The Straits Times, 23 May 2013

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013 132 PAGES IN SIX PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 050/02/2013
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  • Article
    Lock icon Cooling measures drive up car loan interest rates
    518 1  -  All banks, except DBS, have raised rates to 2.68%; more tweaks expected By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg THE widely expected rise in interest rates for car buyers has materialised, since measures to restrict the amount and tenure of loans were
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    Lock icon Firm under probe for alleged abuse
    75 1 THE Manpower Ministry is investigating a software company for allegedly abusing an employee. The ministry said in a statement last night that its labour relations officers had met the worker filmed in a video which apparently showed him being hit by his supervisor at
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    Lock icon Greenback rising against Singdollar
    64 1 THE United States dollar has risen rapidly against the Singapore dollar, up from $1.23 to $1.26 in the last two weeks alone. Experts say the greenback’s quickfire surge against a range of currencies, including the Singapore dollar, reflects the booming US stock market as well as
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    Lock icon Regrettable that Todds won’t testify to clear air: Minister
    533 1  -  By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg FOREIGN Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday said that key questions in the case involving American researcher Shane Todd that his family had raised could have been addressed better if they had chosen to testify in court, instead of
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      Lock icon Employee abuse video: Ministry probing company
      538 2 / 3  -  Labour relations officers meet worker allegedly hit by supervisor By AMELIA TAN, CHENG JINGJIE ameltan@sph.com.sg jingjie@sph.com.sg THE Manpower Ministry (MOM) is investigating the software company at the centre of an alleged employee abuse scandal. The ministry said in a statement last night that its
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      Lock icon Morning storm wreaks havoc in Hong Kong
      496 2 / 3 Schools close, stock market trading delayed and transport disrupted H O N G K O N G M ore t h an 18,000 lightning strikes were reported over Hong Kong and as much as 200mm of rain swamped parts of the city, as
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      Lock icon A CLOSE EYE ON FALCAO
      54 2 / 3 Singapore Selection’s Baihakki Khaizan (right) keeping Atletico Madrid star Radamel Falcao at bay in the Singapore Olympic Foundation Peter Lim Charity Cup match at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The striker played for about 30 minutes but did not score. The Spanish team won 2-0.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Students to take Mother Tongue e-exam
      621 2 / 3  -  By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg FOR the first time, students taking a national examination will have to complete a part of it on a computer, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced yesterday. Around 300 students in 20 junior colleges taking the A-level Mother Tongue Language
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Car loan interest rates up
        53 4 NEARLY all lenders have increased interest rates since measures to restrict car loans were introduced in March in an effort to cool the market. Most have raised rates to 2.68 per cent with only one bank sticking to the old rate of 1.88 per cent.
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        Lock icon Severe rainstorm hits HK
        41 4 OVER 18,000 lightning strikes were reported and up to 200mm of rainwater fell on Hong Kong yesterday, resulting in over 20 cases of flooding, seven landslides and huge disruptions to schools and public services. TOP NEWS A3
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Anger over tainted rice
          65 4 CHINA’S government officials tried to calm public anger following a revelation that nearly half the rice samples tested at eateries in Guangzhou this year were found with excessive cadmium, a heavy metal that can cause cancer and other illnesses. PAGE A12 Officials said the rice came
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          Lock icon Philippines media reacts
          45 4 WHILE the Philippine authorities are focused on defusing its heated row with Taiwan over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards, some media commentators there have not taken well to Taiwan’s tough sanctions and nationalistic response. PAGE A14
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          Lock icon Li lauded for affability
          50 4 CHINESE Premier Li Keqiang has been lauded for his affable persona during his India visit. Analysts say China and India are likely to benefit from more economic cooperation after his trip, but most doubt if they can make progress on their ongoing border disputes. PAGE A25
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          Lock icon $20b investments for KL
          44 4 MALAYSIA attracted RM49.3 billion (S$20.4 billion) of investments in the first quarter of this year, up 44 per cent from a year earlier. Economists say the figures are impressive, given the political uncertainties before the May 5 polls. PAGE A32
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        Lock icon KEEP COE’S PURPOSE IN VIEW
        42 4 Making the certificate of entitlement (COE) system more equitable is a worthwhile objective. But the fundamental purpose of the system to prevent congestion by using the market pricing system judiciously must remain in view. The Straits Times
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon The EC question
          50 4 DO EXECUTIVE condo buyers need government grants, when they can afford units costing over $1 million, and stand to reap a windfall when they sell them on the open market? Singaporeans should ask if mollycoddling the sandwiched group remains a worthy goal, says Rachel Chang. PAGE A34
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon LTA assesses proposals
          72 4 IDEAS for a satellite-based Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system are being evaluated by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Four consortiums submitted proposals after testing various technological solutions between June 2011 and December last year. PAGE B1 A satellite-based ERP system would do away with the need to
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          Lock icon ComChest aims to raise $85.9m
          44 4 THE Community Chest has set a new record fund-raising target this year: $85.9 million. The drive is aiming to support 83 voluntary welfare organisations and more than 300,000 beneficiaries including children, the disabled, families and the elderly. PAGE B2
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Temasek in two deals
