The Straits Times, 15 August 2013

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    56 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013 168 PAGES IN SEVEN PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 050/02/2013 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013 168 PAGES IN SEVEN PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore
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    Lock icon Emergency declared in Egypt as 95 die in clashes
    576 1 Violence erupts as police move in to clear out pro-Mursi protest camps REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO E g yp t i s un d e r a month-long state of emergency after bloody clashes between security forces and protesters
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    Lock icon $25m for small pre-schools with social aim
    419 1  -  By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg SMALL pre-school operators with a social mission have received a $25 million funding boost from the Government. The money will be paid out over the next five years, as part of two initiatives that support voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs)
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    Lock icon 18 feared dead as submarine sinks
    38 1 EIGHTEEN sailors were feared dead after a newly-refitted Indian submarine sank in a Mumbai dockyard, following a fire and explosions. The navy, however, ruled out sabotage on board the diesel-powered INS Sindhurakshak.
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    Lock icon Stange’s Lions outclassed by Omanis
    76 1 BERND Stange’s first competitive match as Singapore national football coach was one to forget, as the Lions slipped to a 0-2 defeat by Oman in an Asian Cup football qualifier last night. First-half strikes from Qasim Said (left) and Eid Al Farsi gave the technically
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    Lock icon Emergency declared in Egypt as 95 die in clashes
    558 1 Crackdown on pro-Mursi protesters; V-P El-Baradei reportedly resigns REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO E g yp t i s un d e r a month-long state of emergency after bloody clashes between security forces and protesters demanding the reinstatement of
    REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  558 words
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    Lock icon $25m for small pre-schools with social aim
    419 1  -  By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg SMALL pre-school operators with a social mission have received a $25 million funding boost from the Government. The money will be paid out over the next five years, as part of two initiatives that support voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs)
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    Lock icon 18 feared dead as submarine sinks
    38 1 EIGHTEEN sailors were feared dead after a newly-refitted Indian submarine sank in a Mumbai dockyard, following a fire and explosions. The navy, however, ruled out sabotage on board the diesel-powered INS Sindhurakshak.
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    Lock icon Stange’s Lions outclassed by Omanis
    76 1 BERND Stange’s first competitive match as Singapore national football coach was one to forget, as the Lions slipped to a 0-2 defeat by Oman in an Asian Cup football qualifier last night. First-half strikes from Qasim Said (left) and Eid Al Farsi gave the technically
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Changes not knee-jerk or populist, says Heng
      1251 2 / 3  -  Policy shifts coming out of dialogues will not sacrifice strategic thinking By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg NOW that a year-long national conversation involving some 50,000 Singaporeans has drawn to a close, the man in charge wants to dispel a few myths about the mass
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      Lock icon Indian submarine explodes and sinks with 18 on board
      537 2 / 3  -  Blast on newly refitted vessel comes a day after launch of aircraft carrier By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg IN NEW DELHI A NEWLY renovated Indian submarine with 18 sailors on board sank after explosions set off a fire in one
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      Lock icon Father and son sue bank over trading losses
      578 2 / 3  -  By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg HE WAS a 19-year-old full-time national serviceman when he and his businessman father opened a joint investment account at a private bank in July 2006. Two years later, Mr Ian Ow Tuc Yun used the account to trade
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon State of emergency in Egypt
        51 4 EGYPT declared a month-long state of emergency in Cairo hours after a crackdown by security forces on supporters of ousted leader Mohamed Mursi killed more than 90 people. Bulldozers also moved in to clear two huge protest camps set up in the capital. TOP NEWS
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        Lock icon Euro zone out of recession
        42 4 THE euro zone has emerged from recession after 18 months of economic contraction. Eurostat said member nations saw collective economic output grow by 0.3 per cent in April to June from the previous quarter. TOP NEWS A6
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      • WORLD
        • Article
          Lock icon Containing the radiation
          47 4 JAPAN has ambitious plans to contain radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant crippled after the 2011 tsunami. It plans to remove 400 tonnes of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building and build an underground ice wall to block radiation. PAGE A8
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          Lock icon Turbulence for merger
          75 4 THE United States Justice Department filed a civil suit against the proposed merger between two of America’s biggest airlines, saying such an act would hurt consumers. The marriage between American Airlines and US Airways was to be a US$11 billion (S$14 billion) affair and would mean just
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon More ‘kampungs’, please
          49 4 THE “vertical kampung” that is being planned in Woodlands is a step in the right direction, says Senior Health Correspondent Salma Khalik. In fact, there’s no need to wait until this pilot project is completed and proven successful before embarking on similar projects elsewhere. PAGE A27
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        Lock icon TAKING THE PULSE OF THE NATION
        47 4 At the culmination of the year-long Our Singapore Conversation process, citizens will look for policy changes that reflect their particular concerns. As the merits of these are debated, Singaporeans must also show that they have heard one another. The Straits Times
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Osteoporosis danger
          61 4 ANALYSIS of data from the Singapore Chinese Health Study found that hip fracture victims have higher mortality rates from cancer, coronary heart disease and other key causes of death here. Which is why it is important to guard against osteoporosis. PAGE B3 Hip fracture patient Tan Say Bee
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon SMEs act to lift output
          55 4 THE labour crunch is prompting local firms to take concrete steps to boost productivity. This is according to a survey which found that 84 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises have put measures in place to lift output, including sending staff for training or
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Russia in pole position
          98 4 RUSSIAN Yelena Isinbayeva cemented her place in the pantheon of track and field greats by winning a third world pole vault title on home soil at the world athletics championships on Tuesday. The two-time Olympic champion, and the first woman to clear the 5m barrier, was
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Rising music talents
          71 4 CATCH the performances of a slew of promising new local musicians from tomorrow to Sunday. The Animal Parade and Samantha Rui are among 17 acts at The Music Mentorship Concerts at the Esplanade. The programme was introduced in 2006 to deepen youth engagement with the local music
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      • STRAITS TIMES ONLINE & MOBILE
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            Lock icon Meet Justin Bieber
            86 4 HERE’S a chance to meet the current pop prince, as well as win a pair of tickets worth $296 to catch him at the Singapore F1 Grand Prix closing concert. Just send in a creative entry on anything related to Justin Bieber you can sing, dance, impersonate
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            Lock icon Chicago ‘lawn mowers’
            34 4 VIEW a picture gallery of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport’s new crew of “lawn mowers”. The bustling airport has hired a herd of goats, sheep, donkeys and llamas to keep its fields tidy.
