The Straits Times, 7 August 2012

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  • 28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUE S D A Y A U G U S T 7 201 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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  • 511 1  -  Index highest since Aug 5 last year, experts expect gains to be sustained By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg SOME rare good economic news from the United States and Europe helped propel Singapore shares to a one-year high yesterday with equity
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  • 312 1  -  By TERRENCE VOON SPORTS CORRESPONDENT tvoon@sph.com.sg LONDON Singapore’s women table tennis players are still gunning for a second Olympic medal though it is not quite the one they were hoping for. Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Li Jiawei were soundly beaten by
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  • 36 1 L BOLT WINS 100M (above)... AND IS IN ACTION AGAIN TODAY: SPORT, B21 L CHINESE HURDLER LIU XIANG LOOKS FOR REDEMPTION: SPORT, B20 L FIVE PAGES OF OLYMPIC NEWS: SPORT, B18-22 PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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  • 484 1  -  By DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg THE Housing Board (HDB) will offer at least 20,000 new flats next year as part of its efforts to meet demand. This comes on top of the 25,200 flats offered last year and a similar number this year.
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 562 2 Curiosity will spend 2 years exploring planet’s past, looking for signs of life ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS WASHINGTON Nasa’s Mars rover Curiosity, loaded with the most sophisticated instruments ever used to explore another world, touched down on the Red Planet, for the most ambitious
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS; Sources: NASA and NEW SCIENTIST; GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM AFP  -  562 words
    • 494 3  -  By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg IN TWO days, their staff were given two seemingly impossible missions. The first was to stop a raging fire that torched the East Village Hotel on July 16. Then, barely 48 hours later: To save two bodies
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    • 650 3  -  45 years’ jail sought for attacker, who filmed some of the assaults By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg IN THE space of 14 months, a logistics executive raped, sexually assaulted or molested, 22 women he had just met. The women, aged 18 to 41,
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • TOP OF THE NEWS
        • 53 4 THE Housing Board will offer at least 20,000 new flats next year as part of its efforts to meet demand. This move will calm the bullish market and enable the Government to sustain the momentum for home ownership, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has
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        • 50 4 THOSE who enter local universities on government scholarships from next year and then go on to master’s degrees abroad will serve shorter bonds. These are to last four years, compared to six currently, for those whose second degree is from a British or American university. PAGE A7
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        • 51 4 SYRIA’S Prime Minister Riad Hijab (right) defected in the highestranking departure since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began 17 months ago. He left the country with three other Cabinet ministers. Some reports suggested that he was headed for Jordan, but that could not be confirmed. PAGE
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      • WORLD
        • 87 4 JAPANESE leaders called for a safer energy policy as they marked the 67th anniversary of the world’s first atomic attack on Hiroshima. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said the government’s emphasis will be on eliminating dependence on nuclear energy and to seek an “energy mix” that would give
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        • 50 4 SOUTH Korea’s biggest government relocation in decades is around the corner. Government agencies and some 10,000 staff start moving from Seoul to Sejong next month, amid concerns over governance quality deteriorating. The government has spent 2.8 trillion won (S$3.2 billion) on Sejong since 2006. PAGE A10
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        • 54 4 A MUSLIM manager of a well-known bookshop in Kuala Lumpur is in trouble with religious officials after she stocked books written by a Canadian author, which have been banned in the country for allegedly contravening Islam. The case is being eagerly watched by members of the country’s
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        • 54 4 INDONESIA achieved a higher than expected growth rate of 6.4 per cent in the second quarter, becoming the second fastest growing economy among the Group of 20 nations after China. But economists warn of the growing trade deficit, with June’s being the widest in years, after
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      • HOME
        • 85 4 ALLEGATIONS that some parents are “renting” their way to a spot in popular primary schools have resurfaced, as registration enters its most hotly contested phase. They are said to have used the addresses of rented units to register their children, and move out after securing
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        • 48 4 NATIONAL water agency PUB plans to install 162 closed-circuit television cameras across the island by year end to help it track floods, vandalism and unsafe activity. Some will be in known flood-prone areas such as Bukit Timah’s Sixth Avenue and Dunearn Road. PAGE B1
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        • 62 4 A TRAINING award aimed at building a pool of seafaring officers and eventual ship captains has been launched. A sum of $4.2 million has been set aside to train 80 sea cadets, who will be paid an allowance during their 21/2-year training, which is funded
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      • 48 4 OPINION SINGAPORE is made for river transport as an alternative mode of commuting in the downtown area. The need is compelling, as the limits of land transport expansion are obvious. To succeed, boat operators must aim for comfort and ease of use. PAGE A18
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      • MONEY
        • 39 4 THE rising number of investors flipping their industrial units for a profit has caught the eye of the Government. It has warned that fresh measures might be introduced if prices do not moderate. PAGE B10
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        • 35 4 DESPITE earlier estimates that Singapore’s economy shrank in the second quarter compared with the first, economists now believe there was a small expansion, largely thanks to the pharmaceuticals sector. PAGE B12
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      • 57 4 SPORT MANCHESTER United are in prime position to land Robin van Persie after English Premier League champions Manchester City cooled off their interest in the 29-year-old Arsenal star. City and Italian football giants Juventus are reportedly unwilling to meet Arsenal’s £20 million (S$38.7 million) asking price
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      • 57 4 LIFE! MUSICIAN Jessica Irawan’s singing and songwriting dream birthed during the darkest period of her life. During treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer that affects the lymph nodes, the 29-year-old Singapore permanent resident (below) started writing songs. She recently released her debut album, Stepping Out.
        ST PHOTO: MARIEL VICTORIA MOK  -  57 words
      • WHAT’S ONLINE
        • 65 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L DBS Bank staff say bye to Shenton Way office L Taxi population growth rate slashed till end-2013 L Olympics: S’pore women’s table tennis team through to quarter-finals L Photo gallery: Gabby Douglas shatters glass ceiling with historic win L Olympics: South Korean
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        • 77 4 www.stomp.com.sg L Watch video of Merc reversing into Chong Pang Market and injuring five bystanders L S’pore Idol runner-upQRcodegeneratedonhttp://qrcode.littleidiot.be Sylvester Sim got married over the weekend L Man fails to return iPhone even after his photos are captured by app L Is this dangerous? SPCA uses
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        • Article, Illustration
          36 4 www.razortv.com.sg L Overseas Singaporeans miss local food the most L Why Singaporeans don’t care about the Olympics L The real Shoko Nakagawa L K-pop celebrity styles on a budget L What makes me Singaporean?
