The Straits Times, 4 February 2013, Afternoon Edition

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 72 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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  • Article
    Lock icon Call to relook curbs on foreign worker inflow
    613 1  -  SME group asks: Are higher-skilled foreigners taking jobs from S'poreans? BY AARON LOW ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR aaronl@sph.com.sg THE body representing small and medium firms here has asked for a closer look at the issue of restricting the inflow of foreign workers in
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    Lock icon CANDLELIT VIGIL FOR BROTHERS
    75 1 Lighted candles line a grass patch adjacent to the spot where brothers Nigel and Donavan Yap were killed last Monday by a cement-mixer truck. Last night, a crowd of 300 led by Tampines GRC MP Baey Yam Keng held candles and walked to the junction of
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    Lock icon Paper on population is ‘to spur debate’
    484 1 LAW and Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday said the Government has issued its Population White Paper now to spur serious discussion on what might happen in 20 years’ time. He stressed that a population of up to 6.9 million by 2030 is
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    Lock icon New red-light cameras being tested
    51 1 THE Traffic Police are testing a new generation of cameras to deal with motorists who run red lights. These cameras react faster, take sharper images and allow the police to download them remotely, which will help speed up enforcement efforts. L TOP OF THE NEWS
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      100 1 LIFE! INTERVIEW: KUO JIAN HONG STEPPING OUT OF FATHER’S SHADOW LIFE! C4 POPULATION AND LAND USE FOREIGN SPOUSES WHO WANTS TO BE A S’POREAN? QUICK GUIDE TOP A7 OBAMA A SKEET SHOOTER? WORLD A18 TOP A6 TOP OF THE NEWS A6 L' <// w r/>* fo/k\ 12 W£ a J
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      14 1 L SEE TOP OF THE NEWS A7, OPINION A21 8 M *****1 11 *****7
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon New cameras on trial to catch red-light rogues
      520 2 / 3  -  They react faster, images sharper and can be downloaded remotely By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg THE Traffic Police are testing a new generation of cameras to tackle what is widely seen as a worsening scourge: red-light beaters. The new cameras will
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      Lock icon Activity centre in Teck Ghee for the elderly
      378 2 / 3  -  By ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday opened a second Seniors Activity Centre in his Teck Ghee ward, to provide the elderly in the area a place to exercise and socialise. In a three-hour walkabout, accompanied by his wife
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      Lock icon S’pore, Johor police in anti-crime tie-up
      616 2 / 3  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg POLICE on both sides of the Causeway have teamed up to provide pamphlets on how to get help in each country and avoid falling victim to crime. Four of the five pamphlets, in this first cross-border crime prevention initiative targeting
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • TOP OF THE NEWS
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          Lock icon Asme criticises policies
          50 4 THE body representing small and medium-sized firms here has hit out at moves to tighten the flow of low-skilled foreign workers, and also called for the creation of a jobs index to identify sectors Singaporeans avoid, that are crucial for the running of the country. PAGE A1
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          Lock icon Citizenship hard to get
          38 4 MORE marriages in Singapore now involve foreigners, and many non-Singaporean wives hope to attain Singapore citizenship. But approval is hard to get because not many of them are highly skilled and educated. PAGE A6
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Close race in Bangkok
          85 4 THERE is still a month to go before the March 3 election for Bangkok’s next governor, but the two leading candidates Mr Pongsapat Pongcharoen, backed by the ruling Puea Thai party, and Mr Sukhumbhand Paribatra, backed by the opposition Democrat Party are already stumping for votes
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          Lock icon Najib election handouts
          44 4 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration increased spending and started giving cash handouts in the run-up to elections. Analysts expect this to have an impact on rural voters but not urban voters, who are more aware of corruption issues. PAGE A9
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          Lock icon Stay moderate: NU
          47 4 A DEBATE is brewing within Indonesian Muslim organisation Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) after it marked its anniversary with a musical. A growing minority see such shows as un-Islamic but NU’s general chairman Said Aqil Siroj has described art as the “voice of truth”. PAGE A10
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          Lock icon N. Korea nuke test fears
          34 4 NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong Un chaired a high-level meeting, during which he discussed a “great turn” in military capability, fuelling expectations of an imminent nuclear test. PAGE A16
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Put to rest safety doubts of fliers
          38 4 FIRE-PRONE batteries on the Dreamliner have dented passenger confidence in Boeing’s latest aircraft. Manufacturers and safety regulators need to be more circumspect when radically different aeronautic innovations are introduced. PAGE A20
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon S’pore food exports rise