          45 4 TEMASEK Holdings has boosted its exposure to the financial services sector with two deals: acquiring a stake in Markit, a fast-growing global financial information services company, and also raising its existing holdings in the Industrial Commercial Bank of China. PAGE B15
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon To the brink and back
          61 4 SET goals and have a direction in life that’s the message from veteran Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill. The former Olympic champ fell into a rut after retiring but pulled himself together to reach the top once more. PAGE B22 Huegill made a highly successful comeback
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Blush at Social Concerts
          45 4 SINCE Blush were formed in 2010 through a talent search across Asia comprising over 3,500 auditions, they have opened for Justin Bieber and performed alongside singers like Jessie J. The quintet will perform at the Singapore Social Concerts tomorrow. PAGE C7
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          Lock icon Tribute to disco
          54 4 IN DAFT Punk’s latest album, Random Access Memories, Frenchmen Thomas Bangalter, 38, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, 39, pay tribute to disco pioneers Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder, as well as cast their eye to the future. PAGE C8 Electronic music duo Daft Punk recorded their fourth album
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            Lock icon Plan B for ‘plum rain’
            38 4 READ Straits Times Taiwan Correspondent Lee Seok Hwai’s blog post on why you should always have a back-up plan if you are visiting Taiwan during the May to June “plum rain” season. www.stasiareport.com
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            Lock icon The social media Oscars
            63 4 VIEW a photo gallery of ST Superfan Valerie Song (below) as she gets ready for the red carpet at the inaugural award ceremony which will be held at Marina Bay Sands tonight. Ms Song will get to walk alongside internation- al stars such as Aerosmith, Psy,
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            Lock icon New record for Rowling
            71 4 WATCH a video and view a photo gallery of the 1997 first edition of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone annotated by J.K. Rowling. It sold for £150,000 (S$284,000)at a London auction on Tuesday, a new record for a printed book by the writer. A first
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            Lock icon COE prices over time
            44 4 VIEW an interactive graphic of prices over the years. In the latest tender yesterday, certificate of entitlement (COE) prices for cars ended higher as the prospect of more changes that could lead to higher costs triggered a small buying frenzy.
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            Lock icon A national monument?
            47 4 THE Merlion is not a national monument, but Singaporeans gave it as an answer when asked to list three of the 64 national monuments. Visitors at the Merlion Park. The Merlion was listed by some as a national monument.ST FILE PHOTO ST FILE PHOTO
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            Lock icon Sussing out Windows 8
            32 4 IN THE latest episode of Tech Watch, RazorTV susses out operating system Windows 8 to see if users should switch from their existing tablets to a Windows one.
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            Lock icon Group turns on cabby
            36 4 STOMPER Sebastian sent in a video showing a group of people, including older women, who turned aggressive after a cabby honked to signal that the taxi in front was blocking the road.
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            Lock icon Crash in forested area
            34 4 A CAR crashed into a forested area along Elias Road. The Stomper who took photos of the accident said a sharp bend in the area makes it dangerous for motorists.
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      Lock icon Economic reform on agenda as PM Lee meets Abe
      911 6  -  Singapore backs Japan’s deregulatory push, seeks ‘more ambitious’ FTA By ELGIN TOH elgintoh@sph.com.sg IN TOKYO THE opening up of Japan’s economy both domestically and in its trade relations with Singapore was at the top of the agenda in the meeting between
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      Lock icon Japan posts 10th straight trade deficit in April
      373 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan posted its worst ever April trade deficit as a weak yen ramped up import costs and helped extend the run of shortfalls to 10 straight months, the longest stretch in over three decades. But Japan’s central
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      Lock icon Ex-shoplifter given jail term again for cheating
      481 6  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A WOMAN who served time for stealing $83 worth of items from a FairPrice outlet was yesterday sent to jail again, this time for duping people out of more than $100,000. Goh Lee Yin, who is appealing
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      Lock icon ‘N-E Asia needs closure on WWII issues’
      348 6  -  ELGIN TOH JAPAN, China and South Korea need to find closure on World War II-related issues so they can “move on” in their bilateral relations, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Tokyo yesterday. Weighing in on the territorial dispute between Japan and
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      Lock icon Todd ‘concerned about US national security’
      777 8  -  But colleague did not think Huawei had anything to do with his death AMERICAN RESEARCHER’S DEATH By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg AMERICAN researcher Shane Todd was worried about violating United States national security because his work involved him dealing with China’s Huawei Technologies and
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      Lock icon It would have been useful to hear the family’s view: Shanmugam
      220 8 FOREIGN and Law Minister K. Shanmugam raised several points about the decision of Dr Shane Todd’s family to walk out of the coroner’s inquiry into his death. Here are some of them: On the family’s assertions that had been
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      Lock icon Puppies hidden in car boot: Man charged
      174 8  -  ELENA CHONG A MOTORIST was charged yesterday with smuggling 21 puppies in the boot of a car. Koh Cheow Chuan, 28, is also accused of cruelty to animals after allegedly hiding them in the spare tyre compartment. The sales representative is said to
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      Lock icon Crossover Project was church’s main vision, say lawyers
      530 8  -  CITY HARVEST TRIAL By TESSA WONG, BRYNA SINGH twong@sph.com.sg brynasim@sph.com.sg IN THEIR most spirited outing yet, the six defence lawyers for the accused City Harvest Church leaders put on a concerted show in court yesterday about the value and validity of the