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    • 763 6  -  Attacker shot dead by police; incident again raises question of gun control By CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON In the second mass shooting in just over two weeks, a lone gunman killed six worshippers and wounded three others at
      PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  763 words
    • 521 6  -  SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA CORRESPONDENT kianbeng@sph.com.sg BEIJING Chinese state media fired a new salvo in the latest war of words between China and the United States, with the Communist Party’s mouthpiece this time using curt language and ordering the Americans
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    • 330 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADISON (Wisconsin) The attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin could be the worst in the United States against members of the faith, according to Mr Kavneet Singh, managing director of the Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund. He
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    • 409 6  -  By CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE sailors Rachel Lee and Cecilia Low sailed into the history books on Sunday, becoming the first Asian pair to win the women’s 420 World Championships. Despite strong winds and rough waters in Neusiedler See, Austria, a last-gasp win over Chile’s
      PHOTO: PAUL SZIMAK  -  409 words
    • 560 7  -  Four years for those who study here, then overseas By JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg THOSE who enter local universities on government scholarships from next year and go on to pursue master’s degrees abroad will serve shorter bonds. These will last four years. The bond is
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    • 576 8 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Message will be broadcast tomorrow on local television channels and radio stations. This year, he will be speaking from Bishan park, in a continuation of his practice of moving the annual speech out of the
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    • 520 8 Opposition and US hail move as major blow to Assad regime AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG NEW YORK TIMES DAMASCUS Syria’s Prime Minister Riad Hijab has defected and fled abroad in the highest-rank-ing departure since the uprising against President Bashar al-As-sad began last year. The United
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  520 words
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    • 28 8 In your tomorrow MAGIC MIKE Top-class strip show, says John Lui What are these people queuing for at 4am? Fallen Communist Party star Bo Xilai’s wife in court
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  • WORLD
    • 464 9  -  PM calls for nuke arms-free world at 67th anniversary of Hiroshima blast By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO Amid growing aversion to the use of nuclear energy in Japan, officials calling for the elimination of nuclear arms at anniversary rites in Hiroshima
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    • 270 9 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea has started operating its oldest nuclear reactor again as it issued a pow-er-shortage warning amid a heatwave. The Kori-1 reactor run by Korea Hydro Nuclear Power in Busan, south-east of Seoul, was re-started yesterday and may be fully
      BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  270 words
    • ASIA
      • 669 10 Officials to spend hours commuting when most govt bodies move to Sejong BLOOMBERG SEOUL South Korea is spending US$20 billion (S$25 billion) and uprooting almost 10,000 civil servants in the biggest government relocation since communist forces swept through Seoul in 1951, a move that
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      • 381 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China braced itself for a record third typhoon in a week after two powerful storms smashed into its eastern coast over the weekend, leaving at least 14 people dead and large areas under water. Over 1.24 million people
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      • 232 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL North Korea has shut down a military-run company tasked with attracting foreign investment due to its poor performance, as the regime tries to rein in the army. Chosun Ilbo newspaper, citing a South Korean government source, said yesterday the Taepung International Investment
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      • 770 11  -  CEOs share their insights at Singapore WSH Conference 2012 BY DOUGLAS CHEW *Source:“Safety&TheBottomLine:ProvingTheFinancialBenefitsOfYourSafetyInitiatives.”W.PVanDenRaad.7-8December1999. An unsafe workplace is a risk to both employers and employees. In 2011,61 employees were killed at work, 121 had amputations due to work and another 9,939 suffered injuries. The risks
        *Source:“Safety&TheBottomLine:ProvingTheFinancialBenefitsOfYourSafetyInitiatives.”W.PVanDenRaad.7-8December1999.  -  770 words
      • 602 11 Development Secretary under fire over link to illegally sub-divided unit BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Hong Kong’s five-week-old government was rocked by its third controversy involving senior officials, as Secretary for Development Paul Chan acknowledged he knew about the illegally sub-divided unit owned by
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      • 339 11 HONG KONG A green group in Hong Kong urged shopping malls to do more to encourage tenants to turn down their air-condition-ing, as a survey showed that one in five malls failed to comply with the city’s energy-saving charter. The
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      • 820 12  -  Case chills Malaysian businesses over risks workers face for doing their job By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT yyennie@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR When Ms Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz, manager of a local Borders bookstore, stocked her shelves with copies of the book Allah, Liberty
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      • 350 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR A gay pastor who married his musical producer boyfriend in New York last year has fulfilled a vow to hold a wedding banquet in his native Malaysia in what they believe is the first such event in the Muslim-majori-ty
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      • 329 12 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Philippine lawmakers voted yesterday to end debate on a Bill that will give poor families access to birth control. The 284-member House of Representatives agreed to speed up the legislative process, by deciding to take a separate vote
        BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  329 words
      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 114 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI President Ma Yingjeou has called for the resumption of stalled trade talks with the United States after Taiwan recently lifted a ban on some US beef imports. “We hope the Taiwan-US economic and trade negotiations can be placed back
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        • 84 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Ms Shahrizat Jalil, the former women, families and communities minister, maintained she was never involved in the awarding of National Feedlot Centre project to her husband’s company. She was not aware that her husband Mohamed Salleh Ismail was
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        • 85 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON Renewed violence between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya has left three people dead in Myanmar amid growing international concern about the sectarian unrest. The fighting in western Rakhine state has killed 80 people on both sides since June, official figures show, although the
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        • 92 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI Communist Vietnam will give 5,000 tonnes of rice as relief to flood-hit North Korea, official media reported during a visit by Pyongyang’s ceremonial head of state. The pledge came as North Korea’s Mr Kim Yong Nam met senior
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      • 673 13  -  Rail line comes amid calls for urgent investments in safety, basic infrastructure By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI The Indian government has given the go-ahead for a multi-billion-dollar bullet train project between the western cities of Mumbai and Ahmedabad. But
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    • 519 14 Mursi gives order after unknown militants kill 16 Egyptian soldiers ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG CAIRO Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi yesterday ordered the military and police to take “complete control” of Sinai after unknown militants killed 16 Egyptian soldiers, in the
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG  -  519 words
    • 89 14 United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meeting former South African president Nelson Mandela, 94, at his home in Qunu, South Africa, yesterday. Her private lunch with the Nobel Peace Prize winner was the first event on her South African visit, an indication of the prestige still
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    • 250 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to attend an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders in the holy city of Mecca next week at the invitation of the Saudi king. Mr Ahmadinejad will attend the summit to discuss developments in Muslim countries,
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 62 14 BLOOMBERG LONDON Conservative Party MP Louise Mensch unexpectedly resigned yesterday to move to New York, creating a test for Prime Minister David Cameron, who may struggle to retain the seat the MP narrowly won two years ago. Her decision will trigger a special
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      • 55 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY A female Qantas pilot has been suspended for failing an alcohol test after being removed from the controls of a passenger flight just minutes before take-off. The incident happened last week on a Boeing 767-300 that had been about to take
