Today, 24 February 2012, Afternoon Edition

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    42 1 Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday February 24, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday February 24, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • Article
    DBS repays 17 customers after unauthorised withdrawals
    362 1 SINGAPORE More than a month after the first cases of unauthorised overseas ATM withdrawals involving DBS customers were reported, the bank was hit by another round of skimming on Sunday, this time from ATM machines here. A total of S$23,000 was stolen from
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    Lock icon ‘Surgical’ moves to tackle problem punters
    921 1  -  Government looks to expand third-party exclusion, have ‘circuit breakers’ in casinos NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More recipients of social assistance may be barred from entering casinos and operators may be roped in to play a bigger role in the monitoring of frequent visitors,
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Ministers pick sides as showdown looms Down Under
      369 2 AGENCIES CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard put her job on the line yesterday, announcing a leadership ballot in hopes of quashing a comeback by Mr Kevin Rudd, the colleague she ousted in a Labor Party coup nearly two years ago. The
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      Inflation eases but is expected to remain high
      378 3 SINGAPORE Inflation has eased to an eightmonth low but the authorities cautioned that it is expected to stay high and volatile in the coming months. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.8 per cent last month from a year earlier, compared to
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      Lock icon Fewer Singaporeans visited casinos last year
      262 3  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE Fewer Singaporeans and permanent residents visited both casinos here last year compared with 2010, a dip largely attributed to the waning novelty factor. About 200,000 Singaporeans and permanent residents visited both casinos last year a figure revealed by Acting Minister
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      TRE removes offensive post about Lee Hsien Yang
      311 4 SINGAPORE Socio-political website TR Emeritus (TRE) yesterday acknowledged that a comment posted on its website about Fraser and Neave chairman Lee Hsien Yang was defamatory. The site also said that the offensive posting has been removed. In response, Stamford Law director Tan
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      Lock icon Foreigners snapping up private homes
      314 4  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE The number of private residential properties bought by foreigners rose 20.4 per cent to a record high last year, despite a sharp 18.6-per-cent decline in total private home sales, according to a report from DTZ Research. For the whole of last year,
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      DUO ACCUSED OF CHEATING SLA GET STERN WARNING
      168 4 Two businessmen accused of cheating the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) have been let off with a stern warning. Mr Tan Peng Chong, 46, and Mr Png Teck Soon, 49, who faced six and five charges respectively, were yesterday granted a discharge amounting
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      Lock icon Budget forum: Gan addresses concerns
      544 6  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Budget initiatives unveiled last Friday have led to concerns that the Government is going down the road of a welfare state, even as others noted that the extra money given to elders in the form of higher CPF contributions
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      Lock icon Men not going extinct, despite shrinking Y chromosome
      222 8 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Men are not going extinct, scientists assured the world on Wednesday. The Y chromosome, the strand of DNA that determines male sex, contained about 800 genes some 200 million years ago. Now, though, it has only 30, leading some
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      Lock icon BUS SHELTER LEAVES COMMUTERS WONDERING
      188 8 A bus shelter along BukitTimah Road has left some commuters wondering about its location behind a row of railings. A picture of the bus shelter, which had been making the rounds online earlier, resurfaced recently on Internet forums. Contacted by TODAY, a Land Transport Authority
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      Lock icon Turning up the heat on tobacco
      489 8  -  HPB announces new measures to curb smoking AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From March next year, misleading descriptors such as “light”, “low-tar” and “mild” will no longer be allowed on tobacco packaging, while a new set of graphic health warnings will be extended to the
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      Lock icon BRITAIN OVERPAID DOCTORS FOR 95,000 ‘GHOST’ PATIENTS
      171 10 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The National Health Service (NHS) in Britain is overpaying millions of pounds to general practitioners (GPs) for “ghost” patients who have moved practice, died or left the country, a government spending watchdog has found. Investigators identified more than 95,000 patients
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      More people donating to charity via online portals
      313 10  -  WAYNE CHAN waynechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Donors here are getting used to using an online platform to channel more monies towards charities that matter to them, according to the National Volunteer and Volunteer Philanthropy Centre (NVPC). Its donation portal, SG Gives, raised S$6.19 million
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      Pet neglect on the rise
      307 10  -  AMIR HUSSAIN SINGAPORE Pet neglect is on the rise here, with the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) receiving reports of 1,027 cases of alleged cruelty to animals last year. This represents a 10-per-cent increase from the cases it investigated in 2010. Pet
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      200 6 B C A ACADEMY of the built environment r The University of Nottingham Master of Science in SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN A POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME FOR GREEN PROFESSIONALS IN SINGAPORE 2012 INTAKE if r r r r E The Master of Science in Sustainable Building Design is a 2-year part-time programme jointly
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon China and the will of Hong Kongers
      927 12  -  Beijing needs the territory to work properly and that’s why it cannot afford to ignore what its people want DAVID PILLING David Pilling is the FT’s Asia editor. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Rarely can an election with so few voters have provided so
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      Are we sacrificing clean air for carbon cuts?