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            Lock icon Complexion bias
            56 4 NANDITA Das (below), a dusky Bollywood beauty, grew up being pitied for her looks. Now, she is using her fame as an actress to challenge the stereotypical Indian prefer- ence for fair skin. ST’s India correspondent Nirmala Ganapathy weighs in on whether her support for the “Dark is
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            Lock icon Why MP posts selfies
            63 4 THE MP for Tampines GRC, Mr Baey Yam Keng has caught the attention of netizens with his many selfies or self-taken photographs of himself on Instagram. We find out why he does it, and what he has to say about the comments he has received. Mr
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          Lock icon What it should have been
          77 4 SUNDAY’S front-page caption was wrong in describing taxi driver Tong Ming Ming as the first person in Singapore to donate an organ to a stranger. He is in fact the first to give a part of his liver to a stranger, as our full report
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      Lock icon Thousands evacuated as typhoon hits China
      577 6 People in Hainan, Maoming moved to safety; Hong Kong shuts down AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG XINHUA ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG Tens of thousands of people were evacuated as a powerful typhoon thundered into southern China after shutting down the bustling Asian financial centre of Hong
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; XINHUA; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  577 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Gan gives nod to extending Medisave use
      438 6  -  By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma HEALTH Minister Gan Kim Yong is agreeable to extending the use of Medisave, but says this must be thought through carefully to ensure that people do not end up depleting their savings. In a report
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      Lock icon SPH Magazines bags six awards
      182 6  -  LINETTE LAI FOUR custom-published titles by SPH Magazines won prizes at this year’s Awards for Publication Excellence (Apex). SilverKris (left), the travel magazine of Singapore Airlines, bagged a grand award in the magazines and journals category for its “consistently high quality”. The other winning custom
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      Lock icon Euro zone pulls out of longest recession
      514 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON The euro zone has emerged from recession after a record 18 months of economic contraction. Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office, said its 17 member nations that use the euro saw collective economic output grow by 0.3 per
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  514 words
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      Lock icon Church project may lose funding
      629 7  -  NHB could suspend $532k grant in case of more delay By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE church restoration project at the centre of a high-profile dispute could have its $532,050 public grant suspended if there are further delays, the authorities said yesterday. Work
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      Lock icon Judge seeks figures on upskirt video crimes
      313 7  -  By ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg A JUDGE asked the prosecution to find out if there has been a rise in “upskirt video” crimes after dealing with two such cases yesterday. First, District Judge Christopher Goh saw 36-year-old Be Keng Hoon charged with taking 264
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  • WORLD
    • FUKUSHIMA: Containing a nuclear disaster
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        Lock icon PLAN A Remove spent fuel
        596 8 REUTERS TOKYO Th e o p era t or o f Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is preparing to remove 400 tonnes of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building, a dangerous operation that has never been attempted before on this scale. Containing
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        Lock icon PLAN B Build an ice wall
        515 8 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Turning soil into virtual permafrost with refrigerated coolant piped through the earth was first used in the 1860s to shore up coal mines. One hundred and fifty years on, it is the newest idea for containing the Fukushima nuclear disaster. At least
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon India’s gold smugglers back in business
        799 9  -  Import duty rises mean ever more creative ways of beating Customs By KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI mkritti@sph.com.sg THE three boxes of consumer durables, including a television and a food processor, that a man was bringing from Dubai through the New Delhi
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Death sentence appeal dismissed
          91 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian court yesterday dismissed an appeal by three Mexican brothers against their convictions and death sentences for drug trafficking. The men still have one more opportunity to appeal to Malaysia’s highest court after a Court of Appeals rejected their bids to
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          Lock icon Kaesong closer to reopening
          89 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL North and South Korea yesterday moved closer to reopening a jointly run factory park, raising hopes for an improvement in ties between the two countries. The industrial complex in North Korea’s third-largest city, Kaesong, had been the last symbol of cooperation between the
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        Lock icon CONVICTIONS OVERTURNED
        195 10  -  KOR KIAN BENG L Feb 6, 2013: Ms Zhao Yanjin is released in northern Hebei province after being acquitted of murdering her neighbour’s daughter in 2001. L March 26: The high court in coastal Zhejiang province overturns the rape and murder convictions of Mr Zhang Gaoping, 49, and
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      • Article
        Lock icon Acquittals show Beijing’s resolve to improve rule of law
        579 10  -  To boost public trust, govt also issues guidelines to prevent wrong convictions By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg GRIEF turned into despair for Anhui native Yu Yingsheng when he was arrested and later convicted of killing his
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        Lock icon Japan PM won’t visit contentious shrine: Report
        337 10 BLOOMBERG REUTERS TOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to avoid marking today’s anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II with a visit to a shrine seen in Asia as a symbol of the country’s aggression. Mr Abe will forgo a visit
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        Lock icon China uses pickle index to track migrant flows
        431 11 Rise and fall in demand for Sichuan vegetable is used as an indicator AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Tracking the flows of China’s 263 million migrant workers is a huge challenge, but officials have found the answer in packs of pickled vegetables. Zhacai, a
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        Lock icon Asean to ‘speak with one voice’ on South China Sea disputes
        568 12  -  Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore also discuss haze problem ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ RETREAT By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN HUA HIN nirmal@sph.com.sg ASEAN foreign ministers have agreed “to speak with one voice” on territorial disputes in the South China
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        Lock icon US and Philippines begin talks on deploying more troops
        531 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA The Philippines and the United States have begun talks aimed at allowing a bigger American military presence on the soil of its key Asian ally amid tensions with China. The talks aim to draw up rules for more
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      • Article
        Lock icon Taleban kidnapped woman Afghan MP, say officials
        296 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GHAZNI (Afghanistan) Taleban militants have kidnapped a female Afghan Member of Parliament, officials said, in the latest example of prominent women being targeted in the country. Ms Fariba Ahmadi Kakar and her three children were taken at gunpoint last Saturday in