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      • 72 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ANKARA An explosion overnight at a pipeline carrying about a quarter of Iraqi crude exports from oilfields near Kirkuk knocked out flows from Iraq, with Kurdish rebels suspected to be behind the explosions, Turkish and Iraqi officials said. The blast hit
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    • 675 15  -  Foreign investment flowed in and consumer confidence improved By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA South-east Asia’s biggest economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter, as foreign investment flowed in and families kept on shopping. The Indonesian economy grew 6.4 per
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    • 479 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NEW DELHI India’s new promarket finance minister pledged to takes steps to restore foreign investors’ faith in Asia’s third-larg-est economy and “restart the growth engine”. Mr Palaniappan Chidambaram, in his first policy statement since taking over last week, said India’s
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    • 315 15 REUTERS ROME The United Nations’ food agency cut its global rice production forecast for this year, but said supply would still outstrip demand and that there was no increased risk of a food crisis as long as countries do not
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    • 335 15 REUTERS CHICAGO Rain over the weekend across most of the US Mid-west corn and soya bean growing region, and forecasts for more rain this week, will help relieve stress on crops, according to an agricultural meteorologist. “It’s an improved forecast, not a perfect
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    • 527 16 German minister sounds warning after ugly spat over Italy and Greece ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BERLIN Germany’s Foreign Minister warned yesterday that arguments about European policy are taking on a “very dangerous” tone after a weekend of ugly exchanges in the German press
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 56 16 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI Citigroup started an investment banking joint venture in China, Citi Orient Securities, giving it access to a market where companies raised 3 trillion yuan (S$585 billion) in equity and bond sales last year. Citigroup is trying to catch up with Goldman Sachs and UBS
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      • 80 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AMSTERDAM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will take a 5 per cent stake in ASML Holding, the largest supplier to computer chipmakers, for ¤838 million (S$1.3 billion), and will also help the semiconductor equipment firm finance expensive research to improve its products. Last
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      • 83 16 REUTERS AMSTERDAM Dutch sportscar maker Spyker is suing General Motors (GM) for US$3 billion (S$3.7 billion) on behalf of its subsidiary Saab Automobile, which was declared bankrupt in December last year. “GM’s actions had the direct and intended objective of driving Saab Automobile into
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    • 393 16 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS The Greek authorities have launched a probe into the legality of a transfer of ¤8 million (S$12.3 million) by a former chief executive of Greece’s recently privatised Agricultural Bank (ATEBank). Deputy Athens Prosecutor Spryros Mouzakitis ordered a preliminary investigation into the
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    • 605 16 BLOOMBERG GENEVA Swiss banks must lure affluent clients from emerging markets or face a “slow death” as the pursuit of tax dodgers by the American and European authorities results in outflows of assets. Western Europeans may pull as much as 135 billion Swiss
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    • 531 17 With billions of dollars at stake, banks stress ‘we’re not as bad as next guy’ LIBOR PROBES NEW YORK TIMES LONDON Major banks, which often band together when facing government scrutiny, are now turning on one another as an international investigation into the manipulation
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    • 322 17 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Standard Chartered conducted more than US$250 billion (S$310 billion) worth of transactions with Iranian entities over a seven-year period, in violation of American an-ti-money laundering laws, a US regulator said yesterday. The bank may lose its
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    • 287 17 REUTERS SYDNEY Apple and Samsung Electronics are embroiled in a high-stakes patent battle in several countries around the world, but only in Australia are they also engaged in “hot tubbing”. Rather than a gaggle of lawyers hammering out their differences in the jacuzzi,
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    • 157 9 Libor probes: Banks turn on each other A17 BREAKTHROUGH treatment for KNEE and BACK PAIN Almost instantly Ms Koh S Y was able to walk much faster and felt pain free. Ms Koh’s knee pain affected her sleep and her work: “I had a lot of pain in both my
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    • 308 9 D A Y DAY, AUGUST 7, 2012 A U G U S T 7 2 0 1 2 Another top HK official in trouble A11 I want to give my child a head start in life. It’s my choice. s> V At Kaplan, youthful aspirations are guided to soar. Through
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  • OPINION
    • 448 18 RIVER transport to move people and goods is as old as time, as human settlements began in river mouths and along the banks. Singapore is rare among cities that have grown from these origins in that it is only lately that it has been looking
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    • 1250 18  -  EYE ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY By ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg UNTIL Thursday last week, it looked like the world’s top weightlifting award would go to someone who was not even competing at the London Olympics. By promising to do “whatever it takes”
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    • 1186 19  -  SOUTH CHINA SEA By HARSH V. PANT The writer teaches in King’s College, London. YALE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBALISATION WHILE the world focuses on the rising tension between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea, Beijing and New Delhi are also
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    • 859 19  -  By HENG YEE KUANG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is an associate professor of international relations at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He spent 15 years studying and lecturing in Britain and Ireland. THE United Kingdom has
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    • 916 19  -  By JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com TWO years ago, a couple who thought they were renting out their west Java seaside villa for a family gathering belatedly discovered the tenant was a people smuggler, using the house as a way-station for about 50
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    • 1281 20  -  To gain edge, families spend heavily on extra lessons, new report finds By LIZ GOOCH NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE ON THE second floor of a Singapore shopping centre, five boys and two girls sat in a small room with the blinds drawn, a whiteboard
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        76 21 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR JAIRAJ RAMANATHAN: Compulsory community service for new arrivals one way to encourage civic behaviour. 2. MR KHOO KAH LIANG: Turning that ‘engagement party’ into a happy marriage... 3. ACRES: Marine park opening welcome but... 4. MS CAROL THOW: Improved service should accompany
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      • 280 21  -  GOVT ENGAGEMENT WITH CITIZENS Loh Kwang Ian I APPLAUD the Government’s decisive and strategic moves to reshape society, culture and the family (“Govt seeks to forge stronger ties among citizens, and with them”; last Wednesday). This sharpens the emphasis on community at
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      • 238 21  -  Elgar Lee MR CHAN Chun Sing, who will be heading the new Ministry of Social and Family Development, said one of his immediate priorities is to look into how to encourage young Singaporeans to marry early and start families (“Get married
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      • 369 21  -  David Gerald President/Chief Executive Officer Securities Investors Association (Singapore) THE impression created by last Wednesday’s report (“SGX, Sias launch drive to get heartlanders to invest in stocks”) would, understandably, suggest that the collaboration is to promote only stock investing (“Wrong to encourage
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        • 88 21  -  Leng Kar Yee (Ms) SHOULD I be unable to make decisions for myself, I do not wish for any life support (“Patients often at odds with kin over final wishes”; July 30). Death may be a taboo subject for most Asians, but with candid explanations
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        • 99 21  -  David Sum MR JONATHAN Leaw’s view is thought-provoking (“Buy low, sell high desire HDB’s dilemma”; last Wednesday). However, I believe that the HDB’s duty is to provide affordable flats for citizens to live in, not for speculation and profit. Those wishing to prosper from
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        • 134 21  -  Dr Arthur Lee Gilbert MY WIFE’S 95-year-old mother, who lives with us, spends part of her days watching television. We subscribe to several StarHub cable channels that she enjoys. Unfortunately, the many tiny remote control buttons pose a challenge for her less-than-steady hands, and she
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      • 90 21 Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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      • 207 22  -  PARKING SPATS HINT OF A WIDER ISSUE Estella Young (Ms) THE furore over parking in private estates is symptomatic of a wider problem the fact that residents consider the public land around their homes an extension of their own turf (“Residents in private estates
