The Straits Times, 18 April 2016

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  • 636 1  -  Abu Dhabi fund reportedly not making interest payments to 1MDB bondholders Leslie Lopez Regional Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur ljlopez@sph.com.sg A worsening dispute between the state funds of Malaysia and Abu Dhabi over complex billion-dollar transactions is threatening to trigger a major
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  • 339 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE At least 233 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents scrambling from their homes. President Rafael Correa declared a national emergency after the tremor struck last Saturday
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    • 243 1 Life Lifestyle brand is founders’ fantasy come true D1&2 Sport Day of upsets in rugby and badminton C9&14 EducationWhy RI teacher moved to Normal (Tech) school B14 HomeNUS students get help to eat right B1 Top of the News Malaysian police find five bombs in condo unit A3 •Business Luxury
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  • BRIEFING
    • What’sNext
      • 69 2 The United States Supreme Court will hear a case today that tests the boundaries of presidential powers, confronting the question of whether US President Barack Obama exceeded his authority with unilateral action to spare millions of people in the country illegally from deportation. The
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      • 64 2 At least five individuals will give their views on proposed changes to the elected presidency at public hearings that start today. They are human rights researcher Brian Chang, Singapore Management University law professors Eugene Tan and Jack Lee, Institute of Policy Studies senior research fellow
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      • 71 2 Data for Singapore’s March exports will be released today, with economists hoping for some indication of global demand so far. Last week, advance estimates showed the economy grew by 1.8 per cent in the first three months of the year, compared with the same
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    • What’sNews
      • 49 2 Singapore should just focus on its own role in transboundary haze instead of concerningitselfwith what Indonesia is doing, Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakarreportedlysaidinanarticle over the weekend. Her comments come amid Indonesia’s contradictory signals on the country’s deforestation agenda. A7
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      • 59 2 Japanese rescue teams scoured the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by a series of deadly earthquakes in southern Japan as time ran out for finding survivors. Heavy rains fuelled worries of more landslides and with hundreds of aftershocks and fears of more quakes, thousands spent
        PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  59 words
      • 53 2 Republican US presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is gaining ground on rival Donald Trump. Last Saturday, Mr Cruz won all 14 delegates at stake in Wyoming. While Mr Trump has won 21 state nominating contests to Mr Cruz’s 10, he leads the Texas senator by only
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      • 68 2 Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg stayed grounded after his third straight win of the season in Shanghai to stretch his streak to six. Brushing off any title talk with 18 more races to go in a marathon season, he insisted Mercedes teammate
        PHOTO: REUTERS  -  68 words
      • 45 2 The reason the wishes of many leaders on how they want to be remembered are often set aside is that the act of national remembrance is not only about them, but also about their nations, says Europe correspondent J onathan Eyal. A18
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      • 49 2 Food stalls at the National University of Singapore are to display information about the calories in their dishes in an effort to encourage healthy eating among students and staff. Recent statistics have shown that obesity is on the rise among youngpeople here. B1
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      • 54 2 It is “almost inevitable” that the Zika virus will hit Singapore, said Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy Khor. With so many foreign visitors here and locals travelling overseas, she urged people to “play an active role in preventing the
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      • 48 2 Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say called on bosses to improve safety efforts yesterday, with 26 workplace deathsalreadyrecordedthisyear– eight more than in the same period last year. The threat of penalties should not be the main reason for employers’ safety push, he said. B3
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      • 57 2 Falling rents are forcing owners of luxury properties to sell at multi-year lows, another sign of a battered market that is seeing no signs of recovery. For example, an owner at Cairnhill Plaza is said to have sold his roughly 3,000 sq ft four-bedder forabout$1,300persqft(psf)–the
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      • 60 2 In an almost 40-year career, US actor Ray Liotta has made an impression playing cops on the wrong side of the law. But his character in the new television drama, Shades Of Blue (above), is no mere retread of his past roles. For one thing, Lieutenant
        PHOTO: NBC UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS  -  60 words
      • 41 2 Last Saturday’s article, “Theatre festival makes a comeback”, said the 2014 pantomime Monkey Goes West will return for the festival. It should be the play Hawa by Hatch Theatrics instead. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 313 2  -  WhyItMatters Ravi Velloor Associate Editor velloor@sph.com.sg Kenya’s shock deportation of several dozen Taiwanese to China, against stiff protests from Taipei, has resulted in the all-too-predictable television confessions by some of the abductees and written expressions of remorse by many others. It follows the busting
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    • 263 2 A A th APMSTS I I MEETING (VPMST-c SKEU Asia Pacific Musculoskeletal Tumour Society The largest meeting of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour and Revision Arthroplasty Surgeons in the Asia Pacific Region 21 23 April 2016 Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore The Ones We Left Behind An appraisal of the
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • Straits Times Digital
      • 20 3 The first public hearing on the review will be held today. Find out more here: http://str.sg/4kFW
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      • 26 3 Test yourself and see how many of these nine places including the Czech Republic’s alternative name, Czechia you can pronounce correctly: http://str.sg/4kFQ
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      • 65 3 1. Malaysian school hit by ‘mass hysteria’ still closed, but journalists hearscreams from the classroom 2. Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte slammed over rape joke 3. Major traffic congestion on CTE after car catches fire 4. Descendants Of The Sun starSong Joong Ki laments loss of
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    • 114 3  -  Trinna Leong Metropolitan Square, which comprises both residential and commercial units, is located in the middle-class suburb of Damansara Perdana, which has a vibrant expatriate community. The mixed-use development has six blocks and is located less than 1km away from a popular Ikea store. A
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    • 418 3  -  200 residents evacuated; officials say homemade bombs linked to gangsters, not terrorists Trinna Leong Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur ltrinna@sph.com.sg Five homemade bombs were discovered in a condominium unit in Selangor following a police raid, prompting the evacuation of nearly 200 residents
      PHOTO: SIN CHEW JIT POH/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS  -  418 words
    • 530 4  -  Both sides also agree on need to cooperate closely in countering extremism and in sharing of expertise Zakir Hussain Deputy News Editor (Politics) In Amman zakirh@sph.com.sg Singapore and Jordan have agreed on the need for closer cooperation in countering extremism, sharing of expertise and
      PHOTOS: MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION  -  530 words
    • 575 4  -  Zakir Hussain Singaporean Amrullah Mohd Zain, 22, is in the middle of exams for his course in Islamic jurisprudence at Yarmouk University in Irbid. But last Saturday, the undergraduate and 60 fellow students took a 90-minute bus ride to Amman to meet visiting
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    • 439 4  -  Tham Yuen-C yuenc@sph.com.sg The hearings on proposed changes to the elected presidency will start today, with at least four academics and a researcher set to speak on the matter. They are Singapore Management University law dons Eugene Tan and Jack Lee, Institute
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    • 1228 6  -  Payment dispute could trigger defaults on other 1MDB debts, put pressure on ringgit Leslie Lopez Regional Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur ljlopez@sph.com.sg The stand-off between the Malaysian government and Abu Dhabi overdisputesat1MalaysiaDevelopment Berhad (1MDB) is set to present both governments with challenges sure to rattle
