The Straits Times, 16 December 2012

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    Lock icon Gunman kills 26 in US school massacre
    820 1  -  School victims include 20 children, 6 adults; suspect also shoots his mum at home Chua Chin Hon US Bureau Chief In Washington chinhon@sph.com.sg Twenty children, some as young as five, were killed when a lone gunman forced his way into a suburban elementary
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      206 1 ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM The year of lust HAN FOOK KWANG Is it a good thing for Singapore to have had 26 strike-free years? Chinatown girl runs $100 million company THINKPAGES37-39 RECORD YEAR $68 million collected from tax evaders TOP NEWSPAGE8 IN He sold one start-up company for $12 MILLION Now he
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  • top news
    • US SCHOOL SHOOTING
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        Lock icon The gunshots went ‘on and on’
        1045 2/3 Pupils who were killed were in two classrooms; principal, two staff die trying to save the kids New York Times AP Reuters New York Times AP Newtown, Connecticut It was about 9.30am, when the school locked its doors to the outside world, demanding identification
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        Lock icon Nervous gunman a shy loner, reports say
        556 2/3 New York Times Washington Post Reuters New York He carried a black briefcase to his 10th-grade honours English class. When called upon, he was intelligent, but nervous and fidgety, spitting his words out, as if having to speak up were painful. Pale, tall
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        Lock icon Asia in shock, leaders offer condolences
        467 4 AP Beijing Images of the school massacre and a tearful President Barack Obama resonated around the world, including in Asia where many leaders, including Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, offered their condolences. In Japan, where guns are severely restricted
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        Lock icon Our hearts are broken: Obama
        843 4 Reuters Washington Post New York Times Washington Choking up and wiping away tears, US President Barack Obama said on Friday that “our hearts are broken” for the victims of the shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school. He called for “meaningful action”to curb gunviolence,signalling that
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        Lock icon U.S. SHOOTING RAMPAGES
        227 4 Reuters Bloomberg AP The school shooting on Friday was at least the fifth such mass shooting incident this year in the United States. Here’s a look at the other rampages. April 2: A gunman kills seven people and wounds three at a Christian college in Oakland, California.
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      Lock icon Die-hard Lions fans queue overnight for tickets
      313 8  -  Sanjay Nair The floodlights were off, no football was being played, but Jalan Besar Stadium still bustled with activity last night. A day before tickets for the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup first-leg final between Singapore and Thailand went on sale, a 200-strong
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      Lock icon $68.2m collected from tax evaders, a 5-yr record
      837 8  -  Amount recovered is more than four times the $16.2m collected five years ago Theresa Tan theresat@sph.com.sg The taxman had a record year busting tax evaders, clawing back $68.2 million in taxes and penalties. That amount, accumulated over the financial year ended March
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      Lock icon Whistleblowers to get up to $100k reward
      614 8  -  Theresa Tan Whistleblowers who sound the alarm about tax cheats could receive up to 100,000, after the maximum reward was raised by 10 times. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) increased the sum in an attempt to flush out more offenders. “We
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    • national conversation
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        Lock icon S’poreans, Govt ‘share same ideals’
        353 9  -  Janice Heng What Singaporeans want is not that different from what the Government wants, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday at an Our Singapore Conversation session held by the Marine Parade grassroots organisations. “I was listening to see whether you have very different
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        Lock icon ‘Some ideas can be acted on now’
        677 9  -  Heng Swee Keat says there is no reason to wait for report at the end of mass consultation exercise Rachel Chang rchang@sph.com.sg Policy changes that emerge from the national conversation will be rolled out when ready, rather than grouped into a report at
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      Lock icon Facebook ‘friends’ help pay dad’s hospital bills
      606 10/11  -  Undergrad raises $25,000 through crowd funding from more than 200 people Bryna Singh brynasim@sph.com.sg Her father’s hospital bills were mounting and her family members were worried about how they were going to pay off the debt. Desperate, Ms Celine Liew looked at her
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      Lock icon Indie outlets get help via social media to stay afloat
      586 10/11  -  Walter Sim Pressured by escalating business costs, the owners of two indie ventures here have taken to social media to mobilise their customers for funding. Tiong Bahru bookshop BooksActually launched an appeal on Facebook and successfully raised $16,000 last month.
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      Lock icon DPM Teo to meet Punggol East residents
      472 12  -  He will be at Monday’s Meet-the-PeopleSession at the ward and whenever he can Janice Heng janiceh@sph.com.sg Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean last night sought to reassure Punggol East residents that they will be looked after, reiterating his personal interest in their welfare.