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      • 359 22  -  Tan Kay Hoon WHAT constitutes the concept of public space in Singapore? I and my two children, aged 10 and 12, were ordered off the empty pitch in Serangoon Stadium when we went for a kickabout. We were told we could not
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      • 149 22  -  Lonce Wyse AS A driver, cyclist and pedestrian, I am uncomfortable with the “us versus them” mentality in much of this discussion (“Police must step up efforts to get riders off their cycles at crossings” by Mr Ong Hong Bee, last
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    • 36 22 Have a story? Let us know TEXT E-MAIL CALL 8282-3343 stnewsdesk@sph.com.sg 1800-*****28 www.straitstimes.com “My Tip-Of” on CLICK I REMEMBER... GETYOURCOPYTOMORROW Four Indian S’poreans aged between 69 and 94 reminisce about their childhood days on this island
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  • HOME
    • 736 1  -  They will help track floods, vandalism and unsafe activity By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg KEEPING an eye on Singapore’s waterways, reservoirs and recreational water spots will soon be easier for the authorities. National water agency PUB plans to install 162 closed circuit television cameras
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    • 492 2  -  Defendant who introduced fraud investment not liable for $82k loss By K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE case of a scam victim who tried to get her money back by suing the person who introduced the scheme to her has been thrown out by
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    • 335 2  -  By LUA JIA MIN jmlua@sph.com.sg FIVE people were injured yesterday morning when a car reversed onto a crowded pedestrian walkway at Chong Pang market. The driver of a Mercedes-Benz reportedly lost control while reversing his car in a carpark at Block 102, Yishun Avenue
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    • 381 2  -  By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg OPENNET has appealed a High Court judgment dismissing its bid to challenge the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) on the ownership and control of Singapore’s fibre-optic network. The suit, which was filed by OpenNet last year, involves three
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    • 1538 3  -  Some claim couples using temporary addresses to get P1 spots for kids By KEZIA TOH keziatoh@sph.com.sg AS THE race for Primary 1 places heats up, allegations of parents “renting” their way to coveted spots in popular schools have resurfaced. Applicants who live near
      PHOTOS: DESMOND LUI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES  -  1,538 words
    • 426 4  -  He claims he was in a neighbour’s flat at the time teenager was attacked By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A LORRY driver being tried for raping a 13-year-old schoolgirl in a lorry in April last year has now offered an alibi. Hang Tuah Jumaat,
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    • 346 4  -  ELENA CHONG THREE Colombians who committed housebreaking and theft by night while they were on holiday here were jailed yesterday. Edwin Neil Hernandez Beltran, 43, and Edwin Fernandez Zamora, 33, were each given five years’ jail on two charges of burglary. Luis Carlos Carrillo
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    • 551 4  -  By TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg MOONLIGHTING security guards will get a grace period after a new rule kicks in next week that prevents them from working for more than two employers. They will have 10 weeks to comply, said a police spokesman, who
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    • 269 4  -  TOH YONG CHUAN EVEN as the police tighten their grip on security guards with multiple employers, efforts to solve the problem of their excessive overtime remain stuck in first gear. In a move to reduce the guards’ typical 72-hour work
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    • 358 4  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A MAN originally accused of murdering a full-time national servicemen (NSF) with four others walked out of Changi Prison a free man last night. Former front office manager Desmond Neo Han Wen, 24, had already clocked
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    • 580 8  -  Reasons include substantial total interest paid, danger of overspending By DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Ian Poh WHILE a 50-year home loan helps ease the cash flow for young couples, the interest paid on it will eventually reduce the potential profit that can
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    • 379 8  -  TOH YONG CHUAN FOUR years ago, Institute of Technical Education (ITE) graduate Omar Mohamed Said started working as a steersman piloting small boats under an Indonesian captain. Yesterday, the 29-year-old took his first step towards captaining his own ship, after receiving the
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    • 363 8  -  By DERRICK HO derrickh@sph.com.sg ABOUT 3,500 young people from the People’s Association have launched one of the largest youth-centric campaigns to celebrate Singapore’s 47th National Day. The “Love Red” movement, which started as a single event last year, has grown into a
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    • 463 8  -  By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg SHE is a 62-year-old retiree, and he is an unassuming 25-year-old sales assistant. The pair make unlikely crimefighters, but together, they helped police identify and nab a violent robber. Yesterday, Madam Chidambaran Kamalan and Mr Bryan Ang were
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    • 175 8 TRAFFIC at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints will be heavy over the upcoming National Day and Hari Raya Puasa periods, so travellers should plan their journeys to minimise delays, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has advised. Those leaving Singapore via these checkpoints between Wednesday and
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    • SCIENCE HOME
      • 675 9 Four years ago, a revolutionary swimsuit helped break 23 Olympic swimming records. Its success led Fina, swimming’s governing body, to ban the suit. Technology is pivotal in boosting an athlete’s performance, especially when the difference between a gold and silver Olympic medal can be a fraction of
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      • 561 9  -  Researchers face hurdles studying marine species in disputed waters By GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg EVEN if South-east Asia’s politicians cannot agree on who owns which islands in the South China Sea, its scientists, at least, are working together. Last week, some 40 scientists
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  • MONEY
    • 651 10  -  Short-term flipping of properties in market noted by MTI By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg THE rising number of investors flipping their industrial units for a profit has caught the eye of the Government. It has warned that fresh measures might be introduced
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    • 895 10  -  BREWERY BATTLE By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg A LOOK at the stock market yesterday and you would be forgiven for thinking that the deal between Heineken and Fraser Neave (F&N) had already been signed and sealed. F&N shares surged to a record high of $8.55 within
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    • 538 10  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg THE suspense over whether Fraser Neave’s board would sell its Asia Pacific Breweries stake to Heineken ended last Friday but the story is far from over. Attention is now shifting to the next stage in this
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    • 514 12  -  But economists cut annual growth forecasts on signs of slowdown By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg DESPITE earlier estimates that Singapore’s economy shrank in the second quarter compared with the first, economists now believe there was a small expansion. This is largely thanks to
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    • 229 12  -  By MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg HOW Singapore’s Muslims can plan their financial future will be one of the key issues discussed at a conference later this month. There will be particular focus on the latest ruling on revocable nominations, issued by the Islamic
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    • 411 12  -  MELISSA TAN WORKING adults are now more adequately insured than they were several years ago, according to a study commissioned by the Life Insurance Association (LIA). The study used a measure called the protection gap to assess the extent of coverage. This refers
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    • 433 13  -  Marvin Tan will be acting senior V-P for cabin crew; SIA exec Leslie Thng will replace him By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg SILKAIR staff and industry players were surprised yesterday when the regional carrier announced that chief executive Marvin Tan will
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    • 469 13  -  By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg CAPITALAND president and chief executive Liew Mun Leong has sold off a portion of his stake in the company for more than $3 million, the firm said in a statement yesterday. The sales comes after he
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    • 276 13  -  By MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg PROPERTY giant CapitaLand’s whol-ly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott, has entered into an agreement to purchase a prime London hotel. Ascott will buy The Cavendish London, in the upscale Mayfair area, for $311 million. From the fourth quarter
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    • MONEY COMPANIES
      • 286 14  -  Energy Market stake will help it to build presence in electricity sector By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has acquired a stake in an electricity trading firm, a move that it says will help it to come up with electricity-related financial products.