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    • 592 6 6379-8800/8855. REUTERS, 6379-8800/8855. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GUAYAQUIL Ecuador’s strongest earthquake in decades killed at least 233 people and injured hundreds more, devastating coastal towns and sending residents fleeing to higher ground. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Ecuador’s Pacific coast late last Saturday and was
      6379-8800/8855. REUTERS,; 6379-8800/8855. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; devastated”. PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY; STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS  -  592 words
    • 612 7 No need to comment on neighbour’s efforts to prevent forest and land fires, says Indonesian minister JAKARTA Indonesia has taken substantial steps to prevent a repeat of the forest and land fires that caused last year’s haze crisis, and Singapore should
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    • 383 7  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta wahyudis@sph.com.sg Indonesia’s Environment and Forestry Ministry will submit five cases of land and forest fires to the Attor-ney-General’s office by the end of the month, a ministry official told The Straits Times last Friday. The cases
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    • 535 8  -  Briefing to explore issues that have put Beijing on the defensive and the world on guard Lee Seok Hwai seokhwai@sph.com.sg It chalked up its slowest economic growth in 25 years and its stock market is given to periodic turmoil. It faces growing rumblings
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    • 342 8  -  Gwendolyn Ng, Yip Wai Yee nggwen@sph.com.sg yipwy@sph.com.sg It was a bittersweet moment for TV star Rui En at the Star Awards last night as she addressed her recent controversy while collecting her All Time Favourite Artiste Award on stage. The 35-year-old
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  • WORLD
    • 643 9 Rescue teams search ruins on Japan’s Kyushu island in wake of second devastating tremor YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK REUTERS TOKYO Japanese rescue teams scoured the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by a series of deadly earthquakes on Japan’s south-western Kyushu island as time ran out
      YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; REUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  643 words
    • 396 9 TOKYO Toyota Motor yesterday said it would suspend production at plants across Japan after earthquakes in the country’s south-west disrupted the automaker’s supply chain, while other manufacturers extended stoppages due to damaged factories. The quake-hit Kumamoto region on Japan’s south-western Kyushu island is an important
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    • ASIA
      • 127 10 A large crowd staging a sit-in at Hong Kong's International Airport yesterday to protest against preferential treatment that was allegedly extended by airline staff to Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun Ying's daughter. About a week ago, she allegedly left
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      • 578 10 Taipei hopes for ‘systematic model’ to deal with telecom scam targeting mainlanders TAIPEI Besides Malaysia and Kenya, Taiwanese suspects involved in cross-border telecom fraud targeting mainland Chinese have also set up operations in Indonesia, Egypt and South Korea, local media reported yesterday.
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      • 345 10 other with water to wash sins.AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON Myanmar President Htin Kyaw signed a pardon for 83 prisoners on the country’s New Year’s Day, his office said in a statement yesterday, although it was not immediately clear if the amnesty included political prisoners. “The 83
        other with water to wash sins.AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  345 words
      • 330 10 across China with my son, one year.”CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING Truck driver Zhang Junguang wanted to give his four-year-old son a different kind of education. One that cannot be found in the classroom. He recently took his son on a
        across China with my son, one year.”CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: WEIBO  -  330 words
      • 474 10 supportersaidonTwitter. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed to wage war on crime, was condemned yesterday after a video surfaced of him joking about a murdered Australian rape victim. Mr Duterte, who promises mass killings of suspected criminals if elected
        supportersaidonTwitter. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  474 words
      • 495 11 Attempts to distract govt forces to help rebels flee during gun battles end in deaths AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KAKOPORA (India) In a graveyard at his school in Indian Kashmir, principal Ghulam Ahmed Bhat stares sadly at a mound of freshly dug earth after
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      • AsiaBriefs
        • 121 11 REUTERS SEOUL North Korea is likely to conduct its fifth nuclear test in the near future, possibly before its Workers’ Party congress early next month, where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to boast about his achievements in building a weapons programme,
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        • 102 11 onearlyaerialwarningsystems,surfaceshipsand groundanti-aircraftdefence.REUTERS BEIJING China’s South China Sea fleets have conducted training drills with upgraded methods that resemble actual combat conditions to increase the fleets’ combat effectiveness. This is according to an article published by the People’s Liberation Army Daily yesterday. The drills,
          onearlyaerialwarningsystems,surfaceshipsand groundanti-aircraftdefence.REUTERS  -  102 words
        • 108 11 ISHIGAKI (Japan) The Japan Coast Guard has established a special unit with 12 large ships to patrol the country’s territorial waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa, The Japan Times reported. The unit belongs to the 11th Regional
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        • 74 11 internationalairportinJanuaryafterarrivingona flightfromLosAngeles.AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG A Chinese national arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly murdering his two teenage nephews in California was extradited to the United States last Friday, the city police said yesterday. Both teens had suffered blunt-force trauma, according to The Los
          internationalairportinJanuaryafterarrivingona flightfromLosAngeles.AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  74 words
      • 1295 12  -  Indonesia’s new peatland restoration chief Nazir Foead will have to take on both big business and vested interests People David Fogarty Assistant Foreign Editor dfogarty@sph.com.sg Conservation veteran Nazir Foead is Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s frontman in the fight against the haze. He
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    • WORLD
      • 803 13  -  Fading popularity of PM Cameron not helping his ‘remain’ message Cabinet ministers in London hope that, ultimately, voters will opt for the status quo, largely becausethe alternatives aretoo risky for Britain’s economy. But all acknowledge that the positive case for the EU has proven far harderto
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      • 660 14 US, Russia and China build-ups threaten to unsettle half-century-old nuclear peace NEW YORK TIMES NEWYORK The United States, Russia and China are aggressively pursuing a new generation of smaller, less destructive nuclear weapons. The build-ups threaten to revive a Cold War-era arms
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      • 302 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON A United States Air Force reconnaissance plane was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 jet in an “unsafe and unprofessional” manner while in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Pentagon said. “The US aircraft was operating in international
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      • 435 15 Trump blasts ‘rigged’ process as gap between Republican rivals for nomination narrows US Elections 2016 REUTERS CASPER (Wyoming) US presidential hopeful Ted Cruz won all 14 delegates at stake in Wyoming on Saturday, besting his Republican rival Donald Trump, who made
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      • 375 15 community” focusing AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OTTAWA He has impressed world leaders, has a growingarmyoffans–manyfemale–andiseven credited with drivingup tourism to Canada. But photogenic Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has now displayed another gift even few of his most ardent supporters knew he had: a more than passable knowledge
        community” focusing AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; this month. Elected last October, PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  375 words