      772 14  -  New Budget plan to promote diesel vehicles may lead to massive surge in other pollutants NICHOLAS FANG, HENRICK TSJENG Nicholas Fang is the director of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA). Henrick Tsjeng is a researcher at the SIIA. The Singapore
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      Lock icon The essential craft of a war correspondent
      1444 16  -  The courage and self-sacrifice of Marie Colvin, killed in Syria, reminds us of what great journalism strives towards PETER OBORNE Peter Oborne is The Daily Telegraph’s chief political commentator. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH This year, as the Leveson inquiry grinds towards its conclusion, journalism
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      Lock icon Greek bailout leaves Europe on the road to disaster
      826 19  -  CLIVE CROOK Clive Crook is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG If Europe’s new plan for Greece succeeds, nobody will be more surprised than the politicians who designed it. At best, the arrangement is a holding action, one that fails yet again
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      174 18 HP recommends Windows® 7. ATTRACTION CAN'T BE MEASURED, BUT IT CAN BE AWARDED. 'Best of CES 2012' Winner CNET.com THE NEW HP ENVY 14 SPECTRE. Own the premium Ultrabook™ shrouded in multi-surface glass. Inspired by Intel® and powered with the Intel® Core™ i5 processor. BEST OF CES 2012 product design
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      269 19 It’s more fun in the Phil ppines PKV y'WHERE THE OLD NEW ENTICE YOU! The Philippines 1 oldest city is a vibrant mix of heritage and modern living with historical landmarks, beautiful beaches, captivating malls, delicious food, and more, for a truly tropical adventure destination of choice. Z4& m. C
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  • VOICES
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      No automatic by-election in our model of parliamentary democracy
      536 20  -  I SAY Hri Kumar Nair The writer is a Senior Counsel and an MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. Assistant Professor Eugene Tan’s commentary “The value of a by-election” (Feb 20) argued that the Prime Minister does not have an unfettered discretion
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      Address long-term challenges of parenthood
      452 22  -  Starting a family is a lifetime commitment; it needs work-life balance. Parents face many challenges and social pressures in raising children; short-term incentives may not work. Letter from Sophia Chua Soh Kiat THE report “It’s not about the money (Feb 20) reflects that monetary incentives
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      How is the Standard Drug List reviewed?
      171 22  -  Letter from Kate Ng WITH regard to the Standard Drug List, could the Health Ministry provide clarity on the review process and the criteria? I ask because my mother’s doctor switched her medication from Phenytoin to Keppra, to control her seizures after an
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      Words are tools, but how do we use them?