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      Lock icon On cloud nine, for $999
      152 12 Australian tandem master Ashley Smith flares his parachute, as he prepares to take forex trader Sidharth Gupta down for a soft landing on Sentosa’s Palawan Beach (right). Some 15 skydiver wannabes, including Mr Arun Roshan Ganesh (inset, with French tandem master P. F. Vilquin), took
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      Lock icon $3m govt grant for TCM research
      283 12  -  Maria Almenoar Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners can now apply for government funding to support their research into chronic diseases. The new fund was unveiled by Health Minister Gan Kim Yong to about 900 participants attending yesterday’s 10th Asean Congress of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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      Lock icon Teen sits exams despite brain tumour
      766 14  -  Caring teachers and mother help 16-year-old with failing eyesight to sit N-level exams with the aid of gadgets Joyce Lim joycel@sph.com.sg He may have been diagnosed with a brain tumour but Andy Khoo did not let that stand in the way of his education.
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      Lock icon OCBC to put $100 in needy children’s accounts
      233 16  -  Pearl Lee OCBC Bank will make a one-time contribution of $100 to new Child Development Accounts (CDAs) started for children from low-in-come families under a new plan. To qualify for the CD A Starter Scheme, families must have a monthly household income
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      Lock icon All I want for Christmas is the real McCoy
      578 16  -  Some knock-off toys appearing side by side with originals in stores but at lower prices Lim Yan Liang yanliang@sph.com.sg The two bright yellow and oversized plastic toy guns are almost indistinguishable, even on close inspection. Both shoot out foam darts at
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    • causes week
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        Lock icon Giving stray animals a safe haven
        587 18  -  Caring for kitten led woman to open shelter that now cares for 600 cats and dogs Leslie Kay Lim llim@sph.com.sg When a robber held her up at knife-point on the streets of Hong Kong, Ms Cathy Strong was traumatised. For two weeks, she barely
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        Lock icon Vocal disorders can’t stop them from singing
        829 18  -  Janice Tai Listening to Ms Crystal Goh’s light and airy melodies, it is hard to believe this is the same voice that has been plagued by muscle spasms, reducing her speech to barely a whisper. The secret lies in singing at a higher
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      Lock icon Central bank moves to break India’s golden habit
      619 24  -  Govt wants to curb gold imports, which it says have widened nation’s trade deficit Nirmala Ganapathy India correspondent In New Delhi gnirmala@sph.com. sg When 19-year-old Fathima Hussain got married, she was shocked to discover that her father, a well-to-do businessman, had given
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      Lock icon Watch out Psy, here comes One Pound Fish Man
      509 24 AFP Pattoki, Pakistan The Pakistani One Pound Fish Man is hoping to emulate Korean superstar Psy and Gangnam Style. Mr Muhammad Shahid Nazir, who sells fish in a London market, has become a sensation after his catchy tune to sell fish
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      Lock icon India, Pakistan ease visa curbs
      316 24 Reuters AP New Delhi India and Pakistan have sealed an agreement to ease tough visa restrictions for travellers as the nuclear-armed neighbours move slowly to rebuild relations that soured in 2008 when Pakistani militants attacked India’s financial capital. The accord was signed by India’s Home
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      Lock icon Malaysian with ‘JI link’ shot dead in Philippines
      415 25 Suspect threatened to detonate backpack bomb during stand-off with Davao police AFP Davao A Malaysian with alleged ties to Islamist militants was shot dead in the Philippines after he threatened to set off a backpack bomb in a stand-off with local police,
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Beijing’s official in HK to move to Macau
        76 25 Hong Kong China has picked Mr Li Gang, deputy director and spokesman for Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, to be the central government’s top representative in Macau, reported the South China Morning Post yesterday. Mr Li’s rich experience in handling tough
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        Lock icon Russian police nab opposition leaders
        76 25 AFP Moscow Russian police yesterday arrested several opposition leaders, including well-known blogger Alexei Navalny (above), as hundreds of people packed a central Moscow square in defiance of an official ban to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Scores of Muscovites, many holding white roses, defied
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        Lock icon Bangkok to tighten teachers’ security
        72 25 AFP Bangkok Thailand yesterday pledged to tighten security for teachers in its restive south as a leaflet campaign threatened further violence against educators amid widespread school closures over safety fears. Two teachers were shot dead on Tuesday in the latest in a spate of attacks
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      Lock icon Egypt votes on controversial Constitution
      470 25 Reuters Cairo Egyptians queued to vote on a Constitution promoted by its Islamist backers as the way out of a prolonged political crisis and rejected by opponents as a recipe for further divisions in the Arab world’s biggest nation. Soldiers joined police to secure the