      • 621 16 Grateful Syrians who now call Vatican home expected to seek asylum in Italy AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VATICAN CITY The Syrian refugees taken in by Pope Francis following his visit to the Greek island of Lesbos have hailed the pontiff as a “saviour” for
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      • 205 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRASILIA The Lower House of Congress is set to vote today on whether to authorise the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, bringing to a head a crisis that has paralysed and divided Latin America’s biggest nation. Police were out in force
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      • WorldBriefs
        • 99 16 wentonahungerstrikein 2007.REUTERS WASHINGTON The United States has transferred nine Yemeni men to Saudi Arabia from the US military prison at Guantanamo, including an inmate who had been on a hunger strike since 2007, under a diplomatic deal between Washington and Riyadh. Saturday’s transfer
          wentonahungerstrikein 2007.REUTERS  -  99 words
        • 109 16 AGENCEFRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN Iran used its annual Army Day parade yesterday to showcase parts of a long-awaited air defence system ordered from Russia, a move likely to irk critics of the arms deal. The S-300 system has been on order since 2007 but Russia postponed
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        • 107 16 families. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australian soldiers killed in the Vietnam War and buried in Malaysia and Singapore will be brought home in June with a full military ceremony, it was announced yesterday. Thirty-five soldiers who died in the conflict are buried in Malaysia’s
          families. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  107 words
      • 983 16  -  Tan Dawn Wei TanDawnWei InLondon dawntan@sph.com.sg If Nasa is working to get humans to land on Mars by 2030, Dr Wieger Wamelink has already made it possible for humans to live there. Well, sort of. Remember that movie, The Martian, where Matt Damon
        experiment plant Wamelink.PHOTO: WIEGER WAMELINK, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY  -  983 words
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  • OPINION
    • 391 18 The Straits Times says PlanstodevelopTengahintoa“foresttown”–oneasbigasBishan,noless–illustratetheentrench-ment of a creative turn in public housing policy. Tengah will be Singapore’s 24th HDB town. Whereas the emphasis in the HDB’s early years was on functionality at minimum cost, that has changed with Singapore’s increasing affluence. Theriseincitizens’lifestyleexpectations,andthe refinementoftheircollectiveaestheticpreferences have played
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    • 1417 18  - Churchill to de Gaulle it’s the people who decide how to remember A people’s need for heroes impels them to seek ways to remember their nation’s great leaders GlobalAffairs Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON Many nations have grappled with the question of how best to honour their founders or
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    • 915 19  -  Loh Chin Ee For The Straits Times stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is assistant professor in the English Language and Literature Academic Group at the National Institute of Education. Singapore was designated a Unesco Creative City of Design in December last year and the newly launched Design
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    • 746 19  -  Emily S. Chen Thewriterisafellowatthe Hoover Institution,Stanford University. thecountry’ssocialsecurity programmes.PROJECT SYNDICATE Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on the National Diet to amend Article 9 of the country’s Constitution, which renounces war as a means of settling disputes. Drafted by the United States after
      thecountry’ssocialsecurity programmes.PROJECT SYNDICATE  -  746 words
    • 796 19  -  Philip Freeman The writer isthe translator of How ToWin An Election:An AncientGuide For Modern Politicians,and HowTo Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom For The Second Half Of Life, both from Princeton University Press. RomanRepublicvanishedforever. PROJECT SYNDICATE DECORAH (Iowa) Populism has a long and colourful history in American politics,
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    • 1217 20  - Can S’pore go car-lite This is the fifth of 12 primers on various current affairs issues, published as part of the outreach programme for The Straits Times-Ministry of Education National Current Affairs Quiz Primer Danson Cheong dansonc@sph.com.sg When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint two years
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    • 324 20  - Fewer parking spaces higher parking fees the way to go TheSingaporePerspective Danson Cheong Experts agree that parking policy is one area Singapore has not addressed in its car-lite strategy. This should change soon. In Parliament last week, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said there would be less space in future
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    • 94 20 AboutTheBigQuiz standing of civics among preuniversitystudents. Yishun Junior College won the firstroundoftheyear,heldatInnovaJuniorCollegeonApril6. TheothertalksbySTjournalists andquizroundswillbeheldon: Thisprimerispart ofTheStraits Times’ initiative to discuss issues of national concern. Each Monday, the paper’s journalists will address burning questions in the Opinion section, offering Singaporean perspectives on complexissues. Theprimers,aswellasfivecampus talks helmed by editors and correspondents, are
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    • 24 20 Have a burning question related to this week’s primer topic? E-mail us at askST@sph.com.sg For more information, visit www.straitstimes.com/askST For more information, visit www.straitstimes.com/askST
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  • FORUM
    • 180 21  -  Syed Abdul Muneef Syed Muhammad It is heartening to see the various actions being taken to raise the image of the security industry in Singapore (“7 in 10 security officers getting better pay, training”, March 12; and “Security officers to get more career paths”; Dec
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    • 56 21 1. MR PETER LOON SENG CHEE: Be connected, but know when to switch off. 2. NLB: Initiativesto create a vibrant reading culture. 3.MRNEOPOHGOON: Reconsider move towards shrinking of carparks. 4.MRGANKOKTIONG: Tax e-filing service at CCs still needed. 5. MS AMY LOH CHEE SEEN: Make a habit of diluting
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    • 69 21 WRITE IN: Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit the letters. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms,
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    • 388 21  -  students’benefit. Liew Wei Li (Ms) (Ms) Divisional Director Student Development Curriculum Division Ministry of Education The National Outdoor Adventure Education Master Plan caters to all our students, who have different levels of interest towards the outdoors (“Let private firms have a
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    • 289 21  -  one’slife. Lawrence Loh Kiah Muan Ms Ethel Lee last Monday painted a dismal picture of retirement, exemplified by retirees leading meaningless, lonely and depressing lives, with some dying alone at home (“Many benefits to working longer, staying active”). We must not stereotype
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    • 323 21  -  Chan Lai Gwen (Dr) We have much to learn about ageingwell and dying well from Dr Neo Han Yee’s experience as a geriatrician and palliative care physician (“How not to die alone”; last Wednesday). As a psychiatrist who has seen a
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    • 224 21  -  inequalities. Qu Aohan (Ms) Mr Kwan Jin Yao has a valid point, in that the well-intentioned shift of focus towards aptitude-based criteria could inadvertently disadvantage students from less well-to-do households (“Aptitude-based admission: Be mindful of opportunity gap among students”; last Tuesday). In our
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    • 241 21 Who: Simon Owen Khoo Kim San, 47, an English language tutor and a former Singapore Airlines flight steward and primary school teacher. My family: Married to Vietnamese national Pham Thi Ngoc Anh, 34, who works as a Vietnamese language teacher in Singapore, with a three-year-old son, Kevin. My home:
      writes on issues such as education, the cost of living injustices.PHOTO: COURTESY OF SIMON OWEN KHOO KIM SAN  -  241 words
    • 397 21  -  next50years. M. Nirmala (Ms) M. Nirmala (Ms) Chief Executive Child at Street 11 The news from the recent parliamentary sessions on helping children receive a high-quality education and gain access to a holistic way of learning is most welcome (“Bringing arts and culture to more
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    • 53 21 Drive-home valet services Demand for valet drivers, who drive drinkers home in their own cars for a fee, is on the rise. As a cab driver, are you upset over this loss of income? Yes, initially. But after realising that I need not clean up the mess in my vehicle...