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      Lock icon ‘Chaperones’ for 6 accused leaders
      182 8  -  BRYNA SINGH THEY sit shoulder to shoulder in the dock when the hearing is going on. But once out of the courtroom, the six defendants are attended to by fellow church members, who pass them water, snacks and, at times, even medication. There is a
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      Lock icon Celebrities in town for inaugural show
      801 10  -  Fans to get three nights of acts, enjoy their collaborations SOCIAL STAR AWARDS By EDDINO ABDUL HADI MUSIC CORRESPONDENT dinohadi@sph.com.sg THE stars of the social media world yesterday appeared in the flesh in real-world Singapore. They swept into town for the inaugural Social Star
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      Lock icon WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA
      173 10 “It’s really important in this business to have what I like to call alligator skin. I shelter myself as much as possible from going too far possible going into that world and I keep my focus on the music. When I see positive things,
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      Lock icon Early winners of the awards
      242 10 THE Social Star Awards is a 24-hour online event recognising global stars in the social media world in fields such as music, movies, television, sports and games. Starting from midnight yesterday, 288 awards will be given out. The early winners were Harry Potter author J.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Move to calm anger over tainted rice
      920 12 Guangzhou study used small and skewed sample, say govt officials CHINA FOOD SCANDAL NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG Government officials in southern China yesterday sought to calm public ire about toxic substances menacing the region’s main food staple, rice, after the city of
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Escort for Taiwanese fishing vessels
        394 14 SPAT OVER FISHERMAN’S DEATH XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Taiwan’s coast guard will escort fishing vessels regularly from now on, to protect them from potential harassment by the Philippines. President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday said Taiwan will not allow any repeat of incidents like the fatal shooting
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        Lock icon Taiwan’s anger baffles Filipinos
        571 14  -  Analysts explain uproar as a case of unpopular govt trying to improve standing By ALASTAIR MCINDOE PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT IN MANILA amcindoe@yahoo.com THE ferocity of the storm of anger that has erupted in Taiwan over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards has
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      • Article
        Lock icon Japan may restart talks with North Korea
        455 16 Tokyo seeks breakthrough in issue of kidnapping of Japanese citizens ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan’s government is looking into reopening official talks with North Korea to resolve questions over the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago, raising concerns among allies who fear
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        Lock icon Pyongyang names hardliner as new military chief
        434 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG SEOUL North Korea has appointed as its new military chief a hawkish general widely believed to have directed the 2010 shelling of a South Korean border island, state media confirmed. In a brief dispatch yesterday, the Korean Central News Agency
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      • Article
        Lock icon Xi-Obama summit ‘to help reduce suspicions’
        269 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Chinese state media yesterday welcomed news of the first summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying the meeting will help “reduce suspicions” in the relationship. The talks, the first since Mr Xi was installed as China’s
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        Lock icon Bear bile farm tastes bitter defeat
        759 18 Chinese animal lovers wield clout, forcing firm to withdraw IPO plan NEW YORK TIMES CHENGDU– It was, at first glance, a rather modest initial public offering (IPO) by a small Chinese company seeking to expand production of the key ingredient used in traditional remedies
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        Lock icon 13 arrested over Internet posts that led to protest
        277 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING The Chinese authorities have arrested 13 people for Internet posts that sparked a rare protest in Beijing, highlighting tensions between officials and migrant workers, police said. The 13 held include the boyfriend of Ms Yuan Liya, a 22-year-old
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        Lock icon Selangor govt bickering reveals cracks in alliance
        607 22  -  Such tussles ‘likely to increase as Pakatan Rakyat grows in power’ By TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR chengwee@sph.com.sg ALTHOUGH the dust has settled regarding its choice of state leader, the opposition-led Selangor state government continues to bicker over other posts,
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        Lock icon Unhappy with KL electoral system? ‘Go live in jungle’
        208 22 PUTRAJAYA A former Malaysian Cabinet minister said yesterday that Malaysians unhappy with the country’s electoral system should live in the jungle, and accused the opposition of going overboard in criticising the results of the general election, a news website has reported.
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        Lock icon Indonesia re-arrests Chevron executive
        601 23 Case fuels concern among MNCs about rising economic nationalism REUTERS JAKARTA The authorities have bypassed a court order and re-ar-rested an executive at Chevron’s Indonesian unit in a graft case that highlights growing tension with big oil companies in a country struggling to reverse a decline
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        Lock icon 13-year-old’s alleged rapist will be charged
        208 23 THE STAR ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA Malaysian prosecutors will proceed with the case against a restaurant manager whose rape charge was dropped after the 13-year-old alleged victim withdrew the report in Sabah. Attorney-General Gani Patail yesterday vowed to press on with the charges
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        Lock icon All 28 bodies recovered from collapsed Indonesian mine
        391 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TIMIKA (Indonesia) Rescuers have recovered seven more bodies from a collapsed mine tunnel in eastern Indonesia, its US operator said, taking the accident’s final toll to 28. The rescue team “recovered and identified the last of the remains of the
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        Lock icon Jakarta’s political pollsters reliable?
