The Straits Times, 24 July 2013

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    Lock icon One in 10 borrowers overstretched, warns MAS
    610 1  -  Hike in rates and fall in property prices may pose risks to financial stability By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg HOUSEHOLDS here are borrowing more amid low interest rates and combined with soaring home prices, the mix poses “significant risks” to Singapore’s financial stability, the
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    Lock icon HAZY DAYS AGAIN IN KL
    64 1 A view of the haze shrouding Kuala Lumpur yesterday. At 2pm, the Air Pollutant Index for the Cheras area in the Malaysian capital was 98, close to the unhealthy range. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, firefighters and troops are being redeployed in the Sumatran province of Riau
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    Lock icon Theft on plane: Passenger gets 9 months’ jail
    340 1  -  By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg A SILKAIR passenger who took another person’s bag and rummaged through it on a flight was jailed for nine months for theft yesterday the stiffest punishment yet for such an offence. Yue Liangfu stole the brown bag
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    Lock icon More diverse group of PSC scholarship holders
    99 1 THE latest batch of Public Service Commission scholarship recipients, which includes seven polytechnic and School of the Arts (Sota) graduates, is the most diverse in recent history. It is a reflection of the civil service’s efforts to diversify its ranks, something that Deputy
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Troops, firefighters to be redeployed in Riau
      452 2 / 3  -  By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA M wahyudis@sph.com.sg wahyudis@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lester Kong in Kuala Lumpur JAKARTA will begin redeploying troops and firefighters in Riau province in Sumatra to help put out forest fires, following a sharp jump in the number
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      Lock icon Biden focuses on economics in India
      536 2 / 3  -  He highlights country’s importance to US in meeting with Indian leaders By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg AT MEETINGS with India’s top leaders, United States Vice-Presi-dent Joe Biden pushed for enhanced economic ties at a time when Asia’s third-largest economy is
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      Lock icon Chorus of tweets on birth
      238 2 / 3  -  OLIVIA HO FOR someone who does not even have his own name yet, the Prince of Cambridge is certainly making a splash on the Internet. #RoyalBaby was being tweeted at a rate of 25,300 times a minute in the moments following the official announcement of
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      Lock icon Now for the British royal baby’s name
      542 2 / 3 Bookmakers take bets as well-wishes pour in following birth of prince ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS LONDON He is the future king, third in line to Britain’s throne but the world still does not know his name. British bookmakers are offering odds on
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Rising household debt ‘a risk’
        34 4 HOUSEHOLDS are borrowing more amid low interest rates and soaring home prices, posing significant risks to Singapore’s financial stability, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has warned. TOP NEWS A1
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        Lock icon Maid levies to be revised?
        41 4 MAID agencies believe that levies could be in for another round of revision, following invitations for a rare closed-door discussion with the Manpower Ministry. Some are guessing that the fee could be reduced. TOP NEWS A8
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Earthquake horror
          72 4 SURVIVORS of the two earthquakes earlier this week in China’s Gansu province recounted the horror of seeing their houses brought down by the shallow temblors, and many mourned family members killed in the disasters. Rescuers continued to search for signs of life under the rubble, with the death
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          Lock icon Street-smart vendors
          82 4 BANGKOK’S vendors selling anything from food to protest props are a fixture at the ever-so-frequent rallies in the Thai capital. Their deft business sense has been seen most vividly in their recent production of fanciful masks for those who turn up almost every Sunday to protest against the
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          Lock icon Not safe to breathe
          57 4 AIR pollution could have killed more than 1,600 people in Hong Kong so far this year and experts say there must be political will to solve the problem. The quality of air is particularly bad in the city’s centre, where it is unsafe to breathe according
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      • OPINION
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          54 4 THE government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appears to be losing momentum as it approaches the midpoint of its four-year term. Rather than plotting to overthrow the Yingluck government by extraparliamentary means, opposition groups should plan to do so through the ballot box, writes By Invitation columnist
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Hiring from new lands
          83 4 THE tightening foreign labour market is seeing companies turn to new sources, such as Taiwan. Six restaurant groups in Singapore will each hire a handful of Taiwanese waiters and cooks in the coming months, hoping that they can help improve service standards with their smiles and
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          Lock icon New taxis, higher fares
          57 4 CAB passengers face higher flagdown fares in two new models of vehicle launched in Singapore. The 500 Renault Latitudes and 50 Toyota Prius hybrids will join more than 30 other models of taxi on the road here. One operator said the price rise was due to
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Condos under $1,000psf
          31 4 PRIVATE home units going for less than $1,000 per sq ft may seem rare these days but there are still projects offering homes at this level. PAGE B10
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Barca has a new coach
          47 4 ARGENTINIAN football coach Gerardo Martino has been named Barcelona’s new manager on a two-year deal. The 50-year-old has just over three weeks to get used to his new surroundings before the start of the Spanish league season on Aug 17. PAGE B20
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Not burnt, but stolen
          77 4 A ROMANIAN woman who told investigators that she had incinerated seven works of art by Matisse, Picasso and other modern masters in an effort to protect her son, denied in court on Monday that she had burnt the works. Her son has admitted stealing the paintings
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            Lock icon Syariah law in Aceh
            66 4 WOMEN in Aceh, the only province to implement Islamic syariah law in Indonesia, are required to wear headscarves, sit side saddle when riding pillion on motorbikes and are banned from wearing tight trousers. Critics complain that such laws are becoming increasingly unreasonable. www.stasiareport.com Syariah police in
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            Lock icon Best NDP song?