          39 4 MORE Singapore food companies are expanding their business overseas. Analysts link the growth to the inking of more free trade agreements with countries, higher production costs abroad and the quality of Singapore exports. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Checks on scales
          42 4 CUSTOMERS shopping for Chinese New Year goodies can be confident that they will get what they pay for. The authorities have stepped up checks on weighing scales and measuring instruments to weed out any cheating by retailers. PAGE B2
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          Lock icon Lee Li Lian’s first MPS
          48 4 JUST over a week after her win in Punggol East, Ms Lee Li Lian of the Workers’ Party will hold her first Meet-the-People session (MPS) tonight. Before that, she will be sworn in as a Member of Parliament at today’s sitting. PAGE B3
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          Lock icon Helping to battle dengue
          82 4 CONCERNED by a dengue cluster near Woodlands Drive 50 where she lives, artist Gail Pantin, 53, is bringing her art into pre-schools to teach children that they, too, can help keep homes mosquito-free. PAGE B7 Artist Gail Pantin speaking to pre-schoolers about dengue and how to
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Firms move abroad
          44 4 AN INCREASING number of Singapore companies are venturing into foreign markets just to survive, due to the challenges of rising business costs and manpower shortages. There is also a growing group which wants to move out of Singapore altogether. PAGE B9
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon S-League turns up heat
          49 4 S-LEAGUE chief Lim Chin has appealed to football fans to give the local competition a chance. The 17-year-old league pulled out all the stops in Orchard Road yesterday, with players going “topless” to raise awareness. The new season kicks off on Feb 15. PAGE B18
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Local gets Grammy nod
          57 4 ARUN Shenoy is Singapore’s first nominee at the Grammy Awards with his debut fusion-flamenco album, Rumbadoodle, up for the Best Pop Instrumental Album. He is going to the ceremony on Feb 10 hoping for a win, but has also hired an American publicist to set up
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          Lock icon Doe-eyed debutante
          78 4 FASHION sales assistant Jae Liew (left), 22, has never acted in her life, but she was chosen out of 800 hopefuls to star in actress-director Michelle Chong’s second movie. The movie, 3 Peas In A Pod, is a $1.7 million work about three university friends whose lives are
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      • WHAT’S ONLINE
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          57 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L KJE jam: Six discharged from hospital, two still being treated L Serious accident between buses causes massive jam on KJE L Demolition work for Budget Terminal begins, to make way for T4 L Man jailed for tearing open hundreds of items on
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          56 4 www.stomp.com.sg L Man shouts at crying baby and refuses to get off bus even when police arrive L Woman cyclist crosses road when light is not in her favour, forcing driver to jam on brakes L Table stacked high with dirty plates a common sight at
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          35 4 www.razortv.com.sg L How to toss yusheng 101 L Iron Chef Cat Cora pops by Tiong Bahru market L Banana boards are back in town L A highway code for cyclists? ST FILE PHOTO
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      Lock icon Many want citizenship because of their children
      864 6  -  But few are the highly skilled, educated immigrants that Govt wants FOREIGN BRIDES IN SINGAPORE By TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg HER husband and son are Singaporeans so Madam Hyunh Thanh Loan would like to be a citizen too. The 28-year-old Vietnamese, who has been
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      Lock icon Home in Singapore, heart in homeland
      446 6  -  FOREIGN GROOMS IN SINGAPORE TESSA WONG FRENCH national Samuel Guerville has spent nearly half his life in Singapore and considers it his second home. The 39-year-old sales director, who is married to a Singaporean and has two children, declares he would be “the first
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      Lock icon 300 light candles for brothers who died in accident
      445 6  -  By DERRICK HO derrickh@sph.com.sg THEY walked from a nearby block of flats just metres away, with lit candles held in their palms, to the traffic junction where two young brothers lost their lives just a week ago. Then, 300 friends, neighbours
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      39 6 L SEE FORUM A23, HOME B6 WATCH THE VIDEO www.straitstimes.com OLIVIA CHANG reports on the vigil in memory of Nigel and Donavan Yap Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone and scan this code for more information.
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      726 7 PLANNING AHEAD The birth rate of Singaporeans is falling, and the population is ageing at the same time. In the past three weeks, the Government announced a slew of measures to tackle the country’s population problems, including a White Paper on the issue. SCENARIO 1 Population ages Workforce shrinks Businesses
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Candidates going all out to win hearts
      851 8  -  They chat up strangers, do menial tasks, make mind-boggling promises BANGKOK GOVERNOR RACE By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT tanhy@sph.com.sg THAILAND’S former deputy national police chief Pongsapat Pongcharoen crouches on the sidewalk, leafing through stacks of cotton panties in the sweetest of shades.