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      • 422 14  -  YASMINE YAHYA SINGAPORE is the world’s second most attractive market for mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals, according to a new report. The report, part of an annual ranking carried out by the M&A Research Center at Cass Business School in collaboration with Ernst
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      • 327 14  -  By DENNIS CHAN DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR dennis@sph.com.sg QAF, the maker of Gardenia bread, reported a 32 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit to $8.6 million yesterday. Revenue for the three months to June 30 dipped marginally to $244.1 million from $247 million
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      • 285 14  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg THE financial adviser to k1 Venture’s independent directors has concluded that a privatisation offer from the firm’s three largest shareholders was “fair and reasonable but not compelling”. In June, GKB Holdings, a firm created by Keppel Corp subsidiary
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      • 302 14  -  DENNIS CHAN CAR distributor Tan Chong International’s half-year net profit has more than quadrupled to HK$415.5 million (S$66.6 million) from HK$99.9 million previously. This was despite a 6.5 per cent fall in revenue to HK$3.08 billion for the six months to June
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    • MARKETS MONEY
      • 446 15  -  Hopes about European efforts to tackle debt crisis boost performance BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg THE Straits Times Index (STI) has now been above the feel-good 3,000 point mark for a week after strong gains yesterday on positive data
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • 100 15 STI TRADING VOLUME 269.66 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 20 Losers: 7 Unchanged: 3 FTSE ST INDEXES Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 705.26 462.28 639.04 855.77 222.56 203.34 278.06 2.62 2.25 855.77 -1.06 0.08 0.58 4.01 Points Change Basic
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        • 76 15 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.26 billion shares worth $1.12 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 205 Losers: 155 Unchanged: 432 OVERSEAS MARKETS Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 19,998.72 8,726.29 1,885.88 2,154.92 891.3 1,639.43 332.54 171.18 37.2 22.12 19.49
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 94 15 PROPERTY group Sing Holdings’ second-quarter net profit has almost trebled to $9.5 million from $3.2 million. Revenue for the three months to June 30 was up 185.6 per cent at $64 million. This was due mainly to higher revenue recognition from its development project, The Laurels. Earnings per
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        • 96 15 DBS Bank has successfully priced its 10.5-year S$1 billion fixed rate subordinated notes, under its US$15 billion global medium term note programme. The notes will initially bear a fixed coupon of 3.1 per cent per annum with interest payable semi-annually. If they are not redeemed on Feb 14,
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        • 76 15 SAPPHIRE Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, Sapphire Mineral Resources, has recently discovered its iron ore inventory in Terengganu had been stolen. The theft was reported to the Malaysian authorities and investigations are on-going. The value of the iron ore is about $760,000 and has been written-off to the profit
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 176 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: AUG 6, 2012 Top Rises Aug 06 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ 9685 300.6 2.6 Aug 06 CENTS DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5536 152.8 2.3 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 3450 59.6 1.4 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 3484
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        • 57 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 173 112.5 CapMallsAsia 170 cd +3 6560
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        • 81 15 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 $MIL 161.5 101.5 ARA 143 -1 372 145.5 140.5
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        • 39 15 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol HLH Grp 2.9 83.331.000 71.395.000 55.979.000 52.013.000 50.022.000 GSH Corp 9.3 ...110.5 IRC Corp.... *Genting HK US$ 34 20,146,000 73 Thai Beverage 33.5 18,811,000 26 IHH Healthcare 126.5 15,831,000 42.784.000 28.800.000
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        • 49 15 Aug 6 AgainstS$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$toone unitofforeigncurrency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$to100units offoreigncurrency: 1.3088 1.3096 1.0535 1.0540 1.2398 1.2405 0.9984 0.9980 1 6336 1.5341 1.2345 1.2347 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Source: OCBC
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    • London Olympics 2012• JULY 27-AUG 12
      • 131 22 2 United States .28 14 19 61 3 Britain 17 11 11 39 4 South Korea 11 5 6 22 5 France 8 8 9 25 1 7 Kazakhstan 6 0 0 6 8 Russia 5 17 15 37 9 Germany 5 10 7 22 10 Hungary 4
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        • 14 22 at stake today. And these are the events you should not miss...
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        • 43 22 2.30am, tomorrow: Football, men’s s-final South Korea v Brazil (mio TV Ch136 Ch U) After upstaging Britain in the quarter-finals, can South Korea pull off a bigger shock and upset the favourites, whose star forward Neymar is in scintillating form?
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        • 73 22 6.30pm: Men’s triathlon (mio TV Ch140) Britain’s Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Jonathan, are out to repeat their one-two finish from last year’s World Championships. A top-quality field of 56 will swim, bike and pound their way around scenic Hyde Park. Results of medal events and TV guide, Page
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        • 64 22 6.50pm: Athletics, men’s 200m, rd 1 (mio TV Ch134 Ch5) Having proved himself as the greatest over 100m, Usain Bolt aims to make it a clean sweep and retain his title at double the distance. If he can be defeated, the challenge is likely to come
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        • 62 22 5.10pm: Athletics, men’s 110m hurdles, rd 1 (mio TV Ch134 Ch5) All eyes will be on Chinese sensation Liu Xiang, who has been dogged by injury and inconsistency in recent years. Defending champion Dayron Robles of Cuba and world champion Jason Richardson of the US are the
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      • 808 22  -  S’pore women paddlers hoping to make amends after 0-3 thrashing by Japan in semi-final AT THE GAMES By TERRENCE VOON SPORTS CORRESPONDENT tvoon@sph.com.sg LONDON Wang Yuegu stomped off after a blunt question from a reporter. Singapore’s table tennis chief Lee Bee Wah declined to comment. Li
        ST PHOTOS: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN  -  808 words
      • 167 22  -  TERRENCE VOON SINGAPORE’S game plan was no surprise: To send out top player Feng Tianwei to draw first blood against either Kasumi Ishikawa or Ai Fukuhara, knowing that Wang Yuegu was not the favourite to win the second singles. That backfired with Feng’s opening defeat
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      • 384 22  -  By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg LONDON Dipna Lim-Prasad wrote three names on her palm before walking onto the Olympic Stadium’s track for the women’s 100m hurdles heat yesterday. “Gong Gong” (Mandarin for grandfather), “Dom” (for Dominique Sarron Lee, a former training partner at
        ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN  -  384 words
      • 422 18 South Americans, hot favourites for the gold, say Koreans never give up ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Brazil are not expecting an easier path to their first Olympic gold in football just because they avoided having to face hosts Britain in the semi-finals. Brazil became bigger favourites
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      • 663 18 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Like a fish out of water, Michael Phelps started the first day of his new life uncertain where to turn and wondering what to do next. For the first time in two decades, he did not need to set his alarm
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      • 522 18 Athletics Men’s 100m 1 Usain Bolt (Jam) 9.63sec (OR). 2 Yohan Blake (Jam) 9.75. 3 Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.79. 3,000m steeplechase 1 Ezekiel Kemboi (Ken) 8min 18.56sec. 2 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (Fra) 8:19.08. 3 Abel Kiprop Mutai (Ken) 8:19.73. Hammer 1 Krisztian Pars (Hun) 80.59m. 2 Primoz Kozmus
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      • 238 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Britain’s Andy Murray believes his Olympic triumph will provide the perfect springboard to break his Grand Slam drought. The Scot produced the performance of a lifetime to win his first Olympic gold with a crushing 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 demolition of world No.
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      • 282 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON If you thought Ryan Lochte might scale it back a bit after he failed to win more than one individual gold at the London Olympics, think again. The American said he will probably swim more events in Rio 2016,
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      • 259 19 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Aliya Mustafina upset the favourites by taking the gold medal on the uneven bars in the gymnastics apparatus finals at the London Olympics yesterday. Newly minted women’s all-around champion Gabby Douglas and silver medallist Viktoria Komova were expected to
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      • 395 19 Chinese wins women’s Laser Radial class despite doing a penalty turn ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON China’s Xu Lijia was so strong in the women’s Laser Radial that she won the gold medal yesterday despite doing a penalty turn on the first downwind leg.