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    • 157 22 It’s a sight that would bring a smile to most faces. Seen here in a shopping mall in Paris are 1,600 papier-mache pandas, a project by French artist Paulo Grangeon, who hand-made and painted the bears. The number represents each of the remaining 1,600 pandas left
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    • 32 22 WEATHER Warm. Thundery showers mainly over northern, western and central Singapore in the afternoon. High 35 deg C Low 25 deg C 24-hr PSI as of 5pm yesterday: 52 to 58 (Moderate)
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  • HOME
    • 861 1  -  All stalls at its 5 canteens, 2 foodcourts and 10 restaurants to display dishes’ calorie count Amelia Teng ateng@sph.com.sg The National University of Singapore is going healthy campus-wide soon, with every stall to have information about the calories in their dishes. The
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    • 549 2  -  Local start-up’s forwarding device Qongle lets users avoid auto-roaming, call charges Irene Tham Tech Editor itham@sph.com.sg A local start-up claims to have found a cheaper way for mobile users to stay connected while overseas. Nineteen69 promises travellers that with its device, they will not
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    • 450 2  -  Linette Lai linettel@sph.com.sg Local travel patterns make it “almost inevitable” that the Zika virus will find its way here, said Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy Khoryesterday. This is because Singapore plays host to many
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    • 576 2  -  K. C. Vijayan Senior Law Correspondent vijayan@sph.com.sg A professional engineer, whose registration was cancelled after he lied to the immigration authorities to help his Chinese national girlfriend get a visit pass, has had his punishment reduced to a suspension by the High Court. Justice
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    • 476 3  -  26 deaths at work in 4 months, with eight in past 3 weeks, ‘alarming’: Manpower minister Olivia Ho oliviaho@sph.com.sg There have already been 26 workplace deaths in less than four months this year, prompting Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say to stress that existing
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    • 263 3  -  Lee Min Kok mklee@sph.com.sg A car caught fire on the Central Expressway (CTE) yesterday afternoon, causing a traffic jam that lasted nearly two hours. The congestion stretched all the way to Ang Mo Kio at one point as firefighters rushed to put out
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    • 606 4  -  SME says ex-landlord delayed extension; latter says firm was granted licence, not lease Toh Yong Chuan Senior Correspondent tohyc@sph.com.sg A home-grown logistics company is taking to court its fight with a landlord many times its size. Local supply chain services provider
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    • 320 4  -  Linette Lai linettel@sph.com.sg When people mention the maritime sector, what comes to mind? According to surveys done by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the industry is associated with blue-collar jobs with little room for career growth. To change this
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    • 310 4  -  Olivia Ho oliviaho@sph.com.sg A Singaporean man who brought in 30 Chinese nationals to work for a non-existent construction company has been jailed for more than two years. Lim Kien Peng, 46, obtained work passes for them between May and November 2013 on
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    • 402 4  -  K.C. Vijayan Senior Law Correspondent vijayan@sph.com.sg Singapore Recreation Club members have given a resounding show of support for its current management team, voting in 10 incum- bents for the 12 posts at stake. Vice-president Sarbjit Singh (above)–standingforthetoppost –scoredthehighestwinningmargin, warding off rival Steven Goh
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    • 1117 5  -  Widow driven to attempt suicide gets help to turn her life around People Olivia Ho oliviaho@sph.com.sg Harassed by loan sharks and overwhelmed by debt, Ms Santha K. M. swallowed 15 to 20 paracetamol pills and went to sleep, expecting never to
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    • thenewmarket
      • 538 6  -  Make your home more environmentally friendly with sustainable household products BY AUDREY NG THE recent soaring temperatures and haze pollution are some of the environmental changes and problems affecting Singapore. As Earth Day approaches this Saturday, take the opportunity to make some changes and adopt eco-friendly
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      • 197 6 ENJOY exclusive privileges at Marina Bay Sands with the Sands Rewards LifeStyle card. Sign up for complimentary membership to earn 3 per cent in rewards on top of existing offers, and redeem them instantly at over 1 75 Sands outlets in Marina Bay Sands, including hotel stays,
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      • 187 6 SOAK in a mineral pool or pamper yourself with a facial treatment after a busy day at work at new wellness lifestyle venue, Calla Spa. This sprawling, luxurious 10,000 sq ft spa located at Suntec City Tower 2 boasts therapeutic head-to-toe wellness services and several mineral pools
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      • 214 6 PLUMP your skin with the Luminesce range of hydrating products from Jeunesse Global. Follow the three-step regime of cleansing, rejuvenating and moisturising with the youth restoring cleanser, cellular rejuvenation serum and daily moisturising complex with SPF 30. The youth-restoring cleanser helps reduce skin impurities and gently
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      • 203 6 IF YOU fancy driving an award-winning car, the all-new Mazda MX-5 should be on your wishlist. It clinched the winning spot for the 2016 World Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year awards at the New York International auto show on
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      • Here&Now
        • 53 6 From now till April 24, Raffles City ushers in spring and summer with a series of runway shows at 7pm to showcase the season’s hottest styles from brands such as Kate Spade, FURLA, Nine West, Warehouse, Shanghai Tang, iROO, and Nautica. MasterCard cardmembers stand to enjoy exclusive promotions
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        • 59 6 Business owners with plans to expand overseas can find out more about the Advanced Professional Qualification (APQ) in Global Business Leadership and International Relations offered by Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and Human Capital (Singapore). Assistant dean Paul Lambert will give a talk on April 20 at
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          55 6 PrimaDéli has launched a molten lava cheese tart in two flavours Original and Salted Yolk. Filled with a soft, rich cheese filling, the tarts are baked to a golden brown with a caramelised finish. From now till April 30, the Original costs $2 (U.P. $2.40) and the Salted
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          57 6 Lianhe Wanbao’s Health and Beauty Fair is back this year on April 23 and 24 at Suntec City Singapore Convention Hall 401 and 402. Themed Celebrate Life, visitors can look forward to 1 2 health talks by experts, a mass Zumba workout, TCM consultation, beauty services and over
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          54 6 Tantalise the tastebuds with Burger King’s new Korean King burgers. Featuring a spicy Yang Yeum sauce made from kimchi and Korean chilli paste with either paste a premium Tendergrill Chicken thigh patty or WHOPPER beef patty, it is topped with a mix of battavia lettuce, shredded red cabbage,
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        • 53 6 Retail warehouse BigBox Singapore has partnered Japanese wholesale supermarkets Gyomu Megumi Gyomu Megumi no Sato to bring in a wide range of local Japanese products and fresh produce. Expect a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen items, condiments, titbits and more, available inside the hypermart located at