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      Lock icon Back to the future for Japan
      1226 26  -  Japanese vote in a key election that is likely to see the return of the LDP, possibly in a landslide Kwan Weng Kin Japan Correspondent In Tokyo wengkin@sph.com.sg Millions of voters will go to the polls today in a watershed election that is expected
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      Lock icon DAP’s key leaders retain seats in top party panel
      599 26  -  Carolyn Hong Malaysia Bureau Chief George Town, Penang There were no surprises in the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) election as it geared up for the national polls. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and other party leaders easily held on
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      Lock icon 30 hurt in Bangkok office party brawl
      250 26 Reuters Bangkok A brawl broke out as prizes were being awarded at a Thai carmaker’s office party and more than 30 people were injured in the melee in which bottles and even homemade grenades were thrown, police and media said yesterday. Auto Alliance
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      Lock icon Xi looks to boost China’s military
      627 27 He emphasises the need for strong, battle-ready armed forces as part of the “Chinese Dream” New York Times Guangzhou Mr Xi Jinping, the new Communist Party chief and civilian commander of the Chinese military, is moving quickly to make strengthening the country’s armed forces
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      Lock icon Humans ‘responsible for climate change’
      499 28 Leaked draft of UN study says it is ‘extremely likely’ that mankind has caused global warming AFP Bloomberg Washington A leaked draft of the United Nation’s most comprehensive study ever on climate change shows increasing evidence that links human activity to global warming. It is
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      Lock icon Doomsday? China scrambles to allay fears
      1114 29  -  As Dec 21 ‘Apocalypse’ looms, some Chinese stock up on supplies while firms give staff time off Kor Kian Beng China Correspondent In BeiJing kianbeng@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Carol Feng Some Chinese firms are giving workers special time off before the end of the
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      Lock icon What did the Mayans predict?
      278 29  -  Kor Klan Beng The ancient Mayans were a two-million strong civilisation dating back to 2,000BC that lived in present-day Central America and southern Mexico. There are still descendants in the region. Besides producing skilled astronomers, mathematicians and architects, the Mayans also left behind, among other
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      Lock icon Foreign banks face tighter Fed leash
      514 30 New rules proposed to avoid bailout by taxpayers; foreign banks may pull back Reuters Washington The United States Federal Reserve has proposed that the leash on foreign banks be tightened to protect taxpayers from having to bail them out, in what banks say may
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      Lock icon China moves to broaden capital markets
      786 30 AP, Bloomberg Shanghai Regulators have scrapped the ceiling for sovereign wealth funds and central banks investing in Chinese stocks and bonds, in a move underlining Beijing’s efforts to broaden China’s capital markets. Analysts say the policy shift will give Singapore’s Temasek Holdings and other
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  • invest
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      Lock icon The art of investing in luxury collectables
      1870 31  -  Demand for items such as art and wine growing but investors must be aware of risks Magdalen Ng songyuan@sph.com.sg People have long had a passion for art, stamps and wine but these days, what was once a hobby if a pricey one can
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      Lock icon Americans still investing in stocks
      632 32  -  Russell Pearlman New York Times The conventional wisdom among many who work on or follow Wall Street is that generations of Americans have given up on stocks. As evidence of this, market experts point to the low trading volumes on the nation’s stock exchanges and
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        746 33  -  Such units may be priced lower but buyers should consider life expectancy, value when cashing out Lee Su Shyan Money Editor sushyan@sph.com.sg BUYING leasehold is one thing but what about a property with just a 60-year lease? That surely is stretching
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        1656 34  -  Envizyme CEO believes in having sufficient savings and living within one’s means Magdalen Ng songyuan@sph.com.sg So much for taking it easy: Businessman Roy Kee was easing into semiretirement when his passion for promoting healthier lifestyles and protecting the environment lured him back into full-time
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      548 31 INSIDE INVEST PHOTO: DIOS VINCOY JR FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES Mr Roy Kee is chief executive of Envizyme, a firm that develops and manufactures natural and environmentally friendly household cleaning products. He believes in having sufficient savings and living within one’s means. Pros and cons of a short lease Not
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      301 36/37 EDITORIAL Transport operator SMRT said that its trial run of having Mandarin announcements of station names on some trains, which was supposed to end next month, had been stopped on Dec 5. It was not a moment too soon. The wisdom of such a trial is