            46 4 MANY people have dismissed One Singapore, this year’s official National Day song, as “childish and cheesy”. Many feel it is not as good as tunes at past National Day parades. Take our online poll and tell us which is your favourite song. www.straitstimes.com/ndp2013
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            Lock icon A thrill in the heir
            59 4 BRITAIN celebrates the birth of a future king and the first child born to Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge. Get the latest updates and view a timeline leading to the birth on our microsite: straitstimes.com/royal-baby Britons celebrated the birth of a future king
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            Lock icon From waste to food
            62 4 DO Singaporeans know what the yummy snack Okara floss is made from? Well, it is actually recycled from soya bean pulp which would normally have been disposed of as food waste or used as animal feed. Okara floss is a vegetarian mock meat snack created from
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            Lock icon Defence for Kovan case
            59 4 ISKANDAR Rahmat, the senior police officer charged with the murders of car workshop owner Tan Boon Sin, 66, and his son, Tan Chee Heong, 42, was back in court on Monday, this time represented by Mr Ferlin Jayatissa and two other lawyers from Lexcompass LLC. He
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            Lock icon Busload of kids in crash
            28 4 A SCHOOL bus filled with children crashed through a barrier near Pei Hwa Presbytarian Primary School on Tuesday afternoon, before hitting a van.
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      Lock icon PSC casts net wide for diverse talent
      563 6  -  92 scholarship recipients include five from polytechnics and two from Sota By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg THE Public Service is widening its net, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday, because its ranks should comprise people of different backgrounds, skillsets and experiences. He
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      Lock icon PM lauds effort put into Our Singapore Conversation
      324 6  -  By ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong hosted about 30 members of Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) to tea yesterday, to thank them for their efforts and good work over the past year. His chat with members of the OSC committee
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      Lock icon Full-year inflation forecast lowered to 2-3%
      526 6  -  By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg CHEAPER cars and slowing accommodation cost prompted the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to lower its full-year inflation forecast, although June consumer prices still inched up. It now forecasts that inflation will come in at 2 per cent to 3
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      Lock icon MAS hit by strong Sing$
      365 6  -  YASMINE YAHYA A STRONG Singapore dollar led the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to post a loss of $10.6 billion in its financial year ended March 2013. The central bank made investment gains of $8.9 billion for the year, down from $12 billion a year
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      Lock icon From music to public service
      529 6  -  By STACEY CHIA, AMELIA TENG staceyc@sph.com.sg ateng@sph.com.sg MUSIC is her pursuit but working in government is her ambition. Ms Charis Tan is heading to one of the world’s top music schools: Berklee College of Music in Boston, in the US, next month. But the alumna
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      Lock icon Simple shot snags prize
      472 8  -  By OLIVIA HO oliviaho@sph.com.sg A SIMPLE yet moving snapshot of her 86-year-old father reading The Straits Times at the dining table has bagged ST reader Selina Wee a cash prize of $1,000. Ms Wee, 55, a former external auditor, is the first weekly winner of the
      PHOTOS: JASON CHUA CHEONG, DARSHITA THURAIRAJAH; PHOTO: SELINA WEE SU LIN  -  472 words
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      Lock icon MOM looking at revising maid levies
      494 8  -  Ministry calls for rare closed-door meeting next week to discuss matter By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg MAID levies could be revised again, say industry players, as the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has called for a rare closed-door discussion next week on the issue. The ministry
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Battle to find China’s quake victims
      610 10 Twin quakes in Gansu province leave at least 95 dead, 1 missing, 1,001 injured, as survivors struggle to cope AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS XINHUA BEI J ING R escuers b a tt l e d through dusty rubble yesterday to try to reach victims
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; XINHUA; PHOTOS: XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  610 words
    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Bangkok’s vendors make hay while the crowd whines
        710 11  -  They supply protesters with masks, flags, food and drinks By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg BANGKOK, the capital of a democracy with more than 60 million people, is no stranger to protests. In the first half of this year,
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        Lock icon LUNCH PHOTO SPARKS OFF MEDIA STORM
        117 11 A picture, circulating on social media, showing non-Muslim students eating lunch in a changing room next to a toilet at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Pristana in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, has sparked off an outcry. A parent, Ms Gunesweri Kelly, had posted on her Facebook
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        Lock icon No veils for Muslim teachers in Philippines
        307 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA The majority-Cath-olic Philippines has told Muslim teachers to remove their veils inside classrooms, in part to promote better relationships between teachers and students. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said yesterday the move was part of reforms to make schools more sensitive
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        Lock icon BN poised to win today’s key Terengganu by-election
        658 12  -  Fears of hung state legislature recede as surveys point to ruling coalition victory By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR lestkong@sph.com.sg IT MAY not come to a hung state legislative assembly after all when the dust settles on today’s Kuala Besut
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        Lock icon Myanmar frees 73 political prisoners
        186 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON Myanmar is releasing another 73 political prisoners, and more could be freed in the coming months to honour a commitment made by President Thein Sein during a recent trip to Europe. “A total of 73 political prisoners are being released from various