      295 24  -  Attempting to expand one’s vocabulary by memorising lists of words is like owning a big toolbox with the barest idea as to what all the tools are or what they are for. Letter from Hwa Shi-Hsia I REFER to the letter
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      Market demand, customer choices influence airline service standards
      179 24  -  Letter from Vincent Wu Deputy Division Head (Air Transport), Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore WE THANK Mr Yeo Shuan Chee for his views expressed in his letter “Budget airlines budget expectations?” (Feb 1). To ensure safe air transport operations, the Civil Aviation
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      REVOCATION OF PR STATUS CONSIDERED ON CASE-BY-CASE BASIS
      127 24  -  LETTER FROM KOH WEE SING Status. LETTER FROM KOH WEE SING, HEAD, PUBLIC INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION, IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY We refer to the letter “Conviction a death knell for PR status?” (Feb 17). The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority takes a
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      SCRAPPING OF ENGLISH TEST FOR MAIDS SHOULD TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
      99 24  -  LETTER FROM TAN SAW BIN The Manpower Ministry decided in December to scrap the English test for maids. I cannot understand why the change can only be made in the middle of this year. Many policies are implemented immediately, so
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      195 20 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices GET THE LATEST NEWS TWITTER.COM/ TODAYONLINE /St ji A I bA kA I* orw m W *5Bsaa Wild Wild Wet: Splashing tun Family Suite Bedroom: Best Relax r your,o^„„"f#i P/ay ife. 1 ortllrte/ VsfoltSl: .WM. oo Terms and
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      298 22 MANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR OUR BIRTH RATES, SO HOLISTIC RESPONSE NEEDED Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone’s app store (simply search for “QR reader”) and scan the code using the app, or visit http://tdy.sg/crcmstb on your browser for the letter from Joseph KhooYang Kim. In SilkAir’s world, great
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      146 24 Under Licence from FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED ©FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED L¥VEY¥UR HEART HEART DISEASE AND STROKE THE NO.l KILLER OF WOMEN IN SINGAPORE* F&N Nutrisoy proudly presents “Women Heart Health” public forum Date: 10 March 2012 (Sat) Time: 1 pm 5 pm Venue: Hart Park Registration Fee: $5 per
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      254 25 Bid with just 50 LinkPoints The Lowest Unique Bid Wins! r w e Sony DSLR 16.2 Mega Pixel Single Lens Kit, worth $1,145 20 Feb to 26 Feb 2012 m m u Members Only! iSP iPad 2, 3G WIFI, 16GB (Black), worth $848 13 Feb to 19 Feb 2012 Sony
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  • SINGAPORE
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      MDA revises scholarship scheme
      265 26 SINGAPORE To equip scholars with specific skill sets that companies need, the Media Development Authority (MDA) has revised its scholarship scheme to include company matching. Starting this year, scholarships under the Media Education Scheme will be cosponsored by the MDA and media companies. So far, nine
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      Lock icon INSEAD TO OFFER MASTER IN FINANCE DEGREE
      179 26 CHANNEL NEWSASIA International business school INSEAD will offer a Master in Finance degree for experienced financial industry professionals who want to advance their competitive and management skills in the financial sector. The programme will be launched at the INSEAD Asia campus in Singapore
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      Silicon Valley firm to provide training for ITE students
      217 26 SINGAPORE Up to 1,000 Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students are expected to benefit from training courses provided by VMware, a leader in the virtualisation and cloud computing field, under a threeyear partnership inked between both sides yesterday. The top three
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      Lock icon CHECK OUT APP ON WET MARKETS
      84 29 Together with the launch of its second travelling exhibition featuring wet markets, the National Heritage Board (NHB) yesterday launched a new mobile application. The application shows the history and locations of traditional provision shops and wet markets featured in its two travelling exhibitions. It
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      Lock icon ‘Clear dispute settlement mechanism needed’ for maritime differences
      182 29 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A clear dispute settlement mechanism to resolve maritime differences peacefully in accordance with international law should be developed, suggested Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday. Speaking at the opening of the inaugural World Oceans Summit, Mr Teo felt
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      Lock icon A*STAR to set up joint laboratory with Baidu
      149 29 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R), a research institute of the Agency for Science and Technology Research (A*STAR), will set up a joint laboratory with leading Chinese language Internet search provider Baidu. The agreement was signed yesterday in Beijing.