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      1464 36/37  -  Ongoing fight for human dignity is reshaping the region and will have global consequences Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent In London Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com Likemostofhistory’srevolu-tionary movements, the one which affects the Middle East started with an isolatedgesture: ayoungTunisian fruit seller who set himself alight in protest against
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      1083 36/37  -  Online scrutiny has made it harder for public figures to keep scandals under wraps Sunday with Zuraidah Ibrahim Deputy Editor zuraidah@sph.com.sg A year can be a lifetime in politics and what a year 2012 has been. Predictably, there continued to be strenuous debate over
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      989 36/37  -  Andrew Raven For The Sunday Times In Cairo araven755@gmail.com Reuters AP New York Times Bloomberg Protester Ahmed Osman sits in a tent set up in the middle of Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, munching on sunflower seeds and girding himself against the cold blowing in off the nearby
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      1144 38  -  For tripartism to really work, all parties Govt, workers and employers have to be strong Han Fook Kwang Managing Editor hanfk@sph.com.sg This might seem like a subversive question to ask, but is it a good thing for Singapore to have had 26 strike-free years? When not
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      919 38  -  LETTER FROM NEW DELHI Nirmala Ganapathy India correspondent gnirmala@sph.com.sg Indian women may have made tremendous progress, exemplified by such leaders as Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the country’s most powerful politician, and Biocon chief executive Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, an influential corporate figure. But parts of India still
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      482 38  -  Jeremy Au Yong Deputy Editor Singapolitics.sg jeremyau@sph.com.sg It was a week where visitors to Singapolitics.sg had only one thing on their minds: the Michael Palmer saga. The former Speaker of Parliament stunned the nation on Wednesday when he resigned over an extramarital affair with
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      1841 40/41  -  ForthesonsofS’pore Gurkhas, joining elite corps is a way out of unemployment in Nepal Chong Zi Liang In Pokhara, Nepal ziliang@sph.com.sg It is 4.30 in the morning and 18-year-old Sai Roka checks his woven bamboo basket for holes. When dawn breaks, he will strap it to
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      821 40/41 Kathmandu During Deepavali in Nepal, revellers delight in setting off illegal firecrackers. Despite a ban since 2006, some still believe the pyrotechnics ward off evil spirits while others simply think they add to the festive cheer. But retired Gurkha Chhatra Gurung, 53, is reminded
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        246 40/41  -  Patrick Loh When I read the news article about the $5,000 employment fee that the Chinese drivers incurred in order to work in Singapore, I could not help but feel that there is a degree of exploitation involved in the recruitment process (“Worries
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        127 40/41  -  Cheang Peng Wah Opinion editor Chua Mui Hoong urged Singaporeans to broaden our minds and view the 1.5 million foreign talent, students, maids, workers and their dependants as part of Singapore, accepting their claim on our laws, spaces and conscience (“From the
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        219 40/41  -  Phebe Bay (Ms) I applaud Opinion editor Chua Mui Hoong’s call to Singaporeans to accept the foreign workers who live among us (“From the margin to the front page”; last Sunday). When I worked at a non-govern-mental organisation in India, I received a
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        95 40/41  -  N. Nagesh Last Sunday’s editorial (“Cut out commissions”) is relevant and the authorities must consider its suggestion on introducing fee-based payment for property agents. I fail to see any significant role played by the agent in a property transaction. One need not pay
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        140 40/41  -  Eugene Heng Member Public Hygiene Council Part of the Keep Singapore Clean Movement I refer to the article,“ ‘Mother goose’ gets kids to pick up litter” (Nov 25), and MsLee Pai Ping’sletter, “Teach kids not to litter; use fines as last
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        177 40/41  -  George Lim With regard to last Sunday’s article on the suspected suicide of nurse Jacintha Saldanha following a prank call by two Australian radio hosts (“Radio prank gone wrong”), there has been a proliferation of mindless gag shows in recent years, such as MediaCorp’s
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      493 43  -  After winning S’pore’s first indoor World Cup silver, he is aiming to make the 2016 Olympics Chan U-Gene ugenec@sph.com.sg On a bowstring and a prayer, Tan Si Lie hit thebull’s eye for Singapore at the Indoor Archery World Cup last week. The national archer won
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      330 43  -  Wang Meng Meng Sprinter Gary Yeo won Singapore’s first gold at the Asean University Games in yesterday’s 100m final. In the process, he recorded the country’s fastest century sprint timing since U.K. Shyam smashed the national record 11 years ago, and became
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      545 44 American celebrates world record swim by giving his 200m IM gold to young fan AFP Istanbul Ryan Lochte shattered his own world record in winning the 200m individual medley at the world short-course championships on Friday, and then shocked everyone by tossing his gold medal away. The