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  • SPECIAL SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE
    • 1089 7  -  The launch of study awards in 16 sectors is a bonus for those seeking skills mastery or a mid-career switch IAN DE COTTA AFTER working with special needs persons for 13 years, Ms Yap Chui Hoon is finally on the road to getting the social work
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    • 521 9  -  Kaplan Learning Institute’s wide range of Workforce Skills Qualifications programmes help students from all walks of life excel at work ESTHERTEO DEVELOPING a personal mastery of skills has always been essential for individuals to become more effective and productive at their workplace, says Kaplan
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  • EDUCATION
    • 959 11  -  The behaviour of the parent impacts the child whether they’re aware of it or not Jenny Yeo stnewsdesk@sph.com.sg Thewriterwasa principal for 18 years in Kheng Cheng School, Radin Mas Primary and South View Primary. She is a lead associate, focusing on partnerships and engagement, in
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    • 1712 13  -  Recipients of Caring Teacher Awards share their teaching philosophies Wong Shiying sywong@sph.com.sg Four teachers were chosen, out of more than 1,100 nominations covering 234 schools, as winners of this year’s Caring Teacher Awards. Given out on March 31, the biennial awards recognise teachers who
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    • 751 14  -  Ex-RI teacher drawn to Spectra Secondary by its dedication to Normal (Technical) students Amelia Teng ateng@sph.com.sg Some people around Ms Teo Siew Kuang thought it was an unusual decision for her to move from Raffles Institution (RI) to Spectra Secondary School two years ago.
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    • 783 14  -  In the third of a five-part series, Douglas Chew learns from academia at JCU Singapore that businesses which ignore the environment are adopting short-term thinking Douglas Chew BUSINESS activities impact the environment, but the environment also affects business activities. Companies have come to realise that
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  • BUSINESS
    • 694 1  -  More sellers booking losses; some selling due to job losses, others fear outlook may worsen Rennie Whang wren nie@sph.com.sg Prices of luxury homes are hitting new lows at several developments as owners offload properties amid plunging rents. An owner at Cairnhill Plaza
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    • 1122 2  -  Resourcefulness and pluck come in useful for this intrepid ‘developer’ who has learnt to seize the day Venturing abroad to seek growth can be risky business. But some Singaporeans have made it work. In the first of a three-part series on growing overseas, Mr
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    • 550 2  -  Rupali Karekar rupsk@sph.com.sg Singapore’s human resources sector is skilful in managing paradoxes in a work setting, like balancing the needs of employees and expectations of the customers and investors, but comes up short in other areas, a new study has found.
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    • OnTheMove
      • 66 2 Management TomasAbecassisNortonde Matos: Appointed chief financial officer with effect from today. Mr Norton de Matos, 52, was recently managing director at Norton Capital Sons, a firm he set up in 2014. Before that, he was managing director and representative at Espirito Santo Financial Group from December 2009
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      • 37 2 China Jishan Holdings JinRongHai: Resigned as chief executive officer and executive director with effect from last Thursday. Mr Jin, 50, who had been in the role since March 2009, leftto pursue his personal interests.
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      • 73 2 ChooHsun Yang: Will leave his position as executive director on April29. MrChoo,46,decided not to stand for re-election as director so as to pursue other interests. He will also step down aschief financial officerfrom April 29. MrChoo had been appointed as an independent director in July 2011. He relinquished
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    • 499 3 No agreement yet on draft pact that seeks to cap production at |an levels to bolster prices DOHA Oil-producing countries meeting in Doha yesterday appeared close to agreeing on an output freeze to prop up crude prices, the first such deal
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    • 639 4  - Brewing at local coffee firms new products and markets Expansion plans range from producing compostable capsules to opening of cafes Sheryl Lee sheryll@sph.com.sg Making a cup of coffee might seem simple but a walk around a major exhibition held here last week shows that a couple of local drinks companies
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    • 329 4  -  Sheryl Lee Home-grown coffee company OWL International turns 60 this year with its vision of being a “complete coffee company” percolating nicely on a number of fronts. The firm has operations in all parts of the supply chain, from distributing Italian
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    • 538 4  -  Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg Business valuation is becoming a more vital part of corporate accounting and driving the need to enhance the skills and standards around this speciality. An ongoing focus on this front is now bearing fruit through initiatives such as a
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    • 1148 5  -  Metal’s price soars on negative interest rates but global economic woes may reverse rush Caijin Goh Eng Yeow Senior Correspondent engyeow@sph.com.sg Gold looked like a dead loss four months ago when its price dropped precariously close to the US$1,000 (S$1,360)anouncesupportlevel but its fortunes
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    • 576 6  -  Investors seeking clarity from central banks in US, Japan which are meeting next week MarketsInsight Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg After a bullish week that saw Singapore shares recording their strongest rally in a month, analysts expect market sentiment to turn volatile
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    • Brokers’Call
      • 176 6 Broker: DBS Group Research Call: Buy Target price: $1.25 Yangzijianghas been awarded new-build contracts for Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) worth US$510 million (S$692 million) by China’s ICBC Leasing, scheduled for delivery from 2018 to 2019. The orders are part of the 30 VLOC orders placed by major
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      • 139 6 Broker: Maybank Kim Eng Call: Buy Target price: $1 Innovalues announced that it had appointed Rippledot Capital Advisers to “review the strategicoptionsavailable… with a view to enhancing and unlocking shareholder value”. This announcement may have been made in response to the stock’s earlier spike above its previous peak. As
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      • 44 6 Sheng Siong Group Broker: CIMB Call: Buy Targetprice: 95 cents ShengSiongjustannounced theacquisitionofapropertyfor $53millionatapproximately $1,732persquarefootinBedok TownCentre,whichisan existingstorethatthecompany hasbeenoperatingforalmost 10years. Thestorelikelyenjoyshigher footfallfrombeingattractively locatedbesideBedokMall,the interchangeandtrainstation. Therevenuecontributionfrom thisstoreisestimatedtobe5to 10percentandhencethe acquisition,withthecompany notwantingtorisklosingan importantstore. IncludingitsJunction9store, duetoopeninthesecond quarterof2016,ShengSiong willnowownfouroutofthe41 storesthatthegroupoperates. Thenewpurchasedoeslittle todentthegroup’sbalance sheetwithnetcashof$126 millionasatendfinancialyear 2015.Excludingfinaldividend andthispropertypurchase,the groupwillstillhavenetcashof $47million.