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Population officials attacked
          76 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING A knife-wielding man yesterday stormed an office enforcing China’s one-child policy, stabbing two officials to death and injuring three others and a lawyer. The villager was arrested soon after attacking the Dongxing city family planning office in Guangxi province, but his motives were unclear,
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          Lock icon New KL envoy to S’pore
          61 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA Malaysia has appointed Wisma Putra deputy secretary-general Husni Zai Yaacob as its new High Commissioner to Singapore. Datuk Husni Zai was previously Malaysia’s ambassador to Thailand and Kuwait. He succeeds Datuk Md Hussin Nayan, who assumed the post in
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        Lock icon China’s new Coast Guard puts to sea
        669 14 Beefed-up agency able to better reinforce China’s claims in disputed territories AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA BEIJING China’s new unified coast guard agency has gone into operation, state media reported yesterday, amid maritime disputes with its neighbours, with experts saying more ships will be armed
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        Lock icon Asian giants meet over border disputes in Himalayas
        197 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI Officials from India and China met in New Delhi yesterday to discuss ways to restore peace on their shared Himalayan border, a source of tension between the Asian giants. Top military and foreign ministry officials from the two
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        Lock icon Jiang praises Xi in show of unity
        380 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING China’s influential former president Jiang Zemin has resurfaced in the public eye, praising China’s new leader to a former top US official, in a move that appears to be a show of unity while the country faces mounting challenges including
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        Lock icon Washington vows to maintain East Asia ‘pivot’
        507 15 Top US envoy for the region pledges to reach out to allies, rising China AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA WASHINGTON The new US pointman on East Asia has vowed no let-up in Washington’s focus on the region, pledging to build cooperation with both US allies
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        Lock icon 19 KILLED IN THAILAND BUS CRASH
        102 15 A charred wreck is all that is left of a double-decker passenger bus after it collided head-on with a cement truck on one of Thailand’s busiest highways. The bus burst into flames after the collision, killing 19 people and injuring 23. A pick-up truck
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        Lock icon S. Korea asks US to review timing of military hand-off
        410 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL South Korea, reluctant to weaken its strong relationship with the American military, has asked the United States to reconsider the timing of a plan to cede to Seoul the responsibility for wartime control of
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        Lock icon HK pollution blamed for 1,600 premature deaths
        755 18  -  Green advocacy group warns more will be affected as air quality worsens By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg MORE than 1,600 people in Hong Kong died prematurely of causes linked to air pollution in the first half of this year and even
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      Lock icon UK visa a hurdle for China tourists
      811 19  -  Retailers want red tape cut to woo big spenders away from their European rivals By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON jonathan.eyal@gmail.com THE bosses of leading British retailers are lobbying the government to cut the red tape for visitors from China, amid warnings
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    • Article
      Lock icon Pentagon lists military options for Syrian war
      579 20 Intervention may cost billions and backfire, says top US general NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The Pentagon has provided Congress with its first detailed list of military options to stem the bloody civil war in Syria, suggesting that a campaign to tilt the balance
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      Lock icon Brazil boosts security as Pope is mobbed
      428 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil scrambled yesterday to beef up security around Pope Francis after he was mobbed by adulatory crowds upon his arrival on a landmark visit to the country. The fervour and, at times, chaos that surrounded the pontiff on
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon ‘Free Mursi’ calls grow
        86 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO Pressure grew on Egypt’s new leaders to release Mr Mohamed Mursi from detention as clashes between supporters and opponents of the deposed Islamist president left 10 people dead. The deadly clashes that also wounded dozens started on Monday after Mr Mursi’s family vowed
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        Lock icon US to recover bombs
        73 20 REUTERS WASHINGTON The US Navy yesterday offered Australia help to retrieve four bombs dropped inside the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef last week. US Navy fighter jets had to drop the bombs, two inert and two carrying explosives but unarmed, after civilian boats were spotted near
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        Lock icon Rare bird seen in US
        62 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico) The birding world is in a frenzy after the Rufous-necked wood-rail was seen in the last two weeks at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. There has never been a recorded sighting of the bird in the United States. Typically,
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      Lock icon 10 injured after Southwest flight crash lands in NY
      513 21 Jet’s landing gear collapses; it’s the third incident involving Boeing plane this month NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG NEW YORK The front landing gear of a Boeing 737 flight arriving at New York’s LaGuardia Airport collapsed right after touchdown, thrusting
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      Lock icon Strong growth in China-Asean trade
      439 24  -  Healthy commercial ties point to ‘bright future’, says Chinese minister By GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING graceng@sph.com.sg CHINA may have seen a slowdown in its growth this year, but a bright spot is trade with South-east Asian countries, which grew in the first six
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      Lock icon Beijing sees 7% growth as bottom line
      293 24 BLOOMBERG REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG Premier Li Keqiang has said the Chinese government sees 7 per cent growth as the bottom line for tolerance of an economic slowdown, signalling that the country will act to support expansion if needed. The target was