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      219 44  -  Text and pictures by Joyce Fang If you or your friends fit into our Hot Bods Series, drop us a line and photo at stimage@sph.com.sg Vincent Toh, 25 Associate lecturer Height: 1.72m Weight: 78kg Exercise regimen: I go to the gym five times a week after work to
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      231 44 AFP Bandar Seri Begawan Birthday boy Jeev Milkha Singh prompted a stirring second-round Asian fightback yesterday, to keep alive non-playing captain Naomichi “Joe” Ozaki’s hopes of regaining the Royal Trophy. With the Jose Maria Olazaballed European side struggling to reproduce their brilliant opening-day form, Asia hauled
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        87 44 NYT New York The United States Tennis Association has made official a schedule change that has been discussed for months: moving the US Open men’s singles final to Monday and the women’s final to Sunday. That ends the Super Saturday format that featured the men’s semi-finals and
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        90 44 Reuters Coolum Singapore golfer Choo Tze Huang struggled again at the Australian PGA Championship yesterday, with double bogeys on the 12th and 13th holes seeing him finish with a three-over 75 for the second day in a row. His total of 217 left him tied for
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        49 44 Reuters Tokyo Fifa has given Indonesia’s crisis-hit football federation one final chance to put its chaotic house in order, giving it a three-month extension, or face suspension. The country’s football association now has until March 19 to end a bitter row with the breakaway Indonesian Super League.
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        34 44 Singapore secured fifth spot at the Women’s Asian Hockey Federation Cup, after beating Pakistan 3-0 at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium yesterday. Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong will play in today’s final.
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        45 44 England Nagpur England, who lead the series 2-1, took four wickets yesterday in the last hour of the third day to fight back against India in the fourth and final cricket Test. India closed the day 33 runs behind England on 297-8.
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      87 44 It is time to shoot some hoops at Tanah Merah Prison School, as the Singapore Slingers’ Damien Goh (left), 27, tries to dribble past an inmate. The Slingers, who are Singapore’s only professional basketball team and play in the Asean Basketball League, were conducting a clinic
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      505 44 BADMINTON BWF Superseries Finals In Shenzhen, s-finals (Chn unless stated): Men’s singles: Chen Long bt Hu Yun 21-10 21-18. Doubles: Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn) bt Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng 13-9 (ret). Women’s singles: Wang Shixian bt Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) 21 -12 21 -19, Li Xuerui bt Saina Nehwal (Ind) 22-20
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      850 45  -  The star’s first youth coach at Barcelona talks about his greatest success story Sanjay Nair nsanjay@sph.com.sg A pint-sized teenager in a baggy Barcelona kit collided so heavily with an opponent that he tumbled off the field and fell over a fence five metres
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      1407 45  - Flea Tiger both geniuses and prolific goal-scorers HEART OF FOOTBALL Rob Hughes stsports@sph.com.sg It is tempting, someone said, to think of tonight’s game at the Camp Nou as Lionel Messi versus Radamel Falcao. On the principle that giving in to temptation from time to time is a good feeling, let’s
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      289 46 Corinthians fans one of a kind The Times, London Yokohama The sight of 20,000 exuberant Corinthians fans bouncing around the streets of Yokohama is remarkable in itself, and becomes even more so when you hear the stories behind some incredible adventures. Chelsea’s opponents in today’s Club World Cup final at
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      531 46 Benitez believes Club World Cup win will inspire his side to overhaul EPL leaders The Times, London Yokohama Rafael Benitez has issued a defiant warning to Alex Ferguson and Roberto Mancini by claiming that Chelsea can still win this season’s Premier League title. The
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      727 46 The Times, London London Arsene Wenger answered one question, but raised another. During the course of Friday’s briefing for tomorrow night’s clash against Reading, the Arsenal manager was asked whether his players are as hurt by their recent poor results as he
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      410 46  -  HORSE RACING I Written by Michael Lee EXCITING American-bred sprinter Emerald Hill is making his much-awaited racing comeback in the $95,000 Open Benchmark 89 race over 1200m on Polytrack this afternoon. Undefeated in four starts, the flashy four-year-old chestnut by Sharp Humor has taken all
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      210 46 London Chelsea want Theo Walcott. So do Liverpool, and Manchester City. But how good is the Arsenal winger really? With his wage demands of £90,000 (S$177,000) a week, the 23-year-old’s talks over a new deal with the Gunners have become a frustrating exercise in futility.
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    741 43 OBITUARIES "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. "Psalm 23:6 m i i /1 Garrick Gregory Tang Yang Seng Age: 59 Was called home to be with the Lord on 14 December 2012.