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      Lock icon Current governor wants more power to run capital city
      395 8  -  TAN HUI YEE FIRST elected in 2008 with a 16 per cent winning margin, Mr Sukhumbhand Paribatra is offering what he deems inclusive policies: Raising the number of green spaces, making rides on the skytrain more affordable, and creating pavements more
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      Lock icon Main challenger aims to ease public transport woes
      401 8  -  TAN HUI YEE FORMER deputy national police chief Pongsapat Pongcharoen, 57, pitches himself as someone who has learnt about the city’s problems right at ground level. “Most of the people in Bangkok are not rich,” he says. “Most of them have little
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon KL boosts spending in election run-up
        546 9  -  Slew of handouts targeted at low-income urban areas By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT yyennie@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration has jacked up spending in the final run-up to Malaysia’s elections, with funds targeted at lower-income urban areas, but the impact may
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        Lock icon Aid body quits bridge project
        256 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA A Japanese aid agency has withdrawn its offer to lend Bangladesh US$430 million (S$533 million) to help build the country’s biggest bridge after the project was dogged by claims of corruption. The move came as Dhaka withdrew its request for US$1.2 billion
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        Lock icon Muslim bloc shows face of tolerance, harmony
        797 10  -  With 40 million followers, Indonesia’s NU takes firm stand By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA The world’s largest Muslim organisation, with some 40 million followers, marked its 87th anniversary with a musical ensemble and a wayang performance featuring a Javanese saint
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        Lock icon Reviving a dying art form
        182 10  -  YONG YEN NIE WAYANG kulit used to be one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the east coast of Malaysia, especially Kelantan. However, the traditional art form was banned by the Kelantan state government led by Parti Islam SeMalaysia in 1990. Wayang kulit,
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        Lock icon India plans S’pore-style tax for cars entering city centres
        642 10  -  By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI India is pushing its cities to introduce a Singa-pore-style tax or charge for cars entering city centres, as cities like Bangalore and Delhi add more than 1,000 private vehicles a day. The federal
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        Lock icon Malaysian software firm’s US move clicks for trio
        927 11  -  Its private schools market rises to 100,000 from 100plus PEOPLE TO WATCH By CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Figuring out how to keep stores stocked just right does not sound like the kind of project that would grip the
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        Lock icon Taiwan’s appetite for takeout CNY feast grows
        850 13  -  Sector now worth billions as players increase variety, keep prices steady By LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI Buddha Jumps Over The Wall, ginseng chicken soup, braised pig trotters, claypot king crab the reunion dinner feast looks as delicious as ever, and
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Tharman to attend ex-king’s cremation
          89 13 SINGAPORE Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will visit Cambodia today as the Republic’s chief representative at the cremation ceremony of former monarch Norodom Sihanouk, said a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited Phnom Penh last October to pay tribute to
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          Lock icon Myanmar govt to meet Kachin rebels
          60 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS LAIZA Myanmar’s government and ethnic Kachin rebels in the north will meet for talks in the Chinese border town of Ruili today after the nation’s worst fighting in years. Since the conflict resumed in June 2011, the two sides have held at
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          Lock icon Chinese fishing boat crew released
          56 13 XINHUA TOKYO Japan’s Coast Guard yesterday released the crew of a Chinese fishing boat detained near disputed East China Sea islands, said the Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka. The boat was intercepted off the coast of Miyako Island, Okinawa prefecture, last Saturday for suspected illegal
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        Lock icon ‘Great turn’ in military capability sparks nuke fears
        494 16 N. Korean leader’s ‘historic’ speech at military meet signals imminent test AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has chaired a highlevel meeting that discussed a “great turn” in military capability, state media said yesterday, fuelling expectations of an imminent
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        Lock icon PLA includes English-speaking ‘third force’ in drill
        340 16 HONG KONG China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) included an English-speaking third-party force in a recent drill, a move analysts said could be aimed at sending a message to the United States. The Sunday Morning Post highlighted a report in the PLA Daily which
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        Lock icon Taiwan’s missile warning radar put into service
        268 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Taiwan has put into service a US-made early warning radar system capable of giving more than six minutes’ warning of a Chinese missile attack, a senior officer said yesterday. The radar, sited on top of a mountain in the northern
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      Lock icon Photos making a monkey of Iran’s space mission
      271 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN Iran’s announcement that it had successfully sent a monkey into space stirred questions on the Internet, with people pointing to differences between official images of the primate before take-off and after landing. Last Monday, official Iranian media published pictures
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      Lock icon A nudge in the right direction
      515 17 Britain uses ‘nudge theory’ to coax people to behave AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON It is a riddle faced by cash-strapped governments the world over how can people be persuaded to make decisions that leave them healthier and happier, while saving taxpayers’ money at the same