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      RENEWED PUSH FOR ‘GREEN’ HABITS AT THE WORKPLACE
      166 29  -  HON JINGYI, WENDY WONG A project to help companies raise awareness and cultivate environ-ment-friendly habits in the workplace is making a renewed push to spread the “green” message. The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) and real estate developer City Developments (CDL) want to
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Arroyo pleads not guilty to fraud
      272 31 AGENCIES MANILA Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo pleaded not guilty yesterday to electoral fraud on the first day of a trial seen as a landmark test of the government’s ability to tackle corruption. Arroyo, 64, who ruled the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, sat
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      Lock icon Foreign inmates evacuated as police surround Bali prison
      235 31 AP BALI Indonesia started moving foreigners and a handful of other inmates from an overcrowded prison on Bali island yesterday after two days of rioting, officials said, as troops backed by water canons and armoured vehicles surrounded the tense facility. Several people
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      Lock icon NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TALKS ‘SERIOUS AND SUBSTANTIVE’, SAYS US
      282 33 AGENCIES The United States envoy for the North Korean nuclear dispute said talks with Pyongyang’s lead negotiator yesterday were “serious and substantive” and would continue into a second day, but analysts have said no major breakthrough is expected. The talks in
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      Lock icon HSBC pulling out of retail banking in Japan
      179 33 REUTERS TOKYO HSBC yesterday said it will pull out of the retail banking business in Japan, including the HSBC Premier service meant for clients who hold more than ¥10 million (S$157,000) in financial assets. The latest move by Europe’s biggest bank follows
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      Lock icon HONG KONG LEADERSHIP RACE HEATS UP
      124 33 AGENCIES Former property businessman and Hong Kong government adviser Leung Chun-ying secured enough nominations yesterday to be able to run in the city’s leadership race, even as his main rival Henry Tang grapples with a scandal over an illegal basement. Mr Leung, also a
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      Lock icon TAIWAN OPPOSITION WEIGHS CHINA ISSUE AFTER LOSS
      179 33 AP The outgoing leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party has acknowledged that it mishandled the pivotal China issue in last month’s presidential election, though she stopped short of saying the party would change its pro-independence stance. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen’s
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      Lock icon CAMERON CALLS FOR GREATER EFFORT TO HELP SOMALIA
      163 36 AP Nations must help Somalia’s fragile leadership tackle terrorism, piracy and hunger or be prepared to pay the price, Britain’s leader warned yesterday at an international conference on the troubled country’s future. About 50 nations and international organisations attended a oneday summit
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      Lock icon Attacks on Shia targets in Iraq raise sectarian fears
      236 36 AGENCIES BAGHDAD Simultaneous early morning attacks on mostly Shia targets across Iraq killed at least 60 people yesterday in one of the bloodiest days of violence since American troops pulled out in mid-December. The bombings and shootings targeting mostly security forces
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      Lock icon OBAMA SENDS LETTER OF APOLOGY TO KARZAI
      168 36 AGENCIES The office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday it had received a letterfrom United States President Barack Obama formally apologising forthe accidental burning of Qurans at a US military base in Afghanistan. In the letter delivered by the US Ambassador, Mr
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      Lock icon Congress members receive letters threatening biological attack
      235 39 REUTERS WASHINGTON Several members of the United States Congress received mail threatening a biological attack and containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless as law enforcement officials warned on Wednesday that more letters could be on their way. A number of
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      297 39 AP MESA (Arizona) Mr Rick Santorum, who has emerged as Mr Mitt Romney’s leading challenger in the Republican presidential race, came under heavy fire on Wednesday in a high-stakes debate that might have been the last in the campaign to challenge President Barack
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      119 39 BLOOMBERG The former head of the International Monetary Fund, Mr Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was released from police custody on Wednesday after almost two days of questioning as part of an investigation into a French prostitution ring. Mr Strauss-Kahn turned himself in on Feb 21 to answer questions
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      158 40 AP Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, accused by the United States authorities of facilitating millions of illegal downloads through the filesharing website, has been ordered not to access the Internet as part of his bail conditions. Another unusual condition: No
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      158 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Mrs Cherie Blair is to sue the publisher of the News of the World after it emerged that she was an alleged victim of phone hacking while her husband was Prime Minister.