        560 24  -  A year before Indonesia’s presidential election, polls show wide inconsistency By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg WITH more than a year to go before Indonesia’s presidential election in July 2014, political pollsters are already in full swing. But the wide inconsistency of their early
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        Lock icon Li’s visit to India a good start for ties
        714 25  -  Analysts predict progress in some areas but border issue will be challenging NEWS ANALYSIS By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg CHINESE Premier Li Keqiang smiled and waved as he stepped off the plane on Sunday to start a
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        Lock icon China-Pakistan ties have great potential: Li Keqiang
        349 25 REUTERS ISLAMABAD China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near
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        Lock icon IMRAN KHAN OUT OF HOSPITAL
        104 26 Pakistani politician Imran Khan leaving hospital in Lahore yesterday, two weeks after hurting his back in a fall at a rally for the country’s general election, where his party scored a major breakthrough. The 60-year-old fractured some vertebrae and a rib in a dramatic tumble
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        Lock icon Karzai seeks arms from India
        585 26  -  Afghan leader hands Delhi defence wish list during trip By KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI mkritti@sph.com.sg AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has sought to deepen defence ties with India, handing it a “wish list” of military equipment that could help bolster his country’s security
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        Lock icon Art Basel, HK off to flying start
        520 27  -  Brisk deals on opening day; S’pore artist makes splash with $60k sale By DEEPIKA SHETTY ARTS CORRESPONDENT IN HONG KONG deepikas@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE artist Dawn Ng has made a splash at the highly anticipated Asian debut of Art Basel in Hong Kong. Local gallery
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Man attacks 7 with cleaver
          65 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING A mentally ill man attacked six primary school pupils and a woman with a cleaver in Maoming city in southern China on Tuesday, in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese schoolchildren, the authorities said yesterday. All seven victims were
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          Lock icon Amputee scales Everest
          87 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KATHMANDU Indian woman Arunima Sinha, who lost her left leg after she was thrown from a moving train two years ago by thieves whom she fought as they tried to steal her purse, has become the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest, according to
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          Lock icon Japan nod to custody pact
          76 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan’s Parliament yesterday approved the 1980 Hague Convention, which requires nations to return snatched children to the countries where they usually reside, after decades of pressure from the United States and other Western nations. According to the Western media, hundreds of parents,
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          Lock icon 300 protest against dams
          77 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUCHING About 300 Borneo tribespeople staged a protest in Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, yesterday at the venue where the International Hydropower Association (IHA) began a four-day meeting, to denounce dams that they say are destroying forests and native ways. Officials
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      Lock icon Big clean-up begins after US tornado disaster
      836 28 Questions raised over schools’ safety as focus begins to shift to rebuilding NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS MOORE (Oklahoma) At the end of the day on Monday, on the last week of the school year, pupils at Plaza Towers Elementary in this blue-collar
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      Lock icon Restaurateur hid in walk-in freezer
      356 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOORE (Oklahoma) For years Ms Anita Zhang’s neighbours joked that if a tornado ever bore down on her Chinese restaurant, folks could take refuge in its roomy walk-in freezer. On Monday, Ms Zhang got the chance to test their idea when one of
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      709 29 Majority of residents back relocation to allow for expansion of mining BLOOMBERG KIRUNA (Sweden) Swedes living in the Arctic town of Kiruna are packing up their belongings before their homes are bulldozed to make way for iron ore mining driven by Chinese demand. LKAB,
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      206 29 BOSTON BOMBINGS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG MIAMI A man who was being questioned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings was shot dead in Orlando, Florida, when he turned violent. The FBI said the man initiated a “violent
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        89 29 REUTERS STOCKHOLM Hundreds of youth have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm’s worst disorder in years. On Tuesday night, a police station was attacked, two schools were damaged and an arts
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        68 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS France’s far-right paid tribute to a writer and activist who shot himself in Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday after denouncing gay marriage and immigration. Police confirmed the man’s identity as Dominique Venner, 78, an essayist and activist linked with France’s far-right and nationalist
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        99 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA The world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned, amid fears that the H7N9 bird flu striking China could morph into a form that spreads easily among people. Mr Keiji Fukuda told delegates
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      757 30  -  Parents may have been stung by deadly jellyfish while snorkelling By JONATHAN PEARLMAN jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com IN SYDNEY ON A quiet beach in Australia, a “nightmare” unfolded as two young children entered the water to join their parents, who had been snorkelling. The family’s idyllic holiday turned
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      141 30 THE irukandji jellyfish is believed to be the world’s most venomous creature, with a venom 100 times more lethal than a cobra’s. As tiny as a matchstick, the irukandji is a silent, nearly invisible, killer found in the seas off northern Australia in a wide sweeping arc
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      264 30 SINGAPORE and Interpol have reaffirmed their partnership and mutual support, and expressed their continued commitment towards countering transnational crime. During a working visit to France on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean visited Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon, at the
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      515 31 Eight approved candidates mostly hardliners with close links to clerics TEHERAN Iran has barred moderate former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from contesting next month’s presidential election, ruling him unsuitable. The Guardian Council, a con-servative-dominated vetting body, omitted the 79-year-old Rafsanjani’s name from eight
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      427 32  -  First-quarter figure shoots up 44% year on year despite polls uncertainty By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR lestkong@sph.com.sg MALAYSIA’S investment numbers rebounded in the first quarter, with foreign investments up as well, despite political uncertainty surrounding the general election. It approved RM49.3 billion
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      452 33  -  Gas production, investment to lead expansion, up from 6.5% last year By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg TWO days after Myanmar President Thein Sein’s historic White House visit, the country received a rosy report card from the International Monetary Fund
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      231 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledged the risks of the central bank’s low interest rate policy yesterday, but warned that tightening policy now could stall recovery in the United States. He said in a statement to Congress that US economic
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      117 33 We cordially invite you and your friends to a free public lecture entitled: Divine Love is the Liberator How metaphysical ideas change our world Venue: Regent Hotel Cuscaden Room. Level II 1 Cuscaden Road, Singapore *****5 Date: Monday 27th May 2013 Time: 8pm to 9pm Fujiko Signs C.S.B. Member of
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      453 34 MAKING the vehicle quota system more socially equitable is a worthwhile objective. It is also a pragmatic response to the desire of more citizens in an increasingly affluent society to own a car. Hence the importance that Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew attaches
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      1595 34  -  EYE ON SINGAPORE Should executive condominium buyers get government housing grants, when they are assured of a windfall on selling their units? Wrong question. The real question is: Are ECs serving their purpose to bridge the gap between private and public housing? The answer: No.