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      Lock icon Photo puts Obama under fire
      511 18 Its release just before gun-control pitch draws scorn from critics ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON Two days before President Barack Obama’s first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried to settle a brewing mystery when it released a photo to back his
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      Lock icon Russia ‘wants to keep in touch’ with Syrian opposition
      354 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUNICH Ground-breaking talks between the Russian foreign minister and the Syrian opposition leader have bolstered a global push to narrow sharp differences over how to end the conflict in Syria. Moscow said last Saturday that it wanted to keep
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      Lock icon French launch ‘major’ airstrikes in northern Mali
      486 18 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TIMBUKTU (Mali) Thirty French warplanes blasted Islamic extremist training and logistics centres in north-east Mali, just hours after President Francois Hollande visited the country, the military said. Fighter jets, refuelling and reconnaissance planes took part in the “major”
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Australian PM rallies party
        86 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard rallied her Labor Party yesterday, saying her government was “not done yet” despite a turbulent week in which two of her most senior ministers Attorney-General Nicola Roxon and Minister for Tertiary Education Chris Evans resigned. Ms Gillard, who
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        Lock icon Suicide bomber kills 33 in Iraq
        84 18 REUTERS KIRKUK (Iraq) At least 33 people were killed in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a truck outside police headquarters and gunmen disguised as officers tried to storm the compound. The blast was the third major attack
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        Lock icon Outrage over ‘police assault’
        87 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO A video of a man beaten and dragged naked by policemen in Cairo triggered outrage and prompted calls for Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim to resign. But hours after the presidency expressed disappointment over the incident and Mr Ibrahim offered to resign, the man
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      Lock icon China’s services sector growth picks up
      455 19 Optimism rises that Xi Jinping can sustain growth and curb inflation risk BLOOMBERG REUTERS BEIJING China’s services industries expanded at the fastest pace since August as gains in retail and construction aid a recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy. The non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index
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      Lock icon VALENTINE’S GIFT? IT’S NOT ABOUT LOVE
      59 19 A sweet shop sales clerk displaying ice cream cone-shaped chocolates “Jelly Cherry” at a Valentine’s Day event, Amour du Chocolat, in Tokyo yesterday. Japanese women feel the need to give chocolates to their boyfriends, colleagues and teachers on Feb 14 more as a social
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      Lock icon South Asia’s biggest air show opens in India this week
      229 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI South Asia’s biggest air show kicks off in India on Wednesday, where global armament companies will be vying for multibillion-dollar contracts from the world’s biggest importer of weapons. India launched the biennial Aero India event in
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon New economics minister in Taiwan
        86 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Taiwan has appointed the chairman of China Airlines as the new economic affairs minister as part of a Cabinet reshuffle to tackle the sluggish economy. Mr Chang Chia-chu succeeds Mr Shih Yen-shiang, the Cabinet said in a statement. Mr Shih came under
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        Lock icon Fiat-Chrysler merger ‘in 2014’
        66 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne said he expected the merger of the Italian car giant and its US partner Chrysler will take place in 2014. “We will succeed in doing it,” he said in an interview yesterday with the the Repubblica newspaper. The deal
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        Lock icon Iraq telco sells 25% of shares in IPO
        97 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD Iraq’s second largest mobile operator Asiacell yesterday sold 25 per cent of its shares on the Iraq Stock Exchange, the head of the bourse said, calling it the biggest initial public offering in the Middle East since 2008. Asiacell
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      672 11 MAYORS OF THE WORLD, MAY WE With 3.3 billion people living in cities today—a number that will double by 2050—the job of mayor has begun to resemble the burden of Atlas. City infrastructure, agencies, services, economics and the well-being of the citizenry all demand change. This kind of transformation will
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      91 14 Celebrating A New Height Of Success The successful installation of the tallest Xylene Splitter ahead of schedule on 31 January 2013 is a major milestone that reflects the progressive pace of Jurong Aromatics Corporation (JAC) towards the completion of its US$2.4 billion complex on Jurong Island. I lln i u
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      444 6  -  By LIM YI HAN limyihan@sph.com.sg AN 850KM cycling event from Penang to Singapore has raised $170,000 for Apex Harmony Lodge, a nursing home for dementia patients here. The 24 cyclists, made up of Singaporeans and Malaysians, covered the distance over four days
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        211 8 THE three-race multi-sport New Moon Khcycle MetaSprint Series is back again this year. It consists of an Aquathlon (swim and run) on Feb 24, a Duathlon (run and cycle) on March 24, and a Triathlon (swim, cycle and run) on April 21. The locations will be
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          46 8 For festive and feisty bites, dig into the McDonald’s Prosperity Special Meal at $8.35 comprising a Prosperity Burger (Beef or Chicken), large Twister Fries and 16oz Prosperity McFizz. Or, get the Extra Value Meal version at $7.20 with medium fries and 16oz soft drink.