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        Lock icon Head of energy regulator nabbed in anti-graft sting
        657 14  -  He was found with $762,000; Indonesian officials arrest two others By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg ANTI-GRAFT officials have arrested the head of the agency that oversees the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in Indonesia. Mr
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        Lock icon LIGHT RAIN OF A DIFFERENT KIND
        50 14 A long-exposure photograph taken on Monday showing people watching the Perseid meteor shower in the night sky near Yangon, Myanmar. The meteor shower occurs every year in August when the Earth passes through the debris and dust of the Swift-Tuttle comet. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      • Article
        Lock icon Woman shot at in Kuantan carjacking bid
        311 14 THE STAR ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUANTAN A woman escaped with bruises after her car was shot at by a man in a carjacking attempt in Kuantan, Pahang, in yet another incident of gun-relat-ed crime. The shot shattered one of the car windows and
        THE STAR; ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  311 words
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        Lock icon Indonesian police vow crackdown on illegal firearms
        348 14 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JAKARTA The National Police will crack down on the illegal possession of firearms following a series of shootings targeting police officers and prison guards. National Police Deputy Chief Commissioner General Oegroseno said at a media briefing at police
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    • Article
      Lock icon Global alarm at ‘massacre’ of Cairo protesters
      446 18 / 19 International community condemns crackdown as 95 deaths are reported AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Egypt’s bloody crackdown against supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi triggered widespread condemnation yesterday as the international community reacted with alarm to the deepening crisis. Europe’s leading powers along with Iran,
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      Lock icon Appointment of generals in Egypt revives old fears
      534 18 / 19 NEW YORK TIMES CAIRO E gyp t s n e w m i l i-tary-appointed government has named a roster of generals as provincial governors, raising fears of a return to the authoritarianism of former president Hosni Mubarak. Of the 25 provincial
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      Lock icon German rail chaos – for want of staff
      629 20 German rail chaos for want of staff Services disrupted nationwide after a few signal workers take sick leave AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN A symbol of German punctuality and reliability, rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) is struggling to maintain that reputation and all because more than half of 15 signal workers in
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      Lock icon Israel frees 26 Palestine prisoners ahead of peace talks
      567 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM Israel has released 26 Palestinian inmates on the eve of longstalled Middle East peace talks. Buses carrying the inmates, including many convicted of grisly killings, departed the Ayalon prison in central Israel late on Tuesday, a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Woman sleep-drives over 300km in NZ
      280 20 WELLINGTON A woman in New Zealand drove for hundreds of kilometres while asleep at the wheel, sending texts from her mobile phone along the way, police said yesterday. She set off from her home in Hamilton city around midnight and was found five hours
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Red faces for ruling coalition
        136 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Britain’s governing Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties were forced to give up hundreds of thousands of pounds of campaign funding yesterday after it emerged that the elderly spinster who made the donation wanted it to go to the taxpayer. Ms Joan Edwards,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Opposition: No power-sharing
        75 20 REUTERS CANBERRA Australia’s opposition, tipped to sweep elections on Sept 7, has ruled out power-sharing with minor parties and independents in a promise aimed at closing off three years of minority rule that have shaken voters and business confidence. Describing minority government as “an experiment that has
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      Lock icon Fractured debate in Europe over fracking
      920 21  -  Despite energy potential, many fear environmental impact of drilling method By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com IN LONDON BRITAIN cannot afford to be left behind in the energy revolution, Prime Minister David Cameron recently warned as he made an appeal for public acceptance of
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      Lock icon US airlines’ merger plan hits turbulence
      634 22 Washington moves to stop $14b deal on grounds it ‘will hurt passengers’ NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST BLOOMBERG NEW YORK The United States government’s move to block the proposed merger between American Airlines and US Airways could scuttle an US$11 billion (S$14 billion) deal
      NEW YORK TIMES; WASHINGTON POST; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  634 words
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      Lock icon Cost of flying already up
      218 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK The United States government is putting its foot down on rising airfares and fees by blocking the latest airline merger but for fliers, it is already too late. The past decade has seen the largest transformation of the airline industry in
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      Lock icon BP sues US govt over ban on contracts
      283 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK British energy giant BP is suing the US government for banning it from federal contracts after the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, documents showed on Tuesday. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last
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      Lock icon India’s visa policies hurting medical tourism, say players
      616 23 Hospital chains forced to expand overseas as patients shun red tape BLOOMBERG MUMBAI A cardiologist who over three decades built a hospital chain valued at US$2 billion (S$2.5 billion) in India says he is seeking growth overseas as the nation’s visa policies
      BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: DEVI SHETTY  -  616 words
    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Samsung faces $137m Brazil suit
        108 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL A labour group said Samsung Electronics is facing a lawsuit from Brazil’s government seeking damages over poor working conditions at the company’s assembly lines. Reporter Brasil, a labour rights group, said on its website that Brazil’s labour ministry found “serious” labour violations
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      • Article
        Lock icon Hedge fund to buy Steinway
        85 23 BLOOMBERG WALTHAM, Massachusetts Steinway Musical Instruments agreed to be acquired by Paulson Co, the hedge fund owned by billionaire John Paulson, in a deal valuing the 160-year-old piano maker at about US$512 million. The offer for US$40 a share tops that of private-equity firm Kohlberg
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        Lock icon Cathay Pacific back in the black
        107 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG Cathay Pacific Airways scratched out a small first-half profit as weak global demand continued to batter its air cargo business. The carrier said yesterday it earned HK$24 million (S$3.9 million) in the January-June period. That’s a turnaround from the restated
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  107 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Foxconn mulls over move into solar panels
      356 23 REUTERS TAIPEI Foxconn Technology, best known for assembling Apple’s iPhones, will decide by year-end whether to branch off into unconventional new territory: making solar panels in China. It is an industry plagued by overcapacity that outstrips demand, and panel prices have tumbled by
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      527 24  -  SANJEEV SANYAL THE inclusion of cities like London, Tokyo or New York in the global cities lists should not be surprising. They are wellestablished hubs backed by large national economies and the weight of history. But it is interesting that virtually every list puts Singapore and