      BLOOMBERG; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  293 words
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      Lock icon China bans new govt buildings
      265 24 REUTERS BEIJING China has ordered a five-year suspension of the construction of new official buildings, state media reported, in the latest move by President Xi Jinping to crack down on extravagance and pervasive corruption. The ban also covered “glitzy structures” built as training centres, hotels
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      Lock icon Japan’s entry in US-led trade talks raises doubts
      514 25 Uncertainty over countries’ will to cooperate on sensitive sectors AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Japan has formally joined negotiations for a US-led trans-Pacific agreement, raising hopes for a free trade deal that would cover nearly 40 per cent of the global economy,
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  514 words
    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon India sets curbs on gold imports
        110 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI India, the world’s biggest gold-buying nation, has slapped fresh curbs on imports of the precious metal in a bid to curb a record current account deficit. The Reserve Bank of India said at least one-fifth of every shipment of gold imported
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        Lock icon Apple tests bigger phone screens
        76 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Apple could roll out smartphones with bigger screens in a move analysts say is an attempt to catch up with rival Samsung. The Californian tech giant and its Asian suppliers are testing smartphone screens larger than four inches and tablet screens slightly
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        Lock icon Bentley to roll out SUV in 2016
        73 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRANKFURT Luxury car maker Bentley, a unit of German’s Volkswagen, said yesterday it will go ahead with plans to launch a sport-utility vehicle in 2016. The car would be made in Crewe in Britain and go on sale in 2016. Over
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      Lock icon Alibaba offers smart TV operating system to woo users
      318 25 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce company, has designed a smart television operating system and set-top box to win more users by offering services on a wider spectrum of devices. Alibaba’s system will run on a set-top box, developed in collaboration
      BLOOMBERG  -  318 words
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        252 30  -  Penny Han (Mrs) Controller of Work Passes Ministry of Manpower THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) takes a firm stance against foreigners who submit false qualifications to fraudulently obtain work passes (“Foreigners with fake certs: Should checks be tightened?” by Mr Ong Chiew Leong;
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        284 30  -  Raymond Anthony Fernando THE World Health Organisation has predicted that by 2020, depression will be the second-leading cause of disability worldwide, trailing only ischaemic heart disease. Experts believe that hopelessness is a strong predictor of suicide. People who are suicidal may
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        183 30 YOUTH FORUM SINGAPOREANS have been criticised for being emotionless. I have never believed this but my experience on an SBS Transit bus earlier this month changed my attitude. The driver was exceptionally friendly, greeting every passenger with a smile as they boarded the bus.
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        316 31 We can be successful and gracious Tan Kah Hong MS CATHERINE Ho Shull’s letter (“Much to gain from slower pace of life”; last Thursday), which discussed the “unquantifiable price we have paid” in our quest to be No. 1, struck a chord with me. I am 51 years old and
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        392 31  -  Braema Mathi (Ms) President Maruah LAST Saturday’s report (“S’pore ratifies UN accord on disabled rights”) and the Ministry of Social and Family Development’s press statement last Friday highlighted Singapore’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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        329 31  -  Helen Lim (Ms) Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority MR TAN Hee Jian (“Cut ERP rate for taxis”; last Wednesday) suggested that the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rate for taxis be cut to encourage more cabs to enter the Central Business District
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      87 30 CALLING YOUNG READERS: Youth Forum is a weekly column showcasing the views of our younger readers. If you are below 21 and want to air your opinion on any issue, e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg with the header “Youth Forum”. Do include your age and contact details. thenewpaper Have a
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      701 31 KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON f SECURING OUR ENERGY FUTURE Special feature brought to you by: /Jr Energy r Market r Authority Smart Energy, Sustainable Future Having no indigenous resources, Singapore imports almost all its energy needs. As such, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) has taken steps over the years to
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      183 31 PUNCHLINES Small savings in time, work can reap big dividends AS THE labour crunch bites, some firms are willing to do a lot to save a little manpower shaving off a few minutes here and there in the hope that it will add NEWS ITEM that the two men can
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      520 2  -  They join array of over 30 available and come with higher flagdown rates By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg TWO new models have joined Singapore’s already bewildering array of taxis. And both will cost commuters more in flagdown fares. Trans-Cab, the country’s
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      308 2  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg ROLLS-ROYCE and Nanyang Technological University yesterday launched a new lab to boost cutting-edge research in the aerospace and maritime industries. Named the Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab, the $75 million tie-up is a joint five-year investment between the British compa-
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      301 4 AMELIA TENG MADAM Silvia Ho could have registered her son Jayden at the traditionally more popular Tao Nan School. Instead, she opted for Ngee Ann Primary School because she felt it would be a better fit for her six-year-old. “I felt the
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      446 6  -  But overall trend shows slowdown from booming 2010 to 2012 period By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg TOTAL passenger traffic at Changi Airport for the first half of this year was 5 per cent up on the same period last year.