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    • 720 9  -  Having sealed the world No. 1 spot and a third straight title, she seeks Rio glory for Thailand OUE Singapore Open 2016 May Chen maychen@sph.com.sg An erroneous line call meant her celebration was a little premature, but having pined her entire career for the elusive world
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    • 481 9  -  MayChen Sony Dwi Kuncoro has spent the last few years as his sport’s forgotten man, the once-champion now battling his way in qualifiers. The Indonesian gave the badminton world a reminder yesterday, and no place was more apt than
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    • 193 9  -  May Chen With the next cycle of the Badminton World Federation Superseries events up for bidding, local organisers of the Singapore Open are hopeful sponsors will step in to help keep the badminton event a mainstay on the local sporting calendar. While confident that current
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    • 559 10 Warriors’ star player is optimistic despite ankle ‘tweak’ as Rockets seek some traction NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS OAKLAND (California) After completing the best regular season in National Basketball Association (NBA) history, the Golden State Warriors faced their Western Conference first-round series against Houston with observers asking
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    • 384 10 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TORONTO The Toronto Raptors came out tight in the opening game of their first-round National Basketball Association Eastern Conference play-off series against the Indiana Pacers and it played right into the hands of Paul George. The Pacers forward played footloose and
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    • 975 10 People should only be the start cess.THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON To understand just how far Danny Willett, 28, has travelled to become Masters champion, it is worth taking the 800m stroll from his childhood home in inner-city Sheffield to the golf
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    • 708 11 German in elite company after sixth straight GP win, but hails team-mate as ‘benchmark’ AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS SHANGHAI Nico Rosberg insisted that Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton remains the “benchmark” despite claiming a dominant win in an action-packed Chinese Grand Prix yesterday to maintain his perfect
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    • 355 11 “Todayhescoredandhadtwoassists,soheisveryconcentratedonwhatheisdoing.”AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane claimed he would not settle for just winning the Champions League this season after watching his side thrash Getafe 5-1 in La Liga on Saturday. Los Blancos’ seventh straight league victory momentarily moved Real to within
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      • 63 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KAPOLEI (Hawaii) Australian Minjee Lee, 19, claimed her second career LPGA Tour victory on Saturday after carding a flawless eight-under 64 at the Lotte Championship. She finished at 16-under 272 to beat South Korea’s Chun In Gee and American Katie Burnett by a stroke.
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      • 103 11 REUTERS HARBOUR TOWN (South Carolina) Former world No. 1 Luke Donald, hunting his first tournament victory since late 2013, ground out a two-under 69 in tough conditions to take a one-shot lead after the RBC Heritage third round on Saturday. The Englishman mixed
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      • 65 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES Michael Phelps led wire-to-wire in winning the 200m individual medley at the Mesa Pro Swim on Saturday,histimeof1min 57.90sec the third fastest in the world this year. The 18-time Olympic gold medallist posted his fastest time in the event this
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      • 75 11 REUTERS KINGSTON (Jamaica) J amaican sprinter Y ohan Blake declared himself “fit and ready to run” at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after clocking a world-leading 9.95sec in his first 100m race of the season. The2011world champion, dogged by three years of hamstring problems,
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      • 57 11 REUTERS MILAN Inter Milan left Napoli’s Serie A title hopes hanging by a thread on Saturday after a 2-0 home victory with a controversial opener from Mauro Icardi and Marcelo Brozovic’s excellent chipped effort. Second-placed Napoli remain on 70 points, six behind leaders
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      • 72 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Dual Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett was reportedly questioned by Australian police over a midair incident yesterday. Broadcaster Ray Hadley said on 2GB radio the alleged incident on an Adelaide-Melbourne Virgin Australia flight involved a passenger in front of Hackett who had
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    • 611 12 Pellegrini questions why City’s prolific scorer has never been crowned as player of the year AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON Manuel Pellegrini said it was “strange” Sergio Aguero has never been player of the year in England after the Manchester City star’s hat-trick secured a
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    • 441 12 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Former Aston Villa striker Stan Collymore has lashed out at Joleon Lescott after the defender said their relegation from the Premier League was a “weight off the shoulders”. Villa, European Cup winners in the 1981-82 season, lost
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    • 435 12  -  Chua Siang Yee siangyee@sph.com.sg There is not much for Everton fans to cheer about in the English Premier League this season, with their team currently languishing in 11th place and on course for their lowest points total since 2003-04.
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    • 283 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Heurelho Gomes took the plaudits then shared them with his team-mates, after his double penalty save all but ensured Premier League football for Watford next season. The 35-year-old Brazilian goalkeeper denied Saido Berahino twice from the spot, as the
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    • 768 13 Foxes force late draw against Hammers as title race gets tighter after dramatic result ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Leicester City 2 West Ham United 2 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Leicester City’s Premier League title challenge was plunged into chaos as Leonardo Ulloa ensured a dramatic 2-2 draw
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    • 406 13 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Last week, when Leicester beat Sunderland to go 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League and then Manchester United were delayed getting to White Hart Lane for their game against Tottenham, fans of
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    • 64 13 Roberto Firmino (centre) tapping in from close range to score the opening goal for Liverpool at Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium in their English Premier League game yesterday. Daniel Sturridge made it 2-0 before the Cherries pulled one back in stoppage time from a Josh King goal.