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        304 28  -  Yap Him Hoo (Dr) Group Director, Quarantine and Inspection Group For Chief Executive Officer Agri-Food Veterinary Authority WE REASSURE the public that as part of the Agri-Food Veterinary Authority’s (AVA) routine surveillance and inspection programme, all imported food products, including dairy products like
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      474 2  -  Rates to go up three months after telco dismisses talk of higher charges By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg SINGTEL’S customers will be paying twice as much for their excess data charges if they use more than what their data bundle allows. They were
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      326 2  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg GOING green and saving money hotels can do both if they minimise the amount of waste they generate, Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Heng Chee How said yesterday. He noted that hotels generate “a significant
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      319 2  -  JESSICA LIM WHAT is the perfect birthday present for a panda? If you are Kai Kai or Jia Jia, it seems the answer is a big party. Singapore’s River Safari is planning a triple celebration for its two biggest celebrities complete with a photography
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      619 2  -  By MARYAM MOKHTAR maryamm@sph.com.sg THE plucky 19-year-old nursing student who perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an injured motorcyclist three weeks ago received the Public Spiritedness Award from the Singapore Civil Defence Force yesterday. “I didn’t think too much, I knew he needed my
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      573 3  -  By RACHEL TAN rmytan@sph.com.sg HIP fracture patients are twice as likely to die from cancer, coronary heart disease and other prime causes of death here, according to data collected in the Singapore Chinese Health Study (SCHS). Doctors involved in analysing the data are
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      445 3  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S first insurance scheme for autistic children and young adults was launched by NTUC Income yesterday. SpecialCare (Autism) is also believed to be the first such plan for autistic people in the world. Accident rates for autistic
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      226 3 AN SMRT bus driver is in trouble for clipping and driving, after a video of him trimming his fingernails at the wheel emerged on the Internet. Transport operator SMRT said yesterday it will discipline the driver, whose dangerous act was
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      532 4  -  They say move to rein in rogue firms hurts ‘global players’ like them instead By JESSICA LIM CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT limjess@sph.com.sg FOUR major timeshare companies are objecting to a proposed change to Singapore’s consumer laws, claiming it will threaten their survival. They say the new rule
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      242 4  -  By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg THREE employees manning the Ready-to-Eat counter at NTUC FairPrice Xtra store in Jem shopping centre suffered minor burns when a deep fryer caught fire yesterday morning. A FairPrice spokesman said the incident at 10.30am triggered the
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      82 4 A team of explosive experts deactivatingwhat the authorities described as a “war relic” yesterday, after it was found on a construction site on Jurong Island on Tuesday. Specialists from the SAF’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team were called in by the police to remove what
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      428 4  -  By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg IN AN increasingly digital world, teachers should help students be responsible for what they say and do online. Two professors from the National Institute of Education (NIE) believe that while more young people are congregating online, it takes more
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      382 5  -  That is the challenge for community tuition centres, says DPM Tharman By LINETTE LAI, GRACE CHUA linettel@sph.com.sg caiwj@sph.com.sg WHEN weaker pupils start out behind their peers, it can lead to “a spiral” of lost confidence. Helping children like these is the main challenge for community
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      136 5 MORE people with an aneurysm an abnormal swelling at a weakened area of an artery in the brain can now be saved with a new device. The flow diverter is a tiny tube of metal mesh, similar to a stent. It can be implanted
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      128 5 THAILAND’S Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is on a three-day visit to Singapore. Princess Maha Chakri will be hosted to lunch by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Mrs Lee on Friday. While in Singapore, she will also be hosted to dinner by Deputy
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      75 8 The Jurong Bird Park welcomed Singapore’s latest National Day baby, a greater flamingo chick (foreground), last Friday. Once it is old enough, it will join the rest of the greater flamingos at Flamingo Lake. The chick is tube-fed six to eight times daily, on a diet
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      332 8  -  Rule change lets S’poreans married to foreigners buy new HDB flats EXPANSION OF NON-CITIZEN SPOUSE SCHEME By DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg NEARLY 100 couples made up of citizens married to a foreign spouse have applied for new two-room Housing Board (HDB) flats in the last
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      248 8  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH A TAXI driver caught carrying off donated items from the Salvation Army claimed that he wanted to sell them and use the money to take care of stray cats. But that did not save Neo Swee Hock, 54, from being fined
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      428 9  -  Not ‘clear-cut’ that he deserves death penalty, judge rules at re-sentencing By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg A 29-YEAR-OLD man yesterday became Singapore’s second convicted murderer to be sentenced to life in prison instead of a mandatory death penalty. Jabing Kho, who beat
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      390 9  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg MOHAMED Hanif Hamzah had already been caught before for drink driving, and then for driving while disqualified. But that did not stop the 29-year-old butcher from driving while intoxicated and under a ban at the same time. Yesterday,
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      366 10  -  It plans to install system that can flag potential faults and trigger alerts By FENG ZENGKUN ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT zengkun@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S water supply system is getting an upgrade in its maintenance regime. National water agency PUB is relooking the way it looks after equipment for
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      318 10  -  By YEO SAM JO yeosamjo@sph.com.sg A CONSTRUCTION worker died yesterday morning, after the formwork structure he was standing on toppled and fell to the ground. The accident happened at a construction site at the junction of Sims Drive and Aljunied Road, where Buildtech
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      197 10  -  KASH CHEONG THE curtain literally came down on a Sri Lankan woman trying to depart Singapore illegally, when she was caught hiding behind one. At about 12.20pm on Tuesday, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers directed a departing Malaysia-regis-tered lorry, driven by a 54-year-old
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      532 11  -  But only 57% of firms are tapping govt assistance schemes: SCCCI poll By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg THE labour crunch is prompting local firms to take concrete steps to boost productivity, according to a survey. Its results, out yesterday, found that 84
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      367 12 MEMBERS of Raffles Country Club have roundly rejected a proposal to spend up to $26 million on upgrading one of its golf courses. The measure was opposed by 65 per cent of the 405 valid votes cast at last night’s members-only meeting.