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          49 8 Download the Yusheng Rush game on your iPhone or iPad to help the OCBC Mighty Savers and the Guardians of PlayMoolah prepare the yusheng within budget. For a limited time only, the top three scorers on the leaderboard each week will win a pair of movie vouchers.
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          36 8 Brand’s Essence of Chicken and Brand’s Bird’s Nest with Rock Sugar are now available in 3-tray gift boxes at $29.80 and $42.80 respectively. These limited-edition gift sets are printed with auspicious wishes in Chinese.
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          43 8 Get the Starbucks Cookie Gift Set, which includes the unique Coffee Pineapple Tarts to complement the festive Caramel Pineapple Tarts, as well as Sable Cookies and home-brewed Starbucks House Blend VIA Ready Brew. Available at all Starbucks stores for just $28.80.
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          64 8 Don’t miss the ASA Holidays Power-Packed! Travel Fair on Feb 16 and 17 from 11am till 8pm at the Marina Bay Sands, Sands Expo Convention Center, Level B2, Hall D. Also look out for ST Life! Brings You Places Contest (forms available from Feb 10) for a chance
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          48 8 A familiar name among seafood lovers, Long Beach is serving up interesting dishes this festive season. At its main outlet at East Coast Parkway, you can tuck into the ‘Mao Shan’ Live Lobster in Fragrant Durian (left) or the Vilna Style Baked Baby Oyster Cheese Ramen.
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      310 11 THE Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University has moved up two spots to 32nd in the Financial Times’ ranking of the world’s best Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes. It is the fifth straight year that the school has been
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        57 12 KHOR HOCK SENG: Named as chief executive of Aviva Asia, starting from March 8. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval. Mr Khor joins Aviva from AIA where his previous roles included chief executive and managing director of the company’s Malaysian business and the regional executive responsible for
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      463 18 Rooney’s 10th goal in 10 games condemns plucky Fulham THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON Wayne Rooney may have ceded penalty-taking duties to Robin van Persie, but he is clearly reluctant to sacrifice his status as Manchester United’s main match-winner. The England striker
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      29 18 Played yesterday West Bromwich Albion 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Late kick-off Manchester City v Liverpool L For the latest news on this match, log on to www.straitstimes.com
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      209 18 P W D L F A Pts 1 Manchester United 25 20 2 3 60 31 62 2 Manchester City 24 15 7 2 45 19 52 3 Chelsea 25 13 7 5 51 27 46 4 Tottenham Hotspur 25 13 6 6 42 29 45 5 Everton 25
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      485 18  -  By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg GIVE the S-League a chance. This is the appeal to local football fans from the 17-year-old competition’s top man, Lim Chin. And he is hoping that its latest initiative the recent re-introduc-tion of the marquee player scheme will reap
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      225 18 West Bromwich Albion 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 REUTERS LONDON Tottenham winger Gareth Bale showed absent strikers how it was done by blasting in a 67th-minute winner in a 1-0 Premier League success at 10-man West Bromwich Albion yesterday. The victory for fourth-placed Spurs, which came despite
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      392 16 RB9 appears to have few notable technological changes ASSOCIATED PRESS MILTON KEYNES (England) To a thumping soundtrack and an atmospheric setting, Red Bull took the wraps off the RB9 car that will look to provide the Austrian outfit with their fourth straight driver and constructor
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      479 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND Kyrie Irving was not just interested. He was incredible. With one shot better than his last, he scored 35 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers stunned the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-110 in the National Basketball Association on Saturday. One night after
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      426 16 Basketball NBA Chicago 93 Atlanta 76, New York 120 Sacramento 81, Cleveland 115 Oklahoma City 110, Houston 109 Charlotte 95, Minnesota 115 New Orleans 86, Milwaukee 107 Orlando 98, San Antonio 96 Washington 86, Portland 105 Utah 99, Golden State 113 Phoenix 93. Cricket Second ODI In Perth: West
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      513 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS SCOTTSDALE (Arizona) Phil Mickelson drew the loudest cheers from the biggest crowd in golf history on Saturday as he took a six-stroke lead after three rounds at the Phoenix Open. The American nearly aced the par-three 16th, hitting a nine-iron to
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        73 16 REUTERS LONDON Former England football star Paul Gascoigne’s life is in danger because of alcoholism and he needs immediate help, his agent said on Sunday. The 45-year-old, who is reportedly drinking heavily again, was worse for wear at a charity event last week and footage has
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        61 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Spain’s artistic gymnastics coach, Jesus Carballo Garcia, has been suspended following allegations from a former gymnast over “bad treatment” when she was under his charge during the 1980s. The decision was taken after an investigation carried out by the Superior Council of Sports ruled
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        58 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON England outclassed old rivals Scotland to justify their billing as a hot Six Nations title contender, running in four tries in a comfortable 38-18 win at Twickenham on Saturday. Winger Chris Ashton, debutant Billy Twelvetrees, Geoff Parling and Danny Care grabbed tries for
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        43 16 JAPAN’S Shinya Aoki and Kotetsu Boku will contest the One Fighting Championship lightweight title at Singapore Indoor Stadium on April 5. The 70kg fight tops a bill that also contains France’s Arnaud Lepont against Hong Kong’s Eddie Ng.