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      928 36  - COE system steer clear of the populism pothole By SAMUEL EE IT IS interesting that even as the Transport Minister emphasises that the COE system should remain mar-ket-based, he is essentially considering the redistribution of car ownership. Could it be that the Government is pandering to a vocal minority? Or
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      809 36  -  By BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg POLITICAL stability has been problematic in Thailand since 2006, when a military coup that unseated the populist government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra left the country bitterly divided. But now, with its political problems easing, Thailand is once again emerging
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      896 36  -  By WILLIAM A. HASELTINE py stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is chairman and president of Access Health International, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving access to high-quality and affordable health care worldwide. FOR THE STRAITS TIMES AS SINGAPORE reviews its system of health
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      840 37  -  DIAGNOSTIC AND DRUG EXUBERANCE By ALLEN FRANCES The writer is professor emeritus at Duke University, North Carolina. The full version of this article can be found on The Conversation (theconversation.edu.au), which carries analysis by academics and researchers in Australia. “WE ARE all mad here,”
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        167 38  -  Ang Chin Guan YOUNG couples should be encouraged to live with their parents (“Points and priority for HDB flat allocation”; Monday). Under the HDB’s Married Child Priority Scheme, couples are given more chances in the balloting for new flats near
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        71 38 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR ELGAR LEE: Replace COE system with hefty petrol tax. 2. MR CHONG KIM FATT: Three ways to reduce accident rate. 3. MR JEFFREY CHANG: Install speed limiters in all vehicles. 4. MS ADA CHAN: Make in-vehicle video recorder a must. 5. MR
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        264 38  -  Gerald Kok Seng-Kiat ACTING Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said moral suasion and tripartite cooperation between the state, employer and employees may be more effective than legislation in curbing workplace discrimination (“Govt is open to anti-discrimination labour laws: Chuan-Jin”; Tuesday). While I agree that the
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        296 38  -  Peter Heng Teck Wee IN HIS commentary last Friday (“In pursuit of being ‘good enough’”), Mr Susrut Ray states that Singaporeans are disdainful of having to compete against “people coming from countries that are not as excellent as ours”. My understanding of the Singaporean
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        290 38  -  Raymond Anthony Fernando I AM glad that the Government is open to the idea of having anti-discrimination laws, given that many job seekers are finding it so hard to secure employment (“Govt is open to anti-discrimination labour laws: Chuan-Jin”; Tuesday). With the extension of the
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          78 38  -  N. Nagesh THOUGH the Government requires employment agents to be licensed, there are many unlicensed agents operating in Singapore. There are foreigners on work permits who run unlicensed employment agencies. On Sunday evenings, scores of them can be seen along Serangoon Road, holding wads of currency notes
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          192 38  -  Low Yong Joo Low Yong Joo (Military Expert 7), Organising Chairman of Navy Open House 2013 WE THANK Mr Lim Poh Seng for his feedback (“Navy Open House”; Tuesday). The Republic of Singapore Navy is grateful for the strong and positive support for the Navy Open
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        337 39  -  David Goh WHETHER it is making changes to the certificate of entitlement system (“Govt seeks ‘more equitable’ COE system”; last Friday) or erecting more Electronic Road Pricing gantries (“ERP gantries coming up on busy AYE stretch near Clementi”; last Friday), it is important to
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        223 39  -  Peter Chen Director, Media Division Taipei Representative Office in Singapore I REFER to Sunday’s article (“Filipinos in Taiwan fear backlash”). Philippine nationals are friends of Taiwan and the integral role they play in the community is respected and treasured. President Ma Ying-jeou has
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        365 39  -  Charles I-hsin Chen FORUM NOTE: The writer is a research associate at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, and a former spokesman for Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang party. MONDAY’S article (“Taipei-Manila row: Where is it heading?”) asked a fair question, which deserves
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      247 39 WRITE IN: Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit the letters. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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      148 39 AposTherapy Be yourself again l v > A'A i r V fc BMEAKTHRmUGH KNEEI BACK RAIN “It’s wonderful to see my mum more active.” Mr Liaw H H, son of Mdm Yap Y C. For 12 years, Mdm Yap suffered from terrible knee pain, which hindered her from the most
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      446 1  -  4 consortiums’ ideas could form base for developing next-generation system By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg IDEAS for a satellite-based electronic road pricing system are being evaluated by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Four consortiums submitted proposals after testing various technological solutions between June 2011 and December
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      393 2  -  Drive will support 16 additional social service programmes By DEBBIE LEE ldebbie@sph.com.sg THE Community Chest kicked off its annual fund-raising drive yesterday by announcing another record fund-raising target of $85.9 million for this year. This goal is up from the $72.3 million
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      190 2  -  HOE PEI SHAN THE Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) dispatched more than 10 vehicles on Tuesday night in response to what it said was a large factory fire that broke out in Tuas. Four fire engines, two Red Rhinos, five supporting vehicles