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      377 15  -  It will enhance credibility of certs given by personnel certification bodies By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg MOVES are under way to tighten up the process for issuing certification to a wide range of workers, from business consultants to medical technologists and welders. The certifications
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        605 16  -  New firms need help in areas like IP filing, manufacturing, say investors By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg START-UPS may now have greater access to financial assistance, but more can be done to help them in various areas, according to investors who attended an
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        682 16  -  By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg IT MAY seem like a scene from a futuristic science fiction movie: A person controls the motion of his right hand projected on a computer screen to draw a picture or do online shopping without having to
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          221 16 SENDING messages as text is just so last century for some people, so local software developer Terence Tee started thinking outside the box on jazzing up the process. His research evolved into a new app where messages are composed like cartoons. “Plse have dinner with me tonight” will
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          113 16 THE Mig33 start-up that provides mobile instant messaging and social gaming is morphing into a mini-blogging site for smartphones. Users on the Singapore-based service will be able to blog and then chat with other users and add emoticons. While it will be competing with the likes
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          95 16  -  GRACE CHNG LOCAL company Innova Technologies has raised more than US$29,000 (S$37,000) of its US$100,000 target on crowdfunding site Indiegogo since Aug 6 so it can develop its anti-loss device. It is the third Singapore firm to try this form of fund-raising this year. Innova’s product
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        592 18  -  New customers, data plan shifts offset Optus slowdown, weak A$ By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg BETTER cost management and higher contributions from its regional mobile associates helped SingTel ring up a better set of numbers for the first quarter.
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        423 18  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg AROUND half of Singapore company accountants seem to be unclear of their roles, delegating some responsibilities that should be theirs to external auditors. These responsibilities included compiling the company’s financial statements and ensuring that these comply with the
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        449 18  -  By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg GOLD miner LionGold Corp has proposed a private placement of shares and warrants that could raise up to $202 million to fund more gold mine purchases. The exercise involves a placement of up to 180 million new
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          134 19 HOTEL Properties yesterday reported a 68.3 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit to $36.9 million. Revenue for the three months to June 30 increased by 30.2 per cent to $156.4 million, mainly attributable to higher income recognised from the Tomlinson Heights condominium development on a percentage of
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          122 19 HAW Par Corporation’s second-quarter net earnings fell by 8.7 per cent to $52.6 million. This was despite revenue rising 9.6 per cent to $40 million for the three months to June 30. Profits from operations rose 18 per cent to $54.8 million, mainly due to higher turnover
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        438 19  -  S’pore, rest of Asia little changed as Tokyo bull continues charging ahead BULLS AND BEARS By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg TEDIUM sometimes overtakes the markets and yesterday was one of those days with quiet trading across the region, while bad weather
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          86 19 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care 757 .15 559.57 871.99 1,066.47 231.29 Points Change Real estate Real estate hldg dev 208.16 475.99 -4.95 -5.14 200.32 830.41 2.59 246.02 -2.05 1.48
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          21 19 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.62 billion shares worth $1.14 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 179 Losers: 223 Unchanged: 397
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          57 19 Yesterday’s close Index Change Yesterday’s close Index Change 183.16 14,050.16 1,923.91 2,100.137 1,012.801 1,793.73 4,699.733 Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI Jakarta Comp 10.88 -6.019 -2.172 -1.36 47 .336 SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Tuesday’s close Hang Seng Dow Nasdaq 1,457.65 5,157 .419 22,541.13
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          164 19 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: AUG 14,2013 Top Rises Aug 14 CENTS DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 3219 115.5 2.9 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5574 97.7 1.4 Aug 14 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 2036 34.3 1.3 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2834 27.9 0.8
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          28 19 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol 7.9 353.710.000 FreightLinks 14.5 76,218,000 97.891.000 88.430.000 53.5 Mirach Energy 29.5 59,422,000 SingHaiyi 2.1 HanKore 51 76.951.000 76.218.000 74.371.000 68.556.000
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          61 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 CORRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 226 152.5 CapMallsAsia 198 cd -1 9288 199.5 197.5
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          114 19 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 5 5 0 0 0 6 5 5 Manufacturing 51 50 43 7 7 11 58 57 54 Commerce 17 22 20 4 3 6 21 25 26 Tpt/Stor/Comms 12 15 14 1 0
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          177 19 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 14,207 14,207 40,038 40,038 Manufacturing 372,748 62,510 435,258 130,843 3,782 134,624 Commerce 536,392 126,325 662,717 126,942 5,339 132,281 Tpt/Stor/Comms 162,249 25,984 188,233 131,236 9,239 140,475 Finance 185,575 4,311 189,886 178,086 1,787 179,873 Construction 132,647 80,572 213,219 21,649
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          57 19 Aug 14 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Canadian dollar S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1554 Danish krone 0.9106 0.9107 ***** ***** 0.9661 0.9657 1.6829 1.6845
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          365 19 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) 126 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF Last Sale 114.4 99 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US104.5 1510 1279 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1388 +6 175 1217 706 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1091 +1 26 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF
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      795 24  -  Stange to stick to pressing game despite losing in competitive debut By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg Singapore 0 Oman 2 IT WAS billed as a clash of two sides with the same pass-and-move style: Paul le Guen’s Asian powerhouses Oman vs Bernd Stange’s new-look Singapore.