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    • 704 14  -  E. Africans make it look easy as they capture first Sevens leg but Boks and All Blacks slip up Singapore Rugby Sevens 2016 Jonathan Wong jonwong@sph.com.sg In the middle of the National Stadium field, the Kenyan players gathered in a circle with their arms interlocked
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    • 316 14  -  Jonathan Wong During last Wednesday’s coaching clinic with the New Zealand rugby sevens team, Matthew Lim received tips on how to improve his passing. What the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) student clearly did not need advice on was how to run ashescoredtwotries–thefirstcovering three-quarters of the
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    • 148 14 Despite the disappointment of watching their schoolmates lose to Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) in the inaugural Schools Sevens Under-14 final yesterday, it was still a memorable weekend for 200 Raffles Institution students. Their Category One and Two tickets to the World Rugby Sevens Series at
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      • 817 3  -  The 87-year-old American, whose face is on Bob’s Red Mill packages, tells why he gave ownership of his firm to his staff John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg He is the bearded face you see on the Bob’s Red Mill packages in supermarkets. The difference
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      • 610 5  -  Ray Liotta, well-known for his rogue-cop roles, takes on a new challenge as a bisexual who kisses his male lover a fellow policeman Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg In an almost 40-year career, American actor Ray Liotta has made quite an impression playing
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    • 833 4  -  Director Ilya Naishuller admits that the point-of-view technique makes it a “really weird film” Alison de Souza In Los Angeles stlife@sph.com.sg A darling of the festival circuit, Hardcore Henry a movie shot entirely from the first-person point of view (POV) is not quite living up to the
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    • 586 4 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK When the doors open on May 5 for Manus X Machina, the Met Costume Institute’s Spring exhibition, visitors will be treated to 90 otherworldly high-fashion garments, including many striking items made with 3D printing. These outfits a layered, crosshatched
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    • 513 8  -  The shimmering harmonies of New York’s Glory Gospel Singers brought the audience to its feet REVIEW/CONCERT A TAPESTRY OF SACRED MUSIC: GLORY GOSPELSINGERS Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Saturday Cheong Suk-Wai suk@sph.com.sg In Singapore for the first time in their 20 years of touring the world, New
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    • 513 8  -  REVIEW/CONCERT VCH CHAMBERSERIES: CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW IN RECITAL Victoria Concert Hall/Last Friday Mervin Beng Lovers of the piano received an early treat this year, with celebrated British pianist Christian Blackshaw presenting a large-scale recital that stands shoulder to shoulder with the best piano recitals heard here
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    • 894 9 Cirque du Soleil is taking on New York again with a combination of theatre and acrobatics in a musical called Paramour NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The dancer emerges from stage left, in white tails and top hat; from stage right comes a juggler in a
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    • 309 10 George Clooney, supporter of Mrs Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, breaks rank over campaign financing REUTERS WASHINGTON Actor and director George Clooney, a supporter of Mrs Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, broke ranks over campaign financing last Saturday to condemn the “obscene” sums of
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    • 597 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG He first stunned the auction world by snapping up hugely expensive Chinese antiquities, but now taxi driver-turned-tycoon Liu Yiqian (right) is targeting Western masterpieces, saying it is his “social responsibility” to show them to China’s younger generation. He has
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      • 434 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE INDIO, CALIFORNIA Axl Rose brought a reunited Guns N’ Roses to the Coachella festival last Saturday as he was announced as the new frontman of an even older hardrockgroup–AC/DC. In one of rock’s most longdiscussed reunions, Rose appeared
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      • 75 12 (from far left) Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Chow Yun Fat with his wife Jasmine Tan at the opening ceremony of the sixth Beijing International Film Festival last Saturday for their film, Cold War 2. The sequel to the hit 2012 crime thriller opens in
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      • 301 12 SEOUL Descendants Of The Sun heart-throb Song Joong Ki (right) said he is a tad upset that his phenomenal fame has affected his privacy. Song, 31, spoke at an interview last Friday in Seoul, his first since the hit drama wrapped on Thursday.
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      • Buzzing
        • 57 12 Ina circularyesterday, China’s media regulator The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television said such shows must be “strictly controlled”. Following the announcement, a few local TV stations axed shows featuring celebrities and their children, such as the popular Dad! Where
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        • 79 12 Beyonce has announced a televised project titled Lemonade for next week, fuelling speculation that she will release a “film-album”. The pop star posted on Instagram a video which it billed as a “world premiere event” to air on HBO on Saturday. It appeared to confirm a
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        • 55 12 The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, The Who, Neil Young and Roger Waters are being lined up for a historic mega-festival, the Los Angeles Times reported last Friday, quoting sources. The organisers plan to hold it at the Coachella venue in the California desert
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  • BUDGET2016
    • 682 2  -  BY SERENE GOH EDITOR Long before their first space walk, astronauts from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration spend years preparing themselves psychologically and physically. Venturing beyond the physically. Venturing beyond boundaries of this planet is exhilarating, but they must be ready for conditions that
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    • 606 3  -  Since Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat delivered his Budget speech on March 24, much has happened to hammer out the details in the statement. CLEMENT YONG helps you make sense of the process CLEMENT YONG PUBLIC WEIGHS IN Several months before the Ministry of Finance
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    • 1433 4 / 5  -  DAVID TAY looks at features in Budget 2016 that will change the way people here live DAVID TAY 1 Nurturing more home-grown information communications technology professionals To prepare more locals for technology-relat-ed jobs, such as mobile application development and data analytics, which are predicted to
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    • 465 6  -  SERENE LUO makes sense of the figures in the Budget SERENE LUO $400MOVER $400MOVER This amount has been set aside for the Automation Support Package. Firms will get help to automate facilities, especially those involved in production, through, for example, grants to buy specialised equipment. WHY:
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    • 575 7  -  BY KATELYN WOODWORTH Here is a cheat-sheet on some new concepts or programmes from this year’s Budget speech and Committee of Supply debates. Business and IPC Partnership Scheme Institutions of a Public Character (IPCs) are established non-profit organisations that can give tax deduction receipts to their
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    • 1053 8 / 9  -  The thought of a gruelling five days caked in mud devoid of Wi-Fi might send some diving for cover, yet outdoors education is now so necessary that a goodly chunk of this year’s Budget was set towards promoting it. The development of a curriculum to be operated
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    • 249 7 Toyota For Sale 344 SG AUTO PTE LTD NEW FACELIFT WISH 1.8A S Smartkey. low downpayment mthly $688/ interest 1.99%. Immed COE. Call *****844 SG AUTO PTE LTD WEEKEND SPECIAL! $88,888. New Axio G Smart-key. Low downpayment/ immed COE/ interest 1.99%.. *****844 Volkswagen For Sale 346 ABWIN JUN 2011 VW
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    • 379 7 Lorries For Sale 387 SCOTTS MOTORS BRAND NEW MIT Fuso Canter 14’ 3.0 Diesel. Class 3 Licence ready stock $58.5k $98.5k Full loan 2.99%. 12 Servicing. 3yrs warranty Pls call *****100 *****723 *****295 Scotts Motors 11/02 TOYOTA DYNA new model with box. COE $57K till 11/2022. Depreciation $7.2K. Asking $46.8K.