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      348 44 TV times BADMINTON World Superseries Finals Day 5, finals (Live, StarHub Ch211, 1 pm). BASKETBALL NBA Milwaukee v LA Clippers (Live, StarHub Ch216, 9am), Chicago v Brooklyn (Live, Ch202, 9am). BOXING Showtime Championship Amir Khan v Carlos Molina (Live, StarHub Ch202, 11.30am). CRICKET 4th Test India v England, day 4
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      91 1 IGNATIUS LOW My nerdy secret obsessions page18 Young entrepreneurs are chasing tech start-ups in the hope of becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg or Jack Dorsey. MELISSA SIM reports. PAGES4&5 MALL CRAWL A round-up of the new eateries around town MEET THE PANKS Professional Aunts, No Kids PAGE8 NEW BEGINNINGS Ex-con
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        1353 2  -  The death of a British nurse involved in a prank call has made local DJs sit up and think about consequences Melissa Sim simlinoi@sph.com.sg When a television producer calls you on your mobile phone and asks you to sing for him as part of an audition for
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        888 4/5  -  Many people are drawn by the sexy image of the tech industry but only one in 10 succeeds Melissa Sim simlinoi@sph.com.sg Where once people angled only for plum jobs as doctors, lawyers or bankers, these days they are vying to be technopreneurs. Thank or blame Mark Zuckerberg and
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        512 4/5 When Mr Sourabh Sharma co-founded micro-financing website Milaap.org last year, he was paying it forward. After all,a bank loanof $40,000 enabledhim an Indian national and now a Singapore permanent resident to study computer science at the National University of Singapore. “I was able to take
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        701 4/5 He has already sold one Internet start-up company for more than US$10 million (S$12 million). Now, Mr Darius Cheung, 31, is gunning for the big time again with a mobile application, Billpin. “We have a good team and we’re aware of what building a tech start-up
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        619 4/5 Steady jobs? Check. Six-figure salaries? Check. But when three high-flying professionals were given the chance to set up auction shopping site sold.sg, they were, well, sold. “This seemed a lot more fun,” says Ms Tian Qiuyan, 29, who worked in the investment management division of Goldman Sachs
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        116 6  -  Three businesses win social enterprise award for hiring former convicts and disadvantaged women Cheryl Faith Wee cherylw@sph.com.sg Running a successful business is no easy feat. But some individuals have managed to do that and still give back to society by hiring ex-convicts, delinquents and disadvantaged women.
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        565 6 The co-founder of pork rib tea chain New Soon Huat, Mr Jabez Tan, cut his teeth as a chef by preparing daily meals for inmates sentenced to death row. Mr Tan, 38, was serving time in prison for drug-related offences from 2003 to 2006 and
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        622 6 When chef Benny Se Teo started Western food chain Eighteen Chefs in 2007, he could barely look people in the eye while talking to them, so lacking was he in selfesteem. Mr Se Teo, 52, spent most of the 1980s in and out of prison for
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        582 6 Mrs Josephine Ng, 43, went from taking a six-year break from work to clocking 14 hours daily in her garment alteration business A-Changin. From 2003, Mrs Ng and her husband Mr Ng Khai Choon, 45, had free time and money on their hands after selling their
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        1021 7  -  Relatively Speaking Eve Yap eveyap@sph.com.sg While the adults worried about whether his younger brother would pull through after a horrendous accident last year, teenager Jeremiah Yeo was quietly confident that he would. His brother Jonathan is “fearless”, says Jeremiah, 18, a Raffles Institution (JC) student. And “fear
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        1451 8  -  Short for professional aunts, no kids, these singles splurge on the children of friends or siblings Eve Yap eveyap@sph.com.sg Like most doting mothers, advertising and promotions manager Denise Tan spends money on the children and takes them out to have fun. Except, the tykes are
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        371 8  -  Parenting 101 Ms Matilda Chew Woon Ping Ms Matilda Chew Woon Ping, who answered this question, is a clinical psychologist at the Department of Paediatrics, National University Hospital. QMythr eight-year-old daughter throws a tantrum every time I take her for a haircut. I have
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        696 10  -  Seriously Kidding Dennis Chan dennis@sph.com.sg It is rare for everyone in the family to watch television together these days. Saturday nights often find me alone in front of the telly, tuned in to the Barclays Premier League. On the other hand, I’m the one
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          69 10 CHUGGINGTON CHRISTMAS (MEET GREET AND LIVE SHOW) Pick up eco-friendly tips as the Chuggers do their bit for the Clean Up Chuggington Day show. Chuggington is a British train-based animated series which follows the adventures of three trainees. Where: City Square Mall, Level 1 Atrium, Kitchener Road MRT: Farrer Park
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          54 10 The Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Little Company presents this well-loved children’s tale, adapted for the stage by David Wood. Where: DBS Arts Centre, 20 Merbau Road MRT: Clarke Quay When: Last day, 11am 2pm Admission: $41 Tel: 6348-5555 (Sistic), 6733-8166 (inquiries) Info: Recommended for audiences aged four