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      344 6  -  LIM MIN ZHANG A 38-YEAR-OLD man died after apparently hitting his head against a lamp post after he lost control of his motorcycle along Braddell Road yesterday morning. The motorcyclist is believed to have skidded from the centre lane and mounted the kerb
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      363 6  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg LAST month’s haze did not dampen the spirits of shoppers. Local and foreign Master Card cardholders spent US$797.4 million (S$1 billion) in the first month of this year’s Great Singapore Sale (GSS). The figure is 12.4 per cent
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      297 6  -  By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg BUILD an entire building in sections offsite, then move it in piece by piece. Or use special timber instead of concrete, to cut the time and manpower needed. Members of 24 local firms and public organisations in
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      307 7  -  By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg POLICE and the Ministry of Social and Family Development are investigating reports that two brothers have been subjected to several years of abuse by their nanny and her children. The boys, aged nine and 10, were said
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      452 8  -  In 2 cases, victims lured with offer of ‘massage-related’ work on Facebook UNDERAGE SEX By ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg LABELLED a brazen sexual predator, a 22-year-old man was put away for 41/2 years yesterday for the sexual abuse of four
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      236 8  -  ELENA CHONG A MOTOR sports boss yesterday became the 20th man to plead guilty in the high-profile underage prostitute case. Arjunan Kulasegaram, who manages races in the region, paid the 17-year-old $450 to perform a sex act on him at the Pan
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      296 8  -  By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A RAPIST who beat his victim into submission as she returned home after celebrating her sister’s birthday was yesterday sentenced to 121/2years behind bars. Delivery man Abdul Razeef Abdul Majeed, 23, forced himself on the woman
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      276 8  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER A 50-YEAR-OLD who had sex three times with a 15-year-old customer of a massage centre he operated was jailed for 11/2 years yesterday. District Judge Eddy Tham said that Ong Huat Kok had abused the trust the minor’s parents
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      308 8  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Land Authority has taken action after a tree more than two-storeys high toppled onto an elderly philanthropist’s property from state land. Mrs Pamela Hickley, 94, was in her Bukit Timah bungalow when the Albizia crashed into her garden
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      301 8  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A COLOMBIAN woman was sentenced to eight months in jail yesterday after she was arrested at Changi Airport with stolen watches and jewellery worth more than $63,600. Many of the 33 pieces were in her luggage and handbag.
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      578 9  -  ‘They shouldn’t be left out of critical rite of passage’ By JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg ALLOW women to do national service and no, this is not a call from a group of disgruntled men. Instead, the suggestion that women
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      1052 5 ADVERTORIAL Singapore Eco-City to make its mark on Zhangye 3 says architect Liu Thai Ker 3 > m w m < Zhcmgye city mayor, Mr Huang Zeyuan (2nd from left), Zhangye Tourism Bureau chief Mr Niu Shengle, (2nd from right), and Zhangye Tourism Bureau deputy chief Mr Jiang Liwei (1
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      237 6 Singapore Buddhist Lodge Education Foundation Junior College Tertiary Level Bursary Award APPLICATION NOTICE Singapore Buddhist Lodge Education Foundation will be distributing the 35 th Junior College Tertiary Level Bursary Award. The Bursary is mainly distributed to students from needy families, regardless of race and religion. Application forms have been sent
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      724 10  -  OrangeTee Research identifies 10 such projects with unsold apartments By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg PRIVATE home units going for less than $1,000 per sq ft (psf) may seem rare these days but there are still projects offering homes at this level. Property consultancy OrangeTee
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      439 10  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg CONSUMERS here are concerned about their personal finances and are looking to cut back on household expenses in the coming months. The Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions, released yesterday, showed that only one in two
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      222 10  -  By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has officially shortened its name to GIC Private Limited, the investment company said yesterday. It was previously known as the “Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited”. This “formalises the widely used brand name of
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      488 10  -  By ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg TEMASEK Holdings, which is taking on a new chairman in former labour union chief Lim Boon Heng, may see more changes with future board directors boasting a more global profile. On Monday, outgoing chairman S. Dhanabalan spoke of plans to
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      409 11  -  Jump mostly fuelled by valuation gains for local and overseas properties By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg MALL owner and operator CapitaMalls Asia (CMA) yesterday posted a 5.9 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit to $245.6 million for the second quarter. CMA said this
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      273 11  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg ASCOTT Residence Trust’s results improved in the second quarter thanks to higher contributions from newly acquired properties and stronger occupancy rates. Distributable income was up 14 per cent to $30.9 million for the three months to June 30 compared with
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        477 13 Global venture capital investors overlooking S-E Asia: Temasek unit BLOOMBERG THE Singapore Government should set aside more money for start-up firms as global venture capital investors allocate most of their funds to China and India, overlooking South-east Asia, according to Vertex Venture Holdings,
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        339 14 BLOOMBERG LOTTE Shopping, South Korea’s largest department store operator, is planning an initial public offering (IPO) in Singapore for some of its shopping malls, said two people with knowledge of the matter. The sale may raise at least US$1 billion (S$1.26
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        422 14  -  By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg THE SPH Reit listing has seen a red-hot response from investors large and small, despite being launched at the top end of its indicated price range. Market experts said the overwhelming interest in the initial public offering
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        409 14  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg A BATTLE between 10 bidders for a Woodlands industrial site resulted in a top offer of $72.7 million. Property experts said yesterday that the crowded contest for a site that has a lease of only 30 years reflects