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  395 words
      • 255 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON China are three wins away from sweeping the diving gold medals following Wu Minxia’s victory in the women’s 3m springboard on Sunday. She earned her record-tying sixth career medal but first individual gold to match retired compatriot Guo Jingjing as the
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      • 223 19 REUTERS LONDON Italian Niccolo Campriani thrashed the field to win the men’s 50m three-position rifle gold medal at the London Games yesterday, his final event before he trades bullets for books and heads to university. The 24-year-old will be the centre of attention when
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      • GAMES FLASH
        • 62 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AMERICAN judoka Nicholas Delpopolo has been expelled from the Olympics after he admitted that he had consumed food spiked with marijuana, the International Olympic Committee said yesterday. Delpopolo, who fought in the men’s 73kg category and finished seventh, failed a drugs test carried
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        • 59 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS FORMER kayak world champion Ben Fouhy has criticised New Zealand sports officials after failing to qualify for the final of the 1,000m K-1. The 33-year-old, who finished sixth in his semi-final at Dorney Lake, complained about a lack of funding as he attempted to
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        • 52 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS GIOVANNI Cernogoraz of Croatia beat world champion Massimo Fabbrizi of Italy in a shoot-off yesterday to claim the gold in the men’s trap event. After 150 targets, they were tied at 146. The Italian missed his sixth target in the shoot-off while the Croat
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      • 469 20 Chinese hope will have to contend with a strong field in 110m hurdles AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Chinese athletics icon Liu Xiang will take the first steps towards erasing memories of his traumatic experience at the Beijing Games when the 110m hurdles heats
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      • 497 20 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Sanya Richards-Ross breathed a sigh of relief when she won the women’s Olympic 400m title at the third time of asking. The American had 4x400m relay golds from the 2004 and 2008 Games but, until Sunday, no individual title. “To come
        REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS; PHOTOS: REUTERS  -  497 words
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        146 20 A daily pick of athletes’ tweets and pics L Kobe and @jharden13 setting up for the 100M final American basketballer Kevin Love, with a shot of team-mates Kobe Bryant and James Harden at the start line (left) L The village dining room. Long pasta queue filled with competing athletes.
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      • GAMES FLASH
        • 109 20 REUTERS ALGERIAN 1,500m medal contender Taoufik Makhloufi has been thrown out of the Games for not trying in his 800m heat, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said yesterday. Makhloufi, who won his 1,500m semi-final in 3min 42.24sec, had been forced to run in the
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        • 92 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS AFTER nine days of lunge, parry and riposte with epee, foil and sabre, Italy fought their way back to the top of the fencing medal table on Sunday, claiming the men’s team foil gold for their third title of the Games. Italy, who
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        • 73 20 REUTERS EZEKIEL Kemboi set aside thoughts of an assault charge he faces at home to regain his Olympic men’s 3,000m steeplechase title on Sunday and extend Kenya’s dominance in the event. Kemboi, the 2004 champion, made the most of defending champion and compatriot Brimin Kipruto’s fall on
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        • 72 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHINA’S Zhou Lulu won the women’s Olympic over-75kg weightlifting gold with a new world record on Sunday, but insisted the Games had not been a success for Chinese lifters. World champion Zhou set a new record of 333kg, breaking her old mark of 328kg
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        • 75 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTRALIAN Olympic Committee president John Coates blames the failure of his country’s athletes to achieve gold-medal success on a shortage of government funding and a lack of compulsory sport in schools. The Australians are 16th on the medal tally with only two gold medals,
          ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  75 words
      • 481 21 National sprinter Calvin Kang breaks down the stunning race, and how Usain Bolt overcame a relatively slow start to streamroll to the gold in a new Olympic record Calvin Kang, 22, represented Singapore at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He has a personal best time of
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      • 1330 21  -  Usain Bolt retains his Olympic title in the world’s fastest 100m final By ROHIT BRIJNATH AT THE GAMES rohitb@sph.com.sg LONDON Usain Bolt’s pursuit is not just of clock, or man, but of a word. Legend. All year he’s spoken of it. All night after
        PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  1,330 words
    • 343 17 Reports say Man City, Juventus not keen to pay $40m for striker LONDON Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has followed Juventus in cooling off interest in Dutch striker Robin van Persie, paving the way for rivals Manchester United to sign him. The three clubs had shown
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 56 17 GOALS from Mohammed Faritz and Benjamin Lee in the second half helped the Courts Young Lions overturn a one-goal deficit to beat Tanjong Pagar 2-1 in a StarHub League Cup match at the Queeenstown Stadium last night. In another clash at the Toa Payoh Stadium,
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      • 74 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has roped in former FBI director Louis Freeh to assist in the corruption investigation against its suspended president Mohamed Hammam. The AFC’s acting president Zhang Jilong yesterday called on the continent’s 46 federations to cooperate with the
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  74 words
      • 93 17 REUTERS BERN (Switzerland) The International Cycling Union (UCI) has said that its dispute with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) over who should handle the Lance Armstrong doping allegations should be settled by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In an exchange of letters, released
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      • 105 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS LIMERICK (Ireland) Limerick Football Club say Irish police and Thomond Park officials are investigating CCTV footage after Manchester City defender Gael Clichy said bananas were thrown on to the pitch during a friendly on Sunday. Limerick and Thomond Park released a statement yesterday saying
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    • 73 17 Today Cricket Only T20 International: Sri Lanka v India (Live, StarHub Ch235 mio TV Ch122, 9.30pm). Football League Cup s-final: SAFFC v DPMM (Jalan Besar, 8.30pm). Tennis ATP Rogers Cup: Day 2 (Live, StarHub Ch211 HD Ch255,11pm). Tomorrow Football League Cup s-finals: Geylang v Tampines (Jalan Besar,
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    • 215 17 Cricket 2nd Test In Leeds, 5th day, at lunch: South Africa 419 and 125-1 (J. Rudolph 69, G. Smith 52 n.o.). England 425 (overnight 351-5: K. Pietersen 149, M. Prior 68; M. Morkel 2-96, V. Philander 2-72, Steyn 2-102, I. Tahir 3-92). South Africa lead 3-match series 1-0. 2nd
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    • 137 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR Tiger Woods will compete for the first time in Malaysia’s RM6.1 million (S$2.4 million) CIMB Classic in October, organisers said yesterday, in a big boost for South-east Asia’s only USPGA Tour-sanctioned event. It will be the first appearance in
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  137 words
    • 401 17 REUTERS AKRON (Ohio) PGA Tour veteran Jim Furyk knows better than most how cruel professional golf can be, and he was on the receiving end of a bitter reversal of fortune at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday. Having led the elite event from the opening
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    • 97 1 Scholarship boost PART C Cancer inspires singer’s debut album Culture Vulture Going dotty over Yayoi Kusama Young musical talents receive $30,000 for studies Survivor songwriter C2 TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 2012 C15 Singapore themes and identities are on show at galleries around the island, just in time for the nation’s birthday.
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  • Life!