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      211 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH HOMS Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed by Syrian forces acting on direct orders to murder Western journalists, it has been claimed. President Bashar Assad’s army was so determined to silence reporters who were telling the world about
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      203 46 REUTERS Basketball legend Michael Jordan has filed a lawsuit in China against a Chinese sportswear company, accusing the firm of unauthorised use of his name. The former Chicago Bulls star is known as Qiaodan in China. In a statement, he said
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      70 46 A 12.76-carat pink diamond has been discovered in a remote mine owned by RioTinto in Western Australia the biggest unearthed in the country. The rough stone has been named the Argyle Pink Jubilee and is worth at least A$10.6 million (S$14.2 million). It will
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      207 46 AGENCIES BRISBANE A young mother in Brisbane unknowingly scammed some scammers who had links to a notorious Nigerian fraudster ring, a court has heard. Prosecutors said Sarah Cochrane-Ram-sey, 23, was employed as an “agent” by a company known as Black Diamond Investments in March 2010, reported
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      294 46 The academics claimed the waters were ‘soup-like’ in richness with nutritional material and that some types of plankton were quite ‘tasty’. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Britain’s wartime population would have been fed plankton by scientists under proposals to avert critical food shortages, newly-discovered documents
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      297 48 AGENCIES AGENCIES, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY LINETTE LIM SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank, the smallest of Singapore’s three banking groups, said yesterday fourth-quarter net profit fell 21 per cent on-year to S$558 million due to a lack of one-off gains and as it realised
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      176 48 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Sembcorp Marine, the world’s second-largest oil-rig builder, reported its third quarterly profit decline as it constructed more lower-priced rigs won after the global credit crisis. Net income in the fourth quarter ended December dropped 4.3 per cent to S$229
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      163 48 AGENCIES Malaysia’s largest lender, Maybank, reported a 15-per-cent rise in second-quarter net profit and gave an upbeat outlook, driven by strong business growth in its South-east Asian subsidiaries. “Notwithstanding the global challenges, the group expects to maintain a satisfactory performance for the next
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      Cambodia set for growth spurt: Central bank
      347 50  -  Now, the government is turning its focus back to the land in the hope that rice growing and other farming produce will lift growth closer to 8 per cent, making it among the world’s fastestgrowing economies. YVONNE CHAN yvonnechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Cambodia’s central bank
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      CPFIS funds gain average of 2.09% in Q4
      221 50 SINGAPORE Investors of funds included under the Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme (CPFIS) could see better returns this quarter, according to Lipper, an independent insight global collective investments tracker. Mr Xav Feng, head of Asia-Pa-cific research at Lipper, said: “We see more
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      93 50 DOW JONES Singapore Technologies Engineering said yesterday its net profit rose 7.4 per cent last year to S$527.5 million from S$491 million in the previous year. Revenue was flat at S$5.99 billion, the company said after markets closed. Barring any unforeseen
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      52 50 THURSDAY CLOSE 12,984.70 (+0.36%) Wednesday 12,938.70 q 0.21% Tuesday 12,965.70 p 0.12% Monday UNCH Friday 12,949.90 p 0.35% NYSETOP5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 141.9m $8.02 p~0.88% Sprint Nextel 99.7m $2.52 p 13.00% Hewlett Packard 71.0m $27.05 q~6.53% Alcatel-Lucent 48.8m $2.57 p~5.33% General Electric 45.4m
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      US MARKETS
      108 50 OVERNIGHT Wall St nears 4-year high Wall Street stocks rose yesterday after data showed the United States labour market remained on the mend, but the market stalled as it approached highs not seen since before the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers. Yesterrday’s gains brought the benchmark S&P 500
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      20 50 Ç FTSE100 5,937.89 (+0.36%) È DAX 6,809.46 (0.00%) CAC40 3,447.31 (0.00%) All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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      357 52 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s Premier Wen Jiabao is seen signalling next month that curbing pollution, inequality and the risk of financial instability eclipse the benefits of faster economic growth, a survey of analysts indicated. Mr Wen will target an expansion of
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      Lock icon Cosco 2011 net profit falls 44%
      146 52 DOW JONES SINGAPORE China-based shipbuilder Cosco Corp (Singapore) said yesterday its net profit for last year fell 44 per cent to S$ 139.7 million, due mainly to lower profit contributions from dry bulk shipping and higher costs incurred in its shipyard operations. Revenue rose