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        405 15  -  Tokyo’s post-election cheer, possible stimulus by Beijing lift sentiment BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg POST-ELECTION optimism in Japan and assurance from China’s premier on the country’s economic outlook helped the key index in Singapore close higher yesterday. The
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          17 15 STI TRADING VOLUME 319.75 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 21 Losers: 6 Unchanged:3
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          85 15 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials 770.76 575.1 857.57 1,057.93 230.64 Points Change Real estate Real estate hldg dev 199.29 8.75 -0.73 201.64 -4.74 482.45 241.63 836.43 -1.1 836.78 1,302.49 804.57 2.41
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          57 15 Yesterday’s close Index Change Yesterday’s close Index Change 498.92 21,915.42 14,778.51 1,904.15 2,043.876 974.4347 Hang Seng 120.47 Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp 23.8 39.114 1,805.31 26.1602 7.63 Bursa KLCI Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Monday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,767 .159 1,508.45 5,017 .11
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          163 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JULY 23,2013 Top Rises Jul 23 CENTS Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** 1124.5 6.9 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5491 154.2 2.3 Jul 23 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 140.3 1.1 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2700 109.9 3.3
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          65 15 Jul 23 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: Euro S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: Chinese renminbi 0.9254 0.9258 Hong Kong dollar ***** 1.2243 0.9682
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      1074 20 Moyes finds it tough persuading big names to join United, who slip again THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YOKOHAMA David Moyes has vowed to carve his own place in Manchester United’s history and he will have a transfer fund of close to £100 million (S$194 million)
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      626 20 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BARCELONA Barcelona yesterday announced that Gerardo Martino will replace Tito Vilanova as manager after the Argentinian agreed to sign a two-year contract with the Spanish champions. The appointment of “Tata” (Spanish for dad or grandad) is slightly
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      543 17 Boss Brailsford wants Wiggins and Froome to work together at next Tour AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford has set his sights on unleashing a dream team at next year’s Tour de France, by lining up the last two champions Chris Froome
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      786 17  -  By OWEN SLOT THE TIMES, LONDON stsports@sph.com.sg NEWS ANALYSIS LONDON What next, then, for the best British cyclist in history? That’s Bradley Wiggins, of course, the one who has not only a Tour de France victory, but four Olympic gold medals. The one whose lead
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      294 17 TodayCricket 1st ODI: Zimbabwe v India (Live, StarHub Ch235 and (Live, mio TV Ch122, 3pm). 5th ODI: West Indies v Pakistan (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 10.45pm). Football Singapore Cup q-finals, 1st leg: Global (Phi) v Brunei DPMM (Jalan Besar, 8pm). Club friendly: Melbourne Victory
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      292 17 Football Uefa Women’s Euro In Sweden, q-finals: Norway 3 Spain 1, France 1 Denmark 1 (Denmark win 4-2 on penalties). Swimming World Championships In Barcelona Open Water, Men’s 10K: 1 Spyridon Gianniotis (Gre) 1hr 49min 11.8sec. 2 Thomas Lurz (Ger) 1:49:14.5. 3 Oussama Mellouli (Tun) 1:49:19.2. Diving, Women’s 10m
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      317 17  -  By CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg THE National Anti-Doping Appeals Committee (NAAC) has turned down silat exponent Saiedah Said’s appeal against her two-year suspension from the sport. It announced yesterday that it is upholding the athlete’s ban, which started on June 4, from all sports for
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      675 18  -  Battle on to sanction event as search continues for sponsor and venue By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg TALK is rife that the Singapore Open golf championship will return in April or May next year, with two bodies battling behind the scenes to sanction the event.
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      429 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS BARCELONA China captured three more diving gold medals at the world championships, with Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia winning the women’s 10m synchronised platform, and Li Shixin and He Zi sweeping the men’s and women’s 1m springboard titles. The victories re-established China’s
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      240 18  -  By CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg THERE was a minor glitch in Singapore’s preparations for the Fina World Championships in Barcelona, where the swimming events will start on Sunday. Joseph Schooling’s locker was broken into at a training camp in Girona in Catalonia, Spain, yesterday. It happened
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      403 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS LONDON Fast bowler James Pattinson has been ruled out of the remaining three Ashes Tests against England because of a back injury, compounding Australia’s dreadful start to the series as former players slammed the current team. Cricket Australia announced yesterday that Pattinson reported
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      321 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO Pete Sampras believes the Wimbledon men’s singles record he shares with Roger Federer is safe for the foreseeable future. “I don’t know if someone in the next 10 years will be able to win five or six Wimbledons,” the retired
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      295 19 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho yesterday hit back at suggestions that he is trying to destabilise new Manchester United manager David Moyes after targeting striker Wayne Rooney. Mourinho said he had done nothing but praise the English champions’ incoming
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      416 19 Wenger set to sign Brazil midfielder Bernard in club record £21m deal THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Arsenal are poised to finally complete a club record signing, although the deal is not for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez or Real Madrid hit-man Gonzalo Higuain. Instead, Bernard, the 20-year-old
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      366 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas said yesterday that the English football club are in talks to sign Valencia and Spain striker Roberto Soldado, but denied that a deal was imminent. Press reports in Britain have suggested that Spurs are close to
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        41 19 HOME United took a big step towards the RHB Singapore Cup semi-finals after beating Geylang International 2-0 in their last-eight, first-leg clash at Bedok Stadium. The teams will play the second leg at Bishan Stadium on Monday.