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      199 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLD COAST Karrie Webb signalled her potential to become the first two-time winner of the upcoming HSBC Women’s Champions by claiming her eighth Australian Ladies Masters title at Royal Pines yesterday. She came from two strokes behind overnight leaders Oh
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      426 17 LONDON When Chelsea’s home form dipped, Rafael Benitez was able to point to his team’s performances on the road, where they had been unbeaten in their last six away matches before their trip to St James’ Park. But as the 2-3
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      463 17 Stoke manager chastises striker for reacting to Arteta’s challenge AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON After losing his pace and minutes on the pitch, Michael Owen’s squeaky-clean image might lose some shine too. The former England striker faces an anxious wait to discover if he will be
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      382 17 REUTERS MADRID Cristiano Ronaldo broke a goal-scoring duck of the wrong kind as his first career own goal condemned Real Madrid to a 0-1 defeat by Granada on Saturday, further damaging their already slim title hopes. The Portuguese headed into his own net at
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      278 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS GENEVA In the longest tennis match in Davis Cup history, the Czech Republic doubles pair outplayed Switzerland in an epic lasting 7hr 2min on Saturday. Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol eventually took their 13th match-point chance to edge out Stanislas
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      313 17 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa) The dreams of hosts South Africa and the tiny Cape Verde Islands came to a shattering halt on Saturday when they were knocked out of the African Nations Cup by Mali and Ghana respectively in the quarter-finals. Mali,
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        634 2  -  The IN side Track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR Late last Saturday evening, sounds of the Les Miserables musical echoed across Facebook, with these lyrics from Do You Hear The People Sing?: “Do you hear the people sing? of men? sing?
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        162 2  -  BY DEBRA ANN FRANCISCO Have you read Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables or seen the latest movie adaptation of the musical? As the editor mentioned, the plot details the triumph of human nature against the odds. Think about the following questions in groups or use them to drive
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        231 3 iven the innumerable ways in which people can now choose to dress and present ourselves, it is likely that we will encounter styles that are markedly different from our own. G These differences we may or may not find aesthetically pleasing or acceptable. But whether we dress
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        877 4 / 5  -  To help boost the birth rate, a slew of financial perks has been announced Compiled by EILEEN AUNG-THWIN The Government has unveiled a generous bundle of measures to encourage Singaporeans to reproduce. The initiatives aim to address couples’ concerns about housing, conception and delivery
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        474 4 / 5 The Workers’ Party (WP) won the recent by-election in Punggol East with an unexpectedly wide 10.8 percentage point margin. INSIGHT WP candidate Lee Li Lian swept to victory with 54.52 per cent of the votes. People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate Koh Poh Koon took 43.71
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        283 4 / 5 Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew has announced a $330 million project to build 200km of covered walkways over the next five years. They will be built within 400m of MRT stations and some will be constructed within 200m of LRT stops, bus interchanges and
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        663 6 Sources: The Straits Times The Guardian THE NEWS Despite India’s laws against child labour, more than 12.6 million children and teenagers work long hours across the country, often doing lowly paid jobs and missing school. There are also concerns about child labour in other countries, including
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        135 6 Agence France-Presse Reuters Associated Press At least 245 people died after a fire broke out in a Brazilian nightclub packed with university students last month, in one of the deadliest nightclub fires in more than a decade. The blaze started when a band’s pyrotechnic display at the Kiss Club
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        131 6 The Straits Times There was a sigh of relief when no one turned up for a proposed ‘’Bible-burning festival’’ in Penang recently. The event had been suggested by anonymous fliers circulated in response to the ongoing controversy over whether Malay-lan-guage Christian publications should use the Arabic word for God,
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        697 7  -  Rising football talent Elliot Ng juggles the physicality of the pitch and the stress of the classroom with equal panache. TAN XING QI reports reports TAN XING QI xqtan@sph.com.sg His grandmother needs to stow away all the vases whenever he comes visiting. Since picking up
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        857 8 / 9  - Orz, tribal prints, an. edible project Here are what teens are talking about this week COMPILED BY BY ANG YIYING ONLINE LINGO: ORZ Making its way around online conversations between teens is the emoticon “Orz”. Like its former incarnation “OTL”, it looks like a person kneeling “O” for the head,
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        524 12  -  Japanese students are more prone to having ‘sleep paralysis’ but the reasons are less than supernatural. ALISON DE SOUZA reports reports ALISON DE SOUZA People all over the world have claimed to experience something known as “sleep paralysis”, where they wake up and feel unable