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    • 460 7 Mini Buses For Sale 388 Mini Buses For Sale 388 www.thinkoneyutong.com.sg No. 1 Bus Manufacturer in the World, Trust Worthy Brand in Singapore 20 Ubi Road 4, Think One Building #02-02 S(*****2) Tel: 9298 9669 8494 9099 6788 3300 ZK6126HGA 21+1+59 Standees/ 2-dr ZK6107H 45 Seater/ 2-dr (M A) ZK6938H
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    • 2465 8 Property Prices Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in March 2016 This week: 20 23 PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT District 20 Adana
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    • 80 8 D10 BUKITTIMAH/ HOLLAND RD/TANGLIN HOUSES FOR SALE 403 *****SF QUEEN ASTRID GCBA $26m. Modern 5+3, unblock, lap pool, pk 8 cars *****269 Gallery 186 Bukit Timah Rd D11 NEWTON/ NOVENA HOUSES FOR SALE 404 NEEZA ALI 9787 6959 SWISS CLUB GCB 21,293 sqft w/pool 9rm Grand, N/E, quiet A&A/ Rebuild,
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    • 91 8 D11 NEWTON/ NOVENA HOUSES FOR SALE 404 Prime Location GENTLE DRIVE CORNER 3-Sty Semi-D. Land 3079 sqft. 5+1 bdrm. Balance 76 yrs. Asking $3.xxM. Amanda 9003-3130 OPEN HOUSE DYSON Rd, Chancery ***** sf. Beautiful land can subdivide. Priced to sell *****348 Newsman MODERN GCB AMIDST Greenery. 23,000/ 13,000 sf. Pte
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    • 278 9 D13 MACPHERSON/ BRADDELL/ POTONG PASIR HOUSES FOR SALE 405 Don't Miss 2½-STY FH CORNER terr land 2470sf. 5+1, attic, well reno, good layout, no noon sun, top schs/MRT/mall *****360 D14 GEYLANG/ EUNOS/ PAYA LEBAR HOUSES FOR SALE 405 New Listing D14 RARE FH 2-Sty Bungalow Land 9386sf/built-in 4800sf. Pte w/big
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    • 293 9 D19 SERANGOON GDN/HOUGANG/ SENGKANG/PUNGGOL HOUSES FOR SALE 408 Robert Leck 9101 5540 BRAND NEW 3.5STY Dix Rd Land 2128/5100sf, 7 ensuite bdrms. Developer sell at loss View daily: www.Robert.sg RARE OPPORTUNITY NEW LIST! TERR Simons Pl. Orig. FH, 2-sty 2600/2200sf 4 bdrms. Mins to Kovan MRT. $1038psf Theresa 9749 7833
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    • 229 9 D01 RAFFLES PL/MARINA/ CHINATOWN PTE APTS FOR SALE 413 Doris Tey 9670 3898 MARINA ONE RES 2/3/4rm/PH One Shenton 1/2/3rm fr$1.3M Sail 3/4rm fr $2150 psf. Marina Bay Suites 1625sf $3.7M. D03 QUEENSTOWN/ TIONG BAHRU PTE APTS FOR SALE 413 Below Valuation **PEARLBANK OUTRAM MRT 1755sf high flr Nice Seaview
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    • 297 10 D05 PASIR PANJANG/ WEST COAST/ CLEMENTITOWN PTE APTS FOR SALE 413 Florence Wong 9794 0033 HORIZON RES Pasir Panjang Hill F’hold Min price fr $1.53m 2bdrm 1022sf pool view MRT, wet/ dry kitchen, top notched appliances. Highest offer will secure! While stock last!! Visit SRX.com.sg/code-6076 PEPYS HILL 4bdrm. $3.68M 3390
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    • 245 10 D10 BUKITTIMAH/ HOLLAND RD/TANGLIN PTE APTS FOR SALE 414 LATITUDE 2-BDRM FH. 1324 sf High flr. NS. Unblock, vacant. Excellent cond.Near Orchard, Great World. *****798 Kam New Listing GALLOP GREEN Farrer Rd. 3500 sf. FH, 5 bdrm study. 1km to Nanyang Pri. Reno. #01. Neg. Ron *****055 THE ASANA F’HOLD
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    • 269 10 D14 GEYLANG/EUNOS/ PAYA LEBAR PTE APTS FOR SALE 416 EW EUHABITAT SOHO 2+1, 872 sqft. High ceiling 4.8m. Full facilities. Pls call 9618-8809 N D15 KATONG/ JOO CHIAT/ EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR SALE 417 COSTA RHU 4-BDRM 2056 sf. $2.48M, quiet facing. Vacant. Expats choice. Closing soon!! Derek Tan
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    • 106 10 Benson Toh 9180 0568 3’NG’ BLK 127 High flr, lift. Renovated. Near MRT, Shopping, Supermarket, Schools. 5’I’ Blk 459 Point Block. Mkt BISHAN HDB FOR SALE 427 Samuel Koh 9119 8244 259 BISHAN 4A. 107 sqm. Grd Flr. Corner with No neighbors Nice reno. Bright/ Shops. Chinese ratio filled. Ask
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    • 392 11 BUKITMERAH HDB FOR SALE 429 BUKIT MERAH HDB FOR SALE 429 BUKIT MERAH BUKIT MERAH HDB FOR SALE 429 BUKIT MERAH HDB FOR SALE 429 CLEMENTI HDBFOR SALE 434 3NG CLEMENTI 351, Near Mkt/ Sch/MRT/ Mall/ All amenities Renovated unit. Call now to view. Muru OT *****602 JURONG EAST HDB
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    • 297 11 D12 BALESTIER/TOA PAYOH/ SERANGOON/BOON KENG HOUSES FOR RENT 454 NEAR BALESTIER PLAZA terr. Only $2.7K. 4 rms 3 toilets. New paint/ AC. Bare. Immed. Prefer family. Lyn 9752-1612 D13 MACPHERSON/ BRADDELL/ POTONG PASIR HOUSES FOR RENT 454 BRADDELL HGTS BRAND new 7200sf. Panoramic view. 6bdrm, lap pool, lift, designer kitchen.
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    • 577 11 D09 ORCHARD/ CAIRNHILL PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 D09 ORCHARD/CAIRNHILL PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 ORCHARD SCOTTS at fringe of Orchard Rd Mins’ walk to Newton MRT Station shuttle bus service ROSEVALE 3+1 bedrooms, 1,625 1,647 sq ft at Lincoln Rd Mins’ walk to Novena MRT Station Square 2 4+1
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    • 641 12 D15 KATONG/ JOO CHIAT/ EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT 466 D15 KATONG/JOO CHIAT/ EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT 466 D15 KATONG/JOO CHIAT/ EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT 466 D15 KATONG/JOO CHIAT/ EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT 466 D15 KATONG/ JOO CHIAT/ EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR
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