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      277 2  -  By MARYAM MOKHTAR maryamm@sph.com.sg THE Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is in discussions with the Public Service Division to review the retirement age of Home Team uniformed officers, said Second Minister for Home Affairs S. Iswaran yesterday. He was speaking at a
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      364 2  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) prices shot up at the latest tender yesterday as the prospect of more changes that could lead to higher costs drove fence-sitters to showrooms. The COE price for cars up to 1,600cc ended 2.9 per
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      439 3  -  Prof Lee lauded for contributions by Columbia U’s Teachers College By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT sandra@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S teaching force won high praise yesterday from a leading American postgraduate school. Professor Lee Sing Kong, director of the National Institute of Education (NIE), was
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      335 3  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg A NEW leadership programme for less academically inclined students, which helps them become more confident, was officially launched yesterday by Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat. Called the Character and Citizenship Leadership Programme, it is targeted at Normal (Academic) and
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      295 3  -  By JOANNA LEE ljoanna@sph.com.sg THREE 16-year-old students broke new ground for St Joseph’s Institution International (SJII) this month by winning four Top in the World awards for last November’s International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exams. Pham Minh Tue from Vietnam received
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      517 4  -  It will adopt Amazon exhibit, polar bear home By EUGENE CHUA ceugene@sph.com.sg A NEW River Safari exhibit and a polar bear zoo enclosure will be among a series of programmes to mark the 10th anniversary of the Singapore Press Holdings Foundation this
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      584 7  -  Officers in programme will aid Admin Service to create, shape public policy By ROBIN CHAN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT chanckr@sph.com.sg THE civil service has created a new opportunity for its high-calibre officers to reach the top by grooming them to be specialists. These new types of
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      294 7  -  By FABIAN KOH fabkoh@sph.com.sg DAYS after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami rocked the region, Red Cross volunteer Elisha Teo was sent on his first overseas relief mission. The 31-year-old manager, who had undergone training five years before, travelled to Sri Lanka to help survivors
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      405 10  -  ‘6:29 is Family Time’ message part of council’s efforts ahead of celebrations By PRISCILLA KHAM pkham@sph.com.sg CALL, text, tweet or simply give your family a hug at 6.29pm on June 29. Because “6:29 is Family Time”. This message was one of the
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      325 10  -  By CHENG JINGJIE jingjie@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped is to get a much-needed makeover with its termite-infested carpets torn up and brighter, energy-efficient lighting installed. In the first joint social-respon-sibility effort by the Building and Construction Authority
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      297 10  -  TOH YONG CHUAN ONE of Singapore’s top civil servants, Mr Goh Kim Leong, who was also the chairman of SMRT, died on Tuesday at the age of 64. He was one of Singapore’s longest serving permanent secretaries, working at several ministries between April
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      275 12  -  JOANNA LEE THE Pink Dot movement is marking its fifth year with a video that aims to spread its message of tolerance and understanding. The film is set to one of Singapore’s most recognisable tunes, the heartwarming 1998 National Day song Home.
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      501 12  -  Microsoft’s move for new console will hamper sale, swop of pre-owned games By SHERWIN LOH sherwinl@sph.com.sg A LONG-RUMOURED addition to Microsoft’s upcoming game console was announced yesterday morning causing a stir among gamers and retailers here. The Xbox One is slated for release here
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      266 12  -  HOE PEI SHAN A HONG KONG tourist died on Tuesday after a metal archway fell on him at the grounds of the 2013 Audi Fashion Festival last week. His parents, who appeared to be in their 70s according to
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      588 13  -  WDA, training college offer new diploma that admits those without O levels TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg AS PART of a broader plan to create jobs and opportunities for Singaporeans, those who did not complete their O levels will still be able to
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      427 14  -  He’s jailed for 4 years, 3 months and given 5 strokes for theft, overstaying By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg NOT only did he overstay for nearly 21/2 years, despite being on a social visit pass and working illegally as a cleaner. But in March he
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      310 14  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg WHEN her car veered into the path of an SBS bus in January last year, the bus driver slammed on the brakes, injuring four passengers when they tumbled. One of them, Mr Koh Chuan Hock, who was 57
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      673 15  -  LIt pays US$500 million (S$624 million) for a 10 per cent share in Markit, a global financial information services company. LIt buys 280 million shares of the Industrial Commercial Bank of China, for HK$1.54 billion (S$248 million). Its stake goes up from 6.71 per
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      529 15  -  By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg THE United States dollar has risen rapidly against the Singapore dollar, up from $1.23 to $1.26 in the last two weeks alone. Experts say the greenback’s quickfire surge against a range of currencies, including Singapore’s, reflects the booming US stock
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      506 16  -  Lee Yi Shyan says they offer complementary advantages By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg THE Iskandar region will not pose a threat to Singapore’s manufacturing sector but enhance it, said Senior Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan.