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        541 12  -  ALISON DE SOUZA Boys are often said to have a more negative attitude when it comes to school, but Australian boys seem to buck this trend. A new study shows that male and female students in the country are equally likely to value
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        1112 10 / 11  -  Free social networking apps may hold some nasty surprises, especially for those who are not on their guard. reports TAN XING QI xqtan@sph.com.sg he social networking world has been abuzz with three new apps: Phewtick, WeChat and Digisocial. They are free, hip and very popular
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        320 13  -  Turn to the Forum page, the last page of Section A, in The Straits Times today Lesson activity by SONIA SNG The forum letters are a must-read for anyone who wants a pulse on the latest issues Singaporeans are concerned about. They are essentially
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          427 14 / 15  -  Navigating cyberspace can be tricky because some take advantage of the lack of face-to-face interaction to behave badly. Three IN Crowders give their take on proper netiquette BY NICHOLAS LAM The IN Crowder is a student at St Gabriel’s Secondary School To most people, “trolling” refers
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          427 14 / 15  -  BY MAH CHIA LING The IN Crowder is a student at Chung Cheng High (Yishun) Frequenting forums, such as those on Mangafox and SgForums, for the past few years has taught me a thing or two about netiquette. The most important lesson I
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          393 14 / 15  -  BY TEO SZE-ANNE The IN Crowder is a student at Crescent Girls’ School In this online social-media age where acquaintances exchange usernames more often than phone numbers, possessing a Facebook account seems to be a requisite for one’s social life. In my class of about
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        1608 16 / 17  -  The Government introduced new incentives to encourage Singaporeans to have more children. Learn about the decisions a family has to make about having children in the article below Lesson activity by SONIA SNG by SONIA SNG WITH KIDS, THERE GOES MY LAST BIT OF STEAK By
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        854 18 / 19  -  This week, we look at how Singapore stands to benefit from certain economic trends sweeping across Asia Lesson activity by SHERLEY SERVOS by SHERLEY SERVOS Read the article below, an extract on megatrends in our region and how Singapore stands to gain from them. S’PORE ‘SET TO
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        586 20 Tampines Skate Park WHERE Next to Tampines MRT station and shopping mall Tampines 1 DOB 2012 SKATERS SAY Weeks after it opened, users complained that its obstacles were in poor condition and not arranged for optimal skateboarding. The Tampines Town Council has since fixed the ramps and rails,
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      539 1 Going to the Grammys Musician ArunShenoy is making the most of his nomination Jeremy Au Yong Discovered C2 Sweet-faced Jae Liew to star in Michelle Chong's new movie Want more babies? Run a lottery C5 C10 C4 PATH HER OWN Forging Being the daughter of the late theatre doyen Kuo
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        627 2  -  Arun Shenoy’s Rumbadoodle is the first local album nominated for the prestigious music award Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg Singapore’s first nominee at the Grammy awards, Arun Shenoy, is hoping that a win will help put the local music scene on the global stage. The
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        767 2 Associated Press New York Chick Corea took the unusual step of releasing four major recordings last year, covering a wide gamut of music from solo piano improvisations to a concerto for jazz quintet and chamber orchestra. Now, the 71-year-old jazz pianist and composer
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        446 2 Reuters Los Angeles Rising R&B star Frank Ocean (below) said last Saturday he will not press charges against singer Chris Brown, who he said had “jumped” him last week in a parking lot fracas. The encounter between them could still derail Brown’s efforts to remain
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        1349 3  -  Writer Terry Deary focuses on unsavoury bits of history to let kids learn about human nature 8 QUESTIONS WITH Terry Deary Yip Wai Yee Television series Horrible Histories may be targeted at children but it “does not patronise” them. So says Terry Deary, 66, the
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        2650 4  -  It was not easy for artistic director Kuo Jian Hong to be in her father’s shadow but she lives by the values he taught her Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg THE LIFE! INTERVIEW WITH Kuo Jian Hong Theatre director Kuo Jian Hong, 45, used to dread the car rides
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        769 5  -  Jae Liew stuns herself and friends by winning role in Michelle Chong’s movie 3 Peas In A Pod Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Before last week, Jae Liew was a 22-year-old fashion sales assistant going about her own business. But since last Friday, she has become
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        545 5 Reuters Los Angeles Actress Kerry Washington was the big winner at the NAACP Image Awards last Friday, picking up awards for her roles in the slavery-era Western film Django Unchained and television drama Scandal, as well as a special honour for professional achievement and public
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        733 6  -  At Natee Utarit’s show, the artworks are an ironic statement on the idea of Asian identity and art Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Thai artist Natee Utarit’s home in Bangkok is a treasure trove of oddity, full of stuffed deer and giraffe and vintage clothing ordered from Paris.