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      ROTARY ENGINEERING’S Q4 NET PROFIT FALLS 69 PER CENT
      185 52 Singapore-listed Rotary Engineering, which provides engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries, reported yesterday a 69-per-cent fall in net profit to S$8.32 million for the fourth quarter ended December. Revenue declined 19 per cent on-year
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      RENTS FOR BUSINESS PARK, HIGH-TECH SPACE HEALTHY IN 2011
      135 52 Rentals for business parks and high-tech space remained healthy last year despite uncertain global economic conditions, increasing by 5.6 per cent and 9.6 per cent respectively. According to CBRE, monthly rents for business parks in the fourth quarter of last year
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      GOLDEN TREASURES
      128 54 Singa Gold is offering a series of gold bars and coins to mark the Year of the Dragon 2012. The reverse side of each of these coins and bars will depict the zodiacal dragon with a representation of the pearl of wisdom. Mr Dennis Lim, managing director of
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      OOHSOME TWOSOME
      121 54 Head to The Manhattan Fish Market with your buddy, loved one or family today and enjoy the awesome Oohsome Twosome one-for-one deal! For just S$19.90, diners can choose either the signature Small Flame or Small Grill, and get another serving for free. The signature Small Flame comes with
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      SNACK ON THIS
      147 54 Whether you are looking for a light bite or a tasty snack to satisfy that peckish urge, get your hands on KFC Snackers. There are six delicious varieties to choose from, including Roller, O.R. Fillet Burger, Shrooms Burger, Popcorn Chicken, one-piece Drumstick, and the all-new Fish Donuts.
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      UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH CHARMAINE
      134 54 Find out Hong Kong celebrity Charmaine Sheh’s secret to looking beautiful this Sunday at nex, from 2pm to 4pm. Ms Sheh will share how she uses Eversoft Infinite to keep her youthful beauty. Eversoft Infinite is an antiageing skin care range that contains the
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      Lock icon Behind Google’s goggles, virtual reality
      621 56 The concept may be exciting but stakeholders are worried about privacy issues THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO It was not so long ago that legions of people began walking the streets, talking to themselves. On closer inspection, many of them turned out to be
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      185 56 AGENCIES Amazon has removed 4,000 ebooks from its site, according to The NewYorkTimes. Underpressure to increase its margins, the online retailer tried to renegotiate terms with the Independent Publishers Group (IPG). However IPG refused to budge and the books were removed. Twitter was set to hit 500 million
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      849 58  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@ mediacorp.com.sg Colin Tan is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. When property agency bosses at a seminar early this month predicted a 3 to 5 per cent fall in the prices of
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      567 60  -  COMMENTARY TAN CHIN KEONG Tan Chin Keong is an analyst at UBS Wealth Management Research. Recent newspaper articles have increasingly laid blame on real estate investment trusts (REITs) for the rising occupancy costs in retail and industrial properties. In fact, in my earlier article in
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      601 62  -  American aiming to complete the victory that eluded her two years ago TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A two-shot lead would usually put a golfer in good mood but at the Tanah Merah Country Club (TMCC), Angela Stanford (picture) was not exactly jubilant, with memories of 2010 still
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      Lock icon Singapore’s Koh not fazed by nervous start
      312 62  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE By her own admission, Singapore’s Koh Sock Hwee (picture) was a bundle of nerves in arguably her biggest tournament appearance. But despite debuting with an opening round 10-over 82 yesterday to prop up the 63-strong field at the US$1.4 million (S$1.76
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      Lock icon Woods knocked out of WGC
      308 62 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST MARANA (Arizona) Tiger Woods could not buy a putt and will not be sticking around at the Match Play Championship. Nick Watney sent Tiger Woods packing yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) in the second round of the WGC Match Play Championship. Trailing
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      57 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS WHERE’S THE BEEF? SINGAPORE EATERIES PUT A CLAIM ON THEIR STEAK T8 FEBRUARY 24, 2012 ARE BREAKFAST CEREALS REALLY TOO SWEET FOR YOU? >> T4 A PUBLICATION OF WHO WANTS A GEORGE HARRISON GUITAR APP? >> T10 CARS:
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          333 6  -  DON MENDOZA ON E-night-only invitations to dinner are often filled with opportunities to revel in the rare and refined. And the call to savour “Barcelona at its Best” at The Knolls (Capella Singapore) at the end of the month promises to be just that and then some.