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      346 24  -  By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg HE HAS preached a policy of youth since his appointment as national team coach in May. But after seeing the Lions slump to defeat last night, in his first competitive match in charge, Bernd Stange was
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      515 24  -  By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg EVEN as Luis Suarez reportedly contemplates a remarkable U-turn to stay at Liverpool, a former Reds stalwart insists that the hotshot is no longer welcome. Liverpool had rejected two bids from Arsenal for the 26-year-old, with captain Steven Gerrard
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      449 21 Shock loss likely to do with rustiness after injury rather than new coach REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CINCINNATI The Maria Shara-pova-Jimmy Connors partnership got off to a rocky start on Tuesday, as Sloane Stephens shocked the third-ranked Russian 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 at the Western and
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      87 21 There appears to be a new (trophy) wife in the house. New PGA Championship winner Jason Dufner looked liked he could not get enough of his replica Wanamaker Trophy that he slept with it. His wife Amanda (above right) posted this photo on Monday with the
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      421 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida) PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem denied the US circuit had made a bid to acquire golf’s European Tour, but said US Tour officials continue to pursue collaborative efforts with other Tours. Two British newspapers, The Daily Mail
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      302 21 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Jason Dufner’s PGA Championship victory has fortified his plan to retire from golf in the next few years, if his wife does not insist that he keeps working. “The plan is coming together really well,” the 36-year-old said two days after winning
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      515 22 She’s not quitting but will take time off for baby after third world crown REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW Russian Yelena Isinbayeva cemented her place in the pantheon of track and field greats by winning a third world pole vault title on home soil at the world
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        65 22 REUTERS BERN Ukraine’s Metalist Kharkiv, due to play Schalke 04 in the Champions League play-off round later this month, have been kicked out of the competition. European football’s governing body Uefa said yesterday that the decision came 10 days after Metalist lost an appeal at
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        45 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Stoke City striker Cameron Jerome has been fined £50,000 (S$98,500) after he admitted breaching betting regulations, the Football Association announced yesterday. The 27-year-old was warned about his future behaviour after he accepted contravening the rules on several occasions.
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        68 22 TICKETS for the LionsXII’s Malaysia Cup group stage home matches against Kedah, Perak and Sarawak will go on sale at noon today. Single-match tickets are from $4 to $15, while a Group Stage Package costs from $25 to $40. Fans can buy their tickets from
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        56 22 THIS year’s Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby Sevens will feature 20 teams vying for the Ablitt Cup from Nov 1-3 at the Padang. Tickets are on sale at www.ticketbooth.sg and fans can opt for either single-day tickets (from $15 to $75) or the threeday weekend package
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      329 23 THEY are teams with illustrious histories, and are trying hard to return to former glory days. However, these three clubs are still a distance away from consistently contending for the English Premier League title. Nevertheless, they have assembled intriguing squads which, with a little dose of luck, could
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      477 23 TOTTENHAM LONDON After a club record 72-point haul in the Premier League proved insufficient in their bid to qualify for the Champions League last season, Tottenham Hotspur will at least hope that club-record signings will do the trick in their new campaign. While the
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      245 23 LONDON Liverpool could yet secure a marquee signing ahead of the new English Premier League season on Saturday, with Brendan Rodgers keen to bring Brazil international Willian to Anfield. The Liverpool manager has already informed the midfielder’s club Anzhi Makhachkala of his interest ahead
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        2088 2  -  Tony Bennett’s secret to showbiz longevity is to reinvent yourself and not get stuck in the past Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg There are many acclaimed veteran musicians long past their heyday who pan contemporary singers and styles, as if holding a grudge against modern
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        1117 4  -  The country has a bigger market and talent pool, but Taiwan still maintains its songwriting edge Ho Ai Li China Correspondent In Beijing hoaili@sph.com.sg It is no secret to Chinese pop music fans: The best American Idol-like singing shows are emerging from China, and
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        876 4 International Herald Tribune Hong Kong It could be said that Ms Bonnae Gokson has built her entire career on selling good taste. She first helped fashion brands such as Armani, Prada and Chanel build their presence in Asia, and she served as creative consultant
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        759 5  -  After four months of mentorship, budding musicians will play at arts festival Noise Singapore Melissa Kok melk@sph.com.sg Ajangly acoustic cover of this year’s National Day theme song, complete with rodent’s ears, has thrown a budding home-grown band into the spotlight. And an annual youth
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        489 5 Bloomberg London A James Bond Lotus “submarine” and a Scottish businessman’s US$26-million (S$33-million) collection of racing cars will come up for auction next month. Monaco- and South Africa-based Irvine Laidlaw, a member of the House of Lords, is selling seven classic racers at RM
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        125 8 ‘It’s no use scolding people. I glower and that’s it. Anyway, people say I scowl even when I don’t’ Actor Francis Ng (left), 51, who has given up lecturing younger colleagues on the set ‘I always knew that I was going to be famous. It wasn’t