    • LIFE! Arts
      • 935 2  -  Singapore PR and music lover Hamish Dyer starts scholarship to help young musicians here Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Pianist Thomas Ang, 21, and soprano Victoria Li, 18, have been named the first two awardees of the inaugural Hamish Dyer Young Musicians’ Scholarship. Ang will
        PHOTOS: ZHOU XIAODONG, COURTESY OF PATRICK ANG  -  935 words
      • 642 2  -  Corrie Tan Those craving a little more magic and mystery after the end of the Harry Potter saga are in luck. The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) and Canadian performance company Dandi Pro- ductions are coming together to present a bewitching hour of music from
        PHOTOS: BENJAMIN LAIRD ARTS & PHOTO, SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  -  642 words
      • 266 2  -  Huang Lijie A new theatrical magic show, Incanto, will take to the stage at Resorts World Sentosa in November. The original production will play at the resort’s 1,600-seat Festive Grand Theatre. Details on ticket prices will be prices announced later. The new
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      • 1436 4  -  Singapore’s places and faces are the main draw this month Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg Get a different take on Singaporean identity this National Day week with nine art shows around town. They range from small intimate exhibits such as A Nation Of Shopkeepers by watercolourist
        ST PHOTOS: JASON QUAH; PHOTOS: WESLEY LOH, UTTERLY ART  -  1,436 words
      • 813 5 Here are eight other places which showcase the country’s history 1A NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS What: Glitzy malls may dominate the landscape today but in his second solo show, watercolourist Foo Kwee Horng revisits old-fashioned places including shophouses. Unlike traditional Singapore watercolours which focus on the architecture and keep
        PHOTOS: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK, NATIONAL MUSEUM, GALERIE SOGAN & ART; PHOTOS: SAM KANG LI, UTTERLY ART, VALENTINE WILLIE FINE ART, MISH’AAL SYED NASAR, SINGAPORE PHILATELIC MUSEUM  -  813 words
      • 735 6  -  Two artists from different mediums collaborate to explore the idea of space in black-and-white works Huang Lijie lijie@sph.com.sg Anxiety gnawed away at artists Chow Chee Yong and Tang Ling Nah when they learnt last October that The Private Museum had matchmade them for a joint
        ST PHOTO: PANDORA WONG  -  735 words
      • 698 6  -  Review Theatre LIVING ROOMS Take Off Productions The Arts House Play Den/Sunday Corrie Tan The couch is a central character in this triple bill of intimate short plays. Actors sit gingerly on its edge, cuddle up with its cushions, and sprawl across it for a nap. It is
        PHOTO: TAKE OFF PRODUCTIONS  -  698 words
      • 437 6  -  Olivia Ho Pop icons Andy Warhol and Marilyn Monroe may be long gone but yesterday, they walked down Orchard Road, startling people going about their business. To celebrate Warhol’s 84th birthday yesterday, the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands brought lookalikes of the
        ST PHOTO: NADARAJAN RAJENDRAN  -  437 words
      • 94 14 Go ahead quote me ‘If I’m in a relationship, I’ll be impotent for life’ Actor Hu Ge (right) vigorously denying that he is dating ‘I really don’t enjoy wearing high heels. I try not to wear white because that’s just asking for it. I don’t wear glasses because someone can
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      • 800 14  -  Kusama’s tie-up with Louis Vuitton had me all dotty until I started seeing art in the everyday Culture Vulture Huang Lijie space. lijie@sph.com.sg I used to think I had a firm appreciation for Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (right) and the infestation of polka dots on her canvas.
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      • Article, Illustration
        509 14  -  Olivia Ho WONG KEEN ON SHOW New York-based Singaporean artist Wong Keen will be holding an exhibition of his ink paintings, abstractions of female nudes expressed in calligraphic strokes. Where: artcommune gallery, Block 231, Bain Street, 02-43, Bras Basah Complex When: Friday to Aug 26, noon to 7pm
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      • 773 16 Museum of Visual Culture, set to open in 2017, aims to be Hong Kong’s answer to Pompidou of Paris Bloomberg Hong Kong Mr Lars Nittve will never forget the first time he visited a museum alone. “There was this enormous sculpture of a woman
        Bloomberg; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ST FILE  -  773 words
      • 715 16 New York Times New York Social theorist Marshall McLuhan famously described media as “extensions of man”. Film-maker David Cronenberg, a fellow Canadian, has made several movies that count as mindbending elaborations of that insight. In Videodrome (1983), a video signal embedded in a pornographic cable
        New York Times; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  715 words
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      • 690 7  -  thunders’Rodney Ee finds the majestic Victoria Falls impressive from all Rodney Ee VICTORIA FALLS, which straddles the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is one of the natural wonders of the world. It is the largest waterfall in the world in terms of volume even though it
        PHOTOS:RODNEY EE  -  690 words
      • 1019 8  -  David Bowden is awed by the snowy mountain and historic sites in a once-forgotten kingdom in south-west China David Bowden LIJIANG is tucked away in the remoteness of Yunnan Province in south-west China, in what was once considered a forgotten kingdom. Shangri-La, as it has been called,
        PHOTOS: DAVID BOWDEN  -  1,019 words
      • 643 9  -  Limestone hills, the turquoise sea, tranquillity and tasty local cuisine are the chief attractions of the islands off Kedah in Peninsular Malaysia’s West Coast by audrina gan THE cluster of 99 islands that make up Langkawi off Kedah state is a tropical haven with the
        PHOTOS: TOURISM MALAYSIA  -  643 words
      • 977 10/11  -  Nina Starr is charmed by the ancient mediaeval monuments in the southern French countryside Nina Starr NARROW mediaeval alleyways, cobblestone streets, terraced gardens, heavy wooden doors, richly adorned portals, Renaissance windows, hidden courtyards housing towers and loggia— these are the picture-postcard images of Albi, which lies on the
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      • 714 12  -  Go rock-climbing and island-hopping in the pristine landscape of south-western Thailand by april chong KRABI, on the south-western coast of Thailand, offers lush greenery, talc-fine beaches, emerald waters and reasonable Thai food. Most tourists head to the town of Ao Nang, with its plethora of good accommodation,
        PHOTOS: APRIL CHONG  -  714 words
      • 258 13 The world meets in Brazil Brazil has launched a new global tourism promotion campaign called The World Meets in Brazil, Come Celebrate Life. According to Brazil’s national tourism board Embratur, the campaign is designed to present Brazil as “a culturally unique country that offers diverse experiences for all
        PHOTOS: AFP, FILE  -  258 words
    • 641 15  -  Jessica Irawan’s brush with cancer led her to realise her singing and songwriting talents Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg Singer-songwriter Jessica Irawan’s singing and songwriting dream birthed during the darkest period of her life. From 1999 to 2002, the 29-year-old went through treatment for
      ST PHOTO: MARIEL VICTORIA MOK  -  641 words
    • 597 15  -  Melissa Kok Czech singer-songwriter Marketa Irglova is at heart a country girl. When she needed to start life afresh as well as to find inspiration for a new album, she relocated from New York City to the scenic countryside of Reykjavik, Iceland. “I
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    • 561 15 Associated Press Mexico City Chavela Vargas (right), who defied gender stereotypes to become one of the most legendary singers in Mexico, died on Sunday at age 93. Her friend and biographer Maria Cortina said she died at a hospital in the city of
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    • LIFE! Buzz
      • 303 18 Agence France-Presse Seoul An eccentric South Korean rapper has scored a global online hit after a hilarious, high-energy video of his latest song was viewed more than 15 million times on YouTube. Park Jae Sang, 34, better known by his stage name Psy, is riding high
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      • Article, Illustration
        213 18 Los Angeles Oscar winner Natalie Portman and her fiance of two years, French ballet dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied (both right), made it official last Saturday, reported People magazine. They wed in a Jewish ceremony at a private home on the central California coast of Big Sur, said
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      • Buzzing
        • 48 18 Pop singer Conor Maynard, hailed as Britain’s answer to teen sensation Justin Bieber, charged to the top of the British charts with his debut album Contrast on Sunday. Maynard, 19, shot to fame earlier this year with his debut single Can’t Say No.