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          37 10 Kids aged four to 12 can create a basket using recycled materials. Where: Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden MRT: Botanic Garden When: Tue, 2 3.30pm Admission: $30 a child including materials Info: www.nparks.gov.sg
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        1126 12 / 13 VISIT SAMSUNG D’LIGHT D’light (“D” stands for “digital”) in Samsung headquarters is the showroom of the sprawling “chips to ships” conglomerate. You cannot buy a supertanker here, but you can buy pretty much any electronic gadget from a smart TV to a smartphone to a
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        945 12 / 13  -  In the post-Psy era, no tourist to Seoul can avoid Gangnam, a modern commercial and residential district, which is riding high on the biggest YouTube hit Andrew Salmon stlife@sph.com.sg Chuck Berry got his kicks on Route 66 and The Kinks watched the sun set over Waterloo Station, but
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          44 12 / 13  -  Nicholas Yong From now till Christmas Eve, CheapTickets.sg is giving away prizes every weekday. Up for grabs: luxury movie tickets, flight vouchers and a pair of tickets to Bali. Sign up for the draw online. For more information, go to http://goo.gl/SD9OB
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          64 12 / 13 To celebrate the opening of The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur, a deluxe room is going for RM500++ (S$200), compared to the usual RM660++, until the end of February next year. First built in the 1930s, the colonial heritage building along Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin has been restored and
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          84 12 / 13 Travellers who fly with Korean Air can now benefit from its Excellent Boarding Pass programme, which provides discounts and additional benefits at, among others, tourist sites, theatres and restaurants in South Korea. Partners include Korail Airport Railroad, Hana Bank and the Korean Folk Village in Gyeonggi. To
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          111 12 / 13 From now till June 30 next year, the Regent Beijing in the Chinese capital is offering room rates of 1,600 yuan (S$313) a night. Just a stone’s throw from the Forbidden City (above), Regent Beijing caters to business travellers, with complimentary mini-bar and wired or
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          96 12 / 13 From now till Feb 28 next year, Goodwood Park Hotel is offering the Suite Temptation Package, with accommodation in a poolside suite, at $540++ a night. Each suite has a plush sitting room that opens directly to the Main Pool. The package includes buffet breakfast for two, unlimited
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        1437 14 / 15  -  Picking grapes off the vine, visiting the processing plant and a tasting session at Piper-Heidsieck gave me a deeper appreciation of the bubbly Melissa Kok melk@sph.com.sg It was a hard job, but someone had to do it. The job involved guzzling endless glasses of champagne
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        310 14 / 15 Champagne is a sparkling wine that gets its name from the French region in which grapes are grown, harvested and fermented to be made into the fizzy beverage. Although most people tend to use the term as a generic one for sparkling wine, purists will
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        943 16  -  Paris-based hotelier Didier Le Calvez returns to the idyllic Ile de Re up to eight times a year Didier Le Calvez’s TRAVEL BLACK BOOK Huang Huifen hfhuang@sph.com.sg Who: Mr Didier Le Calvez, 58, president and general manager of Hotel Le Bristol Paris, a 188-room five-star
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        1124 17 Dreaming of a white Christmas... or a sunny one? These 10 places offer unique takes on Yuletide cheer Reuters San Francisco The Christmas season might be famous for carols and coloured lights where you are from, but it is also the perfect time to
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        1072 18  -  I love making my own Top 10 list which may seem pointless but gets me all excited for its own sake Ignatius Low ignatius@sph.com.sg Every December, I spend an entire morning compiling my Top 10 list of best music albums for the year. It’s the grand
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        766 18  -  Sharon Loh sharonl@sph.com.sg In my teens, I tended to be a pessimistic person. Perhaps it comes with growing up. Once it hits you that life will end no matter what, you begin to doubt if you could ever be happy again. For a
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        479 23  -  Hot Off The press ZERO DAY By David Baldacci Pan Books/Paperback/610 pages/ $13.95/Books Kinokuniya/ Hau Boon Lai The first book by David Baldacci I read was The Simple Truth, published in 1999. It was, to me, such a wordy windbag of a purported thriller that I
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        463 23  -  Walter Sim Who: Charlie Lim, 24, local singersongwriter The soulful crooner is an avid reader who enjoys a wide variety of genres from philosophy and poetry to biographies and graphic novels. But he admits to a lack of focus when he reads. He says: “I have a terrible attention
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        270 25 Who: Min Chan, 29, co-owner of Club Street Social What: Pistola, an Asian-Mexican fusion taco joint When: End of next month Where: 93 Club Street Just 11 months after opening bistrobar Club Street Social in Gemmill Lane, Ms Min Chan is opening another eatery.