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      Lock icon Nestle, Cameron boost presence in Singapore
      273 16  -  COMPANIES EXPANDING IN SINGAPORE CHIA YAN MIN NESTLE has opened a new extension to its research and development (R&D) centre here. The Swiss food giant invested almost 4 million Swiss francs ($5 million) in the extension, which is expected to create 20 new jobs
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      415 16  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg TAIWANESE semiconductor powerhouse United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is pumping US$110 million (S$138 million) into setting up a research centre in Singapore, it said yesterday. The wafer foundry said in a statement that its new research centre would
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      Lock icon DBS leapfrogs SIA to most valuable brand spot
      508 16  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg BANKING giant DBS has knocked Singapore Airlines (SIA) off its perch as the country’s most valuable brand after five years at the top. The DBS brand, ranked third last year, is now worth US$3.476 billion (S$4.4 billion), up
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          159 17 MORE than 30 overseas technology entrepreneurs will arrive in Singapore on June 1 to meet other entrepreneurs and investors as part of their two-week South-east Asian tour called “Geeks On A Plane”. The participants, mostly from the United States, will get insights into the local market and
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          142 17 THE next time a shopper makes a transaction at a World of Sports outlet, he can earn loyalty points and redeem them for various items. ShopGuru, a new loyalty and rewards scheme app, was launched early this month through a partnership involving Ossia International Limited and
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          124 17  -  GRACE CHNG REEBONZ, a local high-end fashion e-commerce site, has secured a $50 million round of financing. This values Reebonz at about $250 million. Investors in this round are MediaCorp, Vertex Asia Investments, GGV, Intel Capital, Matrix Partners China and Infocomm Investments, the venture arm of the
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        710 17  -  Net giant’s 2005 buy Flickr may provide lessons as it has yet to pay dividends COMMENTARY By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg YAHOO coughed up US$1.1 billion (S$1.4 billion) to buy blogging service Tumblr earlier this week in a move seen as an attempt
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        530 18  -  Indonesian central bank’s decision on DBS buy sets M&A precedent: Fitch DBS’ DANAMON BID By MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg BANK Indonesia’s in-principle approval for DBS to buy only a 40 per cent stake in Bank Danamon could hamper merger and acquisition (M&A) interest in
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        385 18  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg TEE Land has become the latest property-related company to mount an initial public offering (IPO) this year. The property development unit of main-board-listed engineering and real estate firm Tee International yesterday lodged its preliminary prospectus with
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        438 19  -  Rise partly led by optimism that earnings may soon normalise BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg SHARES on the local bourse managed respectable gains yesterday, reversing Tuesday’s fall, as traders awaited major market-mov-ing news from the United States –Fed
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          17 19 STI TRADING VOLUME 339.41 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 14 Losers: 11 Unchanged:5
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          85 19 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv 848.71 608.89 860.73 1,130.9 249.76 1.75 6.02 Points Change Real estate Real estate hldg dev 208.58 534.17 6.54 218.77 902.59 Financials Health care 250.98 4.86 10.05 895.59
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          21 19 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 3.74 billion shares worth $1.60 billion UP& DOWN Gainers: 306 Losers: 146 Unchanged: 339
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          56 19 Yesterday’s close Index Change Yesterday’s close Index Change -105.29 23,261.08 15,627.26 1,993.83 2,302.403 1,021.399 1,783.88 Hang Seng 246.24 Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp 12.74 -2.464 -9.345 -3.5 Bursa KLCI Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Tuesday's close Dow Nasdaq 5,207 .999 1,631.27 5,165.365 15,387.58
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          32 19 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol 2.1 289,448,000 12 Thai Beverage 70 105,217,000 11.5 139.238.000 126.437.000 109.992.000 109.720.000 108.930.000 19 7 Bund Center Inv 28.5 41,865,000 WE Hldgs KLW Hldgs
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          180 19 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 22, 2013 Top Rises May 22 CENTS Jardine C&C (0) DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5837 90.6 1.2 CENTS DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4759 71.7 1.2 DBXT MSMSIA 10US$ 1584 37.8 1.9 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$
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          72 19 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY 164 118 Genting SP GROSS YIELD NET 86.5 67.5 HPH Trust US$ US82.5 unch ***** 83 81.5 8
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          114 19 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 5 1 0 0 0 10 5 1 Manufacturing 77 39 39 12 6 6 89 45 45 Commerce 38 17 12 11 1 4 49 18 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 21 12 9 1 1
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          177 19 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 100,536 100,536 115,080 115,080 Manufacturing 577,752 345,112 922,864 263,858 17,629 281,487 Commerce 243,865 202,135 446,000 148,828 19,661 168,489 Tpt/Stor/Comms 125,189 13,070 138,259 180,422 5,297 185,719 Finance 168,995 1,556 170,551 190,958 977 191,935 Construction 223,499 94,892 318,391 39,698
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          61 19 May 22 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: NZ dollar S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: Chinese renminbi 0.9755 0.9760 ***** ***** 0.9727 0.9722 1.6279
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          205 19 Top Rises May 22 CENTS Tat Hong W*****2 2.5 66.7 1.0 Olam MB eCW*****3 6.9 40.8 2.0 ChasenHldg W*****6 3.2 33.3 0.8 CapitalaMBeCW*****4 1.5 25.0 0.3 KepCorp BPeCW*****2 7.3 23.7 1.4 Ntegrator W*****6 9 20.0 1.5 TopGlobal W*****9 0.6 20.0 0.1 Olam MBeCW*****2 13.2 18.9 2.1 Olam
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          35 19 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 100.8 unch 15 CapMallA3.8%b*****2 CityDev NCCPS 130 cd OCC 3.93% NCPS10 33 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** +9 1 F&NTrea 2.48%bl*****
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        322 19 REUTERS TAMPERE (Finland) Finnish car-go-handling equipment maker Cargotec’s marine unit will be ready to run independently by the end of the year and can list in Singapore any time after that, Cargotec’s new chief executive said. Mr Mika Vehvilainen said the
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      138 22 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Event I Home I Away I Timing I Venue Fri, 24/05/13 LOTTERY L I Draw No 2851/2013 M. Vl J Draw on Thursday, 23 May 2013 Group 1 Prize *600,000 Sales close at 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 210 Middle Road, #01-01 Singapore Pools Building,
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      587 24  -  Atletico striker, who may be on move, makes fans’ day despite muted show By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg PART of the fun when watching big European teams play in Singapore is catching a glimpse of the future. Back in 1997, a 17-year-old Michael Owen hit
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      325 24  -  By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg FOR Singapore footballers Hariss Harun and Safuwan Baharudin, last night’s Singapore Olympic Foundation-Peter Lim Charity Cup was an audition of sorts. And of the 7,048 in attendance at the Jalan Besar Stadium, one man mattered more than most agent
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      433 24  -  WANG MENG MENG IT WAS neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona that played at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night, but local fans were still happy that their first taste of big-time Spanish football up close had been a satisfying one. Especially so
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      287 24 RIO DE JANEIRO Neymar has agreed in principle to join Barcelona on July 1, according to Brazilian daily O Globo. The 21-year-old striker is understood to have signed a deal last week to join the Spanish giants following the Confederations Cup in
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      798 21 They support PGA Tour, golfers’ body in opposing ban on anchoring putters REUTERS NEW YORK One decision and golf has been split right down the middle. Golf club makers Ping and Cobra Puma Golf hit back on Tuesday at a rules change that will ban
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      332 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON A contrite Sergio Garcia said yesterday he wants a meeting with Tiger Woods to apologise for the racist row that was sparked by his “fried chicken” comments at an official dinner. Garcia has had a long-running feud with Woods and
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      193 21 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR Indonesia may well be forgiven for thinking they have been hit with a curse. Hours after suffering a crushing 0-5 loss to China, they were drawn to meet the eight-time Sudirman Cup badminton champions again, this time in the quar-ter-finals.