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        • 73 18 One of Sweden’s best-known musical exports, dance-pop star Robyn, will perform at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Sept 26, her first full gig here. Tickets from $68 will go on sale today through Sistic. American folk-pop singer Marie Digby, known for her bare-bones YouTube
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      • 450 18 New York Times, Reuters New York Add Total Recall to the list of remakes that go thud. Sony, betting in part on advancements in visual effects and fond memories of the 1990 original, spent at least US$200 million (S$260 million) to make and
        New York Times, Reuters  -  450 words
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    • 441 7 CARTIMES PREMUIM CERT ’08 Vios 1.5J Sport, Full optical Diagnos Check, Special Call *****111 SEP ’06 SPORTY Rush 1.5 A Black. 61,000KM Only!!! STA Grade B. Under Warranty *****111/ *****000 INTEREST 1.5%! Sell $175.8K! 7/’2010 Alphard 2.4 X. Black. 8 seaters. 1 owner. Call hp *****688 BEST DEAL! END’ 07
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    • 522 7 ’93 NISSAN DOUBLECAB 4door diesel pick-up. COE 7/2013. Call 8137 6098 02/98 NISSAN PICK-UP flat bed. Good cond. Low COE. Price neg. Call 6256-6926 11/’95 ISUZU TFR54H-09 COE 3/2015. Good engine. Good price. Tel: *****918 5/2000 NISSAN PICK-UP COE 3/2017. $23K. 1 owner *****112/ *****239 WELL KEPT! 01 Daihatsu Extol
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    • 206 8 TREVISTA. 3-RM. 1130 sqft. 4-rm 1701 sqft. High flr, face pool. Brand new! Mins MRT. Eileen Lau *****681 CALLING ALL INVESTORS!!! F’hold 2-bdrms. Wing Fong Mansion, Lor 14 Geylang. Only $630k neg.! Call ST MICHAEL RD spacious 1238 sqft. 3+1. F’hold. 2yrs Near MRT. Pat 9383-5186 URGENT! GOOD INVESTMENT. Casa
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    • 221 8 THE COTZ. F’HOLD 1-bdrm, 452 sqft. S-E facing. High rental yield. Serious seller. $666K. Adelyn *****772 D’FRESCO. F’HOLD 2-BDRM, 1119 sqft. Pte lift. Designer decor. Retro home. $1250 psf only. Adelyn *****772 PARC ELEGANCE. F’HOLD 947 sqft, 3rm. Facilities. Eunos/ Kembangan MRT. TOP ’13. Kathy *****092 THE CASCADALE. F’HOLD. 3+1
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    • 418 9 LAKEHOLMZ CONDO. 5-RM penthouse near Lakeside MRT. Unblocked. Serious seller. Built in 2454 sqft. Neg. Jane *****706 FL HILLVIEW REGENCY 3-RM. High flr. Unblock view. No noon sun. Designer decor. Sunny Tan 9722-7599 PN FLORAVALE. 3+1. 1410 sqft. F/reno 1 yr ago. Spacious SE facing. Sun open hse. Carol Phui
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    • 481 9 3-RM BLK 85 Whampoa Dr. Upgraded. Mid floor. Windy. Simple. Near mkt. Valued $288K. Can contra. 4’A’ BLK 559. 104sqm. Low flr. Corridor. All PR eligible. Val $410K. View Wed 8pm. *****210 Hafizah EA, PASIR RIS Blk 715. St 72 $665K. Valn $590K. Sea view.#9. 9270 5592(Fong) 229, 5I PASIR
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    • 553 9 Mont Timah District 21 Brand New cluster house Private lift Extremely quiet facing Unobstructed greenery Near Bukit Timah Nature Reserve 4+1 Bedroom (5,371 sqft) Pool Gym facilities Showflat condition Asking Rental $15,000 p/f Immediate For enquiries call: 6223 7211 Martin WKF *****651 AP Barker Colonial renovated *****/7500 sq.ft. 6+study +2/big
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    • 649 9 ARDMORE PK 2885sqft 4+1 High Flr unblocked $19K Act Fast! *****991 Angela TANGLIN PK 4+1, reno, face pool greenery, tip-top cond, $9K. Anna *****072 REGENCY PK. 3649 sqft. 4 bdrm. Spacious, great view Orchard. 9819-8488 LMS CUSCADEN RES. 1485 sqft. Cosy 3+1. Orchard MRT. Immed. LMS *****488 LIGHTS@ CAIRNHILL (4+1+
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    • 571 10 2BDRM $3K Upp Bt Timah High flr, newly reno. 914 sqft. Unfurn, Mid Aug. Steven 9487-9279 C21 $5.XK! NEW! FLORIDIAN. 3+1 1345 sq.ft. High ceiling. Face pool, Int’l/ Premium sch. *****382 Eastview DAIRY FARM. 1988 sqft. Avail mid Aug. Quiet. Spacious. $4.8K. S.Yong *****303 û THE TREVOSE PENTHOUSE 4+1, family
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    • 524 10 THE CALARASI 3BDRM 1152 sqft. p/furn, pool view. Mkt Food Ct/ Shops. Immed. $3.8K YuenFE 9682 6664 DAKOTA RES. 2-BDRM. 1023 sqft, f/furn. 1 min MRT. $5k Immed. 9236-7487 Owner GEYLANG LOR 16. Walk-up Apt. 3+1. welcome Company lease. Owner *****677 WAN THO LODGE 3+1, $3K. Potong Pasir MRT, reno,
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    • 585 10 LAGOON VIEW. 1650 sqft. 3 bdrms. P/furn. Good view. Immed. *****817 OT TAN MERAH CREST. 3-bdrm New furn. Immed. $4.3K Owner 8383-8995. CHANGI COURT. 2 bdrm 2 baths. F/furn. F/facilities, Immed. Next to UWC/ Biz Pk/ Expo. Linda 9851-7634 EDELWEISS PK 3RM Part/ f/ furn. Facilities. Amenities. Expats preferred. Immed.
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    • 628 10 AMK AVE 5 Blk 602 Common rm F/furn. With aircon. Bus-stop/ food/ MRT Immed *****615 ERA SENGKANG COMMON RM aircon, furn, opp MRT/ Compass Pt. Prefer lady/ stu dent. Thomas *****328 RMS IN ALL areas. Master/ Common Rm. All welcome! Call or SMS Kelvin ERA *****004 (10am to 10pm) AMK
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    • 529 10 TAMPINES EM BLK 420, full furnished, Nicely renovated, 10 mins to MRT. Immediate. Paul Lian *****508 BEDOK 2+1. BLK 210. #4 flr. Near MRT. F/furn. Excellent amenities. Immediate. Call 9829-1106 Cheng BLK 411 TAMPINES St 41. 3rm. Corner. High flr. F/ furn. F/aircon. Ask $2.4K neg. Richard 9689 5593 238
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    • 408 12 TUNG CENTRE Excellent Seaview Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 530 sq ft 9,667 sq ft 6428 7864 I 6428 7853 I 6534 3132 GEYLANG RD 1300 sqft #02 Fitted. Partition rms. Toilets. Avail Immed. $3K neg Foong Ee 9682-6664 DTZ RENOVATED FITTED FURNISHED, independent office in Raffles Place. 405/
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    • 176 12 ONE-PEMIMPIN B1. MRT. High floor. Nice view. 1150 3500 sqft. Bare fitted. Fr $3.20 psf neg. *****320 **ONE PEMIMPIN BRAND new. 1421sqft Ramp-up office. Zone B1. Pte carpark neg. Chia 9068-6500 4. fitted. manager SHOPHSE sqft 678 view. MRT. HOUSE. office Immed INT’L Fr TOA PAYOH LOR 7. Nice fitted
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    • 647 12 Shops Sizes from 517 sq ft to 958 sq ft Kiosk 151 sq ft Available immediately/October 2012 Suitable for sporting fashion and goods, fashion and accessories, hobbies, telecommunications, lifestyle related trades, F&B etc Directly above Novena MRT station and easily accessible by CTE and PIE Catchment of shoppers from affluent
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