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        48 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA Red Bull says Formula One racing will return to Austria in 2014 after an 11-year break. It says the Grand Prix of Austria has been provisionally scheduled for July 6 in Spielberg, which also hosted the race from 1997-2003.
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        60 19 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO The Swedish team vying for the America’s Cup launched their second 72-foot catamaran on Monday, 21/2months after their first twin-hulled racing yacht capsized, killing a crew member and grounding the challenge by Artemis Racing. Olympic gold medallist Andrew Simpson died when trapped underwater
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        42 19 REUTERS GENEVA Fifa lifted Cameroon’s indefinite suspension from international football on Monday, clearing the way for the team to finish their World Cup qualifiers. The change came after Cameroon FA had resolved concerns over government interference.
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        51 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Former world Moto GP champion Casey Stoner fuelled speculation yesterday that he may return to the sport by announcing he will test ride with his old team Honda at Motegi. The Australian shocked the sport last year when he retired at age
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      411 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG Manchester City will have manager Manuel Pellegrini back in the dugout for their friendly in Hong Kong today following the death of his mother. Pellegrini was forced late last week to abandon City’s pre-season preparations in South
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      293 19 REUTERS ABUJA (Nigeria) Nigeria’s football federation has imposed a life ban from all football-related activities on the players and officials from the amateur clubs involved in two matches that yielded a total of 146 goals earlier this month. Plateau United Feeders
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      635 1 PART C WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 2013 Hugh Jackman tells YIP WAI YEE how he keeps in shape for his most famous role as Wolverine of the X-Men. His Singapore idol Romance with warts Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke reunite for Before Midnight C2&3 Picasso work burnt? Romanian mother admits then denies
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        1709 2 / 3  -  Thirteen years after Hugh Jackman first played Wolverine, the actor says there is still more of the superhero to explore Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg In Seoul Australian actor Hugh Jackman is just as amazed as anyone that he has managed to play the comic-book superhero
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        335 2 / 3  -  Yip Wai Yee 1992: Takes a one-year drama course The Journey with the Actors’ Centre in Sydney. Is offered a role in popular Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, but turns it down to attend a performing arts school at Edith Cowan University. 1994–1995: Graduates from Edith
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        1478 4 / 5  -  Director Richard Linklater and the two stars of Before Midnight take on the challenge to make a love story that is real and natural Alison de Souza stlife@sph.com.sg In Los Angeles Movie romances typically focus on how two people connect rather than what makes them stay
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        578 6  -  Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Review Drama MR GO (PG) 123 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: When her circus owner grandfather dies, teenager Wei Wei (Xu Jiao) takes over the family circus, but inherits a huge debt along the way. With no money to pay it
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      681 8  -  Taiwanese star Alien Huang sees MediaCorp actor Chew Chor Meng as a mentor after acting with him in a TV drama Yuen Sin yuensin@sph.com.sg He may have worked alongside popular names in the Taiwanese entertainment industry such as Show Lo, Barbie Hsu and Ethan Juan.
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      698 10 New York Times Rome It is hard enough to be the new attraction in town when you are up against some of the world’s most famous ancient Roman, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. But Italy’s national museum for art of the 21st century, known
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      695 11 Associated Press Los Angeles Shirley Jones (right) opens the door to her house and appears every inch the ladylike Marian the librarian or cheerfully steady Mrs Partridge, offering a warm smile and handshake. Her elegant, modestly high-necked jacket is black, her make-up is
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        508 12 Agence France-Presse Lo s A n g e l e s Michael Jackson’s 83-year-old mother lashed out at the promoters of his doomed last tour on Monday, accusing them of letting her son “waste away” before his 2009 death. Katherine Jackson (right) wept in court
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          37 12 Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott, 27, gave birth to a girl, Eisele Kaye Tyrrell, on Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. Scott is married to Nashville-based drummer Chris Tyrrell. Eisele is their first child.
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          39 12 Rita Moreno will receive the Life Achievement Award for career and humanitarian accomplishments at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in January. Moreno, 81, won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1961’s West Side Story.
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          51 12 Police were investigating after actress Lisa Wang, 65, lost HK$3 million (S$489,000) in jewellery and cash in a burglary on Monday night. She said a safe in her Hong Kong villa, containing the valuables, was missing, Apple Daily reported. Her maid was out when the theft
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          74 12 Pop star Aaron Kwok is not quite leading the lonely life of a bachelor after his split with model Lynn Hung in April. Oriental Sunday magazine reported, with photos, that Chinese model Anna Kay, 26, was ferried to his estate last Friday evening and whisked
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        182 12 Reuters New York Despite hip surgery that forced the cancellation of part of her tour, Lady Gaga, 27, still earned an estimated US$80 million (S$1 billion) in the past year, propelling her to the top of Forbes list of highest-earning celebrities under 30 years old.