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        869 8  -  Sharing the label are X’Ho with his ghostly F/X and John Murry with his acerbic lyricism Sound Bites Yeow Kai Chai kaichai@sph.com.sg X’Ho is Gollum/Smeagol, a yin-yang switcheroo between spleen and heart, in this purgatory known as the Singapore pop-culture underground. Pardon The Lord Of The Rings metaphor:
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          322 10  -  Boon Chan Despite the title, Malaysian singer-songwriter Penny Tai’s latest album is not as unexpected as, say, her last disc On The Way Home (2011). For some- thing even more radically different, check out the eponymous rock record she put out under the monicker of the band Buddha
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          238 10  -  Ong Sor Fern American pianist Kenny Barron may be the headliner, but he is selfeffacing enough to cede the lead to saxophonist Idriss Boudrioua on the opening track Rapaz De Bem. As it turns out, The Brazilian Knights may be made up of musicians mostly unknown outside their native
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          230 10  -  Chang Tou Liang This 10-disc box-set, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Naxos record label, captures 16 ballets by eight composers. Running roughly in chronological order, it is representative of the French school (Adam’s Giselle, and Delibes’ Coppelia and Sylvia) which popularised ballet as an art form in the
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          226 10  -  Chang Tou Liang The pendulum of 20th-century music swung from serialism and atonality, to minimalism and tonality sometime during the 1970s and 1980s. Yet, the public’s perception of that shifting trend was confirmed only in 1992, with the astounding commercial success of Henryk Gorecki’s Third Symphony with
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        436 10  -  Mervin Beng Review Concert ASIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONCERT TOUR 2013 Asian Youth Orchestra/James Judd conductor/ Steven Isserlis cello Esplanade Concert Hall Tuesday For over 20 years now, the Asian Youth Orchestra’s summer camps and concert tours have served as a platform to inspire and grow
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      708 3  -  Being picked to sing the cute action song Gwiyomi was her big break, but Hari wants to do more Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg The song is Gwiyomi and so is the singer. The term is Korean slang for “cutie” and Hari, the singer of
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      501 3 Agence France-Presse Seoul If you want to go hiking in South Korea, you are going to have to spend a substantial amount of money on stand-out designer gear if you want to blend in. While jeans and a T-shirt
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      679 6  -  Sculpture Square presents works that are more than just conventional 3-D art Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg Sculpture Square is named for the 3-D art form it is supposed to showcase, but its artistic director Alan Oei wants to challenge the medium itself. The 37-year-old, who took on programming the
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      437 6 New York Times New York Under the cover of night, in 2008, British artist Banksy stencilled a mural on a wall of a gas station in Los Angeles: the silhouette of a girl holding a basket of flowers and peering up at a
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        900 7  -  The American actress, well-known as Agent Dana Scully of The X-Files, plays an enigmatic British cop Couch Grouch Tay Yek Keak stlife@sph.com.sg British actors have been crossing over to play American cops in TV shows for ages, so why not vice versa? Seriously,
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      486 11  -  Iconic stars Robert De Niro and John Travolta cannot save inept thriller John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Review Thriller KILLING SEASON (NC16) 90 minutes/Now showing/ The story: Retired Colonel Benjamin Ford (Robert De Niro) is a recluse who prefers to spend time alone in the Appalachian Mountains taking nature photographs.
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      339 11 Reuters Agence France-Presse Los Angeles China has agreed to resume payments owed to the United States film industry after the two sides resolved a tax dispute, the Motion Picture Association of America, a trade group for Hollywood studios, said on Tuesday. It said the
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        Lock icon Vanness Wu to wed Singaporean designer
        360 12 Taipei Pop star Vanness Wu announced on Chinese Valentine’s Day on Tuesday that he would wed Singaporean jewellery designer Arissa Cheo. “I did it on impulse!” he wrote on Weibo, before confirming reports that the two filed a notice of marriage in Singapore on
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        388 12 Associated Press Reuters Los Angeles Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is “sorry” about the media frenzy that emerged after she said she experienced racism during a trip to Switzerland. “I’m really sorry that it got blown up. I purposefully did not mention the name
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          Lock icon CALL FOR TOUGHER MEDIA LAW
          60 12 Actresses Halle Berry, 47, and Jennifer Garner, 41, urged California lawmakers on Tuesday to support legislation that they say would help them better protect their children from the paparazzi that follow them daily. They testified before the Assembly Judiciary Committee regarding SB606, which would impose
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          80 12 A man who claims he was punched and kicked by a member of Chris Brown’s entourage at a fight sued the singer on Tuesday for assault and battery. Sha’keir Duarte identified by TMZ.com as singer Frank Ocean’s cousin sued Brown, 24, for unspecified damages in Los
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          57 12 MTV Video Music Awards’ new award for best song of the summer will see Miley Cyrus’ We Can’t Stop and Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines compete with Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, Selena Gomez’s Come Get It, One Direction’s Best Song Ever and I Need Your
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          63 12 A paid preview of a new Korean thriller, Cold Eyes, will be held at Golden Village Jurong Point on Aug 30 when its stars Jung Woo Sung, Han Hyo Joo and Lee Jun Ho come to town. Tickets, at $11.50 each, will be sold via GV
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      266 10 WtenLSift o In celebration of our nation’s 48th birthday, SPH is proud to present three special performances as part of the SPH Gift of Music concert series. Don’t miss it! MUSIC AT TAMPINES Open Field in front of Tampines MRT Station Saturday, 17 August The Philharmonic Winds 5.30pm 6.30pm Enjoy
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      Lock icon Basking in the Aussie outdoors