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        380 25 Who: Timothy Lim (left) and Tron Young (far left), both 30 What: Fordham Grand, a dinner, supper, wine and cocktail bistro-bar When: End of next month, 6pm to 3am, daily Where: 43 Craig Road Singaporean Timothy Lim and Australian Tron Young, who is
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        700 25  -  Many restaurants have opened recently in Singapore, with more slated for next year. These new joints bring in new ideas and plug gaps in the dining scene here Rebecca Lynne Tan rltan@sph.com.sg The festive season screams holiday for some, but people in the food and beverage
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        332 25 Who: Wee Teng Wen (far left) and Daniel He (left), both 32, founders of The Lo Behold Group When: March or April next year What: A yet-to-be named 1920s-style grand bistro offering sophisticated comfort food Where: The Quadrant at Cecil, 19 Cecil Street The Lo
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        390 25 Who: Loh Lik Peng, 40, hotelier and restaurateur. He will be opening two restaurants one with chef Andre Chiang, 36, of Restaurant Andre, and the other with chef Colin West, who was part of Loh’s now-defunct Sentosa restaurant Braise What: A yet-to-be-named modern yakitori bar
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        950 26/27  -  ‘Tis the season for eating and drinking, as malls roll out revamped eating spaces and new eateries Eunice Quek euniceq@sph.com.sg To catch the year-end buzz of hungry shoppers, various existing malls have launched their revamped food spaces while eateries are popping up in new malls. Those who have
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        210 26/27 Where: Plaza Singapura, 60 Orchard Road Percentage of F&B: 20 per cent What’s new: The most buzzing outlet now is flamboyant Malaysian chef Wan’s 1 Market (04-45 to 49, tel: 6341-9159). The buffet restaurant is fully booked for the year, but walk-ins are welcome if you are willing to
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        234 26/27 Where: 1 Vista Exchange Green Percentage of F&B: More than 50 per cent What’s new: The Star Vista is a new foodie haven for people living in the west. The mall boasts everything from American diner Morganfield’s (02-23, tel: 6694-3635) which specialises in barbecued ribs, to Taiwanese
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        282 26/27 Where: 9 Raffles Boulevard Percentage of F&B: 30 per cent What’s New: For tea break, head to three-week-old Patisserie G (01-04, www.patisserieG.com), owned by Cordon Bleu-trainedGwen Lim. The place, withfurniture by Japanese lifestyle retailer Atomi, features dainty desserts such as the Saint Honore($8,fordine-in only) which is chantilly cream
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        235 26/27 Where: Basement 4, 2 Orchard Turn Percentage of F&B: About 20 per cent What’s new: First Love Patisserie (tel: 6238-8006, www.facebook. com/firstlovecake, above) is a brand from Jakarta that specialises in mille crepe cakes using a Japanese recipe. Two flavours, original and Oreo, are available now
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        183 26/27 Where: 100 Tras Street, next to Amara Hotel Percentage of F&B: Almost 40 per cent What’s new: Japanese brands in the mall include Okada Coffee (03-23) and tea cafe Tsujiri (01-14B) which specialises in Japanese green tea beverages. Ramen fans can head to Ramen Keisuke Tori King (03-15), sister
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        23 30 Dimsum (from $4) Most of the dimsum here is good, especially the baked custard bun (right), which has a crumble top.
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        352 30  -  Cheap Good Eunice Quek euniceq@sph.com.sg When pretty cakes from chic patisseries in town look prettier than they taste, give me a sizeable bun from a heartland bakery any day. Baker Talent at Boon Lay Shopping Centre sells its buns for no more than $1 each.
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        574 30  -  HOW TO NAVIGATE THE FOOD WORLD LIKE A PRO CHEAT SHEET Text and photos: Chris Tan Not just the boring backdrop to other ingredients, vanilla is a glorious flavour in its own right. L Vanilla pods: The fruits of a few related orchid species, which are notoriously tricky to
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