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          127 6  -  DON MENDOZA WINEMAKER’S dinners have grown into a popular indulgence here and many, like the Domaine Amiot Guy Winemaker’s Dinner at ilCielo on March 6, are flogged as a one-night-only experience. Not too common though are top French winemaker’s dinners held at top Italian restaurants.To elaborate a
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        144 6 FOOD NOTES MCDONALD’S has unveiled its latest range of sweet treats that it hopes will have customers going “ah oui” to a quick dessert. There is the option to cool down with a Chocolate or Strawberry Macaron Frappe complete with chewy bite-sized pieces of
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        995 8 Two more steakhouses join the growing number that has opened in the last two years FOOD REVIEW SINGAPOREANS have gotten plenty of beef of late. In the last two years, a bevy of outstanding steak restaurants have opened, led by Wolfgang Puck’s Cut, and followed by more
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        806 11  -  How three guys turned a hobby into an online hit Christopher Toh christophert@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU’VE been on YouTube and who hasn’t these days you might have come across some short films put out by three guys called Wong Fu Productions. Comprising Philip Wang,Ted Fu and Wesley Chan,Wong
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        712 12  -  Car makers applaud new Carbon Emissions-based Vehicle Scheme and say the revisions will provide more choices for consumers Derryn Wong feature s@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore Government recently announced in the 2012 Budget that Singapore will switch to a new carbon dioxide-based taxation system which will reward
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        490 13  -  The cleanest car on our roads doesn’t sacrifice everything at the altar of greenness and that’s a good thing CAR REVIEW DERRYN WONG SO you’ve been less-than-eco-friendly. Well, your chance to redeem yourself is here.The best bit is, you don’t actually have to do anything just carry
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        76 14 Find out more about Adam Park and its role as one of Britain’s defence positions in Singapore during World War II. The exhibition features a physical recreation of the typology of Adam Park and showcases the research findings and artefacts uncovered
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        143 14 The Collectors Show: Chimera brings together major works of Asian contemporary art from private collections around the world. Titled Chimera, a deliberately evocative word that references both the mythological hybrid monster and the idea of an illusion, fantasy, or delusion, the exhibition presents contemporary art in
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        95 14 Get great travel deals and ideas for upcoming holidays at NATAS Travel 2012, which features more than 1,000 booths showcasing different destinations and itineraries. There will also be cultural performances, food tastings, lucky draws and free travel seminars, which cover destination packages, and travel and health tips.
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        132 14 Find personal care items, health and beauty products, travel necessities and more at up to 80 per cent off. The first 2,000 customers who spend a minimum of S$60 in a single receipt each day will receive a Pook-a-looz tumbler. Spend a minimum of $20 in
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        88 14 A Point of View Asian, Still Devendra Bisaria presents his unique and personal observations of a rapidly changing Asia in this exhibition. Not bound by any rules of form, design or school, the self-taught photographer relies on photography in its most basic form, with no digital manipulation. He is faithful
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