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        990 6  -  Huang Lijie Collecting art, as eminent Swiss collector Uli Sigg has come to learn, is an exercise in focus and restraint. He tells Life!: “Everybody starts with ‘I like art’ but that doesn’t make an interesting collection. What you need is a focus and it can
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        379 6 Reuters New York Three paintings each sold for more than US$10 million (S$12.4 million) and artists’ records fell as auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s collectively moved about US$170 million in Old Master and Renaissance art last week. The auctions, including a big-ticket sale at Christie’s
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        682 8  -  Top Gear Korea co-host Yun Jung Hoon owns a few cars, including a Ferrari and a Maserati Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg As co-host of Top Gear Korea, an adaptation of the popular British motoring programme, actor Yun Jung Hoon lives life in the fast lane. He
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        563 8 Agence France-Presse Angouleme, France First, the French actors who play Asterix and Obelix went into exile. And now, the Gallic warriors’ ageing creator says he wishes he were younger so he too could escape France’s enthusiastic tax collectors. At 85, Albert Uderzo is fit
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        1041 12  -  Fear is what drives Glee star Chris Colfer, who has penned a bestselling book, and writes and shoots films Alison de Souza In Los Angeles stlife@sph.com.sg Chris Colfer’s character on the television show Glee, the flamboyantly gay Kurt Hummel, is one of the social outcasts celebrated by
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      664 9  -  Dr Travis Stork co-hosts talk show The Doctors focusing on women’s health and beauty Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg He used to attract the single women as the eligible hunk in The Bachelor. Now, as co-host of medical talk show The Doctors, Dr Travis Stork pays attention
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      527 9  -  Chang Tou Liang Review Concert PUCCINI’S MADAMA BUTTERFLY Singapore Lyric Opera Esplanade Theatre Last Friday The Singapore Lyric Opera was on course to have staged four consecutive operas new to its repertoire for the first time, but it turned its back on the double bill
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      121 10 ‘When you’re young, bare your flesh. When you’re old, bare your soul’ Former soft porn actress Diana Pang (right), 40, who has been chosen as a delegate to the the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference ‘I didn’t feel I could do a lot with fashion because
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      1007 10  -  A $10-million baby lottery might just get couples to reproduce Jay Talking Jeremy Au Yong jeremyau@sph.com.sg Just a gentle word of warning: In a number of the paragraphs that lie ahead, I will walk down a path of somewhat questionable morals. Of course, regular readers of this
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      673 11  -  Animal pieces of an installation by sculptor Chua Boon Kee have been adopted by the public Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg Dog lover Rhoda Dinesen, 44, has two miniature schnauzers and recently she added one more to the brood. The newest member of her furry family, however, has
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      421 11  -  Eileen Tay From getting kids to play retro board game Snakes And Ladders to close encounters with parts of the real (dead) thing, an interactive exhibition that opened last Friday certainly puts its stamp on all things snake. Called Snakes And Ladders, it is being
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        604 14 Associated Press Los Angeles Ben Affleck has won the top film honour from the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for his CIA thriller Argo, further sealing its status as Best Picture frontrunner at the Academy Awards. Last Saturday’s prize also normally would make
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        225 14 Los Angeles Nicole Kidman’s unwrinkled and non-moving face has been the subject of speculation for years, and now she has addressed the rumours. She has admitted to using Botox in the past but denied having had plastic surgery, according to United States reports quoting
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          69 14 Wreck-It Ralph won top animation honours at the Annie Awards in Los Angeles. The comedy was named Best Animated Feature at last Saturday’s Annies, which are presented by the International Animated Film Society. It also won Annies for director Rich Moore, voice co-star Alan Tudyk and
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          68 14 Fans of NCIS can breathe easy. Mark Harmon, 61, will be sticking around, and his hit drama is returning next season. CBS announced his one-year contract extension last Friday along with the renewal of a show that just keeps getting bigger. Now in its 10th season,
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