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      417 21  -  By GOH JUN YONG jygoh@sph.com.sg HE WON his last rugby title back in primary school some six years ago, but 18-year-old Gurveer Singh from St Andrew’s Junior College never gave up hope of clinching another trophy in the sport. Two weeks
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      192 21 Badminton Sudirman Cup: Q-finals Germany v South Korea (noon), Chinese Taipei v Denmark (6pm) Live, StarHub Ch203 HD Ch255. Basketball NBA Conference Finals Eastern, Game 1: Miami v Indiana (Live, StarHub Ch202, 8.30am). ABL: San Miguel Beermen v Thailand Slammers (Live, mio TV Ch114, 8pm) CyclingTour of
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      141 1 Between cultures Taiwanese-American director feels like an outsider C2 Strength in diversity C7 Blush working with Quincy Jones Daft Punk’s RAM Dance album of the year to date C8 Fans of the critically acclaimed Mad Men read all kinds of meanings into the TV series set in 1960s America. But
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          221 9  -  Boon Chan Local vocal group MICappella are on a roll. In the wake of their second-place showing in the television singing competition The Sing-Off China last September, they have now released their debut album with a gung-ho statement of intent. The more upbeat numbers such as Maroon 5’s
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          298 9  -  Ong Sor Fern Jana Herzen is best known to jazz lovers as the American founder of the Motema Music label, which has promoted such talents as pianist Geri Allen and singer Gregory Porter. But her own performing ability might come as a surprise as, distracted by the chores of
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          212 9  -  Chang Tou Liang One really should not be too surprised by this, Noriko Ogawa’s first recording of Mozart’s piano music. After all, one of her earliest appearances in Singapore featured an ebullient performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra during the late 1980s. Already
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          271 9  -  Chang Tou Liang This year is the birth centenary of Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), widely regarded as the greatest British composer of the 20th century. Extremely versatile, he had an output that reflected the ease with which he mastered different genres. His music could be highly accessible (he delighted
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        712 12 The hitmaker is the first woman to get the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Associated Press Washington Post Washington After a career spanning five decades, more than 20 solo albums and numerous high-profile honours, singer-song-writer Carole King has become the first woman to receive
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        365 14 Agence France-Presse Reuters Cannes, France Behind The Candelabra, the biopic of flamboyant entertainer Liberace that may be director Steven Soderbergh’s swansong, on Tuesday threw the spotlight on homosexuality in a landmark year for gay rights. Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, it has generated buzz as
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        206 14 Agence France-Presse Beijing Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into music on Wednesday with the release of *****, the top single from his debut album. The video for the heavy metal song, directed by Ai with cinematography by Christopher Doyle, depicts his
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          66 14 A first-edition copy of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone that contains author J.K. Rowling’s notes and original illustrations fetched £150,000 (S$286,000) at a London auction on Tuesday. The 1997 book fetched the highest price to date for a printed book by Rowling, Sotheby’s
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          54 14 Former 1960s actor-turned-director Kang Wei, 73, husband of Shaw Brothers actress Jenny Hu, 67, died in the United States on May 12 following a stroke, Apple Daily said, quoting his actor friends Kenneth Tsang and Yueh Hua. Born Yi Jianping, he is the father of
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        233 14 Hong Kong They emerged smiling at the airport, their matching sunglasses and bags marking them as a pair. Actor Raymond Lam, 33, even held the hand of his 19-year-old girlfriend, model Karena Ng, as they returned home on Tuesday amid a rumour that they had registered
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        389 2  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Editor huichieh@sph.com.sg When cancer of the white blood cells is mentioned, leukaemia is usually what comes to mind. After all, it is the cancer of choice from which damsels and children die in countless drama serials, be they from Singapore, Hong
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        652 4 Reuters Bottling up emotions is thought to harm both mind and body but a new study suggests that doing the opposite having an outburst may be no better. In a study of thousands of heart attack patients, those who recalled having flown
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        540 5 Reuters Being under stress at work is tied to a higher risk of heart problems, new research has confirmed but putting down the beer bottle and going for a walk may help. Researchers found that job strain defined as having a lot of demands
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        637 6 Reuters Heavy women are less likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis than their slimmer peers, a new study has found. Researchers following more than 116,000 women found that morbidly obese participants were 39 per cent less likely than normal-weight women to develop
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        559 7 Reuters A review of past research found that fever-reducing drugs have no effect on the speed of children’s recovery from an infection, contrary to the fears of some doctors and parents. Researchers have debated for decades whether lowering a sick child’s fever helps
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        618 14  -  Joyce Teo With a better understanding of lymphoma and more research being done on possible treatment methods, patients should have access to better treatment in the years to come. Trials for a potential new targeted treatment method for Natural-Killer T-cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive
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