      836 6  -  David Bowden discovers Gold Coast’s verdant attractions on and off Shore David Bowdendiscovers QUEENSLAND’S Gold Coast is well known as a destination for sun, sand and sea, but where should I go to truly relax in the great Australian outdoors I posed this question to
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      804 7  -  Stunning destinations, cultural delights and lots of activities make the southern coast of Korea a great holiday spot by jaclyn lim THE southern coast of Korea is always worth a visit, especially during the popular summer season when the weather is pleasant and with plenty of
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      944 8  -  Jiahui Tan explores Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula, a pristine sanctuary where animals roam freely Jiahui Tan BRIGHT blue skies accompanied by cool refreshing breezes made it a pleasant day for exploring Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. Our self-drive vacation began with a 30-minute ferry ride from
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      858 10 / 11  - Queenstown capital of adventure Unleash your adventurous side in New Zealand without compromising on creature comforts by jiahui tan THE picture-postcard city of Queenstown boasts a skyline of majestic mountains and thumps with the thriving beat of optimism. Our New Zealander friends pointed out numerous buildings that have sprouted up
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      917 12  -  The island’s scenic spots and gracious people captivate Suki Lor AS A frequent visitor to Bali, I have admired the gorgeous rice terraces in various parts of the island but the ones in Jatiluwih, in Tabanan regency, are unparalleled, as I found out on a recent trip. We
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      556 13  -  Tayuncovers the cultural and natural wonders of Yogyakarta Cheryl Tay YOGYAKARTA ‘yogya’ means ‘fit’ while ‘karta’ means ‘prosperous’,—essentially means “a city fit to prosper”. No wonder it is known for such treasures as classical Javanese fine art, batik, music, poetry and puppet shows. The city’s
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      Lock icon Fields of gold in Lop Buri
      968 14 / 15  -  Benny Lee visits one of Central Thailand’s oldest towns and is enthralled by its glorious monuments and sunflowers Benny Lee TWO hours away from Bangkok city in Lop Buri province is a field teeming with sunflowers. There are also busy bumble bees pollinating the
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      938 16 / 17  -  Rodney Ee explores Old Delhi for a better understanding of India’s heritage and history Rodney Ee AS I wandered around the Red Fort, a group of young children rushed up to me excitedly. “Take a picture!” they asked me, barely containing their enthusiasm. I gladly obliged,
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      670 18 / 19  -  Benny Lee experiences life in the westernmost region of China Benny Lee URUMQI, the capital of Xinjiang, was an important hub along the China Silk Road since ancient times. The city derived its name from Mongolian language and means “beautiful pasture”. It has also won the
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      822 20  -  Joanette Teng shows what you can see, eat and shop in 72 hours Joanette Teng Day 1: Victoria Peak and Victoria Harbour Hong Kong is a foodie’s paradise, and also the world’s epicentre of dim sum. Our first stop in Hong Kong was Tim Ho
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      850 21  -  You need more than one trip to cover this island jewel, says ou nee more an one r p o cover s s an ewe says Mike Lee YOU know that Taiwan is popular with Singaporeans when your hired driver tells you that he has
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      1040 22 / 23  -  The buzz of daily life is replaced by serene landscapes for Marc Checkley in this peaceful, little-explored tip of northern Japan Marc Checkley THERE are moments in life when you need to escape humanity, flee the hubbub and soak up new experiences, far from the madding crowd.
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      734 24  -  In the South Korean region of Beoseong, April Chong drinks green tea, eats cuisine inspired by the brew and even soaks in it April Chong ON YOUR next trip to South Korea, leave the lights of Seoul behind and take in the provincial charm of the
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      900 25  -  finds the Russian capital as challenging as it is rewarding Winston Len IF YOU like to shop or to relax, Moscow is not for you. If you travel to see how different the world is, have a keen sense of history, and look forward to culture shock,
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      1102 26 / 27  -  David Bowden unwinds on long train rides and indulges in the pleasures of rail travel David Bowden WHILE not a card-carrying train spotter, I like the slow pace of train travel, the freedom to walk around the carriage, dining and sleeping during long-distance journeys. You don’t have
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      892 29  -  A contender for the 2020 World Expo, Izmir offers beautiful sites such as the historic Ephesus and lovely seaside resorts by jiahui tan A LONG time ago, Ephesus was the pride of the Roman Empire, the hallmark of the Romans’ victorious conquests across Asia. The Asian capital of
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      1068 30  -  Ming E. Wong can’t stop humming the Swedish pop group’s songs after visiting its museum in Stockholm Ming E. Wong RECENTLY, I landed in prison, only it is now a hotel, housed within what used to be a state penitentiary in Langholmen, not far from
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      331 32  -  Jolyn Teh sails above the Arctic Circle to watch the Aurora Borealis and explore Europe’s northernmost point Jolyn Teh STILLNESS is a luxury which city dwellers normally do not have. But in the depth of last winter, with Norway covered in pure white snow and the
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      702 33 If you are well insulated, you can even go up to the top deck, which is out in the open, to experience the howling winds and crackling of ice in the distance. For the rest of the time, you can look forward to onboard activities or sign up for
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        565 5 Reuters Older people with impaired blood flow to their brains saw improvements in thinking skills after drinking two cups of cocoa every day for a month, a new study in the United States has found. The study’s researchers caution, however, that people should not
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      208 2 CONTEST Fans of Mind Your Body’s Facebook page stand to win a prize if they contribute the best comment on a discussion topic of the week. They have to first “like” the ST Mind Your Body Facebook page to post comments on it. Selected comments will be published. In this
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