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        199 2 facebook About Microsoft reducing the price of its Surface RT tablets by $180: The price of the 64GB Surface RT should be slashed to $298 and $498 for the Pro version. Sieg Delacroix I feel the non-RT ones may be more valuable as they can run x64
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        499 3  -  Icepro IS Back easily won the second qualifier in the King Of Games tournament. VINCENT CHANG reports VINCENT CHANG vinchang@sph. com.sg Having won both the first and second qualifying rounds, Icepro IS Back is the hot favourite to claim the top prize of $8,000
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          55 4 IT networking giant Cisco and Republic Polytechnic have signed an agreement to integrate the Cisco Certified Network Administrator IT security curriculum into the polytechnic’s Diploma in IT programme. With the new curriculum, Republic Polytechnic students will acquire technical know-how, such as how to build secure
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          75 4 Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has pulled some of his music from Spotify to protest against the small amounts paid to musicians by the music streaming website. The British band Pink Floyd said recently that artists receive less than US$5,000 (S$6,311) a year from online
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          76 4 United States-based vacation rental service HomeAway has acquired Travelmob, a local start-up, for an all-cash undisclosed sum to expand its Asian footprint. The deal will give HomeAway a 63 per cent stake in Travelmob, allowing it to compete with AirBnB in the Asia-Pacific region. Founded
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          62 4 Low-cost carrier Tigerair has equipped its pilots with tablet computers to reduce the number of flight documents needed on board. The airline said all the documents are encrypted to ensure that the information does not fall into the wrong hands. The tablet software is supplied by
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          46 4 Google is reportedly working on content deals for an upcoming online television service. According to The Wall Street Journal, the TV content would be bundled like cable TV packages. Apple is also rumoured to be working on a similar service.
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          42 4 A smaller version of the HTC One has been spotted in China’s telecoms equipment certification database. The HTC One Mini bears the model number “601 e” and sports a WCDMA radio and 4.3-inch display.
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          66 4 The number of Internet users in China has swelled 10 per cent from last year to reach 591 million, according to official figures; of which 464 million are through mobile devices. Riding the Internet boom are companies such as Tencent and Sina, which
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          54 4  -  Compiled by Aaron Tan British researchers have found a way to charge a mobile phone using human urine. According to the BBC, scientists at the University of the West of England have successfully used microbial fuel cells, which generate power by using bacteria, to
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        3010 6 / 7  -  Dressing up mobile devices is now as much about fashion as it is function, as smartphone and tablet users are spoilt for choice with a wide variety of cases Trevor Tan trevtan @sph. com.sg If you are like public relations director Merliza Lim, you probably need
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        537 6 / 7 Choosing a smartphone or tablet case is an extremely personal affair. Here are some factors to consider when you are making your own case study. I Design Admit it, design is what attracts you to pick up that case from the rack. It
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        1146 12 / 13  -  TREVOR TAN shares six tips on making the most of your iPhone 5 camera with iOS 6 By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph. com. sg Quick access to camera from lock screen You “see” the moment an instant before it happens. Your baby is
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        469 14  -  By Vincent Chang vinchang@sph.com.sg Slider phones may have gone out of fashion in recent years but PC vendors searching for ways to merge tablets and laptops into a single hybrid device have revived this form factor. Their new devices look like tablets until you slide the
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        475 14  -  By Koh Siang Liang Koh Siang Liang is a freelance writer The 802.11ac is the fifth-generation wireless networking standard on the 5GHz band and is the enhanced version of the current 802.11n, promising higher link speeds. While the current 802.11n claims data rates of up
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        523 15  -  By Vincent Chang vinchang@sph. com.sg For this hybrid PC, the keyboard dock is not just an attachment to the main tablet’s body. The Transformer Book goes two steps further by fitting an extra battery and an additional hard drive into the dock. This drive adds valuable internal
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        545 16  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan @sph. com. sg In April, Sigma stunned the realm of photography when it announced the world’s first zoom lens with a constant f/1.8 maximum aperture across its 18 to 35mm zoom range. On the other hand, imaging giants such as Canon
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        513 17  -  By Aaron Tan aarontan@sph.com.sg The Lumia 925 is Nokia’s best shot at cracking the smartphone market. While the older Lumia 920 was criticised for its heft, the Lumia 925 is comparable with the HTC One and iPhone 5 in the looks department. With the Lumia 925, Nokia
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        353 19  -  By Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph.com.sg I was an arcade junkie and Dungeons And Dragons (D&D) pen-and-paper gamer in my younger days. So, I took naturally to the Tower Of Doom and Shadows Over Mystara like fish to water when both D&D-themed hack-and-slash games appeared
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        676 20  -  An app developed in Singapore, called Shopguru, lets users do just that without the need to scan a QR code. AARON TAN reports AARON TAN aarontan@sph.com.sg Earning loyalty points by simply walking into a store sounds too good to be true, but one
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        895 23  -  By Trevor Tan If Mr Kikuo Ibe had lived in Singapore, he might well have ended up in jail instead of creating the iconic Casio G-Shock watch. He admitted that when testing designs for what would become the G-Shock, he would throw prototypes from the toilet
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