container trailers Accessible to all flrs, Ceiling hgt 712m, Mezzanine ancillary
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      572 9 EXPLORE MALAYSIA TA 643 Terms Conditions apply. 2D1N Explore Malacca Guided Tour > Historical Tour of Malacca > Trishaw Ride > River Cruise > Shopping Fun > 1 breakfast, 2 Lunch, 1 Dinner fr.$178 Dep: 1, 8 Sep, 17, 24 Nov 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Dec 2D1N Malacca fr.$98
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      157 9 NORTH MW" 100 th Year Celebrations Arirang Festival Special Super Grand Performance in Celebration of The Late Leader, Kim II Sung's 100 th Birthday It was recognized by Guinness World Records as the biggest event of its kind. More than 100,000 youths take part in this grand performance C /y
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